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: New York City Crime Stories (Book One)

Bert Murray

These stories are about the violent crimes in New York City that have been in the headlines over the last year. See why so many people are scared to ride the subway or go out late at night. These varied crime stories flesh out the violence that is occurring in America’s largest city. Free on Kindle... Read more

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Free: Shifting and Shenanigans: Magical Mystery Book Club #1

Elizabeth Pantley

When this club selects a book, magic happens. They are whooshed inside the book and become the main characters as the mystery comes to life. It is exhilarating fun – until they realize they can’t get out until they solve the crime and reach The End. Not to worry, though! They are a brave, daring, ... Read more

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Spies Among Us

Mel Harrison

The hunt for a spy turns into a larger security breach – This next installment to the Alex Boyd series will have readers guessing at every turn. Assigned to London, Alex Boyd and his wife Rachel Smith, a political officer for the Department of State, step into a spider’s web of intrigue at the US Embassy. ... Read more

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Free: Escape to Osprey Cove

Luisa Marietta Gold

An unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s Corvette will change lives forever. Catherine is forced to escape to The Osprey Cove Lodge, set in the scenic Rideau Lakes region of Canada, where she finds something unexpected—a tale of love, betrayal, and wealth woven into a spellbinding mystery that will keep you guessing. Free ... Read more

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Free: Murder and Marinara

Rosie Genova

Author Victoria Rienzi takes a break from writing murder mysteries—only to find herself caught in the middle of a real one . . . Victoria heads back to the Jersey shore to explore her family’s roots and the specialty Italian cuisine their restaurant, the Casa Lido, is famous for. But she barely hits town before ... Read more

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TEETH of the DRAGON

Andrew Ceroni

In this nail-biting thriller, CIA Agent Dave McClure is sent to Jerusalem faces a cell of Hezbollah terrorists. In Tokyo, embassy employees are being threatened. Dave is sent, leading to yet another life-or-death challenge. And it will take all the courage and cunning McClure possesses to make it out alive. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Special Access (Duncan Hunter Thriller Book 1)

Mark A. Hewitt

Over 1,900 reviews with a 4.3 rating on Kindle. Special Access is the darkly unsettling first book in the Duncan Hunter series of political thrillers. If you like tough-as-nails heroes, high-octane adventures, and stories of real-world corruption, then you’ll love Mark A. Hewitt’s suspense-laden tale. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Ericksen Connection (2nd Edition)

Barry Becker

The Ericksen Connection is an espionage thriller about betrayal, PTSD, corruption, conspiracy, and terrorism. Mark Ericksen, the former Navy SEAL Team Six operator and a successful hi-tech business executive with EyeD4 Systems, an Oregon-based biometrics company, was all about duty, honor, and country. He resigned his commission in 2002 and, over the next several years, ... Read more

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Where the Light Shines Through: An Olivia Penn Mystery (The Olivia Penn Mystery Series Book 1)

Kathleen Bailey

A murder at an abandoned manor. Long-buried family secrets exposed. Her life will never be the same. FOR FANS OF CLUE AND NANCY DREW Olivia Penn is looking forward to visiting her father as spring blooms in her cozy hometown of Apple Station, Virginia. She’s all set to enjoy a week of relaxation with her ... Read more

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When a Stranger Comes…: A gripping psychological thriller

Karen S Bell

Author Alexa Wainwright is losing her mojo. Her latest works aren’t selling like her internationally bestselling debut. She vows to do whatever it takes to get back to being number one. But is she really? As she makes this vow, suddenly a lightning bolt cracks across the cloudless sky transporting the clueless Alexa to an ... Read more

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Free: Road to Nowhere

Braylee Parkinson

Anson Green vanished on a solo road trip, leaving no clues—just silence. Hired to find him, P.I. Sylvia Wilcox uncovers a hidden agenda behind his journey. In the lawless, desolate places where the lost go unnoticed, Sylvia must uncover the truth before Anson’s trail disappears forever. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Spy from Palestine

Steve Haberman

1947 British-run Palestine. Award-winning foreign correspondent, Charly Lawrence, and her lover, ex-Churchill bodyguard and spy, Jonas Shaw, arrive in the violent Promised Land. Their mission from her creditor-plagued editor: track down a survivor of an infamous WWII German slaughter and write her heroic story. This exclusive will hopefully rescue Charly’s struggling newspaper. Little do they ... Read more

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Where There’s a Will

T.H. Munsey

Uncovering a tangled web of danger and deceit, Jesse Weaver races against a constantly shifting clock to protect a defenseless child as she unravels a sinister plot that could cost them both their lives. WHERE THERE’S A WILL is a fast-paced, gripping thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat! $2.99 on ... Read more

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The HR Informant

Joseph Leebs

Dave is just a regular guy, working in Human Resources, when he is approached by Derrick to help create a new consulting firm. While Dave is considering this life changing career choice, he is drawn into the complicated world of spying on his potential new partner, which could have major political and life saving ramifications. ... Read more

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Free: Shredded Veil: A Joey Mancuso, Father O’Brian Crime Mystery Book 13

Owen Parr

Joey Mancuso’s life takes a dramatic turn when a young man enters, claiming to be his son from a relationship two decades ago. The young man, now facing a murder charge, pleads for Mancuso’s help, insisting on his innocence. Though unsure if the boy is truly his, Mancuso can’t ignore the striking resemblance and reluctantly ... Read more

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The Orbriallis Institute: Lost Grove: Part Two

Charlotte Zang

The suspenseful and chilling conclusion to the award-winning Lost Grove: Part One. Nestled among the ancient redwoods, on the fringes of the quaint yet haunted Victorian town of Lost Grove, looms the formidable Orbriallis Institute—a beacon of medical innovation shrouded in secrets. Within its hallowed halls, Dr. Neil Owens reigns, a figure both revered and ... Read more

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Reminisce

Diane Dresback

Relive the past. Rewrite your future. Regret your choices. If your memories make you who you are, then what happens when you change them? Nick frequents a bar to drink away his pain. The separation from his wife and inability to see his 5-year-old daughter is too much to bear. He meets Rachel, an expert ... Read more

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Tickled to Death

Annalisa Russo

She didn’t need to be on Broadway today. She just didn’t want to die before she had the chance. Chicago 1927 Speakeasy singer Katie OSullivan and her beau, Garrett Macmillan, must stop the Juiceman before they become his next victims. A tale of suspense, sweet romance and a bloodhound named Watson. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Moscow Brief

KJ Kalis

Its been five years since CIA agent Travis Bishop walked away from his career…Now living on a ranch in Texas training performance horses, he swore he’d never go back.The arrival of an unexpected guest at the ranch throws Travis headfirst into trouble. A man shows up on his doorstep claiming an agent that saved his ... Read more

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Last Patient of the Night: An AJ Docker Medical Thriller

Gary Gerlacher

Over 2,900 reviews with a 4.5 rating on Kindle. After a young patient is brutally murdered, emergency physician AJ Docker is determined to bring the killer to justice. But when his investigation leads him into a dangerous world of organized crime, his quest for vengeance becomes a fight for his own survival. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Friday in Las Vegas: An Izzy and Kenny Novel

Kaye Hopkins

Wit meets murder in the humorous mystery set in Sin City. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Moonlight Beach

Yurie Kiri

Yurie Kiri’s novel Moonlight Beach won the 2020 Hollywood Book Festival’s award for Genre Fiction. Moonlight Beach is about four friends who contact the spirit of dead Native American woman and have to fight for their lives against the serial killer who had been chasing her. The second book in the series, where two of ... Read more

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Worlds of Eternity

Aaron Hillsbery

Where Magic is Known Among the Universe. Aryssa Mathis, a distinguished regent of the Invoker Corum, finds herself far from home on an assigned mission. Her journey takes a perilous turn when she is ambushed by the Kaljerian Legion, a race clad in dark armor and equipped with advanced technology and a formidable fleet of ... Read more

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When a Stranger Comes…: A gripping psychological thriller

Karen S Bell

Author Alexa Wainwright is losing her mojo. Her latest works aren’t selling like her internationally bestselling debut. She vows to do whatever it takes to get back to being number one. But is she really? As she makes this vow, suddenly a lightning bolt cracks across the cloudless sky transporting the clueless Alexa to an ... Read more

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Free: Mystery Along the Danube

A. Nation

Who would have thought Rosetta’s exotic trip to Europe would involve thieves and kidnapping? (Book 1 of 4). When Rosetta and her daughter get a chance to travel to Europe, a criminal crosses their path. Follow her through famous cities in this tale of forgotten love, and the dangers of recovering a long lost hidden ... Read more

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Trunk or Treat

Riley Blake

When a body is discovered at a local church’s trunk-or-treat event, all signs point to pre-meditated murder, but could a silly vendetta over a costume drive inspire a few good women to take matters into their own hands? Realizing they’re the only people with a motive, the church ladies hide the corpse in a coffin. ... Read more

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Black Dog Escape

William Bach

“What have I done?” Navy SEAL Jack Thibideaux thinks as he stands over the shepherd girl he has just accidentally shot high atop a snow capped peak in Afghanistan. Thus starts Jack’s perilous journey to save the girl, and himself. With the Taliban close behind, Jack fights his way down the mountain to rescue the ... Read more

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Chase Baker and the Lincoln Curse: A Chase Baker Thriller

Vincent Zandri

Adventurer Chase Baker goes on the hunt for the dress that was soaked in Lincoln’s blood immediately after he was shot by an assassin’s bullet in Ford’s Theater. The dress, which belongs to a long dead woman, Clara Harris, one of the two friends who accompanied the Lincolns in the presidential box on that fateful ... Read more

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The Snare of Addiction

Kaylee Miller

In this thrilling continuation from The Veil of Oppression, Emily Anderson continues to push the two-faced CFO of Roth Pharmaceuticals to take accountability for his unethical company. But when hes got one foot in the grave himself, shell have to use all the influence she’s got even if that means getting closer to his heart ... Read more

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The File

Gary Born

Sara West is a beautiful 28 year old graduate student on a scientific expedition in Africa who stumbles upon a cache of WWII Nazi files in the wreck of a German bomber hidden in the jungle. The files reveal the location of a multi-billion dollar war-chest, secretly deposited by the Nazis in numbered Swiss bank ... Read more

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Liberty Justice

Brett McKay

Raising your mother can be deadly. Thirteen-year-old Liberty takes care of her heroin-addict mother, and when a drug dealer shows up at their house a fight breaks out, and the dealer ends up dead. To save them both, Liberty flees the scene with her mom in tow. Facing the demons of their past, the two ... Read more

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Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries

Peter Zander-Howell

A series of eleven books, all set in the mid 1940s to early 1950s, featuring Detective Chief Inspector Bryce of Scotland Yard. (In the earliest story he is a mere Inspector, and in the latest he has reached the rank of Chief Superintendent.) The various stories take him to various parts of England, when local ... Read more

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O’SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS INC. Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar’s Kiss

A.G. Russo

Book 2 of 3 in the O’Shaughnessy Investigations Mystery Series. The homefront 1943, Brooklyn, New York. Maeve O’Shaughnessy and Vic Marino survived the first year of their partnership thanks to solving a murder nobody else wanted to touch. Now they find themselves in much more dangerous territory, caught between feuding mobsters. World War II rages ... Read more

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Death in the Holler: A Mystery Detective Thriller Series (Luke Ryder Book 1)

John Bluck

MURDER, ADDICTION, AND REDEMPTION COLLIDE IN THIS ENTHRALLING SMALL-TOWN MYSTERY. Kentucky Game Warden Luke Ryder is an alcoholic on the verge of losing his job. But when a Louisville gangster is found dead in rural Kentucky on the first day of muzzle-loader hunting season a chance for Luke to prove his worth strikes. Asked to ... Read more

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Beneath the Neon Lights

Jaime Southwark

A boy is trying to find his missing friend – he’s also trying to survive the sex industry. Teenage rent boy Joseph Fernandez hopes to find a sugar daddy and take him for all he can get. Not only is he battling with heroin addiction, he’s also made some dangerous enemies. Homeless and desperate, Joseph ... Read more

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Captive Memory

Jimmy Gear

A small Washington state mountain town police woman gets caught up in seemingly connected kidnapping and murder cases, even while a budding romance blooms. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: EXERCISE IN MURDER

C.E. Nelson

Agent Danny Carlisle runs, swims, works out. She’s fit. Like the young women who have gone missing. She’s not especially excited about helping the Duluth police look for these women, she’s being pulled from a much more interesting case. At least she thought it was. Until the first body is found. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Waterborne

J Luke Bennecke

When Californians start getting sick with flu-like symptoms, civil engineer Jake Bendel is once again forced to work with the FBI to discover the cause. With his new desalination plants behind schedule and searing pressure from the California Governor, Jake uncovers a secret network of vengeful terrorists planning Nazi-level genetic modifications. But before the engineer ... Read more

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Free: Lost Grove: Part One

Charlotte Zang

For fans of Twin Peaks and Stranger Things, Lost Grove is the first in a paranormal mystery duology that explores the twisted legends and mysteries in one small town. In the eerie, enigmatic town of Lost Grove, where secrets whispered among the rustling pines are as thick as the fog rolling in from the sea, ... Read more

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The Webs You Weave

Shade Owens

In this nail-biting psychological thriller with twists you won’t see coming, a husband and wife come head-to-head in a dangerous back-stabbing conflict that has them both fearing for their lives. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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