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!
Detective McKnight – Deadly Engagement: By Deezign Mysteries Book 1
A murdered private detective. A prestigious law firm. Too many secrets to count… Detective Sean McKnight has seen it all in his ten years sleuthing. But nothing can prepare him for the suspenseful twists and turns of his new case involving a confident, determined woman requiring his help. Morgan Waters is a popular and prominent ... Read more
The Predator and The Prey
A burned out, cynical cop. A serial killer who loves the hunt as much as the kill. Corrupt politicians in bed with a crooked Chief of Detectives. At the center of it all is a beautiful young woman with a troubled past. If you think its Los Angeles in the 1950’s you’re wrong. It’s the ... Read more
Who She Was
P.I. Sylvia Wilcox investigates a murder that forces her to explore Detroit’s darkest depths and grapple with the corruption riddled upper echelons of Michigan’s elite families. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Helix: Episode 1
A genetically-enhanced operative’s deadly mission will lead her to a startling conspiracy in this riveting read. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Avenger of Blood
How do you go from poster child of All-American-Girl-Next-Door to Calculating-Killer-on-a-Murderous-Rampage? Try discovering a houseful of your family’s bloody corpses. Anna Croix’s life was perfect, until suddenly it wasn’t. Amazing family? Check. Doting Fiancé? Check. The career she’s always wanted? Almost check. And then there was nothing … Nothing but a gaping hole longing to ... Read more
Like Sweet Buttermilk
Family therapist Naomi Alexander has a no-nonsense approach to everything—except her personal life. Still in mourning for her murdered husband, she shares a shameful secret with her twenty-year-old daughter. And for the first time in a long time, she has an intriguing case. Richard Phillips is leading what seems to be a comfortable home-life with ... Read more
Waterborne
“An entertaining, action-packed tale involving viruses and terrorism.” – Kirkus Reviews When Californians start getting sick from the drinking water, engineer Jake Bendel once again partners with the FBI to discover the cause. With his new desalination plants behind schedule and searing pressure from the California Governor, Jake discovers the terrorists are planning Nazi-level genetic ... Read more
Free: Spirits, Stilettos, and a Silver Bustier (Pyper Rayne series, Book 1)
All Pyper Rayne—medium and coffee shop owner—wanted was the perfect vintage dress. What she got was a dead shop owner and a sexy ghost who’s suddenly everywhere—at her shop, in her car, and even lounging in her bedroom. But he’s not just any ghost. He’s a witch and able to appear in solid form…sometimes. If ... Read more
Death Before War
WHEN REVENGE IS NOT ENOUGH… After the murder of their beloved battalion commander, two Marines are forced to confront their heartbreaking pasts while scouring the jungle in search of the killer. Their search is haunted by a Japanese soldier running the jungles, refusing to surrender. Along the way, both confront their buried, pent-up emotions through ... Read more
Free: Southern Ghost Hunter Series: 5th Anniversary Special Edition: Stories 1-3
New York Times bestseller Angie Fox celebrates 5 years of the Southern Ghost Hunter series with a limited edition boxed set of the first three stories in the series, along with never-before-seen additional content, including deleted scenes, original art, an inside look at the characters, and a behind-the-scenes peek at how the series came together. ... Read more
The Anchor Is The Key
Paranormal Cozy Mystery about Madam Celeste, a psychic in a small town with a Masters in Psychotherapy. She lives a quiet life until she finds a toy boat on a stream that leads her to a mystery that might involve murder, but definitely involves ghosts. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Red Storm: Complete Series
Deep in the Kremlin, a plan is hatched……to restore Russia’s place in the world. Will the Ukrainian army fold as they expect? A sleeping giant is awake, but it’s not the one the world expects. The first spark at the powder keg comes on the Crimean Peninsula, but this is only the beginning. Soon, Korea, ... Read more
Hanging on the Roller Coaster
While riding a roller coaster at the amusement park Gardaland, an accident happened to Adela. She fell from her seat and ended up in a coma with brain injuries. Soon, doctors discovered she was under the influence of drugs. Her fiancé, Dominik, is seeking answers. His track will lead him into the world of Mafia ... Read more
Hack
When a top secret and powerful US surveillance technology is stolen and offered for sale on the black market, an exiled reporter races to expose the theft and untangle the plot—before the story is spiked, and he is silenced for good. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
MIDNIGHT SUN: An Alaskan Romantic Suspense (A Grant & Daniels Trilogy Book 1)
Wyatt, Alaska is a place of family, beauty, and unspeakable tragedy. A couple of years after Aaron Grant lost his wife and daughter in a fire, one of his daughter’s best friends, Sarah, is kidnapped. After spending the last two years as the town drunk, he reluctantly investigates the kidnapping along with the ambitious FBI ... Read more
The Complication
Read book 1 in the Camille Delaney Mystery series before book 2, Deliver Them From Evil, publishes on March 7. The Complication is a fast-paced legal and medical mystery set in Seattle, filled with greed, murder, and intrigue. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Escape to Osprey Cove
The mystery begins with an unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette, changing his and Catherine’s life forever. Doug’s mysterious behavior afterward forces Catherine to escape to The Osprey Cove Lodge, where she finds something even more valuable. The series spans seven geographic locations, from the scenic Canadian region of the Rideau ... Read more
Shell Games
Jim has nowhere to turn. His mentor is dead. Millions of dollars are missing. And he can’t remember the last six months of his life. Working as an accountant for a Long Island investment firm, Jim Garvey is far more comfortable reviewing financial statements than he is exploring the local dating scene. While working late ... Read more
The Sawtooth Job
The stakes couldn’t be higher. A mysterious discovery that changes the global balance of power. Two scientists become the world’s hottest commodity – one is captured, the other on the run. Enter Case Lee, with lethal spy agencies in hot pursuit. They quickly discover they’re messing with the wrong guy. “At the top of the ... Read more
Free: West End Justice
Everything in Detective Morgan Foster’s life is a secret…Living in West End, West Virginia wasn’t part of the plan, but the murders of her husband, Peter, and her partner, AJ Roth, have sent her into hiding. For a while, everything seemed to be fine, but two dead bodies at her waitressing job tell another story…Unable ... Read more
A Spirited Delusion
A fun, fast-paced, paranormal cozy mystery with twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the end! When a bad dream and reality merge, Quinn and her best friend Toni go undercover as contestants in a matchmaking competition to find a killer (and maybe even true love) and put a stop to Quinn’s murder-dreams ... Read more
Free: Nutshell
During Dust Bowl days in west Texas, a country doctor delivers a baby, a so-called “monster,” acceptable parlance of that era indicating a newborn with multiple birth defects. A genre-bending thriller that offers readers a birds eye view into the rigors of med-school through the lens of a supernatural-tinged, multi-generational drama. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Retribution
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
Silence in the Land of Gold
George Wilford is a long-time foreign lawyer in Burma and has been hired by a new firm in town headed by Seth Drake. When George is tasked by Seth to fix a mistake that threatens to bring down the firm, he is led to an intrigue over a fortune lost in an air crash involving ... Read more
Free: The Cruise
Susan travels on a fun cruise around the Hawaiian islands with her best friends, that is, until she sees a ghost (Book 3 of 5). Free on Kindle.... Read more
Gate 76
A detective in the mold of Bosch and Reacher tracks down the last living witness to a major crime – a troubled woman who doesn’t want to be found. Named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2018 and to BestThrillers.com’s best thrillers of 2018. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Throwback & Backlash
LIKE A BLAST FROM A DOUBLE-BARRELED SHOTGUN, TWO HARD NOIR L.A. NOVELS IN ONE BLOOD–STAINED VOLUME THROWBACK & BACKLASH Love, Lust & Murder Series Ménage as pressure cooker about to boil over: when Fred falls for married Marge, whose husband Frank is a bounty hunter . . . and Fred’s boss. Marge can’t leave her ... Read more
Sewing Suspicion
Secrets and a patchwork of white lies. Can Alex string together the truth before her life unravels? Alex Bailey’s heart feels threadbare. Struggling with the dubious practices of her NYC law firm, she’s left her high-profile career and is eager to clear her conscience with a trip home to care for the woman who raised ... Read more
Free: Maniacal
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
Red Velvet & Murder
An elderly couple were found dead in their living room, leaving their cat, Ralphy, to fend for himself. It appears to be a murder-suicide and the wife’s actions in the days leading up to their demise were suspicious. Is the death of Ralph and Janet Shelby as cut and dry as it seems? Or will ... Read more
Free: Steeped in Murder
Tea, tarot, and trouble. Abigail’s dream of owning a tearoom in her California beach town is about to come true. She’s got the lease, the start-up funds, and the recipes. But she’s out of a tearoom and into hot water when her realtor turns out to be a conman… and then turns up dead. But ... Read more
The Stranger in Our House
Tired of the city, Aaron and Meera relocate their family to the idyllic village of Little Crake. But fifteen-year-old Noah wanders alone into the forest. For three days, a search party combs the woods. Until he’s found alive, unconscious in the hollow of a tree… Why doesn’t Noah remember those three days? What happened to ... Read more
Free: Dead Funny: Four Women, Four Dead Bodies… Well ok, Five
A fast-fading celebrity is prepared to do anything, yes anything, to capture the headlines again. Unfortunately, Annabel had picked a very bad day to kill her husband. Four equally ballsy women cross a moral line to get what they want, with unexpected consequences. DEAD FUNNY confirms that the world is as crazy and off-kilter as ... Read more
Sweet Tea Witch Mysteries Books 1-10: Hysterical Southern Cozy Mysteries
Ten full length-novels! 2000 pages of reading. Start this delightful series full of Southern charm and sass. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Mother
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
The Rhine River Job
She’s known as the Gypsy, and teams with Case Lee to investigate a crime syndicate. The stakes ratchet up when they uncover corrupt connections with politicians, power players, and spies. The toxic mix turns ugly when all involved discover there are boundaries you’d best not cross. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: What She Saw
Psychological suspense that follows a young woman through the terrifying labyrinth of amnesia, where no one is who or what they appear to be. . . Imagine waking up on a train with no recollection of how you got there, with no idea of who you are–no name, no memories, no life. The only thing ... Read more
Free: FROZEN FEARS
When the daughter of a prominent man is found frozen to death, agent Don Trask is surprised that the man seems almost relieved at her death. When Don discovers more girls from a local college have gone missing, his investigation takes him where he never wanted to go. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Alchemical Detective
This midlife metaphysical detective has a murder to solve. But will a devilishly handsome casino owner get in the way? Pick up this page-turning paranormal women’s fiction today! Because this complicated, Gen-X detective isn’t like the others… Start reading now! Free on Kindle.... Read more
In Danger of Judgment
Vietnam vet seeks revenge on former mentor turned Chicago drug lord while cops race to stop a brutal drug war. Hidden motives collide in a thrilling and explosive tale set in 1987 Chicago. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
