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!

Sugar Daddy’s Baby

Julia Bramer

After ten years of hard work and sacrifice, Marley Williams is close to accomplishing her goal. She’ll never be poor or hungry again. Then one interaction, a bizarre story, an hour in her life set her on a new path. She discovers Cockaigne, a mythical-turned-real paradise where everyone gets whatever they want. She jeopardizes everything ... Read more

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Misdirect

When a disgraced CIA analyst confined to desk duty learns her daughter’s fiancé and former partner has disappeared, she goes rogue to save his life and her own reputation. A camel ride and a Muslim teen with questions about God challenge her spycraft and faith as she rides toward a firefight with jihadists intent on ... Read more

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Noble Vision

Passion, medicine and politics collide in this award-winning Kindle Bestseller. A young surgeon and his beautiful patient battle an unwieldy bureaucracy for freedom to choose a new treatment. A romantic, timely, eye-opening and page-turning thriller. 4.4/5 stars, 253 Amazon Customer Reviews. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Wicked Little Secret

Everyone has secrets–ghosts are no exception… Finding her body taken over by a ghost with unfinished business while entertaining a tempting (yet dangerous sounding) invitation from Rick Rowling–her boss–has Amanda Meyer, FBI special assistant and resident ghost whisperer for the Paranormal Cases Division, in a tailspin. Her drag-queen-guardian ghost is acting even stranger than usual, ... Read more

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Blood Red Winter

On a gray winter walk like any other, a call from his boss leads Trent to discover a shocking crime in an abandoned house on County Road 118. As he stands beside the barbed wire fence, images of what he’s just witnessed assaulting him, something happens that can only be described as a miracle. One ... Read more

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I Know Your Every Move

Diane Ezzard

Is Sophie being followed? Who is behind the menacing phone calls? One woman is killed every three days due to domestic violence in England and Wales. Thankfully Sophie isn’t one of them. This dark romantic suspense novel tells the story of Sophie Brown, an attractive, vulnerable young girl from Manchester, England. She is trying to ... Read more

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Robbed of Soul

Lois Brown

The Da Vinci Code meets the Wild West — An ex-CIA black ops officer riddled with PTSD investigates a 100-year-old American southwest legend in order to find a modern-day killer before she becomes the next victim. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Dead Hill

A gruesome murder of a gangland member on a deserted hill brings Detective Inspector Harris out of his rural reverie. But when the pursuit of the truth sheds light on the detective’s own shady past, those around him will question their loyalties. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Thin Air

Yotam Jacobson

Roi, a traumatized former IDF soldier, embraces Buddhism and pacifism in Tibet. Then the Tibetan underground recruits him to its violent struggle against the Chinese. With his life in danger, Roi must decide whether or not to return to a militaristic path. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Nominate Cybele for publication & you could get a free copy of it

Marteena’s broke and in hock to her lawyer after ditching her arranged marriage to Gopi Mohan. But when Gopi ends up murdered in the U-Sleep-Inn motel, all her wisecracking bookish wit can’t keep her from being the center of suspicion. With a hot but hostile detective hard on her heels, Marteena tries to stay one ... Read more

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We’ve Come to Take You Home

Samantha Foster and Jessica Brown are destined to meet. But one lives in the 20th century, the other in the 21st… It is April 1916 and thousands of men have left home to fight in the war to end all wars. Jessica Brown’s father is about to be one of these men. A year later, ... Read more

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Free: Double Image

Kate Francis

When the Governor of New Jersey agrees to run for Vice-President, he sets in motion a chain of events no one could have anticipated. Now Executive Protection Officer Kenna Devlin is looking for a kidnapped child no one else believes is missing. Kenna is always assigned to guard the Governor’s infant son and she longs ... Read more

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Free: Oh, Sweet Poison

Nurit Reichman

Alona moves into the home of her American fiancé at in St. Louis, nestled in an enchanted woodland. When her wedding ceremony turns to murder, her guests from around the world find themselves locked in together, waiting for the killer to be discovered. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Chinese Woman, Operation Lion Den

Brian Cox

al-Qaeda terrorists enter the US posing as Spaniards with a plan that would take more lives than 9-11. The FBI are making little headway in their investigation when Special Agent McNamara learns that the Chinese Woman has infiltrated the terrorist cell. This made no sense as a woman, especially a non-Muslim, would never be trusted, ... Read more

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Dead Cold

What happens when one California community has a disturbing spike in homicides? It catapults cops into a deadly game of murder. On the hunt for a complex serial killer, vigilante detective Emily Stone must face her most daring case yet. She dangles someone she loves as bait to draw out the killer—leaving everyone and everything—Dead ... Read more

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Huntress Moon

BI Special Agent Matthew Roarke is closing in on a bust of a major criminal organization in San Francisco when he witnesses an undercover member of his team killed right in front of him on a busy street, an accident Roarke can’t believe is coincidental. His suspicions put him on the trail of a mysterious ... Read more

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Sacrificial Lam

Gary Guinn

When English professor Lam Corso receives a death threat at work, he laughs it off. A liberal activist teaching at a small Southern conservative college, he’s used to stirring up controversy on campus. It’s just part of the give and take of life. Even when violently attacked, Lam is convinced it has to be a ... Read more

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Hired Hands

Belinda Bennett

What would you do if you came home one day and discovered your parents had disappeared? Vanished. Who would you tell? Mandy’s parents are missing, but she can’t tell anyone. Not a soul. After 20 years in prison for a crime she swears she did not commit, Mandy Jacobs has finally walked free – and ... Read more

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Bikinis & Bloodshed

Anne Marie Stoddard

After a very painful—and very public—divorce from her cheating football star husband, Kaley Kalua returns to her hometown of Aloha Lagoon to manage her Aunt Rikki’s clothing shop, the Happy Hula Dress Boutique. A new job, new friends, and a change of scenery are just what she needs to turn her life around. Unfortunately, life ... Read more

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Nominate Cybele for publication & you could get a free copy of it

If only it were as simple as murder…. Marteena’s broke and in hock to her lawyer after ditching her arranged marriage to Gopi Mohan. But when Gopi ends up murdered in the U-Sleep-Inn motel, all her wisecracking bookish wit can’t keep her from being the center of suspicion. With a hot but hostile detective hard ... Read more

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Color of Danger

Alexa Verde

“I couldn’t put it down!” – Caridad Pineiro, NY Times and USA Today bestselling author. Life as the sister of a serial killer is never easy, especially when former runaway Mari Del Lobo becomes a target herself. A recent crime has her late brother’s signature and MO, which Mari finds highly unusual, as she still ... Read more

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Free: The Greatest Secret

Dr. Neil saw that Emma’s baby died. Beside her lay Chloe’s baby, sucking on her thumb…and he knew what he is going to do… Enter the story of two devoted friends that will keep you turning the pages late into the night. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Alboran Codex

JC Ryan

In the year 106 AD, when the Roman legions marched on their capital at Petra, the Nabateans surrendered their empire to the Romans, without a fight, and according to historians ceased to exist. But very few knew that the Nabateans didn’t cease to exist, they just stayed out of sight for more than 1,900 years, ... Read more

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The Demon Pool

Would you sell your soul to live forever? Or to save a friend? Questions Florida Highway Patrol Investigator Jim Demore never dreamed he must answer. Until his investigation of a horrific crash on I-75 pushes him beyond the realities of everyday forensic police work and thrusts him into a world he doesn’t believe exists. The ... Read more

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Hired Hands

What would you do if you came home one day and discovered your parents had disappeared? Vanished. Who would you tell? Mandy’s parents are missing, but she can’t tell anyone. Not a soul. After 20 years in prison for a crime she swears she did not commit, Mandy Jacobs has finally walked free – and ... Read more

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The Assignment

Katie Adams and her family move to California where her dad gets a promotion. She starts making new friends at her new high school. She soon discovers that nothing is what it seems. Realizing everything about her has been set up for her and nothing is of her choice, she learns she can’t trust her ... Read more

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Unsightly Bulges (Cozy Mystery)

An entertaining comedy mystery filled with an engaging cast of characters stumbling through bizarre situations. A cozy mystery that will warm your heart, make you laugh and cry with some surprising twists. $0.99 on Kindle.  ... Read more

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Bloodline

Fleeing from the witch trials in Salem, Terra Rowan finds herself in modern day Asheville, North Carolina. A dark spirit from the past hunts the last witch of Salem. With the help of the ladies of the Biltmore Society, Asheville aristocrats with untapped powers and a crooked-legged fat orange cat named Pixel, Terra must discover ... Read more

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False Signs

Retired Special Forces Sergeant John Taylor is hiding from the world. Still dealing with his captivity by terrorists and a near fatal collaboration with Federal law enforcement, Taylor has sworn off any future heroics. A call from a friend inside the FBI and the pleas of a desperate mother force Taylor to change his mind ... Read more

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Free: Chips of Red Paint

K. Martin Beckner

Young Brian Haynes, believing he has contributed to the death of his grandmother’s housekeeper, runs away from home with his best friend, Charlie. The two boys find refuge with an old man living a hermit’s life on a nearby knob. But it all comes to a terrifying climax one day when Charlie steps inside an ... 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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Treasure of Saint-Lazare

John Pearce

Eddie Grant’s friends in Paris think of him as the golden boy — a rich war hero, half American, half French, whose genius for business multiplied the fortune his American father left behind. Most have forgotten the pain and depression he suffered after the brutal murder of his wife and son, and then his revered ... Read more

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Cynthia Kessler

Cynthia Kessler was a driven young lady, in college with a bright future ahead—that is until she met him, one of her English professors, and became consumed by him. She became consumed to the point of obsession, an obsession that led to the unthinkable. Now in prison, facing her last few moments of life, Cynthia ... Read more

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Wicked for Hire

Sometimes, the opportunity of a lifetime busts your door instead of gently knocking at it… Medical student Amanda Meyers thought she had her life all planned out until people started dying the moment they touched her. Being cleared of any wrongdoing didn’t stop the medical school from expelling her, and it didn’t rid her of ... Read more

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Proof the Novel

Proof the Novel is an epic adventure that may unravel one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Did giants actually once roam the earth? College graduate student Ty Larson’s life gets turned upside down when he becomes caught up in an age-old conspiracy after stumbling onto a lost civilization only briefly mentioned in the ... Read more

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QUANTUM – THE TRILOGY BEGINS (Thriller)

The accidental finding in a deserted area of a strange metallic cylinder. The two most powerful secret services in the world confronting each other in a ruthless hunt. An art dealer who must fight against time to save six scientists lives. A revelation that could set the whole planet on fire. A breathtaking techno-thriller based ... Read more

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A Life of Death

Ghosts are speaking to Alex, but can he bring them justice? For an intensely powerful supernatural trilogy fraught with emotion, heed the call. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Nominate Untangling the Black Web for publication & you could get a free copy of it

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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Ticket To A Killing

Fleet Street investigative journalist Emma Holgate, in charge of the Globe’s weekly feature on National Lottery jackpot winners, despairs of ever doing any real reporting again. Until, interviewing the elderly winner of a £17 million rollover prize, she stumbles on the story of the decade. A serial killer dubbed ‘The Phantom’ is targeting multi-million Lotto ... Read more

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The Territory of Lies

Ciana Stone

Falling in love is supposed to be the most wonderful time of your life. That’s not how it is working for psychiatrist Sydney Forrest. She finds herself smack in the middle of a conspiracy surrounding a terrorist attack. The FBI are confiscating her patient files, she’s under surveillance, and there’s someone out there who wants ... Read more

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