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!

Dark Illusion: A Psychological Thriller

Dark Illusion is an intense, surprising, absolutely captivating psychological thriller about a young, driven NYPD Detective, Sharon Davis, and her mission to catch a ruthless serial killer who disfigures the victims’ beautiful faces before killing them. Sharon’s pursuit of the elusive killer leads her to the glamorous fashion world, soon to reveal its own ugliness, ... Read more

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Fragmented

Cameron Quinn is caught in a web of deceit. Protecting her brother from being framed for a murder places Cameron in untold danger. When the real killer diverts his attention to her, she has nowhere to turn, especially not to the man she shared one unforgettable night… who now is trying to put her brother ... Read more

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The Girl in the Ice (Detective Erika Foster Book 1)

Robert Bryndza

When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation. The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet when Erika begins to dig deeper, she starts to connect ... Read more

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The GingerBread House

Set in a small town during the 1900’s, The Gingerbread House is a Romance/Mystery grounded in nostalgia, mirth, and true love. When a journalist comes home from Europe to take over the town newspaper from his sister, he becomes infatuated with the local people and their stories. From an orphaned young girl to a threatening ... Read more

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Free: The Chemtrail Conspiracy Set (Mystery)

Are we being poisoned? Those fluffy white trails crisscrossing the sky–some say they are simply water vapor frozen into crystals. Others say they are deadly chemicals, some of which are for military defense, and others to control the weather and the world’s food supply. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Hide and Seek

Michael Zolezzi

LAPD Detective Skinner and his partner investigate the kidnapping of the wife of the mayor of Los Angeles, who also happens to be a federal prosecutor. The case threatens the core of one of the world’s most famous cities. An internal power struggle, false leads, meddling media, the victim’s own family, and Jake’s personal struggles ... Read more

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The Devil’s Bridge

A strange presence saves a soldier’s life. The payoff may be the life of his lover unless he can outwit it. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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California Gray

A beautiful artist fleeing Minneapolis with a broken heart, and a San Diego detective with a broken life, find themselves pitted against a manipulative and cunning murderer in a life and death struggle that will define who they are… and ultimately challenge their will to survive. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Drop (A Harry Bosch Novel Book 18)

Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two.DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime ... Read more

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Red Velvet Cupcake Murder

Joanne Fluke

This summer has been warmer than usual in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and Hannah Swensen is trying to beat the heat both in and out of her bakery kitchen. But she’s about to find out the hard way that nothing cools off a hot summer day like a cold-blooded murder. . . Features over Ten Cookie ... Read more

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Rock with Wings (Leaphorn and Chee Mysteries)

Anne Hillerman

Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, investigate two perplexing cases in this exciting Southwestern mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Spider Woman’s Daughter. Doing a good deed for a relative offers the perfect opportunity for Sergeant Jim Chee and his wife, Officer ... Read more

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Free: WANNA GET LUCKY?

Deborah Coonts

A young woman plunges from a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the Pirate Lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in the middle of the 8:30 Pirate Show. Almost everyone writes her off as another Vegas victim. But, Lucky O’Toole, head of customer relations at the Babylon megacasino, smell a rat, though she’s ... Read more

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Free: Cold Fear

Rick Mofina

In the remote, rugged corner of Montana’s Glacier National Park known as the Devil’s Grasp, little Paige Baker of San Francisco disappears with her dog, Kobee, while on a camping trip with her family; or so her mother and father have told authorities. A multi-agency task force launches a massive search as Paige fights to ... Read more

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Free: Marriage Can Be Murder (A Baby Boomer Mystery)

Susan Santangelo

Empty-nester Carol Andrews is thrilled when daughter Jenny announces her engagement. She’s dreamed of planning her daughter’s wedding since the day Jenny was born. But with only two months to pull together a destination wedding on Nantucket, Jenny insists on hiring Cinderella Weddings to organize the event. Father-of-the-bride Jim objects to the cost, and Carol ... Read more

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Free: Calamity Jayne (Calamity Jayne Mysteries)

Kathleen Bacus

Tressa Jayne Turner has had it up to here with the dumb-blonde jokes and a childhood nickname that’s harder to get rid of than her favorite pair of cowboy boots. Thanks to one Rick Townsend, Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer, local hottie, and general pain in Tressa’s behind, everyone knows her as “Calamity Jayne”. ... Read more

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One Night in Tehran: A Titus Ray Thriller

While on the run from the Iranian secret police, CIA officer Titus Ray encounters a group of Christians in Tehran. The battle-hardened agent becomes a believer shortly before being smuggle him out of Iran to freedom in Turkey. Back in the States, Titus learns he’s been targeted by a Hezbollah assassin. Now, while trying to ... Read more

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Wreck

Shawn Luther

Five seemingly unrelated stories become entwined during the course of a single night in this short but effective thriller. It begins with a hold-up and ends with a chase that will claim lives, shatter hopes, and forever change the way we look at strangers. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: A Crabby Killer (Moosamuck Island Cozy Mystery)

Leighann Dobbs

How far will the Islanders go protect one of their own? When the body of an ‘outsider’ is found stuffed in the crab boil pot right before the opening of Mooseamuck Island’s annual Crab Festival, the islanders aren’t too worried. After all, outsider business is none of their concern. They just don’t want something as ... Read more

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What hurts the most (7th street crew Book 1)

What would you do if your brother were being framed for a murder? Driven by a rightful anger Mary is trying to prove her brother’s innocence. She gets back together with her old high school friends(the 7th street crew) to help solve the mystery of who killed the person they arrested her brother for. $0.99 ... Read more

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The Leveling (A Mark Sava Spy Novel)

Dan Mayland

These days, Mark Sava spends more time in tutoring sessions than in cloak-and-dagger rendezvous. The former CIA station chief of Azerbaijan has settled into the modest life of a professor in Baku…until an assassin makes a brazen attempt on his life in the hallowed halls of the national library. The Azeri government deems Sava, with ... Read more

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Free: Still Life With Murder (Nell Sweeney Mystery)

P.B. Ryan

“P.B. Ryan makes a stunning debut with Still Life with Murder, bringing Nineteenth Century Boston alive, from its teeming slums to the mansions on Boston Common, and populating it with a vivid and memorable cast of characters. The fascinating heroine, Nell Sweeney, immediately engages the reader and I couldn’t put the book down until I ... Read more

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Lilah

Beautiful and mysterious Lilah arrives in sleepy little Silver Narrows and journalist, Nick Hendricks is soon caught in her spell. When he investigates a string of tragic disappearances from the past he soon realizes there are guilty secrets lurking beneath the town’s cozy exterior and that somehow Lilah is connected. But he’s unprepared for the ... Read more

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Hit the road Jack (Jack Ryder Book 1)

Ben is supposed to be in school. His parents are asleep after a night of heavy drinking. When his black Labrador suddenly runs upstairs and comes down with a finger in his mouth, Ben knows he’s not making it to school today at all… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Dance with the Enemy

“An excellent and action packed story that is hard to put down” Dance with the Enemy is the explosive first chapter in the highly-acclaimed and bestselling Enemy series of thrillers featuring Carl Logan. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Once Gone (Riley Paige Mystery-Book 1)

Blake Pierce

Women are turning up dead in the rural outskirts of Virginia, killed in grotesque ways, and when the FBI is called in, they are stumped. A serial killer is out there, his frequency increasing, and they know there is only one agent good enough to crack this case: Special Agent Riley Paige. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Night of the Bonfire

Ex-Navy Seal Michael Quinn is called in by the CIA to investigate a key undercover operative’s brutal murder. From the peaceful seaside town of Laguna Beach, the trail leads him across the globe, and into a world beyond anything he imagined. Amidst violent twists and turns, Quinn’s journey takes him from the crowded streets of ... Read more

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The Fall and Rise of Peter Stoller

In 1960’s London, British Intelligence agent Peter Stoller is next in line to run the Agency—until he falls in love with cab driver, Charles, and his life goes off the road. When Charles is accused of treason, Peter is guilty by association. Peter manages to extract them both, but the seeds of doubt have been ... Read more

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Closer (The Unit 1)

Danger. Intrigue. Suspense. Former Green Beret Michael Cartwright thought he left all that behind him…. That is until he meets Emma. +18 warning – This book is intended for mature audiences. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Sword Princess

Suzette Hollingsworth

Victorian romantic mystery in the humorous vein of Jane Austen. The Great Detective has more in store for his landlady’s niece than washing jars and labeling specimens: pistol shooting, fencing, boxing, and Jiu-Jitsu. This she can master, but Mirabella Hudson must face the greatest horror of all: Miss de Beauvais’ Finishing School for Distinguished Young ... Read more

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ICE

“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

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Free: The Chihuahua Affair

One woman is dead. Another is missing. Is a 4 lb Chihuahua really to blame? Looks like a job for Chief Randy Sorensen and the dog lovers at the Redbud Area Dog Rescue. This is the second book in the Dog Lady Mystery series. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Red Stick One

When senior wildlife officer is murdered in the field the half-Indian boy he raised, now grown and also a wildlife officer, takes off his badge to embark on a cross-country search for the killer. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Right Hand Man (Trouble in Paradise)

David Webb

In Trouble in Paradise, the continuing adventures of the Right Hand Man, Alexander Cusard goes undercover for the first time to investigate the Executioner’s next target. But when he makes a fatal error, he must be prepared to do the unthinkable. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Kill Fest

AL J. Vermette

Former CIA Operative turned freelance assassin Aurora Constantine is young, attractive and outstandingly deadly. For two years her insane appetite for professional murder has led her down a dark path of petty contract killings for unhappy spouses. Her lifestyle of drink and carnage is only grounded by the love of her sister Athena and girlfriend ... Read more

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Free: Trudy, Madly, Deeply

Wendy Delaney

After human lie detector Charmaine Digby scores a job as the County Coroner’s new investigative assistant, the unthinkable happens—a doctor reports the suspicious death of Trudy, a family friend and one of several elderly patients at the hospital whose heart mysteriously stopped. With no physical evidence of foul play, Char’s on the case, much to ... Read more

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Einstein’s Secret

Struggling scholar Jacob Morgan believes that history is wrong about Einstein’s last message. Now, he’s discovered a clue that leads him to an impossible discovery: time travel. And so begins Jacob’s desperate quest, one where history is not only changeable—it’s changing. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Hit the Road Jack (Jack Ryder Book 1)

Willow Rose

New engrossing mystery series from the Queen of Scream: Bestselling Author Willow Rose. 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 ... Read more

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Hunt for the Enemy

Rob Sinclair

Hunt for the Enemy is the breathtaking and action-packed finale to the bestselling Enemy series of thrillers featuring agent Carl Logan. All three books in the Enemy Series are just $0.99 through February 29.... Read more

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Emma Frost Mystery Series vol 1-5

Ready for 3 Bone-chilling tales in Emma Frost series? Just $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: New Orleans Mourning (Skip Langdon Mystery Series)

Julie Smith

MURDER, MARDI GRAS–AND MORE SECRETS THAN BEADS… It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and civic leader and socialite Chauncy St. Amant has been crowned Rex, King of Carnival. But his day of glory comes to an abrupt and bloody end when a parade-goer dressed as Dolly Parton guns him down. Is the killer his aimless, ... Read more

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