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 Girl Who Cheated Death: A Supernatural Suspense Thriller

Alan Baker

Alexandra Drummond cheated death once. To bring her family back to life, she’ll have to do it again. Standing in her way is the terrifying Azrael, the angel of death. He haunts her dreams and follows her everywhere she goes. In order to save them she must risk everything, which could mean giving Azrael what ... Read more

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Stone Addicted: A Dr. Lila Stone Mystery (Book 1)

Wendy Weiss

Dr. Lila Stone’s patients are suddenly developing deadly infections and she can’t figure out why. Could it have anything to do with her secret double life? While she juggles her orthopedic practice, her sick patients, and her late-night addiction, a new romance begins to bud. Lila’s complicated life, filled with highs, lows and designer clothes ... Read more

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Free: A Tango Before Dying

Anna Celeste Burke

When trouble waltzes in, it’s not long before Georgie Shaw and Detective Jack Wheeler step in to solve another mystery! Was Madame Chantel murdered by a jealous romantic partner, an obsessed fan, a rival in the competitive world of Ballroom Dancing or someone else? Is Madame Chantel the only target or are other dancers in ... Read more

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My Very First Murder

Brian Johnson

The narrative is a confession to the murder of an unnamed person who, it is alleged, was a total stranger to the perpetrator. The glory-seeking author claims to have committed an undetectable crime, but are they telling the truth? The storyline leaves little doubt that the homicide portrayed could have actually occurred. An intriguing question ... Read more

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Dangerous is the Game

Kevin Sivils

With nothing left to live for, Inspector Sullivan accepts the most dangerous assignment a cop can have. He goes undercover to help break up a human trafficking ring. Reeling from guilt and loss, Sullivan dives into his undercover role of enforcer for the local mob in Brill City on the planet Minaria Prime. Alcohol and ... Read more

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Oleander

Stacy- Deanne

The most beautiful things can be the most dangerous. Sharice and Jason are trying to get their marriage back on track after the death of their young son when Jason is accused of murdering a woman he claims he’s never met. Wyatt, the sexy detective on the case isn’t convinced Jason is telling the truth ... Read more

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The End of America’s War in Afghanistan

Ted Halstead

Three Russian agents are trying to stop nuclear weapons stolen from Pakistan by the Taliban. The Taliban wants to use the stolen weapons to force America out of Afghanistan for good, and return to power in Kabul. Will nuclear strikes in multiple locations across Afghanistan let them succeed? Or can Russian agents and American special ... Read more

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The Last Bullet: Gun For Hire

Parker Dixon

Jack Cross is a one-man force of nature. He’s fierce, stubborn and doesn’t know how to take a backward step. But when Jack is tasked with finding a runaway conman with a price on his head, Cross finds himself caught in the midst of simmering tensions between opposing factions of the Graceland City underworld, and ... Read more

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The Coroner: A Coroner’s Mystery

Jennifer Dornbush

Summoned from her promising surgical career first to her estranged father’s bedside, and then his post as medical examiner when his small town needs urgent help with a suspicious death, Emily Hartford discovers home is where the bodies are in this pitch perfect mystery debut. $1.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Survival Instinct

Katherine Carlson

An isolated inn. A frozen wilderness. A serial-killer husband. Jeannie Parker’s about to discover her Survival Instinct. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Crimes of the Levee

John Sturgeon

It is 1905, and Chicago is an open town. There are brothels, madams, opium dens, gambling joints and plenty of alcohol, but it all comes at a price in the Levee. With the hanging of serial killer, Simon Kluge, police Detective Patrick Moses is suddenly without a case. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Fava

John Hazen

The biggest story of Francine Vega’s career could end her life…or start World War III. Francine teams with FBI Special Agent Will Allen, one of the few people who believe the threat is real, in a desperate race across three continents to stop the plot before it’s too late. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Where Fools Dare to Tread: A Monk Buttman Mystery

David William Pearce

A dead man’s money is just waiting to be had. A band of fools and a nobody named Monk Buttman unwittingly find themselves caught in a web of murder and revenge between two unseen factions using them as bait. After a good day ends in murder, Monk is tasked with finding the killer. Why him? ... Read more

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They Walk Among Us

Leonnard Ojwang

Fearless faceless men have killed dozens of strippers, including Special Agent Denali’s sister, for body parts. Weeks of intense investigations and search for answers plunges him into the middle of a dark underworld of strippers, drug addicts and clandestine gangs. The crimes are so heinous he completely devotes his life to an afterthought as he ... Read more

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Short Fuse

Carolina Mac

Two lifers go over the wall at a Texas maximum security prison and lead the Blackmore Agency crew on a chase across the southwest. Can Blaine figure out what’s going on before it’s too late? This time it might take more than a genius to unravel the maze of violence and deception. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Special Access

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. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Foreign Involvement

Robert E Smith

San Francisco Homicide detective Chuck Winters, accidentally strikes it rich with his criminal software database program, retires and takes his money and runs. He soon gets caught up with a nemesis character that spews death and destruction, hiding throughout the world like a chameleon—causing Winters to leave his serene retirement and take chase. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Blood of Like Souls (A Julie Madigan Thriller Book 1)

Val Conrad

Julie Madigan’s career with the New Mexico State Police ended in a puddle of her own blood after having her throat cut, barely able to lift her gun to shoot and kill the man who almost ended her life. But survival led to a year of recovery and left her desperate to hide the scars ... Read more

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A Grave Misunderstanding: A Simon Grave Mystery

Len Boswell

Murder has come once more to the seaside town of Crab Cove, testing the mettle of “almost handsome” 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. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Fatal Beauty (A Cleve Hawkins Detective Novel Book 1)

RC Hartson

Ex-Chicago homicide cop, and private eye, Cleve Hawkins is a hard-boiled former Marine hired by Betty Rohrman, to help in finding her missing sister. Through treacherous twists and turns, Hawkins works to solve the case of the missing woman but finds a clandestine world of evil. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Mooved to Murder

CeeCee James

Chelsea Lawson is a ride-or-die friend. When her best friend Tilly asked her to stay at her place to watch her six-year-old daughter and pets for a while, Chelsea didn’t hesitate to say yes. What she didn’t realize was that she was already in over her head before the dead body turned up. $0.99 on ... Read more

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Tales of Mystery Unexplained

Steph Young

What happened to Elisa Lam, found dead in a water tower atop a hotel roof? Who were the two men who came to see her and what was in the mystery box they gave her? Why did the location of her gravestone match the zip code of a Bookstore, miles away? Plus many more Tales. $0.99 ... Read more

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Foundations, Funny Business & Murder

Chrisa Nardi

The best of intentions shouldn’t include murder. After a slashed tire, attempted break in, and a murder, Stacie isn’t buying coincidental bad karma. Some how it’s all connected to the fledging non-profit foundation and someone wants her off the board – at any cost. Enter Kevin McNair, a smooth talker with piercing blue eyes. Can ... Read more

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Free: ICE

Kevin Tinto

“A gripping novel that combines archeological, historical, scientific, and romantic elements to create a thrilling, strong story. Authentic characters, all-too-human relationships, adventures, and mysteries transport readers into the past, present, and future events–a wonderful discovery for this reader, who cannot wait for more!” Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Mink Eyes

Dan Flanigan

Fans of the Harry Bosch series are going crazy for P.I. Peter O’Keefe in MINK EYES. Private detective Peter O’Keefe, a physically scarred and emotionally battered Vietnam vet, is hired by childhood friend and attorney Mike Harrigan to investigate what appears to be a petty mink farm Ponzi scheme in the Ozarks. But quickly O’Keefe ... Read more

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Free: 30 Days in June

Chris Westlake

On the 1st day of June 1988, the residents of South Wales were thrown into a state of panic when a married couple were brutally murdered in their own home. The killer, nicknamed Spartacus by the media, did not flee the scene immediately; instead, he stayed to carve Roman Numerals onto his victims’ chests. This ... Read more

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The Girl in Cabin 13

AJ Rivers

FBI agent Emma Griffin is sent undercover to the small sleepy town of Feathered Nest to uncover the truth behind the strings of disappearances that has left the town terrified. To Emma there is nothing that can lay buried forever. Even though her own childhood has been plagued by deaths and disappearances. Her mother’s death, ... Read more

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His Betrayals

Jerry Payne

Like the hills of San Francisco, where he made his name, businessman Kyle Stone will not be denied his destiny. Orphaned at 13, war at 18, married at 20, he survives the perils of Vietnam, and now faces the dishonesty of the boardroom. Follow Kyle through a series of obstacles laced with corporate intrigue and ... Read more

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The Point Of A Gun

Steven W. Kohlhagen

Is it the FBI’s Counterterrorism head running the inner rogue circle? The Army’s Senior Special Ops’ head? The CIA’s? Don’t miss this plot-twisting, page-turner! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Ugly Things We Hide

M. Ocampo McIvor

It’s 2007 in idyllic Costa Rica and 24-year-old Daniel is carefree while surfing, falling in love, and getting high with friends. But reality crushes him when he returns home to Hawaii. Soon he caters to the filthy rich for money and delves into their secret shame, and his. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Tahoe Deep

Todd Borg

A 14-year-old blind boy who witnessed the sinking of the Tahoe Steamer ship in 1940 becomes a murder target 80 years later. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Bailey’s Law

Meg Lelvis

Jack Bailey, small-town hard-boiled detective, must solve the crime, but his own unrelenting demons rising from his struggle with PTSD and buried family secrets complicate his task. Darkness brings unwanted memories, nightmares, and the realization he needs to face what happened ten years ago. Jack understands. Only too well. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Palm Beach Nasty

Tom Turner

For fans of Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, and Stuart Woods comes Tom Turner’s “entertaining debut” (Publishers Weekly) set in glitzy Palm Beach, FL? Where the residents are as treacherous as they are rich. Burned out by high-profile murders in New York and his love life splashed all over Page Six, homicide cop Charlie Crawford heads ... Read more

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Free: Ubiety

Grzegorz Kunowski

If you were to find yourself at the edge of a dying world with a lingering sense of reality, would you simply fade into the nothingness or would you fight for everything you hold dear? This assertive question is at the heart of the thought-provoking book Ubiety, for this book was designed to help people ... Read more

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Beyond the Hill

Sheldon Peart

Detective Inspector James Chisolm embarks on an extensive search to find fifteen-year-old Kathy Shackleton, who disappears after leaving school one afternoon. The trail ends with Lloyd Robins, her biology teacher, and the inspector’s best friend. But he denies knowledge of Kathy’s whereabouts. When police intelligence leads to an abandoned house, perched on top of a ... Read more

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Lori Daniels Mystery: Pillow Talk

Tom Preschutti

“…an ingenious, inventive thriller and page-turner about power, drugs, sex, corruption, and secrets that can destroy.” –Authors Reading. Police Detective Lori Daniels has a knack for picking the wrong guy as a lover. This complicates her next big assignment. One former lover from HS is now the front man for a major illegal drug distributor. ... Read more

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Spaced In

Cal Danat

Two serial killers are on the loose. The second decade of the millennium is drawing to a close and the century has begun to form its identity. In London, one economist is determined to remove inefficiencies from the system from the top down. Spaced In takes a look at what happens when rational behavior reaches ... Read more

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The Watanabe Name

Sakura Nobeyama

Japanese business magnate Kenji Watanabe, 80, has protected the secrets surrounding his father’s murder for many years. When a detective calls in 2002 hoping to solve the case with new information, Kenji takes immediate action to keep the truth from becoming public. Yet, Kenji would rather die than reveal the secret. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Fruits of Evil

Glenn Trust

Caught between warring crime factions, Alice Trent is on the run again. Abducted by Vegas mobsters, she now finds herself caught up in their money-laundering scheme. They make her an offer she can’t refuse…accept their terms or end up in a hole in the desert. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Hated

walter marks

The discovery of a dead body in an East Hampton beach lifeguard chair sends Detective Jericho into a world of Hate groups, violence, and murder. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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