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: Blood River
When two anglers are brutally murdered on a remote island, new sheriff Dave Trask finds himself in the middle of rising tensions between lodge owners and Native American guides while trying to catch an elusive killer with an inexperienced staff. Dave enlists the help of his twin brother Don, lead agent for the BCA. Together ... Read more
Free: The Doppelganger’s Secret: A Coastal Murder Mystery
In the small, conservative town of Forest Glen, Oregon, the police department finds itself at the whim of a lawsuit that will shift the face of the department: The Singleton Settlement requires the next six recruits be from minority groups, and Quinn Summerhaving returned to Oregon after testifying against her homicidal husband and surviving a ... Read more
Postponement: A Cryo-Suspension Domestic Thriller
What if you could place your newborn into cryo-suspension until it was more convenient to bring him or her home? How much time would you need? One year, five years, longer? How much will Nora Collins risk to protect an infant from his own mother? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Puppet Master, A Marceau Mystery
The only constant is change. Recently retired, Maurice Marceau hardly has a chance to rest. Not that he wants to. Madeleine, his daughter, a West Point graduate, now an attorney, could use his help, and her request is much too tempting. Betrayal, a kidnapping, and a terrorist attack are just the beginning. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Puppet Master: A Marceau Mystery
The only constant is change. Recently retired, Maurice Marceau hardly has a chance to rest. Not that he wants to. Madeleine, his daughter, a West Point graduate, now an attorney, could use his help, and her request is much too tempting. Betrayal, a kidnapping, and a terrorist attack are just the beginning. This father-daughter duo ... Read more
Crimson: An MM Romance Wrapped in a 1940s Thriller (Of Shadows & Secrets Book 1)
What if two Ivy League boys were dropped into a James Bond movie? Will Shaw and his friends are typical American students, still celebrating the end of the Depression and dreaming about a future filled with success. The war in Europe is far away and someone else’s concern. Until it isn’t. Compelled to do their ... Read more
The Mark
A chance encounter introduces Linda Mark to Henry Collins, a recently discharged Green Beret. Used to dealing with war veterans because of her husband Shawn, a former Army Ranger, they quickly strike up a friendship. Yet, events spiral out of control, and Linda and Shawn struggle to survive as Henry’s affection for Linda turns into ... Read more
The Greatest Betrayal
Liz Carter is the proud owner of a successful advertising business when she begins a whirlwind romance with handsome airline pilot Callan McKenzie. Yet after his estranged ex contacts him, he disappears without a trace. Liz resolves to move on with her life, but a chain of events has been set in motion that threatens ... Read more
Free: Joey Mancuso Crime Mysteries Vols 1 – 7
The 1st seven books in the Joey Mancuso, Father O’Brian Detective Crime Mystery series. Outstanding offering! Former NYPD Detective Joey Mancuso and Father Dominic OBrian! Known as The Last Advocates of the Victim, these two brothers are a force to be reckon with when it comes to solving the toughest cases in New York City.Based ... Read more
No More Lies
Dani Mueller’s world shatters when her husband disappears and she is accused of his murder. Desperate for the truth, she flees to London on a perilous quest for vindication. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Glass Half Broken
A child genius with crippling social anxiety and a compulsion for self-harm, Annie blames herself when her dad runs off. As she matures, her grief is reignited each time someone she cares about mysteriously disappears. When she finally discovers the shocking truth, Annies next move could mean life or death. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Every Silent Thing
Claire Deveraux, a shy and deaf twenty-three-year-old, has meticulously crafted her dream life as a foreign service officer at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. But tranquility shatters when she discovers a dying woman in a restroom, uttering three cryptic words and secreting a thumb drive in Claires pocket. Unbeknownst to Claire, these items are the ... Read more
Three Strides Out: A Horse Show Novel of Suspense
Saving a champion show jumper from a burning horse trailer gives young rider-trainer Robb Slaughter one job: finding out who tied that horse in that trailer and making them pay. For Robb, avenging that horse means atonement. Sure, he was just a kid when he left his mother screaming while her lover killed her, but ... Read more
When Things Fall Apart
Newly minted homicide detective Kit Hanover is paired with a crusty veteran who makes no bones about his feelings for Native Americans. Their prickly partnership becomes more antagonistic when her first murder case proves devastating and she is reassigned. Determined to work the case in her own time despite the emotional consequences she finds herself ... Read more
The Black Widow’s Prey (GILDED AGE CHICAGO MYSTERY SERIES Book 3)
Series Nominated for Reader’s Choice Awards as Best Historical Mystery and Best Traditional Amateur SleuthFor Fans of Cozy Mysteries, Amateur Sleuths, and Gilded Age Chicago History GILDED AGE CHICAGO MYSTERY SERIES Chicago in the 1890s is the fastest growing metropolis in America. It rivals New York as the City of the Century and the epitome ... Read more
Once Upon A Crime
Detective Madison Chase faces her toughest challenge yet. A cunning killer, chilling rhymes, and a battle for custody of her daughter. Will she be able to protect her daughter and catch the killer? $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Come Full Circle
Come Full Circle is a visceral experience that will linger in your thoughts long after you’ve turned the last page! This fiction is a heart-wrenching military and psychological thriller with Christian undertones that navigates the treacherous landscape of the War in Ukraine while delving deep into a human psyche on a path to redemption. Written ... Read more
Threshold
Step into a world steeped in danger and high-stakes suspense in this riveting thriller. Key Murphy, an experienced guardian of the powerful, is drawn into a deadly game with the Vice President of the United States at its heart. Intelligence of a sinister assassination plot in Philadelphia propels Key into a pulse-pounding race against time. ... Read more
Free: One Last Move
In the wake of his business partner’s untimely demise, Dr. Lawrence Rosewood finds himself thrust into a world of chaos and danger within their illustrious chain of luxury retirement homes. A sinister game of a hostile takeover, orchestrated by shadowy figures of organized crime, sets the stage for a pulse-pounding race against the odds. This ... Read more
Free: Run For Your Life
With the weekend right around the corner, Homicide Detective Mitch Cannon is looking forward to Saturday night. It isn’t often he has a date, and this one will be particularly interesting. His new friend Liza is beautiful, edgy, outspoken, and somewhat odd. But Mitch’s usual Friday-morning phone call to his mom sets the wheels in ... Read more
Free: Seriously, Murder?
Don and Alice are recent law school grads, and they know what theyre doing. But when they find themselves assigned to their first murder case, they might be in over their heads! And of course they cant forget about their other crazy clients (or Alices love life, for that matter). Part romcom/part mystery, this R-rated ... Read more
The Russia Leak
Cam Warfield never flinches from duty. So after building a stellar reputation as an Army intel operative, he doesn’t hesitate to answer the call when the president requests his involvement in a leak of classified information. In the resulting hunt for stolen Russian nuclear material, Warfield follows a winding thread through Moscow, Langley, Paris, and ... Read more
The Covid Murders: Another American Health Policy Detective Story
The second in the Irv Tinsley Health Policy Detective Series, following the acclaimed The Theory of Irv: An American Health Policy Detective Story fits in a new genre of novel: health policy detective stories that grapple with the very real problems of dysfunctional American health care policy. Like the first novel, The Covid Murders begins ... Read more
Free: The Case of the Missing Photographer in Las Vegas
Cupcake-loving croupier and private investigator Tiffany Black has a strange new case: why did the photographer go missing twenty-five years ago, and is she still alive? Meanwhile, the mysterious Rosie insists on being her assistant, but what secrets is Rosie hiding and why are strange men following her? Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Dynamite Fishermen
An espionage thriller in the classic tradition of Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, and John Le Carré, Dynamite Fishermen follows junior CIA case officer Conrad Prosser through Civil War Beirut in pursuit of an agent recruitment to revive his sagging career, exploiting friends and colleagues heedlessly along the way. At the same time, Prosser directs his ... Read more
Free: Louisiana Longshot
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
Innocent in Las Vegas Box Set: Tiffany Black Mysteries Books 1-4
Welcome to Las Vegas – and a series of cupcakes-and-crime mysteries! Cupcake-loving croupier Tiffany Black tries to solve four murders (and a daring art heist!) in this box set of four bestselling books. “Winters will have you giggling into your book!” Hilarious hijinks, secretive suspects and many, many desserts – they’re all par for the ... Read more
Free: May and Ted
May isn’t your average child. Neither is Ted. May is controlling and manipulative. Ted is brilliant. May is obsessed with Ted. When Ted falls in love with a man, May’s obsession becomes everyone’s nightmare. Beginning in 1973, the story of May and Ted starts with the innocence of childhood, peppered with disturbing moments of abuse ... Read more
Free: What Echoes Render (Windsor Series Book 3)
Immerse yourself in this thrilling investigation where the sins of the past cast a long shadow. From betrayal to blazing fires, ‘What Echoes Render’ is a heart-pounding thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Follow Jesse and David as they race against time to extinguish a killer’s trail of destruction. Free ... Read more
Deadly Traffic: A Florida Thriller
Will Harper’s back at it again, as he makes a heartrending discovery: a gritty underbelly of modern-day slavery has been operating right in his own backyard. When Will’s informant, a terrified Guatemalan teenage immigrant who’s just escaped the elegant compound where she was enslaved as a maid, is forced to run from the hired goons ... Read more
Jingle Bell Justice
Robin Pearce moves back to her hometown to start a new life. Robin reluctantly attends her sister’s Christmas party to launch her new bed-and-breakfast. When a dead body is discovered, Robin is pulled into the investigation to clear her sister-in-law’s name. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Turkey Trot Trouble
Nothing good happens in the morning. Case in point: the Turkey Trot 5K Race. For a night owl like Kenzie, the idea of dragging her bones out of bed to go running at the crack of dawn would typically be a nonstarter, especially on Thanksgiving Day. But her long-time best friend Blaise insisted, and the ... Read more
Free: The Fixer
When the mob had a problem they knew just the man to take care of it. They called him “The Fixer”. Bentley Chance is a retired lieutenant with over thirty years at a mid-size Washington police department. His assignments included patrol, traffic, street crimes, S.W.A.T. and narcotics followed by commands in every division of the ... Read more
S’More Murder
Jerria Danson isn’t an author. Tasked with preserving great-aunt Henrietta’s family stories, she reluctantly takes time from her busy life to attend a writer’s retreat in beautiful North Idaho. All she wants is peace and quiet to record the oral history for the family and maybe pick up a few writing tips along the way. ... Read more
The Nocturnal Devil: A Griffin Knight Mystery Thriller
When two women mysteriously disappear within a few days of each other, is it random, or is there something–or someone–more sinister at play? Detective Griffin Knight was supposed to be at home recovering from the events of his recent investigation in Seattle, but his captain and police colleagues needed his help to find out what ... Read more
Framed
Framed is a gripping mystery/cop-and-robber romance, with twists and turns to keep you guessing! Join Detective Jake Griffin and Dr. Alexis Lee as they embark on a whirlwind romance, but when a gruesome murder forces their secrets to come out, their opposing roles threaten to destroy their relationship. Can Jake and Alexis catch the culprit ... Read more
Free: Will Harper Florida Thrillers: Vol. 1-4 (Will Harper Mystery Series)
A VERY GOOD FRIEND… WOULD HELP YOU HIDE A BODY Ready for some action and adventure in the tropics? Join Will Harper, ex-journalist, and budding detective as he tries to solve murders happening on the Florida coast. From small town corruption & greed to the Florida prison system and arson. Get ready to immerse yourself ... Read more
Bee Conspiracy
Impulsive Detective “Duke” Wayne is stuck on admin leave from the LAPD, pushing papers across a desk. He desperately wants to rejoin Robbery-Homicide. When the Captain asks him to do a Field Investigation Report on an accidental death from bee stings, he thinks open and shut, this is my ticket back to the squad. But ... Read more
Hide Me Away
Ex-police officer Rileigh Bishop never wanted to come back to her hometown. But when a dead teenage girl is found with her tongue cut out, she must return. After all, that’s the same way Rileigh’s sister died. Reluctantly, she joins forces with the county sheriff to solve the brutal murder. The locals maintain a strict ... Read more
Who’s Killing the Old (and mostly lovable) Mystery Writers?: Old Guys Murder Mystery #5
Eight top mystery writers meet in a remote resort. Their mission: write a perfect mystery novel. The money is huge. But then, one writer gets murdered. Then another. Charlie North and his buddy Ben Tucker jump in to investigate. It all becomes clear, in a single room, and justice seems to be served. Ah, not ... Read more
