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!
A Secondhand Life
After receiving a heart transplant from a young murder victim, Mia Germaine is plagued by horrifying nightmares. Are they clues to solving a murder case, or grim phantasms leading her further into danger? More than a page-turning thriller, “A Secondhand Life” weaves a tale of second chances and reclaimed dreams as this taut, refreshing story ... Read more
The Pact
What really happened to Tom Kelly? Navy Commander Celia Kelly is a strong woman of faith and valor who lost her husband. As she seeks to unravel the mystery of his disappearance, a Navy SEAL mission sucks her into murder and conspiracy. Is the conspiracy related to Tom Kelly’s disappearance? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Mind If I Come In (Mystery)
A vampire, a psychic, and a turtle–oh my! Book 1 in the Kat Parker cozy mystery series. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free Mystery: Scraps of Paper
A widow starts a new life in a small quaint town full of quirky characters and in renovating her new home finds “scraps of paper” that make her suspect two children and a woman went missing from the house…30 years ago. Are they just missing or were they murdered? In trying to solve the mystery ... Read more
Free: Hometown Secrets (Linda Darby Mystery)
“I sat down yesterday and read Hometown Secrets from cover to cover. I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!!! David Bishop has this gift of intertwining the characters, developing seemingly simple people into complex characters and he keeps you guessing as to who’s doing what, with whom, in a small town.” — Customer Review. Free on ... Read more
Free: Play Dead (Allie Babcock Mystery)
After Allie Babcock sets up shop in Boulder, her first client is a despondent collie whose previous owner apparently took her own life. But Allie soon suspects murder–and figures her canine client was a witness to the crime. Allie is quickly on the case when a second murder stops her investigation. Before making another move, ... Read more
The Origin of Dracula
“The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.” —William Faulkner Between mourning the recent loss of his wife and trying to raise his young son alone, librarian John Grant is barely surviving. And then he receives an anonymous letter promising a terrible revenge—retribution for a childhood sin John had thought long forgotten. The threat couldn’t ... Read more
Murder in Calico Gold
Kelly and her husband, Sheriff Mike, take a trip to the small town of Calico Gold, California, after his elderly Aunt Agnes calls and tells him she needs his help and expertise. The day after Mike finds out Aunt Agnes has made him the sole beneficiary of her large estate, including the Robertson Ranch and ... Read more
Free Thriller: DELIVERANCE
John Marshall is an ex-SAS soldier. He hears that his ex-girlfriend Sarah is in danger. He wastes no time getting to her. He doesn’t know, however, that he is being followed by an armed trafficking ring, and it is a race against time to get to her. Marshall must use all of his training to ... Read more
WASHINGTON DC: The Sadir Affair
FINDING OUT THE TRUTH AND MAKING JUSTICE, COULD BE MORE THAN A CHALLENGE WHEN THE TRUTH IS FABRICATED BY A MIND AS CALCULATIVE AND RUTHLESS AS THE PUPPETEER’S Secrecy, traps and manipulation at a secret service level are used to cover the shooting of Talya Kartz, and on the other hand to help the man ... Read more
The Vesuvius Isotope
From the ancient ruins beneath Mount Vesuvius, a two-thousand-year-old document has emerged. It is the only text ever attributed to the ambitious, inquisitive, and cryptic last pharaoh of Egypt… When her Nobel laureate husband is murdered, biologist Katrina Stone can no longer ignore the secrecy that increasingly crept into his recent behavior. Her search for ... Read more
The Ballad of John Walker
What happens to individual rights in a society that is overrun by surveillance? What happens when the power of a security state turns itself inward toward its own citizenry? The Ballad of John Walker is a clarion call for the independent thinker. If everything you had was stripped away, are you really who you think ... Read more
Murder at Cold Creek College
When Sheridan’s colleague is murdered she is assigned to assist the detective and her close friend becomes the prime suspect. As she draws connections between the people in Adam’s life, she realizes many women have a strong motive for murder and her involvement makes her a target. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
A View to Die For
100,000 readers can’t be wrong. That’s how many people have downloaded A View to Die For. Houston’s best selling cozy mystery is about an outsourced software engineer and his dog who try to prove his sister has been wrongly accused of murder. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Saving Babe Ruth
Based on a true story, when burnt-out lawyer and Civil War buff David Thompson learns that the town’s baseball league is about to fold, he gets in way over his head. He becomes torn between saving the league for his son, Christy, along with Christy’s friends and saving his marriage to his wife, Annie. If ... Read more
Arctic Wargame
Arctic Wargame is the first book in the wildly popular Justin Hall spy thriller series, hitting Amazon’s Best Sellers lists in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Canadian Intelligence Service Agent Justin Hall—combat-hardened in operations throughout Northern Africa—has been demoted after a botched mission in Libya. When two foreign icebreakers appear in Canadian Arctic waters, Justin volunteers ... Read more
Free: Flirting With Fire
Massage therapist Liz Williams lives by one rule: never date a client. Look, touch, but don’t fall in love. Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Gateway Through Which They Came
Seventeen-year-old Aiden Ortiz is a Gateway for the dead, but his gift is tested when the Dark Priest threatens to summon his demon brethren from hell. In this first installment of the Gateway series, Aiden will,soon discover where his loyalty truly lies–with the Light of which he was born, or the Darkness that threatens to ... Read more
Free: The Interrogation
What would you do if you were a secret intelligence operative and you were kidnapped by terrorists in Libya? In The Interrogation, see how Justin Hall, the best field agent of the Canadian Intelligence Service, handles this deadly situation. Free on Kindle and iBooks.... Read more
Free: Langston’s Daughters
Kate, Jenny, and Mandy. Langston Lockwood’s daughters. His tyranny drove them away. His suicide draws them home. They inherit his land, his millions, and his mysteries. Meet the women of the Rocking L and the men who come into their lives. Together, they begin the journey to discover the truth about The Lockwood Legacy. From ... Read more
Free: Dog Days of Karma
In search of a detective agency, Constance Twist storms into the Carr—Maah Consulting Agency. Celeste Carr explains that Carr—Maah performs human resources consulting, not private detective work. When Ericka Maah orders Celeste to take Constance’s case, Celeste wonders if her business partner has slipped off the edge of eccentric and into the abyss of the ... Read more
south of good
Forced out of the DEA after twenty years, Hardin Steel , Stainless to his close friends, has managed to get himself elected Sheriff of Cameron County, Texas. Twice divorced, with a bit of a drinking problem, he’s now dating Rory Roughton, a fiery sixth-generation Texan who’s as rich as she is beautiful—and hell-bent on keeping ... Read more
Stake-Out (Paranormal Detectives Book 1)
When a Chicago PD detectives encounters a vampire while on stakeout, his life changes forever. Two years after being kicked off the police force, the same vampire is back again, rampaging Chicago. Det. Danny Mancini is contacted by the beautiful and mysterious Angelica Cross to join the Paranormal Investigative Division of the FBI to track ... Read more
High Seas Honeymoon (Agnes Barton Senior Sleuths Mystery)
“I just can’t get enough of this series. Agnes and Eleanor are the best senior sleuths. If you haven’t read this series,I highly recommend you do.” –Customer Review. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Ice Cream, You Scream
It’s Halloween in the little quiet town of Caesars Creek, and Tara is trying to clean up for the festivities. However, while fixing up the shop next door to her own ice cream parlor, she finds a gruesome scene. A murder is on the loose, and the town is donning costumes. Can Tara unmask the ... Read more
Free: Flanagan’s by the Sea
A blistering crime saga, perfect for fans of Don Winslow and Elmore Leonard, of broken loyalties, family obligations, and a heroin deal gone horribly right. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Four Free Thrillers
These four thriller novels that are free on Kindle. Remember, that prices can change anytime, so make sure the book is still $0.00 before buying it. Murder in Nice The Good Lawyer Unallocated Space The Intern Happy reading!... Read more
The Death Row Complex
An anonymous warning is sent to the White House, and a genetically engineered biological weapon is released in a California prison. The unpublished data of biologist Katrina Stone may hold the key to harnessing the lethal bacterium—and to its creation within the desperate world from which biotechnology is born. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Legend of War Creek
On August 18, 1882, Joe La Fleur discovered a gold-bearing quartz vein near the headwaters of War Creek, high in the Cascade Range of Washington State. Later the same day . . . he lost it. One hundred and thirty years later, geologist Trace Brandon re-discovers the vein, guarded by a skeleton with a flint ... Read more
Beyond the Laurel Patch
People are going missing in Yellowstone, park rangers are finding and getting rid of bodies, and there is a serial killer in Yosemite National. The witty-cagey L.A. private investigator Luke Gilroy and his Tasker Team weave through the many anomalies and paranormal activity that soon haunts them, and two of the greatest parks in the ... Read more
An Uncollected Death
A lost job and a lost home cause Charlotte to come crashing down to earth but she has no time to feel sorry for herself. Even before her new reality has a chance to sink in she finds herself with a starring role in a murder mystery and is forced to play amateur sleuth to ... Read more
The Memory Box
What would you do if you Googled yourself and uncovered something shocking? The Memory Box is a story of deceit, misconceptions and obsession for control. With its twists, taut pacing, and psychological tenor, Natiello’s page-turning suspense cautions: Be careful what you search for. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Hancock Hill
Your first love disappears the day after your first glorious date, and maybe the violence that drove her away, that people are whispering about, was your fault. As years pass, you are fixated on your lost love, committing appalling, obsession-induced emotional blunders. Meanwhile, you and your best friend are about to perfect a radical new ... Read more
RATS ($0.99)
2015 Finalist in the International Book Awards – Thriller/Adventure A nuanced techno-thriller with both brains and brawn. Klingler’s debut offers a deep logistical jungle sure to entertain buffs and newcomers to the techno-thriller genre. Throughout, he displays fierce writing chops. Short chapters balance action and subterfuge with political thought targeted keenly at modern drone warfare.—Kirkus ... Read more
Free: The Bookmaker
You were right to be suspicious… It wasn’t Oswald in the book depository. It wasn’t Sirhan Sirhan in the Ambassador kitchen. It wasn’t a massive conspiracy or government cover-up. It was one man with one agenda. For small-time Huntington Beach bookmaker and wanna-be writer Trent Oster, it all started with a chance to collect a ... Read more
Stranger or Friend
L.A. lawyer Zoe Sinclair finds her Wyoming hometown reeling from the murder of its most popular resident: her best friend, Lori. Not less unnerving are the strange cries coming from the woods. The lawyer inside the woman is prompted into action, but she meets resistance from a town wary of outsiders. When a second body ... Read more
Free: Under the Ice
After escaping an abusive marriage, Camille and her daughter Shelby are finally happy. Her new husband, Gus, loves them both. But when the ex-husband gets out of jail he lures Shelby to his hideaway, sending her parents on a desperate race to find her through the worst ice storm of the century. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Haven: A Stranger Magic
“A lie is but a whisper of the treachery yet to come.” This is something Sam Dalcome knows all too well. In a matter of days his life has gone from boring to mysterious and it all started with the stranger lurking outside his home. But what he uncovers next will not only change his ... Read more
Cold Judgment
The perfect cure for the perfect crime…Don’t miss this suspense from the New York Times best selling author of the Hannah Swensen mysteries. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Murder in the E.R. (A Detective Capella Crime Novel) — $0.99
While recovering in the hospital from a hit and run car accident, Deidre McDonough meets handsome detective Tony Capella, who had no idea that falling in love would cause Deirdre to once again be fighting for her life. Join Deirdre and Tony in their action packed, thrilling adventure as they work to unravel the mystery ... Read more
