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 Monster
A college student has a strained relationship with his mother and ex-girlfriend. When he sees his ex and best friend together at a Halloween Mixer, he becomes enraged. Things turn when a mysterious, puppet-themed student attacks the couple, leaving the protagonist seemingly to blame. Things escalate quickly, and the narrator soon finds himself framed for ... Read more
On The Devils Side of Heaven
With the drop of a judge’s gavel, Walt Walker has finally lost everything. The badge and gun he used to carry and the moral certainty of right and wrong, good and evil that used to keep him grounded. Now Walt, sans gun, gets his badges from an Army Navy store. He spends his days in ... Read more
Free: Santa Fe Mojo
Lone-wolf gritty PI at the end of his career, dealing with health issues and bad life decisions. Classical hard-boiled murder mystery with lots of suspects. Unique Santa Fe setting. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Pseudo President
Pseudo President takes readers through murder, romance, intrigue, mystery and the fraudulent voting technologies widely used in the last several elections, based upon actual events, court cases, news reports, and persons. The main character is a former Special Operations US Marine. Voters want to know their vote counts. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Murder at Cluster Springs Raceway: A Brandon Hall Mystery
With the help of friends, Brandon uncovers evidence which ties the raceway death to the rapidly changing political landscape in the United States. Radicalized groups, promoting violence on college campuses and cities, have found their way into rural southern Virginia. Free on Kindle... Read more
The Blood-Dimmed Tide
On trial for his life. On the trail of a serial killer. While on trial for wrongful death, John Jordan must catch a cunning killer who is using the chaos of the decimated post-Hurricane Michael landscape to hide his heinous acts of cold-blooded murder. John is not only fighting for his very soul but that ... Read more
The Monster
A college student has a strained relationship with his mother and ex-girlfriend. When he sees his ex and best friend together at a Halloween Mixer, he becomes enraged. Things turn when a mysterious, puppet-themed student attacks the couple, leaving the protagonist seemingly to blame. Things escalate quickly, and the narrator soon finds himself framed for ... Read more
The Predator and The Prey
A burned out, cynical cop. A serial killer who loves the hunt as much as the kill. Corrupt politicians in bed with a crooked Chief of Detectives. At the center of it all is a beautiful young woman with a troubled past. If you think its Los Angeles in the 1950’s you’re wrong. It’s the ... Read more
Death on Canvas
While painting on location in one of her family’s hayfields, artist Jessie O’Bourne absentmindedly brushes a note of turquoise onto the canvas – a color she sees out near the haystack. Curious about what added the lovely spot of color, the artist walks over to discover a tennis shoe. The mate is still on the ... Read more
Jackal: A Jessica James Mystery
Philosophy student Jessica James is desperate to find her real father. Broke and crashing with a stripper friend in Vegas, all she knows is that he’s supposedly a washed-up magician. But all bets are off when she discovers a naked guy in a hotel bathtub missing a kidney… She’s in Sin City to search for ... Read more
A Body Resurrected
Tina Leggs oversees the everyday affairs of the Graham-Arlee museum in Almay, California. She has no idea that the mummy exhibit drawing huge crowds, is the same Demen that her ancestor, Mira, bravely fought centuries ago. It’s the 21st century, and he’s returned. Enter Q, the handsome bounty hunter who’s sent to stop his ... Read more
Dead Men Don’t Chew Gum
Rika isn’t in Bolo five minutes before she’s run off the road, trips over a dead body, and is arrested. And she’s not sure about Nick Owen, the lawyer forced to help her, even when he’s shirtless, in a cowboy hat, holding an extra-long hose. (Okay, maybe then.) Can Nick and Rika solve this case ... Read more
Bourbon Street
Desiree Blanc wants to be a gun-moll. Born into poverty in rural northern Mississippi, Dorothy Jellnick grew into an ash-blonde beauty. Everyone told her to go to Hollywood, show the movie people a real southern belle. She made it as far as Bourbon Street, New Orleans, where she became Desiree Blanc, a white-hot stripper at ... Read more
The Run
Caught within the imbalance of his marriage, work life, and haunting childhood memories; Carter routinely takes to his neighborhood streets to relieve stress with a nightly run. One particularly hot Florida night, he finds he’s not alone. An unexpected deadly encounter quickly turns Carter’s life upside-down, forcing him to make choices he might later regret. ... Read more
Free: Pillow Talk
Police Detective Lori Daniels has a knack for picking the wrong guy as a lover. This complicates her next big assignment. Imagine two ex-lovers and a current one suddenly becoming involved in your next big assignment. One wants you to suffer. One will try to kill you. One is a double agent. Free on Kindle.... 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. Framed for his own murder, Allan Tuttle is in a struggle for his life, his freedom and even his identity. His wife, Sarah, insists he is not who he says he is. The police are ... Read more
Free: Sam’s Song
Sam’s Song is book one in the Amazon #1 Sam Smith Mystery Series. Each book in the series combines a psychological mystery with humour and romance, and can be read as a stand-alone. The series is currently being translated into twelve languages and has readers in over thirty countries. Free on Kindle.... Read more
A Sticky Inheritance
When criminal lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes inherits her uncle’s maple syrup farm, she sees her chance to escape a life full of murderers and liars. For half a day at least. As Nicole closes in on her uncle’s killer, she not only risks becoming the next victim but also starts to wonder if knowing the truth ... Read more
Free: Lies We Never See
From the author of the Amazon Kindle #1 selection for Mystery Thriller and Suspense, “The EmmaLee Affairs”, his next intriguing and twisting tale of love and loss, betrayal and murder. Hanna Walsh’s husband is found murdered in Charleston, South Carolina. His failed land deal leaves her family and finances in ruins. The FBI thinks she ... Read more
The Asset
The discovery of a terrorist training camp in the Amazon Jungles of Venezuela and a coup in Caracas launches CIA Operative Pete Maddox into a thrilling showdown against a deadly terrorist cell and the sadistic head of the secret police. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Wicked for Hire
Sometimes, the opportunity of lifetime comes bustin’ your door… without even offering to pay for the damages… Medical student Amanda Meyer thought she had her life all planned out until people started dying the moment they touched her. Being cleared of any wrongdoing didn’t stop the medical school from expelling her, and it didn’t rid ... Read more
The Singularity Witness
The Singularity Witness explores an intersection of science and medicine. Neurologist Thomas Parker and FBI agent Kate Morgan unlock secrets that start with murder and abduction. Radical breakthroughs. Murder. Secrets. Parker and Morgan are faced with saving the singularity witness and finding a way to survive. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Songbird
Based on an actual unsolved murder case! When detective Jack Ryder is going skiing with his family, the body of a teenage boy turns up in the creek behind their cabin. Soon, more bodies are found, and Jack Ryder digs into the case that seems to be anything but ordinary. What happened on the night ... Read more
Free: Until We Burn
Cyrus Street never forgot about home. It was always there, in the back of his mind. When he finally returns, all those memories begin to surface and the murders return. Only Cyrus can catch this serial killer, but first, he has to control his own mind. Unless Cyrus remembers, and quickly, the entire town will ... Read more
Free: Avenue of Regrets
What would you do if you discovered that the violent death of your family seven years ago was not as it had seemed? How far would you go to uncover the truth? David Wallace had it all: A beautiful wife, an infant son, and a great career. Until a tragic mistake ended it all. Seven ... Read more
The Bull Option: A Wall Street Novel
He had nothing to lose and everything to gain. When Kannada Khan, an investment banker turned homeless man, saves the life of Robert Prosperi, a struggling hedgie, he is repaid with a unique yet risky job offer that could change his fortune forever. With plans for a theft on Wall Street, Robert aims to undermine ... Read more
Free: It Ends Here
Every Parent’s Worst Fear! Inspired by a true story! She thought it would be okay. She thought her son would be fine if she left him in the car. It was after all just for a few minutes while she went to grab something at the store. It was no big deal. But when Mrs. ... Read more
Libel to Kill
Jade Blackwell had no idea when she started the Writers Alliance Circle (affectionately known as WAC) it would lead to murder. Though everyone else in the village believes the old battleax, Bernie Comer, died of natural causes, Jade can’t help but see the inconsistencies. If that wasn’t enough, there’s also her disastrous attempts to write ... Read more
The Mystery of Julia Episcopa
In ancient Rome, Julia flees for her life. Hidden beneath her robes are secrets men will kill for. Men she once called ‘brother’ have stripped her of power, murdered her child, and will stop at nothing to perpetuate their vile heresy. When Julia’s secret is revealed, those in power will stop at nothing to silence ... Read more
Free: 55
Brian is surrounded by family and friends at his 54th birthday party. He’s the picture of health at a time when life expectancy has been extended by 40 years or more. But New America says his time is up. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Black Wings
Julia Graves, a nurse trying to atone for a lifetime of bad decisions, believes she’s hit the jackpot when the beautiful and powerful Sarah Nixon hires her as a live-in caretaker for her housebound daughter. But when Julia begins to connect the daughter’s mysterious illness with the sounds of wings coming from the basement, she ... Read more
Mayan Star
This much is true: In 1562 Diego de Landa burned all the Mayan codices and began a suppression of the Mayan religion that was brutal even by 16th century conquistador standards. What we don’t know is why. Excavations at a recently discovered Mayan site near Valladolid in the Yucatan unearth a codex – the first ... Read more
Too Close for Comfort
From a USA Today bestselling author: All Joy needs to build her business and dissolve a secret partnership is the signature of Comfort’s chief of police — her ex-husband. When she becomes embroiled in a deadly mystery, she also finds herself back in his familiar, protective embrace! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Case of the Attic Door
A man mysteriously murdered in his house. Nothing stolen, and no apparent suspects. It seems like an open and shut case, but is it? Finnian Church is trying to piece his life back together. After losing his leg while in the Army, he is starting a new career as an insurance investigator. Joining him is ... Read more
Murder After Midnight
Ever hear of someone celebrating New Year’s Eve by committing murder? Well, it happened, and the killer is looking for DeeDee! That’s the situation DeeDee found herself in after the very successful New Year’s Eve party she catered for Dana, the popular hostess of a Seattle television entertainment show. The party quickly became a distant ... Read more
Southern Sass and Killer Cravings
Life has always been sweet on Georgia’s Peach Cove Island, but a case of murder has Marygene Brown down in the pits . . . For generations, the women of the Brown family on Peach Cove Island have been known for their Southern sass and sweet homemade desserts at their beloved Peach Diner. Since their ... Read more
Sisters of the Mist
French Quarter P.I. Wyatt Thomas investigates the murder of a Fair Grounds jockey, theft of a valuable quarter horse, and a mysterious convent hidden deep in the Honey Island Swamp near New Orleans where any fantasy goes. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
A Dear Abby Cozy Mystery Collection (Books 1 – 3)
Curl up with these small-town cozy mysteries filled with humor, fun and the quirkiest characters around! End of the Lane (Book 1): Abby Maguire’s first day in a new town and new job could be her last. Be Still My Heart (Book 2): Abby Maguire is in a rut and in desperate need of a ... Read more
When Sally Comes Marching Home
Major Sally Honeychurch has fought as an SOE agent behind enemy lines. Now the war is over Sally is no longer wanted – until the Head of MI6 recalls her for one desperate final mission – Save London. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Chloe Daniels Mysteries Box Set (Books 1-3)
Anna will stop at nothing to win back her parents’ affection. Anna’s desperate cries for help morph into something more sinister. Anna Black invites you to decide. Is she an angel of mercy or an angel of death? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
