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!
Think Murder
Adina Donati came to Washington D.C. to find excitement, not a dead body. When a friend is murdered, Adina is drawn into the middle of the police investigation. Tensions rise as the suspect list expands to include Adina, her friends, and colleagues at the prestigious think tank where she works. But every cloud has a ... Read more
Free: To Catch a Bad Guy (Janet Maple Series Book 1)
Janet Maple’s stellar career ended with a lay off and her boyfriend of almost five years told her that he wants to be just friends. When she lands a job at one of New York’s premier boutique investment firms, Janet begins to hope that her luck is finally turning for the better. Not only is ... Read more
An Innocent Client (Joe Dillard Series Book 1)
A preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room. A beautiful, mysterious young girl is accused. In this bestselling debut, criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over the years as he’s tried to balance his career against his conscience. Savvy but cynical, Dillard wants to quit doing criminal defense, but he ... Read more
Macaroons, Mummies and Murder
The Goddesses have murder on their minds when a body is discovered during a high-society museum opening. It’s not long until HoneyBun Shop owner, Ali Daniels, is launched on a desperate, fast-paced hunt to unwrap the identity of a killer who is unafraid to strike again and again. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Lane’s End (A Fitzjohn Mystery)
Sydney’s Observatory on a balmy summer evening is the perfect venue for a cocktail party and, it would seem, a murder, for Peter Van Goren’s body is discovered bludgeoned to death in the grounds. The first question Detective Chief Inspector Fitzjohn must answer is why Van Goren was present given his name does not appear ... Read more
Free: The Hostage (A Sarah Roberts Thriller)
Meet Elmore Ackerman. He idolizes Sarah Roberts from afar, and has done so for more than five years. He has studied her pictures, memorized her news clippings and now waits in the dark for the day when he can make Sarah his hostage. A steel cage waits for Sarah, where Elmore has practiced what he ... Read more
Quiescence Terminated
Power and political realities ensnare a young Muslim teenage boy in schemes to make religious change. His own quest to make his mark on the world, to be legendary, and to continue a proud family heritage make him a readymade instrument of those plots. His early losses in life, his essentially immigrant status in his ... Read more
Free: Quinn Checks In (Liam Quinn Mystery)
A gallery heist isn’t what it seems, and pretty soon, former forger Liam Quinn is running out of people to trust. The biggest mobster in town, a sweetheart named “Vin The Shin,” is calling him out; a steady string of lowlifes want his head; his brother the patrolman can’t forgive him and the woman he ... Read more
Free: Don’t Be A Stranger (Valerie Inkerman Investigates)
When Valerie Inkerman’s roommate Jerry gets her a waitressing gig at cushy Hamptons party, she has no idea that murder is on the menu. But when one of the guests is found dead and Jerry is accused of being the killer, Val knows she needs to utilise all her skills as a private investigator to ... Read more
Free: Sacrifice (Detective Madison Knight)
When the son of business tycoon Marcus Randall washes up on the shore of the Bradshaw River, Detective Madison Knight must sacrifice everything–including her career–to find justice for the “perfect murder.” With Randall already on the radar of the Secret Service for fraud and counterfeiting, the investigation sheds new light and they require the full ... Read more
RATS
One man on a decades old mission. A woman who hunts him. And the bullet they share–RATS explodes from the remnants of a war long past to current headlines hiding Washington secrets when two modern-day warriors face off. Both skilled at violence. And deception. Both accustomed to winning. “Joe Klingler’s novel is an intelligent non-stop ... Read more
Face Of Our Father
Winner Best Indie Book—BRAG Medallion Honoree. Stuart Pierce’s wife is hiding death threats. With graphic photos of a ritual stoning Stu’s only clue, he tries to protect a wife who refuses protection. Obsessed with catching a killer, Angie plunges them into a web of global intrigue. Honor. Love. Life. All are at stake as the ... Read more
Free: Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse (A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery)
Small-town murder was never so calculated. On a peaceful morning in an English coastal town, a handsome stranger meets a grisly end. With a twist at every turn, café-bar owner Charlotte Denver takes up the challenge to help find the killer before they strike again, and uncovers a shocking plot that rocks a close-knit community ... Read more
Werewolves of Chicago: Howard–The Underdog
An action-packed tale of courage, good vs. evil, and leaps of faith in yourself, transforming you into who you really are. In the wake of taking down the Russian mafia, runt wolf Howard comes into his own and has to discover what it means to be powerful before facing the greatest challenge of all, his past. ... Read more
Free: The Original Alibi (A Matt Kile Mystery)
Eleven years ago General Whittaker, long retired, former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, bought an alibi for his grandson who had been arrested for the murder of his fiancée, Ileana Corrigan, and the general’s unborn great grandson. The charges were soon dropped and the grandson released. General Whittaker is now dying and he ... Read more
Sherlock Holmes and the Dance of the Tiger
Victorian romantic mystery in the humorous vein of Jane Austen. Revolutionary terrorists, a dead British agent, a man-eating tiger, and the Commander of the British Army cavorting with a Russian spy. Now we have a national emergency. 2nd in “The Great Detective in Love” series. Stand-alone sequel to “Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the ... Read more
Follow the Dotted Line
A fun and funny new mystery about endearing family dysfunction. Imagine Stephanie Plum with four grown children. Andrea Bravos is dazed and amazed when a Styrofoam burger box with her ex’s ashes arrives in the mail. Her adventure to find out what happened will upset officials of several small countries, insult the founders of three ... Read more
Free: In A Small Town
Even in a small town, secrets can’t hide forever… The shotgun blast catches Detective Matt Longo by surprise. His world unravels into a nightmare that seemingly won’t end. Murder, rapes, pedophiles, the small town of Hutchville, N.Y. is changing. It is up to him to make a difference. While partner Donny Mello is in Italy ... Read more
Warren Lane
WARREN LANE is a charming comedy of errors, with a good heart and a light touch… The plot has enough unexpected surprises to keep things interesting until the very last page, upending all the characters’ lives with mischievous delight not unmixed with sympathy. — IndieReader (4.5 stars)... Read more
Jack and the Giant Killer: Detective Jack Stratton Mystery Series
This top-rated mystery-thriller book is on sale for a limited time to introduce you to the wildly popular Detective Jack Stratton Series from bestselling author Christopher Greyson. We hope you enjoy! Jack looked up at the giant, dead body brazenly hung on the quaint Welcome to Darrington sign. He turned to the town’s mayor. “Mayor ... Read more
The Cuckoo’s Calling (Cormoran Strike Book 1)
The Cuckoo’s Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. A brilliant mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel’s suicide. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is ... Read more
Free: Castle Cay (A Julie O’Hara Mystery)
When her best friend is murdered, Julie O’Hara, a body language expert, packs up her suspicion and flies to Boston for his funeral. Who could have killed rising artist Marc Solomon, and what does Castle Cay, the Solomon’s mysterious Caribbean island, have to do with it? Before long, Julie’s sixth-sense pulls a hidden string that ... Read more
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Readers, help award-winning author Randall Reneau get his newest thriller published. Nominate The Medinandi License for publication on Kindle Scout! Nominate here!... Read more
Bloody Ham
Amateur sleuth Belinda Lawrence and her associate, Hazel Whitby are working on a film location at historic and haunted Ham House. A starlet is murdered and Belinda is given the role of stand-in for the replacement Hollywood star. When a second murder occurs, tensions rise and Belinda is forced to prove her innocence. $3.00 on ... Read more
The Samantha Wolf Mysteries
It’s a little Nancy Drew and a little Scooby-Doo! Whether you’re craving a good, old-fashioned mystery or you’re looking for a clean read for your child, this is the series for you! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Mind If I Come In
On a recent trip to Vegas, Katrina Parker really crapped out. Married, widowed, and with no memory of either event, Kat suddenly develops the ability to communicate with comatose people. But what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there — especially when it comes to the supernatural. Even back in Houston, trouble still haunts her. ... Read more
The Winner
THE DREAM She is twenty, beautiful, dirt-poor, and hoping for a better life for her infant daughter when LuAnn Tyler is offered the gift of a lifetime, a $100 million lottery jackpot. All she has to do is change her identity and leave the U.S. forever. THE KILLER It’s an offer she dares to refuse…until ... Read more
Free: Rosemary’s Gravy (A We Sisters Three Mystery)
Rosemary Field never planned to work as a private, holistic chef for a demanding vegan actress. But then, plans have a way of going out the window when a girl’s parents skip town, leaving behind a half-million-dollar debt. She knows how to salvage an oversalted sauce, but can she salvage the disaster that is her ... Read more
The Third Gate
Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god- king who united upper and lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and ... Read more
Analogue
Legally-sanctioned LSD is employed at a unique hospice to treat anxiety and depression in the terminally-ill. When a drug variant is secretly introduced, two men with brain tumors find they are inexplicably cured. But a disturbing side effect comes along for the ride and how each man handles it makes all the difference. $2.99 on ... Read more
Free: Hushabye (A Kate Redman Mystery: Book 1)
A missing baby. A murdered girl. A case where everyone has something to hide… Free on Kindle. ... Read more
Free: Paper Phoenix: A Mystery of San Francisco in the ’70s
“Wickedly delicious… What makes (Thompson’s) book so particularly wonderful is the way it accomplishes the detective novel’s covert mission of urban analysis and social criticism.” -San Francisco Examiner “(Thompson) knows how to create that sense of place which is so important to any novel, but particularly to crime fiction; her characters are believable men and ... Read more
Warren Lane
When a troubled woman hires the wrong man to investigate her philandering husband, she finds out he’s up to much worse than she suspects. Suspenseful and richly plotted, Warren Lane is a page-turner whose vividly-drawn characters just can’t stay out of trouble. $0.99 on Kindle and iBooks.... Read more
Hellen Back
Jennifer Luck is off to college and finally getting away from her crazy-ass mother and that attic room. Only, Jennifer is about to discover there are monsters that lurk not only under beds and inside of closets and attic rooms, but monsters that dwell within the darkest places, unforeseen monsters, like crazy-ass mothers. When students ... Read more
The Stolen Twin
As a child, Kit’s twin sister Cat disappeared, never to be heard from again. Until one dark, twisted Halloween night. But is it really Cat? Or is it someone else playing a sinister and deadly game? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Missing Mona: A Tommy Cuda Mystery
“Klingler presents his craftiest yarn to date, summoning the pulpy spirits of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.” –Kirkus Reviews (Featured Review) 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. ... Read more
The Wind Guardian
With the help of an inside man, a group of determined terrorists siege a nuclear power plant, intending to spread radiation into the wind and wreak havoc on neighboring cities. The only thing standing in their way are two misfit security guards, Cameron Taylor and Grace Baker, whose romantic escapade temporarily takes them off the ... Read more
All In: The Globe Trot Shuffle (Thriller)
A story of four United States Marines who make a discovery in a mansion during the Iraq Invasion. They stash it, and have to come back years later. One of the Marines is now a contractor, and gets locals to help him and his friends get their discovery back. Then they have to travel to ... Read more
Free: SPARKS
Much too often we find ourselves wondering how a character is born. What made them into the hero they have become? What made them such a nice guy or girl? How did they become such a villainous monster or mass murderer? This novelette gives off a few sparks of the flame that ignited two explosive ... Read more
Measure of Danger
Kade Sims was a successful army intelligence officer until his hypomania disorder and impulsive behavior resulted in his discharge. Forced to adapt to a sedate civilian existence, he’d all but given up on a life of service. That is, until opportunity—and an FBI agent—knocks on his door. The FBI believes Kade’s unique talents make him ... Read more
