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!

No Hesitation

Kirk Russell

Independence Base, a top-secret military facility north of Las Vegas, houses a breakthrough artificial intelligence that has US enemies worried and on the move. Two of Independence Base’s coders go missing. Were they kidnapped? Or did they quit in protest, taking their knowledge of the potentially dangerous AI code with them? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Somnambulist

Andrew Mackay

Sleepwalker Iris Goddard has gone missing. She’s left the bed and the front door is wide open. Now, her family is on the hunt to rescue her in this nerve-shredding psychological suspense thriller. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: From The Shadows

Ross Davies

Journalist Aaron Page’s life is turned upside down when an investigation into east London’s sex trade results in the murder of a young prostitute. Two years on, with the fallout from the girl’s death having claimed his career and his relationship, Aaron is dragged back into the world he has tried to forget when her ... Read more

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GORGE

Katherine Carlson

Marty Clawson is sick of being trapped by her weight–sick of her jerk husband. Her fantasy about shedding pounds while engaged in outdoor survival flopped as hard as her marriage. Now she’s desperate to get unstuck. So, a bus ride north into the Montana wild seems a promising bet–visit an old suitor who works as ... Read more

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Blazer: Line of Duty

G.C. Harmon

Steve Blazer is an honest San Francisco cop, but he has a reputation: he’s a magnet for trouble. Former soldier, Steve Blazer, is given command of SFPD’s Special Forces… before he was a crack Homicide Inspector, he was an elite up and comer on the Vice Squad. With the help of his mentor, John Stanson, ... Read more

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A Kink in the Road (A Deadline Cozy Mystery)

Sonia Parin

Eve Lloyd’s best-laid plans to stay out of trouble are tampered with when the island’s new favorite resident comes to lunch and brings an entourage of ex-wives, his fiancée, some friends and a killer. A storm is brewing and Eve’s lunch guests stay for dinner. One guest does not survive the night. Humorous Cozy Mystery. ... Read more

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Free: Mrs. Jones

William Stranges

A woman is found dead by her husband, murdered. Footage shows a contract killer in the area.  The only female detective on Asheville P. D., Adelaide Henson, finds the case on her desk. No one else wants to touch it. But she does. It’s the case of a lifetime. Henson knows the widower, they’ve met ... Read more

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Free: Woman at the Top of the Stairs

Deidra Green

She listened as the woman living underneath her take the kinds of beatings she used to. Gina couldn’t just listen anymore. Meet Gina. She is the woman at the top of the stairs who repeatedly hears the cries and screams of the woman who lives below her as she is constantly victimized at the hands ... Read more

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The Girl Who Wasn’t There

Kevin Sivils

Beautiful, intelligent, and mysterious, the three sisters seem to have it all. Except for the fact they’re escaped clones. Their very existence is illegal. And some very powerful people want them dead. To find out what happens to Sarah, Ellie, and Maria in this future-noir, you’ll have to get a copy of The Girl Who ... Read more

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Primal Creatures

Eric Wilder

On assignment at an island resort for artists and actors, French Quarter P.I. Wyatt Thomas deals with murder, voodoo, and creatures that only walk at night. Primal Creatures, Book 3 of Eric Wilder’s entertaining and stand-alone French Quarter Mystery Series. “A colorful zydeco of a read that’s part mystery, part thriller, part travelogue, and all ... Read more

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Connections, Conflict & Murder

Christa Nardi

A walk in the park, online connections, and dangerous discoveries. When the cybersecurity expert who checked out Stacie’s computer turns up dead, Stacie and her good friend and IT whiz, Trina, find themselves entangled in the ensuing murder investigation. With Stacie at her side, Trina reaches out to other tech people who knew Sam and ... Read more

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Murder in the Arboretum

Christa Nardi

Another murder in small-town Cold Creek has tensions rising. Clive Johnson, the groundskeeper at Cold Creek College, is a convenient scapegoat for a police chief. Convinced Chief Pfeiffe has it all wrong, amateur sleuth, Sheridan Hendley, sets out to help prove Clive’s innocence. Not everyone is pleased by her enthusiastic search for the truth. $0.99 ... Read more

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Five Days, Five Deaths (China Bohannon Book 5)

C.K. Crigger

C.K. Crigger continues her cozy mystery China Bohannon series with Five Days, Five Dead. China gets an urgent assignment from rich businessman Sepp Amsel to find his fiancee’s sister who’s been kidnapped for a substantial ransom. Amsel, though, thinks it’s possible he’s being bamboozled, because events don’t quite add up. China has two days to ... Read more

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Harold Robbins Organized Crime Double

Harold Robbins

THE NOVEL THAT STARTED IT ALL—GIVING THE WORLD ITS FIRST TASTE OF HAROLD ROBBINS’ WORLD OF SEX, CORRUPTION, AND INTRIGUE. “Robbins’s books are packed with action, sustained by strong narrative drive, and are given vitality by his own colorful life.” —The Wall Street Journal The Harold Robbins Organized Crime Double includes: Never Love A Stranger ... Read more

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The Old Cape Teapot

Barbara Eppich Struna

Looking for adventure? Danger? Lost Treasure? Contemporary amateur sleuth, Nancy Caldwell, finds a 1717 pirate map on the island of Antigua and then journeys across Cape Cod in alternating chapters from the 18th to the 21st century. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Old Cape House

Barbara Eppich Struna

Contemporary Nancy Caldwell and 18th century Maria Hallett live 300 years apart. Within alternating chapters between centuries, they touch each other’s lives and uncover secrets that will give a new twist to an old Cape Cod legend. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Varma The Warrior Brahmin

Seenith Vivekananda

Varma is forced to choose between his family and his country. With no one to trust around him, even the closest to him come to betray him. In a battle against his enemies, Varma, the orthodox Hindu Brahmin, is reminded of his ancestors’ legacy as warriors. How will he use his ancestors’ legacies to protect ... Read more

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Free: The Phoenix Series: Books 1-3 (The Phoenix Series Box Set)

Ted Tayler

There are only so many outcomes for a man on a mission of vigilante justice. He succeeds. He gets caught in the process. He dies. Or he meets like-minded people who believe they must make criminals pay for their crimes The Phoenix Series begins. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Unrestrained

Thomas Mohr

A covert counter-terrorism unit fights terror attacks without government knowledge by any means necessary Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Blood Feud: A Gripping Revenge Thriller

Stewart Clyde

  How far would you go for revenge? A ROYAL MARINE discovers that the man who murdered his parents is still out there, linked to Russian organized crime and the KGB. Powerful, pulse-pounding, and so well-written–rarely do you read a debut novel this good. A thrilling, page-turner about one man’s quest to bring a terrorist ... Read more

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A Dragonfly’s Wing

Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato

Terence is a novelist who has just penned his first successful book. Facts come to light that reveal that his political fiction is actually based on the real-life escapades of Britain’s new prime minister. Careers are jeopardized from the fallout. Coincidentally, after picking up a copy of the book, a teenager named Milo meets Terence ... Read more

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Death By Chocolate

Abigail Keam

Josiah Reynolds is tracking down the disappearance of an old friend’s son. But while she is chasing a missing person, O’Nan, a rogue cop, is hot on Josiah’s trail chasing her and threatening others to help destroy the woman he thinks ruined his life. Or will Josiah outwit him as she has always done? One ... Read more

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Dash and Seek

Amy Koto

PLAY BY THE RULES…STAY ALIVE. The rules of Dash and Seek are quite simple. Drive together, stay together. Windows down with the music turned up. Never ride alone… But when Evie Larson and her friends reunite during a college break for some harmless fun, the game turns deadly. Fans of I Know What You Did ... Read more

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The Old Cape Hollywood Secret

Barbara Eppich Struna

Love Old Hollywood? Cape Cod? Travel coast to coast from today to 1947 – a suspenseful tale of nostalgia, glamour, romance, and intrigue. Using alternating chapters, across seventy years, the tragic stories of two young girls unfold and a murderous secret is uncovered. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Ascending Power

Malcolm Gibson

When a rare mineral discovery pits a small west Texas Indian tribe against Big Oil, it turns into a battle for survival that will leave the world changed forever. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Railway Man

John Dean

Few tears are shed when an ex-boxer and local hard man turns up dead. Perhaps only Blizzard is unhappy as the incident interrupts the celebration of the unveiling of the steam locomotive he has lovingly helped restore. There is no shortage of people who might have wanted the boxer dead. But with suspicion of the ... Read more

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Free: Paradise Park

Carol MacDowell

Grace Whitmarsh moves to a quiet trailer park in the country, thinking it the ideal setting to pursue her writing career. However, her new neighbors have other ideas and Grace is thrown into a whirlpool of romance, murder and violence. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Sail To My Heart

Patty Lesser

No friends. No family. No respect. As the worst fisherman in his village, lonely “Dim Jim” was an easy target and the butt of every joke. One day, the thought strikes him: “If I can do something truly extraordinary, I’m sure to be accepted!” So, Jim set his sights on capturing the elusive green tail ... Read more

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Free: Tuesday’s Child

Anya Mora

My daughter is dead. My husband and I cling to what’s left of our family, desperate to make sense of the tragedy. But when the sheriff knocks, he delivers news no mother should ever have to hear. Our daughter was murdered. And my son is the prime suspect. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Lions of the Desert

Samuel Marquis

LIONS OF THE DESERT is the true story of the WWII 1941-1942 Desert War in North Africa and Operation Condor, a story that has captivated the minds of authors, historians, and filmmakers for three-quarters of a century. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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The Watch on the Fencepost

Kay DiBianca

This award-winning mystery/romance is the ultimate puzzle! A mysterious gold watch propels Kathryn Frasier into a quest to prove her parents’ recent deaths were not an accident. But when she solves the mystery behind the watch, she uncovers a dark family secret and stumbles onto a trail of cryptic clues that lead her into danger ... 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. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Wanton Regard

Geoffrey Neil

In this fast-paced, dark thriller, a stalker waits for this perfect moment to introduce himself to Hailey Vaughan. He already knows everything about her and nothing will stop him from having her. When Hailey discovers his horrific plans, her struggle to escape only entangles her tighter in his web. A chilling psychological thriller! Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Payback

Ronald S. Barak

“Whenever Barak brings it, it’s tense, timely, and terrific!” —Lee Child, #1 NY Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels “Payback is timely, poignant and terrifying, every writer’s nightmare, or fantasy.” —Robert Dugoni, #1 international bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite novels What trouble could you get into at a famous writers conference? This ... Read more

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Harold Robbins Thriller Collection

Harold Robbins

  Dive into four page-turning thrillers full of flawed and complicated heroes – ambitious and dynamic Brad Rowan, Vietnam veteran Gareth Brendan, two ruthless daughters, and Diogenes Alejandro Xenos who quickly becomes an outlaw in his own country. Harold Robbins captures our external desires vividly in these enduring parables of success and struggle. In these ... Read more

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The Hypothesis

Nick Slade

Two dead…and counting. It reeks of a conspiracy, but he’s damaged and his sleuthing skills add up to a big zero. Then, he becomes the prime suspect in the killings. On the run, he creates a hypothesis to explain the mystery. But, it’s beyond belief. Can he find the evidence in time to avert the ... Read more

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Killer Politics

Norman Brewer

A Trump-like president inspires a white supremacist to wage terrorism against soft targets – a rock concert, electrical grid, food supply – in a bid for civil unrest and martial law. Heavy with political satire. Fast-paced and much too realistic. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Teaching is Murder

Monique Bird

Fairview isn’t as tranquil as it seems. On her nightly jog, Claire follows a stray kitten into an empty home and stumbles across a murdered jewelry thief. To make matters worse, the next day, she gets a cryptic email from a former student who might be missing. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Silent Daughter

Claire Amarti

“SCHOOLGIRL MISSING, the ticker reads, and the camera cuts to a girl’s face. Blonde hair waterfalling over her shoulders, serious eyes, lips a little parted like she’s about to speak. That’s when I realize I’ve been holding my breath, because the gasp when I inhale almost chokes me.” Sadie Kelly has lost her job. Until ... Read more

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Free: Forty Days at Kamas

Preston Fleming

Inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s account of a Soviet labor camp revolt in Gulag Archipelago, FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS potrays political prisoners and security officials at a corrective labor camp in Kamas, Utah, where inmates seize control during the summer of 2024. FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS offers a stirring portrait of a man determined to survive ... Read more

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