Edwina is an old-school battler. Her life revolves around the church and her job unpacking vegetables early in the morning while around her a new generation turns Ponsonby into a trendy uber-chic suburb. It is a chance win in a church raffle - a gym membership - that changes her life. She meets different people; makes a new young friend named Rose and transforms herself: a metamorphosis Rose calls it.And then Edwina is murdered.Detective Alex Cameron and his team Jerry and Marion investigate. It's a casual comment from Rose which sends them trawling through Edwina's childhood - a time when Ponsonby was tougher poverty carved a deep scar and some people would do anything to escape . . .