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!
Emma Frost Mystery Series (vol 1-5)
Get five chilling page-turners from a bestselling author in this newly released box set. It includes the first five installments in Willow Rose’s popular mystery series about the author Emma Frost and her friends and family on Fanoe Island in Denmark. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: In the Shadows
Dave Martin travels to France to care for his ill grandmother, only to find out she had an ulterior motive for getting him there. He’s angry, but tries to make the best of the situation. And then he meets a lovely young French woman, who is clearly hiding something. As a former Chicago detective turned ... Read more
The Gold Club
Sahara Ltd., a mega-conglomerate with stratospheric sales, has a growing community of enthusiastic, go-getter employees. But these employees don’t have the best interests of their company at heart. Through a private VIP club—formed within the very walls of the corporation—they skim assets, scam the company, steal clients and pocket the profits. The CEO and his ... Read more
Reparation: A Supernatural Cult Thriller
From award-winning author Laine Cunningham comes a novel based on the spiritual world of the Lakota Sioux. Out on the prairie, the wind tends to pluck restless souls from their graves. Aidan Little Boy learns this when he visits the Native American-style peyote church his sister has joined. Aidan hopes that the minister’s reputation as ... Read more
Free: Body Magnet
Nurse sleuth Reece Carson is annoyed when crime solving interrupts the birth of her nephew. Family comes first. When her deceased parents become fodder for gossip, she springs into action dodging the DA’s special taskforce and local detectives to follow clues her parents left behind. She realizes a killer who skated from justice eighteen years ... Read more
Free: Mayhem Takes a Dare
Marisa Adair is shocked when Sarah, a beautiful stripper with a vicious boyfriend, disguises herself as a mild-mannered teacher and gyrates her way into an online group and Marisa’s inner circle of friends. As her kindhearted friend Brandon falls for Sarah’s fake persona, as well as other fake parts of the young dancer, Marisa frantically ... Read more
Breaking Measures
On the fast track to international success, acclaimed concert pianist Leila Cates is close to achieving her dreams. But her path to certain stardom comes to a crashing halt when the body of her boyfriend, a world-renowned conductor, is discovered on the eve of her New York debut. When rumors about their relationship surface, Leila ... Read more
Anamnesis (Mystery)
When Ethan Knight wakes up on Alki Beach in Seattle, he has no memory of the last four years, and only fragments of his early life. Disoriented and experiencing drug withdrawal, he quickly finds himself assimilated into a life of crime. Unable to go to the police for help, Ethan abandons any hope of remembering ... Read more
Birth of an Assassin
Set against the backdrop of Soviet, post-war Russia, Jez Kornfeld is transformed from wide-eyed recruit to avenging outlaw. Amidst a murky underworld of flesh-trafficking, prostitution and institutionalized corruption, the elite Jewish soldier is thrown into a world where nothing is what it seems, nobody can be trusted, and everything can be violently torn from him. ... Read more
Free: Louisiana Longshot – Miss Fortune Mystery #1
CIA Assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever–in Sinful, Louisiana. Forced off the grid, she never expected to be this far out of her element. Posing as a former beauty queen turned librarian in a small, bayou town seems worse than death to Fortune. Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Chimera Sequence
Cole McBride makes a chilling discovery while investigating a mysterious disease causing the deaths of endangered mountain gorillas in war-torn central Africa. When a humanitarian aid hospital nearby diagnoses a disturbingly similar human case, the former Special Forces veterinarian knows he must figure out how to stop this outbreak from spreading–before it blows up into ... Read more
Free: “If… Dangerous Waters” (Short Story)
Alena’s life has all the ear markings of a happy and successful life. Enter Madame Psychic Orso. With her pathway changed forever, Alena’s newfound fears take on a life of their own. Probing dangerous new avenues she will discover something different than she’d expected. Can she recover? Will she even want to? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Allegiance
Jackson Quick is a reluctant hero. He doesn’t want to be one. He wants to spend time with his ridiculously hot girlfriend, drink beer, listen to music, and rub elbows with power brokers. But when the Governor of Texas tasks him with a secret mission, he agrees and unwittingly involves himself in a conspiracy that ... Read more
The Wrath of Jeremy
“When Darkness Repents, Heaven and Hell Collide” From the age of twelve, doctors have told Jeremy Daven that his visions of terrifying beasts and bloody revelations are the result of a debilitating mental illness. If only they were right. As the adolescent reaches adulthood, his ‘schizophrenia’ intensifies; it seems he can’t even eat breakfast without ... Read more
To Swallow the Earth
Silver rush Nevada: What if you came home after a journey and your family was no longer there? What if someone else was living in your house, running what you used to manage—and trying to kill you? Could a beautiful woman be behind it? Wade Forester has to stay in the shadows. His father has ... Read more
Free: Redbud: A Dog Lady Mystery
Secret pasts, rescued dogs, buried treasure, humor, danger, tears. You’ll find all in Redbud: A Dog Lady Mystery. Judy Barnes tries to escape her tragic past by researching her ancestors in Redbud, Nebraska. But her new life is one she couldn’t have imagined. Soon it also includes murder. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Killing Chase
Chase Hampton’s release from prison comes with several strings attached, strings that have him feeling like an FBI puppet. Chase must deftly navigate the narrow path between his new master and his family if he’s to save the country from chaos. Sometimes, second chances aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Idaho: A (dark) love story
When failed Portland painter Owen Reed runs into his best friend’s new wife, his life takes and unexpected turn towards murder in this taut thriller, set in the beautiful Northwest and in the tawdry mansions of Beverly Hills. This contemporary noir is written in the tradition of James M. Cain and Patricia Highsmith. Free on ... Read more
The 56th Man
A former member of Saddam Hussein’s Special Security Force arrives in Richmond, Virginia. Under the name of Ari Ciminon, he sets up house on the James River. The house was purchased for him by the U.S. Marshals Service, which is responsible for watching over him while he supplies intelligence to CENTCOM. Because he is fluent ... Read more
Cool Heat
The former DA’s investigator, Sydney Jesup, is on a one-woman crusade against the most powerful and dangerous mogul in the Lake Tahoe Sierras. She will not stop until he’s brought down along with everyone else who is connected to him. Her crusade will enlist a former border patrol agent, Marco Cruz, who can’t seem to ... Read more
Free: “If… Second Chance”
Shona’s life is turned upside down after she encounters Psychic Two Moons, Medium. Rick seems to be part of the equation for a happy life, but is he? A seemingly carefully laid out future may not always be in the cards. What Ifs will unfold; a reality where the possibilities can be good or very, ... Read more
Veronica Mars – the TV series: The Junk Shot
Sunny Johnston plans to skip bail ahead of a Grand Theft Auto charge. Her father does not want to lose the fifty thousand he put up as bail, so he contacts Neptune’s most famous teen detective and asks her to find his missing daughter. As Veronica Mars searches for the missing girl, she finds a ... Read more
The Secret of Crybaby Hollow
Recently wounded while on duty as a city police officer, a young woman retreats to an isolated Blue Ridge mountain cabin to recover. Soon she meets a county sheriff’s deputy, and together they begin to discover there’s something all too real and sinister behind a local superstitious folk legend. (Mystery/Romantic Suspense) $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Lady Justice and the Conspiracy
Are we being poisoned? Those fluffy white trails crisscrossing the sky — some say they are simply water vapor frozen into crystals. Others say they are deadly chemicals, some of which are for military defense, and others to control the weather and the world’s food supply. Are the chemtrails really part of a clandestine government conspiracy? ... Read more
Affected
Eight years ago, there was no World Government. There were no agents, no carts. The fear of a nosebleed did not exist. Then came The Affection—an incurable disease that ran rampant across the planet, killing off roughly 60% of the human population. Two years later—with order in shambles and governments all over the world in ... Read more
Deadly Eyes
SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE BEST INDIE BOOKS OF 2012 AWARD Murder and mayhem suddenly invade the lives of Cuff and Rosie, laid-back lovers in their Caribbean paradise, entangling them in the crosshairs of an unknown stalker whose relentless pursuit knows no bounds. If you enjoy mysteries set in exotic locales, then don’t miss DEADLY EYES with ... Read more
Smoking Ruin
Minneapolis gumshoe Marta Hjelm has had enough. After years in investigations, she’s burned out and ready to quit the business. But like a bad penny, who should turn up but her philandering ex-husband, with a job that’s too good to turn down. Against her better judgement she dives into the world of high-end advertising, where ... Read more
Free: Murder Takes a Dare
Marisa Adair worked hard to leave her chaotic past behind her. In the aftermath of a violent rampage, Marisa must revisit her dark past in order to find the present-day murderer. Marisa joins forces with an eclectic team to track down the killer. Alex, her childhood friend, annoys her until she feels like screaming, while ... Read more
Free: Smile Now, Cry Later (Mystery)
Chuck is wasting away in a soul-crushing job. As an HR exec he spends his days avoiding lawsuits. But when Chuck ventures out of his Los Angeles skyscraper to investigate the disappearance of a colleague, he starts to feel alive again. Chuck’s not your typical Private Investigator (he prefers a passive-aggressive approach over the old-fashioned ... Read more
Rampage
The stakes soar both professionally and personally for Austin PD Detective Jason Scarsdale as he finds himself in a race against time to hunt down a vicious gang hell-bent on murder. Realizing that his new partner, the attractive divorcee Tatum Harper, could be trouble in more ways than one, he tries to run her out ... Read more
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1)
Look out, here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude living in New Jersey. Witty, fresh, and full of surprises, One for the Money is deeply satisfying crime novel. $1.99 on Kindle. (9/7/2015 only).... Read more
Free: Deadly Stillwater (Thriller)
Two girls gone… A complicated brazen daytime kidnapping is just the beginning in a case of betrayal and revenge that will ultimately strike at the soul of the St. Paul Police Department. From the searing streets of St. Paul to the murky waters of the St. Croix River, Deadly Stillwater is a book you won’t ... Read more
The Vines of Coronado
By 1975 the Benedetto family had been making fine wines for over 150 years. Nestled in the romantic, rolling hillside vineyards of Tuscany, Cruciano Benedetto, Luca’s grandfather had passed on many of the family wine making skills and secrets to young Leonardo Rossi. Now Leonardo was old and Luca was learning from him. Leonardo had ... Read more
Skin
When her sister is kidnapped by a killer who has been targeting women working at a gentleman’s club, Lilith Mitchell is determined to save her. She takes Hannah’s place on stage to lure the killer into coming after her. There she falls under the spell of filmmaker Michael Wyndham, whose current project SKIN is a ... Read more
Free: The Hardest of Ways
In Rashawnda Ungerer’s action-packed thriller, “The Hardest of Ways,” Gordon Hale’s life is turned upside down when the former MI6 operative discovers the beautiful Cecelia Clark being held captive in Athens, Greece by a sex trafficking psychopath. After freeing the presumed damsel in distress, he quickly recognizes that she is more capable than he originally ... Read more
Free: Lamb to the Slaughter (Mystery)
Serenity Adams, a tough, beautiful but abrasive police woman moves back to her home town and becomes the new Sheriff. She is harassed almost daily by the crazy ex-Sheriff when she begins investigating the death of a young Amish woman whose body was found in a cornfield. The Amish leaders and people are helpful in ... Read more
Free: The Fallen Body
By coincidence, small-town lawyer Taylour Dixxon meets Sarah Cockrell Baines, a New Jersey socialite and millionairess, and their new friendship begins with promise. However, soon after they meet, Sarah is arrested for the murder of her husband. When Taylour volunteers to defend Sarah, she has no idea that her struggling solo law practice in the ... Read more
Free: Likely Suspects
Former federal agent Alexis Parker has no job, few prospects, and is in dire need of a job. Although she was hoping to find a career centered around investigations she reluctantly agrees to become a bodyguard in order to protect James Martin, a millionaire CEO. Along the way, Alex struggles to overcome her personal demons, ... Read more
Random Lucidity
Silver Medal Winner – 2015 eLit Book Awards “A remarkable narrative with no wasted chapters.” – Portland Book Review A struggling literary agent believes he hits it big when he discovers a mentally challenged man scribbling a world-class murder mystery into ragged notebooks in the park. Ignoring all of the red flags about this man ... Read more
Gray Matter
“Nick Pirog is a fantastic new talent. I enjoyed both of his novels equally. They are well crafted, quickly paced, and highly entertaining. I especially appreciated Thomas Prescott’s hilarious sense of humor.” –Customer Review $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
