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!
The Harmony Scroll
Stella Hunter must find the Harmony Scroll that history claims is capable of removing the Peacetaker curse. Last time the scroll was seen was in the port of Trieste, being loaded on to a ship more than a thousand years ago is not a deterrent. Nor is the fact the ship never reached its destination. $0.99 ... Read more
The Romanov Legacy
Natalie knows that Nicholas II, the last Russian tsar, left behind a secret bank account. But no one believes her because she’s been diagnosed with schizophrenia…until a Russian spy kidnaps her, claiming she’s the only one who can lead him to the treasure. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Sugar Daddy’s Baby
One interaction, a bizarre story, an hour in Marley’s life change everything. She discovers Cockaigne, a mythical-turned-real paradise where everyone gets whatever they want. She jeopardizes everything to experience it and gets more than she bargained for. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
No Reason to Hide
Navajo cop Jessica Akee finds the body of a young male sprawled in the weeds behind a convenience store on the Reservation. What at first looks like just another gang killing is a far more disturbing murder. On loan from the Phoenix PD, top cop Charlie Stone partners with Jessica to find the killer. She ... Read more
Free: Call It Treason
Foreign campaign money has corrupted the White House and an enemy agent of influence is advising the president to go to war in Syria. One man has a chance to prevent America from another costly war in the Middle East. His name is Drake, but time is running out for him to identify the traitor ... Read more
Double Mayhem
This top-rated action thriller romance introduces the Seekers Mystery Series and Doris Watson as a unique heroine. She is not a super spy, not a trained assassin. She is someone real and much more lethal, a smart woman pushed into a corner. Recruited to stand in for a secret agent look-alike, Doris Watson is told ... Read more
Free: A Haunted Murder
Lin Coffin has returned to the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts to make a new start in life. When someone close to her becomes a suspect in a murder, Lin uses all of her skills to unravel the mystery, even her ability to see ghosts. Free on Kindle.... Read more
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“A gripping novel that combines archeological, historical, scientific, and romantic elements to create a thrilling, strong story. Authentic characters, all-too human relationships, adventures and mysteries transport readers into past, present, and future events–a wonderful discovery for this reader, who cannot wait for more!” -The Columbia Review. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Dark Seed
Journalist Nick Barnes is plunged into a world of intrigue when he meets a revolutionary scientist who’s learned something he wasn’t supposed to – and pays the ultimate price. Nick and the scientist’s daughter, Morgan, find themselves running for their lives as they uncover the immoral and destructive global plot. This award winning thriller will keep you ... Read more
Magic Mirror
SACRE BLEU! THEY KILLED A MAN FOR A MIRROR! Florida transplant Georgia Lee Maxwell doesn’t take to Paris at first, despite the fact that she’s at least leaving a no-good man and a hated job as a society editor. Now she’s a Paris correspondent, thank you very much… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Afterlife Series Box Set
Meghan is 16 when she dies. She wakes up on a flying steamboat on her way to a school run by Angels in a white marble castle. On the boat, she meets Mick who has been dead for more than a hundred years but still looks like a teenager. He helps her past the difficult ... Read more
The Downing Street Plot – An Agent’s Revenge
Spencer Hall, head of the British MI5 Security Service, knows it’s no ordinary day when top CIA field agent Jack Stein lurks near his car. He’s right, and when he learns of the looming internal threat, he knows it won’t be business as usual. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Girl from the Sea
For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, a chilling suspense story of wounded hearts and dark secrets. Washed up on the beach, she can’t remember who she is. She can’t even remember her name. Turns out, she has a perfect life – friends and family eager to fill in the blanks. But ... Read more
Sick to Death
Knowing you’re dying can be murder. When Gage Adder finds out he has inoperable pancreatic cancer, things really start to look up for him. He leaves his soul-crushing job, makes some new friends at his terminal illness support group, and takes up an exciting hobby: Serial killing. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
82 Desire
82 Desire is the EIGHTH book in the Edgar Award-winning Skip Langdon mystery series by Julie Smith. A WIFE’S WORST NIGHTMARE… “I’ll get the car, dear. You wait with the bags,” says the husband. And she waits on the curb at Baggage Claim till doomsday. Turns out the car’s still there. But hubby’s not. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Melt Zone
A mysterious structure is found buried beneath the Antarctic ice. Undiscovered for decades…It should have remained that way. A team of climatologists are sent on a routine expedition to Antarctica to investigate a rapidly melting glacier, where they make a startling discovery… In Europe, a secret Nazi document surfaces which points to a historical government conspiracy, ... Read more
No Reason to Hide…he’s already here
Navajo cop Jessica Akee finds the body of a young male sprawled in the weeds behind a convenience store on the Reservation. What at first looks like just another gang killing is a far more disturbing murder. On loan from the Phoenix PD, top cop Charlie Stone partners with Jessica to find the killer. She ... Read more
Shadows in the Past
When detective Eleanor Starwood is assigned to the case of her sister’s murder, she must rely on her past to solve the mystery. Eleanor is devoted to bring justice to her sister’s death but the killer even knows her every move. Will she find out who the killer is all before time runs out or are ... Read more
Run, Run, as Fast as You Can (Emma Frost Book 3)
Simone Beaumont is having a rough day. She is exhausted. Her baby is crying non-stop, she is in a fight with her husband and hasn’t spoken to him since last night. A big part of her want to just leave everything. To run away from it all. To vanish. She is considering it while putting ... Read more
Wicked Little Secret
Everyone has secrets—ghosts are no exception… Finding her body taken over by a ghost with unfinished business while entertaining a tempting (yet dangerous sounding) invitation from Rick Rowling—her boss—has Amanda Meyer, FBI special assistant and resident ghost whisperer for the Paranormal Cases Division, in a tailspin. Her drag-queen-guardian ghost is acting even stranger than usual, a ... Read more
Corridor Man: Valentine
BETTER CHANGE THE LOCKS. BOBBY DID. Corridor Man: Valentine is a novella. Disbarred attorney Bobby Custer continues to use murder, treachery and perversion in an ongoing effort to increase his personal gains. Ever the charmer, Bobby provides Emily with an unforgettable valentine that up until now she could only dream about. Together they forever mark ... Read more
Transformed Paris
Transman spy Charley MacElroy heads to Paris to help stop a Neo Nazi plot to plant dirty bombs throughout the city. His lover Electra comes along to work on her French, but soon finds herself meeting a group of sinister expats. No sooner does she lay her hands on a suspicious map, than she suddenly ... Read more
Mourning Reign
An armed—and armored—terrorist breaks into the Longview Police department, shooting anything in his path before detonating the explosives hiding beneath his body armor. As retired police detective Alex Mendez waits for news of his injured cop wife’s condition, the whole of East Texas begins to dig out from the carnage visited upon it. While Alex ... Read more
Endurance
Meghan’s training at the Academy is coming to an end. Everything is going great as she comes closer to graduation. She is engaged to be married and the wedding is near when she hears some disturbing news that makes her rethink her future. In class the students are learning to catch dreams and fly with the ... Read more
PI On A Hot Tin Roof
The FOURTH mystery in Edgar-winning author Julie Smith’s Talba Wallis series. New Orleans’ most dynamic detective duo, poet/computer genius Talba and street-savvy Luddite Eddie Valentino, have a personal interest in this one—Eddie’s lawyer daughter Angie’s been set up for a drug bust. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Bone Pit
In this third Gina Mazzio, RN series of medical thrillers, Gina and fiancé Harry Lucke sign up for a Travel Nurse assignment at a small Nevada facility involved in clinical drug trials, somewhere in the middle of nowhere. $o.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Fire Raven
Raven Winter is known as the world’s most dangerous assassin. She comes from a family of assassins and killing has been her expertise for years. The Recruitment Agency is her main employer and for many years they have sent her on missions all over the world to kill some of the most dangerous people known ... Read more
Free: Dark Harbour
Dark Harbour is a mysterious seaside town full of lurid secrets. College student Danny has recently arrived in the town and is besotted with a young woman called Stella. The only trouble is she has a possessive boyfriend and he just happens to have connections with the local vigilante organisation. Can Danny resist his ever-growing ... Read more
And Then She Was Gone
What’s done in the dark will be brought to the light… The silhouette stood at the edge of the woods like a spider watching a fly enter its carefully crafted web. Only a few more steps and she’d be within its grasp. Stacy Shaw has her whole life ahead of her. New job, new house and now ... Read more
Aphrodesia
While a student at the world’s top perfume school, Eric Foster creates an aphrodisiac fragrance of astonishing potency, the Holy Grail of the perfumer’s art. But when his creation is tied to an outbreak of passion-driven homicides, he becomes the NYPD’s prime suspect, facing a charge of serial murder. Desperate to prove his innocence, Eric ... Read 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
Dark Secrets
Jackie Rose is a mother on a mission. Determined to prove her eldest son did not commit suicide, she enlists the help of her best friend’s husband, Homicide Detective Charlie Cooper. Reluctant to reopen another team’s closed case, but even more reluctant to upset his wife, Cooper and his partner Joey Quinn investigate. They soon ... Read more
Free: The Shotgun Wedding (A Cozy Mystery)
Katherine Mackenzie never planned on following in her mother’s footsteps as the manager of the Sweet as Sugar Cupcakery, but she does a damn good job of it. Her first big order is for a wedding taking place at her uncle’s Grand Mackenzie Manor. Kate expects smooth sailing, but she gets a lot more than ... Read more
The Vanished Priestess
In this fine sequel to her highly praised debut, The Hummingbird Wizard, Blevins blends a wild story, wonderful wit, and great characters.”–Library Journal, which also named it ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST FIVE MYSTERIES”If you don’t fall in love with the Szabos, you don’t have hormones. A sublime debut whose sequel can’t come fast enough.” ... Read more
The Talking Tree
Alan has recently landed a new job and has decided it’s time to move out of his mother’s house. He’s been living with her since his father’s death. Everything was going well for Alan until one day when he came home and a tree out back spoke to him. Alan becomes close with the tree ... Read more
Toxin
Toxin is the SECOND book in Rob Swigart’s Thriller in Paradise series. Hawaii police lieutenant Cobb Takamura and molecular biologist Chazz Koenig return in this tale in which the murder of an unpopular real estate developer leads to the inner circles of international defense. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
Bone Crack
THIS KILLER CARVES HIS VICTIMS! RN Gina Mazzio and her long-time love, Harry Lucke, are deep into marriage plans when a particularly nasty murder intervenes—the bookkeeper in their friend Lolly’s office has been raped and carved up. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
Skip Langdon Mysteries (Vol. 2-3)
So, effectively, THREE for the price of one! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Vanished
‘A 2016 Readers’ Favorite Award Winner in Suspense’ She thought her nightmare was over. In VANISHED, Abby has married the man of her dreams. He rescued her, and he’s the father of her child. Everything should be perfect, but she begins to relive her nightmare from when she was taken… and one night she disappears, leaving her ... Read more
Wicked for Hire
Sometimes, the opportunity of a lifetime busts your door instead of gently knocking at it… Medical student Amanda Meyer 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 didn’t rid her of the ... Read more
