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!
An Innocent Man
There is no justice in the universe except for the rich and powerful. At least it seems that way. 500 years in the future, technology has changed. Humanity has not. One man’s fate lies in the hands of a team of corrupt prosecutors bent on making their prosecutorial mark for personal gain. Standing in the ... Read more
Free: Wicked Innocents (Case No. 1, The Frontenac Sisters: Supernatural Sleuths & Monster Hunters)
Evil hides behind the sweetest faces. Even the face of a child. Meet the Frontenac Sisters, Hyla and Lizeth, as they face one of their most difficult foes: a nine-year-old girl with a devious imagination and a dark secret. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Separated
If you were cut off hundreds of miles apart from your children when the grid across the United States went down, what lengths would you go to find them? That’s the exact question facing parents Bill and Sally Chandler when an EMP goes off while vacationing in their getaway cabin out in the Montana countryside, ... Read more
A Dickens of a Crime
The murder of a prominent socialite inspires community volunteer, Meg Miller, to find out more about the victim’s family and the controversial mega church on the edge of town. Meg is also motivated to clear her name as one of the suspects. After all, she did discover the body while prepping for the annual historic ... Read more
The Line Between
In this frighteningly believable thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee, an extinct disease re-emerges from the melting Alaskan permafrost to cause 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
Free: Dog Gone Lies
Drained by the wearisome job of rural county sheriff, Ray Pacheco has withdrawn to a life of seclusion. But not for long. A stray show dog and a dead body begin an adventure with ties to the past. New eccentric companions become extraordinary allies. Soon they are all in great danger, even the dog. Ray ... Read more
The Shotgun’s Wedding: A Cozy Mini-Mystery
Gun smoke fills the air with a runaway bride, a clever psychologist, dangerous shenanigans, and another in-law… in law. Can the Clue Queen chase down the truth before the wedding smoke clears? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Hit
A mysterious hitman opens fire on a Tel Aviv café and opens a Pandora’s box. The tortuous investigation includes colorful characters acquaintance with the dark alleys of Tel Aviv and the luxurious offices of high tech companies. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Escape to Osprey Cove
What Doug finds in the secret compartment of his new red Corvette will forever change his life. It will also change Catherine’s. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s world is one of privilege and wealth. Doug grew up dirt poor and full of envy of others who had the things that he ... Read more
The Summer Nanny: An Emerald City Thriller Novella
It was the perfect summer job—until it turned into her worst nightmare. Bridgett is enjoying an idyllic summer as the nanny for Leo, the son of Paul and Emily Cooper—a famous actor and renowned charity founder. Not only is she generously compensated to care for Leo at the couple’s Seattle waterfront estate, she develops a ... Read more
The Moon in Deep Winter
Parker Sloane has given up his job smuggling cash for a drug cartel and returned to his childhood home in the woods of New England. There he finds his family just as paranoid and unpredictable as the underworld types he just escaped. Now Parker has to manage family dysfunction and he’s unaware that each has ... Read more
Gate 76
Named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2018. “One of the year’s best thrillers.” — BestThrillers.com A mysterious woman fleeing an unknown terror boards the wrong plane at San Francisco International and disappears into the heart of the country. Freddy Ferguson, a troubled detective with a violent past, believes she’s the last living witness to ... Read more
Knee Deep
His wife went missing 5 years ago…She was boating with some friends. That was the last time he saw her. Her boat was found in a marina in the Bahamas…The numbers had been changed and the railings were gouged. He never gave up hope in finding her. When a new woman works her way into ... Read more
Free: The Delight
….it’s the final twist that leaves you breathless. Because at the end of your rope, is the end of your story…. And it’s all so deadly simple. One young female detective. Two small-town suicides. The unspeakable truth no-one in their right mind should ever dare find. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Cutie
Jari Styrman’s life and career are failing. As a young man, he left Sweden to achieve a dream: succeed as a computer consultant in the United States. Now, a few years later, Jari is burned out. He is forced to accept assignments at a sex company where an incident leaves him horrified. He abandons the ... Read more
Hidden Faults
When Frank Smiley woke up this morning, he thought today was going to be like any other day. He was wrong! Scott Ross, his friend and fellow scientist, is being framed for murder. As a conspiracy between corrupt politicians and ruthless businessmen unfolds, Frank must race against time to save his friend and family from ... Read more
Free: The New America
In 2045 after WWIII, America experiences widespread death and destruction. Almost half the country flees to a safe zone between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains. The government establishes a new Capital in Nashville, Tennessee. This is “The New America.” At the time, the country was governed by four powerful men known as the “Presidential ... Read more
Deadly Flip: A Home Renovator Mystery
Flipping houses can be deadly! Katelyn takes on a home renovation in Hiptown, Minnesota, that “has history…a murder” at BFF Myra’s urging. What was she thinking? Besides the young woman being killed by the home’s prior owner, the girl didn’t get the justice she deserved. The killer got away with murder! Could the victim’s restless ... Read more
Free: Fisherman’s Court
Finn Carroll is a failed artist living a marginal existence in his dead parents’ home. So why would a team of killers want to murder him and frame it as a suicide? Finn survives the encounter to discover the killers have left behind a “suicide note” detailing a dark incident from Finn’s past no one ... Read more
Panic’s Of Tremble1
Kirck Spence is searching for clues, while his wife is missing. Kirck Spence does not understand what is going on, and something to do about a Haunted House. $4.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Where Dandelions Sway
On a Friday afternoon in the small town of Glen Ridge, three armed men invade the home of Paul and Alexis Hudson. The Hudson’s find themselves in a life or death situation where tempers flare, demands soar and repercussions loom. On the surface, the invasion appears to be a simple robbery. Until one of the ... Read more
Primal Creatures
French Quarter private investigator and recovering alcoholic Wyatt Thomas climbs back up on the wagon and accepts a dangerous job from a movie producer to investigate a bizarre and gory murder at an exclusive resort for actors and artists on an island south of New Orleans. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Case of the Dead Dowager (Michaela McPherson Book 2)
Retired homicide detective Michaela McPherson and the aging Countess Dorothy Borghase team up again – this time to match wits with two serial killers stalking children, women and the elderly. When Dottie Borghase’s friend Camilla Rothrock collapses at a lunch gathering of old friends, the countess’s only concern is to dial 911 for help. But ... Read more
The Moment Between
The Moment Between is a psychological thriller that brings death to life through the story of Doctor Hackett Metzger, a neurologist who struggles with grief four years after losing his wife when he becomes involved in a medical study of near-death experiences and meets a woman with a dangerous past. Hackett is reluctantly involved in ... Read more
Free: WOLF: A Suspense Thriller (Jessica James Mysteries Book 1)
She wants her degree. But she just became a suspect of first-degree murder… Jessica James is broke and counting down the days until she can defend her philosophy thesis. Desperate to get out of her grubby attic digs, she and her friends break into her professor’s office…only to find her adviser dead in the tub. ... Read more
Death on the New Moon
Michael Lindley’s captivating and twisting tale of love, betrayal, and murder in the Low Country of South Carolina and the continuing love affair of Hanna Walsh and Alex Frank. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Never Nerida
When expectant mother Livia Karras spontaneously falls victim to aquagenic urticaria–an allergy where a single drop of water against her skin could be fatal–doctors determine her condition to be purely psychosomatic. Psychologist Elliot Chiles is assigned to her case. He suspects she is subconsciously sabotaging her own pregnancy due to unresolved guilt over a traumatic ... Read more
From the Outside In
A five-year-old little girl is brutally murdered by her mother’s boyfriend. His true identity is questioned and questionable from the very beginning. Her mother, a social worker, is found culpable but is not the primary killer. The people responsible for her protection have ultimately failed the little girl…and not just once. The story makes national ... Read more
Unspeakable Grudges
In this thriller, a Denver private eye’s legal investigation has ties to an ongoing multiple-murder case. Get it today to discover why Kirkus Reviews called it “a laudable mystery galvanized by a series-worthy gumshoe.” $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Ten Times Guilty: A Gripping Crime Thriller of Passion, Brutality, and Rage
A single mother struggles for worth after a savage attack, a police sergeant seeks redemption for a crime he didn’t realize he had committed – until the victim dies. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Payback
Alex Dunn was a good cop until a bad domestic call leaves two of his fellow officers dead and his partner bound to a wheelchair. Making things worse, the man responsible walks on a technicality. Shortly after, Alex is recruited into a secret organization that targets criminals who manage to skirt the system and remain ... Read more
City of Broken Lights
A mysterious summons to another world. News no man wants to hear. Old acquaintances from the past, some of whom Sully would prefer to have never seen again. A job that pays too well to turn down. In the hot, gritty streets of the run down industrial district in the city of New Paris, Sully ... 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
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
