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!

EMP: Staying Alive

Colton Lively

In a flash, an EMP disables North America’s entire west coast. When Olivia Blunt’s quiet morning at a local diner is interrupted by a national alert, her world is thrown into chaos. An EMP attack leaves the country without power, communication, or a way to defend itself. Olivia receives a desperate call from her father, ... Read more

Read more...

I’m the Answer to Your Confusion

Jim Lively

Defense lawyer Simon Steed enjoys classic rock music and his old neighborhood, despite the strange late-night happenings next door. When his new client is too familiar with his current case, Simon is confused and needs answers! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

Free: Four Cold Months

KJ Kalis

Detective Max Grady’s past haunts him every single day.The day he finds out Macy Chandler has been missing for four months is no exception.Now, a ransom demand has come in, one that her family doesn’t understand and can’t fulfill.With no options and no leads, Max sets out to find the kidnappers and to rescue Macy… ... Read more

Read more...

The Crown of Stones: Magic-Price

C. L. Schneider

What if you were born with an addiction to magic? What if your pleasure meant their pain? The brutality of war was all Ian Troy had ever known. Peace was all he ever wanted. Fate had other plans when it placed the Crown of Stones, an ancient artifact of untold power, into his battle-weary hands. ... Read more

Read more...

Free: Pacific Northwest Cozy Culinary Series

Dennis Shock

Lily Pine recently moved to a cozy peninsula town in the Pacific Northwest. Her plans to open a bayside restaurant and start a new life are hindered when she is unexpectantly swept into a murder mystery. Can Lily make new friends in this picturesque village, solve a murder, and fulfill her husband’s lifelong dream? Along ... Read more

Read more...

In Still Waters

Natalie Shpet

Book Review: “In Still Waters masterfully blends small-town secrets with the chilling intensity of a thriller, crafting a page-turner that will captivate mystery enthusiasts. Set in the quiet town of Austin, Minnesota, the novel delves into a horrific series of murders that baffle local authorities and strike fear into the community. The story gains depth ... Read more

Read more...

Heinous Crimes Unit Boxed Set Books 1-8

Daniel Scott

A cunning serial killer terrorizes a city with meticulous, unpredictable murders. Enter Christian Windsor, a genius from Quantico’s Heinous Crimes Unit. Unparalleled in predicting psychopaths, Christian faces a high-stakes intellectual battle against time. Can he outmaneuver this killer? The race is on in this thrilling contest of wits, where safety is an illusion and horror ... Read more

Read more...

Sutherland’s Crossing – A Beau Crenshaw Detective Novel

Gwen Kelly

A sinister and twisted murder mystery. Set in steamy Charleston, South Carolina, the mysterious disappearance of a twin daughter to wealthy socialites has the town ablaze with rumor and conspiracy. What began as a missing person’s case now has Detective Beau Crenshaw heading in a different direction when a body turns up at a swamp. ... Read more

Read more...

Killer Changes

Anthony Mormile

In Killer Changes, the parole of a school shooter reignites buried rage, driving Emily, Lindsay, Brandon, Nick, and Mr. Golden into a deadly plot for revenge. But as their secrets unravel, they realize the true threat may not be the shooter—but each other. $6.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

The Dragon Codex: Quest for the Relics of Design

David Block

“Dragon Codex: Quest for the Relics of Design” is an enchanting tale that transcends realms, exhibiting an exquisite fusion of mythical lore and modern design principles. Written by accomplished author David Block, this book serves as an unusual, thrilling guide to design and creativity, through the lens of a mystical adventure gleaming with dragons and ... Read more

Read more...

Men Will Be Boys: Part 1: First, Get The Money!

Torthell Robinson

“Whatever Happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” but… that only applies to your money… and our three scheming protagonists aim to exploit it. Imagine a high-octane, comedic rollercoaster ride based in the city of sin featuring three opportunistic frenemies on a sadistic quest for financial freedom… while also searching for love in all the wrong ... Read more

Read more...

Chase Baker and the Purple Robe of Christ

Vincent Zandri

When Adventurer Chase Baker is employed by a Vatican priest to uncover one of the most sought-after Biblical relics known to man…the very robe the Romans wrapped Jesus in after His scourging…Chase enters a world of deceit, danger, and death brought upon by evil power-hungry global players who are also going after the relic. While ... Read more

Read more...

Free: Solomon’s Scrolls

Richard Turner

An artifact lost to time becomes the most wanted treasure in the modern world. Free on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

The Runaway

Linda Huber

Problem after problem hits Nicola – her mother-in-law-dies, her husband Ed loses his job, and teenage daughter Kelly gets into trouble with the police. A move from London to beautiful Cornwall seems like a good idea. But nothing works out the way Nicola imagines, and she finds herself on a lonely quest for the truth. ... Read more

Read more...

Free: ICE

Kevin Tinto

“Ice” by Kevin Tinto is an exhilarating adventure thriller that expertly weaves archaeology, survival, and speculative science together. When an astonishing discovery unveils a lethal conspiracy, archaeologist Dr. Leah Andrews and her estranged climbing guide husband, Jack Hobson, are thrust into a race against time through Antarctica’s treacherous frozen wilderness to protect humanity’s future. Don’t ... Read more

Read more...

The Prepared

Colton Lively

When an EMP cripples the nation’s power grid, lawlessness erupts across the country. Fighting against the chaos, Bailey Smith must rescue her family from the city and bring them to a remote cabin in the West Virginia mountains. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

AETERNA: Shrine of the Black Flame – Thriller

Mikael Lundt

Unholy conspiracy or scientific sensation? For centuries, the occult society AETERNA has guarded an incredible secret: The Shrine of the Black Flame, an artifact as old as the Earth and as sinister as the apocalypse in the darkest prophecies. Now, the supernatural power of the shrine seems unleashed — with fatal consequences for all life ... Read more

Read more...

Free: Alena’s Revenge (The Wolf Queen of Vrania Book 1)

Evan Oliver

Alena and her brother lived in the forest, content to work and provide for themselves, until the warriors of Jarl Torgis came to take what was not theirs. What began as a simple theft like so many others would sow the seeds of war that would drench Vrania in blood. Bullied and harassed into outlawry ... Read more

Read more...

Circumstantial Danger

Richard DeVall

What begins as a serial killer investigation in a small town turns into a story about a detective who loses his way with a coworker when he has an affair and ends up in a messy divorce. The hunt for the killer is alive and well, but not always front and center. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

Smite the Waters

David T. Isaak

Terror works both ways. Aging billionaire Rex Atwater is on a mission to reshape history with a chilling act of anti-terrorist terrorism: the nuclear annihilation of Mecca. To carry out his plan, he recruits an unlikely team— embittered ex-Special Forces ace, Carla Smukowski, and a zealous para-military brigade, led covertly by weary FBI agent Boyce ... Read more

Read more...

The World Before the Apocalypse: The illustrated novel (Book 1). 18+

Antonio Morale

Be careful! It’s going to be really hot! * * * * * Warning! Explicit scenes! (quite a lot) Violent scenes! (a few at most) Foul language! (not a lot) * * * Earth. The year 2622. A world where magical abilities are in balance with modern technology. A world where clans and aristocrats rule, ... Read more

Read more...

The Perfect Impostor

Iris Baxter

Someone is living her life—and they’re doing it better. Can she uncover their identity before she is completely erased? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

Free: Cell-Jacked: PORTIA BLACK VOLUME 2

Pascoal Antonio

The average length of a human genome is approximately six feet. Which, co-incidentally, is the average depth of a human grave. When Portia Black wakes up, drugged and in a strange apartment, her first instinct is to run. After all she’s not the kind of girl authorities are sympathetic to. It doesn’t help that she’s ... Read more

Read more...

The Ambition

Yvonne Blackwood

“The Ambition is a riveting story of high-finance business deals, Italian family ties, an illicit romance, and murder. You won’t soon forget Connie, Lorenzo, and the other vivid characters who populate this unique tale.” –Marcia Trahan, author of Mercy. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

Frozen Farmhouse

Robert J. Walker

Prepare and survive. When an EMP cripples the nation’s power grid, lawlessness erupts across the country. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

Crime Dates

S.M. Wendel

Cleo Krol, 40, is a laid-off reporter who recently moved to Washington DC. When her friend and next-door neighbor, Rae Gagnon, has a psychotic break, Cleo is bewildered – Rae showed no warning signs. When Rae is released from the hospital, she returns to work and seems okay for the first couple of weeks and ... Read more

Read more...

Free: Raze vs Snatchers: Book one in the Raze Warfare series

Shelley Cass

An LGBTQ+ action romance series that packs a punch…“Razes, Razes, everywhere … snatchers, snatchers all beware …”Hato’s gang must go up against an underground system trading in the lives of youths, or risk losing the kid brother of their group forever. Kiddo prefers to be a wallflower. But being a ten out of ten on ... Read more

Read more...

Free: West End Justice

KJ Kalis

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 to ... Read more

Read more...

In The Dust

K. A. Gandy

When the water is all gone, how will you survive? Twenty-three year old Nyx wakes up one day to find her older brother and protector vanished, leaving her utterly alone in the Wastes. She has only her skills as a scavenger and their busted-up Bronco to lean on as she works to stay alive, and ... Read more

Read more...

THE CATALOG / 20 THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME

T.G. Phebus

In the first story of this double novella: Do you wish that you could spend time with your favorite celebrity or possibly transform someone into your fantasy come true? The Catalog will accomplish what is impossible as long as the price is right. Just hop on the website and let John know what you desire, ... Read more

Read more...

The Shroud Key: A Chase Baker Thriller

Vincent Zandri

Adventurer and treasure hunter Chase Baker goes on the hunt for the greatest Biblical relic in history. The mortal remains of Jesus of Nazareth. The problem is, does such a relic exist? When rival factions are willing to kill for the sacred remains, Chase becomes a moving international target. The number one bestselling thriller from ... Read more

Read more...

Genocide: An Action-Adventure Series

Brent Towns

Kane and Jensen are hauled before an intelligence committee bent on finding out the truth no matter the consequences… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

What Happened to the Boy?

June Summers

An intense fire destroys the palatial home of a prominent attorney and his wife. After their bodies are removed from the burning house, Sam Nagy is pronounced dead immediately; his wife, Alyssa, succumbs on the way to the hospital. The causes of death are due to bullet wounds—not the fire. But what happened to their ... Read more

Read more...

Artistic License

Wayne Clark

Love or art? Love of money? Veteran New York PI Humph Barstal discovers that the motive for a cunning theft of irreplaceable paintings from the nation’s biggest gallery can be driven by both. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

Immortalised to Death

Lyn Squire

Death strikes England’s foremost novelist, his latest tale only half told. Was he murdered because someone feared a ruinous revelation? Or was it revenge for some past misdeed? Set in the Kent countryside and London slums of 1870, Immortalised to Death embeds an ingenious solution to Charles Dickens’s unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood within ... Read more

Read more...

mon-ters

Kaye Bell

You can’t run from them or hide from them. But maybe, just maybe, you can outsmart them. Or can you? $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more

Read more...

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. The novel, ... Read more

Read more...

The Eye of Ebon (The White Sword Saga Book 1)

P. Pherson Green

A young Samiare lies dying in the snow, in her hand, a sword of legend, and now the whole world is changed. For Ruegette, hero of Tierinor, the girl marks the earliest stages of a new war against the Shadow, and a new struggle to keep safe what has been hidden for more than an ... Read more

Read more...

Reb’s Revenge

J B Black

If you like fast-paced, action-packed thrillers with tough-as-nails heroes, smart and sexy heroines, exotic locations, fast boats and fast cars, the good guys shooting it out with the bad guys, and some political intrigue and romance thrown in for good measure, then join Reb Rogers—a former special operator living on the Gulf Coast running a ... Read more

Read more...

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

A.G. Russo

Book 2 of 3 in the O’Shaughnessy Mystery Series. The homefront 1943. Maeve O’Shaughnessy and Vic Marino are in the second year of running the detective agency her brothers left her with when they went overseas to fight in World War II. This time around they are dealing with more dangerous cases. Maeve and Vic ... Read more

Read more...

Visit Just Kindle Books's profile on Pinterest.