Free and Discounted Mystery & Thriller Books
Prepare for suspense, excitement, and plenty of tense situations within these mystery and thriller selections! From high-speed thrillers to tense caper stories to fascinating police procedurals, these books will keep you entertained and enthralled for hours on end. Here's a selection of mysteries, legal thrillers, crime thrillers, spy thrillers, mystery thrillers, cozys and more!
Living and Dying in the Rainbow Light
Attorney Elizabeth Shaw stands up to power for a Mexican man she believes to be innocent of the brutal murder of a popular paralegal in a rural Southern county.. She faces down misogyny and racism from the local power structure as well as disturbing evidence that will be hard to overcome in court. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Crazy in Paradise
If you ever put yourself in trouble by picking up someone else’s past, you have to meet Madison Westin. She is a quirky property owner, who recently inherited her aunt’s beachfront cottages in the Florida Keys. But that is NOT all she inherited, as the cottages houses a slew of colorful tenant’s – drunks, ex-cons, ... Read more
Free: Mystic
Trevor Howard, the sheriff of Teton County Wyoming, is contemplating an explosion of cocaine addiction, four structure fires and the murder of a six-year-old boy in his jurisdiction. The boy had a wooden cross penetrating his heart indicating a possible religious connection. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Kind Nepenthe
Rebecca thought she’d find a hippie paradise when she moved to the desolate back hills of Humboldt County. Instead she discovered a nightmare. Kind Nepenthe is a deep examination into the nature of love and greed, lost ideals, and the essence of evil in one of the last frontiers of the American West. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Tune Up, The Secrets of Mylin
Two seemingly unconnected incidents—a missing lawyer and an elderly hit-and-run victim—lead Qigiq and Kandy to a vintage motorcycle café, a million-dollar yacht, a cliffside confrontation, and a musician named Mylin. Young. Attractive. And illegal. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Unravel
Rose Madison is of sound mind, with a sharp focus and a willingness to succeed. At only twenty-three, she’s already won an award for her short story, and has been hailed as the next big thing in the literary world. She’s beautiful, funny, intelligent, and comes from a wealthy and successful family. It’s clear to ... Read more
Nominate The Darwin Project and you could win a free copy of it!
Artificial Intelligence: demon or friend, the beginning or the end? The first of a four-book thriller series – Annihilation – that takes the reader along for a deadly ride.... Read more
Free: The Carpet Weaver Of Isfahan
Daniel becomes fixated on locating the legendary weaver of a magnificent carpet. He enters Iran illegally, pursued by a host of spies, and falls in love with the weaver’s daughter. Only a complex international deal can save him from death in Iran. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Murder for One
Who says the dead can’t lend a helping hand? Madge Minor is on a recruiting mission until she connects with an impossible party hostess who is more concerned about her free gifts than a missing guest. Soon after the late invitee makes an untimely entrance, she dies. When Golly Grove’s finest arrive on the scene, ... Read more
The Phoenix Series (The Phoenix Series Box Set)
This is the box set collection of The Phoenix Series – Books 1 – 4. Page after page of thrills and adventure; good versus evil, and a protagonist with a past that grabs and keeps your attention. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Empty Place at the Table
It was just a quick sandwich in the hospital cafeteria… But when she returned to her daughter’s room… Whatever happened to Melissa’s daughter is anyone’s guess. The police seal the hospital doors; a search proceeds but the four-year-old is nowhere to be found. The girl is gone, vanished without a ransom note, without a body ... Read more
Free: Third Time’s A Charm
Halloween LaVeau is the new leader of the Underworld, but before the ink’s dry on her business cards, a mysterious man appears, claiming the title belongs to him. Giovanni St. Clair declares he has proof that he’s the true owner of the Book of Mystics, and therefore, the leader of the Underworld. Halloween has reason ... Read more
The Fourth Monkey
Optioned for both film and television. Se7en meets The Silence of the Lambs in this dark and twisting novel from the author Jeffery Deaver called, “A talented writer with a delightfully devious mind.” For over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the residents of Chicago. When his body is found, the police quickly ... Read more
Free: Sam’s Song
Sam’s Song is book one in the Sam Smith Mystery Series, a series that has reached #1 on the Amazon private detective chart on three separate occasions. The series combines psychological mysteries with humour and romance. Each book contains a complete story and can be read as a stand-alone. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Dead in a Dumpster
The police have too many suspects and too many soft alibis. Leah needs to prove to the sexy new chief of police that she had nothing to do with Isabel’s death. Leah loves a good mystery. Can she find the killer before the police arrest her for murder? $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Wicked for Hire
Sometimes, the opportunity of a lifetime busts your door instead of gently knocking at it… FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Medical student Amanda Meyers thought she had her life all planned out until people started dying the moment they touched her. Being cleared of any wrongdoing didn’t stop the medical school from expelling her, and it ... Read more
A Sound In The Dark
For Zack Allen, it was supposed to be a chance to get away and relax. A weekend camping trip with a small group of friends seemed like the perfect distraction from a messy personal life, but as Zack and his friends made their way to the camping ground at Drifter’s Folly Memorial Park, he couldn’t ... Read more
Love, Lies and Murder
Charlotte Ross sees her world about to crumble when the man she’s in love with–her mysterious boss, John Trent— announces his engagement to someone else.Charlotte’s best friend, dubious globe-trotter and mystery author, Jane Marshall, arrives back in town only to stumble across the gruesome corpse of the town’s millionaire industrialist. When Jane becomes determined to ... Read more
Loreticus (Lost Emperor Trilogy Book 1)
One man’s secret is another man’s weapon; and Loreticus, spymaster to an emperor, considers himself well armed. Secrets are Loreticus’ business; spies and sources his colleagues. But when the new emperor goes missing, he suddenly finds himself isolated and uncertain who to trust. His search for the young emperor reveals an underworld of coups, assassinations, ... Read more
Shutting Out the Sun
Chris Johnson: badass. Hitman, worked for the CIA, tortured, beaten and shot. Feeling old now, off the grid in Nebraska, things go wrong. Shoots his way out of a bank to find he has no money and his benefactor is abducted. Tracks him to Bangkok, Paris, Istanbul and Syria. When Johnson works out the truth ... Read more
Free: Tread
Rough-hewn rebel Nat Cinder discovers compromising photos of the Governor he’s been feuding since his wife’s tragic death sixteen years ago. A provocateur who knows the history—and that Cinder has enough weapons cached across Arizona to start a revolution—wants him to take the governor out. Will the scandalous truth lead to redemption, or murder? Free on ... Read more
Free: The Unexpected Hero
The measure of a young man can be a funny thing, especially when the results are not what anyone expects. Eighteen-year-old Evan Nash doesn’t look like a hero. Nor does he feel like one. He’s not trying to be anything. But what Evan is…is a kid with a deeply-rooted sense of right and wrong. One ... Read more
Free: Control
A shocking twist ending you won’t believe… Centered within Landon Miller’s exclusive club, Alexandria Shaw finds herself immersed in a world of danger, tangled in a web of deceit, and wrapped in the arms of an unattainable man. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Secrets, Lies, and Alibis
Seven cozy mysteries by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors available in one great collection for a limited time. Titles include: New Corpse in Town by Lucy Quinn; Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon; Rosemary’s Gravy by Melissa F. Miller; Scene of the Grind by Tonya Kappes; The Case of the Screaming Beauty by ... Read more
Traill of Defects
Crime waves in a small town can be confusing but it is especially daunting for Sheriff Hobson. It is unclear which side of the law his townspeople are on. Starting with an armed robbery of Kelly’s Lounge, elder abuse, and a runaway child, strange happenings pileup. This modern day mystery contains unpredictable elements, reminiscent of ... Read more
Lily’s Grave
A flawed sprig of lace is the only clue to a killer’s identity in this haunting, harrowing and heartbreaking thriller with a jaw-dropping twist. A wartime community is thrown into turmoil after he body of a 13-year-old evacuee is spotted floating face-up in a river. Lily Jones had disappeared after attempting to get into a ... Read more
Free: Skully, Perdition Games
The beautiful wife of an aspiring politician vanishes from her home and police discover a gruesome crime scene. But things may not be as they seem, and the woman’s dark past could hold the key to her strange disappearance. A gripping psychological thriller with twists that keep readers turning the pages. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Emma Beware
Fourteen-year-old standout athlete and student, Emma Mae Davenport, previously stalked through mysterious texts-vanishes-times ticking. Four of her friends dubbed, “Warriors for Emma” armed with cyber-techno skills unravel clues and discover the unthinkable. Will she be in attendance for her 15th birthday celebration or her funeral or will she remain missing? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Survive and Escape
Sam and Jane Archer walk out of a backcountry-hiking trip into a living nightmare. The electrical grid has been down for two weeks, plunging the world as they once knew it into complete chaos. Citizens live in helpless terror of violent gangs–the police hunted down and killed on sight. Little hope remain, as Jane, a ... Read more
Princes of War: A Novel of America in Iraq
Placed squarely in the American tradition of war writing such as Kevin Power’s The Yellow Birds and John Renehan’s The Valley, Schmid’s Princes of War takes its protagonists—two young U.S. Army officers trying to do their duty—into the real Iraq: Where the enemy is elusive and danger stalks constantly. Human emotions as old as time—ambition, ... Read more
The Real Dad
Nate and Lulie Brannigan have had a loving, dreamlike marriage for the past four years. Nate’s stepchildren are calling him dad, and all is warm and cozy in the Brannigan home until an unexpected visit. Police come to their door, arrest Nate, and won’t say why. Then, in an abuse of their power, they force ... Read more
Free: Serenity
A bullet slams into a wall just past Shelby’s head. A drug dealer offers him $10,000 for information regarding his dead sister. The local sheriff has Shelby in his sights. It’s just another day in the small town of Serenity. Readers of David Archer, John Sandford, Dustin Stevens, and Robert B. Parker will love this ... Read more
Murder in Seattle: A Northwest Cozy Mystery
From USA TODAY bestselling author and seven time Amazon All Star author, another page-turning cozy murder mystery! What would you do if your sister’s husband of twelve hours, Clark, was a suspect in connection with his rich Uncle Vinny’s murder? And the rich uncle just happened to be a member of the Mob? DeeDee has ... Read more
Airliner Down
A holiday season flight to paradise turns into a nightmare when a single terrorist sleeper cell puts his plan of revenge into action. Can a hand full of passengers come through and save the day? Or are they doomed to be a footnote in the war on terror… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Murder on Tyneside
Recently widowed Agnes Lockwood is spending a few days on Tyneside in Northeast England, keen on catching up with her past. But after only a few days at the hotel, an expensive item of jewelry is stolen. After more jewelry goes missing, Chief Inspector Alan Johnson gets on the case. During the investigation, Alan recognizes ... Read more
Nominate this Mystery for Publication & You Could Get a Free Copy of it
When Gabby Myers, an avid skier, suffers a wrist injury the night before her final ski tournament, most of the people around her chalk it up as an unfortunate accident. But could this broken wrist really be something much worse? Could it be attempted murder?... Read more
Evolution Z: Stage One
After a dramatic plane crash in the wilds of Maine, the survivors of Augusta Airline Flight 303 believe the worst is behind them. Captain Raymond Thompson organizes the group and attempts to get help, but soon it becomes clear that our familiar world has ceased to exist. Everything seems to fall apart, and no one ... Read more
Back to Life
It is 1939. In old Hollywood, Charlie Singer and Katie Walker confront two cunning killers. They uncover truths about the complex nature of families, the dangers facing their country, and the haunting emotional problems they need to overcome. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Wind Guardian
In California, one of the largest nuclear centers in the United States is targeted by terrorists. Aided by an inside man, the extremists plan to seize the reactor and scatter radiation to the winds, wreaking havoc to the world. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Lily’s Grave
When the body of a 13-year-old evacuee is spotted floating face-up in a river, a wartime community is thrown into turmoil. A sprig of flawed lace, found in the dead girl’s hand, is the only clue to the identity of her killer. Lily Jones had disappeared after attempting to get into a dance organised by ... Read more
