Explore Top YA Mystery & Thriller Indie Books

Discover a curated collection of indie YA 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 YA Mystery & Thriller storytelling.

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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...

You Can Wine Too: From Fairy Tales to Nightmares, My Path to Drinking Wine Every Night

David R. Sheldon
Follow the author as he makes a life-changing decision that will determine his future for the next fifty years. Starting in the corporate world, he then ventured into his own plastics business. After ...

All For A Buck

Doris Anne Beaulieu
Brotherhood Beyond the Battlefield   Haunted by combat and betrayed by their own country, the veterans return-not as heroes. As paranoia grips the town. All For A buck transforms into grippi...

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 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, ...

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 Fulcrum: A Novel

Michael Decter
In this sweeping climate thriller, an economist and a public servant join forces—and hearts—to navigate a dangerous international conflict and imminent environmental disaster.Matthew Rice needs a ...

Where Sunflowers Stand

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 – A...

I Was Adopted by a Sorceress, Book One

Albert
When life begins to confront you, you can give up, get angry, or stay true to yourself, fighting for your happiness and the place you are looking for under the sun, even if it is not your own luminary...

The Weipa Crocodile - Murders in the Outback

Victoria Reiby
A murdered tycoon. A town on edge. And a cultural guardian forced into a fight for justice in the wilds of Cape York, Australia.THR CONFLICT:In the rugged heart of the Australian outback, where ancien...

The Valkyrie: A Medieval Christian Fiction (Book 4) (The Huntress: Medieval Christian Fiction)

Carrie Cotten
Can the truth-speaker’s promise of life from death really be for them?After a year in captivity, Isa Bjorndottir feels dead inside. Restored to her mother, the Shieldmaiden of Volfsby, Isa watches l...

Husro & Shirin

Maryam Tabibzadeh
a fascinating historical saga of the love affair between the king of the Persian empire and the princess of Armenia,  based on true story which is set  in the 6th century.  Husro a...

Living The Dream: Law Of Attraction Secrets

ONE IAM
Living the Dream is not another book about accumulating great material wealth and living a luxurious life by using knowledge of the fundamental law of attraction (simply put, you attract what you focu...

The Masquerade Kilker

Ivan Cisneros
Some masks conceal identities. Others reveal the truth.Cutter’s Ridge was never meant to be a place of murder. Tucked away in the Montana mountains, it was the kind of town where secrets were buried...

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...

Woodhaven Bay: Book I - The Signal

By: Brian Ogilvie

Maya Chen and her friends have always known their hometown of Woodhaven Bay was different. The fog rolls in at the same time each night. Strange creatures prowl the back alleyways. People disappear … and no one questions why.

Now, Agent Cross, head of a mysterious Government Project, is watching their every move.

Their parents all seem to know something - what are they hiding? Is it connected to the mysterious radio transmission Maya discovered - and the frantic voices pleading for help?

As Halloween approaches, Maya and her friends find themselves caught in a frightening conspiracy, one that involves not just Woodhaven Bay - but the entire world!

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Between the Worlds: Book 1: The Journey of a Boy through Space and Reality

By: The Gate - Sealtiel
Have you ever felt watched by something you couldn't see?Lived a moment that felt... not entirely real?When Noah begins to glimpse the cracks beneath reality — flickering lights, secret grids, voices no one else can hear — he is thrust into a hidden universe of shadowy forces, forgotten truths, and silent wars between worlds.In a reality where illusions are stronger than facts, and memories can be rewritten, Noah must uncover the truth about himself — and a system built to keep everyone asleep.Follow Noah's journey between worlds:through invisible signs, forbidden knowledge, and battles that reshape the very nature of existence.A gripping sci-fi mystery for fans of Stranger Things, Rea...
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A Walk in the Dark

By: Roy M. Hiller

Cat is a high school sophomore prone to daydreaming. While walking home from choir rehearsal, Cat’s life is upended when she experiences a terrifying vision. At first she is disoriented and doesn’t know if it really happened or if it was just a powerful daydream. As the story progresses, Cat confides in her best friend and enlists the help of local police. As she does so, she becomes the target of the fugitive on the run for murder.

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