Title: Shadow over Edmund Street
Description: Raised in a poverty-scarred part of Auckland, Edwina is a battler. Life revolves around the church and her mundane job unpacking vegetables. Meanwhile, a new generation has gentrified her suburb. After winning a gym membership, she loses weight, gets a new hairstyle, clothes, job - and makes a new friend, Rose. Edwina's life is brutally taken, a swift and silent killer leaving no clues. Her murder seems unsolvable until a casual comment sends Inspector Alex Cameron and his seasoned team trawling through Edwina's childhood. Can they uncover the link in time to save the next victim? Alex Cameron must unravel the shadow hanging over Edmund Street. Everyone and no one is a suspect, until...
Subjects: Murder, Investigation, Fiction, Police, Female friendship, Australian fiction
Places: New Zealand, Auckland (N.Z.), Auckland