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!

In Wolves’ Clothing

On his best days, Zero Slade is the worst man you can imagine. He has to be. It’s the only way to save the Lost Girls. But years of traveling undercover to fight child sex trafficking are starting to wreak havoc on Zero’s health and marriage. Not to mention his sanity. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Depths of Deception

Diane Dickson

Struggling real estate agent Jed meets a zany but attractive young woman called Libby. When she promises to land him a valuable deal he is prepared to overlook certain irregularities to get the sale. When he realises he has been deceived, he may be in too deep to surface. A gripping psychological suspense thriller that ... Read more

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Calexit – The Anthology

When California declares independence, their dreams of socialist diversity become nightmares for many from the high Sierras to the Central Valley. Follow the lives of those who must decide whether to stand their ground, or flee! In San Diego, the commander of Naval Special Warfare Group One finds his hands tied by red tape, even ... Read more

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Transformed: POTUS

What if the first Post Trump President was a tech-guru turned politician who also happens to be a sex addict? And what if he had trouble hanging on to the nuclear codes while partying in his version of Camp David … Las Vegas? Charley, a charismatic transman spy, is hired to use his intuitive skills ... Read more

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Woman Scorned

Shannon Heuston

Monica has always run interference for her misfit sister, Lexie. But when Lexie murders her ex-lover’s family in a Medea-like rage, Monica is left to pick up the pieces of their shattered life and determine who is to blame. Is Lexie a monster, like everyone says, or is she merely a desperate, misunderstood woman? $2.99 ... Read more

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Free: A Kind of Woman

Helen Burko

Jacob Barder, a successful New York attorney who survived the Holocaust is shocked when his wife is accused of being a Nazi SS officer. With no one willing to protect her, Barder takes on the defense of his wife in her sensational trial. 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. She must fight to uncover the truth and stay ... Read more

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Free: One Way

Tom Barber

On his way home on a lazy Sunday in New York City, NYPD Detective Sam Archer saves a team of US Marshals from a violent ambush in the middle of the Upper West Side. The group is forced to take cover in a tenement block in Harlem. But there are more killers on the way ... Read more

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Arabian Vengeance

James Lawrence

The CIA, NYC Mafia, ISIS and a billionaire industrialist all want Pat Walsh dead. Pat Walsh is an arms dealer with links to the CIA. When a bomb explodes in a crowded Brussels square, the former special operator suddenly finds himself a wanted man. Pat’s quest to uncover the truth behind the bombing sends him ... Read more

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The Lost Spy

Kate Moira Ryan

It is Paris, 1949. 27-year-old American detective and heiress, Slim Moran, is hired by a British spymistress to find Marie-Claire, a spy long presumed dead. Slim soon realizes that scores from the last war have not been settled. She races to find out what happened to this deeply troubled lost spy because if Marie-Claire is ... Read more

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Portrait of Death

A female serial killer is so obsessed with art that she finds her ultimate purpose in the desire to paint portraits of her victims in the midst of their death. That’s the challenge facing brilliant but flawed detective Nathan Pearson who finds the case hits remarkably too close to home. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Broken Leaves of Autumn

Eli Hai

An impossible love triangle on the backdrop of ultra-orthodox Brooklyn. A fascinating and many-folded love affair that takes the reader from small-town Arizona to the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Brooklyn, and from World Trade Center to Israel. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Saving Grace

Aubrey Wynne

A troubled soul meets a shattered heart… Chloe Hicks’ life consisted of an egocentric ex-husband, a pile of bills, and an equine business in foreclosure until a fire destroys the stable and a beloved ranch horse. She escapes the accusing eyes of her hometown, only to find another type of haunting. Jackson Hahn, sexy local ... Read more

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Autumn Secrets

Susan C. Muller

When Detective Noah Daugherty investigates a recently uncovered body, he calls in the corpse-sniffing dogs on a hunch. He never expected to dig up a killing field populated with multiple murder victims from the last decade…$0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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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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