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 Convenient Escape

Robert Downs

To Veronica Baird, escaping from an underground dungeon and racing through the woods, is anything but convenient, even as her captor in rubber mask attire proves rather persistent in his continued pursuit. Despite her apparent independence, she considers a partnership, albeit reluctantly, with a former classmate who may still have feelings for her. Pete Nealey ... Read more

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Free: The Easter Make Believers

When an innocent family is taken hostage in their home no one is prepared for how fast it all goes terribly wrong. With the close-knit community of small town Lawrence still reeling from shock, detectives Nick Cooper and Tobe White stand among the dead bodies knowing that it’s not over. Because while grateful that at ... Read more

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Free: 5th Floor Below

Menahem Misgav

A mysterious substance gives a beautiful Israeli physicist lengthy life cycles during a short time. Can this be the formula for eternal life? The dramatic secret shakes the world in this futuristic probe of theology, psychology, promiscuity, and romance. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Roller Coaster in Tehran

Y. I. Latz

Amalia Tavori is sent by the Israeli Mossad to Iran, Israel’s worst enemy. As a spy, she has no boundaries or shame, fooling her enemies and Mossad operators alike. Amalia is prepared to sacrifice her life for her country, but not for life without love. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Out of a Dark Reflection

Murray’s most frightening case to date… Letho, Fife, 1816: Murray and his guests all have good reasons for not attending Edinburgh’s winter season, even down to the new maid. But then an old woman is found dead in the village, and murmurings of witchcraft are abroad. Suddenly everyone seems to have the darkest of secrets ... Read more

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The two novellas in this book feature Jake Adams, a low rent private detective and recovering sex addict trying to escape his demons. In Human Garbage, a late night call from a woman in danger sends Jake in a race against the clock to save a person that no one else seems to care about. ... Read more

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Free: Missing

Adiva Geffen

After finding and securing Daria, a young runaway, Sami and Dikla are left slack-jawed upon discovering her apparent suicide. Follow these never-say-die investigators down the rabbit-hole of cults and con-artists as they attempt to reveal the truth. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Elmo Ritz

Frank Cronan

A missing divinity student found in a freezer, tabloid trash picking up the story and running with the cannibal angle and a heavenly soothsayer promoting his all herbal ‘Satanic Interceptor’ collide with a reporter trying to sort it all out despite Betty Boop at her meanest, L.A. cops who get it all wrong, A Mexican ... Read more

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Free: Love, Murder, and a Good Bottle of Wine

How do you prove you didn’t commit a murder? Somebody killed Sarah Wagner’s aunt, and the close-minded detective working the case has honed in on Sarah and her cousin. Sarah has no choice but to find the killer nd it looks more and more like it could be somebody she loves. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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A man is shot dead in the street. A beloved sheriff is accused of murder. Local reporter Adele Plank knows that in the San Juan Islands things are rarely what they seem and that secrets run as fast and deep as the waters that surround them.... Read more

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Layered Lies (Kelsey’s Burden series)

A suspense thriller layered in lies, love, laughter and passion, with characters that will remain with you long after the series ends… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Headcase

When Jack Plowman’s roommate turns up dead, it’s not just his recovery from mental illness that’s put at risk, it’s his life. Headcase is a page-turning thriller about severe mental illness and recovery set in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The author draws from his own experiences as a psychotherapist to create a fascinating cast of characters ... Read more

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Murdered After Midnight

Ever heard of someone celebrating New Year’s Eve by committing murder? Well, it happened, and the killer is now looking for DeeDee! That’s the situation DeeDee found herself in after the very successful New Year’s Eve party she catered for Dana Donnelly, the popular hostess of the Seattle television entertainment show, New Day NW. The ... Read more

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The Miss Fortune Series: Bayou Halloween

Riley Blake

Happy Halloween! Bayou Cozy Romantic Thrills, a Kindle Worlds short story trilogy written for Jana DeLeon’s Miss Fortune series is now complete! Bayou Halloween: Two covert operatives plus one CIA assassin spell out a recipe for Halloween disaster after Fortune and company witness a crime. Soon, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie do whatever necessary to ... Read more

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Free: Scary Short Stories To Scare Your Friends & Family

Scary Short Stories: To Scare Your Friends & Family! A Teeth Rattling, hide under your pillow, keep the lights on and look under your bed experience for the whole family. Three terrifying tales to give you and your friends & family a fright. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Double Mayhem (A Seekers Mystery 1)

They say for every person in the world there is a twin. For Doris, that simple wisdom becomes a nightmare reality that threatens her and the ones she’s come to love. An ex-military engineer who leads a quiet life as an appliance designer, she is recruited to perform one uncomplicated task: take a hand off ... Read more

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Hidden in Harmony

HE NEEDED HELP. The Russell family came home one evening to find an uninvited visitor sleeping on their porch. Brock appeared to be quite harmless. SO THEY TOOK HIM IN. Knowing the Bible says they are to feed the hungry and clothe the naked, the Russells take Brock into their own home and quickly befriend ... Read more

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ICE

Archaeologist Leah Andrews stumbles upon something inexplicable in southwestern New Mexico: inside a dark cavern lies an undiscovered, Native American cliff dwelling abandoned for 800 years. While twisting through one of the narrow underground passageways, Leah’s flashlight illuminates the remains of a violent massacre. Ancient human remains—all slaughtered in a long-ago massacre—cover the cavern floor, ... Read more

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Untangling the Black Web

When David took a position working for Big Healthcare out of law school, it was only for the money. But when his wife dies at the hands of a corrupt medical system, he wants to bring it all down—from the inside. David recruits a clandestine team of insiders to build up a case he can ... Read more

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A Walk Into Darkness

Twenty-five years after a young girl goes missing from her home in South-East England, most have given up hope of ever finding closure. But when a renowned psychic has visions of a murder the police reopen the case, placing the puzzle of the ‘woodlands killer’ in Ashley McCoy’s capable hands. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Shattered Sanctuary

Sara Caudell

No good deed goes unpunished. In a remote Colorado ranching community, a horse trainer and a rancher provide women with sanctuary. All is well — until a Texas organization for abused women is burglarized and a powerful legislator starts looking for his wayward daughter. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Remembering Dresden

Young history professor, Jack Turner, takes a retreat at a lakeside cabin just outside of Culpepper, Georgia to work on his doctoral dissertation. The cabin is owned by an ambitious state senator, an inheritance from his father. Inside, everything is exactly the way it was when the old man died ten years ago. While taking ... Read more

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Free: I Am Not a Traitor

Y. I. Latz

The 50-year-old former chef of the Israeli Navy’s submarine fleet has a big secret that he cannot reveal to anyone. How does it relate to his longstanding relationship with the British MI6? Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Tyranny of Secrets

A conspiracy to hijack the presidential election. A nation threatened by hackers and oligarchs. Brilliant computer scientist Mariana McAllister fights to prevent a surveillance state and save our freedom. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club – Book One

A painting worth millions, valuables gone missing, a game that is more than a game. And that’s only the beginning as an elderly widow befriends a young woman and tries to prevent her from making the same mistakes she has made. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Likely Suspects

G.K. Parks

Alexis Parker, a former federal agent, finds herself thrust into the role of bodyguard in order to protect a CEO, James Martin. Along the way, Alex must overcome her inner demons, resist Martin’s constant advances, and identify the party that’s attempting to destroy Martin’s life. The conspiracy unfolds in an action-packed tale, proving business can ... Read more

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Free: Double Interest

Odeda Yaari

Three young scientists are caught in a web plots and schemes aimed at robbing them of their secret genetic discovery. Caught between drug lords, global economics and dark politics, they will learn that double interest is the name of the game. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free Fall

Liberty, the first orbital city, is having its 10 year anniversary party! Everyone will be there, including the President of the U. S. The terrorist planned for everything, except for sheriff McKenna. Join McKenna and an amazing cast of characters as they fight for Liberty, for each other, and fight for their lives. $0.99 on ... Read more

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Free: Silent Night

A dead body is found in Central Park, a man who was killed by a deadly virus. Someone out there has more of the substance and is planning to use it. Young NYPD Detective Sam Archer must find where this virus came from and secure it before any more is released. But he is already ... Read more

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Forbidden Beginnings: Jacqueline’s Tragedy

A senseless assault. An agonizing, life-threatening decision. In the moment of truth, with countless lives at stake, how can justice hope to prevail? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Sixth Address

K.R. Eckert

Paul Davenport, hero of The Templar Succession and The Gettysburg Cypher finds himself once again embroiled in a historical mystery, this time involving lost railways, Confederate Gold and those most immortal words of Abraham Lincoln. When a mysterious man hires Davenport to attend an auction and purchase a lost copy of the Gettysburg Address, he ... Read more

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Untangling the Black Web

An Amazon Kindle Scout Selection. When David’s wife dies at the hands of a corrupt medical system, David is out for justice. With his skills as a lawyer and his position inside the biggest health insurance company in America—American True Care—he plans to bring down the system, from the inside. David begins to work his ... Read more

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Free: The Exonerated Trilogy

JC Ryan

All three books in the fast-paced legal thriller trilogy ‘Exonerated’, by bestselling author JC Ryan. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Invasion of Heaven – Part One of the Newirth Mythology

Psychologist Loche Newirth becomes hunted when he sees a painting that opens a window onto the afterlife. An ancient order of men seeking to control the art pursue him across the world through centuries, into madness and beyond. The first part of Michael B. Koep’s The Newirth Mythology-The Invasion of Heaven is mystery, adventure, myth, ... Read more

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Northwest Cozy Mysteries #1

DeeDee’s divorced, has a new business and a new relationship, but she never planned on murders being a part of it. She doesn’t find them, they find her! The first three books in the popular Northwest Cozy Mystery series is now available in this boxed set along with mouth-watering recipes. An amateur sleuth, her new ... Read more

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Free: Girls in White Dresses

The streets are too dangerous a place for a runaway girl. That’s why we take her in. That’s why we feed her, teach her, transform her from a little girl… Into a bride. Detective London McKenna investigates a horrifying conspiracy, but every terrible secret she uncovers spills more blood. Runaway girls are kidnapped, held in ... Read more

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Free: Margaritas & Murder: A Sunny Truly Mystery

When an old friend is found dangling in a tree with a dead man in her apt., rookie P.I. Sunny Truly (feisty, curious and pig-headed) goes undercover as a Texas glam-girl to ferret out other suspects. And boy howdy, does she find them: smug corporate cowboys, a callous ex-wife, a mysterious bartender. Then when Sunny ... Read more

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Free: Ninth Cycle Antarctica: A Thriller

JC Ryan

In November 2002 a special U.S. Navy SEAL team is sent to Antarctica to locate and rescue a film crew that has become lost. No trace of them is found, except for film footage of strange artifacts buried under the ice. Everyone who saw the film is warned to never talk about what they have ... Read more

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Dogs, Lies, and Alibis

Why is Colt Ziegler’s dog on the loose? More puzzling, how did Colt, a down-on-his-luck limo driver, end up dead hours after a botched break-in? Colt’s dog sure isn’t providing any answers. Neither is Deputy Coroner Charmaine Digby’s childhood friend, George “Little Dog” Bassett, after he’s charged with Colt’s murder. Little Dog . . . ... Read more

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Whip The Devil

A. K. Beck

Unlikely partners–a socialite and private investigator–join to vindicate a young man unjustly accused of murder in 1950’s San Francisco. Mindful of classic Golden Age mysteries, Whip the Devil is a blend of a traditional private detective novel and baffling whodunit with a generous dash of noir. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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