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 Gray and Guilty Sea: An Oregon Coast Mystery
A curmudgeon. An iconoclast. A loner. That’s how people describe Garrison Gage, and that’s when they’re being charitable. After his wife’s brutal murder in New York, and Gage himself is beaten nearly to death, the crippled private investigator retreats three thousand miles to the quaint coastal town of Barnacle Bluffs, Oregon. He spends the next five ... Read more
After Anna
The real nightmare starts when her daughter is returned… A bone-chilling psychological thriller that will suit fans of Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn and The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins. A girl is missing. Five years old, taken from outside her school. She has vanished, traceless.The police are at a loss; her parents ... Read more
3 Truths and a Lie: A Detective D. D. Warren Story (Kindle Single)
Boston Detective D.D. Warren faces her most brutal adversaries yet—a class of jaded thriller writers—in New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Gardner’s exclusive e-Book short storyIn Lisa Gardner’s second short story, after the New York Times bestseller The 7th Month, Detective D.D. Warren takes on her most intimidating assignment yet: a fifty-minute class meant to ... Read more
Emma Frost Mystery Series vol 4-6
Bone-chilling tales from a Bestselling Author. Fasten your seatbelt as Willow Rose takes you three a crazy and very surprising rides in these 3 novels. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Vanished
When an eleven-year-old is abducted on her way to school, the FBI doesn’t waste a moment, sending agents to scour the area and embedding Special Agent Ava McLane with the distraught family. In the eye of the storm is local detective Mason Callahan, whose life is crumbling to pieces—he’s related to the victim, and his ... Read more
The Memory Box
A psychological thriller with twists & turns until the last page. What if You Googled Yourself & Found Something Shocking? In this gripping page turner suspense, Caroline Thompson Googles herself and discovers the shocking details of a past she doesn’t remember. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Lethal Action
Big city lawyer Hope Finch faces danger in the deep south on a case that will change her life and career. When Hope becomes the target in a deadly corporate cover-up that is directly tied to the biggest trial the town of Maxwell has ever seen, she and FBI Gabe Marino have to find a ... 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 ... Read more
Free: Back to War (Corps Justice Book 1)
First three books of the series for FREE on Kindle. A Marine’s girlfriend murdered… A gang on the rise… A warrior takes the battle to the enemy… In a bloody gang initiation gone wrong, Former Marine Staff Sergeant Cal Stokes simultaneously loses his fiancé and is thrust into America’s unforgiving criminal underbelly. Never one to ... Read more
Presidential Shift: A Political Thriller (Corps Justice Book 4)
The vice president killed… The first lady attacked… A president on the edge… Cal Stokes, former Marine and owner of Stokes Security International (SSI), has had a busy year. Trying to calm his inner demons and forget the tragic loss of his men, Cal dives headlong into his work, taking the battle to the enemy. ... Read more
Once She Saw… A Blind Man (Cozy Mystery)
Miss Araminta pushes her shopping cart to the neighborhood market, but stops when she sees a well-dressed woman stealing from a blind man’s cup. Miss Araminta follows the woman robber, who waves a gun at her and steals her groceries. What will happen next? Read this book to find out the mystery that awaits Ms ... Read more
The Kill Room (Lincoln Rhyme Book 11)
It was a “million-dollar bullet,” a sniper shot delivered from over a mile away. Its victim was no ordinary mark: he was a United States citizen, targeted by the United States government, and assassinated in the Bahamas.The nation’s most renowned investigator and forensics expert, Lincoln Rhyme, is drafted to investigate. While his partner, Amelia Sachs, ... Read more
The Perfect Assassin
One perfect shot will change the course of history. Christine Palmer, a young American doctor sailing solo across the Atlantic, makes an incredible discovery – a man narrowly clinging to his life in the frigid waters. But there is much more to this desperate survivor than meets the eye. David Slaton is a Kidon – ... Read more
Lost & Found
A poignant and unforgettable tale of love, loss, and moving on . . . with the help of one not-so-little dog. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Children of the After: Awakening
It has been six months since their father locked them in the security vault with a promise to return. But he never came back. With supplies running out and vital life support systems failing, Jack, Samantha, and Will have no choice but to ignore their father’s warnings and leave the vault. With no knowledge of ... Read more
Thirteen, Fourteen … Little boy unseen (Rebekka Franck Book 7)
Warning: WILL KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT! A fast paced Mystery from Best selling Author Willow Rose. Alexandra wasn’t delicate and petite like all the other girls. She didn’t want to wear dresses or play with dolls. In school, she was mocked and people thought something was wrong with her. They all thought they were ... Read more
My Sisters’s Grave
Tracy Crosswhite has spent twenty years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah’s disappearance and the murder trial that followed. She doesn’t believe that Edmund House—a convicted rapist and the man condemned for Sarah’s murder—is the guilty party. Motivated by the opportunity to obtain real justice, Tracy became a homicide detective with the Seattle PD ... Read more
Shelter
She begged God to rescue her. He said, “Go.” So she headed out into the blizzard. In a car that wasn’t exactly hers, with a dog who wasn’t exactly a rat terrier, she drove. Until she ran out of gas in the small Maine town of Mattawooptock. Mattawoopwhat? What on earth is God thinking? But ... Read more
Cold Betrayal: An Ali Reynolds Novel
From the New York Times bestselling author hailed for her “inimitable, take-no-prisoners style” (Kirkus Reviews), Cold Betrayal forces Ali Reynolds to confront the face of evil, and the women who are being hunted. Revenge isn’t the only dish served cold… Ali’s longtime friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm, rushes to the bedside of a young ... Read more
Absolute Power
In a heavily guarded mansion in a posh Virginia suburb, a man and a woman start to make love, trapping Luther Whitney, a career break-in artist, behind a secret wall. Then the passion turns deadly, and Luther is running into the night. Because what he has just seen is a brutal murder involving Alan Richmond, ... Read more
The Edge of Madness
Kick off Spring 2016 with a collection of macabre, suspenseful, and disturbing thriller/horror stories from around the globe. From murder in Vegas to deadly obsessions, and down dark rabbit holes so deep, you may never find your way out again. Each story will have you biting your nails, and both fearing and anticipating turning the ... Read more
Hunted
Melbourne is a city living in fear. A sadistic killer is on the loose. Policewomen are being targeted and the count stands at seven. Detective Jake Miller and Criminal Psychologist Brodie Foxx head the task force. As they race to find the killer, the body count continues to rise, leading them deep into a world ... Read more
Death & Desire
ANCIENT RITUALS. UP-TO-THE-MINUTE DECEPTION. Reporter Taylor McWhorter knows something is going on at the newly reopened uranium mine in the backcountry on the Navajo reservation. The Native workers are fired. Rumors of bad Native American spirits and shapeshifters mingle with the stink of leach pit mining. And Taylor’s sources keep turning up dead… Until she ... Read more
The President’s Henchman (Jim McGill series Book 1)
According to the polls, it’s only a matter of time — and not that long a time — before the United States elects its first female president. Which will make her husband — what? Well, if he’s the ex-cop who solved the murder of the president’s first husband and brought the killers to justice … ... Read more
A Dangerous Place: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs Mysteries Series Book 11)
Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns, only to find herself in a dangerous place . . . In Jacqueline Winspear‘s powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy, a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gibraltar leads Maisie into a ... Read more
Free: Mind’s Eye
The breathtaking novel from the New York Times bestselling author called, “A worthy successor to Michael Crichton.” (SF Book.com). Nick Hall can’t remember who he is, but a number of people seem desperate to kill him. Soon Hall learns that advanced electronics have been implanted in his brain, allowing him to surf the web with his thoughts and read minds. But who ... Read more
Free: Saving Grace (Katie & Annalise Book 1)
Katie Connell is a high-strung attorney whose sloppy drinking habits and stunted love life collide hilariously during a doomed celebrity case in Dallas. She flees Texas for the Caribbean and escapes professional humiliation, a broken heart, and a wicked Bloody Mary habit, but ends up trading one set of problems for another when she begins ... Read more
Free: Squall
Bush pilot and family man Tom Stokes is about to face the worst day of his life. On a clear winter morning he sets out in his Cessna 180 to do some repairs on a remote hunt camp, leaving his five-year-old son and very pregnant wife snug in their beds. On the return trip, a ... Read more
The Other Wife
Till death do us part… Eleanor Anderson has a beautiful home, a loving husband, a tranquil life. After thirty-eight years of marriage and her children now grown, she finally has time for herself. She’s not expecting any surprises; certainly not to wake up one morning and find her husband dead in bed beside her from ... Read more
Gone With the Woof (A Melanie Travis Mystery)
“If you like dogs, you’ll love Laurien Berenson’s Melanie Travis mysteries!” –Joanne Fluke, New York Times bestselling author Despite a toddler and a house full of Standard Poodles, Melanie Travis can’t pass up an opportunity to help legendary dog breeder Edward March pen his life story. But her enthusiasm flags when the breeder’s angry son ... Read more
MURDERED
3 Unique Storylines. Over 50 Possible Endings. Just one question… Could YOU Solve a Murder? MURDERED is a mystery novel unlike any other — YOU are the main character. Follow clues, interrogate suspects, and piece together the puzzle before the killer gets away! It’s up to you to solve the case in this action-packed, dark ... Read more
Easy as One Two Three (Emma Frost Book 7)
03 Mads and Signe are very young when they get married. They are ready to take on the world starting with their honeymoon to Egypt. Two years later, Mads is in a coma and Signe has vanished from the face of the earth. Meanwhile, Emma Frost is looking for her daughter whom the police believe ... Read more
Soapbox-Momster
A malicious cyber stalker and social media troll torments her victims and destroys their real world lives by embarrassing them with fictitious posts that cause them huge problems with their friends, family and co-workers. She ruins their job and livelihood and destroys their very sense of self worth. But what if the victims turn the ... Read more
924 Observations: An Alien’s Perspective On The 21st Century
In late 2015, a mysterious, handsome man left a manuscript with me after a short conversation, then he pulled off in his baby blue convertible Mercedes Benz. At first, when I started reading it, I was annoyed, then curious, then shocked, then disturbed, then relieved, then furious. I’m still trying to figure out the ending. ... Read more
Tough Customer: A Novel
When a hardened cop turned Private Investigator gets a call about a woman he hasn’t seen in thirty years, he must race to Texas to stop the stalker terrorizing her. A blistering new thriller from the bestselling author of Smash Cut.Colleagues, friends, and lovers know Dodge Hanley as a private investigator who doesn’t let rules ... Read more
Free: Blood of Others
Blood of Others received one of the world’s top literary prizes for crime fiction, the 2003 Arthur Ellis Award, given by the Crime Writers of Canada for Best Novel. In his praise of the book, James Patterson, the #1 Worldwide Bestselling Author, said Blood of Others, was: “Tense, realistic, and scary in all the right ... Read more
Trap Line
The gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen—now available as an ebook A Key West fishing captain takes on Florida’s drug lords in an underground war that could cost him his freedom—and his life Though he is one of Key West’s most skilled fishing captains, Breeze Albury barely ekes out a living on the ... Read more
Eleven, Twelve … Dig and delve (Rebekka Franck Book 6)
It’s the stuff of a living nightmare… Another bone-chilling Mystery from Best selling Author Willow Rose. Everybody hates Mondays. This Monday is particularly bad for the residents on Blegevej in the Northern part of Denmark. Just before eight o’clock Monday morning, the entire neighborhood sinks into the ground in a matter of seconds when a ... Read more
Lily Clairet and the Romantic Non-Genre, Vol. 1
Having reached the end of her first year of high school, Lily comes across a disgruntled elementary school girl arguing with the local cherry tree. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long after investigating this odd mystery that Lily’s untroubled life begins unravelling around her. Discovering an abandoned room at the end of the music department corridor, ... Read more
Lexie Starr Cozy Mysteries Boxed Set (Three Complete Cozy Mysteries)
Join widowed library assistant and amateur sleuth Lexie Starr on her first three encounters with mayhem, murder, and a potential suitor. Book 1: Lexie Starr accidentally discovers that her new son-in-law may be guilty of murdering his first wife. Then Lexie’s daughter, Wendy, disappears. Book 2: At the Grand Opening of a local B&B, the ... Read more
