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!
Small Wars: A Jack Reacher Story
In this Kindle Single short story, readers get taken back to 1989, when Jack Reacher was an MP assigned to solve the cold-blooded murder of a young officer. The killer, however, may be closer to Reacher than he suspects. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
In Dark Places
Customer review: “One heck of a ride, there are so many twists and turns that it becomes extremely hard to tell the good from the bad. This is a great suspense, and I would definitely recommend it.” $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery
Nurse Phoebe McFarland has just moved back home to the mist-shrouded ridges and isolated hollows of the Smoky Mountains when she is unexpectedly caught up in a mystery she must solve with the help of her childhood friend, a park ranger. Will this mean a second chance at romance? Only time will tell. An Appalachian ... Read more
The Antiquity: An L.A. Crime Novel
The murder of a popular university professor unearths a mystery involving a 2,000-year-old religious relic stolen by the Nazis during World War II. The object, secretly referred to as THE ANTIQUITY, is rumored to possess supernatural powers. LAPD homicide detective Jack Sheridan is skeptical… until his hunt for the killer leads him deep into a ... Read more
Free: Soul Meaning
Soul is an outcast of the immortal societies. Born of a Bastian mother and a Crovir father, a half breed whose very existence is abhorred by the two races, he spends the first three hundred and fifty years of his life being chased and killed by the Hunters. Time is running out for Soul. Can ... Read more
With Full Malice
JUSTICE, or REVENGE? They passed the ruby basket to vote who will live and who will die: A paroled sex offender in CA; a drug-addicted mother in LA, or a food critic turned investigative reporter in Yucaipa who’s too close to the truth. Who is next on their list? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Death by Chocolate Sundae
An ugly murder has occurred in Caesars Creek, Georgia, right inside Tara’s little The Frozen Scoop Ice Cream Shoppe. Tara and her pals, Stormi and Paige, witness the crime, but not who committed it. Will they be able to search out and find the killer, before they too end up frozen? Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Identity Mine
Fort Benning, Georgia: a Major General of the US Army opens fire on his own recruits, killing dozens before turning the gun on himself. USS Carl Vinson, Persian Gulf: a veteran fighter pilot opens fire on his own aircraft carrier before diving his F-18 Hornet into the deck. Ethan Warner and Nicola Lopez of the ... Read more
Free: The Savant of Chelsea
When New York brain surgeon, Alexandra travels to New Orleans to face the tragedies and mysteries of her youth, a compelling secret is revealed, launching a journey that ends in madness. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Stranger or Friend
Zoe Sinclair finds her Wyoming hometown reeling from the murder of her best friend. The lawyer inside the woman is prompted into action, but she meets resistance from a town wary of outsiders. When a second body is found and Zoe is threatened, the case turns personal. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Dangerous Intentions (His Agenda 2)
My name is Haley Macknight, and I’ve finally escaped my marriage from hell. But my husband, Jude Macknight, has murder on his mind. He will stop at nothing to get me back. Even from a distance, he’s controlling the course of my life. It’s only a matter of time before he finds me. Before he ... Read more
Free Myastery: Flapjack
An incredible invention has gone missing and so has its inventor. Two new, unique detectives named Murphy and Galveston somehow get the job to find him, but it seems everyone wants a piece of the revolutionary device that could change the world. The two investigators have the biggest case of their fledgling careers right in ... Read more
Free: Dinosaur Lake
Dinosaur Lake is about a rogue dinosaur in Crater Lake, Oregon, outsmarting, tormenting and devouring humans in a National Park and a resourceful chief park ranger who ends up, along with a gang of his friends, battling and defeating it. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Scraps of Paper
Abigail Sutton’s husband has been missing for two years when she learns he’s been dead all that time-a victim of a gone-wrong mugging. She begins a new life and moves to a small town full of fog, quirky townspeople and mysteries. And right away she’s drawn into one of her own when she buys, renovates, ... Read more
Mash Up
2015 WINNER NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD – Fiction: Thriller “Cleverly designed, Mash Up is the perfect detective read, as well as a classic addition to the noir genre.” — San Francisco Book Review (5 of 5 Stars) “A techno-thriller about digital music piracy and the people it affects most…a thoughtful, well-constructed tale.”—Kirkus Reviews $0.99 on ... Read more
Free: Equi Knocks of Karma
In the second installment of the Carr—Maah Consulting Agency mystery/paranormal series, Celeste Carr and Ericka Maah, business partners and friends, face a powerful and ruthless adversary. Celeste and Ericka are held hostage by Toni Rae Yelton, a self-centered party girl. Toni Rae is desperate. She orders the mysterious Ericka to use her supernatural powers to ... Read more
50 Kindle Books for $2 Each
Readers of literary fiction, romance, thrillers, science fiction, and fantasy,will find interesting books in this selection of 50 titles for $2.00 each.... Read more
Tales from the Beaumont House (Spooky short stories)
What do a psychic, a family of four and a computer programmer have in common? Unfortunately for them, they reside in the Beaumont House apartments. What appears to be a serene, picturesque apartment complex is actually an otherworldly reality consisting of the supernatural, the strange and the unimaginable. From horror and sci-fi toTwilight Zone-type fiction, ... Read more
Skin
The Lawrence brothers expected to have a normal Christmas holiday—that is, until a storm traps them inside their home and downs a local power line. Tensions rise as the temperature plummets, and their true feelings start bubbling to the surface: addiction, remorse, depression. It’s not long before they realize that although trapped and isolated, they ... Read more
Winterkill
A beautiful reporter and a charming rancher are caught in a web of mayhem, murder. . .and lust. Reporter Sawyer Cahill returns home to Cheyenne, Texas to report for the local television station. But leaving behind the coverage of San Antonio’s gangland murders only lands her in the middle of a wave of ritualistic animal ... Read more
FREE: THE ASSASSIN’S LIST
A political thriller, as current as today’s headlines, about homegrown terrorists trained to assassinate the leaders and VIP’s in America. A master terrorist is sent to America with 25 million to recruit angry criminals who converted to Islam and train them as assassins. In the last days before the first kill on the assassin’s list, Adam ... Read more
Bloody Mess : The Crimson City Tales
When Detective Saint gets to close to the crime lord in Crimson City, the criminals decide to hit Saint where it hurts most. It’s a full on war on the streets of the city. Will Saint be able to take down the crime lord in this action-packed thriller? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free Crime Fiction: Carnies and Wildcats: Ulciscor
Murder and Revenge in the Deep South In November 1980, one week after the crosstown competitors squared off for their last game of the season, someone raised the stakes beyond the realm of petty vandalism and theft and committed a cruel, monstrous act. The carnival was in town with its rides, games, and sideshows and ... Read more
The Pits
The day Captain Kramer, USMC, rescued a lonely pup off the streets in Afghanistan proved the turning point in both their lives. For Kramer it meant the filling of a great void left by the loss of his own lifelong buddy, Rusty; for the pup it meant a whole new identity as Corporal Shadow, a ... Read more
Where Secrets Reside
In the troglodyte village of Reynier, France, gendarme captain, Pascal Goddard, has his hands full, trying to identify the toddler who was abandoned on the hillside outside of town and figuring out who killed the girl’s mother and left her in one of the caves. The first suspect is an outsider who moved to Reynier ... Read more
Ten Times Guilty
Bravery or rage? Tossing on the sweat-soaked cot at three in the morning, Tracy felt nothing but anger. She kept seeing Karr, leaning against the cottonwood tree in the park, arms lazily folded as he watched her. The scene repeated over and over like a warped video. He’d even flipped a cocky little salute as ... Read more
Too Cute to Kill
A family Christmas celebration at the Fort Caspar Museum is an unlikely setting for murder, but when a body is found on the grounds, accidental detectives Jake and Emma Rand are plunged into a world of secrets – secrets that will rock their Wyoming city to its core. With the police investigation stalled, they must ... Read more
Daily Deal: 40 Beach Reads from Top Authors for $2.99 or Less
Dive into over 40 best-sellers from Nora Roberts, James Patterson, Maya Banks, and more. Just $0.99 to $2.99 today only (7/25).... Read more
2012: The Fifth World
The ancient Maya were wrong. The world didn’t end in 2012. Something happened, though, something which may have started humanity on the path to destruction. The stolen nukes and the presidential kidnapping were bad enough, but the real danger lies not in what was destroyed. The real danger lies in exactly who survived. $0.99 on ... Read more
Trout Fishing For Bodies
Private Detective Roosevelt wants to leave crime behind and go trout fishing. Pea Brain, his snide and not so normal guardian angel tells Roosevelt to go bar hopping – trout fishing could get him killed. But what does Roosevelt catch in the high mountain stream, not a trout, but a naked lady with a bullet ... Read more
Free: Wolves Behind You
Wolves Behind You is the new suspense thriller from California author Carrie Wexford. The Cappallettis, a powerful Mafia family, battle a rival clan for control of L.A.’s dangerous underworld. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Diamonds and Cole
Micheal Maxwell has found a niche in the mystery suspense genre that gives a readers an every man hero, short on vices, long on compassion, and a sense of fair play. The Cole Sage series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity laced norm and gives readers a character driven, story, with twists, turns, and ... Read more
Free: Corner Blitz
It’s a missing person’s case, but it’s not just any person. The daughter of a prominent politician is gone, and it’s right in the middle of a tight re-election battle. The investigation must be kept quiet. But when the case evolves into murder, everything changes and a scenario emerges where things are just not what ... Read 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
