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!

The Things in Heaven and Earth

Michael Scott Hopkins

Nash Baxter is a liar. He’s the famous skeptic who rides his motorcycle across the country debunking hauntings everywhere he goes. Yet he knows ghosts are real – suffering remnants of the departed, held fast to this world and tormented by demons. Hell, it seems, exists all across the land, side-by-side with the living world. ... Read more

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The Cold Case

Lorhainne Eckhart

Mark and Billy Jo are back in a new crossover series when a maze of hidden clues turns the truth upside down in this riveting romantic crime thriller that will keep you guessing from start to finish from NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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A Tail of Mystery

Paul Regnier

The only thing between Luke Cooper and a murder rap is his dog. The loss of his job sends Luke crawling back to his hometown with his dog, Bandit. Desperate for cash, he agrees to be the subject of his uncle’s lab experiment. When he wakes up, his uncle is dead–and his dog is talking ... Read more

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Eve Lloyd’s A Deadline Cozy Mystery (Books 1 to 5)

Sonia Parin

Fun-filled cozy mysteries with Eve Lloyd, magnet for murder and mayhem, and a host of quirky characters. Rock-Maine Island seems like the perfect getaway for recent divorcee Eve Lloyd. But when her aunt, the island’s famous local author, goes missing, Eve must take up sleuthing – and avoid the handsome detective who considers her a ... Read more

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Free: The Bones of Others

Vickie McKeehan

Fighting the demons that have haunted her for years, she trusts only in herself—until she falls hard for a man for the first time in her life. Now, discovering her abductor is back with a vengeance, she becomes locked in a deadly race against time to stop the horrors of an evil human-trafficking ring that ... Read more

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Defender’s Instinct: Cerberus Tactical K9

Fiona Quinn

It’ll take more than his battle-hardened instincts to defend her… Their timing is all wrong. Romance was never part of the plan. But with enemies closing in, the fragile bond Sabrin and Ryder have formed might be all that allows them to save the day—and each other. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: FIREBUG

Wes Snowden

“A compulsively readable suspense thriller…The Prairies Book Review ***** A riveting psychologically, morally complex novel of blood ties, duty, crime, and retribution, in which Maxwell Muggs must face a maniac arsonist and killer while trying to come to terms with a long-buried secret about his past. In the end it’s about justice, about right and ... Read more

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Free: Louisiana Longshot (A Miss Fortune Mystery, Book 1)

Jana DeLeon

Miss Congeniality meets The Golden Girls in this hilarious mystery set in southern Louisiana. With a price on her head and a leak at the CIA, assassin Fortune Redding undertakes her most difficult mission ever…in Sinful, LA. Armed with her considerable skills and two ladies the locals dub The Geritol Mafia, Fortune decides to solve ... Read more

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Requital: A Dr. Sean Nolan Mystery

E.W. Johnson M.D.

A courier for a major drug cartel has an offer. If his pregnant wife and three year old daughter can be rescued from Mexico, he will supply all the information he has on the smuggling operation. With corrupt officials involved on both sides of the border he reaches out to Dr. Sean Nolan for help. ... Read more

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Permanent Shadows

Erick Mertz

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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The Auction

Tom Galvin

In the year 2050, America is booming—but there’s a dark side when prosperity is based on the buying and selling of the next generation’s future, as Sasha Cross is about to find out. $1.99 on Kindle... Read more

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The Case of the Canterfell Codicil

PJ Fitzsimmons

There’s a literary niche for all tastes including those who think that either Agatha Christie wasn’t funny enough or that PG Wodehouse didn’t feature anywhere near as many baffling murders as he could have. The Case of the Canterfell Codicil is a classic, cosy, locked-room mystery written in the style of an homage to PG ... Read more

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Free: Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse

Sherri Bryan

What happens when small-town murder meets a big-hearted café owner? St. Eves is a town with real community spirit. It’s a town where residents leave their doors open all day so that neighbors can pop in for a cup of tea and a chat. No one’s ever too busy for a cup of tea and ... Read more

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Fire In The Hole

Ninie Hammon

Family loyalties and deadly feuds are brought to life in Ninie Hammon’s new intergenerational romp through the history of The Cornbread Mafia in rural Kentucky. Nobody remembers anymore who started the generations-old feud between the two families of moonshiners and bootleggers. But in 1933 a carload of McCluskys ambushed a carload of Hannackers and six ... Read more

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So We Lie (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery, Prequel)

Willow Rose

Eva Rae Thomas is in over her head on her first assignment as an FBI-profiler in multi-million-copy bestselling author Willow Rose’s nail-biting mystery. When mother of two, Arlene Wood crashes her car against a tree at four in the morning, the case seems pretty straightforward. But evidence found in the remains of the car soon ... Read more

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Ravens In The Rain: A Noir Love Story

Christie & Jeff Santo

Ravens In The Rain is an unconventional noir between a woman with a past and a man with no future where love is no fairy tale. Carney and Pru, down on luck and down on love, meet over a game of chance, and the mystery of the other’s intentions, compounded by their overwhelming attraction toward ... Read more

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The Harry Starke Series: Books 1-3 (The Harry Starke Series Boxed Set Book 1)

Blair Howard

For an ex-cop turned private investigator I’ve carved out a pretty nice life for myself. Yes, life is good, but that doesn’t stop me seeking closure and justice for the victims of Chattanooga’s darker side. Some say I’m reckless., but I’ll continue doing it my way. These then are my stories. Book 1: On a ... Read more

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Storm Wavily and the Pirates Ahoy Cozy Mysteries: The Complete Series

Vered Ehsani

Welcome to Storm Wavily and the Pirates Ahoy Cozy Mystery Series. Get ready to set sail around the African continent and into murder, mayhem, and other misadventures with Storm Wavily and the crew of The Pink Pearl. Be witched on a pirate ship. This collection pulls together all 5 books in the Pirates Ahoy series: ... Read more

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Nazca

Robert Rapoza

A graduate researcher dies a horrific death in the night after sneaking away from his camp to test a theory about the infamous Nazca Lines. The following day his archeology team disappears after a massive sandstorm strikes their camp leaving graduate student Nick Randall the lone member of the expedition left. As Nick searches for ... Read more

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Free: Star Chamber Brotherhood

Preston Fleming

Frank Werner, a Boston businessman arrested for dissident political activity, has survived a brutal government assault on a mutinous labor camp in Kamas, Utah, and a year at hard labor in a Yukon tungsten mine. He gains amnesty during a political thaw and returns to Boston in search of his only surviving daughter. No sooner ... Read more

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Free: Agenda Indiscriminate

PETER HARPER

Unable to come to terms with the shocking murder of his lover, Rafael Maqui abandons his work as a filmmaker and leaves London for his homeland, El Salvador. Despite his unstable state of mind, he accepts an initiative, via the provisional government, to negotiate with the notorious MS-13 criminal gang a de-escalation in the violence ... Read more

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Mitzy Moon Mysteries Books 1-3: Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Mitzy Moon Mysteries Box Set 1)

Trixie Silvertale

Readers are so addicted to this series… Mitzy Moon is a barista in a latte trouble! Three full-length novels of sleuthing fun! If you like snarky heroines, supernatural misfits, and a dash of romance, then you’ll love Trixie Silvertale’s twisty whodunits. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Urraca Mesa Redemption: A Supernatural Wild West Tale

Daniel P. Douglas

A mysterious gun slinging woman who’s full of vengeance and a U.S. Marshal with a dark past chase his former gang after they murder his brother and leave a bloody trail behind them in their hunt for gold at a haunted mesa that’s a rumored gateway to Hell. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Dead Cat, Run

Annabelle Lewis

Destiny roams the streets. She just doesn’t know it. Gifted or cursed, a convergence of psychics searches for answers and are pulled toward one another as evil gains a foothold and the Destiny of Goodness lags behind. A fun contemporary mystery with magical realism. The thrill of a Dean Koontz-like novel with a slice of ... Read more

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The Mongrel

R.K. Latch

Set in autumn of 1973, the Mongrel is a lean, dark adventure, not only of things that go bump in the night, but of things with sharp teeth and sharper claws. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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No One Can Hear You Scream

A.B. Whelan

WHAT IF A FAN FOLLOWED YOU INTO THE DEEP DARK WOODS? A ruthlessly addicting and terrifyingly twisted story of a family stuck on a secluded mountain at the mercy of an obsessed fan of the woman. Not for the faint of heart. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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She Said He

Caitlin Gola

In our elite bubble, your reputation was like one of the cheap cocktails slopped together at the underage bars – a lopsided blend of what you’ve done and what you’ve posted, finished off with a twist of rumor… Mia and Jordan are best friends at Dunkirk University, though Jordan would love to be more. And ... Read more

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The Mystery of the Doll’s Eyes

Anna Mara

No one should die on their birthday! But that’s what happens to John Newberry, the richest and most hated man in town. And what does his creepy doll’s eyes invention have to do with his murder? Amateur sleuth, Mrs. Pidgeon is on the case. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Revenge of the lost girls

A Alico

Rich, divorcee, and single mother, Terry fights to keep her picture-perfect life in one piece when she discovers that her son of a bitch husband has fled with all of her money. With no other income and a young son to raise, Terry is forced to look back on the life of a con-artist that ... Read more

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Backyard Farming Cozy Mysteries Boxset Books 1-3

Vikki Walton

Get started with this light-hearted cozy mystery series with Books 1-3: Chicken Culprit, Cordial Killing, and Honey Homicide. Enjoy getting to know amateur sleuth, Anne Fremont, and the quirky characters of Carolan Springs, Colorado. $2.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Even Odds

Fiona Quinn

If she’s not careful, she’ll lose more than her heart on this mission… Someone wants the men of Delta Force out of the way. Permanently. Defense intelligence officer Raine Meyers will do whatever it takes to neutralize the threat. But the job would be a lot simpler if she didn’t have to go undercover with ... Read more

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Death From Desire – Crime Thrillers

Mark R Beckner

Suspense, Drama, Murder and Mystery. Former Police Chief Mark R Beckner’s second book contains two thrillers in one. A series of mysterious deaths of rich married men in Miami have detectives stumped until they find a strange link between the deaths. Can an anonymous letter be the key? Are the wives involved? If so, how? ... Read more

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Free: Absent Beauty (Agnes Taylor Mystery – Short Read Prequel)

Eva Bernhard

‘Compelling Whodunit’ —Praise by Best Mystery Novels— Should you try to evade punishment for serious wrongs? When Dr. Agnes Taylor talks about self-accusation at a Halifax university, her interest is purely academic. Attending conferences, after all, is merely a necessary evil for job-hunting professors. But Agnes’s well-planned trip to the foggy Maritimes turns into a ... Read more

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Free: Psychos Anonymous

Cedrick Wilson

Serial Killers have their own social media platform and they use it to form a support group but one of them isn’t there for counseling. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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A Dear Abby Cozy Mystery Collection Books (1 – 3)

Sonia Parin

Small-town cozy mysteries filled with humor, fun and the quirkiest characters around: In the idyllic town of Eden, newspaper reporter Abby must uncover who poisoned her boss, find a murderer at the annual picnic fundraiser, and stop a killer before they check more names off their list…$0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Eye on the Prize: the Art of Deception

KC Avalon

KC’s second novel is pulsating with riveting suspense and filled with surprising twists. ‘Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.’ (Gandhi) Tragedy strikes Marco’s family when he is in middle school, and his dreams are shattered in the blink of an eye. Life offers him a second chance and ... Read more

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Dickens of a Crime

Phyllis Moore

Meg Miller finds a nude body in the upstairs bedroom of a lavish Victorian home before the annual homes tour. She’s a suspect, but soon turns amateur sleuth to find out who killed the prominent socialite. Her emerging intuition kicks in when her volunteer work with the historical foundation turns sour after the Ms. Steampunk ... Read more

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The Fractured Man (A Q.C. Davis Mystery)

Lisa M. Lilly

Lawyer and female sleuth Quille C. Davis is “relentless and clever and lets nothing stand in her way.” (Windy City Reviews) In The Fractured Man, she gets a desperate midnight call from a long-lost childhood friend. His boss is dead, and he’s the prime suspect. Quille goes undercover to investigate her friend’s mysterious employer, a ... Read more

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The Fourth Reich

Gary Rose

FBI agent Jeannie Loomis and her team are investigating what they believe is an international sex-trafficking ring. Instead, they find a worldwide organization of present-day Nazis hoping to resurrect Adolf Hitler through cloning. $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Southern Karma

Amy Boyles

When a magical object breaks, Pepper Dunn and her family are forced to relive Halloween over and over, Groundhog Day style. Can they stop the curse or will they be stuck in Halloween forever? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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