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!
Body in the Waves
Natalija was raped ten years ago and did not tell anyone who did it. When she goes on a vacation to the Adriatic Sea, the Island of Pag, her rapist, Denis, shows up, as the boyfriend of her future sister-in-law. He was not punished for his act because Natalija was afraid of moral judgment. Denis ... Read more
Free: The Assassin’s Trail Book 2 of The Sean Kruger Series
FBI SPECIAL AGENT SEAN KRUGER IS BACK! An assassin has struck in Washington, DC. FBI Profiler Sean Kruger is called in to investigate. Recently married and in the twilight of his career, he declines the assignment. But when the assassin strikes close to home, it becomes personal. Kruger will need all his skills to stay ... Read more
Blind Thrust
Horrific earthquakes are devastating the Front Range between Denver and Colorado Springs in an area long believed to be seismically quiescent. Somehow the cause of the unusual earthquakes must be unraveled and the cataclysms stopped before they result in more carnage and devastation. But are they the result of natural tectonic adjustments, hydro-fracking, conventional subsurface ... Read more
The Wedding Crasher
Solve the mystery of an elusive killer with the county’s new sheriff Sam Tate, a woman with a troubled past and an uncertain future. Even as she tracks the predator, she wonders: Why is she a target? Can she stop more people from dying? The newest installment of the Sam Tate mystery series, Freeze Before ... Read more
Free: The Fugitive’s Trail (Book 1 of The Sean Kruger Series)
When a computer hacker uncovers a deadly secret about a Wall Street powerbroker, his life is threatened. After erasing all traces of himself in the digital world, he disappears. FBI Profiler Sean Kruger is brought in to find the man and discovers the truth is harder to find than the fugitive. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Hill of Secrets
An orthodox murder. A nonorthodox detective. On a blooming May morning, the five bodies of a religious family are found in their apartment in the quiet suburb of Samuel’s Hill (Giv’at Shmuel). Detective Hadas Levinger, the renegade atheist daughter of a religious family, is put in charge of the police investigation. Slowly and skillfully she ... Read more
Free: The Killing of Faith
The Killing of Faith is book one in the award-winning, riveting suspense/thriller series told by Faith, a mother of three children, caught in an unhappy marriage. After swearing off love, she finally meets the man of her dreams and finds love again. We’ve all read a similar tale. What sets this story apart is the ... Read more
Murder at the Hunt Ball: A 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery (An Evie Parker Mystery Book 10)
While Evie thinks about becoming a lady detective, Henrietta, the Dowager Countess of Woodridge, is busy trying to find Tom Winchester a title. Suddenly, Evie and her relatives become involved in a local mystery. The hunt is on to discover the author of a threatening letter before he makes good on his threat. Fun-filled 1920s ... Read more
Diamonds and Lies
A gambling debt. A diamond heist. A brother’s life on the line. Mia and her brother become hunted before they can snatch the diamonds. The mark is Mia’s only way to survive, but is he protecting her or is he the one out to kill her? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Our Trespasses
Drowning in a meaningless existence flipping burgers, Matthew Davis suddenly collapses from a powerful psychic connection he shares with his twin brother, Jake. The pain is violent and immediate, and Matt knows exactly what it means… hundreds of miles away, Jake has been viciously killed. But instead of severing their connection, the murder intensifies it ... Read more
Death on the Line
Angus MacKay is a young Scotsman seeking a new life in the American colonies. Eager to please, though lacking self-confidence, he is hired to assist Mason & Dixon on their ground-breaking survey of the American territories of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Tempers still run high after eighty years of skirmishes along that border, including one man’s ... Read more
Thugstore
THUGSTORE is the story of a young executive search professional (Doug Moore) who is in deep trouble with the mob over his inept sports betting. He flees from California to Chicago where he inadvertently hits on the girlfriend of a neighborhood crime boss and blues club owner Air Conditioning Williams. In exchange for his life, ... Read more
Free: The Paris Package
On the eve of WWII, a honeymoon turns treacherous. For Stella Bled Lawrence being wealthy and stylish in 1938 is exactly what it’s cracked up to be. She’s blissfully unaware of the rising tensions in Europe even as she travels to Vienna on the eve of the Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass. Stella and ... Read more
Permanent Shadows
Canyon County has a frightening secret. Not everything is what it seems out on the prairie. August Melville, the new sheriff of Whistler’s Grove, is about to discover how difficult upholding the law in your home town can be. Bo-Rob’s serves the best fried chicken in Canyon County. When a mysterious box is unearthed during ... Read more
Manna Reign
A legendary artifact. A skeptical scientist. Will her Old Testament discovery cure the planet…or destroy it? Archeologist Nichole “Nikki” Strauss dreams of ending global hunger. Romantically attached to a world-leading geneticist in San Francisco, she shares his excitement for his new GMO superseed that can grow crops resistant to environmental hazards. But when an ex-flame ... Read more
Free: The Lamb
When city detective Kate Monroe endures a bitter breakup, her only option is to relocate back up north to the town of her birth, Barnsworth. She soon finds that her detecting skills are in demand, as a mysterious serial killer stalks Barnsworth’s streets seemingly picking victims at random. Who is this faceless killer and what ... Read more
Free: Falling into Magic: Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic Series (Book 1)
An accidental journey through a magic mirror. A portal to an enchanted land. A mysterious family she never knew she had. Hayden’s life is upended with the wonder of Destiny Falls. But it is tainted by the danger that brought her here and that threatens her newfound family. Can Hayden and her sassy sidekick remove ... Read more
The Island of Palm Trees
With dreams of writing his first novel, Tom travels to a hotel in Roquetas De Mar. His writing progresses steadily, aided by the interesting and unusual people he meets beneath the Spanish Sun. But when blood is spilled and there is more danger looming, Tom forgets about his novel entirely. Now the only thing that ... Read more
Fall’s Killer Vintage Calla Lily Mystery #3 (Calla Lily Mystery Series)
In wine country, a federal judge is murdered and Aunt Lettie’s old friend, Judge Colin Brinkley, quickly becomes a suspect.Lily, Austin, and her friends are excited about the Calla Lily Winery vintages entered in the fall Taste of Napa Challenge. The event turns out to be more challenging than anyone imagined when a fire ends ... Read more
Pearl White Peril: Hadley Home Design Cozy Mysteries Book 2
Interior designer Hadley Sutton has an eye for style, an ear for gossip, and a nose for trouble. She’s loving her new town, new friends, and new job staging rooms for photo shoots at a trendy home furnishings company, and everything seems perfect until she finds a body in her boss’s kitchen and all eyes ... Read more
Free: The Arakniv Deception
Geoff Winters is the Head of Security for the powerhouse health care company, Valhalla Pharmaceuticals. As he struggles with personal demons, he discovers a devious plot that, if unchecked, will unleash a devastating wave of illness in the United States and around the world. As Winters attempts to determine who his allies are and who ... Read more
Free: The Mira James Romcom Mysteries Summer Bundle (Books 1-4)
Join fish-out-of-water Mira James and her quirky Battle Lake crew as they navigate clumsy romance, hidden mysteries, and a dead body a month. Four perfect escapes in one convenient bundle! Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Snapped
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
The Things in Heaven and Earth
Nash Baxter is a liar. He’s the famous skeptic who rides his motorcycle across the country debunking hauntings everywhere he goes. Yet he knows ghosts are real – suffering remnants of the departed, held fast to this world and tormented by demons. Hell, it seems, exists all across the land, side-by-side with the living world. ... Read more
The Cold Case
Mark and Billy Jo are back in a new crossover series when a maze of hidden clues turns the truth upside down in this riveting romantic crime thriller that will keep you guessing from start to finish from NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
A Tail of Mystery
The only thing between Luke Cooper and a murder rap is his dog. The loss of his job sends Luke crawling back to his hometown with his dog, Bandit. Desperate for cash, he agrees to be the subject of his uncle’s lab experiment. When he wakes up, his uncle is dead–and his dog is talking ... Read more
Eve Lloyd’s A Deadline Cozy Mystery (Books 1 to 5)
Fun-filled cozy mysteries with Eve Lloyd, magnet for murder and mayhem, and a host of quirky characters. Rock-Maine Island seems like the perfect getaway for recent divorcee Eve Lloyd. But when her aunt, the island’s famous local author, goes missing, Eve must take up sleuthing – and avoid the handsome detective who considers her a ... Read more
Free: The Bones of Others
Fighting the demons that have haunted her for years, she trusts only in herself—until she falls hard for a man for the first time in her life. Now, discovering her abductor is back with a vengeance, she becomes locked in a deadly race against time to stop the horrors of an evil human-trafficking ring that ... Read more
Defender’s Instinct: Cerberus Tactical K9
It’ll take more than his battle-hardened instincts to defend her… Their timing is all wrong. Romance was never part of the plan. But with enemies closing in, the fragile bond Sabrin and Ryder have formed might be all that allows them to save the day—and each other. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: FIREBUG
“A compulsively readable suspense thriller…The Prairies Book Review ***** A riveting psychologically, morally complex novel of blood ties, duty, crime, and retribution, in which Maxwell Muggs must face a maniac arsonist and killer while trying to come to terms with a long-buried secret about his past. In the end it’s about justice, about right and ... Read more
Free: Louisiana Longshot (A Miss Fortune Mystery, Book 1)
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
Requital: A Dr. Sean Nolan Mystery
A courier for a major drug cartel has an offer. If his pregnant wife and three year old daughter can be rescued from Mexico, he will supply all the information he has on the smuggling operation. With corrupt officials involved on both sides of the border he reaches out to Dr. Sean Nolan for help. ... Read more
Permanent Shadows
Canyon County has a frightening secret. Not everything is what it seems out on the prairie. August Melville, the new sheriff of Whistler’s Grove, is about to discover how difficult upholding the law in your home town can be. Bo-Rob’s serves the best fried chicken in Canyon County. When a mysterious box is unearthed during ... Read more
The Auction
In the year 2050, America is booming—but there’s a dark side when prosperity is based on the buying and selling of the next generation’s future, as Sasha Cross is about to find out. $1.99 on Kindle... Read more
The Case of the Canterfell Codicil
There’s a literary niche for all tastes including those who think that either Agatha Christie wasn’t funny enough or that PG Wodehouse didn’t feature anywhere near as many baffling murders as he could have. The Case of the Canterfell Codicil is a classic, cosy, locked-room mystery written in the style of an homage to PG ... Read more
Free: Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse
What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner? St. Eves is a town with real community spirit. It’s a town where residents leave their doors open all day so that neighbors can pop in for a cup of tea and a chat. No one’s ever too busy for a cup of tea and ... Read more
Fire In The Hole
Family loyalties and deadly feuds are brought to life in Ninie Hammon’s new intergenerational romp through the history of The Cornbread Mafia in rural Kentucky. Nobody remembers anymore who started the generations-old feud between the two families of moonshiners and bootleggers. But in 1933 a carload of McCluskys ambushed a carload of Hannackers and six ... Read more
So We Lie (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery, Prequel)
Eva Rae Thomas is in over her head on her first assignment as an FBI-profiler in multi-million-copy bestselling author Willow Rose’s nail-biting mystery. When mother of two, Arlene Wood crashes her car against a tree at four in the morning, the case seems pretty straightforward. But evidence found in the remains of the car soon ... Read more
Ravens In The Rain: A Noir Love Story
Ravens In The Rain is an unconventional noir between a woman with a past and a man with no future where love is no fairy tale. Carney and Pru, down on luck and down on love, meet over a game of chance, and the mystery of the other’s intentions, compounded by their overwhelming attraction toward ... Read more
The Harry Starke Series: Books 1-3 (The Harry Starke Series Boxed Set Book 1)
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 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 a ... Read more
