What if the woman you fell for wasn't who she appeared to be... and neither were you? Buddy Talbert thought he left competitive swimming behind--until a chance encounter with rising star Diane Atkins pulls him back into familiar waters. But when she reappears at another meet with a completely different skin tone and no memory of him, Buddy stumbles into a mystery stranger than fiction. As his journalistic instincts kick in, Buddy begins to uncover a twisted tale of identity manipulation, deception, and something terrifying lurking just beneath the skin. The deeper he dives, the more he questions what's real--and who can be trusted. Skin Game is a gripping psychological thriller that will leave you questioning everything you think you know about the people around you... and yourself. Skin Game" is a mystery/thriller, but never it also wanders too far from the water.