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!
Free: The Breakers Series: Books 1-3
In the Breakers series, humanity faces not one apocalypse, but two: first a lethal pandemic, then a war against those who made the virus. This collection includes the first three books and is over 1000 pages (350,000 words) of post-apocalyptic survival. See if this book is still Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Twisted Vine (A Lei Crime Novel)
The island of Oahu is skyscrapers and rainforests, beaches and boutiques—but Special Agent Lei Texeira is drawn into a shadow world connected by death and the Internet. Mysterious suicides draw Lei and her team, including tech specialist Sophie Ang, to hunt a criminal who plays with the thin gray line between right and wrong. Lei ... Read more
Where the Wild Roses Grow (Emma Frost Book 10)
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, flowing river. No one ever found her body, and as the years passed, her real name could not be remembered, so she ... Read more
Free: Dark Pursuit
All of the EMILY STONE THRILLERS are Stand-Alone Books: 2016 CRIMSON QUILL AWARD NOMINEE AWARD WINNER for ACTION – 2015 International Book Awards Readers’ Favorite SECOND PLACE AWARD WINNER – 2015 East Texas Writers Guild First Chapter Book Awards Vigilante detective Emily Stone has covertly hunted down killers and closed more serial cases than most ... Read more
Free: Beyond Death (The Afterlife Series)
“With so many supernatural tales on the shelves it’s hard to find something genuinely original yet Beyond Death fits the description well, with author Deb McEwan bringing a distinctive new voice to this ever popular genre.” Book Viral What really happens when we die? Claire Sylvester is about to find out. In her strange new world ... Read more
Free: The Gun Dog of Baghdad
Once again, Ari Ciminon (Ghaith Ibrahim, The 56th Man) sets out to defeat his foes. For almost a year he has been identifying radical insurgents for the U.S. Government. Only now, he has a new adversary: his employer. Ever since his arrival in Virginia he has suspected a hidden nemesis: someone, or some entity, who ... Read more
Beneath The Roses
As Gwen sits at her mother’s side attempting to comfort her in her final hours, she innocently asks her if she has any regrets in life. What her mother reveals is a secret so startling that Gwen is left hoping they are simply the words of an over-medicated, delusional dying woman. As much as Gwen ... Read more
Free: Skeleton’s Key
“Evocative, first-rate mystery that will keep you guessing to the end!” ~ Stacey Joy Netzel, NY Times bestselling author of the Italy Intrigue Series. Cage Foster can’t catch a break. The disturbing discovery of a dusty skeleton in the antebellum home he’s caring for is bad enough. The unearthing of two additional fresh bodies quickly ... Read more
There’s No Place like Home (Emma Frost Book 8)
What is the worst that can happen? Maria and Jonas Boegh asked themselves that very question when deciding to sign the papers for their new house. It might be expensive. They might be in over their heads a little financially, but they were never happier than on the day they moved in. Everything was perfect. ... Read more
Redbud: A Dog Lady Mystery
Who is killing the dog ladies? After Judy Barnes arrives in Redbud, Nebraska, intending to research the ancestors who settled there, she finds herself working with the county historian, who is also the police chief. She soon finds herself in the midst of mysteries both past and present. Enjoy a cast of well-developed characters in ... Read more
Iron Ships, Iron Men
1858, the United States of America. A country ideologically divided: between those in the North who abhor the concept of slavery, and those in the South, for whom slavery is their lifeblood. Upon the high seas, Lieutenant Rod Bascom is saved by Jerry McGann, and from their encounter grows a friendship. In an epic tale ... Read more
Free: Gone The Next (Roy Ballard Mysteries)
Meet Roy Ballard, freelance videographer with a knack for catching insurance cheats. He’s working a routine case, complete with hours of tedious surveillance, when he sees something that shakes him to the core. There, with the subject, is a little blond girl wearing a pink top and denim shorts—the same outfit worn by Tracy Turner, ... Read more
Wicked for Hire, Paranormal in Manhattan Mystery Book 1
Sometimes, the opportunity of a lifetime busts your door instead of gently knocking at it… Medical student Amanda Meyer 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
Palpable Imaginings
Mystery, Suspense, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Action, and Thrillers! Stories of redemption, retribution, murder, courage, hope, love, new beginnings, alternate history, unusual powers, science gone wrong, nightmares, fate, narrow escapes, shoot-outs and survival. You’ll find them all here in 17 selected stories from 8 writers in Palpable Imaginings! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Jacks Are Wild
Handsome, white knight, police officer Jack Stratton is back in this action-packed, thrilling adventure. When his sexy old flame disappears, no one thinks it’s suspicious except Jack and one unbalanced witness. Jack feels in his gut that something is wrong. He knows that Marisa has a past, and if it ever caught up with her—it ... Read more
Touched
Terror, love, chills, hope, magic, thrills, and fantasy await you. Come inside and be Touched! These stories will inspire, haunt, amaze, and delight readers who love to experience the wide array of speculative and flash fiction genres. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Emma Frost Mystery Series: Vol 1-5
Crazy deal! Get five chilling page-turners from the queen of scream: Bestselling author Willow Rose. $0.99 on Kindle (ends 6/1).... Read more
Free: Dog Gone Lies (Pacheco & Chino Mystery)
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. The trio are pulled into a mystery immediately when an abandoned show dog appears at Ray’s cabin ... Read more
Free: THE ONLY WITNESS
A missing baby. A teenage mother suspected of murder. A jaded detective whose reputation is on the line. A signing gorilla destined for the auction block. A scientist who is about to lose everything. Will the revelation that a gorilla is the only witness to the crime save or doom everyone involved? The character of ... Read more
Free: The Black Rose
Meredith O’Brien, an Assistant State Attorney, finds herself dodging bullets and physically fighting bad guys in this cozy romance thriller packed with suspense, explosive action and humor. She finds herself the target of street thugs and deep into uncovering the truth about a serial rapist and killer intent on taunting the police and embroiling her ... Read more
Free: Spell Found (Blackmoore Sisters Cozy Mysteries)
The first book in this series, “Dead Wrong”, is also free right now!” When the Blackmoore sisters travel to Salem Massachusetts in search of an ancient energy infused relic that has been hidden away since the 1692 Salem witch trials, they find themselves up to their elbows in witches, ghosts and cats … not to ... Read more
Free: Lamb to the Slaughter
“A well-crafted tale of murder begotten by the collision of two incompatible worlds.” -Kirkus Reviews Some Amish communities aren’t so cozy. The death of a teenage Amish girl in a cornfield looks like an accident, but sheriff Serenity Adams suspects foul play. To solve the murder, she must investigate the nearby Amish community with the ... Read more
The Black Flagged Thriller Series (Boxset: Books 1-3)
Daniel Petrovich, the most lethal operative created by the Department of Defense’s Black Flag Program, protects a secret buried in the deepest vaults of the Pentagon.Blackmailed into executing one final mission, Daniel’s carefully constructed “life”rapidly disintegrates into a relentless federal manhunt–and a “24-style” race against the clock to suppress the shocking truth about his past. To survive, ... Read more
Free: Death By Lotto 5
Ethel Bradley thinks someone is trying to kill her, but doesn’t know who or why. She enlists the help of her childhood friend, Lady Elsmere, but Lady Elsmere has troubles of her own in the form of a ne’er-do-well English nephew who’s trying to steal her estate. Both women turn to Josiah Reynolds, who has ... Read more
Free: Every Fear
On an ordinary morning, Maria Colson takes her baby son Dylan to the corner store. She turns her back for only a few seconds. When she looks again, she sees his empty stroller, as Dylan is being abducted into a waiting van. Maria climbs into the van, but is violently thrown to the road where ... Read more
Murder in Faith
Erica Taylor has it all—a job she loves, a beautiful home, a successful, handsome TV reporter fiancé. So, why did she kill him? Goody Hubbard and his partner, Bobbie Monaco, travel to Atlanta where they meet the alleged killer and her accuser, Reverend Basil Skaggs. As they launch their investigation into Steven Reed’s death on ... Read more
A Killer Retreat (A Downward Dog Mystery)
When Kate Davidson gets an offer to teach yoga classes at the Elysian Springs resort, she jumps at the opportunity—even if it means enduring the wedding ceremony of the center’s two caretakers. But avoiding the M-word turns out to be the least of Kate’s problems when a wedding guest is found floating face-down in the ... Read more
Parched
The sun has become a ‘red giant’ and the world is hot and parched. In California, James and Lexie Deforio have three goals: to find food and water, to survive another day, and to protect their two children. When their home is abruptly robbed and burned to the ground, the family is forced to embark ... Read more
Six John Jordan Mysteries
A man of the cloth who both ministers mercy and thirsts for justice walks a very fine line as a prison chaplain and a detective as he investigates baffling cases of murder in these beloved and acclaimed suspenseful mysteries by award-winning author Michael Lister. A smart, sympathetic, utterly unique detective haunted by his past. Some ... Read more
Face Of Our Father
Winner Best Indie Book—BRAG Medallion Honoree. Stuart Pierce’s wife is hiding death threats. With a graphic photo of a ritual stoning Stu’s only clue, he sets out to protect a wife who refuses to protect herself. Obsessed with catching a killer, Angie plunges them both into a web of global intrigue. Honor. Love. Life. All ... Read more
Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die (Emma Frost Book 4)
The queen of scream does it again! 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 ... Read more
Free: No Good Deed: A Psychological Thriller
Seeing the future comes at a price. What price would you be willing to pay to save thousands of lives?Mark Taylor knows his actions scream guilty—but he was only trying to stop the horrible terrorist attack. Instead of a thank you, the government labels him an enemy combatant and throws him in the brig with ... Read more
The House that Jack Built (Jack Ryder Book 3)
Scott Kingston is afraid of monsters. He thinks they’re lurking outside his bedroom window at night when his mother tucks him in. He asks his mother to keep the light on to scare the monsters away. But that light is exactly what lures the kidnapper to his window and the next morning, Scott Kingston is ... Read more
How You Loved Me
From the dark past of a beguiling girl in a vintage poodle skirt, to a sinister stepfather, to an enthusiastic and intuitive detective who’s out to solve her first big case, fear claws at the doors and walls in this after-dark story of terror. Detective Arizona Stewart is a beautiful red-headed sleuth with a talent ... Read more
Free: When Night Comes
Jack Turner comes back to Culpepper to give a series of lectures for his old history professor. Within days, he starts having bizarre experiences at night. Like he’s traveling back in time, experiencing the epic events in his lectures firsthand. He has no control over these experiences and can’t make them stop. Joe Boyd thought ... Read more
Free: Back Story (A Reed Ferguson Mystery)
ystery. Potential client Brad Webb asks Denver private investigator Reed Ferguson to look into the decades-old murder of Brad’s grandfather, Dewey Webb. Dewey was a Denver-based private detective who died mysteriously in 1955, and although Reed is intrigued, he doesn’t see much promise in solving the case. After all, the police didn’t find Dewey’s killer ... Read more
Her Final Breath (The Tracy Crosswhite Series)
Homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite has returned to the police force after the sensational retrial of her sister’s killer. Still scarred from that ordeal, Tracy is pulled into an investigation that threatens to end her career, if not her life.A serial killer known as the Cowboy is killing young women in cheap motels in North Seattle. ... Read more
Free: True Crime (Mystery Novel)
Private Investigator Sean Hayes and his partner Ashley Reid are hired to find the fate of a girl who went missing 15 years back. And, before they could’ve made a move, the NYPD reaches out to Sean to investigate a murder case. A long-closed case means Ashley has to treat everyone as a suspect. Sean, ... Read more
Free: The Sweet Dreams Bake Shop (A Sweet Cove Mystery Book 1)
Angie Roseland runs The Sweet Dreams Bake Shop in the seacoast town of Sweet Cove, Massachusetts. The building’s new owners are not renewing the bake shop’s lease and Angie is running out of time to find a new location. When one of the town’s long-time residents is murdered, Angie finds herself on the suspect list. ... Read more
Mash Up
Follow Qigiq, an Alaskan transplant, as he teams up with fast-driving San Francisco detective Kandy Dreeson to search for a missing musician in a “cleverly designed…perfect detective read” (San Francisco Book Review 5-stars). A hysterical roommate with a boxful of body parts leads to YouTube cyber-clues and mysterious deaths by dynamite in this “thoughtful, well-constructed ... Read more
