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!

Abduction’s Aftermath: Siblings of the Shadows

Michael Weinberger

It’s been weeks since Detective Sam Dorrell’s brother, Leo, had been abducted. No demands have been made, no proof of life given and no explanations rendered as to the purpose of the abduction beyond the ramblings of the psychopathic serial killer already in FBI custody. Now Sam’s desperate need to find his brother has left ... Read more

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Shoot if You Must

Pam Clark

When Professor Meg Adams’s literature assignment results in the murder of her favorite student, Meg decides to help solve the mystery. Meg feels honor-bound to investigate, much to the dismay of the cop assigned to the case. Meanwhile, Meg’s best friend observes their growing attraction and tells Meg to make a play for Lieutenant Tall ... Read more

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Free: The Lilac Code

Becki Willis

Will a case of mistaken identity be the death of her? Madison Reynolds is looking forward to a few days of rest and relaxation. Her best friend Genny is judging a celebrity bake-off near DC, so it’s the perfect opportunity for a girl’s getaway. With fun-loving Granny Bert in tow, the trio heads to the ... Read more

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On Deadly Grounds

Kaye D. Schmitz

Reluctant herione overcomes her crippling fear to face Russian spies and an international contract killer. On Deadly Grounds refers to every step taken by widow Mattie Maquire, whether it’s in her small town close to Asheville, NC, where dark conspiracies transform the global political event she’s planned into a series of death threats, or Corfu, ... Read more

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The Other Side of Elsewhere

Brett McKay

During the summer of 1982, Ret McCoy and his friends are searching for adventure, but when a Stranger moves into the Crooked House, people start to disappear. Ret is determined to solve the mystery before it swallows the entire town. His obsession with the Crooked House and its strange new owner threatens to put him ... Read more

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Warring States Conundrum (Winston Sage Trilogy)

Seymour Grufferman

Winston Sage, MD, an epidemiologist, and his wife Julia move to New Mexico for a peaceful retirement in picturesque, artsy Santa Fe. To make small talk at a welcoming party, Sage brags about his skills in tracing people. A neighbor hears about this and asks Sage to help find his wife who has disappeared mysteriously. ... Read more

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Mimic

Deidra Green

The smile she wore was sinister, not the least bit sexy although she thought it was. She’d done her homework, studied her craft, referenced her mentor, and studied her hero’s ways. She wanted to do a good job; to do it right. Although she couldn’t use the same modus operandi as her predecessor, she didn’t ... Read more

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Free: Omega Deep

Christopher Cartwright

Sam Reilly and his unique team of troubleshooters are requested at the express order of the President of the United States of America to locate the missing submarine code-named Omega Deep, before its disappearance leads to World War III. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Bellhop Only Stalks Once

Cat Hickey

A tropical resort, exciting new friends, and a sexy guest liason – it seems to be the perfect getaway for Chloe, a young Baltimore woman trying to find herself. But the vacation of a lifetime quickly takes a dark turn when a young, overly flirty bellhop starts following her everywhere. It gets even worse when ... Read more

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Free: Steeped in Suspicion

Eryn Scott

When Rosemary Woodmere inherits her estranged grandmother’s Victorian teahouse, she doesn’t expect to also inherit a ghost named Asher from the 1920s. On top of that, she finds out her grandma was murdered. When another body washes up on the beach, Rosemary knows she’ll have to find the truth before someone else ends up dead. ... Read more

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Free: Marriage Before Death

Uvi Poznansky

After D-Day, her photograph appears on the most-wanted Nazi propaganda posters. Who is the girl with the red beret? She reminds Lenny of Natasha, but no, that cannot be. Why does Rochelle step into the courtroom when he is lead by SS soldiers to the gallows? At the risk of being found out as a ... Read more

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PANIK

Chris Selwyn James

The epidemic is here, how will people react? PANIK tells a story about mass hysteria, profit-driven drug companies, and corrupt government. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Child of Emptiness

Biff Price

Biff Price has drawn a cast of unforgettable characters together – good and evil – in a tale that spreads across continents to an inexorable confrontation that will leave you wondering when these events will take place? It’s later than you think… Free on Kindle... Read more

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Quick Fix

J. Gregory Smith

Military contractor Kyle Logan thinks his life has hit bottom when he returns home from Iraq to find his marriage on the rocks and his job in jeopardy. When his shady best friend Ryan offers him the chance to solve all his problems if he helps with a victimless scam, he figures he’s got nothing ... Read more

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Free: End of the Lane (A Dear Abby Cozy Mystery Book 1)

Sonia Parin

Fun-filled cozy mystery with the quirkiest characters around. Abby Maguire’s first day in a new town and new job could be her last. Instead of writing about the weekend bake sale, she has to give a statement to the police. There’s a killer on the loose but the finger of suspicion is pointed straight at ... Read more

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Free: The Phoenix Sanction

Christopher Cartwright

On board Phoenix Airlines Flight 318, Andrew Goddard awakens to discover the cockpit empty and all the passengers unconscious. In the Colorado Monarch Mountains, an old gold miner discovers a fiendish stone mask sealed inside an obsidian chamber. Sam Reilly has just three weeks to find out how the two unlikely events are connected, and ... Read more

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The Mystery of Sundays Well

Anne Crosse

When two bodies are discovered in a well, DI Robert Carroll is forced to return to the rural Irish backwater of Magnerstown, somewhere he really doesn’t want to be. He immediately rubs the locals up the wrong way, and they are reluctant to help the murder investigation. Can the case be solved before his bad ... Read more

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The Gutenberg Heist

K. R. Eckert

Q.A. Caine is a book dealer. Q.A. Caine is a book lover. Q.A. Caine was a con artist. Twenty years ago he went to prison. When he got out he decided he didn’t want to go back, so he opened a book shop, made a million dollars and stayed on the straight and narrow. There ... Read more

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Simon Grave Mystery (3 book series)

Len Boswell

Murder has come once more to the seaside town of Crab Cove, testing the mettle of Detective Simon Grave and his “nearly invisible” partner, Sergeant Barry Blunt, who investigate a locked-room mystery with a significant twist: the prime suspects are in the locked room, not the victim, a logic-defying situation that challenges the team at ... Read more

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Emma Beware, Book One

Michelle Iden

A stalker is like having your own personal terrorist appointed to you. My name is Emma. I’m 14. In the past few weeks, I’ve been stalked through text messages by an unknown person. I’ve now vanished without a trace. Am I alive or dead? HINT: Betrayal and love go hand in hand. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Demon King

Erik Henry Vick

Only three children survived the terrors of Oneka Falls in 1979. Each of them paid a terrible price and had to survive as best they could. Twenty-eight years later, they are drawn together to once again face the town’s horrible secrets. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Duncan Hunter Thriller (5 book series)

Mark A. Hewitt

Duncan Hunter, a retired Marine Corps fighter pilot, flies a top-secret airplane with his mentor, Greg Lynche, the sometimes über-liberal retired CIA Chief of Air Branch. Together, in their quiet airplane, they execute some of the CIA’s most sensitive airborne counterterrorism missions under a Special Access Program. Free to $7.99 on Kindle. Learn More... Read more

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Free: Control (The Mystery of Landon Miller Series Book 1)

R.M. Gauthier

Everyone has secrets… …when she unravels his there’s no turning back. When a married woman enters an exclusive club full of domineering men, it will only take one man’s past to threaten everything she’s built. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Great Catsby

B.K. Baxter

The Beauty Queen in the town has been offed. Someone has killed the darling. Wouldn’t you know it? An innocent man has been framed. I shouldn’t get involved, but somehow, my cat seems to have a way with finding clues in some of my favorite stories. Not that any of that makes sense. And I ... Read more

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Cain’s Mark

T. H. Munsey

He’s been waiting a long time… When Nicole MacFerran finds a 19th-century box camera, along with a handful of old crime scene photographs, in her grandmother’s attic, she’s intrigued. Wondering if the camera still works, she takes a picture, unknowingly cracking open Pandora’s box and letting an ancient evil slither out. That night the killings ... Read more

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Free: Death in Magnerstown

Anne Crosse

A judge is found dead in his courthouse. A bigwig in a small Irish town, the pressure is on to find answers. But quite a few people wanted the hardliner out of their lives. The regional newspaper always seems to know more than the police. With the chief inspector and the publisher at loggerheads, will ... Read more

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The Avery Hart Trilogy

Emerald O'Brien

Emerald O’Brien, author of unpredictable mysteries packed with suspense, brings you The Avery Hart Trilogy that keeps readers guessing until the final installment. Avery Hart narrowly escapes death after being attacked in the woods of Crown River. Ten years later… The body of a young woman is discovered along the path of a park in ... Read more

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Assault and Batting: A Taylor Quinnn Quilt Shop Mystery

Tess Rothery

Taylor Quinn is full of love and living it up in the city. But when her mother dies suspiciously and she rushes home to take over the family’s small-town quilt shop, her whole world unravels. Discovering her grieving young sister blames herself, she vows to prove everyone’s innocence. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Blood Of Florence

Guy James

Injured Al-Qaeda terrorist prisoner Khalid Mohamed carries out a daring escape from the Florence Medical Center in Colorado shortly before being interviewed by FBI Special Agent Tyrone Henderson. As the medical quartet of Doctor Abraham Hurwitz, Doctor Shane Sherman, and nurses Catherine Ackerman and Tina Cohen arrive at the medical center to beef up the ... Read more

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Never Walk Alone

Willow Rose

The world is on lockdown due to a virus that originated in Miami. A woman is kidnapped from her apartment, and Detective Harry Hunter is on the case. At the same time, his sister shows up after they haven’t seen each other in a year. As it turns out, Harry’s sister knows more about the ... Read more

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Jake Caldwell Thrillers

James Weaver

ONCE YOU START RUNNING, IT’S HARD TO STOP. Mob enforcer, Jake Caldwell is in the dark business of breaking kneecaps and snapping bones. But each job sends him one step closer to turning into the man he swore he’d never become–his violent and abusive father. Leaving the mob is easier said than done, so when ... Read more

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The Ticking Clock (Angels & Imperfection Book 3)

Dan Arnold

When private detective John Wesley Tucker meets Hafsah Bashir, his world and his mission are turned inside out. She’s searching for a missing family member and the fate of millions hangs in the balance. Since the fall of ISIS, radicalized recruits from the internet have been ineffective at bringing mass casualty terror back to America. ... Read more

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Free: Asesina

Craig Keffeler

Meet Angel—smart, willful, a lover of animals. She is also one of the Cartel del Noreste’s most lethal hitters, but this time she has met her match. His name is Dr. Ernest L. Girard and he’s a man who has everything—upbringing, looks, gifted surgical skills. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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The Immoralist

Nathan Senthil

Self-styled Mr. Bunny wants to be the most notorious killer in US history. With four high profile figures slowly hanging to their deaths, he’s off to a good start. NYPD homicide detective Gabriel Chase much catch him, no matter at what cost. But who will have the last laugh? $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Season of Ice: Tales of Murder, Mystery & Mayhem

Richard Prosch

NEW TALES OF CRIME AND SUSPENSE JOIN PROSCH FAN FAVORITES TO KEEP YOU TURNING PAGES WELL PAST MIDNIGHT… From the 1965 east-coast blackout to depression-era Nebraska; from the trash-piled streets of Manhattan to rural-South Carolina; here are seventeen short stories of innocent criminals, guilty bystanders, mob hitmen, dead farm girls, and small-town cops. Justice is ... Read more

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The Corpse Wore Stilettos

MJ O'Neill

Former socialite turned accidental-sleuth, Kat Waters, is dodging questions from the cops and kidnapping attempts from a body-snatching psycho in an effort to keep herself employed and her zany family out of the homeless shelter. She’s teamed up with a sexy ex-special forces soldier who has a penchant for taking in strays, an eye for ... Read more

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The Last One To See Her

Mark Tilbury

Mathew Hillock was the last person to see eleven-year-old Jodie Willis alive. When her dead body turns up four days later in his garden shed, the police think he’s guilty of her murder. But there’s no DNA evidence to link him to the crime. Battling the weight of public opinion and mental illness due to ... Read more

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A Dragonfly’s Wing

Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato

“A Dragonfly’s Wing” is the new political thriller that readers are saying ‘can’t be put down’ and ‘deserves the hype’. Poverty. Politics. Betrayal. What happens when you mix Britain’s new prime minister and her secret past with a writer whose new book seems all too real, his former roommate (now a French cultural attaché), and ... Read more

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The Hand That Feeds You (The Dulcie Chambers Mysteries Book 6)

Kerry J Charles

As if running an art museum wasn’t enough, Dr. Dulcinea Chambers now finds herself in battle with the new board of directors chair, Vanessa Rich, who is on a ruthless quest to trim the budget in any way she can. Her cost-cutting measures will begin with selling off Dulcie’s antique office furniture, much to Dulcie’s ... Read more

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Tell Me Why

Ruth O'Neill

Tell me why follows a woman who just wants to be loved, but who instead ends up in a tangled web of lies, deceit, and terror. A chilling read you won’t stop talking about. $2.99 on Kindle... Read more

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