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 House that Jack Built (Jack Ryder Book 3)
Scott Kingston is afraid of monsters. He thinks they’re lurking outside his bedroom window at night when his mother tucks him in. He asks his mother to keep the light on to scare the monsters away. But that light is exactly what lures the kidnapper to his window and the next morning, Scott Kingston is ... Read more
Free: Carrots (A Shelby Nichols Adventure)
Shelby Nichols is an average woman who is married to the only guy she ever fell for. Her life is organized and predictable, revolving around her husband and two children. All that changes the day she stops at the grocery store for some carrots. As the cashier rings up her purchases, a gunman is busy ... Read more
Free: Saints & Strangers (A Sam Warren Mystery)
“Set in Plymouth, Massachusetts and steeped in early Colony history, Saints & Strangers marks the debut in the Sam Warren series: Part Murder Mystery, Part Chick Lit Romance and Part Early American History Lesson.” When a young woman is hanged at Plimoth Plantation just weeks before the Thanksgiving holiday, budding private investigator Sam Warren is ... Read more
Free: Bloody Lessons (A Victorian San Francisco Mystery)
It’s the winter of 1880, and the teachers of San Francisco are under attack: their salaries slashed and their competency and morals questioned in a series of poison pen letters. Annie Fuller, the reluctant clairvoyant, has been called in to investigate by Nate Dawson, her lawyer beau, and the case becomes personal when they discover ... Read more
The Girl You Lost (Psychological thriller)
A sinister and darkly compelling psychological thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of The Girl With No Past. Eighteen years ago, Simone Porter’s six-month-old daughter, Helena, was abducted. Simone and husband, Matt, have slowly rebuilt their shattered lives, but the pain at losing their child has never left them. Then a young woman, Grace, appears ... Read more
The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Novel
The sixth electrifying forensic mystery by author Jefferson Bass (“a fresh voice in the crime novel arena” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer), The Bone Yard is the most gripping installment yet in the New York Times bestselling Body Farm series. Called away from Tennessee’s renowned Body Farm (the real life human decomposition laboratory around which these remarkable thrillers ... Read more
Free: Hometown Secrets (Linda Darby Mystery Book 2)
Hometown Secrets: The long awaited sequel to the first Linda Darby suspense mystery, THE WOMAN, has been released. And Ryan Testler, is back with her again. Memories are funny things. The way they quietly hang around. Linger. Waiting for something we see or hear, or an unexpected event to slam them forward into our consciousness. ... Read more
Free: Redbud (A Dog Lady Mystery)
Someone is killing the dog ladies! Who would want to hurt these women who help homeless and neglected dogs? This sophisticated cozy mystery is full of laughter and tears, loss and recovery, and an ensemble of engaging characters. Free on Kindle. ... Read more
Free: Green Kills
What would you do if everybody expects you to do the “right” thing, and you think it’s wrong? Ronnie can be a hero. As chairman of the board of a high-tech start-up, all he has to do is sell the company. That is what his partners want, what his fiancée is begging him to do, ... Read more
Mash Up
Disturbed by the death of a suspect in a recent case, Qigiq— Fairbanks detective, motorcyclist, and master knifeman—heads south to partner with energetic, action-loving Kandy Dreeson of the San Francisco Police Department. Their first case immerses them in the most complex cyber-crime of the decade when missing college musician appears in a YouTube video. “Klingler’s new ... Read more
Cross Your Heart and Hope To Die (Emma Frost Book 4)
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 class-mates at a desolated hotel in the most Northern part of Denmark. Soon, she will learn that there was ... Read more
Close to Home
Home Along the shores of Oregon’s wild Columbia River, the Victorian mansion where Sarah McAdams grew up is as foreboding as she remembers. The moment she and her two daughters, Jade and Gracie, pull up the isolated drive, Sarah is beset by uneasy memories–of her cold, distant mother, of the half-sister who vanished without a ... Read more
Free: Armed and Fabulous
All Lexi wants to do is get through the day at her boring temp job with Green Hand Insurance. That’s until she discovers the vice president, Martin Dean, in a pool of blood and herself at the center of an investigation into insurance fraud. Millions of dollars are missing, the chief suspect is dead and ... Read more
Free: The Perseid Collapse
America is on the verge of collapse, in this epic, post-apocalyptic sequel to the international bestseller, The Jakarta Pandemic.On August 19, 2019, an inconceivable attack against America’s infrastructure will unleash a human darkness over the United States–with a vast appetite for chaos and violence. Alex Fletcher, former Marine, will wake to this new world, thrown ... Read more
Mash Up (Mystery)
Mash Up is a riveting mystery ride through cyber-crime, music, romance, fast cars, sexy women, guns and explosions. Follow Qigiq, the Alaskan detective from Klingler’s award winning debut novel RATS, as he joins forces with fast-driving shoot from the hip San Francisco detective Kandy Dreeson to find a missing musician whose roommate receives a freaky ... Read more
Private Vegas
Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds–especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It’s the perfect location for Lester Olsen’s lucrative business. He gets to treat gorgeous, young women to five-star restaurants, splashy shows, and limo rides–and ... Read more
Slenderman (Emma Frost Book 9)
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
Sea-Devil: A Delilah Duffy Mystery
Gutsy, but error-prone, Delilah Duffy returns to the island she loved as a child and hopes to reinvent herself as manager of Beach Read Books. Her arrival sets off a string of disturbing acts of vandalism. The message is clear – everyone wants to see her fail, even members of her own family. When a ... Read more
Brooklyn’s Song
Brooklyn Pierce has just witnessed an attempted assassination, and Detective Song Kai and his partner, Detective Mattice Blake, are on the case.But as the story progresses, sparks begin to develop between Brooklyn and Song, providing the reader with a storyline overflowing with sensuality, compassion and romance amidst the onset of drama, tension, suspicion, deception and ... Read more
Free: Blanche on the Lam
“One of the best fictional detectives conjured up in years,” Library Journal Blanche White is a plump, feisty, middle-aged African-American housekeeper working for the genteel rich in North Carolina. But when an employer stiffs her, and her checks bounce, she goes on the lam, hiding out as a maid for a wealthy family at ... Read more
A Charming Spell
Bubble… Bubble… There is a new store Whispering Falls, Kentucky. Ophelia Biblio, the owner of Ever After Book Shop, has a power that no one else in Whispering Falls has. She’s a witch and her shop is magical. Cures and trouble… June Heal is on a mission to come up with a special cure for ... Read more
Beautiful Carnage
Philomene Doucette is a made-to-order assassin, and death never looked so good. Orphaned and brain-washed from the age of six, by Beau Dupree, a C.I.A spook, she is a beautiful, empty killing machine, fractured from systematic abuse. Philomene is given her most important assignment yet: executing Haruto Mori, the leader of a deadly Japanese clan. ... Read more
Joyland (Hard Case Crime Book)
A STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME! The #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious ... Read more
Fast Track To Glory
Nina Monte, a well-respected professor at the University of Padua, answers an unexpected summons to a secret meeting with three European officials. They want to hire her to verify the authenticity of an ancient artefact hidden on a forgotten galley that sank in the fifteenth century, and to this day lies buried at the bottom ... Read more
Five, Six … Grab your Crucifix (Rebekka Franck, Book 3)
INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLING SCANDINAVIAN MYSTERY! The Priest is a man with a mission from God. He is to help those possessed by evil to finally become free from their stronghold. He has expelled demons for years and had great success. But there is one demon he never managed to cast out. And that demon has ... Read more
Free: The Moonglow Cafe
New York reporter Paige MacKenzie has a hidden motive when she heads to the small town of Timberton, Montana. Assigned to research the area’s unique Yogo sapphires for the Manhattan Post, she hopes to reconnect romantically with handsome cowboy Jake Norris. The local gem gallery offers the material needed for the article, but the discovery ... Read more
Free: The Beach House Mystery
What should be a quiet week at the beach turns into the most challenging mystery that Sam and Ally have uncovered yet. Is the tale of a sea creature and haunted lighthouse just a myth? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Geared for the Grave (A Cycle Path Mystery Book 1)
Mackinac Island is a peaceful summer resort town where everyone coasts through the streets on bicycles. But after someone sends a prominent local on her final ride, it’s up to one resourceful visitor to get things running again… In this cozy mystery shakedowns, cover-ups and big fat lies keep bodies hidden on Mackinac Island and ... Read more
Free: Come Monday (Jake Sullivan Series)
Jake Sullivan had everything—his dream job as the chief prosecuting attorney in the Miami Office of the Justice Department, a loving family, and good friends. Many would describe him as a bulldog of a man with a strong moral streak. No one would have predicted what was actually to come. When Jake Sullivan takes on ... Read more
Free: The Near Death Experience (Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thriller)
Have You Read About the Doctor Who Died and Went To Heaven? And Then Came Back! Thaddeus Murfee is retained to defend a case unlike any he’s encountered before. The client: a doctor who died and went to heaven and came back to write a book and tell the world about what he learned. It ... Read more
Killer Cannoli
Private Investigator Claire DeNardo, visits her Aunt Lena’s cafe, Cannoli’s, and discovers a romance brewing between her aunt and a new customer. Claire’s surmises that her aunt’s new boyfriend is lying about his identity prove solid when he’s found murdered at the cafe. Claire ignores the warning of Police Detective Brian Corrigan and delves into ... Read more
Free: America’s Trust
When ex-CIA analyst Tom Butler stumbles across evidence of a conspiracy that will destroy America as a free nation, he must do whatever he can before it’s too late.Not knowing who he can trust, Butler has to resort to extreme measures to reveal the true nature of America’s Trust. As he nears his goal, America ... Read more
Peek A Boo I See You (Emma Frost Book 5)
The body of a woman found in front of Nordby City Hall has a message for Emma Frost carved into the skin. Behind this ruthless murder stands a ghostly figure that likes to play childish games. Soon, this killer brings a reign of terror to the small Danish Island and especially to the life of ... Read more
Free: Harley Hill Cozy Murder Mystery Bundle
If you enjoy a cozy setting, lovable pets, funny characters, and ingenious clues, then this is box set for you! Look out London, there’s a new investigator in town! When Harley Hill’s new job turns into a murder case, she’ll need all her skills to find the killer. Luckily she has a mischievous cat, and ... Read more
Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel
Patricia Cornwell delivers the newest engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. $3.99 on Kindle.... 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
Who You’ve Got to Kill
In this action-packed thriller, a military trial uncovers a deep-seated political conspiracy. When defense counsel, Marine Captain Charles Slidell, uncovers evidence that may bring the conspiracy to light and prove his clients’ innocence, he ignites a conflagration of political intrigue that burns across the battlefields of Iraq, through the cities of Baghdad and Washington, and ... Read more
Free: The Fox in the Forest
When the town vicar Peter Barton is found shot in the woods between two peaceful villages on Christmas Eve, Superintendent Lambert and his CID team are called in to investigate. His estranged wife herself was missing in the days before her husband’s death, busy with her lover… Free on Kindle.... Read more
Screaming To Be Solved
Marxie Vaughn becomes a widow at twenty-five years old when her police officer husband, Evan, is tragically killed—reduced to ashes in an explosion in the line of duty in their small Georgia town. Without even a body to bury, Marxie is left to deal with the sorrow of his abrupt and brutal end. Seeking to ... Read more
Final Scream
When There’s No Escape From A Cold-Blooded Killer. . . As white-hot flames sear the dark night, a killer waits in the trees, watching the mill burn, listening for the screams–the only proof that justice has finally begun for the sins of long-ago. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
