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!

Lethal Objection

MICHAEL SWIGER

Dark motives. Deadly secrets. An arrogant Judge is murdered in his chambers during a sensational wrongful-death trial. Only the four trial lawyers had access This fast-paced legal thriller ripped from today’s headlines combines the action and suspense of John Grisham with the classic twists and turns of an Agatha Christie locked-room murder mystery, leaving the ... Read more

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The Suitcase

Mike Dixon

David didn’t see himself as a toy boy and he didn’t see Sue Lynne as a cougar. That was his first mistake. His second came when he agreed to collect a suitcase from Hong Kong and take it to Australia. His third mistake was to open it. Sue Lynne said the case contained family memorabilia: ... Read more

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Free: Pretty Killer

Nolon King

Revenge is served… Twelve people bound by a secret arrive for an exclusive dinner only to find that the other guests are familiar in the most troubling of ways. Ella Boyer isn’t looking forward to attending the Bayshore alumni dinner with her husband, Noah. There aren’t enough pills in the world to numb her fears ... Read more

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Free: Witchy Reservations

Stephanie Damore

First in a charming series! Angelica swore off all things witchcraft when she left Silverlake. Summoned back to her family’s inn 13 years later, she’s soon contending with a sudden spell-related death — and her ex…Free on Kindle.... Read more

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One Dark Night

Blair Howard

Two dead teens. A case gone cold. A twisted tangle of clues and dead ends. One Dark Night… Geeze, was that ever a doozy of a case? It was April 1st, 1998 when the bodies of two teenagers, a young fella and his girlfriend, both high school seniors, were found among the trees on a ... Read more

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All is Set Anew

Jim Cheney

A fast-paced examination of loss, survival, and ultimately acceptance of those things we do not understand but must contend with as if our lives depend upon it. From deep in the rural Tennessee woods, two brothers flee their murderous father only to find that a violent, supernatural force has followed their escape and will haunt ... Read more

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The Ghostwriter and the Poison Pen

Jacqueline Sable

Everyone has been stuck in a job they can’t stand, right? In this cozy mystery, free-spirited Annie Malone needs to ditch her dull, drab job, but doesn’t know how. She is in a rut. She needs a change, and fast. Thrown a lifeline from her moonlighting job as a ghostwriter, she packs her suitcase and ... Read more

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Murder in the Cards: A 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery (An Evie Parker Mystery Book 4)

Sonia Parin

Evie’s life is thrown into turmoil when reality begins to imitate fiction and Henrietta, the Dowager Countess of Woodridge, becomes the prime suspect in a villager’s death. 1920’s lighthearted cozy mystery $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Case of the Canterfell Codicil

PJ Fitzsimmons

In The Case of the Canterfell Codicil, Wodehousian gadabout and clubman Anty Boisjoly takes on his first case when his old Oxford chum and coxswain is facing the gallows, accused of the murder of his wealthy uncle. Not one but two locked-room mysteries later, Boisjoly’s pitting his wits and witticisms against a subversive butler, a ... Read more

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Free: Hostile Witness

Rebecca Forster

A prominent judge is brutally murdered; a sixteen year-old girl is charged. Josie Bates, a brilliant, flawed attorney is her only hope, but her defense will either save the girl or destroy them both. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Patriot Oath

Lloyd Lofthouse

After 24 years, Special Forces legend Josh Kavanagh retired from the military. But his oath to the Constitution didn’t end there. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Free: Dead Funny: Four Women, Four Dead Bodies …well, ok, Five

Jinx James

DEAD FUNNY – It’s a killer collection of ballsy women and their stories. DEAD FUNNY confirms that the world is as crazy and off-kilter as you always suspected. It’s an outrageous quartet of Noir-Ha-Ha short stories throbbing with dark humour and suspense. It focuses a dark satirical light on the lives of four very different, ... Read more

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Everything Led Me to You

Sara Kate

After waking up in the hospital, I just wanted to get back to my normal life but when I found out that the person who did this to me hadn’t been caught, I just couldn’t let it go. I had one question. I just didn’t know that it would lead me down a dangerous path ... Read more

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Free: The Imposter’s Trail Book 3 of The Sean Kruger Series

J.C. Fields

A ruthless serial killer resurfaces to bring FBI Profiler Sean Kruger out of retirement six years after eluding capture the first time they crossed paths. FBI Agent Sean Kruger made a mistake six years ago. A mistake allowing a ruthless serial killer to escape. Randolph Bishop has returned for vengeance on those who forced him ... Read more

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Free: Escape to Osprey Cove

Luisa Marietta Gold

What Doug finds in the secret compartment of his new red Corvette will forever change both his and Catherine’s life. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s world is one of privilege and wealth. Doug grew up dirt poor and full of envy of others who had the things that he wanted but ... Read more

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Eye of the Moon Series

Ivan Obolensky

In this award-winning American Gothic series, the peculiar death of a legendary socialite embarks her nephew and his childhood friend on a journey into Egyptian occultism, the supernatural, and a puzzling mystery where not everyone wants the truth revealed. Book One, “Eye of the Moon” (and its Latin American Spanish literary translation, “El ojo de ... Read more

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Body in the Waves

Kristina Gallo

Natalija was raped ten years ago and did not tell anyone who did it. When she goes on a vacation to the Adriatic Sea, the Island of Pag, her rapist, Denis, shows up, as the boyfriend of her future sister-in-law. He was not punished for his act because Natalija was afraid of moral judgment. Denis ... Read more

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The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning

Phillip Fitzsimmons

Anty Boisjoly tackles the peculiar case of the war hero who visits his old friends on Christmas morning — after being murdered on Christmas Eve. This is the Jeeves & Wooster that Agatha Christie dared not write, the Poirot that never occurred to PG Wodehouse. In The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning, Wodehousian ... Read more

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Rekindled (Las Vegas Mystery Book 9)

Rex Kusler

A professional photographer attempts to rekindle a high school romance and ends up missing. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Free: The Assassin’s Trail Book 2 of The Sean Kruger Series

J.C. Fields

FBI SPECIAL AGENT SEAN KRUGER IS BACK! An assassin has struck in Washington, DC. FBI Profiler Sean Kruger is called in to investigate. Recently married and in the twilight of his career, he declines the assignment. But when the assassin strikes close to home, it becomes personal. Kruger will need all his skills to stay ... Read more

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Blind Thrust

Samuel Marquis

Horrific earthquakes are devastating the Front Range between Denver and Colorado Springs in an area long believed to be seismically quiescent. Somehow the cause of the unusual earthquakes must be unraveled and the cataclysms stopped before they result in more carnage and devastation. But are they the result of natural tectonic adjustments, hydro-fracking, conventional subsurface ... Read more

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The Wedding Crasher

Nikki Stern

Solve the mystery of an elusive killer with the county’s new sheriff Sam Tate, a woman with a troubled past and an uncertain future. Even as she tracks the predator, she wonders: Why is she a target? Can she stop more people from dying? The newest installment of the Sam Tate mystery series, Freeze Before ... Read more

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Free: The Fugitive’s Trail (Book 1 of The Sean Kruger Series)

J.C. Fields

When a computer hacker uncovers a deadly secret about a Wall Street powerbroker, his life is threatened. After erasing all traces of himself in the digital world, he disappears. FBI Profiler Sean Kruger is brought in to find the man and discovers the truth is harder to find than the fugitive. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Hill of Secrets

Michal Hartstein

An orthodox murder. A nonorthodox detective. On a blooming May morning, the five bodies of a religious family are found in their apartment in the quiet suburb of Samuel’s Hill (Giv’at Shmuel). Detective Hadas Levinger, the renegade atheist daughter of a religious family, is put in charge of the police investigation. Slowly and skillfully she ... Read more

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Free: The Killing of Faith

William Holms

The Killing of Faith is book one in the award-winning, riveting suspense/thriller series told by Faith, a mother of three children, caught in an unhappy marriage. After swearing off love, she finally meets the man of her dreams and finds love again. We’ve all read a similar tale. What sets this story apart is the ... Read more

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Murder at the Hunt Ball: A 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery (An Evie Parker Mystery Book 10)

Sonia Parin

While Evie thinks about becoming a lady detective, Henrietta, the Dowager Countess of Woodridge, is busy trying to find Tom Winchester a title. Suddenly, Evie and her relatives become involved in a local mystery. The hunt is on to discover the author of a threatening letter before he makes good on his threat. Fun-filled 1920s ... Read more

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Diamonds and Lies

Inge-Lise Goss

A gambling debt. A diamond heist. A brother’s life on the line. Mia and her brother become hunted before they can snatch the diamonds. The mark is Mia’s only way to survive, but is he protecting her or is he the one out to kill her? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Our Trespasses

Michael Cordell

Drowning in a meaningless existence flipping burgers, Matthew Davis suddenly collapses from a powerful psychic connection he shares with his twin brother, Jake. The pain is violent and immediate, and Matt knows exactly what it means… hundreds of miles away, Jake has been viciously killed. But instead of severing their connection, the murder intensifies it ... Read more

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Death on the Line

Carol Amorosi

Angus MacKay is a young Scotsman seeking a new life in the American colonies. Eager to please, though lacking self-confidence, he is hired to assist Mason & Dixon on their ground-breaking survey of the American territories of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Tempers still run high after eighty years of skirmishes along that border, including one man’s ... Read more

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Thugstore

Randy Cade

THUGSTORE is the story of a young executive search professional (Doug Moore) who is in deep trouble with the mob over his inept sports betting. He flees from California to Chicago where he inadvertently hits on the girlfriend of a neighborhood crime boss and blues club owner Air Conditioning Williams. In exchange for his life, ... Read more

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Free: The Paris Package

A.W. Hartoin

On the eve of WWII, a honeymoon turns treacherous. For Stella Bled Lawrence being wealthy and stylish in 1938 is exactly what it’s cracked up to be. She’s blissfully unaware of the rising tensions in Europe even as she travels to Vienna on the eve of the Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass. Stella and ... Read more

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Permanent Shadows

Canyon County has a frightening secret. Not everything is what it seems out on the prairie. August Melville, the new sheriff of Whistler’s Grove, is about to discover how difficult upholding the law in your home town can be. Bo-Rob’s serves the best fried chicken in Canyon County. When a mysterious box is unearthed during ... Read more

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Manna Reign

Neena Roth

A legendary artifact. A skeptical scientist. Will her Old Testament discovery cure the planet…or destroy it? Archeologist Nichole “Nikki” Strauss dreams of ending global hunger. Romantically attached to a world-leading geneticist in San Francisco, she shares his excitement for his new GMO superseed that can grow crops resistant to environmental hazards. But when an ex-flame ... Read more

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Free: The Lamb

J.E. Clarkson

When city detective Kate Monroe endures a bitter breakup, her only option is to relocate back up north to the town of her birth, Barnsworth. She soon finds that her detecting skills are in demand, as a mysterious serial killer stalks Barnsworth’s streets seemingly picking victims at random. Who is this faceless killer and what ... Read more

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Free: Falling into Magic: Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic Series (Book 1)

Elizabeth Pantley

An accidental journey through a magic mirror. A portal to an enchanted land. A mysterious family she never knew she had. Hayden’s life is upended with the wonder of Destiny Falls. But it is tainted by the danger that brought her here and that threatens her newfound family. Can Hayden and her sassy sidekick remove ... Read more

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The Island of Palm Trees

Michael Walsh-Rose

With dreams of writing his first novel, Tom travels to a hotel in Roquetas De Mar. His writing progresses steadily, aided by the interesting and unusual people he meets beneath the Spanish Sun. But when blood is spilled and there is more danger looming, Tom forgets about his novel entirely. Now the only thing that ... Read more

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Fall’s Killer Vintage Calla Lily Mystery #3 (Calla Lily Mystery Series)

Anna Celeste Burke

In wine country, a federal judge is murdered and Aunt Lettie’s old friend, Judge Colin Brinkley, quickly becomes a suspect.Lily, Austin, and her friends are excited about the Calla Lily Winery vintages entered in the fall Taste of Napa Challenge. The event turns out to be more challenging than anyone imagined when a fire ends ... Read more

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Pearl White Peril: Hadley Home Design Cozy Mysteries Book 2

Emily Oberton

Interior designer Hadley Sutton has an eye for style, an ear for gossip, and a nose for trouble. She’s loving her new town, new friends, and new job staging rooms for photo shoots at a trendy home furnishings company, and everything seems perfect until she finds a body in her boss’s kitchen and all eyes ... Read more

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Free: The Arakniv Deception

Dick Domann

Geoff Winters is the Head of Security for the powerhouse health care company, Valhalla Pharmaceuticals. As he struggles with personal demons, he discovers a devious plot that, if unchecked, will unleash a devastating wave of illness in the United States and around the world. As Winters attempts to determine who his allies are and who ... Read more

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Free: The Mira James Romcom Mysteries Summer Bundle (Books 1-4)

Jess Lourey

Join fish-out-of-water Mira James and her quirky Battle Lake crew as they navigate clumsy romance, hidden mysteries, and a dead body a month. Four perfect escapes in one convenient bundle! Free on Kindle.... Read more

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