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 Forest of Mayhem

Ellen King Rice

Is there “gold in them thar knickknacks?” Kami is exhausted by the sorting, dusting and pricing of items from her late parents’ estate. Her neighbors all have opinions, and one will kill to buy silence. Are the nearby woods a refuge or a waiting crime scene? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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A Week and a Day

Hal Adkins

World War II Marine Corsair fighter pilot David Hamilton suddenly finds himself thrust into a different time and place, trapped in a new, frighteningly surreal existence. With the help of two strangers, he embarks on a journey of discovery in a 1941 Ford Coupe, to fulfill a promise and, somehow, find his way home. Incredible ... Read more

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Down a Bad Road

Regina Buttner

Jealousy, secrets, and revenge make a steamy love triangle in rural New York. Burley breaks his no-married-women rule for Lavender, igniting a dangerous obsession in his ex-lover Marta. As tensions mount, a psychic warns Lavender of the danger lurking in the Adirondack woods. Someone’s out for revenge, and lives may be at stake. $1.99 on ... Read more

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The Bad Parents

SL Harker

Instead of hosting trivia nights, the parents on Madison Lane decide to play by a whole new set of rules. Anything goes. Petra, Dawn and Amy are about to indulge in their darkest fantasies. Until someone pushes those fantasies too far. Petra soon realizes she’s caught in a dangerous game. One she may not win. ... Read more

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Free: Maniacal

C. M. Sutter

Sleepy little North Bend just woke up. The newly promoted Sergeant Jade Monroe, and her partner, Detective Jack Steele, have just been informed of an unidentified male body found at a local lake. The town is in an uproar. The victim was nearly decapitated, and murder simply doesn’t happen in North Bend. As more bodies ... Read more

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Free: A Seed for Murder: A Joey Mancuso, Father O’Brian Crime Mystery Book 11

Owen Parr

In a matter of minutes, they ruled Myrna Tucker’s death a suicide. But one must ask, did the detective assigned to the case conduct a thorough investigation? If not, why not? In his latest addition to the acclaimed Mancuso and O’Brian Crime Mysteries series, author Owen Parr plunges readers into the world of industrial espionage ... Read more

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Memories And Remorse (A Warrenton Novel)

Chad Spradley

Detective Roger Taylor has been through hell and back. After defeating his nemesis Leonard Pierson, Taylor lost the love of his life, Shelia Lee. But when a local business owner is murdered in his own home, Taylor finds himself partnered with newbie detective Laura Barnes, embarking on a new investigation. As Taylor and Barnes dive ... Read more

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Free: Beast in the Bluegrass

Virginia Slachman

A horse racing world with a killer on the loose! In the gritty underworld of Thoroughbred racing Detective JD Cole has landed his toughest case yet, one that puts those he loves in the crosshairs of a dangerous foe. With everyone hiding something, will the good guys win against all odds? You’ll be guessing on ... Read more

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Black Plume

Anne Mikaitis

It’s the summer of 1996 in Lewton, Indiana, and Jenna Wilson is working hard and playing harder. Surrounded by her friends, they’re surviving the sweltering heat with drinks and playing cards. Then one of them is murdered. Local law enforcement is certain that one of her friends is to blame, but Jenna refuses to believe ... Read more

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Free: Black Chalk: A Portia Black Thriller

Pascoal Antonio

When Portia Black, professional vigilante, returns to the east coast to investigate the disappearance of an undercover NYPD officer, it seems like the long-cold trail is a never-ending loop of u-turns and dead ends. What’s worse, depending on who you ask, Isabella Parker is long dead. Or very much alive. Her father, Elroy, is convinced ... Read more

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Mercury Rising

J.B. Aspen

Midlife—when the magic really begins… Happy Birthday and hello Mid-life crisis to me. At forty-five, I thought life was over. Dead-end job, empty nest…it was just me and the cat. But when I lost my house and moved in with my senior citizen mom—that was the icing on my cake. Then, out of nowhere, my ... Read more

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Free: CASCADE

Peter Harper

On hearing the news her adopted father has suffered a second heart attack, Shani Balcescu dashes from St Aquinas College in Oxford to be at his bedside in Prague. Her father asks her forgiveness, but Shani takes his words to be little more than the ramblings of a dying man – until the following day, ... Read more

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Opie & Cleigh: A Lifetime of Love, War, School, and Murder in 92 Hours

Gary Nine

For fans of intense psychological thrillers and murder mysteries that seem too real to be fiction. Featuring plenty of suspense, a dash of romance, and a former military male lead, this story of courage and bravery in the midst of danger and unnecessary tragedy will have you cheering on the heroic actions of ordinary people ... Read more

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Blood Notes

Lin Le Versha

Winner of a 2022 Chill With A Book Premier Reader’s Award! A retired detective who’s now a school receptionist helps her former police colleague to solve a murder at the school. The odd pair of Edward – a gifted cellist and newly arrived student at the school – and his pushy mother seem to be ... Read more

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Free: Run For Your Life

C. M. Sutter

With the weekend right around the corner, Homicide Detective Mitch Cannon is looking forward to Saturday night. It isn’t often he has a date, and this one will be particularly interesting. His new friend Liza is beautiful, edgy, outspoken, and somewhat odd. But Mitch’s usual Friday-morning phone call to his mom sets the wheels in ... Read more

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First Bullet

Andrew Ceroni

Facing a triple threat, the CIA is on its heels. In ANDREW CERONI’s latest white-knuckle thriller, CIA Agent Dave McClure and his Spec Ops teams face deadly action in the mist-covered Blue Mountains of Jamaica, to a German terrorist team’s attack on a strategic missile base near the western forests of Wyoming. And to top ... Read more

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MURDER MOUNTAIN

Riall Nolan

A fugitive from justice, an impossible mission, and a taste for murder Nail-biting? You’ll chew your fingers off! Wanted by the FBI and hiding out on a remote island in the Pacific, Peter Blake has an unwelcome visit. He’s been rumbled by a man who “trades in information” and the price for not being handed ... Read more

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Free: The Mother

J. E. Clarkson

After The Lamb absconds taking D.C. with them, Kate Monroe and Detective Inspector Halifax are tasked with tracking them down and investigating the shady operations surrounding “The Blazing Crucible”. Soon they discover far more than they bargained for, as The Lamb finds themselves in as much trouble abroad as they are at home. Free on ... Read more

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The American Pearl

Peter Gilboy

Patricia Pavlik was left been three decades ago–by her country. She is called a “pearl” to those who still hold her because they see her as white and valuable. Patricia is still trying to get home, by any means possible. And if she does–when she does–all hell will break loose. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Dead in the Alley

Sharon Michalove

When Bay Bishop’s husband was found in the alley behind their Northern Michigan restaurant, she lost not only the partner in her dreams of establishing the best fine-dining establishment in the area but the man she thought was the love of her life. Then she finds out how he had betrayed her. Now she’s a ... Read more

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Shore Lodge

Susan Specht Oram

Her grief threatened to swallow her whole. When a seed of betrayal plants a devastating truth, will blood prove thicker than vengeance? Jacklyn Stone is struggling to stay strong. Left bewildered by her husband’s death, the devastated widow feels her usually competent management over her garden shop sliding into chaos. So when her son and ... Read more

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Free: Murder On The Heath

Sabina Manea

When a relationship coach is found dead, apparently electrocuted by a coffee maker, civilian investigator Lucia Steer makes short work of a killer’s attempt to hide a murder. But finding out who was so ready to kill in cold blood will take some clever sleuthing. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Jeb Strauss and Grant’s Gold

John Suter

A Civil War gold shipment lies buried in the sediments of the Tennessee River. Treasure hunter, Jeb Strauss is hired by a mysterious woman to find the wreck and the gold hidden inside. Unfortunately, there are others searching for the vessel and the secret shipment that is worth more than the gold. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Dead Before Dinner

Kat Bellemore

Green chile has never been more dangerous. Psychologist Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a good idea at the time, considering the divorce and her two teenagers she’d dragged along for the ride. But that was before the New Year’s Eve party she was guilt-tripped into attending. Before a member of ... Read more

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Free: Malevolent (Shaye Archer Series Book 1)

Jana DeLeon

Shaye Archer’s life effectively began the night police found her in an alley with no memory of the previous 15 years. Now, she’s a PI who gets answers for her clients, and maybe for herself. When her new client Emma claims she’s being stalked, Shaye is determined to help. Emma knows her stalker, but the ... Read more

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The Missing American

Julie Highmore

Private detective Edie Fox is more than a little suspicious when a wealthy American turns up to her cluttered backstreet office in Oxford, England, and hands her a bundle of cash to find his missing cousin. But not enough to turn down the deal. Yet she soon has more on her hands than she bargained ... Read more

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Free: Retribution

C. M. Sutter

The violent drug-related murders of two prominent attorneys have the homicide division of the Chicago Police Department scrambling for answers, but without clues, a motive, or a suspect, not even the FBI can track down the killer. With the media demanding an arrest and at their wits’ end, the Chicago Police Department makes an urgent ... Read more

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Free: Henry Halifax and the Tutori’s Cloak

Atlas Swift

The legend of the Tutori was something Henry Halifax had never imagined to be real – an ancient organization tasked with watching over the animal kingdom from the shadows. After a chance encounter with the elusive Tutori, Henry and his fiercely loyal dachshund quickly become entangled in a global pursuit that will demand courage at ... Read more

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Free: An Early Death

Helen Golden

When Lady Beatrice’s husband James Wiltshire dies in a car crash along with the wife of a member of staff, there are questions to be answered. Why haven’t the occupants of two cars seen in the accident area come forward? And what is the secret James had been keeping from her? The search for the ... Read more

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Free: The Reisman Case

Andrew Diamond

A young woman investigating a theft discovers a pathologically anxious suspect, a deeply dysfunctional family, and a brutal murder in this twisting psychological thriller. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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A Slap In The Face

Kelly Logue

If you know what’s good for you, you won’t cross the Alaskan branch of the Student Loans Across America Program (SLAAP). They don’t take to kindly to being ignored or insulted. And the Human Resources Director has a short fuse. Check out A Slap In The Face by Kelly Logue. A short little novel full ... Read more

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A Dear Abby Cozy Mystery Collection Books 4 – 6: The Last Stop, The Last Dance and Merrily Murdered

Sonia Parin

In the idyllic town of Eden, newspaper reporter Abby tries to shield her mom from a murder case. She then gatecrashes a ball she’s not invited to only to witness the death of a prominent guest, and, during her first sweltering Christmas, she tries to clear her friend of suspicion of murder. Small-town cozy mysteries ... Read more

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First Bullet

Andrew Ceroni

Facing the grave dangers of a triple-threat, the CIA is on its heels. In ANDREW CERONI’s latest white-knuckle thriller, CIA Agent Dave McClure and his Spec Ops teams face deadly action at a Chinese base hidden in the mist-covered Blue Mountains of Jamaica, to a German terrorist team’s attack on a strategic missile base near ... Read more

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Trial and Redemption

Thomas Reilly

SCIENCE MEETS MAGIC… In his latest inspirational and suspenseful novel, Trial and Redemption, Reilly continues the saga of a mystical Janus key and its time-bending influence on 21st-century characters, first introduced in the award-winning Chasing Time. Disgraced scientist Brian Ellis finds an improbable ally in Julie, a college student trying to reset her life after ... Read more

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Forger: A Psychological Thriller

Mark Spivak

Lester Gordon was laughed out of art school for wanting to paint like the Impressionist masters, but that’s the least of his problems: He’s only Lester Gordon part of the time. Sometimes he’s Louis Bétancourt, a painter of unfathomable talent who can create canvases good enough to fool all the experts on earth. At other ... Read more

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Bunny Brunch (Miss Fortune World Standalone Easter Cozy Mystery)

Riley Blake

This Easter, Celia Arceneaux is hosting a Louisiana picnic and everyone is invited. Fearful of what they might miss, Ida Belle, Fortune, and Gertie plan for an enjoyable day. Under the pretense of courteous Sinful neighbors, the women arrive with baked goods in tow, vowing to remain on their best behaviors. Unfortunately, someone else is ... Read more

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Free: The TRASK BROTHERS MURDER MYSTERY SERIES

C. E. NELSON

Identical twin brothers, Dave (sheriff of Lake County) and Don (lead agent for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension), team up to hunt criminals in Minnesota and beyond. Free to $3.99 on Kindle. Learn More... Read more

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The Thieves

Susan Specht Oram

When Jasmine steals money to save her father’s life, two people impersonating police officers steal her loot. Can she track down the robbers and recover the cash? An entertaining heist thriller. $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Finity: A Mafia Story

Melissa Rovelli

A woman with Asperger’s Syndrome finds herself caught between the Mafia and the F.B.I. Her childhood friend, who became a defense attorney, seeks to help her, but when danger threatens him and his personal life, Finity is left dangling within the clutches of those who would use her. To make matters worse, she isn’t sure ... Read more

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Friendly Fire

Mark Pawlosky

In the tradition of the best legal and political thrillers, Friendly Fire is an explosive tale of greed, revenge, treason, and murder. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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