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!

Time After Tyme

Kay DiBianca

Mr. Tyme is dead, and strange, coded messages have been left in the chapel prayer box on the campus of Bellevue University. When amateur sleuths Kathryn and Cece attempt to decipher the codes, they begin to suspect foul play. But things get dicey when a couple of misguided young girls get wind of the investigation ... Read more

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Deadly Inheritance

Jeulia Hesse

Sometimes what you want most is what you left behind… After her cousin disappeared without a trace, Christina Wade left rural Vermont behind. Nearly a decade later she inherits the family’s historic inn that should have gone to the missing girl. Compelled to return to the place she intended to forget, she must decide whether ... Read more

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Free: Desert Shock

A. Nation

The shock the Tucson police find in the desert leads Detective Alex Blackhawk on a trail to hidden crimes (Book 6 of 9). In this second Blackhawk File in the 25th century, someone doesn’t want the truth exposed in this murder thriller. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Make It Up To Me

Mark Gillespie

Lisa Granger did the unthinkable. She committed a shocking act of betrayal that no one would dare believe. One year later, there’s a price to pay. And the cost is everything. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Soldiers of Freedom

Samuel Marquis

SOLDIERS OF FREEDOM is the true story of the 1944-1945 War in Western Europe and the final Allied struggle to conquer Nazi Germany. The story is told through the eyes of William McBurney, a tank gunner in the 761st Tank Battalion, the first African-American tank unit in U.S. history. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Louisiana Longshot (A Miss Fortune Mystery, Book 1)

Jana DeLeon

Miss Congeniality meets The Golden Girls in this hilarious mystery set in southern Louisiana. With a price on her head and a leak at the CIA, assassin Fortune Redding undertakes her most difficult mission ever…in Sinful, LA. Armed with her considerable skills and two ladies the locals dub The Geritol Mafia, Fortune decides to solve ... Read more

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Free: Trust The Plan

Thom Young

An unnamed narrator embarks on a flight to Dallas to await the return of a dead president. The narrator’s mind slips into a dream-like state combining tales of conspiracies, a former friend turned serial killer, a detective mad at the world, and the mysterious entity named ‘K’ controlling his mind. In a rant against a ... Read more

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A Dear Abby Cozy Mystery Collection Books 1 – 3: End of the Lane, Be Still My Heart and The Last Ride

Sonia Parin

Small-town cozy mysteries filled with humor, fun and the quirkiest characters around: In the idyllic town of Eden, newspaper reporter Abby must uncover who poisoned her boss, find a murderer at the annual picnic fundraiser, and stop a killer before they check more names off their list… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Jane Doe

A.M. Furcht

A memory wiped clean. A dark past. A faceless killer. Walk the knife-edge of fact and imagination. Watch as the truth comes into focus and a shocking past merges with a horrifying present in, The Jane Doe. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Angels Cry: A Det. Peter Lazarus Case (72nd Precinct Series Book 1)

Tina Glasneck

He’s an undercover cop, and she could blow his cover. The stakes are high in this chilling and suspenseful psychological thriller from USA TODAY bestselling author Tina Glasneck, writing as Rayne MarrowWomen are disappearing; heroin is hitting the streets, and undercover detective Shane Sterns is up against the wall. He must choose to either protect ... Read more

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One Fine Mess

Mark Petersen

All Jules Nichols wants is to off her abusive hubby. But soon the baddies are popping up everywhere, and there’s that darn head in a box. It’s no time to lose her own head. It’s time to show some ovaries. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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A Mountain of Evidence

Amy O. Lewis

Read the first book in the Colorado Skies series, before book 2, Half-Told Truths, comes out on April 5, 2022! $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Free: Dungeness and Dragons: A Driftwood Mystery

William Cook

In a story described by Kirkus Reviews as “A page-turning addition to a series and a chilling but enjoyable read,” Native American police officer Charley Whitehorse and his partner, Tony Esperanza, take on a vicious Russian crime czar whose sex trafficking and drug crimes lead to a shocking global conspiracy. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Babysitter’s Secret

Eve Donaldson

A new friendship develops when Chelsea offers to babysit Erica’s new stepchildren, and it almost seems too good to be true until red flags start popping up. By the time Erica figures out who she can and can’t trust, everything has already started crumbling around her. Erica doesn’t know how to pick up the pieces, ... Read more

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Gods In The Ruins: A Vatican Archives Thriller

E. R. Barr

Vatican Archeologist Daniel Azar translates a tablet on an ancient Babylonian tomb threatening modern-day world destruction. ISIS wants the contents of the tomb and the Pope is determined not to let them have it. Myth and science clash as Daniel and his friends attempt to prevent world chaos. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Both Sides of the Law: The Casper Halliday NYPD Series Book 1

Nathan Roden

He shared his father’s dream of becoming a detective. A prison sentence was not part of the plan. On his seventeenth birthday, in the throes of depression, Casper Halliday made a desperate decision. That decision brought him face-to-face with one of the most dangerous men in the city—and a future he could never have foreseen. ... Read more

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Murder on the Oxtail Express

Elizabeth Rain

As the new owner of Snips and Snails Café, and Veil Falls only Soup Witch in training, It’s Juli’s job to make sure the Soup of the Day delivers…a Daily dose of Magic that is. Instead, she starts every day just hoping her latest creation doesn’t turn all her customers into newts and frogs and ... Read more

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Codename Poltergeist

William Joel

The President of the United States, cabinet members, and the CIA covertly enter into an agreement with the Palestinians to remove certain key Israeli government figures in a plan to enable the United States to claim that they engineered peace in the Middle East and gain the favor of Arabic countries. Sentinel, a group of ... Read more

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Murder on the Death Railway

K.C. Sivils

Two brutally murdered victims are found in an abandoned WW II Federal internment facility for Japanese Americans. One is a beautiful young Japanese housewife married to a local man. The other is a former POW from the Pacific Theater of war, a survivor of the construction of the Burma-Siam Railway. FBI Agent Nelson Paine has ... Read more

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The Foreigner’s Confession

Lya Badgley

An unexpected, mysterious discovery in Cambodia leads Emily Mclean on a journey through the country’s painful history and toward personal redemption. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: SOUTHERN FRIED WITCH

Amy Boyles

Three full-length novels. Over 700 pages of cozy mystery reading. Get the first three books in the sassy and Southern Bless Your Witch series–SCARED WITCHLESS, KISS MY WITCH, AND QUEEN WITCH. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Little Did She Know

Willow Rose

Clarissa was kidnapped as a baby. Now she reappears 14 years later. Where has she been all this time? Who took her? Why won’t she tell them who her kidnapper is? FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas faces another devious plan in Willow Rose’s blood-rushing mystery. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Chosen Path

Glen Robins

JT Noh is a trained military operative exiled from his homeland, teaching Tae Kwon Do in Orange County, California. With his pedigree, an illustrious career should have been his. Instead, he chose to risk it all to help a family in need. Now at a crossroads in his life, he must choose again between the ... Read more

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Free: The Lost Tribe

Robert Rapoza

Archeologist Nick Randall disappears into the jungles of the Amazon on an expedition to find the lost city of Vilcabamba. A controversial figure in the archeology community, the trip was Randall’s final hope of finding the mythical city and proving his theories are true. When his daughter Samantha learns of her father’s disappearance, she is ... Read more

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Fries and Alibis: Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Mitzy Moon Mysteries Book 1)

Trixie Silvertale

A gift that’s too good to be true. A murder she didn’t commit. A barista in a latte trouble… Mitzy Moon believes she’s an orphan, so she’s dumbstruck when a special delivery to her low-rent apartment reveals a family. But her shock turns to awe when she discovers her grandmother left her a fortune and ... Read more

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Cipher

Sonya LaJuan

With no medical attention whatsoever she delivers the albino child that was prophesied but how had they known about its pigmentation? Convinced before it comes to pass she vows to get rid of it upon entrance into the world. (This One) Code introduced us to the brilliant minded psychopath and Cipher will give you further ... Read more

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Ghost of the Gray

J. Jones

Junior Fish and Wildlife project manager Becca Olsen is desperate to save her wolves, her relationship, and her job in the desolate New Mexico desert, but something is horribly wrong in the Land of Enchantment. When the perky voice of the dimpled desk jockey fails to assure ranchers their cattle are safe, her first wolf ... Read more

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Free: Murder on the San Juan Express

K.C. Sivils

Johann Mueller, a German born physicist was a scientist for the U.S. Department of War. Traveling on the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s famed San Juan Express, Mueller dies under mysterious circumstances. With World War II raging and foreign spies operating in the United States, FBI Special Agent Nelson Paine is assigned the sensitive task ... Read more

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Free: Precious

Zanna Mackenzie

Who has murdered pop star Flynn Garrison? That’s exactly what Amber Reed has to find out. Working on the case leads Amber to a mysterious island – and the distinct possibility of becoming the murderer’s next victim. Can Amber manage to catch the killer before they strike again? Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Murder on the White Pass

K.C. Sivils

The War in the Pacific rages in hot, steamy jungle, and on sweltering ships while a different kind of war is being waged at home in the icy cold of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Dead soldiers keep showing up on the border of Alaska and Canada, men assigned to build the desperately needed ALCAN ... Read more

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The Pine Barrens Stratagem

Ken Harris

Private Investigator Steve Rockfish needs cash, like yesterday. The bad news is that yesterday, a global pandemic raged, and Maryland was headed toward a lockdown that would ultimately lead to cheating spouses no longer “working late,” and hence a lack of new clients. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Murder Cove

A.M. Holloway

A boy and girl die back-to-back. Literally. A fisherman discovered the boy’s body submerged in the lake with his hands tied behind his back. When Sheriff Steele and her troops hoisted the body into their boat, they discovered something unsettling. The boy still held onto a girl’s hand, but only a hand. With a promise ... Read more

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Deception, Denial & Murder

Christa Nardi

A domineering co-worker, a flirtatious neighbor, and a dead body make for many questions and awkward situations. When Stacie Maroni’s night out is derailed by the discovery of a body outside a local watering hole, she’s glad she’s not involved. But when the police investigate and close friends are cast as potential suspects, Stacie will ... Read more

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Free: The Lost Moments: A YA Suspense Novel

Blakely Buckles

Haley has survived a horrific accident, but she was not the only one involved. After fleeing the scene, she seeks shelter in an unfamiliar town. Suffering from amnesia, details of her life are foggy and she carefully conceals details of the accident while she struggles to remember who she is, where she’s from, and why ... Read more

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The Twelve Doors

Vicente Raga

NOW IN ENGLISH! #1 bestseller in Spain, Mexico and the United States (Spanish Version) #1 bestseller historical thriller and mystery series in Spain for more than a year More than 600.000 readers “The Twelve Doors is the best saga of thrillers I have read in ten years. With simple language that manages to keep you ... Read more

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This Changes Things

Ben Sharpton

As Jim begins to rebuild his life, a strange vagrant helps guide him to the five people involved in an accident, revealing the dangerous secrets and vulnerabilities threatening to destroy each one. Someone has a gun. Someone has been physically abused. A relationship desperately needs mending. Someone will die. Jim finds himself in situations with ... Read more

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Not Today (A Dora Ellison Mystery, Book 1)

David E. Feldman

The exhilarating first novel in The Dora Ellison Mystery Series. This tough lady solves mysteries, finds love and doles out justice. DORA ELLISON would never dream of investigating a murder, but when her beloved police Lt. Francesca “Franny” Hart is coaxed by a disguised voice on repeated phone calls to investigate a “murder that wasn’t ... Read more

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DIME

Luis Figueredo

Pierce Evangelista, a sharp-witted, Harvard-educated lawyer is drawn into the brutal and violent power struggle between the Venezuelan drug cartel and the DEA. Juan Carlos, who holds crippling information about the cartel, sits in the Curacao Prison awaiting extradition. Pierce realizes that his client’s life only holds value to the DEA if he agrees to ... Read more

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A River of Lies

John Crossan

When his girlfriend, Jillian Russo, washes up on the shore of the Merrimack River in Essex County, Massachusetts, Carmen Vaughn immediately finds himself the main suspect in her murder investigation. Desperate, he turns to his college professor and former criminal prosecutor, Timothy Pickering, for help clearing his name and figuring out what really happened. Against ... Read more

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DEVIL’S DAWN: A Gripping Serial Killer Thriller (A Grant & Daniels Trilogy Book 2)

Charlotte Raine

Sarah Latham is the epitome of an all-American sweetheart. She’s a cheerleader with good grades, a judge for a father, a homemaker for a mother, and a reputation that makes everyone else look like devils. But after being kidnapped, something triggered inside Sarah and she’s no longer made of sugar and spice. Acting Chief of ... Read more

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