Skin Deep by Monga Ajay [Paperback]

Skin Deep by Ajay Monga is a contemporary novel set against the glamorous but exploitative world of the beauty and modelling industry. The story follows four women—Simran, Sania, Sunidhi and Shikha—from very different backgrounds and with very different relationships to beauty, ambition and success. Simran, an investigative journalist, goes undercover in a beauty pageant to expose the industry, while the other women pursue modelling for reasons ranging from personal ambition to financial survival. Their lives become intertwined when a shocking incident exposes the darker forces operating behind the façade of glamour.