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!
Pants on Fire: A Texas Private Investigator Mystery
When poisoned food kills a restaurant customer, PI Iris Raines is hired to find the saboteur. Instead, the trail leads to cartel money, corporate warfare, and a conspiracy someone will kill to protect. Iris has made a career exposing lies—but this time, the truth might just get her dead. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Booked For Murder
Grace Appleton hears every secret in her Turtle Island salon. When a body turns up at the town bookstore, gossip becomes clues. With her cousin Danny in tow, Grace dives into a web of secrets to catch a killer. A charming seaside cozy mystery full of small-town intrigue. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Getting Close
A contract killer who never leaves a trace. A corrupt cop who wants to use him as a weapon. Callan McWard is a hitman with a conscience. He only accepts contracts to eliminate the worst of the worst and sticks to that code with unwavering conviction. He has a reputation for keeping a crime scene ... Read more
Chasing the Chameleon
When a drug cartel gives Dallas defense lawyer Cash McCahill an ultimatum, he must make the choice to betray his client or face death. After a cartel places a bounty on the head of Dallas criminal lawyer Cash McCahill, he hides in plain sight by hiring a surgeon to give him a new face and ... Read more
Twelve Years Gone (A Detective Emily Tizzano Vigilante Justice Thriller Book 1)
Twelve years gone…Sarah Schmidt went out for a hike a month before heading to college on a cross-country scholarship. She never came back. In the twelve years she’s been gone, the local police have done little to help the family, leaving them with the desperate knowledge that Sarah could still be alive, somewhere, somehow… The ... Read more
Secret Sister
What if the person haunting you… had your face? Faye Mathis has spent her life writing bestselling novels about identical twins who solve crimes together. But after she’s diagnosed with early-onset dementia, her world begins to blur around the edges. Then a shocking photograph goes viral. It shows Faye wandering half-naked through the streets in ... Read more
EMP Silent Grid
Her mother prepared for the end of the world. Everyone else prepared for tomorrow. Then the power grid failed. When an EMP plunges the nation into darkness, Megan is stranded eighty miles from her children. The only thing standing between them and a collapsing world is their grandmother, a former spy who spent decades preparing ... Read more
A Touch of Defiance (A Nick Bracco Thriller Book 5)
From Award-Winning author Gary Ponzo comes another thriller ripped right out of today’s headlines! An anti-government party called the Civil Resistance Movement is growing in popularity as tension mounts between police and civilians. The head of the CRM, Leo Frazier, has his own racist agenda which is unknown to his followers. FBI Agent Nick Bracco ... Read more
The Circle In The Snow
When a beloved schoolteacher is found posed in the snow with her mouth filled with ice, the isolated Wyoming town of Frostwood insists it’s a tragic anomaly. Investigator Rowan Pierce knows better. The staging is deliberate. The fear in the victim’s final notes is real. And the deeper he digs, the more the town pushes ... Read more
Free: Mash Up (Detective Qigiq Book 1)
Join Fairbanks native Qigiq and Kandy Dreeson of the SFPD as they’re thrust into the most complex crime of the decade. Mash Up is a riveting ride through cyber-crime, fast cars, sexy women, guns and explosions. “Klingler’s new thriller is a ride into the dark side of computers and comedy…definitely has a Quentin Tarantino-feel to ... Read more
The Last Survivors
They were locked up for a reason. The EMP didn’t care. Now George Cannon, the man who put half of them there, is the only thing between his family and the most dangerous prison break in American history. $4.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Murder By The Book
When crime author Emma Jenkins agrees to swap genres with bestselling romance writer Tom Pearce, it’s supposed to be a publicity stunt—nothing more than a battle of egos played out on air. Emma will write romance. Tom will write crime. Simple! And then a body turns up. As fiction and reality begin to blur, both ... Read more
Slimbies Girl
When the Slimbies outbreak began, the warnings sounded like just another emergency broadcast. A few bad reactions. A precaution. Nothing to fear. But in one small Delaware home, just before Christmas, everything falls apart. Evan brings home a frightened puppy to brighten the holiday, unaware that the world has already begun to die. By morning, ... Read more
Miles from Mercy
They sent the kids to the woods to fix them. Then the EMP hit, and the woods became something else entirely. Harmony has eight troubled teenagers, three days of food, and zero contact with the outside world. The rules don’t apply anymore. The teens know it. She knows it. And whatever is stalking the edges ... Read more
Free: An American Spectacle
Caige’s shocking thriller spotlights hypocrisy and the devastating effects of overturning Roe. “Raw, ruthless, unsettling.” (BookLife). When his wife dies in a back-alley abortion, a vengeful husband turns a politician’s “family values” brand into a livestreamed reckoning. “Impassioned.” (Kirkus) “Riveting. Reflects the violence in American politics. Recommended.” (Midwest Book Review) Free on Kindle.... Read more
Shadowed Doorstep: Book 1 – The Shadowed Files
After fleeing her abusive partner, Steph makes a desperate choice to protect her newborn twins, leaving them on a stranger’s doorstep in rural Australia. But her violent ex isn’t finished with her. As his criminal associates close in, a quiet farmer is thrust into the mix, and a relentless detective begins searching for the missing ... Read more
The Third Estate: Secrets of the Manor
When a brilliant young pilot uncovers a deadly conspiracy, she becomes the next target in a game she never agreed to play. Sophie Allard has spent her life earning her wings at one of the military’s most elite academies. But when her estranged father dies in a mysterious explosion at their family estate, Sophie’s world ... Read more
Dark Winter
When an EMP strike plunges the country into chaos, off-grid homesteader May Bloom must survive a collapsing world and find her missing sister before it’s too late. As panic spreads and systems fail, May’s quiet town becomes ground zero for a disaster no one saw coming. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
To Confront Shadows : Miami DEA Mystery Series – Book Three
When DEA agent Chuck Tiles learns that someone is hunting Leeza Placek, the woman he loves, the case turns personal—and deadly. A violent attack and a staged crash reveal that Leeza’s past holds secrets someone is desperate to keep buried. As Chuck digs deeper, the investigation uncovers old loyalties, unresolved guilt, and a conspiracy that ... Read more
To Catch a Spy
“A worthy sequel to the classic.” — Harlan Coben Estate approved sequel to the novel To Catch a Thief by David Dodge and 1955 Academy Award-winning film by Alfred Hitchcock It’s been a year since John Robie, notorious Riviera jewel thief, proved his innocence by catching a copycat burglar. And it’s been a year since ... Read more
Reap the Whirlwind
A small band of humans escaped death to fight a silicon monster, a super computer that is self-aware. Traveling across America, they seeks the computer’s CPU. But how do you destroy a computer that controls all the other computers in the world as well as law enforcement, military and politics? This is a must read ... Read more
Free: Death Apnea: No Tears For Black Girls: Case Files
When Kiki’s mother dies and is processed as “Jane Doe” despite having ID, investigative journalist Samantha Paul recognizes a deadly pattern: Black women systematically erased by hospitals. A team exposes a century-old pipeline—medical racism hidden behind paperwork. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Ready Left. Ready Right.
When 911 needs 911, they call Rescue Flight. A newborn isn’t breathing. Her mother is bleeding out. A hiker is minutes from death. When Rescue Flight launches, death has a formidable enemy. Back at base, a ruthless administrator could destroy the crew before they land in this gritty medical thriller about the true cost of ... Read more
The Forgotten Ghost of Whispering Woods: A Summer Mystery of Friendship, Secrets, and a Ghost Who Refused to Fade
1968 When summer break begins, five friends set out to build a secret clubhouse deep in Whispering Woods, a place surrounded by rumors of a lingering ghost. What starts as an innocent adventure quickly turns into something far more mysterious when the children discover the ghost is real. The spirit belongs to Pearl, a distant ... Read more
Free: Bakeries and Buffoonery
When this club selects a book, magic happens. They are whooshed inside the book and become the main characters as the mystery comes to life. It is exhilarating fun – until they realize they can’t get out until they solve the crime and reach The End. In every book journey they are excited to meet ... Read more
The Venetian Lawyer: Victorio Falcone Stories
Venice is sinking. This is not a metaphor—it’s geological fact. Victorio Falcone is a lawyer who doesn’t believe in truth, only in narratives that hold up in court. But when a young sculptor is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Falcone finds himself defending a man who might actually be innocent—while someone watches from the shadows. ... Read more
The Serpent’s Bridge
Twenty-four years after her father’s unsolved murder, Detective Anaya Nazario is still haunted by the shadow of the monster who left him for dead under a bridge. When a serial killer begins targeting Mexican immigrants, Anaya senses a chilling connection to the past and fights to keep the leadless case from being buried. The investigation ... Read more
Free: The Freelancer: Book One in the Denny Durant Montréal Crime Series
Journalist Denny Durant thinks he’s covering an accidental overdose at a Montreal strip club. He’s wrong. What he’s actually stumbled into is a 20-year-old cold case, a brutal blackmail scheme, and a killer who’d rather silence him than let him finish the story. Montreal noir at its darkest. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Suicide Detective
A mission gone wrong. A soldier taken captive. A dog who never gave up. When U.S. Army Sergeant Amber Downing is captured in Iraq, her loyal military working dog, Razor, is gravely injured defending her. Presumed dead, both vanish behind enemy lines. Special Forces teams launch daring rescue attempts, but Amber disappears into the shadows ... Read more
The Bottom Floor: Jonathan and Denise have a wild ride through the portals of time
Jonathan West leaves the year 2024 and travels back to 1947 where he reunites with Katherine Denise Kramer. There they begin their dangerous and deadly travels through time as they find themselves up against some of the cruelest and most despicable human beings. It is a wild story about a wild ride through time. $2.99 ... Read more
Missed Cue
When ballerina Lydia Miseau dies onstage in the final dress rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet, homicide detective Caitlin O’Connor is faced with the most complicated case of her career. She strongly suspects that someone murdered the ballerina, but the autopsy reveals no apparent cause of death. If Lydia Miseau was murdered, who did it, and ... Read more
Free: RATS (NomaD Thriller Book 1)
One man on a decades old mission. A woman who hunts him. And the bullet they share. Joe Klingler’s acclaimed debut novel explodes from the remnants of a war long past to headlines of Washington secrets masquerading as corporate incompetence when two modern-day warriors face off. Both skilled at violence. And deception. Both accustomed to ... Read more
Paradox Lake
“Beware the Big Bad Wolf. He’s Coming for You When You Least Expect it.” When an art professor mom and her pre-teen daughter rent a quiet house on an idyllic Adirondack lake for a full semester sabbatical, they become the target of two serial killers who believe the women are the reincarnation of a mother ... Read more
Free: Welcome to the Sullyverse, Abridged Edition
Fans of the Inspector Thomas Sullivan Sci-fi Crime Noir Series will love this inside look at the institutions, technology, and history of the universe Thomas Sullivan occupies. Bursting with sarcastic wit, this encyclopedic compilation is perfect for both hardcore fans and curious newbies. Heavily illustrated and filled with intriguing Easter Eggs, Welcome to the Sullyverse, ... Read more
Free: Echoes: A Dark Supernatural Thriller (Echoes Trilogy Book 1)
At the edge of sanity lies an extraordinary truth. Discovering it may be the last thing she ever doesHannah thinks she’s losing her mind. After hitting and killing a man with her car, his body and blood vanish without a trace. Desperate to prove she isn’t insane, she searches exhaustively until she finds him—alive and ... Read more
The Witness in The Machine: A Thriller of Sabotage, Governance, and Stolen Truth
If you’ve ever wondered what A.I. could really do with your data, your schedule, your messages, and the version of you that lives in other people’s inboxes, this is the thriller you’ve been waiting for. At Vesperline Systems, “frictionless” is the product. The company runs on E.L.L.I.O.T., an omnipresent intelligence designed to anticipate needs, eliminate ... Read more
Free: ILLEGAL (Border Thriller)
“TIMELY, TUMULTUOUS, TERRIFIC” THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR A down-and-out L.A. lawyer with nothing to lose… A beautiful Mexican woman and her son who disappear crossing the border… And the corrupt rancher who schemes to destroy them all. Set in the world of human trafficking and sex slavery, this is a “masterful tale from ... Read more
Total Blackout
The lights went out in Denver. They never came back on. When an EMP destroys the grid, Georgie must lead her loved ones out of a collapsing Denver and into the mountains before the city tears itself apart. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
How to Run a Ballroom
Is the PM a Cold Case killer? Who tried to kill former US President Lyndon Johnson on his 1966 visit to Australia? Only one man knows the answers, if you can find him. Among the news crews covering Johnson’s visit was young TV sound recordist Harry Hansen. Now it’s 2019 and Harry, long retired, discovers ... Read more
What She Missed: A Johnston & Fletcher Thriller
A missing child, a murky past, and a race against time – buckle up for a thrilling ride in this novel by the bestselling author of Twelve Years Gone and The Moscow Brief. The story takes place in the small town of Highmill, New York, where the tight-knit community is thrown into chaos after the ... Read more
