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 Smallest Creatures
A young man agrees to help a woman return from New Orleans to Nashville. But tensions soon arise between the pair, and he realizes it is not going to be an easy road trip. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he is pulled over by highway patrol and the woman begins to act ... Read more
Free: Assignment Denver: The Case of the Eccentric Heiress
Travel writer Jae Lovejoy was looking for an interesting twist to spice up her article about Denver. What she found was murder. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Flight of the Tarantula Hawk
Realtor Carla Simon has her first showing in nearly eighteen months. Recovering from a nervous breakdown, she arrives at the bank-owned foreclosure well ahead of her prospect. When her buyer pins her against the wall, it turns out to be the last house she’ll ever show. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Sacrificial Lam
When Lam Corso receives a death threat at the university where he works, he thinks it’s a joke. When his home is broken into, he refuses to see any connection to the threat. But when the violence escalates, he can no longer deny the obvious truth. Someone wants him dead. Having spent his life working ... Read more
The Big Chill
The Big Chill is book three in the Amazon #1 Sam Smith Mystery Series. Each book in the series contains a complete story and can be read as a standalone. Set at Christmas, and with a snow storm gripping the city, someone is out to murder private detective Samantha Smith. Using her wits and skills ... Read more
Free: Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Emma Frost Mystery)
In the middle of the night, Alberto Alonzo sneaks out to play at the casino with his mother’s credit card in his hand. The next morning he is gone, and no one knows where he is and, for his family, a real-life nightmare unfolds. Emma Frost is with her family on a cruise in the ... Read more
Purified (Mystery)
Fallen from grace, former ADA, now PI, Beck Oldman, will stop at nothing to find the killer of young girls and to find her client’s missing daughter. When the two cases intersect, her powerful client exacts psychological war against her as his need to find his daughter is fueled by greed and murder, not fatherly ... Read more
‘Tis the Season
Detective Noah Daugherty, dressed as a mall Santa, races to catch a purse snatcher, nor realizing a jewelry store is being robbed behind him. Noah blames himself when his partner is shot and vows to bring the thieves to justice before the real Santa make an appearance. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Apartment 412: Enter at your own risk!
A quiet Southern California town terrorized by a suspected serial killer after two women are shot dead at a senior housing complex. After two residents are murdered and several are reported missing, two undercover detectives move in. However, they soon get sidetracked when they discover something even more sinister is happening on the building’s fourth ... Read more
Free: AT Bay
Not all murders are equal. Will this one twisted murder be more than Alex can handle? Unable to decipher her family issues, Alex still has her theories on the bizarre case. And they are solid. Can Alex catch the killer before her life disintegrates? At the most stressful point in her life, with everything going ... Read more
Careful Little Eyes (Serial killer thriller)
Ian Marks is terrified of ghosts. Especially of the one that has just moved into his shed in the back yard of his house in New Orleans. Everyone else thinks he is just a drunk, but when his girlfriend is killed at night by a man with an axe, he knows he was right to ... Read more
Better Not Cry
He stalks you when you’re sleeping. He kills when you’re awake… Reporter Rebekka Franck is ready to escape the headlines for a relaxing holiday with her family. Small town Cocoa Beach, Florida seems like the perfect getaway for sunny days and silent nights. At least, until a boy’s dead body is found stuffed in the ... Read more
Free: Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
A fast-paced, spine-chilling mystery from an International bestselling author. We all know that high school reunions can be a daunting and sometimes horrifying experience. Well, for Emma Frost that is exactly what it becomes when she is invited to meet with all of her old classmates at a desolated hotel in the most Northern part ... Read more
The 12 Slays of Christmas
Featuring Abby L. Vandiver, Judith Lucci, Amy Vansant, Colleen Mooney, Amy Reade, Nell Goddin, Colleen Helme, Kim Hunt Harris, Larissa Reinhart, Cindy Bell, Summer Prescott, Kathryn Dionne. Twelve new, never-before-published, Christmas-themed cozy mysteries in a boxed set from twelve, bestselling cozy authors. And, we are donating the proceeds to help animal rescue shelters and pets ... Read more
The Christmas Contest
The Scots didn’t celebrate Christmas for 400 years and the village of Taye is about to make up for it! Hoping for a relaxing holiday and a chance to solidify his relationship with Angela, Duncan finds himself in the middle of numerous contests, ancient Hogmanay traditions, misunderstandings, and a jewel theft. Will Duncan win the ... Read more
Free: Seven, eight … Gonna Stay Up Late
A hair-raising thriller from an Amazon Bestselling Author! She thought she could keep it a secret. Just fourteen years old, Amalie thought she could take off and go to the festival with her best friend without anyone knowing it – without her parents finding out. She thought she was safe when she met a man ... Read more
Free: Once Again: An Inspirational Novel of History, Mystery & Romance
When Professor Merrideth Randall’s handsome colleague asks for her help with his genealogy she’s reluctant to get involved. Brett Garrison far too attractive for her peace of mind, and everyone knows dating a co-worker at a small college is career suicide. But how can she resist when she has a computer software program that virtually ... Read more
The Question Lies on Varick Street: A 22-Minute Novel
Math professor Anita Chapel is missing, leaving a string of numbers as clues to her whereabouts. Her niece, Tracy Fuller, and her boyfriend search for her. But where is the professor leading them? And who is the mysterious man in a red sweatshirt? The answers, and the question, lie on Varick Street. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Careful Little Eyes (7th Street Crew Book 4)
Careful Little Eyes is the highly anticipated fourth installment of Willow Rose’s popular series revolving around the Cocoa Beach friends who call themselves the Seventh Street Crew. It’s a creepy story bound to make your skin crawl and tug on your heartstrings at the same time. Like only Willow Rose can serve it. $0.99 on ... Read more
A French Quarter Violet
Officer Violet Babineaux is called to the scene of a suicide where she finds her childhood friend Charlotte Labarre lying on a blood-soaked couch with a gun in her hand. Violet believes she could have prevented her suicide with a simple call. While placed on administrative leave, guilt drives her to investigate on her own, ... Read more
Free: The Tenth Cycle
For thousands of years, the truth about human history has intentionally been suppressed and exploited. Will Daniel Rossler and Dr. Sarah Clarke be allowed to uncover the real and true message? As they come closer to the truth, skepticism out of the academic community is replaced by evil and malicious adversaries, dumping them into a ... Read more
Without Curtains
A chance for closure, a new love, and revenge. When her father dies, he leaves Rebecca a box of personal items. But it is more than it seems. Rebecca has just inherited a few family secrets…and one murder mystery. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
A Burning in the Darkness
Who would you sacrifice everything for? A BURNING IN THE DARKNESS is a compelling crime drama and poignant love story about a devoted man who must confront the painful legacy of his war torn childhood when he is wrongfully accused of murder. Michael Kieh’s struggle to prove his innocence leads him on a charged journey ... Read more
Purified
Fallen from grace, former ADA, now PI, Beck Oldman, will stop at nothing to find the killer of young girls and to find her client’s missing daughter. When the two cases intersect, her powerful client exacts psychological war against her as his need to find his daughter is fueled by greed and murder, not fatherly ... Read more
Cluster Faux
Three lives collide when a local woman goes missing, catapulting a detective, a state trooper, and a motor vehicles supervisor into an intricate game of cat and mouse. In a struggle between reputation and redemption, how far will each man go to save himself? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Based on Lies: It Begins…
Based on Lies: It Begins is the first in a series of two novellas. The series tells the story of a few emotionally and psychologically disturbed individuals whose lives are interwoven together. In this book, we start uncovering stories from Anurag’s past. An unassumingly personable young man in Calcutta, India, Anurag is a fairly rational ... Read more
Christmas in The Sisters: A Holiday Mystery Novel
Madison Reynolds can hardly wait for Christmas this year. After a challenging twelve months, she deserves some holiday cheer. When the towns fall victim to the ‘Christmas Crimes’, it’s up to her and Police Chief Brash deCordova to salvage the season. Spend Christmas in The Sisters, part of the award-winning The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series. ... Read more
Winter City Wolf Moon
A darkly poetic, well-written Alaskan crime thriller.... Read more
Free: No Man’s Land
Author Mark La Croix has left the hustle and bustle of the city and is leading a quiet life in a cabin, deep inside the Colorado Rockies. While working on his latest novel, he makes a gruesome discovery and uncovers secrets that some would want to remain dead and buried. Soon Mark becomes a target ... Read more
Operation Underpants
Max and Olivia ex-cold war spies live in a nursing home forgotten and waiting to die. They are called back into action after finding a secret message in the newspaper. Somehow, they must escape and return to the UK – the fate of London and much of the world hangs in the balance. $1.99 on ... Read more
Run!
Special Forces operative Zeb Carter is all that stands between a young girl and a bunch of vicious terrorists…$0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Beneath the Scars
A dark memory from undercover police detective Lacey Burke’s past surfaces as her feelings for her handsome partner reach the boiling point. Spring in New York is going to get hot. A fast-moving tale of suspense, repressed memories, and romantic tension, Beneath the Scars follows Lacey as she works both undercover and under the covers. ... Read more
Scavengers
Dead is dead. Leave the dead to the sea. Expert salvage diver Gage Finley swims upon a coral-covered relic at the bottom of the sea floor while lifting a submerged airplane for the United States government. The relic: a flintlock pistol. One of two linked to the notorious captain of Scavenger, a pirate ship that ... Read more
Free: The Time and Again Trilogy Boxed Set
A lost town, a misplaced historical artifact, a skeleton in the family tree, and runaway slaves hiding in the attic—all the “history mystery” you could want with a squeaky-clean romance for added spice. Abby Thomas is spending her summer in a run-down old house with a bratty pre-teen named Merrideth she is supposed to tutor. ... Read more
Free: Missing Persons
Detective Inspector Rafferty never could say no. If someone asked her for help, she gave it. No ifs or buts. When a troubled girl from Rafferty’s past calls asking for help to find her missing boyfriend, Rafferty can’t stop herself rushing to the rescue. She has to find him, get him home safe, and do ... Read more
Silent Coup
The Slack Team is a highly capable group of men and women, each of whom bring a special skill to the mix in order to right wrongs. They undertake special jobs for the CIA, Homeland Security, and FBI that are outside the normal scope, jobs that if not for the Slack Team, would fall through ... Read more
The Last Pandemic
A family stands united in their struggle for survival during a deadly pandemic that is ripping across the United States. Can Alex Fletcher keep his family safe from desperate people who will stop at nothing to guarantee their own survival? This fast moving, gripping thriller is appropriate for all audiences. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Close Calls
In a collection of three stories, familiar characters from the Sam Archer thriller series look Death right in the eye and don’t blink first. Moments that forged the people they are today. Moments they can never forget. Their close calls. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Cluster Faux
Three lives collide when a local woman goes missing, catapulting a detective, a state trooper, and a motor vehicles supervisor into an intricate game of cat and mouse. In a struggle between reputation and redemption, how far will each man go to save himself? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Manchester Vice
Get ready for a taut, edge-of-your-seat thriller from best-selling UK author Jack Strange. Brad Sharpe, a crime reporter for the Manchester Daily News, is tired of wasting his time on petty crimes and go-nowhere stories. Hungry for something bigger, and hoping to revive both his flagging career and his crumbling marriage, Brad connects himself to ... Read more
