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!
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 (#35 on the main chart) and the top twenties in ten other countries. The series combines psychological mysteries with humour and romance. Each book contains a complete story ... Read more
The Gorge
An experimental rafting expedition, an FBI manhunt for a delusional killer, and the worst storm in decades collide in the remote mountain wilderness…and then THEY come out. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Black Rose
“What do you want to be when you grow up, Meredith?” A dead attorney had not been her answer, she was pretty darn sure. After years of experience in the courtroom, Assistant State Attorney Meredith O’Brien finds herself the target of street thugs and deep into uncovering the truth about a serial rapist and killer ... Read more
Free: The Romantic’s Guide to Wilderness Survival
Billy Charbonneau, a charismatic young homeless man, flees Seattle for the rugged Cascade Mountains, accused of a crime he didn’t commit. He becomes stranded with Walt McCullough and Eleanor Sakamura, a conflictual yuppie couple who’ve come to the mountains for one last try at rekindling their relationship. These three, along with Max, a disfigured but ... Read more
Free: Peril In Paradise
Come along on a relaxing Hawaiian cruise with Jerria and her husband, Will, a break after a tumultuous summer. Before long, odd things occur on the beautiful Ocean Haven; jewelry missing, a shifty crew. Soon their very lives are in danger, and she can’t blame mythical Pele for this one. With descriptions rich enough to ... Read more
Free: Stormy Waters
Adam Bernstein wakes up on the beach at dead of night, next to a mutilated body, with a pounding headache and no memory. He flees the crime scene, on his quest for his past. Will he find himself before they do? An urban thriller that will leave you sweating. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Second Sight
Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2017 Finalist. A reluctant hero with déjà vu has one big problem – it’s not déjà vu. From glittering Hong Kong to outback Australia and the underbelly of Tokyo, Second Sight is an unrelenting pursuit where fate is always one step ahead. Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Mental Case
Ansel Largent, partner of large Chicago Law Firm. Happy home life. Complicated office life. One day, both his wife and co-worker are missing. Along with 200 million dollars of client money. His sanity is questioned during trial. The conclusion? Shocking. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Lucky Corpse
The toast of 1942 Hollywood is the newly crowned Heavyweight Champ, Lucky Lawson. He’s got it all, the belt, the babe, and a baffling crime scene in a seedy hotel. When the champ’s death is ruled a suicide, his widow turns to detective Frank Frost to set the record straight and find the killer, without ... Read more
Missing Mona, A Tommy Cuda Mystery
As Tommy looks squarely at his next decade his smartphone convinces him the time is ripe for a change. So he hits the road. He immediately meets a damsel in hitchhiking distress named Mona. She persuades him that the bright lights and dark clubs of Chicago might be his kind of town. So on a ... Read more
Arachne’s Challenge
Book 4 of the Peacetaker Series – The vacation is supposed to be a celebration of Stella and Carter’s 1st anniversary. It starts peacefully enough but within seventy-two hours of landing in Nice, Carter and Stella are in the proverbial eye of the storm. What swirls around them in a deadly funnel is a chilling ... 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
Free: Southern Spirits
When out of work graphic designer Verity Long accidentally traps a ghost on her property, she’s saddled with more than a supernatural sidekick—she gains the ability see spirits. It leads to an offer she can’t refuse from the town’s bad boy, the brother of her ex and the last man she should ever partner with. ... Read more
The Bay of Shadows
In a rambling house in a small Australian beach town, Elena Jameson is recovering from her recent divorce. To her delight, she is given the opportunity to foster a little boy, Daniel, whose mother is dead and whose violent father is in rehab. As Elena and Daniel explore the beautiful bay and wild bushland, they ... Read more
Nominate this mystery for publication and you could get a free copy of it
Kirbie Stone searches for Laken, her missing, party-girl sister. She tracks Laken to a secret, underground show with desperate misfits as the performers. Does the freak show represent hedonistic depravity, or does it hide an even darker, final performance? Nominate The Freak Show Below for a publication contract.... Read more
A Necessary Act
Can you stop a serial killer before he starts? The students at Lake Mills Community High School knew there was something wrong with Scott – but what David saw firsthand was more than they could ever imagine. Fifteen years after a horrible accident, the community has moved on. Except for David. He remembers everything and ... Read more
RIbbons of Death
The ancients believed that once in a Blue Moon a child with Peacetaker powers is born. Such child, when grown to maturity, can seed murderous madness in people’s minds by merely walking among them. A simple amulet activates the Peacetaker’s powers. Stella Hunter is a disgraced academic, hiding in a small town-nowhere Montana. She is ... Read more
Free: Judgment Call
Andy Gibbons had been sentenced to life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. After ten years inside he had abandoned all hope and resigned himself to the fact that he would remain there for the rest of his life. But the fact that Andy has admitted defeat and thrown in the towel didn’t ... Read more
Incognito
The Pope is missing. Specialist Ayden Tanner, who is officially dead, is tasked to find him. From the snowy mountains of Switzerland to the secret passages under Saint Peter’s Basilica to the hilly terrains of Istanbul to the harsh desert air of Egypt, Ayden and his crew are forced to match wits with lethal assassins ... Read more
Eenie, Meenie
Johnny is a criminal. He has been locked up before – but never in a place quite like this. Now he wonders if he will ever make it through to his release date – alive…EENIE, MEENIE is a 15,000 word thriller novella from Willow Rose, author of the International Bestselling horror-series starring the Danish reporter ... Read more
Pacificus
What happens when a group of the world’s wealthiest people desire a haven for themselves and their assets? Pacificus is built one hundred miles off the coast of Ecuador. This manmade island is governed solely by a set of principles and relies on the common sense of its inhabitants instead of laws. What could go ... Read more
The Gun Trial
In this legal thriller based on a real case, a Yale student’s tragic end triggers a deadly fight for justice against gun sellers and an attack on the Second Amendment . As guns fire and lives shatter, media wars and violence drive this legally pivotal trial. Only the small Los Angeles firm of Kraus & ... Read more
Bloodlines, Of Noble Blood
Newlyweds Alex and Maggie travel to England and uncover a DNA match involving one of England’s great noble families. At stake is a noble title and a vast family fortune…a fortune that the family will not hand over without a fight, to the death if necessary! “Bloodlines: Of Noble Blood” is a story about wealth, ... Read more
Free: Hit the Road Jack
Ben is supposed to be in school. It’s Monday morning but his parents are still asleep after a night of heavy drinking. Ben waits patiently, even though he knows he is missing out on today’s field trip to the zoo. But, when his black Labrador suddenly runs upstairs and comes down with a finger in ... Read more
Blood Betrayal
A murder without a body. A murderer without a memory. A night without answers. January 16, 1999: a magical night for a group of high school seniors in Panama City, Florida. They listened to Maya Angelou read poetry. They danced. They celebrated life. By the time they noticed their friend Angel Diaz was missing, it ... Read more
Free: One, Two… He Is Coming For You
Set in the Danish coastal town of Karrebaeksminde, journalist Rebekka Franck returns to her hometown with her six-year-old daughter. She is trying to escape her ex-husband and starting a new life for her and her daughter when the small sleepy town experiences a murder. One of the kingdom’s wealthiest men is brutally murdered in his ... Read more
Wicked of the Christmas Past
Deck the halls with wows of wicked! A romantic getaway to a posh spa with her devastatingly sexy boss seems like a Christmas miracle to FBI special assistant Amanda Meyer, but when you work for the bureau’s Paranormal Cases Division, disaster never takes a holiday. Bestselling author Carina Christien is dead, her apparent suicide covered ... Read more
Free: 7th Street Crew Series
Am I pretty? Imagine being asked that question standing face to face with a killer. What would you answer? While her life is going from bad to worse, journalist Mary Mills receives a phone call from her father telling her that her brother has been arrested for murder. Mary decides to go back to her ... Read more
Free: The Tenth Cycle
The Tenth Cycle is a full-length novel, a provocative technothriller about human history, conspiracies and an ancient society with power and money that will stop at nothing to reach their sinister goals. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: When The Jaguar Sleeps
A gripping, fast-paced adventure thriller. A plane crash in the Amazon jungle. A desperate struggle for survival. An unexpected discovery… Ecuador. A dream holiday turns into a nightmare when two young men are stranded in the Amazon rainforest after their plane crashes. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Blood Red Winter
Winter in Central Texas is seldom white… Trent discovers a shocking crime in an abandoned house on County Road 118. As he stands beside the barbed wire fence, images of what he’s just witnessed assaulting him, something happens that can only be described as a miracle. One of the victims, a young woman, is still ... Read more
Ice
Archaeologist Leah Andrews stumbles upon something inexplicable in southwestern New Mexico: inside a dark cavern lies an undiscovered, Native American cliff dwelling abandoned for 800 years. While twisting through one of the narrow underground passageways, Leah’s flashlight illuminates the remains of a violent massacre. Ancient human remains—all slaughtered in a long-ago massacre—cover the cavern floor, ... Read more
Family Honour
Family Honour is book seven in the Sam Smith Mystery Series, a series that has reached #1 on the Amazon private detective chart (#35 on the main chart) and the top twenties in ten other countries. The series combines psychological mysteries with humour and romance. Each book contains a complete story and can be read ... Read more
In One Fell Swoop
Fasten your seatbelts as Willow Rose takes you on one scary, wildly imaginative ride. For anyone who loves a good thriller, this is a treat. On a hot day in June, two groups of campers disappear in the Green Swamps of Florida. The wood is still burning in the bonfire, all their belongings are abandoned, ... Read more
Booked for Murder
Maisie Swenson took a job as the manager of the Oceanside Hotel in Florida, to help take care of her mom. Being that the hotel is 5 stars, she knew she’d get some crazy requests. Snow in June? Check. Helicopter wedding? Check. But she never expected what happened next! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Housewife Assassin’s Handbook
Every housewife needs an alias. Donna Stone has one — and it happens to be government-sanctioned. But when terrorism hits close to home, it makes for strange bedfellows — and brings new meaning to the old adage, “Honey, I’m home…” Free on Kindle.... Read more
End Time
Hell awaits a team of counterterrorism agents, led by Mark Steele. They unknowingly are sent on a suicide mission to rescue a besieged doctor trapped inside the US Embassy Kinshasa. The virus is spreading. The dead are rising. Time is running out. The End Time Saga has only begun. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Redbud
Judy Barnes leaves her uncomfortable past behind and ends up in a small Nebraska town where she joins the Redbud Area Dog Rescue. Everything should be peaceful. But suddenly it isn’t. This is the first in the Dog Lady Mystery series. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Breaking
In this thrilling sequel to End Time, we follow the stories of the battered remnants of mankind as they attempt to survive the ravenous undead infecting the world. Both the East and the West coasts of the United States have collapsed and the U.S. military is in full retreat. All their attempts to stem the ... Read more
Palpable Imaginings
Mystery, Suspense, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Action, and Thrillers! Stories of redemption, retribution, murder, courage, hope, love, new beginnings, alternate history, unusual powers, science gone wrong, nightmares, fate, narrow escapes, shoot-outs and survival. You’ll find them all here in 17 selected stories from 8 writers in Palpable Imaginings! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
