Explore Top Mystery & Thriller Indie Books
Discover a curated collection of indie Mystery & Thriller books written by self-published authors from around the world. Whether you're looking for fresh plots, bold voices, or hidden gems, this is your go-to shelf for immersive Mystery & Thriller storytelling.
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The Suicide Detective
William Bach
When a high-stakes mission to capture a ruthless Al Qaeda terrorist goes horribly wrong, U.S. Army Sergeant Amber Downing is taken captive—vanishing behind enemy lines in Iraq. Her devoted military ...
Terminal Love
Audible Publishers
In a world of ticking clocks and hospital beds, Terminal Love is a story about what it truly means to live—told through the raw, beautiful chaos of two people who weren’t supposed to fall in love....
Mako Bay
Stephanie Ruth
MAKO BAY Otago Waters Book 1. Maybe friends really do make the best lovers? Shal Hoffner’s back in Dunedin after eight years of self-imposed exile. Setting up a new fas...
Reciprocity
D.C. Gilbert
Gilbert delivers a high-octane blend of emotional depth, tactical precision, and unflinching realism in his latest installment in the JD Cordell series. JD Cordell, a recently retired US Navy SEA...
The Winds of Fate (Make the Darkness Light Book 2)
S. M. Stirling
Artorius and his team must race against time to thwart a looming clash between two ancient powers, navigating a treacherous landscape where their actions could rewrite history and spark a catastrophic...
THE LAST NEANDERTHAL CLAN
Charlie BORING
Enjoy historical fiction? You will love these adventures into prehistoric times, forty thousand years ago, when the last Neanderthals struggled for survival. The robust Neanderthals ruled the terrain ...
Fascinating Facts for Curious Kids: 1050 Wonders: Packed with Fun Facts and Trivia from Amazing Animals to Astronomy and Marine Life to Monuments! (Awesome Facts for Ages 8-12)
Kristine Collins
🚀 GET 1050 JAW-DROPPING FACTS ACROSS TONS OF TOPICS AND THEMES!🤩 Help A Kid Put Down The Phone And Pick Up An Amazing Book Instead! 📚😍 IDEAL FOR KIDS to Spark Curiosity, Build Confidence, ...
A Journey Toward Tomorrow - The Beginning
jjeckhardt
A science fiction novel with a touch of romance and mystery that takes you on a journey as new life begins from the forgotten ashes of the old.Unknown to Humanity, the Earth’s sun would soon release...
The Reborn Prince (Mages in the Mundane Book 1)
Julianne Munich
He was a prince, forced into a new life as a pauper.Luc, a poor but vain young man in 1775 Paris, is confused by his dreams of gilded ballrooms and unknown people in lace and jewels. What's more, ever...
SuperPower: The Ability to Fly or to Become Invisible: The Deal of the Art (Book #1)
Roger E Pedersen
Today, I invite you to explore these extraordinary possibilities within the pages of a groundbreaking new book series, SuperPower: The Ability to Fly or to Become Invisible, written by none other than...
My Way on the Camino Portuguese
John Seegers
What happens when the road demands more than your body can give—but your spirit refuses to quit?In My Way on the Camino Portuguese, John Seegers shares the honest, humorous, and deeply personal stor...
The Death Wizard Chronicles: Volume 1
Jim Melvin
Enter a world where death is not final—it's a magical fuel.In the desert kingdom of Triken, sorcery is feared, power is brutal, and one man defies the laws of life itself. Torg, a Death Wizard, draw...
The Dream of Matter: Waking the Mind Within the Mirage: No Spoon, No Self: Escaping the Illusion of Form
ONE IAM
What if the world you touch... was your own thought in disguise?In The Dream of Matter, you are not handed answers, you are handed mirrors.This book dissolves the boundary between subject and object, ...
Funny Fairy Tales - 5: Alice in Wonderland - Jack & the Beanstalk - Princess & the Pea - Little Mermaid
Reut Barak
Funny Twists on your favorite Fairy Tales that will make you laugh out loud! Age 16+Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a woman who was allergic to dust. Her name was Cinderella.In the sa...
Being Broken:Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse
Geoffrey R Jonas
A young woman dies alone in a hotel room, her fentanyl-poisoned cocaine still on the desk. She had been missing for nearly 2 weeks. Social Services had been trying to find a place for her to live with...
Magnanotron: The Evolution
By: Robert James Saniscalchi
The electrifying continuation of the Bond of Brothers stories...Magnanotron: The Evolution takes the reader two years after the action filled Russia Affair. A remarkable new discovery has come to the creators of Magnanotron and now it has evolved into something much more deadly. Follow Jason Patrick and Commander Ryan as the call of duty comes from the President. America's Military and Special Forces enter the fight to stop another even more unthinkable threat.Now under the capable leadership of legendary sniper and Special Forces soldier Sergeant Major Tex Larson – with the help of Magnanotron, the Delta Team continues to enhance their formidable reputation, with successful missions both ...
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The Unseen
By: Chris Cloake
Your life has ended abruptly. The reason and cause unclear. There can be no eternal rest until you know how and why this happened. Where would you start? Who is to blame? Was it avoidable, inevitable, an accident or murder?Follow Scott as he tumbles uncontrollably through a confusing array of experiences, each fragment piecing together a revealing picture of himself and the key players in his world. The final realisation emerges like a knife in the darkness, ready to tear apart the truths he had built his life upon.The Unseen by Chris Cloake takes the reader on a personal journey of absolution that will resonate deeply with anyone who has ever questioned the path of their existence. For love...
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Justified Homicide
By: Kelly MarshallMadison Jackson is gunned down on her wedding day, bleeding out on the church steps, her only thought is her young child’s future. Awakening in the ICU, Madison suspects the attack is linked to her past, once married to a notorious Mexican cartel boss. Now, with his suspicious death exposed, she’s charged with felony murder. With Texas Governor Dixon Tucker, her new husband, pulling legal strings, the courtroom becomes a battlefield. But will the truth save her, or seal her fate? Justified Homicide is a pulse-pounding legal thriller and the thirtieth installment in the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles.
Liberator Legacy
By: Domenick Venezia
2021 CIBA Series Award Finalist for Global Thriller High Stakes FictionSeptember 1946 – Destined for a stateside scrapyard, Sadie Sue, a B-24 heavy bomber lifts off from Tokyo on a flight plan to Geiger Field in Washington state. Having miraculously survived fifty-six missions together, navigator, pilot, and copilot Malloy, are the only crew. An unscheduled detour ends in unseen disaster.Two generations later, US Air Force pilot, Major Lincoln James Malloy is transferred from Afghanistan, forced to leave behind his wingman, the A-10 Warthog he loved, and the marines and soldiers who had counted on his close air support. Major Malloy resigns his commission and returns home, picking up ...
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Where Sunflowers Stand: A Traitor in Ukraine. A Spy in Russia. A CIA Man. And the Fight for Freedom.
By: KJ Backford
Alex Curtner, the CIA’s Chief of Station for Russia and Ukraine, is in dire straits. His most critical operation is on the verge of collapse. Russian counterintelligence is closing in on a spy – Alex’s prized asset at the top of Moscow’s hierarchy.It all started with a whisper. A traitor inside the Ukrainian General Staff tipped off the Russians: Ukraine had prior knowledge of Moscow’s war plans. Now the noose tightens, and Alex must do the impossible – unmask the traitor before the Russians can neutralize his asset.But if they strike first, the CIA’s operation – and Alex himself – could be compromised, costing Ukraine territory and countless lives. And if the Ukrainians ar...
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Start with C
By: Garry R McDougall
Start With C *** Long-listed in Best Unpublished Manuscript, Whitsunday Literary Festival, 2024.When a corrupt Bicentennial official disappears amid an Indigenous death-in-custody, town mayhem and a Royal Commission, only Kev plays detective. He first suspects the fiery Aboriginal leader Billy, then the passionate Mara of ‘Patchtown’, and later, manipulative councillor Cheryl Sheila and her fiance and Council administrator, Roger ‘Humblebum’.Weighed down by his sense of responsibility, and his biological link to the infamous Jimmy Blacksmith, Kev wants only peace and civility, and safety for his wayward son, Danny, working for local ...
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Curse Me Once, Winkle Me Twice
By: Petra Shaw
A centuries-old curse. A shape-shifting demon. And a psychic librarian racing the clock.Kerilee Oberon didn’t expect demon-hunting to be part of her library job in Molenhaven. But when local honey maker Adrienna begs for help saving her boyfriend, Roger van Winkle, from a deadly sleeping curse, Kerilee dives headfirst into a maze of folklore, family secrets, and nightmares.With her psychic gift, a cryptic clue from a mysterious stranger, and her razor-sharp talking cat Mysty at her side, Kerilee uncovers unsettling truths. Why has diner owner Karyn Molen delayed breaking the curse tied to Roger’s uncle? And why do town bullies Lester and Cobb Dimwitty keep sabotaging her efforts?As the f...
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unFriendly Persuasion
By: Tom Fugate
What begins as an attempted robbery of a Big Box store quickly becomes more than the thieves bargained for when one is killed and the other three taken into custody. They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lee Thomas does not look for trouble, but it seems to find him and Lee faces trouble head on and full tilt. Someone has to do it, and he has the will and the skill set. Going after an experienced member of a clandestine agency is not a smart move. Involving his family is a very bad thing if you are a member of that gang. When you go after a man with the ability to bring the full force of the US government down on you it will not end well. From the open...
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The Gallery of Lies
By: Amy Stanbra
The Gallery of Lies is a haunting psychological crime thriller that explores the dark side of identity, obsession, and the illusions we create to survive.When a string of murders surfaces in South Yorkshire — each more brutal and stylized than the last — Detective Mara Vandelyn is drawn into a world once obsessed with beauty and control: a long-defunct modeling agency where masks weren’t just worn, they were crafted.As the case deepens, Mara must confront the ghosts of the past — and the face of a killer who sees every victim as a canvas.A missing girl. A shattered legacy. And a killer building toward one final masterpiece. SynopsisSouth Yorkshire is no stranger to darkness — ...
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The XVII-th: Letters to the One Who Will Come — by Benedict Adurosakin
By: Benedict AdurosakinThe XVII-th: Letters to the One Who Will Come is a 166-page philosophical letter-series, written by a vanished voice to the one fated to rise.
It is not a guide. It is a mirror. It is a journey through silence, power, betrayal, and the burden of knowing too much, wrapped in metaphor and mystery.
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Storm Bodies
By: Steve Orme
A grisly discovery by binmen on their round. A woman leaves her place of work but fails to arrive home. Is there a serial killer on the loose? Detective Inspector Miles Davies and his team need to find out.But with the Chief Constable urging Davies to come up with a way to get bored youngsters off the streets and the media eager for headline news, time is running out.Does a local basketball club hold the key? And how many more lives will be lost before Davies can make an arrest? The answers will leave you on the edge of your seat."Miles Davies is a terrific creation and the sense of place (as well as the grinding pressures of local journalism which I recognised from my dad's experiences) is ...
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Beneath the Poison Tree
By: @bgwriter.bsky.socialDawn, a woman unfulfilled and living her life vicariously through her sister, invests all her energy into maintaining the close family ties.
When faced with betrayal, threatening to derail all she holds precious, Dawn commits an unspeakable act - one that comes back to haunt her.
A family drama, steeped in suspense, that delves into the mind of a woman obsessed and the lengths she will go to when her life starts to unravel.