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!

Piney Falls Mysteries

Joann Keder

To inspire her creative writing, Lanie takes a trip to the seaside community of Piney Falls, where she discovers seriously quirky townspeople, a gorgeous bakery owner, and a mystery with roots reaching back to the previous century. There’s no going back now… $0.99-4.99 on Kindle.   Learn More... Read more

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Murder Most Confusing

Rodney Strong

When Rose Morgan comes to Sliver Lake, she never thought she’d be tangled up in a murder investigation. And where did all that money come from? In a town where she doesn’t really know anyone, the only two she can trust are her two cats. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Prisoner’s Cinema

Adam James Jones

In this eerie thriller inspired by actual events, two young girls and their grandmother are whisked into a macabre hideout of underground caves by a fugitive father. Inspired by true events and steeped in myth, Prisoner’s Cinema is Ruby Ridge meets The Shining. $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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To Kill A Conman

Kevin Berry

Everyone succumbs to the conman… until one of his victims fights back. Stuart Baker makes a lot of dough from conning people. Broke and desperate, P.I. Danny Ashford thinks his life can’t get any worse. Then Baker is found murdered, and Danny becomes the main suspect. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: A Zack Bolder Supernatural Thriller

Janice Tremayne

A priest turned supernatural detective. Australian ghost towns become the setting for unsolved crimes and cold cases. A voracious demon at large. Brace yourself, high energy, watch your blindside, actions speak louder than words…meet Zack Bolder. A fast-moving, energetic, and nail-biting supernatural thriller guaranteed to raise your heartbeat! A stand-alone book series that can be ... Read more

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Free: The Frosell Affair

Hedy Frosell da Ponte

Intriguing, bold, provocative, original. Great for fans of le Carré. (Publishers Weekly) The true story of Oscar Frosell’s fight for his family’s $40 billion fortune, stolen in a WW II French conspiracy that reached all the way up to Charles de Gaulle. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Broken Fingers: The Reluctant Killer

Stephen Coombes

Brutalized by five years in a Moroccan jail, Jed discovers who framed him, who told the love of his life he was dead, and who now sleeps in her bed. The new Jed is well equipped to take his revenge but fears his lost humanity may lose him the chance to love again. A work ... Read more

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Free: Helix: Episode 1

Nathan M. Farrugia

Olesya is a spy hunter. In a high-tech world of programmed assassins, betrayal and far-reaching conspiracies, Olesya and her team are the last line of defense against a covert organization that will stop at nothing to control the world. But a new, deadlier enemy is rising. And they have Olesya in their crosshairs…Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Miss Riddell and the Heiress: An Amateur Female Sleuth Historical Cozy Mystery

P.C. James

A lost fortune. A desperate hunt for answers. Can a persistent investigator unearth the truth and save a life? Miss Riddell and the Heiress is the intriguing fourth book in the Miss Riddell Cozy Mystery series. If you like whip-smart heroines, compelling clues, and sensational twists, then you’ll love P.C. James’ captivating tale. $0.99 on ... Read more

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The Invisible Body

Jenny Cutts

A strange ability. A discovered corpse. But will his supernatural sleuthing skills lead him into a killer’s trap? England, 1990. Reed has travelled his whole life in search of someone who understands him. So he’s thrilled when his journey brings him to free-spirited Zoya, who shares his rare ability to dream-walk. But after his gift ... Read more

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Free: Gabriel Wolfe Boxset #3: No Further, Torpedo, Three Kingdoms (The Gabriel Wolfe Thrillers Boxset)

Andy Maslen

Three more break-neck thrillers featuring SAS veteran Gabriel Wolfe. Meet Gabriel Wolfe. A decorated SAS veteran struggling to overcome his PTSD caused by a botched final mission. Sucked back into government black ops work, he makes mistakes, sure. And he’s not invincible. But he’s tough as nails. And he does what he needs to defeat ... Read more

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Three Treats Too Many

Debra H. Goldstein

For someone whose greatest culinary skill is ordering takeout, Sarah never expected to be co-owner of a restaurant. Even her Siamese cat, RahRah, seems to be looking at her differently. But while Sarah and her twin sister, Chef Emily, are tangled up in red tape waiting for the building inspector to get around to them, ... Read more

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Free: Fatal Destiny

David DeLee

Stolen Mob Money! Ruthless Hit Men! A Past That Won’t Stay Dead And Buried! In this thrilling series premiere by award-winning author David DeLee, bounty hunter Grace deHaviland takes on what should’ve been a simple bail jumping case, easy-peasy, before it spun out of control and people ended up dead! For bounty hunter Grace deHaviland, ... Read more

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Free: Root and Branch

Preston Fleming

Roger Zorn, owner of a French security company, is delighted to win a major contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The work requires applying his risk assessment technology to evaluate terrorist suspects. But when Zorn discovers that DHS is manipulating scores to deport massive numbers of Muslims, he faces a terrible choice. ... Read more

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Lily’s Homecoming Under Fire Calla Lily Mystery #1 (Calla Lily Mystery Series)

Anna Celeste Burke

In California’s Wine Country Someone Wants Lily Dead. When Lily Callahan returns home to California’s wine country, sparks fly amid a hail of bullets as she and Deputy U.S. Marshall Austin Jennings take cover. Money, fame, and love all come into play as motives when Lily and Austin try to discover who wants Lily dead. ... Read more

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House Party Murder Rap: 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery (An Evie Parker Mystery Book 1)

Sonia Parin

Lighthearted 1920s cozy mystery. Two people have been targeted. Shots have been fired. Who stands to inherit? Who has the most to lose? Evangeline ‘Evie’ Parker, Countess of Woodridge, thinks it’s nothing but an accident but then an attempt is made on her host’s life. Suddenly, all the guests attending the Duke of Hetherington’s house ... Read more

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Free: The Lads Will Have Blood

Ken Ross

When justice is unattainable the rabble shall rise from the gutters to seek revenge. While James Cornleak stares at his prison cell walls, his father and a gang of estate lads confront the forces of authority determined to get even after a corrupt Crown Court trial. Freeing James is impossible but the prize for their ... Read more

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Fatal Deception

Stacy- Deanne

To live, she’ll have to fight to the death. A beautiful model must fight for her life against an enthralling stranger after being kidnapped and held hostage during a photoshoot in the Pacific Ocean. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Frontline: Season 1 Episode 1

Michael Santino

In a nation deeply divided, Kole County is The Frontline. When a bomb explodes in a local restaurant, a young idealistic FBI agent, Christopher Odacio, and a grizzled state police investigator, Brett Bonner are forced to team up and race to determine if American Dawn is a domestic terrorism outfit hellbent on sparking a second civil war, or smokescreen to divert their attention. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Black Danube

Nik Grybaski

1899 Vienna. A young dissident is murdered – his fiancée, the prime suspect. Crime photographer Leo Katz’s images expose the true killers. But to save the innocent woman from the gallows, he risks revealing that he is a fraud and on the run. When the pathologist in training, Lucy Strauss, becomes the object of his ... Read more

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Free: Tapas, Carrot Cake, and a Corpse

Sherri Bryan

A stranger is murdered, and the residents of a small-town close ranks as the hunt for a killer gathers pace. Desperate for a return to normal life, café owner Charlotte Denver reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation, and discovers a secret that rocks the close-knit community to its core. Will you guess whodunnit in this ... Read more

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Free: Off Chance

Glen Robins

Lukas Mueller knows something is off. He just can’t pinpoint it. His girlfriend goes missing, he goes searching, and the NSA comes investigating. When his mentor, Pho Nam Penh, disappears, Lukas’s nightmare begins. Lukas goes from suspicious to suspect overnight. With the NSA breathing down his neck, how can Lukas prove his innocence and assert ... Read more

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The Social Affair: A Psychological Thriller

Britney King

In the tradition of Gone Girl and Behind Closed Doors comes a gripping, twisted, furiously clever read that demands your attention, and keeps you guessing until the very end. For fans of the anti-heroine and stories told in unorthodox ways, The Social Affair delivers us the perfect dark and provocative villain. The only question—who is ... Read more

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Free: The Harry Starke Series: Books 4 -6 (The Harry Starke Series Boxed Set Book 2)

Blair Howard

Harry Starke: Books 4, 5 and 6. Howard writes in a style that is reminiscent of J.A Jance and Lee Child, while Starke also reminds me of Spenser and Travis McGee.Three sizzling crime novels packed full of murder, mystery, mind-bending action, heart-stopping suspense and rib-tickling humor. Blair Howard’s unique stories, his wickedly woven plots and ... Read more

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Bollywood P.I. California Dreaming

Priya Khajuria

A bookkeeper in California rushes into a mystery with good intentions, only to stumble into a national crime syndicate’s machine. Now Jita and her band of misfits are on the run for their lives. And only the unexpected can save them. Reader alert: Contains irreverent humor, some suggestive humor and language! $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Guilty Die Twice

Don Hartshorn

Lawyer brothers Travis and Jake Lynch must put aside a decade of bad blood to dig up the truth and find true justice in the midst of a high-profile and highly politicized capital murder case. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Smallest Creatures

Dan McNay

A young man agrees to help a woman return from New Orleans to Nashville. But tensions soon arise between them, and when he is pulled over by highway patrol, the woman begins to act in a strange manner. What is she hiding? What has she done? David is in danger, but as cabin fever sets ... Read more

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The Lovers (Echoes from the Past Book 1)

Irina Shapiro

1665. When Elise de Lesseps is sold in marriage to Lord Edward Asher, she resolves to be an obedient and dutiful wife, until, on their wedding night, she finds out exactly what her husband has in store for her. His request leaves her feeling shocked and humiliated, but being his chattel, she has no right ... Read more

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Ain’t Nothin’ Personal

Chris Kelsey

After a kidnap-for-hire plot results in the death of a young boy, Burr, Oklahoma police chief Emmett Hardy blames himself and has an alcohol-fueled breakdown. His life at a crossroads, Hardy checks into the hospital for treatment, only to discover upon his release that he’s been suspended from duty. When a dying prisoner contacts him ... Read more

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The Perfect Spy: A Clean Romantic Suspense (An Untapped Source Book 1)

Amy Martinsen

She’s got the best undercover crew. But will a sinister secret undo them? Kate Ross has lost way too much in the last six months. With her mother’s death from breast cancer, an agent she handled killed on the job, and her career in jeopardy, the beleaguered CIA officer’s faith in God seems like another ... Read more

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Free: ZERO

Nathan Farrugia

A trainee spy must face off against a paramilitary doomsday cult inside a ghost city. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Becky Tibbs: A Medium’s Mystery Series (Books 1-5)

Chariss K. Walker

Becky Tibbs is a real-deal medium in Asheville, NC. She helps ghosts with their unfinished business and solves some mysteries along the way in this sweet, clean cozy mystery series. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: There Are No Monsters: The Nocturne Society I

Sebastian Leyendecker

When Sandra is killed two unlikely allies need to work together to unravel a web of cannibalism, occult tomes, and an ancient disbanded secret society. But can they trust each other? Especially when one of them is Sandra‘s murderer? Free on Kindle.... Read more

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A Snake Among Flowers

Richard Devall

A woman is murdered in the LGBTQ community and her best friend was the last one to see her. She showed signs of deception when she was interviewed by the police. The two lead detectives each missed a crucial clue. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Society for Paranormals: The Complete Series

Vered Ehsani

It’s Jane Austen meets Lara Croft in this delightful cozy mystery romp through Victorian Africa. Armed with Victorian etiquette, a fully loaded walking stick, and a dead husband, Miss Beatrice Knight arrives in the small colonial town of Nairobi desperate for a pot of tea and a pinch of cinnamon. This collection brings together for ... Read more

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Free: The Holy Grail

Christopher Cartwright

Fresh from his success with the search and rescue of the USS Omega Deep, Sam Reilly was looking forward to some much-needed rest. Not everyone had the same idea though. When a panicked man with purple eyes grabs him at gunpoint and takes him hostage, Sam knows that this is more than a mere ransom ... Read more

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Free: Ruff Justice: Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series (Book 5)

Joanna Campbell Slan

When a young caregiver is falsely accused of stealing from her elderly client, Cara Mia Delgatto refuses to stand by with her mouth shut. That famous Italian temper of Cara’s is hotter than a bottle rocket. Instead of ignoring the girl’s plight, Cara launches her own investigation, even though she has plenty to keep her ... Read more

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A Surgeon’s Knot

William Lynes

“Heart-pounding tales of a surgical intern that are both terrifying and profound. This medical thriller will stay with you long past the final chapter.” -Best Thrillers. A Surgeon’s Knot is a story of the dignity of medicine, the overwhelming duty to man, failure and recovery. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Secrets Mothers Keep

Anya Mora

A small town torn apart by a horrific hate crime. An investigative reporter hell bent on finding the truth. A mother’s worst nightmare. What really happened to the Reyes boy? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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