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!
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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
Free: Murder, Curlers, and Cream
Not only has she got a meddling mother, a wacky staff, and a dying business, but now she’s got a dead client who was strangled while awaiting her facial. With business the way it is, combing through this mystery may be the only way to save her salon. Until a second murder, an explosion, a ... Read more
Random Revenge
Enter the sordid world of aspiring and desperate actors and actresses in the no-holds-barred scramble to make it to the big time, where sex is a currency—and a price—way before they reach Hollywood. Detective Robert Winter is tested in a world where the players will stop at nothing to succeed and have the ability to ... Read more
Portrait of Death
An alluring and beautiful, yet psychotic female serial killer who builds a group of other active serial killers and initiates a cult of believers following her expertise. When notorious serial killer Mona Pruitt is locked up in a mental hospital, the FBI calls former Chicago detective Nathan Pearson to consult on the case. Having since ... Read more
Free: Dog Days of Voodoo (A Malveaux Curse Mystery Book 1)
Kendell Summer, lead guitarist for Polly Urethane and the Strippers, has always been interested in the unexplained. So when she sets off on a paranormal research romp with Myles, a former classmate, to explore his skills in psychometry, she’s ready for a little adventure. But she gets more than she bargained for when her Lhasa ... Read more
Scavengers
When treasure lurks beneath the depths of the Caribbean, mutiny, deceit, and murder abound. While scuba diving off the rugged and desolate shore of North Bimini, in the Bahamas, Gage Finley discovers a coral-covered relic. The relic: a flintlock pistol. One of two linked to the notorious captain of Scavenger, a pirate ship that sank ... Read more
Free: Dark Retreat
After an EMP attack, Megan Wolford has only one goal: protect her daughter, Caitlin, at any cost. When a mysterious illness strikes Caitlin down, Megan is forced to forage for medical supplies at a remote lodge. She never expected to find Ex-Navy SEAL Wyatt or his prepper family there. Can Megan convince Wyatt to help ... Read more
The Bridal Chase
Elisha Crimson thought her wedding day would be the happiest of her life. But losing her fiancé to two thugs in a dark sedan wasn’t part of the plan. But will she catch the sedan in time to save her one true love? Ronnie Washington had known his past would catch up with him, eventually, ... Read more
Free: A Chase of Blood on Steel
Glen and Denny are torn from their families and thrust into a world you have never imagined. They race upon rails of steel, curving through the depths of a different time. Chasing adventure, tragedy, crime, violence, friendship and loyalty. They eventually land in the hands of two groups of hobos. They learn the life. They ... Read more
The Second Korean War
Two Russian agents discover a missing nuclear weapon was hidden in an American city by North Korea. Another nuclear weapon nears Seoul in a tunnel built by North Koreans. And North Korea’s new military dictator launches an all-out invasion. Will Seoul or Pyongyang be the new capital of a united Korea? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Lion on Fire
Brian, a clean-cut, recent college grad, also works for the mob. He takes a side job in their underground New York City casino to make extra cash to help his brother out of a jam. Nothing goes as planned, and soon Brian is forced to team up with a charismatic co-worker to rob the Russian ... Read more
Free: No Pit So Deep 2
Cody and Brandi are devastated when a South-American cartel retaliates by abducting Knoxi, but the six-year-old helps her parents and fourteen avengers lead fifty children on a jungle escape to freedom with a rogue army in pursuit, inspiring a whole nation to rise up and fight for liberty. Knoxi becomes a child celebrity, Dawg and ... Read more
Remember to Forget (A Cozy Mystery)
She’s an eye-witness. But she doesn’t know it… at least not yet. A cozy mystery mixes amnesia with dilemma and Dedra’s tricky little sister. It’s an unfamiliar race down memory lane with the traffic of truth & shortcuts of insistence! $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Plum Springs
FACED WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A LIFE-ALTERING DECISION, A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY SEEKS SOLACE IN THE KENTUCKY FOREST IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, LOVE, AND ACCEPTANCE. After a lifetime of abuse, nine-year-old Rusty Travis and his older brother Bo decide their father must be stopped when, in a drunken rage, he goes after their six-year-old sister. After ... Read more
Free: The Blowhard Devil
An enchanting night is all it takes for a devil to delineate the crest of madness, chaos, and ingenuity. The Blowhard Devil is a prodigious crime novel which takes you to a ride as never before. It pictures the war between a brilliant detective and a psychotic serial killer. Who’d you stand with? Sanity or ... Read more
Free: Dangerous Friends
When a young woman named Michelle goes missing, Carlos “Chuck” McCrary is called upon by an old friend, South Florida’s legendary restaurateur, millionaire Hank Hickham, Michelle’s grandfather. Fortunately, Chuck soon finds Michelle alive and well, with her boyfriend, James Ponder, a graduate student obsessed with global warming protests. Soon after, Michelle wakes Chuck with a ... Read more
Any Way You Bury It (Secret Seal Isle Mysteries, Book 4)
Cookie James thought she was going to make things right with the island’s hottest handyman when she approached Dylan Creed at his favorite fishing hole. But her attempt at a peace offering doesn’t go so well when it leads to the discovery of a dead body. Even worse, it requires a phone call to the ... Read more
Free: Just Evil
A survivor of an abusive childhood, Kit Griffin cherishes her new life of freedom. But when her tyrannical mother is found brutally murdered on Mother’s Day, the horrors of her past threaten to destroy her. When she becomes the prime suspect, when the body count continues to rise, Kit must convince the police there’s a ... Read more
The Ancient Tripod of Peace
Plagued by loneliness in her Lake Erie Islands community, vegan Lexi hopes to make friends in high school. But she finds her new teachers’ obvious dislike of her troubling. After relics are stolen from her dad’s museum, her priorities change. His dad in jail, cipher enthusiast and bacon-loving Gil hopes for a clean slate as ... Read more
The Last Airship
In 1939 a secret airship departed Germany in the dark of night filled with some of the most influential people of its time. Its cargo: a complement of wealthy families carrying their most valuable possessions. One such item amongst them was as dangerous as it was priceless. The airship never reached its destination. In present ... Read more
The Cleansing
Follow a young soldier as he clings onto the falling pieces of the worlds slow collapse at the hands of a mysterious and savage group of regimented psychopaths. Watch as he claws at his primal core to discover what drives this group and as he tries to come to terms with his own sanity and ... Read more
Curse of the Red Chalice
For student Frank Lamoin and his friends going to college in the sleepy Irish seaside town of Glennaslee getting a passing grade in their exams was their biggest concern until one of their fellow college students mysteriously disappears and they decide to investigate her disappearance. Soon Frank and his friends find themselves drawn into a ... Read more
Free: Past Aghast
After his tour of duty in Iraq, Jack Bass, MD, has been left emotionally scarred with severe PTSD and retires from the Army. Jack’s PTSD flashbacks sometimes leave him unaware of his actions while under the influence of his unwelcome mental demon. As the new Chairman of Anesthesia at Southern Medical Center, Jack thought he’d ... Read more
Unringing the Bell
In the small town of Goose Bend, Pennsylvania, people don’t forget — especially something as sensational as 12-year-old Jacob Gillis burning down the town. Nineteen years later, Jacob returns, hoping for redemption. Instead, he entangles himself in a murder investigation when he becomes involved with the victim’s sister-in-law. An ambitious prosecutor, taking advantage of the ... Read more
Free: The Beckoner
The discovery of two young boys walking across a vacant lot is about to change the sleepy town of Dayton forever. It’s only a small ball, not much bigger than a large marble really, nearly overlooked. But the ball seems to sense the boy’s proximity and draws them in, like bugs to a bug light, ... Read more
Secrets Revealed
Kalila Martin is no longer a child easily fooled by the lies she has been told. The lies that were meant to protect her. No longer able to ignore the feeling inside, she slaps the voice of reasoning off her shoulder and ventures into territory she is unprepared for. Can she see through the mask ... Read more
Free: Eye of the Moon
Johnny’s legendary socialite Aunt Alice mysteriously died while reading The Egyptian Book of the Dead when he and Percy were ten. They have been kept in the dark about that night ever since. Twenty years later, they are reunited, along with family and guests, for a weekend house party at Rhinebeck, the sumptuous estate once ... Read more
Nocturnal Meetings of the Misplaced
Mystery surrounds the town of Summertime, Indiana, where fifteen-year-old Tommy Walker and his little sister are sent to live with relatives they’ve never met. Tommy soon makes friends with Finn Wilds, a rebellious local who lives with his volatile and abusive stepfather, who also happens to be the town’s sheriff. Finn invites Tommy to late ... Read more
Death by Crockpot
A humorous lighthearted cozy mystery that is full of suspense and twists and turns that will leave you laughing and surprised. Kat O’Hara returns home penniless, heartbroken and without a job. When the magical Landers sisters hire her to run their new Enchanted Cafe little do they suspect that a gruesome murder is about to ... Read more
In the Belly of Jonah
Liv “Boots” Bergen is shocked when the body of a stunning college intern working in her Colorado limestone quarry is found on the shores of a nearby reservoir. Clues are scarce–except that the crime scene appears to be a macabre, intricately staged tableau. Driven by her need to find the man who could commit such ... Read more
The Masonic Manuscript
The Freemasons are in trouble. And once more, Sara Walsh, hero of The Templar Succession, is on the case. Pennsylvania: A powerful Mason is murdered. And a statue of Benjamin Franklin containing a dark secret is destroyed. Calgary: At the foot of the Canadian Rockies lies The Compound, an exclusive Masonic Resort. There, beneath a ... Read more
Bangkok Shadows
American lawyer Glenn Murray cohen was enjoying life as a rich expat in Bangkok, and then the CIA dragged him into a dangerous scheme that risked his life and those of his closest friends. Take a wild ride through the dark underside of Bangkok as Glenn and his friends fight to survive in a world ... Read more
Unspeakable Grudges
Unspeakable Grudges, a “Denver private eye’s legal investigation into a rancorous divorce dispute 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.” $4.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Bitten
Set in Florence and Venice, this fast-moving thriller features the Mafia, the world’s most valuable missing masterpiece, global warming, and the deadliest creature on Earth. See price on Kindle.... Read more
Humpty Bumpkin
She’s just a country girl who loves her dog. But her life is about to get less countrified and more…erm…homicide. Deer Hollow is a small community built in a verdant, rolling countryside. The nearest big city is over an hour away and big city ways are rejected at the Hollow. Unfortunately, the big city isn’t ... Read more
Free: Angel of Death
Ever wonder why the god of the Bible is so violent? Find the answer in this thriller of suspense and crime! Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Lion’s Den
Robert McDowell has fallen in love. It was love at first sight. He buys her dinner, enjoys stimulating conversation, and goes to bed dreaming about seeing her again soon. But there’s more to his date than meets the eye. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Guarding His Fortunes
Elan, a captivating park ranger and glassblowing artist with a bevy of secrets, resists the new hotshot charged with protecting him and his luminous creations. Sam, a clever and tenacious security guard, investigates a puzzling heist at a fine art gallery and discovers a vast, hidden fortune is at stake. Intimacy is the last thing ... Read more
Free: Some Like It Witchy (Paranormal Cozy Mystery)
Candlemaking witch Fiona Hart knows that Banshee Creek is the perfect place for her store. Unfortunately, handsome firefighter Gavin MacKay doesn’t agree. When a visiting tourist dies using her Sorceress’ Best candles, Fiona is on the hot seat. She must find the culprit before the dreaded Banshee Creek Fire & Rescue Department closes down her ... Read more
The Body Next Door
Samantha Newman’s in desperate need of a new job, a place of her own, and a fix for her rocky romance with cyber-security expert Carter Chapman. Now there’s a dead man next door, and his missing wife is holed up in the apartment where Sam is staying. Dragged into the investigation, Sam catches the attention ... Read more
