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!
Paper Phoenix
First comes divorce, then comes murder …… or at least sweet thoughts of murder. Maggie Longstreet has plenty of them after slimy, ambitious Richard trades her in for a more recent model. She’s so depressed she can barely get out of bed when Larry Hawkins, a seemingly not-at-all depressed acquaintance, commits suicide out of the ... Read more
W is for Wicked
Murder investigation is tricky–especially when the victim is threatening to kill you… Former medical student turned FBI special assistant Amanda Meyer isn’t thrilled about her new gig as a ghost whisperer, especially now that she has the spirit of a departed drag queen following her around. But having a pal on the other side may just come ... Read more
Without Curtains
A chance for closure, a new love, and revenge. Rebecca Douglas returns home to Clayton Creek for her father’s funeral and discovers he’s spent the last seven years trying to solve her mother’s brutal murder. With the help of an old friend–complicated, charming, and handsome Troy Adams–Rebecca picks up where her father left off. $0.99 ... Read more
Free: The Key to the Ranch (An Alexander Wright Mystery)
The discovery of a fifty-year-old corpse leads Alex and his law enforcement friends on an amazing new adventure. How can you investigate a cold case that is this old? Where do you begin? What do you plan to learn? What will represent the end of the search – truth, blame, or just an unanswerable question?And ... Read more
Taking on Water
When James Morrow, a social worker, first meets Kevin Flynn, he suspects the teen is being abused. To learn more about Kevin’s home life, he gets to know the boy’s father, Tucker, who’s a lobsterman. James is able to put his suspicions to rest, and the two families begin to form a friendship. When a kid ... Read more
Seven, Eight.. Gonna Stay Up Late
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 offering her drugs, she thought she was safe ... Read more
Free: Heaven to Betsy
When a dead body swan-dives from a balcony into the pool at a wedding, gossip comes to a halt about disgraced paralegal and former rodeo queen Emily—whose husband left her for a woman who turns out to be a man. Enter Jack, a secretive attorney and sexy mix of cowboy and Indian. She refuses to ... Read more
True-Life Adventure
Things were going lousy for ex-reporter Paul Mcdonald: No money, no girlfriend, no bright new career as a mystery novelist … and then along came private investigator Jack Birnbaum with an offer: he’d detect, and Paul would write the client reports. It wasn’t much, but it would keep Spot the cat in Kitty Queen tidbits. $0.99 ... Read more
Anonymous
All relationships have a tipping point. Something that will make or break them. But what happens when they destroy their own happiness? The Hudson’s were the perfect couple, the ideal for all other couples. But when Clark and Abigail lose their most precious gift, that perfection begins to slip away right before their eyes. Riddled ... Read more
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 of ... Read more
Footsteps in the Attic
The book is about a search for a fortuneteller who suddenly vanishes. Rita has a special ability others want to exploit. When she mysteriously disappears, John, who had begun dating her, is baffled. He and his brother, Ernie, set out on a hair raising journey to find her. Rita and John, both who work in the ... Read more
Free: Death By Chocolate (Josiah Reynolds Mysteries)
Josiah Reynolds is tracking down the disappearance of an old friend’s son. But while she is chasing a missing person, O’nan is hot on Josiah’s trail chasing her. And he is threatening, conniving, and blackmailing others to help destroy the woman he thinks ruined his life. Will he finally succeed? Or will Josiah outwit him ... Read more
Desert Heat
Navajo Witchery. Human Treachery. Social worker Jordan Bia finds a child who escaped her captors and a life in the sex trade, but four other girls from her small Mexican village were not so lucky. Smugglers hide their human cargo in the hoodoos of a remote canyon on the reservation—a place the Navajo shun, fearful of ... Read more
No Reason to Hide
Navajo cop Jessica Akee finds the body of a young male sprawled in the weeds behind a convenience store on the Reservation. What at first looks like just another gang killing is a far more disturbing murder. On loan from the Phoenix PD, top cop Charlie Stone partners with Jessica to find the killer. ... Read more
Miss Polly Had A Dolly
A bone-chilling tale from the Queen of Scream Not for the faint-hearted Miss Polly had a dolly. A beautiful daughter that she called her Baby Doll. Every day she dressed her in dresses and brushed her hair before they went outside to show off to the neighbors. On the playground, one day her Baby Doll ... Read more
Free: Class Reunions Can Be Murder
Class Reunions Can Be Murder, a Baby Boomer Mystery by the author of Retirement Can Be Murder, Moving Can Be Murder, and Marriage Can Be Murder. Baby Boomer Carol Andrews has no interest in her upcoming fortieth high school reunion. Her memories of days at Mount Saint Francis Academy are mixed, to put it mildly. ... Read more
November’s Past
The job of criminal investigator in a rural Florida county is never easy, but it’s even harder when your father is the sheriff. When Larry Macklin investigates the murder of a mutilated stranger, the search for the victim’s identity intersects with an arson investigation. The common thread is a small group of people who were in ... Read more
Free: The Hyte Maneuver
When Trans Air Flight 88 is hijacked on approach to Kennedy Airport, warning bells ring in every agency in the country. For the passengers and crew the most terrifying hours of their lives unfold. When the hijacking ends with the deaths of the terrorists, and the hostages who lived freed, everyone believes the nightmare is ... Read more
Either Side of Midnight
WHAT IF THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE TURNED INTO YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE? When nineteen-year-old Naomi Stone is snatched from her husband at knifepoint on the night of their wedding and taken to a deserted cemetery, she knows her life is finished. Drugged and disorientated, she loses consciousness as she lies in an open grave with ... Read more
Swan Deception
A Library Journal SELF-e Best Books of 2016 Pick. The perfect family, a house of full of secrets and an ingenious killer out for revenge… Dr. Shelby Cooper is a busy modern woman trying to balance it all—career, motherhood and marriage to an ambitious corporate power player. But there’s more to Shelby than meets the eye. One ... Read more
Free: Mendez Genesis
SPLINTERED SOULS: Tina Miles is a young girl starting a new chapter in her life. When she encounters Devin Snow, everything changes. Deep down, she believes there is more to Devin than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Det. Lisa Warner is convinced there is more to Tina’s story. People are dying. No one has answers. What ... Read more
The Last Four Digits
Fans of Stephanie Plum will love the adventures of private eye Lola Vega! Can Lola catch a movie star’s killer before her rent is due? Join her romp through the Hollywood Hills, ex-wives, and psychics, dodging professional killers and one hot cop. Everybody wants Lola! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Tubby Dubonnet Mysteries Vol 5-6
The FIFTH and SIXTH funny, offbeat, and surprising legal thrillers in the Tubby Dubonnet series. A New Orleans lawyer who’d rather eat, drink, and swap stories than get caught in court, Tubby Dubonnet, cleaving faithfully to his guiding principles “Never screw a client and never lie to the judge.” $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
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
The Prison Guard’s Son
The Prison Guard’s Son is the third novel in the award-winning “Mr. Finn” series. The novel follows underground PI Finn Harding as he’s hired to find two child killers living under the protection of the US government’s witness protection program. What begins as a typical job for Finn quickly spirals into a moral struggle between revenge ... Read more
At Dawn
FBI Special Agent Alex Troutt returns in a twisting, heart-pounding thriller… The shimmering view of the sun-drenched ocean can often be nothing more than a mirage. For Alex Troutt, a trip back home for a much-needed summer vacation proves only one thing: greed rules. But how it takes root could destroy her world. Fueled by the lust ... Read more
Free: Diamonds and Cole
Beaten, bloody but determined, Cole Sage conquers greed and hatred with a strength that only love and a will as hard as diamond can achieve. He is blocked at every turn by the husband who has abandoned Cole’s great love, his shady real estate deals, violent con men, street thugs and the lure of a ... Read more
Free: Dog Gone Lies
Sheriff Ray Pacheco returns from his introduction in The Bootlegger’s Legacy to start a new chapter as a private investigator, along with his partners: Tyee Chino, often-drunk Apache fishing guide, and Big Jack, bait shop owner and philosopher. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Cataclysm of the Ancients
An ancient artifact from the past…will unleash havoc in the future. From ancient Greece to ancient Egypt and the war-torn deserts of Syria, Robert Spire is thrust into a mythological action adventure which spans two thousand years. The hunt is on for ancient clues that must be solved…the countdown to the Cataclysm of the Ancients has ... Read more
Love Bites
Detective Peter King and movie star Ovsanna Moore are the sexiest tongue-in-cheek crime-solving duo since MOONLIGHTING hit the air waves in the ‘80s. But they may remind you more of TRUE BLOOD’s Sookie and Eric than Maddie and David—because one of them’s a vampyre. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
School, Sex and Secrets
Vanessa Ellis, 18, is a high school senior that loves finding out about other people’s secrets, but her steamy secrets will have everyone talking as well as someone mysteriously texting her about them, and all of this will lead to unimagined events. $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Where the Wild Roses Grow
The Queen of scream novels does it again! – It’s laced with a terrifying nail-biting tension and characters that make your skin crawl.With her blankly staring eyes seeming to gaze into the sky, he put a red rose between her teeth and then gently pushed her into the water. She slowly sank into the slow, ... Read more
Society for Paranormals
4 Books. 380+ Reviews. Lara Croft meets Jane Austen in colonial Kenya. If you adore “Pride & Prejudice”, appreciate British humor, enjoy paranormal mysteries, or would love to experience adventure in colonial Africa, then get ready to start your supernatural safari. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
Axeman’s Jazz
WHAT’S THE PERFECT KILLING FIELD FOR A MURDERER? A place where he (or maybe she) can learn your secrets from your own mouth and then make friends over coffee. A supposedly “safe” place where anonymity is the norm. The horror who calls himself The Axeman has figured it out and claimed his territory… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Cosega Search
Indiana Jones meets Jason Bourne in this thrilling white-knuckle adventure! When archaeologist Ripley Gaines finally finds the key artifact that will prove his unusual scientific hypothesis, he’ll have to protect it and himself from the world’s most powerful organizations. Dig far enough into the past… you may just discover the future. Free on Kindle.... Read more
You Can’t Hide
Another gripping serial killer thriller from the Queen of Scream.Young girls are being kidnapped and so are their mothers. They are being bought and sold as slaves. Behind these kidnappings stands a ghostly person who calls himself the Boxer. He finds the girls and their mothers online, where he stalks and chats with the girls ... Read more
Darkroom
Photographer Day Randall is missing, and no one cares except her friend Kelly. Alone, Kelly follows Day’s trail into an underworld of powerful men who will do anything to protect their secrets. If Kelly trusts the wrong person, she’ll be the next to disappear. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Obligations Of The Bone
WHEN YOU LOSE WHAT MAKES YOU WHO YOU ARE… “Your bone-marrow,” thinks Alex Glauberman at the outset of this intricate, fast-moving medical thriller, “is the place you store the stuff that makes you who you are.” He is feeling queasy about the prospect of anyone living temporarily without it. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Red Hot Empress
Nudged by her Gypsy mother-in-law, Madame Mina, freelance journalist Annie Szabo writes an article about Jimmy Qi, an Asian boy with the power to heal through music, which is right down the Szabos’ paranormal alley. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Bone of Contention
After a particularly hair-raising travel assignment, RN Gina Mazzio is back at Ridgewood Hospital, settling down in the outpatient Ob/Gyn department when there is a run of unexpected patient deaths. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
