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!

Free: The Heartless Valentine

Kacey Gene

Valentine’s Day. 2020. Middlebridge, Wisconsin. When the quick-witted second grade teacher and amateur sleuth, Jennifer Hunter, receives a gift from a secret admirer on Valentine’s Day, she heartily investigates who her cupid could be. When she opens the box, though, she doesn’t find chocolates; she finds a human heart wrapped in red tissue paper. And ... Read more

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Dead in the Water

Tom Turner

Twelve ruthless killers board a billionaire’s yacht and find a handful of fat cats, playboys and a harem of good-time girls in outfits ranging from skimpy to skimpier. Two days later, one lone Army Ranger sneaks on board in a desperate attempt to save the passengers, including his girlfriend’s father. The soldier’s chances are—you guessed ... Read more

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Free: Emma Frost Mystery Series: Vol 7-9

Willow Rose

Bone-chilling tales from the Amazon ALL-star Bestselling author Willow Rose. EASY AS ONE TWO THREE: Mads and Signe are very young when they get married. They are ready to take on the world starting with their honeymoon to Egypt. Two years later, Mads is in a coma and Signe has vanished from the face of ... Read more

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Ghost on the Left

C. Howard Rieling

How far will a person go if he can commit the perfect murder, not just once, but again and again? In this twisted tale of love and hate, murder and revenge, and an entity named Jiggly Bones, one young man will find out. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Without Direction

E.N. Crane

This is the second installment of the Ampersand Series. After watching so many people fall victim to predators, Bridgette is now working to make the Internet a safer place for women. Getting herself beaten up and abducted, to the horror of her family and friends. Now she’s fighting for survival as ghosts from her past ... Read more

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Free: Red Rover

Leonard Di Gregorio

A seemingly, accidental boating accident brings Holly Flynn back to her home town. Her brother is seriously injured, and the police believe he was the cause of his friend’s tragic death. Holly meets the only stranger that can help clear him. Together they discover the sinister plot behind the boating accident, a terrorist plot directed ... Read more

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Free: Jeff Trask Crime Drama Series (Books 1 – 3)

Marc Rainer

Federal prosecutor Jeff Trask and a team of FBI agents and local police officers tackle three international criminal organizations threatening the nation’s capital city: A Jamaican drug-trafficking cabal led by a psychopathic serial killer The vicious MS-13 street gang, known for murder, rape, and a total lack of mercy to its own members and recruits ... Read more

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A Mackenzie Witch: Collection 1 (Mackenzie Coven Mysteries)

Sonia Parin

Fun paranormal cozy mysteries. 1: Lexie’s heritage has caught up with her and it leads her straight to danger. 2: Mackenzie Coven rule #1: Do not lose your cat, especially if there’s a killer on the loose with a fetish for cats. 3: If Lexie’s abysmal acting skills don’t get her killed, surely mentioning the ... Read more

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The Girl And The Secret Society

A.J. Rivers

This is the bizarre and shocking case of Lakyn Monroe. In the midst of filming her show, Lakyn Monroe vanished without a trace. Four months have passed, and the unusual disappearance of the internet celebrity has garnered nationwide attention. With not a clue to the reasoning behind her disappearance, the beautiful girl with the world ... Read more

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The Return of the O’Connells

Lorhainne Eckhart

Your favorite O’Connell family is back in The Return of the O’Connells, “You’re my wife, Karen, even with everything this family has been through, all the secrets and lies. Maybe I just want a little peace for us, a little of you meeting me halfway, instead of feeling as if everything is a fight.” ~ ... Read more

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Free: Defending Gina

Julia Barash

Woman is electrocuted in swimming pool while one hundred guests watch in horror. This suspenseful murder mystery/ courtroom drama has bold twists and turns. The plot highlights the sexual evolution of women of the 70’s, straight and gay. The climax consists of a full-blown trial and an explosive ending. Introducing Miami attorney Sarah Reuben and ... Read more

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The Plot is Murder

VM Burns

Samantha Washington dreamed of owning a mystery bookstore and writing British historic cozy mysteries. She finally follows her dreams, but when a shady realtor is killed in her backyard, the police suspect her. Aided by her feisty grandmother and an enthusiastic ensemble of colorful retirees, Sam has to find a killer before her story ends. ... Read more

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Leaving Oklahoma

LC Rung

Rush Kilmer left Oklahoma for a fresh start. Now, he’s missing, and his girlfriend, Gen, couldn’t care less. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Black Frost (Emma Frost Book 13)

Willow Rose

From Multi-Million-Copy Bestselling author Willow Rose comes the next chapter in the #1 Bestselling Emma Frost Mystery Series. Emma Frost is tied up in a murder mystery that seems out of this world. When a young girl disappears one night from the park, then turns up again the next morning in a different place on ... Read more

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Free: Blackout

Tom Barber

Three men have been killed in the UK and USA in one morning. The deaths take place thousands of miles apart, yet are connected by an event fifteen years ago. Before long, young cop Sam Archer and the Armed Response Unit are drawn into the violent fray. And there’s a problem. One of their own ... Read more

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Free: The Adventure of the Notable Bachelorette – A New Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Craig Stephen Copland

THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOTABLE BACHELORETTE. A NOBLE ENGLISHMAN ASKS SHERLOCK HOLMES TO HELP FIND HIS MISSING AMERICAN WIFE. THE NEXT DAY, HE IS DEAD AND HIS WIFE CHARGED WITH MURDER. A blue-blooded snobbish English lord comes to 221B Baker Street. His much younger wife, a beautiful, independent American, has vanished and he knows she ... Read more

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I See You

Elle Gray

I see you. As Paxton launched into his new endeavors, he finds himself in the sights of a serial killer. Forced to play a part in the killer’s deadly games. Paxton enlists the help of his friend, FBI agent Blake Wilder. But when she gets caught in the killer’s trap. Paxton must do everything to ... Read more

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Haunted

H.G. Ahedi

Three deaths, an invisible weapon and a deadly plot. Roumoult Cranston’s life is never boring. He either invites trouble, or it finds him. This time his best friend Dr. William Sterling is at the heart of investigating three suicides that he believes are ingenious murders. Everyone thinks he is crazy, including Roumoult. But when William ... Read more

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The Legend of Ollie Daniels

Shauntel Woolfolk

If an entire population is mind-controlled, would you end the world to erase the sins and blood-soaked pavement? Or leave the world in peace as it rains ashes of what used to be? $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Lou Prophet: The Complete Series, Volume 1

Peter Brandvold

Lou Prophet’s life as a bounty hunter has taught him one rule: You don’t stop riding till the job is finished. He is determined to show the outlaws that justice doesn’t always wear a badge. Join the bounty hunter as he searches for a gorgeous showgirl, chases down a brutal gang, escorts a Russian noblewoman ... Read more

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Free: 12

Nolon King

What would you do with the last 12 hours of your life, if only you knew? The novel 12 follows 12 people through the last 12 hours of their lives before they all end up at the cafe where a mass shooting occurs. 12 hours. 12 lives. Who lives? Who dies? Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Anything for You

Marissa Finch

When Nicolette Winchester’s daughter is involved in an accident that leaves a classmate dead, Nic panics and does the unthinkable — she hides the body. It’s the only way to protect Ella’s future, her Juilliard scholarship. But keeping this secret is harder — and more deadly — than Nic expected. Especially when the anonymous text ... Read more

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The Trusted

Michelle Medhat

Imagine if Bond and the X-files had a love child? The Trusted is that off-spring. It’s an intoxicating, heart-pumping fusion of espionage and thought-provoking sci-fi all rolled into a fast-moving story of gorgeous spies and villains, twisty politics, steamy sex, ruthless revenge, fascinating realms and eye-popping tech. The Trusted is the first book in a ... Read more

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A Touch of Defiance

Gary Ponzo

An anti-government party called the Civil Resistance Movement is growing in popularity as tension mounts between police and civilians. The head of the CRM, Leo Frazier, has his own racist agenda which is unknown to his followers. FBI Agent Nick Bracco and team must track down Frazier and his group of zealots before the MLK ... Read more

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Carolina Dance

Alex Cage

They took his peace and quiet. He’ll pay them back in fists and bullets… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Pistols and Poinsettias

Bruce Hammack

Steve isn’t celebrating Christmas…he’s trying to survive it. Blind PI Steve Smiley loathes Christmas—too many memories. When his partner secures an invitation for them to teach at a mystery writers’ conference in Miami, what promises to be a welcome early December escape turns into a tidal wave of mysteries to solve. Steve and Heather walk ... Read more

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Free: Bones in the Wash: Politics is Tough. Family is Tougher.

John Byrne Barry

Bones in the Wash: Politics is Tough. Family is Tougher, set during the 2008 presidential campaign in New Mexico, is one part political thriller, one part family soap, and one part murder mystery. Ambitious Albuquerque Mayor Tomas Zamara, charged with delivering the state’s five electoral votes for John McCain, is directed to shut down voter ... Read more

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The Holy City Murders: A Duke Dempsey Mystery

Ron Plante Jr

Duke Dempsey is a private investigator in 1938 Charleston, SC. Thrust into the case of a lifetime when the Vatican comes calling and hires Duke to find an invaluable relic. Charleston is also hit with the mysterious murders of a prominent priest of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and a local cop. Duke is forced into a ... Read more

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Free: Exodus ’95

Kfir Luzzatto

Claire may be a step away from recovering the most powerful artifact in human history: Moses’ Biblical staff, which her dying neighbor found and hid in the Arabian desert twenty years ago. But his startling revelations have got her entangled in a global race with ruthless fanatics who want to get to the artifact first. ... Read more

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Idol Worship

Rhonnie Fordham

The serial killer industry remains lucrative. Crime shows, slasher movies, podcasts, clickbait. Serial killers are everywhere…especially in the world’s collective psyche. So what news anchor wouldn’t seize the opportunity to interview a still at-large psychopath? Especially one as infamous as The Mayberry Murderer. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Patent Pending and Death

Patti Larsen

Fiona Fleming is back, and, just her luck, the bodies keep piling up! Happily married and diving into her new career, Fee finds herself once again embroiled in the heart of mysteries she can’t seem to stop solving. At least this time she’s actually legit. Acting as a local investigator for her co-owned Fleming Investigations ... Read more

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A Destiny to Die For (Book I)

Rik Stone

Angelita grabs at a chance to get out of the favelas when she finds a huge cache of heroin. Money becomes no object, so much so, it seems too good to be true. It is! The drugs belong to the cartel. See price on Kindle.... Read more

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Crime Beat Girl

Geri Dreiling

A girl is dead. A boy is locked up. Can Debbie Bradley discover the truth before more lives are lost…maybe even her own? A series of deadly shootings. An outbreak of stolen cars. When journalist Debbie Bradley returns home to St. Louis, the summer crime wave has started. And she’s in the center: A witness, ... Read more

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Free: The Evelyn Project

Kfir Luzzatto

If the present can change the past, what will happen to us if we make a mistake? Well, you are about to find out. “Luzzatto has spun a fast-paced tale that keeps the reader guessing…” Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Side Hustle

Colin Conway

Hard work is murder! Is a big real estate deal behind the death of a personal finance blogger? Two homicide detectives work to uncover the truth. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Double Image

Kate Francis

A politician’s kidnapped child is returned unharmed, but Executive Protection Officer Kenna Devlin discovers information suggesting the child who was found is not the same child who was taken. Now, in the midst of a political campaign, she’s desperately looking for a kidnapped child no one else believes is missing. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Generalissimus

Alexander Kalinin

Joseph Stalin is miraculously resurrected in contemporary Moscow only to find himself in a country ruled by corrupt officials and oligarch clans. Shocked by what he sees, the ex-dictator decides to restore the USSR and so tries to reintegrate himself into society. With the help of a zealous supporter, Stalin reaches out to the masses ... Read more

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Remember My Name

Laurencia Hoffman

Dark and twisted secrets mar Shane Coulter’s skin, and darken his fragile heart. Yet he keeps his nightmarish truth hidden from all those he holds dear with a smart mouth and abrasive attitude. His first love, Callan Reid, refuses to accept Shane’s tough exterior. Convinced something truly horrific lurks beneath Shane’s defenses, Callan vows to ... Read more

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Free: Take Me Out the Back

Carolyn Geduld

A mass shooting in a nursing home rocks a southern Indiana town. The ripple effects afflict emergency workers, the nursing home staff, town officials, and the friends and families of the victims—both immediately and for weeks and months thereafter. Chillingly, those murdered often appear as ghosts, plaguing family members. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Operation Underpants

Mark A. Biggs

Unceremoniously dumped in a retirement home by their children, international spies Max and Olivia languish forgotten and waiting to die. After finding a secret message in the newspaper they must escape and travel to the UK with the fate of London and much of the world hanging in the balance. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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