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 Mystery of Julia Episcopa

In ancient Rome, Julia flees for her life. Hidden beneath her robes are secrets men will kill for. Men she once called ‘brother’ have stripped her of power, murdered her child, and will stop at nothing to perpetuate their vile heresy. When Julia’s secret is revealed, those in power will stop at nothing to silence ... Read more

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Free: Slaughter: Origin Story

Like Reacher, Rapp, or Ryan? You’ll Love DJ Slaughter. Action, suspense, and characters you feel like you already know. See how the guy next door becomes the most lethal tool in the FBI arsenal. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Killing The Beasts

A string of brutal murders has left Manchester in fear. Each victim has been murdered in the same bizarre and grotesque manner, yet the lack of motive leaves the police utterly baffled. DI Jon Spicer gets the case – and is soon caught up in a nightmare where the most innocent action can cost the ... Read more

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Tormented

Father’s Anthony’s devotion to God and His Church begins to unravel the moment Rita Wittier steps inside St. Catherine’s Cathedral in San Francisco. He struggles to control his feelings, but two years later, he is a man obsessed. In an attempt to rediscover the priest he intended to become, Anthony flies back to Delaware to ... Read more

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Masked Conspiracy (A Noah Knolls Thriller)

E.C. Fisher

Noah Knolls’ mother set him up to stay with his long-lost father’s old friend, Walter when he takes a vacation back home to New York. A visit that turns into something more heinous than he could have imagined. Upon arrival at the airport, Noah is attacked by a group of strange men, Walter arrives in ... Read more

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Free: Once I Was A Soldier

Daniel Kemp

Francesca Clark-Bartlett, wife of the American Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, seeks more power than she already has. Meanwhile, the attractive yet naive Melissa Iverson wishes she had never inherited her family’s vast fortune. After they both become entangled with a 44-year-old, womanizing British intelligence agent, the two women find themselves in a web of deception ... Read more

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Fatal Charm

Blair McDowell

A perilous scheme to thwart ruthless adversaries hurtles successful young jewelry designer Caitlin Abernathy from her comfortable California studio to the streets of Paris and the beaches of Brittany as she attempts to return a priceless stolen heirloom to the Louvre. Colin Stryker, the devastatingly handsome history professor from Ireland who has appointed himself her ... Read more

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Free: The Misplaced Mob: A Roy Martin Mystery (Roy Martin Mysteries Book 1)

John Rose Putnam

When a young girl is found dead of a botched abortion in the swimming hole of a small, rural amusement park Roy Martin, the new Sheriff of Laurel County, takes it in stride. But the next day, after barely escaping death when someone fires four rounds of buckshot into his oncoming patrol car, Roy realizes ... Read more

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Free: The Suffering

Twenty-year-old Billy Johnson is afflicted by the hollowness. At the peak of despair, on the cusp of death, he encounters a strange old man, who is eerily familiar. Is this Billy’s last chance to redeem his troubled life and rid himself of the hollowness? Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Murder at the Columbarium

Emily Gallo

Jed’s quiet life as caretaker of the San Francisco Columbarium is turned upside down when he comes upon a dead woman’s body and a crying baby just inside the gate. His search for answers thrusts him into a world of corruption, bigotry and drug trafficking and he becomes one of the principal suspects. $2.99 on ... Read more

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A Following Sea

Hanna was starting to believe she might have a future with Detective Alex Frank until his ex-wife returns intent on making up for past sins. It’s been over a year and free legal clinic attorney Hanna Walsh has tried to move beyond the betrayal and violent murder of her husband. Charleston Police Detective Alex Frank, ... Read more

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Free: One Night in Tehran: A Titus Ray Thriller

Luana Ehrlich

CIA covert operative Titus Ray is targeted by an assassin after his escape from Tehran. Is the killer connected to the Iranian couple in Oklahoma? Can Detective Nikki Saxon be trusted with his secrets? Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Murder Fest Key West: Cam Derringer Series (Book 4)

When Cam Derringer’s old friend, bestselling author Cody Paxton, comes to town for a writer’s convention, Murder Fest Key West, he unwittingly brings with him a script of murders and someone is following it to a Tee. Each book in his bestselling series plots a brutal, heinous attack in the prologue. Time isn’t on his ... Read more

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Dark Corners

Elaine Raco Chase

All over south Florida people are seeing things – things that can’t be real – or can they? Nikki’s boss gives her the most bizarre assignment of her career. More than 200 solid citizens have reported sightings and contacts with UFO’s! Roman comes to the aide of an old Army buddy and finds himself with ... Read more

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Knee Deep: Cam Derringer Series (Book 1)

Cam Derringer takes on a new career as a private eye in Key West after his wife disappears, his partner is murdered, and he is disbarred from law practice. The planned lay back lifestyle on his houseboat doesn’t last long. Working on a boat-theft case, he finds links to his wife. Her boat is found ... Read more

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An Innocent Man

K.C. Sivils

500 years in the future, technology has changed. Humanity has not. One man’s fate lies in the hands of a team of corrupt prosecutors bent on making their prosecutorial mark for personal gain. Standing in the path of injustice is Inspector Thomas Sullivan and an acquaintance from the past. Murder, political corruption, greed, and scandal ... Read more

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Free: The Winner Maker

A controversial high school teacher goes missing in this debut Kirkus Reviews calls “thrilling…an exhilarating and emotionally astute mystery.” Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Defending America Series: Books 1-2 (The Complete Series)

Aiden Lewis and Dean Dreiser have taken an oath to protect the United States of America against threats both foreign and domestic. They understand that national security comes at a price, but nothing has prepared them for the truth of just how high that price can be. These fast-paced romantic thrillers combine a twisting plot, ... Read more

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Flashback

TR Davis

Sarah has a gene that allows her to remember everything that happened to her ancestor thousands of years ago. A DNA test catches the eye of a company that offers her a better life. But they want to harvest her ancestral memories for profit. Brutal experiments culminate in a finale where Sarah fights for every ... Read more

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Birthday Curse

When Alex and four of his friends set off on a trip of a lifetime to Europe during spring break to celebrate Alex’s 21st birthday, they have little idea of the curse and terror that awaits them. They plan on taking full advantage of Berlin’s nightlife in order to properly celebrate Alex’s landmark birthday with ... Read more

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Gia Santella Crime Thriller Boxed Set (Books 1-6)

She lives life fast, hard, and deadly… Do you love fierce women, dark mysteries and riveting suspense? You’ll love the Gia Santella Crime Thrillers. This volume contains the first six books in the addictive and bestselling series by Agatha, Anthony, Barry & Macavity finalist Kristi Belcamino. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Desolate Garden

Daniel Kemp

A secret government bank, English nobility and a Russian address made this murder, mystery a bestseller in Russian literature and a five-year paid option for becoming a $30 million film. Now it’s been classified as a top 100 novel you should read before you die. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Escape to Osprey Cove

The mystery begins with an unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette. It will change his and Catherine’s life forever, forcing her to find escape at The Osprey Cove Lodge. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Sherlock Holmes Never Dies: Complete Collection to Date

You love Sherlock Holmes stories and you subscribe to Amazon Prime but you can only ‘borrow’ one book a month. This is you. All 36 New Sherlock Holmes Mystery novellas are now available in one volume. $9.95 on Kindle.... Read more

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Conviction

“Rarely does a written story gave me pause as this novel has.” Conviction takes us into the world of innocence to prejudice, discrimination, and pride, love and loss, to the far-reaching bonds of family. An adrenaline-charged thriller sizzling with unpredictable twists and turns. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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And The Forecast Called For Rain

Kim Carter

Detective Jose Ramirez and the Sierra Hills Police Department are scrambling for leads on a killer who has already struck five times, each time leaving his signature trademark: large butcher knives piercing the abdomens of his young female victims. Profiling the killer is proving to be difficult, and Detective Ramirez knows that it’s only a ... Read more

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In Our Blood: A Jake Hawksworth Thriller

William Goyette

A grieving detective. A tormented author. A ruthless killer. One horrifying secret. A plot as twisted as they come. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Betrayal

Hannah Howe

Set in 1944 and based on true events, Betrayal is book one in the Amazon #1 Ann’s War Mystery Series. Each story in the series can be read as a stand-alone. The series runs to five books and Ann’s story arc will be completed in book five, Victory. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Storm Justice

Pamela Cowan

Storm McKenzie is a probation officer in a small city in Oregon. She’s also happily married and the mother of two great kids. Everything is just about perfect, except for the scars. Set on fire by her father in a drunken accident when she was thirteen, abandoned by her mother, Storm is a damaged soul ... Read more

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Roadkill

Suburban housewife Juliette Granger has been living a secret life…a life that’s about to turn deadly for everyone she loves. Fearing for her life after witnessing a gruesome murder, Juliette Granger whisks her two-year-old daughter Nora away in the dead of night and flees, planning to start a new life in a small, forgettable town ... Read more

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Whodunit Antiques: Secrets in a Bottle (Book 1)

Shelly West

Abigail Lane is a petite spitfire and proud owner of a Great Dane twice her size. She’s been struggling to make it in a crowded city when a call beckons her down to the cozy seaside town of Wallace Point. Now’s her chance to meet a grandmother she never knew—if Grandma survives, that is! Grandma ... Read more

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Free: Eclairs and Executions

A famous literary critic is found dead, covered with hundreds of paper cuts. The only witness is PI Claire DeNardo, who spots her own client fleeing the crime scene. When this client insists she was merely in the wrong place at the wrong time, Claire sets out to discover the truth. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Sound of a Furious Sky

A missing heiress, a mysterious trip, and a brutal murder come together in this fast-paced, riveting novel, the first in HN Wake’s new series featuring FBI Agent Domini Walker. Returning from an involuntary leave of absence, the gutsy, tenacious FBI Special Agent Domini Walker catches a no-brainer missing persons case. A young heiress has slipped ... Read more

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Murder in Italy

Florence, Italy, and a wedding. Sardinia, Italy, and a murder. Is there a choice? For Kat and Blaine, there wasn’t. A romantic trip to Florence to take part in a wedding becomes a search for the groom’s best friend’s murderer in Sardinia. $3.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Magestic: Time travel Series

From a post-apocalyptic Canada, 2035, a time traveler is sent back to 1983, to avert a series of disasters, the final disaster being the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, who take over the Middle East and attack north into Europe following a global economic downturn. The traveler makes money from the stock markets using his ... Read more

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Almost Charmed

Will this witch finally get hitched? Book 10 of the series finds head witch in charge Halloween LaVeau on the cusp of her nuptials. Will her shaky position as leader of the Underworld prevent her from finding true happiness? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: A Trace of Revenge

Lyle Howard

A young boy is left for dead by the killer who brutally murdered his parents. He grows up in a world of silence, but what fate takes away, destiny sometimes replaces. A simple foul ball will ignite a chain reaction of events reaching its explosive climax aboard the most innovative ship on the ocean. Free ... Read more

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In The Shadows

Lawrence Medici

New York City detective Al Russo is a walking cliché and he knows it. His obsession with his job and the adrenaline rush it brings has led to a failed marriage and a taste for alcohol. Detective Russo is called to investigate, what appears to be, a simple traffic accident that resulted in the death ... Read more

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Murdered by Prejudice

Dianne Harman

A prison guard. A postmaster. A Forest Service employee. A California Department of Agriculture employee. All murdered. They worked for the federal government, but so do a lot of other people. What else did they share? Seems like a serial killer is on the loose. And it looks like he’s targeting the sleepy community of ... Read more

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Desolate Paths

Erin Unger

To rise above the chains of addiction one must first survive rehab…and a serial killer. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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