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: Twist of Truth
Having been jailed for a murder he didn’t commit, Simon Fulton returns to his quiet hometown with one thing on his mind: revenge! But when he starts to enact it, he realizes he has the wrong target. And the consequences of his mistake will be terrifying. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: In the Dark: A Holt Foundation Story
Marissa Rooney stands in her daughter’s empty dorm room, a half-used vial of insulin clutched in her trembling hand. Brooke has been missing for days. Her roommate hasn’t seen her since that night in the bar. And if Marissa has Brooke’s insulin, it means that Brooke does not. But Marissa isn’t alone in her terror. ... Read more
Free: Strange Little Girl
Memories come flooding back to DCI John Blizzard when the grave of a murdered woman and her child is desecrated. He recalls the younger sister in the family who was never found, though presumed deceased. Having always suspected the father, now a wealthy businessman, Blizzard has the case reopened. But when he probes into this ... Read more
Into The Dark
Jordan’s world came crashing down the day she learned about the gruesome unsolved murders of her father and uncle. Still reeling from the recent loss mother to suicide and now her father’s grisly homicide, Jordan returns to her old hometown in upstate New York to see her family one last time. When she starts her ... Read more
HUBRIS
DI Charlie West and irrepressible ex-detective James Munro return in a new murder mystery. When a sheep farmer boards a stricken fishing vessel stranded on the shore, he is in for the shock of his life. Within lies the body of a man who is, for all intents and purposes, inside out. The police find ... Read more
The Call of Death
An obsessive-compulsive California girl at an English boarding school wakes up knowing the name of a serial killer at large. He will attack her unless she and her three male friends can change fate. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Talion
What is play to a cat, is death to a mouse… Sinta Talion is a beautiful corporate acquisitions specialist in the Talion family mega-business, and is in the process of negotiating a corporate merger in rural Pennsylvania. All is going well until she has an encounter which puts her deal in jeopardy, which will definitely ... Read more
No Other Way
Shocking evidence hits close to home for Miami PD’s Detective Harry Hunter as Willow Rose’s bestselling series continues. Three women went on a road trip to Key West. Only two returned. When asked what happened, their stories don’t completely match. Who is telling the truth? What are they hiding? Detective Harry Hunter of the Miami ... Read more
Free: Posies and Poison
An amateur sleuth with a bed and breakfast, an unfriendly resident found dead, and a handsome detective who helps unravel the mystery in the cozy beach town of Sweetfern Harbor. Free on Kindle.... Read more
A Hustler Among Us
He started in Washington, D C selling mediocre quality marijuana and many years later, a heart and a set of lungs to a United States Senator who needed the organs for survival. Hal Hammond and his boys travel between Florida and Brazil with the Russians not far behind them in this action-filled story! $2.99 on ... Read more
Murder at the Tea Party: 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery
Evie has her hands full trying to keep the name of Woodridge free of scandal. No easy task when one of her afternoon tea guests is poisoned. Is it a coincidence when another guest is found dead from poison? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
In the Shadows
New York City detective Al Russo is a walking cliché and he knows it. His obsession with his job and the adrenaline rush it brings has led to a failed marriage and a taste for alcohol. Detective Russo is called to investigate, what appears to be, a simple traffic accident that resulted in the death ... Read more
Free: Silent Retribution Man
Lionel Seaver has had enough of the high road. It’s about time the mean-spirited, rude, despicable jerks in society get what is finally coming to them. This type of scum has taken everything from him and its time for retribution. The journey is long and Seaver is forced to confront his own conscience, sanity, and ... Read more
Foundations, Funny Business & Murder
The best of intentions shouldn’t include murder. After a slashed tire, attempted break-in, and a murder, Stacie isn’t buying coincidental bad karma. Somehow it’s all connected to the fledging non-profit foundation and someone wants her off the board – at any cost. Her fancy surveillance equipment, impressive alarm system, and a ferocious Maltese dog offer ... Read more
Muddy Waters
Agreeing to be best man at his uncle’s wedding, range detective Henry “Whispering” Smith returns to his North Carolina hometown. His years of tracking livestock rustlers in the desolate Colorado Plateau country haven’t prepared him for facing the two things that drove him away — a pig-headed father he doesn’t like and an unfaithful ex-girlfriend ... Read more
Snowbound
When Sarah Wagner arrives at a remote cabin, she finds that Tracy, the friend who invited her, is missing, leaving a husband and two young daughters behind. Sarah’s car is disabled; she can’t leave. And as the search for Tracy escalates, so do Sarah’s suspicions about the strangers around her, and the safety of Tracy’s ... Read more
Reclaiming Our Own
How would you react if one of your loved ones was unexpectedly abducted from a seemingly safe environment? Would you fall apart and wait for life to pass you by, hoping and praying that your loved one would return? Would you continue to be there for your family and allow the authorities to do their ... Read more
Mafia University
Leo Coletta does what most young men do when they graduate high school, and that’s going to college to further his education. He attends a remote University in the hills of Virginia and does fine academically in his first couple of months at school, but his social life becomes nonexistent. Leo freezes up and fails ... Read more
The Malthus Conspiracy
A viral pandemic is about to be unleashed on mankind. Can it be stopped before it is too late? Dean Adams and his best friend Felix Pye, unwittingly stumble across the greatest conspiracy in history. By doing so they invite a great force against them, one hell bent on maintaining a 200 year old secret ... Read more
Second Slice
Madison Vickers is the prime suspect in the deaths of two men, one of whom is her abusive husband. Even with the help of Detectives Daniels and Remalla, Madison may end up in prison for crimes she didn’t commit. Desperate to prove her innocence, will she find the strength to confront her demons, discover the ... Read more
Bells, Tails & Murder
A Cotswolds village, a grieving heroine, two furry sidekicks…and a murder! Do you like heroines who’ve lived a little? Who’ve suffered life’s ups and downs but kept on trucking? Then you’ll love Leta Parker and her new friends in the Cotswold village of Astonbury. When tragedy strikes Leta Parker’s life, the successful banker and closet ... Read more
Message for Murder: A Rutledge Historical Society Cozy Mystery #1
Lorry Lockharte’s first day on her new job brings her a big surprise: a dead body. Two sisters dead in a week’s time——one murder, one accident. Lorry thinks the so-called accident seems a little too convenient. Is it really an accident as everybody believes? Sassy and irreverent, Lorry plans to prove otherwise and solve the ... Read more
Eddie Cruise Private Eye
The story is about a soldier that was blinded in the gulf war and became a Private Investagatoor. $2.99 on Kindle... Read more
The Watch on the Fencepost
This Amazon bestseller is the ultimate mystery/romance 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 to ... Read more
The Point of a Gun
America is experiencing a dramatic increase in terrorist attacks-by jihadists, white supremacists, and Mexican cartels. In the face of these failures by the U.S. Government intelligence and law enforcement bureaucracies, a group of ad hoc vigilantes has exploded onto the scene. And, surprisingly, this shadowy and deadly vigilante group appears to be led by at ... Read more
Free: The City Burns at Night
Adventurous reporter Tom Miller is hot on the trail of a firebug in 1947 Los Angeles. If he breaks the story, he stands to win it all: the headlines, the girl, and more. But if he falls to dangerous temptation, he stands to lose everything. Including his life. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Q. A. Caine Mysteries: Three Complete Novels
Q.A. Caine is a reputable book dealer, a respected member of his Boston community and…a con artist. Well, reformed con artist. Okay, a mostly reformed con artist. Here in the first three of Caine’s adventures, you’ll find he’s all of these things and more… First in Jefferson’s Ashes, you’ll find Caine, the book dealer, buying ... Read more
Abduction’s Aftermath: Siblings of the Shadows, Book 3
It’s been weeks since Detective Sam Dorrell’s brother, Leo, had been abducted. No demands have been made, no proof of life given and no explanations rendered as to the purpose of the abduction beyond the ramblings of the psychopathic serial killer already in FBI custody. Now Sam’s desperate need to find his brother has left ... Read more
Blind Justice
Has blind and widowed Lucille Pfiffer finally unraveled the age-old mystery surrounding real estate tycoon Sir Clement Tucker’s murder? And if so, does it come with dire consequences? Lucille and best friend Merlene find themselves in “hot water” after snooping around a neighbor’s house in search of answers. What they discover is totally unexpected. Vanilla, ... Read more
Free: The Alter
The Alter is a fast-paced Supernatural Thriller that will leave you wanting more. Follow James Hyde as he goes on the run from the very government he is trying to protect. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Ungoverned
A sadistic child-sex trafficker orders a hit when two Houston Police Department Inspectors find a dead girl. Meeting with Lukas Zimmerman, the man responsible for finding the hitter, Chloe–a ruthless contract killer, is offered the job, but violently declines it when she discovers that one of the marks is Henry, a man who’s life she ... Read more
Teaching is Murder
Claire Anderson is having a hectic month. She adopts a stray kitten, searches for a missing student, and finds a dead body next door. $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Dolly
He’s promised me sunlight. Hope for a better future. Freedom from this horror. A life that doesn’t end in a dark cellar. But, we’re trapped together. Forced to live for the worst kind of people. Desperate to survive for each other. I crave his touch with every breath I take. My heart aches for him. ... Read more
Patch Lane
Sarah Hastings’ life turns upside down when she discovers a dead body at an abandoned farmhouse, rumored to be haunted. The pathologist says they died 3 days before, but the fingerprints say they died 20 years ago. The mystery turns deadly when someone comes after Sarah. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Fries and Alibis: Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Mitzy Moon Mysteries Book 1)
A gift that’s too good to be true. A murder she didn’t commit. A barista in a latte trouble… Fries and Alibis is the first book in the hilarious paranormal cozy mystery series, Mitzy Moon Mysteries. If you like amateur sleuths, small-town intrigue, and a dash of the supernatural, then you’ll love Trixie Silvertale’s twisty ... Read more
Shooting Messengers
Somebody brutally kills a postman in Quake City while he’s delivering the mail. A second murder suggests a serial killer is at work. Laconic Private investigator Danny Ashford and sassy investigative reporter Deepa Banwait must track down the fiend who seems to have a vendetta against postal workers. But with Danny’s overconfidence and Deepa’s driving ... Read more
Free: Trust Me
Dr. Gabriel Blackwell is a brilliant thoracic surgeon who has a secret, a dark secret. Married to a high-powered attorney with family money and a need to control him, caused a crack in their marriage and growing hatred between them. To the world, their lives are loving and glamorous, but within their four walls, unbearable. ... Read more
My Sister’s Murderer
After the shocking death of her twin sister, one woman goes on a quest to bring her murderer to justice. What she doesn’t expect is the complicated feelings that come after she partners with a dangerous, unbearably attractive mobster who may hold the answers she needs. For as long as I can remember, my twin ... Read more
Old Friends and New, Another Murder
A touch of nostalgia, a murder, and good friends. When a former colleague is implicated in his neighbor’s demise, Sheridan Hendley returns to Cold Creek to try to prove his innocence. Annoying as Max can be, she can’t imagine the quirky professor is capable of murder. Unfortunately, not everyone shares her opinion. Of course, it ... Read more
Free: The Black Ledger
“Do you have any problems working with black people?” Chicago has been a war zone for the last 50 years. Gangs shoot up the streets, while corrupt politicians and predatory businesses get rich by stealing from the poor. “The Black Ledger” is a multi-cultural/mystery crime thriller that will take you into the heart of Chicago’s ... Read more
