The Tipping Floor

A married woman vanished two nights ago. A community wonders why. Today, four homicide detectives are about to learn the grisly truth. Genevieve Mossman seemed to have it all—beauty, health, and a successful husband. When her body is discovered in a nightmarish location, the perfect image begins to crumble. As Delaney and his fellow detectives peel back the layers of Genevieve's life, they uncover betrayal, buried secrets, and motives darker than anyone imagined. Conflicting accounts quickly cloud the case, forcing Delaney and his team to untangle a web of lies. Every lead exposes new cracks in Genevieve's carefully crafted world, but each revelation only deepens the mystery of who she truly was—and who might have wanted her dead. The detectives press forward with interagency cooperation, but their work unfolds under a cloud of political posturing. City officials scramble to protect their reputations, and every move in the investigation risks being overshadowed by shifting blame and posturing for public image. Can Detective Quinn Delaney uncover the real Genevieve Mossman before the case collapses under pressure? The Tipping Floor is the nineteenth book in the 509 Crime Stories, a gripping series of tense, character-driven police procedurals set in Eastern Washington. If you like realistic crime fiction with detectives you can root for, this story is written for you.