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!
Short Fuse
Two lifers go over the wall at a Texas maximum security prison and lead the Blackmore Agency crew on a chase across the southwest. Can Blaine figure out what’s going on before it’s too late? This time it might take more than a genius to unravel the maze of violence and deception. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Special Access
Duncan Hunter, a retired Marine Corps fighter pilot, flies a top-secret airplane with his mentor, Greg Lynche, the sometimes über-liberal retired CIA Chief of Air Branch. Together, in their quiet airplane, they execute some of the CIA’s most sensitive airborne counterterrorism missions under a Special Access Program. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Foreign Involvement
San Francisco Homicide detective Chuck Winters, accidentally strikes it rich with his criminal software database program, retires and takes his money and runs. He soon gets caught up with a nemesis character that spews death and destruction, hiding throughout the world like a chameleon—causing Winters to leave his serene retirement and take chase. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Blood of Like Souls (A Julie Madigan Thriller Book 1)
Julie Madigan’s career with the New Mexico State Police ended in a puddle of her own blood after having her throat cut, barely able to lift her gun to shoot and kill the man who almost ended her life. But survival led to a year of recovery and left her desperate to hide the scars ... Read more
A Grave Misunderstanding: A Simon Grave Mystery
Murder has come once more to the seaside town of Crab Cove, testing the mettle of “almost handsome” Detective Simon Grave and his “nearly invisible” partner, Sergeant Barry Blunt, who investigate a locked-room mystery with a significant twist: the prime suspects are in the locked room, not the victim, a logic-defying situation. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Fatal Beauty (A Cleve Hawkins Detective Novel Book 1)
Ex-Chicago homicide cop, and private eye, Cleve Hawkins is a hard-boiled former Marine hired by Betty Rohrman, to help in finding her missing sister. Through treacherous twists and turns, Hawkins works to solve the case of the missing woman but finds a clandestine world of evil. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Mooved to Murder
Chelsea Lawson is a ride-or-die friend. When her best friend Tilly asked her to stay at her place to watch her six-year-old daughter and pets for a while, Chelsea didn’t hesitate to say yes. What she didn’t realize was that she was already in over her head before the dead body turned up. $0.99 on ... Read more
Tales of Mystery Unexplained
What happened to Elisa Lam, found dead in a water tower atop a hotel roof? Who were the two men who came to see her and what was in the mystery box they gave her? Why did the location of her gravestone match the zip code of a Bookstore, miles away? Plus many more Tales. $0.99 ... 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. Some how it’s all connected to the fledging non-profit foundation and someone wants her off the board – at any cost. Enter Kevin McNair, a smooth talker with piercing blue eyes. Can ... Read more
Free: ICE
“A gripping novel that combines archeological, historical, scientific, and romantic elements to create a thrilling, strong story. Authentic characters, all-too-human relationships, adventures, and mysteries transport readers into the past, present, and future events–a wonderful discovery for this reader, who cannot wait for more!” Free on Kindle.... Read more
Mink Eyes
Fans of the Harry Bosch series are going crazy for P.I. Peter O’Keefe in MINK EYES. Private detective Peter O’Keefe, a physically scarred and emotionally battered Vietnam vet, is hired by childhood friend and attorney Mike Harrigan to investigate what appears to be a petty mink farm Ponzi scheme in the Ozarks. But quickly O’Keefe ... Read more
Free: 30 Days in June
On the 1st day of June 1988, the residents of South Wales were thrown into a state of panic when a married couple were brutally murdered in their own home. The killer, nicknamed Spartacus by the media, did not flee the scene immediately; instead, he stayed to carve Roman Numerals onto his victims’ chests. This ... Read more
The Girl in Cabin 13
FBI agent Emma Griffin is sent undercover to the small sleepy town of Feathered Nest to uncover the truth behind the strings of disappearances that has left the town terrified. To Emma there is nothing that can lay buried forever. Even though her own childhood has been plagued by deaths and disappearances. Her mother’s death, ... Read more
His Betrayals
Like the hills of San Francisco, where he made his name, businessman Kyle Stone will not be denied his destiny. Orphaned at 13, war at 18, married at 20, he survives the perils of Vietnam, and now faces the dishonesty of the boardroom. Follow Kyle through a series of obstacles laced with corporate intrigue and ... Read more
The Point Of A Gun
Is it the FBI’s Counterterrorism head running the inner rogue circle? The Army’s Senior Special Ops’ head? The CIA’s? Don’t miss this plot-twisting, page-turner! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Ugly Things We Hide
It’s 2007 in idyllic Costa Rica and 24-year-old Daniel is carefree while surfing, falling in love, and getting high with friends. But reality crushes him when he returns home to Hawaii. Soon he caters to the filthy rich for money and delves into their secret shame, and his. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Tahoe Deep
A 14-year-old blind boy who witnessed the sinking of the Tahoe Steamer ship in 1940 becomes a murder target 80 years later. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Bailey’s Law
Jack Bailey, small-town hard-boiled detective, must solve the crime, but his own unrelenting demons rising from his struggle with PTSD and buried family secrets complicate his task. Darkness brings unwanted memories, nightmares, and the realization he needs to face what happened ten years ago. Jack understands. Only too well. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Palm Beach Nasty
For fans of Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, and Stuart Woods comes Tom Turner’s “entertaining debut” (Publishers Weekly) set in glitzy Palm Beach, FL? Where the residents are as treacherous as they are rich. Burned out by high-profile murders in New York and his love life splashed all over Page Six, homicide cop Charlie Crawford heads ... Read more
Free: Ubiety
If you were to find yourself at the edge of a dying world with a lingering sense of reality, would you simply fade into the nothingness or would you fight for everything you hold dear? This assertive question is at the heart of the thought-provoking book Ubiety, for this book was designed to help people ... Read more
Beyond the Hill
Detective Inspector James Chisolm embarks on an extensive search to find fifteen-year-old Kathy Shackleton, who disappears after leaving school one afternoon. The trail ends with Lloyd Robins, her biology teacher, and the inspector’s best friend. But he denies knowledge of Kathy’s whereabouts. When police intelligence leads to an abandoned house, perched on top of a ... Read more
Lori Daniels Mystery: Pillow Talk
“…an ingenious, inventive thriller and page-turner about power, drugs, sex, corruption, and secrets that can destroy.” –Authors Reading. Police Detective Lori Daniels has a knack for picking the wrong guy as a lover. This complicates her next big assignment. One former lover from HS is now the front man for a major illegal drug distributor. ... Read more
Spaced In
Two serial killers are on the loose. The second decade of the millennium is drawing to a close and the century has begun to form its identity. In London, one economist is determined to remove inefficiencies from the system from the top down. Spaced In takes a look at what happens when rational behavior reaches ... Read more
The Watanabe Name
Japanese business magnate Kenji Watanabe, 80, has protected the secrets surrounding his father’s murder for many years. When a detective calls in 2002 hoping to solve the case with new information, Kenji takes immediate action to keep the truth from becoming public. Yet, Kenji would rather die than reveal the secret. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Fruits of Evil
Caught between warring crime factions, Alice Trent is on the run again. Abducted by Vegas mobsters, she now finds herself caught up in their money-laundering scheme. They make her an offer she can’t refuse…accept their terms or end up in a hole in the desert. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Hated
The discovery of a dead body in an East Hampton beach lifeguard chair sends Detective Jericho into a world of Hate groups, violence, and murder. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Ghosts of Guatemala
Who can you trust when corruption and danger are a way of life? The CIA never left Latin America, and is facing catastrophic blackmail at the hands of an erratic Guatemalan drug lord: the infamous patrón of Antigua – Pablo Puentes. Desperate for a swift solution, the agency calls in their black operative fixer: John ... Read more
Memories of A Murder
Frank Kirk, a NJ State Police homicide detective and an Ex-Army Ranger, investigates the most perplexing case of his life with unexpected help from a potentially mad neuroscientist who offers to extract memories from the murder victim’s dead brain. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more
Tales of Mystery Unexplained
What happened to Elisa Lam, found dead in a water tower on the top of a hotel roof. Who were the two men that came to see her & what was in the mystery box they gave her? How could her gravestone & the last place she was seen share the same zip code? Why ... Read more
The Widow’s Husband
Allan Tuttle’s wife identifies his body, the victim of a homicide, and no one is more surprised than he is. The simple task of proving he isn’t the dead man turns into a challenge when the police decide to look at him as a suspect in the murder. Despite obstacles every step of the way, ... Read more
The Almanac
A century after the pandemic known as The Calamity wiped out the population, Illya Oslov’s village is on the brink of starvation. The ways of the old world are feared, but an ancient copy of The Old Farmers’ Almanac® may be the only hope for his people’s survival. Will Illya’s newfound knowledge be their salvation? ... Read more
Stilettos & Scoundrels: A Presley Thurman Cozy Mystery Book 1
Can Presley figure out who murdered a senator and get herself off the suspect list? Frustrated with her dead-end human resources gig, thirty-something Presley Thurman makes a big career move that just might land her in the slammer. Freelance journalists fight for their assignments, and Presley thinks she’s won the battle when she’s hired to ... Read more
The Devil in the Details: Siblings of the Shadows (Book 2)
A serial killer…captured…imprisoned…but with his final words he sent chills through the entirety of the FBI. More were going to die. The murders already sent into motion by his arrest and only his immediate release could stop the victim’s bodies from being delivered to their families…piece by piece. Book 2 in the “Siblings of the ... Read more
Free: Death On The New Moon
A captivating and twisting tale of love, betrayal and murder in the Low Country of South Carolina and the continuing love affair of free legal clinic attorney, Hanna Walsh, and Charleston Police Detective, Alex Frank. Hanna and Alex seem to have found a promising new start for their lives together when Alex encounters a tragic ... Read more
EF1 Einer Freake: Genesis
Ex-Navy SEAL Einer Freake is remarried with children, but still mourns the loss of his first wife, murdered in a convenience store robbery. Her killer is back out on the street due to a failure in the justice system. Anger and grief at the recent loss of his parents at the hands of a hit ... Read more
Twilight’s Last Glory
In the future, America’s favorite game will be used to control the world… It is the year 2030 and football has become a global past-time. But just like in the days of Rome and the Gladiators, the game is being used by a shadow organization called the Octagonal, not merely for profit, but to subdue ... Read more
Thirst Of The Rain God
A fast-paced adventure thriller, full of mystery, suspense and danger. Deep in the Guatemalan jungle, archaeologists discover Mayan ruins and a sprawling network of tunnels and caves. But there is someone who wants to stop them from exploring the underground. Someone who will kill to protect the secrets that lay hidden there for centuries. Fans ... Read more
The Line Between
In this frighteningly believable thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Tosca Lee, an extinct disease re-emerges from the melting Alaskan permafrost and causes madness in its victims. For recent apocalyptic cult escapee Wynter Roth, it’s the end she’d always been told was coming. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Winds of Fear
For Abbie Rambally, life is finally back on track after a few difficult years—she’s raising three wonderful children, pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and her surgeon husband is a rising star in his profession. But things are about to get downright sinister when the new neighbors drop by for a visit. Why are the ... Read more
Free: A Merry Christmas Wedding Mystery Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery
The Star of Marvelous Marley World’s Latest Feature Film Goes Missing! And there’s less than a month to go before Georgie Shaw and Detective Jack Wheeler’s Christmas wedding. With Georgie’s boss “Mad Max” Marley involved, the whole affair becomes much more complicated. Where’s the missing diva? If she didn’t vanish on her own accord whodunit ... Read more
