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!
It Began With a Lie
A fresh start. That’s what Becca had hoped for. But instead she’s thrust into a past she barely remembers, one that threatens her sanity and her life. Get started with this award-winning series today. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Not Dead Yet (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 7)
Secrets lead to lies and lies to murder in this pulse-pounding mystery with lots of shocking twists. Has former FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas finally gotten herself in deeper than she can handle? When the body of Nancy Henry is pulled out of the water of Sykes Creek by two local fishermen, they soon realize she’s ... Read more
Free: A Teacher in the Dumps
Claire is a seventh-grade science teacher who loves a good puzzle. When a young man is found dead in a restaurant’s dumpster Claire is happy to help her friends. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Suckerfish City
A cautionary tale of misplaced loyalty and blind obsession from the bestselling writing team, The Brothers Rodemeyer. Like a typical love story, Suckerfish City begins with a drug deal on a porn set. Okay, it’s not Jane Austen, but Shakespeare would have dug this gritty, no-holds-barred, crime-drama. Told from the perspective of a teenage runaway, ... Read more
Free: Murder and Mozzarella
Claire DeNardo finally has her own private detective agency, DeNardo & Son. The son is her beloved dog, Charlie. Her first client is the wife of a Cleveland power broker who hires Claire to find her missing daughter and to make sure her derelict stepson isn’t guilty of foul play. But Claire quickly discovers her ... Read more
The Interview: Country on Fire
As protests, riots, fires, and rampant crime rock the world, Shawn Thomas finds himself in an interview room the morning after the most violent night in Atlanta’s history. APD Detective Vaughn has made it his mission to find out how things escalated the way they did, but when his questioning takes a turn down a ... Read more
The Secret of The Golden Christmas Cracker
A captivating Christmas mystery novella, set in Victorian London with a dash of danger. This is no ordinary Christmas cracker. And these are no ordinary lovers. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Shallow Ground (Detective Ford Book 1)
Detective Ford has a cold-blooded killer to catch. But can he escape his own dark secrets? Barely a month since his promotion to Inspector, DI Ford is called in to investigate the murder of a young nurse and her son in a small flat in Salisbury. There are few clues, and no apparent motive, but ... Read more
Blood in the Bluegrass
Harper had put the past behind her. Or so she thought. When her sister dies, she returns to the flashy and high-dollar world of Lexington Thoroughbred horse racing and quickly realizes her sister’s death was no accident. Solving her sister’s murder and saving her family’s stud farm will take every ounce of Harper’s wit and ... Read more
Bad Analysis
Bad Analysis is an excellently-paced terrorism thriller, hitting all the right notes of intrigue, duplicity, and desperation. With realistic descriptions of national intelligence organizations, anti-terrorism efforts, and filled with fanatics, high placed traitors and despicable thugs. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Message in the Painted Rock (An Arthur and Marya Mystery Book 1)
Summer vacation for Arthur and Marya takes a very strange turn when a weird old man with a long white beard draws the two friends into an ancient mystery that they must solve in order to recover a magical artifact from the distant past. They soon learn that they are not the only ones who ... Read more
A Life for a Life: A Mystery Novel
Laurel Falls, N.C., 1985. Della Kincaid, a crime reporter in D.C., escapes the big city for a quieter life in the mountains of N.C. Until she finds the body, that is. Bullied and mocked for being different. Abit Bradshaw spends long hours by himself. These two unlikely partners team up to prove the death is ... Read more
Eyes of Vengeance
If you like suspenful thrillers then you will love this book. Liz Jameson, a gifted psychic who works closely with the New York City Police department inexplicably finds herself seated on a bench in a dangerous Bronx neighborhood at one in the morning . Before long, her life is threatened by members of a vicious ... Read more
One for the Money
Meet Cincinnati’s newest, oldest, funniest detective-in-training. After decades of marriage, motherhood, and grandmotherhood, Cat Caliban is looking for a new career. So she sells her suburban house, buys an apartment building in a “transitional” neighborhood, and begins her training in detective work, only to discover a dead body in an upstairs apartment. What’s the connection ... Read more
In My Power: A Murder Mystery
After losing his only brother to a car crash, Stuart Hollister, an elevator technician with social anxiety, finds a clue on his brother’s phone that leads him to think the accident was not so accidental. With the help of a hacker he meets on the Dark Web, Stuart follows his only thread to the truth, ... Read more
The Takeover
Ireland’s underworld is run by the Doherty family. The head of the clan, Malcolm Doherty, has infiltrated all levels of public office and rules the city’s criminal landscape without mercy or compassion. Gerald O’Brien is the incorruptible cop on the Dohertys’ trail, obsessive and indefatigable, yet unable to bring them down. Nathan Corbally is a ... Read more
The Stalker
Dark secrets are resurrected in this new O’Connell novel. Don’t miss the newest release in The O’Connells. Alison Sweetgrass-O’Connell believes she’s forever a misfit and will never fit in until she meets who she believes is the perfect guy. But when a suspicious turn of events has her fearing she’s being stalked by someone who ... Read more
Rumspringa
A dark soul emerges… Josef is a young Amish man in Pennsylvania who lives on a farm with his mother and works as a carpenter. Although he lives among the plain folk, Josef has dreams of a life beyond his Amish community. Josef obsesses about Hollywood and the rich and famous he believes lives there. ... Read more
Killer Politics
Killer Politics: A Satirical Tale of Homegrown Terrorism is laced with razor-edged political satire aimed at a thinly veiled Trump-like president. Inspired by President Tower’s divisive rhetoric, Hoss, a white supremacist and terrorist, launches a bid to incite martial law and defend the “American way of life.” $0.99 on Kindle... Read more
Triple Damages
A popular talk radio host is murdered after calling for the Governor’s impeachment, and someone close to the Governor is the prime suspect. It’s up to former Executive Protection Officer Kenna Devlin, in her first case as a private investigator, to find the real killer before he strikes again. In the midst of a wicked ... Read more
Free: Escape to Osprey Cove
This exciting mystery begins with an unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette that will forever change his and Catherine’s life. Doug’s mysterious behavior after the find forces Catherine to seek escape at The Osprey Cove Lodge. What she finds at the lodge turns out to be far more valuable. Follow the ... Read more
Free: Every Form of Malice: A Short Story (The Collaborative Story Project Book 1)
No one knows what killed Henry Whitelock. People say he just dropped dead from a heart attack, but not everyone believes that story. No one knows what happened to Gideon Aloways, either. Rumor has it he died years ago. So it’s a shock when he shows up at Henry’s funeral to tell an old story ... Read more
The Big Guy
Two convicts. A calculating giant with a gift for making plans. A manipulative sociopath tortured by wild ambition. An unwilling partnership that becomes the most harrowing rivalry in the history of Seamax Penitentiary. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
One Fine Mess
All Jules Nichols wants is a quiet family life, which she and her lover Wesley can have once they off her abusive hubby, Eddie. But after he’s good and dead, mob guys and drug dealers are popping out of the woodwork, the staties are suspicious, and all Jules’s careful plans are going wrong. Who would ... Read more
Monastery Valley Series
“Percy juggles both plotlines effectively while addressing important social issues.” –Publisher’s Weekly. This box set includes the first four mysteries in the Monastery Valley Series. Book #5, The Fury Before the Fire, releases January 28, 2021. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
To Catch A Spy And Traitor
London, 1962: Double agent Alexei Ivanov is the highest-ranking KGB officer in Britain. For months, he’s acted as a secret agent while working at the Soviet Embassy in London. Now, he’s under surveillance, and the Soviet net is closing in on him. But who betrayed his identity? $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Say You Love Me
Former FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas is back and embedded in a true nightmare reaching deep into her own family. What would you do if your brother was accused of a horrible crime, and you were certain he didn’t do it? Life is not done throwing Eva Rae Thomas curveballs. A phone call turns her life ... Read more
The Tahitian Pearl
A businessman is found murdered in a Monaco hotel room. A billionaire’s yacht has been besieged by pirates. The search for a 500- year-old treasure ship has just turned deadly. John Otter, caught in the middle of it all, must stay ahead of the ruthless pursuers before it costs him his life. Is there anyone ... Read more
Don’t You Want Me?
London,1981. Amongst race riots, a royal wedding & New Romantics, an identity-shifting serial killer is operating in plain sight. Detective Inspector Anna Leeding suspects certain accidents & suicides are deliberate acts, but has secrets of her own in a story of revenge where no-one is quite what they seem. So come back to ’81, it ... Read more
Free: Blood Land
Blood Land, the award-winning, must-read first book! Crime’s an ugly constant in the big cities. L.A. Chicago. New York. But when a savage murder brutalizes a small town and neighbor turns on neighbor, a tough-as-nails cop is essential to restoring order. Blood Land is a gritty, emotional saga set in the contemporary Wyoming badlands with ... Read more
Something Found: A Coin
Local Artist and so-called “Selfless Scavenger” Todd Freeman may have a seemingly idyllic life painting and scouring the Key West sands with his metal detector and returning lost items to grateful locals and tourists. Yet, his past holds grief and pain: the death of his son, the swift end of his marriage, and the tumultuous ... Read more
The Tell All
The town party planner has a secret, and it’ll be the death of her. Good thing amateur sleuth, Kay Carrera is on the case! Life at sixty isn’t quite what Kay Carrera expected. She’s working as a skip-tracer for a PI who is desperate to land his own reality TV show. She has a new ... Read more
Don’t You Want Me?
London, 1981. With a backdrop of riots, a royal wedding, and New Romantic synthpop, D.I Anna Leeding suspects apparent accidents are deliberate acts of revenge in this retro eighties thriller where no-one is what they seem. Leave 2020 and come back to 1981…it was a hell of a year. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The American Strangler
Simple and sweet. We all know how lots of people hate lawyers, especially if they have ever been sued. Dr. Ron Rellick loses everything, including his sanity, to a malpractice claim and goes homicidal. Get inside the mind of a good man turned violent. See how the evil of corrupt lawyers leads to unforgiving vengeance. ... Read more
The Blue Rose
Best-selling author, Terry Toler, brings you this exciting novel about Wanda Rose, the greatest female jazz singer of her day. How did her husband of twelve years never hear her sing? Cathy Tolliver, an insurance claims adjuster is processing a simple Christmas tree fire claim. When a hundred thousand dollar necklace shows up missing a ... Read more
Prey For Me
World-renowned scientist Victor is thrust together with Alex, a brilliant financier in the risky world of London finance. Alex plays with Victor’s emotions and her behavior becomes increasingly violent. Who will win this psychological game of sensuality and desire? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Mad Dog
Fourteen-year-old Daniel and his friends enjoyed the best that childhood could offer during the summer of 1975 in a northern mining town until someone started brutally killing family pets. Daniel, who wants nothing more than be the hero from his books, but this only brings him to the attention of the killer. Free on Kindle.... Read more
In The Beginning, There Was a Murder: An Amateur Female Sleuth Historical Cozy Mystery
A secret liaison. A violent murder. Can one woman solve the crime without joining the body count? Northern England, 1953. Pauline Riddell has grand ambitions for her future at the armament factory. But she’s shaken to her core when the police arrive with news of her best friend’s murder. Desperate for justice, Pauline’s insistent poking ... Read more
The Fog Ladies
Spunky senior sleuths and an overtired, overstressed, under suspicious medical intern live in an elegant San Francisco apartment building where old ladies start to die. The building is turning over tenants faster than the fog rolls in on a cool San Francisco evening. Is it murder? Will one of them be next? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: The Glorious Yacht: A New Sherlock Holmes Mystery
On the night of April 12, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland, one of the greatest disasters of all time took place – the Unsinkable Titanic struck an iceberg and sank with a horrendous loss of life. Onboard that ship was Sherlock Holmes’s friend, Victor Trentacost – his only friend other than Doctor Watson. The ... Read more
