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!

The Concrete Vineyard

Cam Lang

Why would anyone want to murder the most respected senior citizen, Niagara-on-the-Lake has ever had? Retired history professor Edward Mitchell was surely not long for the grave, so why would someone risk life in prison to kill him? Picking up the clues is the reluctant Homicide Chief Detective, Bryan Dee. Thinking he might be out ... Read more

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The Practical Navigator

Chris Crowley

Perfect for fans of Scott Turow and John Lescroart, The Practical Navigator is a smart, fast-moving legal thriller. From the world’s finest yachts to the beds and boardrooms of the powerful, to an electrifying courtroom trial in coastal town, The Practical Navigator steers a course through a labyrinth of obsessive sexuality, murder, and despair. $0.99 ... Read more

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Murder at the Tea Party: 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery (An Evie Parker Mystery)

Sonia Parin

Fun-filled 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery Warning: Afternoon tea with Lady Woodridge can and will be fatal. Evie has her hands full trying to keep the name of Woodridge free of scandal as well as mending fences with her maid Caro. No easy task when one of her afternoon tea guests is poisoned. Is it a ... Read more

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Blue Gowanus

Michael Hartnett

Escaping an assassination attempt, the underground figure El Buscador lands in Brooklyn’s Gowanus. Secret meetings, floods, and the opening of long hidden channels lead to a spectacular climax along a canal whose toxicity can lead either to its resurrection or to its demise. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Fire at Will

Jules Harvey

A war veteran attempting to free herself and her son from an abusive ex, sets out to eliminate the threat, only to release a new one. Darkly twisting, action packed, and full of surprises. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Wheeler-Dealer Ghost & Camper Kooky Mystery (Book 1)

Rita Moreau

Solving a murder might raise her spirits. But will it spring her spectral friend from Purgatory? Mabel Gold still isn’t sure what happened. Traded by her husband for a busty bimbo the same age as their youngest daughter, the feisty sixty-something rejects the retirement community and heads west in a vintage camper. But the RV ... Read more

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The Spellwood Witches Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series: Complete Collection Box Set (Books 1-5) (The Spellwood Witches Paranormal Cozy Mystery Collection)

Melanie Snow

A talking dog, a series of mysteries, a coven of witches, a fleet of mischievous forest fairies, and one handsome police chief. When evil attempts to disturb the idyllic forest village, Sarah is forced to find out if her newfound powers are enough to protect the forest and keep herself alive! Get The Spellwood Witches ... Read more

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The Poppy and the Rose

Ashlee Cowles

When Taylor Romano arrives in Oxford for a summer journalism pro-gram, she learns secrets about her family’s past and must use some historical sleuthing to uncover her link to a Titanic survivor named Ava Knight, a young English aristocrat, who boarded the Titanic and met three people who changed her life forever. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Uncertain Stakes

Dan Petrosini

A woman with a lust for risk-taking… She’s missing, with more suspects than evidence. While investigating a cold case and juggling family obligations, Detective Luca finds himself at the center of the mysterious disappearance of Beth Wade. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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No Name Key

Jessica Argyle

After fleeing her abusive husband, Elle Woodman chances upon a ferry heading south into the Florida Keys. In the heart of the great depression she finds a job at an obscure lodge on No Name unaware of two monsters hot on her trail–Billy, the deadbeat husband, and the Great Labor Day Hurricane that decimated the ... Read more

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Off Grid: How Long Can They Hide From The Surveillance State?

J. P. Redding

OFF GRID is a wild ride through a near future of mass surveillance. In the wake of a global calamity, Jenny Hernandez struggles to keep her rural church community nourished and free. Hiding from the Feds, a team of inventors, and Jenny’s ex, arrive to complete the amazing plasma drive. They bring hope, but also ... Read more

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The Comfort of Distance

Ryburn Dobbs

Sgt Hank LeGris stares down at the crushed and gaping skull in the dirt. It’s the second time in a just a few weeks that human remains have been found in the Black Hills. Citizens are getting restless. Is it a rogue mountain lion, as many people suspect? Or something even more sinister? Sebastien Grey ... Read more

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Let Me Tell You Something About Oliver G. Finch

C. Lhotak

When a successful psychiatrist attends a mental health conference in London, he learns about the disturbing story of a man who committed a horrible crime. To do a friend a favor, he decides to get involved in the case. But of course, only to help, right? Meanwhile, his wife is facing her own challenges, especially ... Read more

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Free: The Chair Man

Alex Pearl

Michael Hollinghurst is a successful corporate lawyer living a comfortable, suburban life in leafy North West London. But on 7 July 2005, his life is transformed when he steps on a London underground train targeted by Islamist suicide bombers. While most passengers in his carriage are killed, Michael survives the explosion but is confined to ... Read more

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Murderous

David Hickson

A massacre in a small country church threatens to tip South Africa into civil war. The Department turn to ex SAS soldier Ben Gabriel to discover the truth: was it genocide, or murder? But Gabriel has a few problems of his own, including being on the run as a suspect in the biggest gold heist ... Read more

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Free: Apocalypse Thoughts

Kendra Griffin

When a pandemic begins mutating humans into cannibals during her spring break in Georgia, seventeen-year old Kella O’Malley joins with a group of teens and twenty-somethings to carry precious CDC data north on the Appalachian Trail. Their only hope is to stay ahead of the “Hyenas” and hike faster than the world can end. “The ... Read more

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Free: Thornaby Accident

Glenn McGoldrick

How do you deal with a Darling Wife? Will there be a Thornaby Accident? And just who is really Losing It? Introducing Thornaby Accident, three short stories with a twist from the Dark Teesside series. Brought to you by award winning author Glenn McGoldrick, these dark stories unfold in Thornaby, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Yarm. Free ... Read more

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Free: A Snake Among Flowers

Richard Devall

Myra is the last one to see her friend. The cops know that. She lies to them. There are too many suspects, yet not enough. This is a fast-paced, page-turning thriller, sprinkled with wit, snappy banter, and humor. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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One Fine Mess

Mark Petersen

All Jules Nichols wants is a quiet family life, which she and her lover Wesley can have once they off her abusive hubby. But now that he’s good and dead, mob guys and drug dealers are popping out of the woodwork, the staties are suspicious, and all Jules’s careful plans are going wrong. Who would’ve ... Read more

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Revenge in Barcelona

Kathryn Lane

Nikki Garcia, former international fraud auditor turned private investigator, escapes to Spain with her fiancé after a death threat on her last assignment in Mexico. She puts the past behind her and turns the trip to Barcelona into her destination wedding. A week later, Nikki and the love of her life, Eduardo, find themselves caught ... Read more

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No Decision – A Gut-Gripping Political Thriller

Ridge King

A deadlocked election. A brutal fight for the Presidency. Will deadly tricks control the deciding vote? The pages turn themselves in this thrilling story of ruthless political blackmail and intimidation. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Prestige, Privilege & Murder

Christa Nardi

Stacie Maroni, HR specialist and trauma counselor, isn’t prepared for the murder of her estranged husband. His death and custody of her Maltese, Jasper, barely sink in and someone is after her. Can she sort it out with Jasper by her side? Mystery with a side of romance. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Cold Revenge

Linda Berry

When two women are found murdered in her small town, Police Chief Sidney Becker sees a disturbing pattern. Both were killed in a grisly fashion, and an obscure Viking coin was planted on each corpse. The symbology of the coin will lead Becker to discover clues that are dark and disturbing. The more she uncovers, ... Read more

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No Justice: The Complete Series

Nolon King

Detective Mallory Black’s world was shredded when her daughter was murdered by a serial killer. Jasper Parish is a vigilante who hunts killers that escape traditional justice. Hero, killer, and vigilante are on a collision course in a world where there is no justice … unless you’re willing to risk everything in the pursuit of ... Read more

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A Friend Like That

Marissa Finch

Alice is swept away by the mysterious glamor of her new friend Taylor. But when Taylor suggests murdering the man who assaulted Alice, both their lives are turned upside down. A gripping new novel of revenge, secrets, and toxic friendship. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Her Daughter’s Mother

Daniela Petrova

A newly pregnant woman inadvertently befriends her egg-donor only to find herself the key suspect in her disappearance. Determined to solve the mystery, she digs into the young woman’s past but is unprepared for the secrets she unearths. A gripping psychological thriller about two strangers, one incredible connection and the steep price of obsession. $1.99 ... Read more

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Free: Past Grief

Edward J. Leahy

Kim Brady, third generation NYPD, returns to the job after her father’s recent suicide. To solve a mass shooting, a determined yet compassionate detective must cajole the only eyewitness, a transgender woman, into testifying, and find the mastermind obstructing her investigation and gaslighting her. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Hidden Justice

Nolon King

Frank Grimm is a retired detective who breaks into his neighbors’ homes searching for clues to find the man who murdered his daughter. What was once an unrelenting obsession in solving a crime has turned into something else — Frank breaking and entering, vicariously living through their lives, searching for a connection to anything. One ... Read more

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Free: The Trouble With Charlie

Kenneth Preston

A mind-bending story of one teen’s descent into madness and another teen’s quest to prevent an unspeakable tragedy. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Reflections – Monologues and Muses of Modern Times

C.H. Elton

Think ‘tales of the unexpected’ meets ‘talking heads’! This book is a collection of short monologues that introduces the reader to 6 very different characters who talk to you about their experience of everyday life and how it makes them who they are. Some of the tales contain humour, some are sad but all are ... Read more

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Wagner & Callender Mysteries

Chris Phipps

Sarah Wagner & Dee Callender are two interesting but very different women who first meet as murder suspect and rookie detective. Over time, as they help each other through troubled relationships and unexpected danger, their relationship deepens into an enduring friendship that strengthens both of them in ways they never expected. Readers say the books ... Read more

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A Murder for Christmas: An Amateur Female Sleuth Historical Cozy Mystery

P.C. James

A Murder for Christmas is the third in the popular Miss Riddell Cozy Mysteries series. Miss Riddell has returned to her parents’ home to nurse her sick mother. It’s Christmas 1962, northern England, and the worst winter for decades. If that isn’t bad enough, there’s a crime spree in the village, a forged will that ... Read more

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Free: Habitat Zero

Christopher Cartwright

In the Pacific Ocean, a Silicon Valley magnate vacationing on his luxury motor yacht Carpe Diem, stumbles across a floating island of pumice. Two weeks later, the motor yacht returns to its home port in San Diego on autopilot – but when it arrives, nobody disembarks. Sam Reilly and his team are called in to ... Read more

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In The Black

Andrew Ceroni

CIA’s most valuable foreign agents are being methodically assassinated. With its intelligence network shattering, the Agency begins a desperate search to uncover the traitor within its ranks! $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Twenty Seconds….and Other Psychological Dramas

Joseph Berger

These are psychological dramas about people facing real challenges in their lives. From an International Crisis to fighting nasty bullies. A young child growing up without parents in a new country, an older person trying to look after a much loved but now limited partner. An experienced professional being opposed by an assertive but incompetent ... Read more

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Free: Cozy Up to Blood: A novel about an Island, a Cat, Knitting, and Vampires

Colin Conway

What if THE SONS OF ANARCHY crashed a TWILIGHT fan convention? That is the hilarious premise for COZY UP TO BLOOD, the third book in the “Cozy Up” series. Action, suspense, and laughs ensue when our favorite former outlaw must hide in a coastal Oregon town. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Poseidon Files

Mike Rickett

In The Poseidon Files Artist and psychic Naomi Richards suddenly finds herself in an perilous situation when top secret files exposing a plot to weaponise the weather is inadvertently passed to her by a whistle-blowing scientist. What follows is a trail of intrigue and menace on the streets of Liverpool and Snowdonia in which the ... Read more

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Lover Boy

Stephen Kronwith

A lustful physician and an attractive detective clash in a comedy caper involving a billionaire’s murder, his beautiful widow and an amorous, septuagenarian assassin. Lover Boy mixes humor with pathos and is filled with quirky characters and often hilarious dialogue – all leading to an unexpected conclusion not soon forgotten. For those who enjoy the ... 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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Cam Derringer Tropical Thriller

Mac Fortner

Cam Derringer is Key West’s favorite PI. This is an action-packed series that will keep you reading nonstop to the end. If you enjoy tropical settings, action, and a little romance then come aboard for the ride of your life. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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