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!

Dolphin Bay Cozy Mysteries Boxed Set 1

Leena Clover

Join cafe owner Anna Butler as she battles with the local mayor, trying to rebuild her life and reputation. Aided by her prodigal daughter, quirky friends and a handsome retired police chief, this amateur sleuth is not daunted by red herrings. If you like cozies featuring strong women, yummy food and plenty of twists and ... Read more

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Leave the Bottom-Cook Islands

Randy Slapnicka

Melody Foster has a PhD in marine biology and a master’s in genetics, specializing in octopuses all over the world. When COVID stops all funding for her Octolab, she takes a consulting job in the Cook Islands for a deepsea mining operation, looking for metallic nodules that litter the Pacific floor and contain the rare ... Read more

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The Rooster Crowed at Midnight

Martin Mancini

Jack Snow’s second mystery explores the legend of the towns most infamous resident Carl Jenkins. The story reveals new details about beloved characters as they are thrust together in this new adventure. Join Jack Snow as he delves underneath the haunted heart of Shadow Bay, WI. Humor, horror and romance collide in The Rooster Crowed ... Read more

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An Eye for an Eye

Theo Harris

Whoever said that crime doesn’t pay hasn’t been to East London recently. Kendra March and her partner are given the unenviable task of bringing down the untouchable Qupi gang, who rule the East End of London with an iron fist. A lapse in judgement, however, leads to a catastrophic turn of events, changing their lives ... Read more

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Free: The Road To Key West

Michael Reisig

In an introduction to his best-selling Caribbean series, Michael Reisig’s “The Road To Key West” mixes you a cocktail of high adventure with a touch of madness, a splash of “laugh out loud” humor, and a wild parade of fools. The Road To Key West cavorts though the 1970s, from Key West and the Bahamas ... Read more

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Heads or Tails You’re Gone

William Joel

A former commander of the Navy’s SEAL team two, Clyde Hayden, is new commander of the elite homicide division of the Phoenix Police Department. Clyde is happily married until his best friend, a Phoenix police officer, is murdered while responding to a domestic violence call. Clyde’s wife, Jeannie, has had enough, scared that Clyde will ... Read more

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Free: Borderline

Denver Murphy

When a girl is attacked on her way home after a night out, DC Ruby Knight is determined to prevent another incident. But the community quickly takes matters into its own hands. The young detective is forced to question her own sense of right and wrong when revenge tries to trump justice. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Hills Be Shaken

Michael Stewart

They called it Little 9/11. Now the FBI needs help. They need an engineer. They need Mose Haley. SEVEN meets MACGYVER $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Victim of a Delusional Mind

K. J North

Tragedy enters the quaint coastal town of New Haven, Oregon when the recently released convict, Ross Conrad, vows to make good on a ten-year-old threat. Private Investigators, Troy and Eva Winters take on the case when they realize their good friend, Jasmine, is the object of his delusional obsession. When the threat becomes deadly and ... 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 3). A handsome dark haired man passes her an old diary. Then her daughter is kidnapped. Now she has to use clues from the diary to find her. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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You Know Who You Are

Mark Gillespie

Rowan Wilson just humiliated another woman online. A shocking tragedy follows. One that rocks her hometown to the core… She tries to start over. To redeem herself. But someone from the past has found her. And he isn’t about to let Rowan forget what she did. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Cats ‘n’ Cocktails Mystery Series

Faith Waitstill

Cats ’n’ Cocktails, formerly McClean’s Pub, is a cat rescue bar and grill owned and operated by Anya McClean. Her sidekick, a cat named Ching— once the beloved pet of a fortune teller— possesses his own supernatural gifts when it comes to exposing unscrupulous characters. Anya’s growing frustration with the incorrigible cat quickly turns to ... Read more

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Free: The Link – The James Brickman Series – Book 1

Dennis Shock

Find a girl who has been kidnapped by human traffickers! Thwart criminals attempting to assassinate him. Capture a high-level kingpin. Maybe even fall in love. All in a day’s work for James Brickman. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Weepers

Nick Chiarkas

The 1957 murder of an undercover cop in a New York City housing project has unexpected ties to the unsolved disappearance of a young father walking home in those same projects with his son, Angelo, on Christmas Eve six years before. The only witness to the cop killing is Angelo, now 13, while on his ... Read more

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Free: Joey Mancuso Crime Mystries Vol 1-5

Owen Parr

A well crafted and uniquely plotted detective crime mystery series. Follow the private investigation team as they work out of their Irish Pub in vibrant New York City. Hours of crime solving investigations will keep you at the edge of your seat. Join the team for a fast paced experience today. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Mitzy Moon Mysteries Books 1-3: Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Box Set 1)

Trixie Silvertale

Find out why readers are so addicted to this series… Mitzy Moon is a barista in a latte trouble! No sooner does she set foot in the quirky village of Pin Cherry Harbor to claim her inheritance, than the handsome sheriff catches her standing over a corpse. Desperate to prove her innocence, she’s forced to ... Read more

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Free: Mystic Falls

Vickie McKeehan

Cozy mystery with a side of chocolate. Emotionally reeling after the death of her grandmother, Gemma Channing is settling into Coyote Wells, the hometown where she grew up, after a ten-year absence. While coming to terms with the loss of her Gram, disturbing things begin to happen. Women are disappearing. Just when she begins to ... Read more

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The Man on the Rubber Balloon or Optimism

Paul Kelly

Would you travel halfway around the world to discover the secret of life? Max Hansell did, and he was never quite the same again. Cheated and dumped by his dishonest employer, Max escapes recession-hit London to trek to the source of the Amazon River. He’s determined to start life afresh, but disaster follows and before ... Read more

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Nico Argenti Renaissance Mystery Series

Ken Tentarelli

Renaissance Florence is the target of tyrants wanting to topple the republic. Nico Argenti, a clever and astute young lawyer, is called upon to confront the threats. His missions take him far from his beloved city to oppose power-hungry aristocrats, corrupt foreign bankers, and rogue mercenaries. He must summon more than quick wits when these ... Read more

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Solitaire: An Adam Fraley Mystery

Henry Hoffman

The search for a missing man living off the grid leads private investigator Adam Fraley down a treacherous path to the epicenter of a great American tragedy where he ultimately finds himself the target of a deranged sniper. Coming to his aid in his hour of need is an unexpected friend who appears out of ... Read more

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Old Sins

Lynne Handy

A dynamic, roller coaster ride of plot twists and turns.” “A truly mesmerizing and moving, mystery thriller that will stump the audience until the secrets are revealed.” Battered by her archeologist lover’s betrayal, poet Maria Pell flees to an Irish village to study prehistoric people and write her next volume of poetry, but her sanctuary ... Read more

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Death at the Lychgate

T.A. Belshaw

AMY ROWLINGS RETURNS! Sunday morning, and the body of Reverend Villiers has been found propped up on the vigil seat in the church’s lychgate. It appears that he has been poisoned. When amateur sleuth and regular churchgoer, Amy Rowlings arrives she finds DI Bodkin already at the scene. Bodkin tells her about a cryptic scripture ... Read more

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Special District: Harbin, Drawing the Tiger’s Bones

Tim Stickel

It’s 1929 and Borya Melnikov is a mixed-race patrolman in Harbin’s Special District police force. Paired with the legendary senior Inspector Chinn, they are investigating a grisly murder. The trail leads them through the city’s most upscale boulevards to its seediest boroughs and even to the frontiers of Manchuria. Danger abounds in the form of ... Read more

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Bayou Haunted House (Miss Fortune World: Bayou Cozy Romantic Thrills Book 11)

Riley Blake

Gomer and Gloria Hollowman host a long awaited steakhouse grand opening with a seasonal haunted house. With Gomer’s shocking announcement and unexpected guests, the festive week holds more than a few astonishing surprises. Unfortunately, someone is awaiting the perfect time to show his face, and Wasteland will never be the same as Ida Belle, Fortune, ... Read more

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Free: Snapped

C. M. Sutter

Murder happens in Houston, but when the most recent murders take on disturbing similarities, local law enforcement officers fear a serial killer is roaming their streets. Former sheriff’s department sergeant Jade Monroe has just graduated from the FBI’s serial crimes unit in homicide and is called to Houston with her partner, J.T. Harper, to take ... Read more

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Free: What I Did Not Say

B A Spicer

Jessica Morley is on her way to meet with a man she hasn’t seen for fifteen years. In her bag there is a package she must deliver. As she travels south, she remembers Jack Banford, a boy who captured her imagination as a child and made her believe in a future that could never happen. ... Read more

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What Jonah Knew

Barbara Graham

“A spellbinding literary thriller packed with psychological suspense and profound questions about motherhood, trauma and how death illuminates life.”—Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins A seven-year-old boy inexplicably recalls the memories of a missing 22-year-old musician in this psychological thriller about the fierce love between mothers and ... Read more

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Free: Forty Days at Kamas

Preston Fleming

Inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s account of a Soviet labor camp revolt in Gulag Archipelago, FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS potrays political prisoners and security officials at a corrective labor camp in Kamas, Utah, where inmates seize control during the mid 2020s. FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS offers a stirring portrait of a man determined to survive under ... Read more

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Free: The Islamorada Murders

Owen Parr

  The Islamorada Murders is a fast-paced mystery novel with ominous build-up of tension on every page. You may feel the danger as private investigator Joey Mancuso chases the truth and is pursued by gunboats and fighter planes. Reading The Islamadora Murders will keep you on the edge of your seat! Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Christmas Stocking

L.C. Moore

How a Christmas Stocking helps keep a family’s special memories alive. For those who have lost someone they love. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Escape to Osprey Cove

Luisa Marietta Gold

The mystery begins with an unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette. It will forever change his and Catherine’s life. Doug’s mysterious behavior afterward forces Catherine to seek escape at The Osprey Cove Lodge. What she discovers there turns out to be far more valuable than Doug’s find. Follow the suspense, mystery, ... Read more

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Is He My Son

Lin Chang

The novel is inspired by true events. Because of the accident, Lucy find out that their beloved twenty-year-old son, An’an, is not their biological child. And what happened to their “real” son who Lucy delivered at a Canadian hospital? “If you like the movie Parasite ? 2020 Academy Award for Best Film? I say give ... Read more

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Free: The Harry Starke Series: Books 1-3 (The Harry Starke Series Boxed Set Book 1)

Blair Howard

For an ex-cop turned private investigator I’ve carved out a pretty nice life for myself. Yes, life is good, but that doesn’t stop me from seeking closure and justice for the victims of Chattanooga’s darker side. Some say I’m reckless., but I’ll continue doing it my way. These then are my stories. Book 1: On ... Read more

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Tony Valenti Thrillers Box Set: Books 1 – 3

Neil Turner

Find out why thousands of readers are excited about the Tony Valenti Thrillers by reading the ePub box set of books 1–3. Tony and Penelope Brooks operate in the Chicago suburb of Cedar Heights, where the locals affectionately refer to them as “Lawyers to Little People and Lost Causes.” But taking on powerful interests comes ... Read more

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Free: Madman: A Murderous Thriller

Charles Welch

It begins with a strange text message from an unknown number. Congratulations! You’ve been selected to play a game. You must accomplish a task to prevent a consequence. Eve Hudson ignores the message, setting off a perilous game that she can’t possibly win. To avoid losing the love of her life, Eve is forced to ... Read more

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Free: Bully Shack

Paul Davidson

True story about fighting amongst boys years ago. Today people graduate from some martial arts classes by taking a test, but 50 years ago they had to fight. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Metronome

D.R. Bell

While investigating his father’s death in Russia, a man uncovers a long-running web of money, revenge and evidence of a plot against the US. But is he just a pawn in someone else’s game? Free on Kindle.... 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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At Wits’ End

Kirsten Weiss

A cozy mystery that’s out of this world… Men in Black. Conspiracy-crazed old ladies. Can a clueless innkeeper catch a killer … and stick to her carefully crafted schedule? When control-freak Susan Witsend inherits her grandmother’s UFO-themed B&B, she’s ready to put her organizational skills to the test. She knows she can make the B&B ... Read more

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The Glades

John Netti

When Detective Maddy Reynolds leaves her job to live in the Adirondacks, she builds a house on Berry Lake, across from The Glades. Avery Jordan, its founder, operates a sex-trafficking operation out of the sprawling retreat. He and his minions are on a collision course with the renowned detective. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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