Garbage Star — Michael La Ronn

Eddie Puente was just a garbage man on his weekly route across the stars. All he had to do was pick up some trash, dump it into a local red giant and make some money to pay the mortgage. But when Eddie finds an abandoned ship in the garbage--and a dead body inside, his mundane job turns into a fight for his life when the killer discovers him. The dead body holds an evil secret. One that could destroy the galaxy--and Eddie's family. Garbage Star is the fourth book in the Galaxy Mavericks space opera series by Michael La Ronn.