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: Shock (Book One of The Silhouette in the Dark City)

Anthony R. Wilson

Thirty-three-year-old Colin Fowler and his dog Scout are simply detectives of smaller works. Drug busts, maybe a few missing people cases. It’s what makes up their life. Thinking things can’t get any harder than a past that haunts him until this day, Colin can’t be further from wrong. With five dead officers and a serial ... Read more

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Root and Branch

Preston Fleming

ROOT AND BRANCH is a realistic thriller set in a near-future America where an Islamist-inspired intifada triggers emergency security measures that go terribly wrong. Roger Zorn, owner of a French private security company, is delighted at having won a lucrative contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of the government’s new ... Read more

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Free: Never Speak

JOHN MANCHESTER

When Ray Watts finds out that his ex-wife has died in a fiery car crash, he becomes obsessed with their years together in a cult. They were sworn to silence. Now he starts writing about that time. When a brick crashes through his window—the first in a series of creepy, anonymous threats—he realizes that someone ... Read more

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Free: In my dark place (My craft – Volume 3)

Vincent J Lee

A young serial killer gives in to temptation, and decides to perfect his craft. Free on Kindle... Read more

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Free: The Adventure of the Spectred Bat (A New Sherlock Holmes Mystery)

Craig Stephen Copland

A LOVELY YOUNG WOMAN HAS BEEN BITTEN BY A VAMPIRE BAT AND DIES. HER SISTER MAY BE THE NEXT VICTIM. While walking home under a full moon, a beautiful young woman, just weeks away from giving birth, is attacked by a bat and bitten on her breast and neck. A few minutes later she dies ... Read more

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Sweet Whispers of the Devil

Sierra Kay

Victoria Hill’s son is missing—her worst nightmare realized. A nightmare made even more terrifying because, he’s in the hands of her sadistic father, a bounty hunter intent on connecting with his relations regardless of their attempts to escape his grasp. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Little Comfort

Edwin Hill

In a brilliantly twisted debut set among Boston’s elite, Edwin Hill introduces unforgettable sleuth Hester Thursby—and a missing persons case that uncovers a trail of a vicious murder…”Little Comfort” is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Hank Phillippi Ryan and Cornelia Read! $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Darkwater Secrets

Robin Caroll

A murder investigation uncovers sordid secrets and haunting mistakes The Darkwater Inn stands tall and proud in the French Quarter, the hub of New Orleans. Bourbon Street is bustling, and general manager Adelaide Fountaine has her hands full with a hotel at capacity. But she is shocked when a body is found: a hotel guest ... Read more

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The New Orleans Go Cup Chronicles (Vol. 1-2)

Colleen Mooney

TWO SIDE-SPLITTING NEW ORLEANS GO CUP CHRONICLES All the fun of Mardi Gras—without the hangover! Colleen Mooney’s funny, romantic, delightfully meandering cozy mysteries gua-ran-tee you gon’ have an authentic Noo Awlins experience, dawlin’! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Maxwell Street Blues

Marc Krulewitch

Chicago runs in Jules Landau’s veins. So does the blood of crooks. Now Jules is going legit as a private eye, stalking bail jumpers and cheating spouses—until he gets his first big case. Unfortunately, the client is his ex-con father, and the job is finding the killer of a man whom Jules loved like family. ... Read more

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The Murder of Sara Barton

Lance McMillian

Modern-day Atlanta. The city is dirty, and Sara Barton’s blood soaks her kitchen floor. Prosecutor Chance Meridian must clean up the mess. Haunted by personal tragedy, Chance’s entire life is a manic quest to deliver justice for the dead. Except nothing comes easy in Atlanta. Murder is an ugly business. But so is love. $0.99 ... Read more

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The Poseidon Files

Michael Rickett

Are people who they seem? Who can you trust in a world of shadows? This is a story about conspiracies: A top-secret military plot that threatens humanity and another plot to leak the secret to the world. But it all backfires and two women find themselves in the center of intrigue and menace. The Streets ... Read more

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The Chloe Daniels Mystery Series

Deidra D. S. Green

Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? The question really should be, who’s afraid of Anna Black! If you’re a fan of Monster, then you’ll be a fan of Anna’s! Hush little baby, don’t say a word… For years, Anna Black was the only child and the apple of her parents’ eyes. When baby sister, Angel, comes ... Read more

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Setback

Edita A. Petrick

Dr. Amelia Rimgold never imagined the dark paths her life would take her. Just days before testifying before a House Committee on generic drug fraud she is hunted down by an assassin. She’s shot and technically she’s dead. However, something else interfered in the horrible situation and it wasn’t exactly Fate. Ted Bester is one ... Read more

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Free: Crime Beat Girl

Geri Dreiling

A girl is dead. A boy is locked up. Can Debbie Bradley discover the truth before more lives are lost…maybe even her own? A series of deadly shootings. An outbreak of stolen cars. When journalist Debbie Bradley returns home to St. Louis, the summer crime wave has started. And she’s in the center: A witness, ... Read more

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Rogue Elements

Dan Alatorre

Nobody seemed to know her… …but her fighting skills were clear. Who was Jaden Trinn? Hank has one mission: stop the international organ harvesting ring – but he’s not 100 percent healthy. Something isn’t quite right, and he doesn’t know what’s going on. Then he got the news. More people had been murdered. Was it ... Read more

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The Adults in the Room

Jeffrey Mechling

Tim Hall is a retired CIA agent with a secret. He only wishes he could remember what it was. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Rogue Elements

Dan Alatorre

Nobody seemed to know her… …but her fighting skills were clear. Who was Jaden Trinn? Hank has one mission: stop the international organ harvesting ring – but he’s not 100 percent healthy. Something isn’t quite right, and he doesn’t know what’s going on. Then he got the news. More people had been murdered. $0.99 on ... Read more

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Killer Reputation (Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth Book 3)

Cassidy Salem

Adina can’t resist snooping when someone she knows turns up dead. Again. When a colleague at a prestigious think tank meets a violent death, Adina’s not convinced any of the obvious suspects disliked him enough to want him dead. Can the young research assistant, her quirky neighbor, and a lovable rescue pup help the police ... Read more

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Prestige, Privilege & Murder

Christa Nardi

When her estranged husband is murdered, Stacie Maroni Noth is quickly identified as the main suspect by police and her prominent in-laws. In her quest to prove her innocence, Stacie discovers she’s not the only one with a motive for murder. What lurks behind the facade of the idyllic life of the rich and privileged? ... Read more

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36 Hours

B.J. Woster

Christian Price is a scientist who suffered a tragedy unsolved by local police. In an effort to right that which he perceives is wrong, he begins to execute experiments in different cities to test the response times of law enforcement agencies. Detective Hardwick is a thirty-year veteran of the Atlanta Police Department. He and his ... Read more

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Free: PULSE: Thirteen Action-Packed Medical Thrillers

Judith Lucci

It’s a race against death… …and every second counts. In the world of medical thrillers, this collection of authors is unsurpassed. Thirteen medical thrillers—written by Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon bestsellers—fill your Kindle with high-stakes adventures. Murderers, parental impostors, serial-killers, and natural disasters, among other villains, make these stories come alive. The clock ... Read more

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A Dear Abby Cozy Mystery Collection (Books 1 – 3) End of the Lane, Be Still My Heart and The Last Ride

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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The Hunters Series: Volumes 1-5

Glenn Trust

The Bestselling Hunters Series, Books 1-5 Includes Eyes of the Predator, Sanctioned Murder, Black Water Murder, Blood Reckoning, and Redemption. Each bestselling novel takes the reader on a suspenseful thrill ride into the world of crime and conspiracy and into the lives of those tasked to bring justice to the victims—The Hunters. George Mackey, Sharon ... Read more

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Free: Uncommon Enemies Boxed Set

Fiona Quinn

Ready for Four International Romantic Suspense Action Adventures from USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Fiona Quinn? Fill your kindle with four high stakes adventures, each with a romantic twist! WASP Zoe knows the secrets, now they’re coming for her. Relic Digging For The Truth Can Be Deadly Deadlock He’ll Risk It All To Keep Her Safe ... Read more

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Blind Search

Paula Munier

Former Army MP Mercy Carr and her retired bomb-sniffing dog Elvis are back in this sequel to the page-turning, critically acclaimed A Borrowing of Bones. It’s October, hunting season in the Green Mountains and the Vermont wilderness has never been more beautiful or more dangerous. Especially for ten-year-old Henry, who’s lost in the woods. Again. ... Read more

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Free: Lily

Carolina Mac

The greatest threat to your survival is your husband. If you don’t want to be his next victim, what do you do? Follow Portia Anne as she takes steps to protect herself and change her life. The answers are in the book. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Dogs and More Dogs, Another Murder

Christa Nardi

Sheridan Hendley’s volunteer position at Pets and Paws takes a new turn when more than twenty malnourished dogs are found at a rundown house on the outskirts of town. When the body of an elderly woman is found amidst mountains of clutter in the house, a search of the property leads to startling revelations. And ... Read more

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Little Lovely Things

Maureen Joyce Connolly

Prepare to be riveted. It’s 1993, the first Saturday in September—impossibly hot. While driving her two girls to daycare, Claire is overcome by a sudden allergic reaction. Pulling over to safety, she passes out cold. When she wakes, her daughters are gone. LITTLE LOVELY THINGS is a haunting and prismatic exploration of how tragedy can ... Read more

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BLIND FURY (Lucille Pfiffer Cozy Mystery)

They say that blood is thicker than water. That may be true for Lucille Pfiffer who never saw it coming in a million years – the blow of having someone near and dear to her suddenly disappear without a trace. Despite every effort by the Chadsworth Police to locate her missing loved one, they are ... Read more

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Burying the Lede

Joseph LeValley

A horrific double murder in small-town Iowa leads to the arrest and trial of the young man who owned the murder weapon. Tony Harrington, a reporter for the local daily paper, doesn’t believe the man is guilty. His search for the truth sparks a chain of events with tragic consequences. Undaunted, Tony pushes on, risking ... Read more

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Free: All The Good Girls

Willow Rose

Detective Harry Hunter of Miami PD’s homicide squad throws himself into a case no one asked him to solve. Four teenagers from one of Miami’s affluent neighborhoods are murdered on a boat. Another is found in a dumpster. All five of them go to the same school and are on a list of witnesses to ... Read more

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The Incredible Key West-Caribbean Race

Michael Reisig

Kansas stamps and Will Bell are back in another absolutely roaring adventure. After a night of Key West carousing, the boys find themselves entangled in a contest of sorts – a race, or perhaps more correctly, a series of challenges that carry them across the Caribbean and into Central and South America. (We’re talking about ... Read more

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Free: Killen

P.H. Figur

Killen was a small community in North Georgia with a small wooden sign on the outskirts of town: “Welcome to Killen…a little piece of Heaven.” Those words rang true for most of Killen’s first 200 years. But there was one exception. It was the time that Killen lived up to its name and a little ... Read more

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Free: Pretty Killer

Johnny Truant

When a mysterious dinner invitation reunites twelve people whose lives separated more than a decade before, poisonous secrets turn an elegant meal into a quest for revenge. Each guest is guilty of something, but which one deserves to die? An intelligent thriller filled with taut dialogue and deep intrigue, Pretty Killer is Agatha Christie reimagined ... Read more

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Idol Worship

Rhonnie Fordham

In this dark thriller, a desperate news team interviews a still at-large serial killer. What can go wrong? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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A Single Light

Tosca Lee

Six months after vanishing into an underground silo with sixty others to escape a pandemic, Wynter and Chase emerge to find the area abandoned. The award-winning, breakneck sequel to The Line Between by New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee. “A terrifying, edge of your seat, heart-palpitating tale.” –Top Shelf Magazine $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Junkyard Dog

Robert Campbell

EDGAR Award Winner – Chicago is Jimmy Flannery’s kind of town, everything that happens there is his business. Including murder. After the killer targets his lady love, he becomes a junkyard dog on the trail of the crooked politics combining passion with revenge, a very deadly combination. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The History Teacher

Susan Bacon

In this award-winning political thriller set in 1978, a Columbia University professor is drawn into an intrigue that harks back to the beginnings of the Cold War—and forced to confront the truth about her family and history as we know it. “RIVETING” — Midwest Book Review. Free on Kindle... Read more

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Love,Schemes & Murder Scenes

Darius Ollie

Love is to be showed not told. However, what do you do in a world where love does not exist? Doeboy has to figure this out and much more after serving 3 years in prison. While back on the streets curb serving, his buddy tells him of a business plan to turn his trap money ... Read more

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