Holland Taylor returns in this long-awaited sixth novel in the Edgar Award-winning series.

Party girl Henrietta Weller wakes up one morning in a dumpster behind a bar with no memory of how she got there. She hires Private Investigator Holland Taylor and his partner Sidney Poitier Fredericks to get answers. And revenge. “So there’s no misunderstanding later—someone threw me away like so much garbage. Someone is going to pay for that.”

Taylor soon discovers that the woman was kidnapped and ransomed back to her mother. What’s more, she wasn’t the only victim. A sophisticated kidnapping ring has targeted the daughters of Minnesota’s rich and famous—and infamous. Taylor and Freddie insist that the FBI be informed. However, a financial guru and fixer for the families demands that the incidents be dealt with and forgotten. Until there’s another kidnapping. And another. And Taylor and Freddie are forced to take matters into their own hands—no matter what the cost.

REVIEWS

“Girl in a Dumpster marks the return of Holland Taylor and what a welcome return it is! Not to be missed!”

—D.M. Barr, author of the domestic thriller Deadly When Disturbed

“I wished I had written it… a riveting, edge of your seat gumshoe thriller in the tradition of Sam Spade.”

 —Vincent Zandri, New York Times and USA Today author of Moonlight Weeps

“A gritty but surprisingly heartfelt PI novel; the kind you thought they don’t write anymore, but David Housewright does.”

— Scott McCrea, author of Targets West

“A solid, traditional private eye story filled with plenty of twists and turns and featuring a solid, traditional private eye - the tough guy with a soft center who plays by his own rules. You won't want to put it down before the heart-stopping but satisfying finish.”

—Austin Camacho, Coordinator, Creatures, Crimes & Creativity Con

“David Housewright belongs up there with Parker, Crais, and others who have created the private eyes we follow to the ends of the earth just to hear their singular voice.”

—Charles Philipp Martin, author of the Inspector Lok novels Rented Grave and Neon Panic

“Despite the awards, Housewright has been crime fiction's best kept secret for years. Girl In a Dumpster is an excellent place to jump into this wonderful series.”

—Rick Ollerman, author of Truth Always Kills