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!
Slip Out the Back Jack
They take turns with the knife, cutting their thumbs open. A drop of blood lands on the dark wooden table. Eyes meet across the room. All four thumbs are pressed against each other one by one. Blood is shared, secrets buried. Years later a brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd at a movie theater ... Read more
Smoke and Mirrors
Smoke and Mirrors is book nine 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 is a complete story and can be ... Read more
Free: Sevyn
Dana Diallo is the pampered princess of a wealthy diplomat by day, but she hunts monsters at night. After surviving a brutal home invasion that resulted in her mother’s death, Dana takes extreme measures to avenge her. Tracking the men responsible is hard work, but killing them seems impossible. When Dana’s nightly activities leads to ... Read more
Show Her
Erika is the perfect woman in 2090, Louisville, Kentucky. But when she’s confronted by her husband’s first mistress, all hell breaks loose. How will she get rid of her competition, maintain her marriage, keep her reputation clean, and stay sane without losing her life in the process? $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Spirit Seekers
Can you escape the wrath of the Spirits? Sandy Jacobs and Ben Rush are back on the trail of another mystery. The head archaeologist in charge of excavating an important Anasazi ruin on Pueblo land turns up dead. The San Sebastian people, long opposed to the dig because of its potential to disturb a sacred ... Read more
Free: The Death Dealing Game
Meet Emily Lynch, a hot-tempered, ex-Iraqi vet currently on suspension from the NYPD for hitting the booze too hard while on the job. She’s six-feet tall, rangy and strong, and has the looks of a runway model. But don’t tell her that unless your dental insurance is paid up. Impulsive, brash, brutally honest, and prone ... Read more
Free: Peace, Love and Lies
Peace, Love and Lies is a story of big and small events interwoven and played out between journalists, military commanders, diplomats, and government officials. It is a story of intrigues and integrity, of cynical exploitation and of small favors of love and compassion. Definitely a must-read for those who are interested in experiencing a whole ... Read more
Free: Three, Four… Better Lock Your Door
It was supposed to be a night of fun, pleasure, lust and pain for Susanne Larsen when she agreed to meet with a stranger from a S&M chatroom. She met him for dinner that later led to casual, anonymous sex at the hotel room at the local inn. But someone else showed up in the ... Read more
Sweet Wicked of Mine (Mystery)
I could stay awake just to feel you creeping… Life is sweet for FBI Special Assistant Amanda Meyer. Her live-in boyfriend just happens to be her sexy boss, Rick Rowling, head of the Paranormal Cases Division, and cozy evenings at home are becoming a thing – but that just means a wicked new case is ... Read more
Free: The Travel Mate
A riveting thriller about what can happen when traveling alone through Europe. When a young woman goes missing while trekking in a remote mountain region, her father and sister embark on a wild search and cross paths with a ruthless killer. Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Tempting Taste of Danger
The only thing worse than a noisy bookstore is patrons literally dying to get out. An ancient book is the only clue. Elise Pepper has landed her dream job at the Capture The Magic book store. Peace and quiet and thousands of books to herself – including a $2m first edition of Alice in Wonderland. ... Read more
The Laird’s Labyrinth
By all accounts, Lindisfarne Island in Northumberland is a special place. For more than a thousand years, visitors have sensed The Other there, more so than anywhere else. The veil between the physical and spiritual realms is known to be thin on Holy Island, an isolated spot cutoff from mainland England twice a day by ... Read more
Rebekka Franck Mystery Series
It’s the stuff of a living nightmare… Three bone-chilling Mysteries from Best selling Author Willow Rose. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Vardin Homecoming
Six former friends from Vardin Village reluctantly reunite eight years after the devastating homecoming weekend that tore apart their lifelong friendship. When they were seniors at Vardin Village High, they weren’t supposed to be in the abandoned Butler Building after the homecoming dance but the adventure seemed harmless enough… until they find their friend’s dead ... Read more
In One Fell Swoop
Fasten your seatbelts as Willow Rose takes you on one scary, wildly imaginative horror novel ride. 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, and there is blood at the campground. But not ... Read more
Free: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Robin Hood? Not these two. Meet Leroy Logan, a young man who’s going to be the best con artist ever and Katherine “Fast Kate” Mulrooney, a young woman with even bigger dreams of her own. Together and apart, for sixty years of living large, Kate and Leroy will embezzle anything, con anyone and love each ... Read more
Free: Red Rover, Perdition Games
When a patient’s husband is brutally murdered, a famous psychiatrist tries to hide his unethical conduct. As his secrets unravel, a ruthless killer targets the two people determined to expose the truth. The game is simple: trust no one and stay alive. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Vanishing Wife
Mason Seaforth, a mild-mannered accountant, wakes up one day to find his wife, Sami, gone. His investigation leads him to Sami’s secret past. As he closes in on Sami’s whereabouts, so do two deadly serious criminals willing to kill to protect Sami’s secrets. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Emma Frost inherits a house on Fanoe Island when her grandmother dies. She decides to move there with her family, much to her teenage daughter’s regret. One morning a wealthy old woman in her street is found murdered and soon Emma finds herself wrapped in a mystery uncovering the island’s dark secrets reaching all the ... Read more
Emma Frost Mystery Series
We all know that high school reunions can be a daunting and sometimes horrifying experience. Well, for Emma Frost that is exactly what it becomes when she is invited to meet with all of her old classmates at a desolated hotel in the most Northern part of Denmark. Soon, she will learn that there was ... Read more
Free: Maniacal
Sleepy little North Bend just woke up. The newly promoted Sergeant Jade Monroe, and her partner, Detective Jack Steele, have just been informed of an unidentified male body found at a local lake. The town is in an uproar. The victim was nearly decapitated, and murder simply doesn’t happen in North Bend. As more bodies ... Read more
In the Graveyard Antemortem
Winner of Amazon’s reader-powered Kindle Scout program. “An engaging, creepy mystery.” – Scream Magazine. “A super-fun mix of murder-mystery, ghost story, creepy family drama and gory hack-fest.” – The Bookshelf Gargoyle. “Channeled my inner Buffy” – The Horror Hothouse. Seventeen-year-old Lisa is determined to solve her father’s gruesome murder while at the same time attempting ... Read more
Free: Jack Ryder Mystery Series
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
Free: One Way
On his way home on a Sunday afternoon in New York City, NYPD Detective Sam Archer gets caught up in a sudden, violent ambush on the Upper West Side. Forced to flee with four US Marshals and a young girl they are protecting, Archer and the group end up trapped inside a Harlem housing block,, ... Read more
Teacher Beware
Thirty-one year old Grace Ellery survived being stabbed multiple times in Ohio. Two years later, she moves to Murray, Virginia to get a new lease on life. On her first day of substitute teaching, her new life is nearly cut short when she finds herself in the middle of a shooting that leaves a married ... Read more
Airliner Down
Flight 2262 is bound for paradise, but a rogue terrorist could send it to the bottom of the ocean. If you like pulse-pounding reads with compelling characters and chillingly real plots, then you’ll love John Etzil’s turbulent tale. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Cosega Search
Indiana Jones meets Jason Bourne in this thrilling white-knuckle adventure! When archaeologist Ripley Gaines finally finds the key artifact that will prove his unusual scientific hypothesis, he’ll have to protect it — and himself — from the world’s most powerful organizations. Dig far enough into the past… you may just discover the future. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: What Hurts the Most
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: Dividers
A little girl is missing. Jacob doesn’t remember taking her, but he remembers seeing her face. Father and son billionaires are at war and a young singer comes between them. How many people will be destroyed in their personal battle? Will the young girl survive? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Miami Jones (Boxed Set)
The first four novels in the series reviews are calling “A five star romp by one of the best mystery writers around.” Join Miami Jones and his oddball collection of friends and associates as their quiet drinks under the palapa at their local bar are interrupted by cases that only the Miami Jones can solve. $0.99 ... Read more
Ripples
Twelve years held captive with no memory of home, cagey teen flees sociopath in deadly wilderness Intriguing, intense, moving, raw. A place you shouldn’t go, but Jacob went… Sixteen-year old Amy escapes her captors in the rugged Sierra foothills,only to discover freedom’s steep price. Billionaire Jacob Chandler turns fugitive in the same hostile chaparral, risking ... Read more
Free: The Sam Reilly Collection
Three bestselling Sam Reilly thrillers by the new Master of Action and Adventure, Christopher Cartwright! Free on Kindle.... Read more
Slenderman
Ever heard of Slender Man? They say he is always there. They say he is always watching. A tall guy in a suit and tie, with no face, and arms like tentacles. Some say he is an online myth; others will go very far to prove he is real, so far that they might even ... Read more
Free: Dead In Their Tracks
FBI Agent Mitch Kearns had just finished teaching a man tracking course and was looking forward to time off when the daughter of a former black-ops mentor shows up on his doorstep in desperate need of help. The Aeneid Corporation, a military contractor that provides mercenaries to third-world governments, wants Devorah Leitner dead and the ... Read more
Free: The Red Hot Yellow Bugatti
Robin Hood? Not these two. Meet Leroy Logan, a young man who’s going to be the best con artist ever and Katherine “Fast Kate” Mulrooney, a young woman with even bigger dreams of her own. Together and apart, for sixty years of living large, Kate and Leroy will embezzle anything, con anyone and love each ... Read more
Nine, Ten… Never Sleep Again
It is business as usual when Henrik Fenger picks up a girl in the bar and cheats on his wife with her in his hotel room. But, when he opens his eyes the very next morning nothing is as usual anymore. Henrik Fenger is the victim of a horrendous crime whose like has never been ... Read more
No Love Lost
Aaron and Sara plan to run away together, but what happens when tragedy strikes? $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Hit and Run
Anonymity won’t protect you. On his way home from a much-needed respite in the Colorado Rockies, Gunnar Wakeman loses control of his car and dents a vehicle on the side of the road. When he sees no witnesses—and discovers a dead body inside the abandoned car—Gunnar flees the scene. But the owner sees the incident. ... Read more
CXVI The Beginning of the End
Another suspicious death – yet investigators find Roman numerals concealed at the scene. But why? DS Woods, known for solving high-profile cases, puts his life on the line when a colleague is murdered. Quirky Detective Sergeant Maria Barnes has a chequered history although Woods sees potential in her. But is there more to her than ... Read more
The History Hunters
Available for the first time in one volume, K. R. Eckert’s popular History Hunters series, featuring treasure hunting adventurers, Paul Davenport and Sara Walsh. The Templar Succession: In 1972 a disgraced college professor and a retired FBI agent set out to discover, once and for all, the final resting place of the legendary Treasure of ... Read more
