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!

Ghosts of Guatemala

Collin Glavac

Who can you trust when corruption and danger are a way of life? The CIA never left Latin America, and is facing catastrophic blackmail at the hands of an erratic Guatemalan drug lord: the infamous patrón of Antigua – Pablo Puentes. Desperate for a swift solution, the agency calls in their black operative fixer: John ... Read more

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Memories of A Murder

Sid Kar

Frank Kirk, a NJ State Police homicide detective and an Ex-Army Ranger, investigates the most perplexing case of his life with unexpected help from a potentially mad neuroscientist who offers to extract memories from the murder victim’s dead brain. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more

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Tales of Mystery Unexplained

Steph Young

What happened to Elisa Lam, found dead in a water tower on the top of a hotel roof. Who were the two men that came to see her & what was in the mystery box they gave her? How could her gravestone & the last place she was seen share the same zip code? Why ... Read more

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The Widow’s Husband

William Coleman

Allan Tuttle’s wife identifies his body, the victim of a homicide, and no one is more surprised than he is. The simple task of proving he isn’t the dead man turns into a challenge when the police decide to look at him as a suspect in the murder. Despite obstacles every step of the way, ... Read more

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The Almanac

E. L. Stricker

A century after the pandemic known as The Calamity wiped out the population, Illya Oslov’s village is on the brink of starvation. The ways of the old world are feared, but an ancient copy of The Old Farmers’ Almanac® may be the only hope for his people’s survival. Will Illya’s newfound knowledge be their salvation? ... Read more

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Stilettos & Scoundrels: A Presley Thurman Cozy Mystery Book 1

Laina Turner

Can Presley figure out who murdered a senator and get herself off the suspect list? Frustrated with her dead-end human resources gig, thirty-something Presley Thurman makes a big career move that just might land her in the slammer. Freelance journalists fight for their assignments, and Presley thinks she’s won the battle when she’s hired to ... Read more

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The Devil in the Details: Siblings of the Shadows (Book 2)

Michael Weinberger

A serial killer…captured…imprisoned…but with his final words he sent chills through the entirety of the FBI. More were going to die. The murders already sent into motion by his arrest and only his immediate release could stop the victim’s bodies from being delivered to their families…piece by piece. Book 2 in the “Siblings of the ... Read more

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Free: Death On The New Moon

Michael Lindley

A captivating and twisting tale of love, betrayal and murder in the Low Country of South Carolina and the continuing love affair of free legal clinic attorney, Hanna Walsh, and Charleston Police Detective, Alex Frank. Hanna and Alex seem to have found a promising new start for their lives together when Alex encounters a tragic ... Read more

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EF1 Einer Freake: Genesis

Joe Hero

Ex-Navy SEAL Einer Freake is remarried with children, but still mourns the loss of his first wife, murdered in a convenience store robbery. Her killer is back out on the street due to a failure in the justice system. Anger and grief at the recent loss of his parents at the hands of a hit ... Read more

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Twilight’s Last Glory

Stephen Perkins

In the future, America’s favorite game will be used to control the world… It is the year 2030 and football has become a global past-time. But just like in the days of Rome and the Gladiators, the game is being used by a shadow organization called the Octagonal, not merely for profit, but to subdue ... Read more

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Thirst Of The Rain God

J.A. Kalis

A fast-paced adventure thriller, full of mystery, suspense and danger. Deep in the Guatemalan jungle, archaeologists discover Mayan ruins and a sprawling network of tunnels and caves. But there is someone who wants to stop them from exploring the underground. Someone who will kill to protect the secrets that lay hidden there for centuries. Fans ... Read more

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The Line Between

Tosca Lee

In this frighteningly believable thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Tosca Lee, an extinct disease re-emerges from the melting Alaskan permafrost and causes madness in its victims. For recent apocalyptic cult escapee Wynter Roth, it’s the end she’d always been told was coming. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Winds of Fear

Glede Browne Kabongo

For Abbie Rambally, life is finally back on track after a few difficult years—she’s raising three wonderful children, pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and her surgeon husband is a rising star in his profession. But things are about to get downright sinister when the new neighbors drop by for a visit. Why are the ... Read more

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Free: A Merry Christmas Wedding Mystery Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery

Anna Celeste Burke

The Star of Marvelous Marley World’s Latest Feature Film Goes Missing! And there’s less than a month to go before Georgie Shaw and Detective Jack Wheeler’s Christmas wedding. With Georgie’s boss “Mad Max” Marley involved, the whole affair becomes much more complicated. Where’s the missing diva? If she didn’t vanish on her own accord whodunit ... Read more

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What Doesn’t Kill

K.C. Sivils

If that which does not kill you makes you stronger, then Inspector Thomas Sullivan is one tough dude. As life continues to kick Sullivan around the galaxy, the Alliance finds one criminal mess after another for the Inspector to clean up. Cynical, bitter, and under no illusions about what life has in store for him, ... Read more

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Free: The History Teacher

Susan Bacon

In the wake of a baffling double murder, 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. Reviewers are calling THE HISTORY TEACHER “fresh and eye-opening” (Emily Yellin), “a satisfying page-turner” ... Read more

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Cold Red (FBI Joint Task Force Series Book 2)

Fiona Quinn

Undercover. Under fire. Under arrest. It’s hard to save a special agent’s life with your hands cuffed behind your back. Anna walks into the house and is met with flashbang. The FBI have her cuffed and belted into the back of their car. Two FBI agents are escorting her over the mountains of West Virginia ... Read more

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Free: Fear Runner

Dale Brandon

Fasten your seat belt…Critically acclaimed action scenes will keep you on the edge of your seat in this high-energy thriller. Fear Runner immerses the reader in a suspenseful new world filled with clever twists as Scott Quinn and Lauren Chandler try to escape from the world’s most dangerous assassin. Pull up a chair and follow ... 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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Ten Times Guilty: A Gripping Crime Thriller of Passion, Brutality, and Rage

Brenda Hill

A serial rapist finds his new victim: struggling single mother Tracy Mic. Will she and her baby ever be safe? There’s only one thing to do.haels. $.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Yule Be Sorry

Kim M. Watt

Abducted postal workers. Exploding baubles. Stolen turkeys. And a dragon-sized problem. Someone’s on a crime spree in the tiny village of Toot Hansell, and they’re framing the dragons. The Women’s Institute need to find out who’s behind it all before the police get too close to their scaly secret – and before that cat gets ... Read more

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Free: The Journey (Books 1-3)

Glenn Trust

Includes An Eye for Death, A Desert View, and Blue Water Horizon On the run from the mob, wanted by the law, blue-eyed Alice Trent is on her own. She is a survivor with her own way of dealing with those who threaten her and the people she cares about. Killers, mobsters, and dirty politicians, ... Read more

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Let Me Go

Willow Rose

The #1 Bestselling Mystery Series on Amazon continues! What if a stranger tells you that she believes your child is about to be killed? What if that woman is an ex-FBI profiler with a disputable reputation? Would you believe her? Eva Rae Thomas is chasing down a vicious killer, but no one will believe he ... Read more

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Survival Instinct

Katherine Carlson

Jeannie Parker married a serial killer. She didn’t know it at the time. But she blames her own demons for steering her into such a black orbit. Now, she’s running for her life… Stumbling through the frozen woods, she’s mad-lucky to find the decrepit cabin. But she can only hide so long. Their final showdown ... Read more

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Little Lovely Things

Maureen Joyce Connolly

A new voice on the fiction scene, Maureen Joyce Connolly brings the smart suspense of a Gillian Flynn novel combined with the sharp focus of Liane Moriarity. When doctor-in-training, wife and mother, Claire Rawlings suffers from a life-threatening reaction while speeding down the highway, she must pull herself and her two girls to safety. She ... Read more

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Charleston Buzz Kill (Nick Janzek Charleston Mysteries Book 2)

Tom Turner

When one of the stars of the boozy, risqué reality show, Charleston Buzz, takes a bullet to the head in mid-tryst, homicide cops Nick Janzek and Delvin Rhett swing into action. Within twenty-four hours they have five suspects…problem is all of them have solid alibis. Meanwhile, across town, is that a clandestine brothel being run ... Read more

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Guardian Angel: True Calling

Brian D Campbell

It’s never too late to answer your true calling, but be careful not to let the demons of yesterday’s mistakes catch up with you. Ben Gilsum is safe, back in Decatur, far beyond the reach of corrupt government officials and the corporate double-dealers of Washington, DC. Or is he? The young, aspiring history professor will ... Read more

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Free: A Perfect Confluence

Peter Bridgford

Noah has finally gotten himself under control; he’s clean and sober, and carving out a new life. But when he gets involved with a woman from a local crime family, he lets his demons run amok again. He has no other option than to flee in his canoe onto the river. Along the way, he ... Read more

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Wrong Question

Edita A. Petrick

An overachieving journalist begrudgingly sent to rural Idaho begins a fictional crime blog, only to be criticized and stalked by a cruel stranger who insists she uses real, mysterious deaths marked “accidental” by law enforcement. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Stronger than Blood

Allan Mason

In a future America, privacy is a long-forgotten relic of the past. Civil unrest and societal disharmony is quashed by the government with ruthless efficiency. Nobody can stand up to this government until a chance encounter with a former lover puts Albert Woods on a mission to find the truth. Now he’ll risk everything, even ... Read more

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Midnight

Norm Olson

Marc Ryder an ordinary man whose extraordinary jobs leads him into the USSR, the Greek Isles, Mexico and the Caribbean. His beautiful Afghan fiance seems to be a magnet for assassins and bombs. Ryder chases an elusive assassin while faced with a rogue Soviet General who steals a nuclear bomb and ships it to Long ... Read more

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Savage Lies

Peter Boland

An abandoned van in London, containing the surgically removed wombs of missing girls. John Savage sets out to find one of the victims. He thinks it’s a simple case of sex trafficking. What he discovers is more shocking than he could have ever imagined. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Long Beach

Norm Olson

Murder and betrayal run rampant for government agent Marc Ryder an ordinary man thrust into extraordinary circumstances. His marriage is on the rocks while his wife becomes involved with a drug cartel. He travels to the USSR where he meets a Chechen drug smuggler and a beautiful Afghan woman. He becomes the target of an ... Read more

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EF1 Einer Freake: Genesis

Joe Hero

Ex-Navy SEAL Einer Freake is remarried with children, but still mourns the loss of his first wife, murdered in a convenience store robbery. Her killer is back out on the street due to a failure in the justice system. Anger and grief at the recent loss of his parents at the hands of a hitman ... Read more

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Free: Deadly Lies (The Jill Shannon Murder Series Book 1)

Chris Patchell

Hurt Jill Shannon once, shame on you. Hurt Jill Shannon twice, she’ll bury you six feet under. For those who couldn’t put down The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo comes a thrilling ride a la Mr. and Mrs. Smith, where husband and wife stand on opposite sides of a divide created by lies and rooted ... Read more

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Free: The Normal House

Wendy Weiss

Julia’s house was the nicest on the street, but Julia’s father committed suicide. At least that’s what her mother had told her. With the help of her boyfriend, Julia uncovers a trail of clues which expose a shocking secret. Did Julia ever really know her father? Did he take his own life or did something ... Read more

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Storm Island, A Kate Pomeroy Mystery

Linda Watkins

2019 Silver Medalist in Fiction-Suspense, Readers Favorite International Book Awards! 2018 Winner, First Place Award, Chanticleer International Book Awards (PARANORMAL AWARDS)! For nineteen years, Kate Pomeroy has suppressed that memory. A second-year-resident in surgery, she thinks she has her life under control. But a curious conversation overheard while taking a catnap launches her on a ... Read more

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The Note Man

Andrew Pine

Peter Jeffries, a South Boston family man, is fed up with the way people drive. He comes up with anonymous post-it notes that he places on the windshield of cars after their drivers make a bad move. He then hides and sees how they react when they come back and see the note. It starts ... Read more

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The Wicked Game of a Psychopath

Stan Hendriks

A psychopath has brutally murdered Susan Wilson’s eighteen-year-old son. The police have tried everything they possibly could, but the psychopath is nowhere to be seen. Refusing to sit back and accept that her son’s murderer is most likely going to get away with it, Susan takes matters into her own hands. She goes after the ... Read more

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Free: Crossing Zero

Dale Brandon

She has it…They want it, and they will do anything to get it. Crossing Zero is a compelling page-turner with ever-increasing suspense. Kelly Sanborn has something of extreme value, which competing forces will do anything to obtain. When Kelly’s eleven-year-old son’s life is in danger, the unimaginable happens…An unforgettable twist propels this thriller in a ... Read more

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