WIP Blurb

My current (novel) WIP (Work in Progress) is called The Treasure of the Black Hole.  This weekend it goes on second edit and after that it goes to proofreaders.  Then I'll have my wife read it out loud to me (yes, the whole thing) which I found with Gods of Strife (still at my publisher) really helped find things my eyes would have missed.  Luckily, Treasure is about 68% as long as Gods.

I'm so excited about Treasure, I've even written the back cover blurb for it already.  Here it is:

The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of . . .

When private detective Rick Bailey is hired by the exotically beautiful and outrageously wealthy Princess Nora, he thinks it'll be easy money.  Escaping from her rebellion-torn kingdom, the princess has lost her handmaiden, Lores: the only person who knows how to find the hidden royal jewels.

But when his search for the equally lovely Lores turns deadly, Bailey realizes that there is more to this case than it first seemed.  When someone tries to kill him, he discovers that the roots of evil run deep.

With his own set of values and sense of honor, Bailey must keep one step ahead of murderous mobsters, secret government operatives, and a genetically enhanced Lores as he races across the galaxy in search of the truth.  The only things he knows he can trust are his eight-foot-tall ladybug-like secretary and a powerful weapon that responds to his thoughts.

Will Bailey find the treasure of the black hole in time and will he survive long enough to discover why it is something worth killing for?