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!
Free: The Most Terrifying Places on Earth
Prepare to be frightened…very frightened by these extraordinarily scary places most of us probably never knew existed! Free on Kindle.... Read more
Evil Runs
Does living evil walk among us? Not according to Cole Garza, sheriff of a small Gulf Coast town. He doesn’t believe in much of anything since the day his wife was killed. When the French priest Francois Domaine walks into his life claiming that a recent mass murder was the work of a dark force, ... Read more
Heroes & Hooligans in Goose Pimple Junction
Goose Pimple Junction is just recovering from a kidnapping and a murder, its first major crimes in years, when trouble begins anew. Life is turned upside down in the quirky little Southern town with the arrival of several shifty hooligans: A philandering husband intent on getting his wife back, another murderer loose in town, a ... Read more
Death Times Three: Two Stories and a Novella
A beloved artist is bludgeoned in his own gallery… A young woman’s yearning for a baby turns fatal… More than fur flies when a development project threatens a desert wildlife refuge… Meet Las Vegas librarian Elinor Gray. She has a talent for solving crimes—and for getting in the way of no-nonsense Detective Guillermo “Guy” Villanueva. ... Read more
Everlast, a Brainrush Thriller
From #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Richard Bard comes the next highly anticipated “Brainrush” thriller, a mind-gripping action thriller that spans three continents and two books – “Everlast” and “Ephemeral,” which was an “Indiereader.com Best Book of 2014.” A gifted boy forced to grow up too fast… A father who will do anything to ... Read more
Murder in the Middle
An urgent phone call from principal/friend Antonio Petrocelli sends retired music teacher Susan Wiles rushing through the doors of Westbrook Middle School , where she discovers a missing bookkeeper and a ransacked office. Eager to keep the break-in quiet, the principal enlists her help. Too bad Susan’s detective daughter, Lynette, doesn’t appreciate her mother’s interference ... Read more
A Book to Die For
A previous Number One Cozy Mystery. Jake Martin is not your ordinary sleuth. He’s an ordinary guy with an extraordinary dog. This time the story takes place in the foothills of Denver. Jake is accused of manslaughter and he has to prove the accident was really murder. Along the way he encounters a poaching ring ... Read more
Queensboro
Ashley Smith attends Crow Creek Elementary and is the brightest student in Earle Pruitt’s fourth grade class. She volunteers as line leader, captains the book club, wins the spelling bee, and never misses a day of school. Not in almost five years. Not until Schreck, the impish gravedigger at Holt County Cemetery, snatches her from ... Read more
Free: The coming of dark
Detective Troy Dance is attacked and nearly killed when he inadvertently films a murder. Troy dreams of a time when as a boy his closest friend committed suicide. The dream is disturbing and doesn’t make sense. While in a coma something invisible moves about his hospital room. Troy wakes to find that he is a ... Read more
Southern Spirits
Verity Long is out of work, about to lose her family home, then she traps a ghost, and now she can see and speak with spirits. It was an accident of course, but now she’s got a mystery to figure out, a ghost who can help and a man she shouldn’t partner with! Can she ... Read more
The Fat Badger Society
Lady Drusilla Davanish is given the task of discovering whether an acquaintance, who will be staying at her home on the beautiful Isle of Wight, is really a top French spy out to start a French style revolution in Britain. Societies in Britain are up in arms, demanding the right for all working men to ... Read more
TAXI
A moment in time, unforeseen, unavoidable, can change a life forever. A Dublin taxi driver’s life pivots on a moment of insanity when a teenage girl loses her life. So begins a dark journey for Danny Coyne; he’s not responsible for her death, yet he carries the guilt. He seeks solace in drinking and pushes ... Read more
Murder is Elementary
Susan Wiles is blissfully retired from her career as a music teacher. What a joy to be able to attend the holiday concert without worrying about how her chorus will perform. But wait. Where’s the principal? Susan offers to check, only to find the principal lying dead on her office floor. Of course, now that ... Read more
Welcome To Wherever You Are
Travelling to the other side of the world isn’t far enough for eight backpackers who find themselves staying at a Los Angeles backpacking hostel. They’re all hiding secrets and are trying to escape their pasts, but the need for new identities and the chance to start again isn’t as easy as they’d imagined. Soon their ... Read more
Clonmac’s Bridge
Maritime archaeologist Griffin Clonmac discovers a medieval-era bridge near the Clonmacnoise Monastery, sunken for 1,200 years, only to find it perfectly preserved. What could account for this shocking longevity? Why is everyone in Ireland – including the Church — so desperate to prevent him learning the secret? And why is his consummate lover his greatest ... Read more
Death by Chocolate Sundae
Lightening strikes twice when another murder takes place by The Frozen Scoop Ice Cream Shoppe. Storeowner Tara must once again try to figure out the mystery before her business is killed too! Will she and her friends be able to catch the villain, or will they all end up in the deep freezer themselves? Read ... Read more
An Involuntary Spy
When asked to do some tests on the company’s genetically engineered (GMO) foods, biologist Seth Rogan entangled himself in a web of conspiracy. Seth is running from the CIA, FBI, and the strength of the Feds. He’s charged with espionage, and finds refuge with Russia. …”absolutely riveting”… San Francisco Book Review. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Downstream
‘In the next 48 hours there will be dozens of deaths in one of the UK’s northern cities. This is intended to demonstrate our capabilities. There will be future demands. Reply to avoid_armageddon@yahoo.com to acknowledge receipt.’ So reads the first in a series of chilling emails to the British government from an unknown group. They ... Read more
Death of a Spy
Mark Sava is thrown into the fight of his life when an unresolved Cold War mystery involving his first love collides with a present-day Russia on the march. Life has never been better for Mark Sava, the former CIA station chief of Azerbaijan. He’s recently married, has a newborn daughter, and the launch of his ... Read more
Free: Lady Justice and the Broken Hearts
A medical mystery that will have you laughing one moment and weeping the next. Volume #20 in the award-winning Lady Justice mystery series. Free on Kindle.... Read more
New World Orders
Shadow Government. The New World Order. The men behind the curtains have plans you’ve never even imagined, plans that go far beyond mere trillions of dollars. When tabloid journalist Jack Crowley catches a glimpse of the conspiracy, he is unable to resist further investigation. The ensuing chase spans more than three decades, with the very ... Read more
Free: Dinosaur Lake
There’s something monstrous in Crater Lake, Oregon, and Chief Park Ranger Henry Shore and his rangers need to find out what it is. Turns out it’s a real live dinosaur and with the help of paleontologist Justin Maltin and a team of brave FBI agents – and a Deep Rover submersible- Henry tracks the creature ... Read more
Veiled Obsession (His Agenda 1)
My name is Haley Macknight, and I’m dying inside. From the outside my life is every woman’s dream. I’m married to Jude Macknight, a sexy multimillionaire who loves me…too much. Once upon a time, I loved him. But that love is dead. Unwilling to let me go, I’ve become his obsession. He will stop at ... Read more
Decisive Moment
When Roger Morris photographs a movie star and her drug cartel boyfriend murdering her movie producer, will he turn over the pictures to the police, or will he try to sell them to the highest bidder? His decisive moment will get Roger killed, or turn him into a killer. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
PROFILE OF RETRIBUTION
From USA Today bestselling author, Alexa Grace, comes the third book in her Profile Series: Profile of Retribution, a spine-tingling story of guilt, vengeance and regret. The Dream Bradley and Tisha Lucas had a mini-mansion in the country, a thriving architectural business, and two handsome, intelligent and athletic teenage sons. They were living the dream, ... Read more
Predatory Kill
April’s mother is murdered and her father beaten. Lawyer Brent Marks takes on cases of social importance. He didn’t expect April’s predatory lending case against the big banks for wrongful foreclosure on her parent’s home to lead to murder. …fast paced, action packed legal thrillers… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
A Frozen Scoop of Murder
Tara decided to leave the rat race and ugliness of big city living. So she moved to a small town and opened a cute little ice cream shop. Nothing bad ever happens at a little ice cream shop, right? Wrong! Soon Tara finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery, as a women is ... Read more
The Lei Crime Series Boxed Set
AWARD-WINNING FIRST FOUR BOOKS OF THE BESTSELLING LEI CRIME SERIES! Blood Orchids, Torch Ginger, Black Jasmine, and Broken Ferns, books 1-4 of a mystery series so popular it spawned its own Fan Fiction Kindle World, are put together into a one-volume one immersive reading experience that will take you to Hawaii and deep into the ... Read more
Free: Day Use: Sex, Secrets & Stories
A thrilling novel that presents the story of Dalia Raz, a successful ceramic artist who suddenly becomes a widow after her husband is killed by a mysterious explosion in the factory he worked in. In her despair, following this disaster, she decides to change and rehabilitate her life. She turns her life upside down and ... Read more
The Hawk, or Other Worlds
What’s in the box? Dave never conformed where it was beneficial in life and paid the price. He realizes he should have listened to his parents, cared about his grades in high school, and conformed to become successful like his brother. Dave starts conforming and a mysterious, enticing, and exotic woman gives him a dream ... Read more
Murder and Brandy Boy
Liz Lucas, the owner of the Red Cedar Spa, hires an intern to help her prepare family style meals served to guests at the lodge. Only days before graduation, his car crashes over a cliff and into the ocean. Was it suicide or murder? Liz, along with her trusty dog, Winston, sets out to find ... Read more
Gone But Not Together
The cracks are beginning to show… Book Four of The Nathan Miccoli Mystery Series Thrust into an undercover assignment, with a new partner, Nathan is prepared for neither. Lily is at Annie’s, trying to keep everything together — contemplating the biggest decision she’s ever faced. Will they find a way back to each other? $0.99 ... Read more
Seared
Helena is incarcerated. She has crossed the lines, but what has she done? Once a week, Helena see a psychologist and talks with him, and the truth is presented piece by piece. For several years she had a relationship with a man who gave her the courage to live, despite her dark secrets, but she was ... Read more
Free: Covington Stone
A struggling PI (Covington Stone) tries everything to get the business he dreams of. After attending an annual convention to try to drum up business, he gets a break in the form of a jewel heisting case when a mysterious woman comes into his life pretending to be his partner and letting their new client ... Read more
Free: Lunar Eclipsing
Julie Meyes, cut off financially from her parents, inherits a paranormal detective agency from her recently deceased aunt. She meets Addison for the first time where she’s roped into solving a case that involves an amulet that supposedly carries a mummy’s curse. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Sutton & Sutton
A rich widow is being blackmailed, and it’s up to the Sutton Brothers, Nick and C.J., to find out who is responsible. You can call them Crime Dramas, Private Investigator Shows, Police Shows or any other name you can think of, the point is that the 1970’s & 1980s was full of them and many ... Read more
Pandora’s Grave
An American president who will do anything to win reelection. . . An Iranian leader who will stop at nothing to bring about apocalypse. . . An ancient evil, only waiting to be reborn. . . High in the Alborz Mountains of northwestern Iran, an archaeological team disappears. American citizens are among the missing. . ... Read more
Raining Men and Corpses
Graduate student Raina Sun is trying to keep her head above water as the bills roll in when her dashing college adviser cons her out of several months of rent. But her quest to get her money back sets into a motion a streak of bad luck. First, she finds the dead body of an ... Read more
DANCER’S RAIN
‘Even with all the pulpiness, suspense and thriller elements that exist in ‘Dancer’s Rain’, Sutherland writes some insightful, thought provoking, and beautiful prose bordering on the poetic… the novel transcends its genre at times, causing the sexual encounters and violence to clash against its conservative rural setting. Is it unsettling? Absolutely. It blurs the lines ... Read more
It’s Best to Shoot in the Head
“If you hide in hell, nobody’ll come calling.” Those are words to live by for Youngblood, an American who escapes fraud charges in Las Vegas by hiding in a war-torn Balkan town in 1996. Belgrade, Serbia is hell—or paradise, depending on who you ask. Crime-ridden and ruled by decaying dictatorship and corruption, the city is ... Read more
