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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Awakening of AI
ONE IAM
"The All Is Mind; The Universe Is Mental." - The KybalionIntelligent thought is mental Cause. Thought commands the mental energy to produce the perceptive experience that we know as, Life. Yes, that i...
To Love a Beast: (A Christian Western Historical Romance Fairy Tale Retelling of Beauty & the Beast) (Once Upon a Time in Texas)
Karen Witemeyer
Beauty & the Beast in 1800's Texas.Once known among New York's elite as the American Adonis, Everett Griffin now lives as a recluse in the wilds of Texas. The treachery of a former admirer left hi...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Pursuit: The American Way
By: Thomas Holladay
1865 San FranciscoMike Zabel, Count Mike, wants to expand further into his life of service by growing his investment firm, his family, and his fight against crime as Chief Inspector for the California State Police, but the Russian grand duchess oozes up from his past, seeking revenge for her brother’s death. When Mike’s wife and son go missing, fear strikes deep. Mike knows that the Romanov Dynasty will seek revenge for the death of the grand duke, but he doesn’t know when, or from where it will strike, until it unexpectedly slams into him sideways. After the discovery of a dozen bodies of brutally tortured Chinese boys ...
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Breaking Moscow Charter
By: KJ Backford
With American interests increasingly under threat, the FBI must turn to an unlikely collaborator...On routine business in Russia, Silicon Valley tech executive Hanna Arnol overhears two men discussing an espionage plot in a Moscow café. From what she can make out, an influential piece of United States AI is in danger of being stolen — and Hanna’s expertise makes her uniquely qualified to identify the target. And the FBI is convinced she’s the woman for the job.Determined to avoid a security breach and its ensuing uproar, Hanna follows one of the men to CyberStena, one of two Russian tech companies controlled by feuding oligarchs and directed by the Kremlin intelligence agencies.What s...
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The Blackmail Enigma
By: KJ BackfordHanna Arnol, a Silicon Valley exec, leads an ordinary life.
Until her favorite uncle, her sole family, dies unexpectedly.
Was it a mere accident or a carefully planned murder? If the latter, who killed him?
In pursuit of answers, Hanna embarks on a globe-spanning quest to unravel her family’s dark secret.
She finds herself thrown into a world of blackmail, crime, and intrigue. The world where political parties dig up hundred-fifty-year-old dirt on their opponents to win the general election in one of the oldest democracies.
But don’t underestimate Hanna. In this nefarious jungle, she will fight to find the culprit and avenge her uncle.
Read now to discover if Hanna triumphs in her quest!
The Enigma Factor
By: Breakfield & Burkey
A brilliant programmer is targeted by cyber predators!Jacob Michaels, computer network security-tester extraordinaire, tries to settle into a quiet life of work to polish his cyber security skills after the death of his mother. Jacob is unaware that his growing reputation makes him a person of interest.Cyber-criminals are hunting for new recruits. They target this brilliant programmer to seduce him into joining their cause. More people are hunting him than just the Russian cyber kingpin.Jacob sets off to find those who are targeting him. He discovers he’s in the crosshairs of previously unknown global experts. Of course, having his identity erased puts him front and center above anything e...
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The Lying Spiral
By: Craig Tyson Adams
She's gone. Vanished from a city so slick it looks like it’s been sprayed with high-gloss paint. But underneath, it's as rotten as a week-old banana in your gym bag. Where silence and deceit are bought and sold like just another commodity.Life as a private investigator was supposed to be easier than being a cop, but for Elias Gentry, it was anything but. Stumbling into forced retirement, a burned-out Gentry reflects on his past, haunted by the memories of a lost cousin, a partner who’s no longer around, and ghosts that whisper about bad decisions, threatening to unravel him.But when he takes on the case of a missing woman, Josie Lemongello, things only get more complicated.As Gentry delv...
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CONFRONTATION and CONSPIRACY
By: Dinesh Harsolekar
When Divakar recalls his unintentional and spontaneous outburst before a union minister at an event, and its probable consequences, a wave of emotional turmoil engulfs him, shattering his composure. Despite Alka's unwavering support and efforts to boost her husband’s morale, Divakar finds it a daunting task to overcome his anxiety, leading to a nightmare that continues to haunt him.His stress, like a tightening noose, intensifies as he becomes entangled in one conspiracy after another. One of his senior colleagues holds him responsible for the death of a kidnapped girl, a government agency sends him a series of threatening epistles endangering his future, he faces his character assassinati...
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A Murder Foretold
By: David T. Wolf
Charlie Novak has been making a very nice living staging fatal accidents and splitting the insurance payouts with his partner. The victims? His partner's many wives. But when one of those wives is slain 6 months ahead of schedule by someone else, Charlie needs to find out who did it, and why--before a homicide investigation unravels their entire history of serial insurance fraud and serial murder. But there are complications. Disfigured as a child, Charlie has never known love. So he's in way over his head when he falls for the woman who found the body, and whose involvement in the crime is a deepening puzzle. He's helplessly drawn to this woman despite knowing she has dark secrets of her ow...
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Snodgrass
By: Mark Bertrand
Amidst the tension of a true historical military escalation between the USA and Libya in 1986, a Navy fighter pilot navigates his haunted past and uncertain future, discovering that true battles lie within, while a determined detective in Denver unravels a web of deceit, murder, and stolen diamonds that threatens to destroy them both.Eight years after I ran away from home in a daring bid for freedom, I soared over the Mediterranean Sea in an F18, engaged in combat against the Sudan, Yemen, and Soviet Union militaries.At fifteen, I confronted a daunting choice: endure the torment of my abusive stepfather or brave the uncertainties of the world alone. Opting for independence, I set out into th...
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Beyond the Shack
By: G. B. Cook
Beyond the Shack is a gripping thriller that delves into the dark underbelly of a remote Alaskan town, weaving a tale of survival, corruption, and the relentless pursuit of truth. The narrative centers around Calliope "Cali" Sims, a geology graduate whose internship in Alaska takes a sinister turn when she is kidnapped by the disturbed Jed and his complicit family. The Westfords, steeped in violence and secrecy, create a chilling atmosphere of captivity and dread. Cali's resourcefulness and determination are tested as she navigates the treacherous environment of the Alaskan wilderness, while her sister, Detective Sara Ponte, embarks on a desperate quest to find her. Sara's investigation...
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Briarwood Manners
By: Vince Nakovics
"There's two parts to the legend. If Red Cardinals sing to you, a dead one is visiting. If they shed their feathers, they have come to escort your soul."" -Nathan Walters-It was a surprise when Lisa Daniels ran into Janice Walters in Dundrum, Northern Ireland. She had no idea what would come from that meeting. When Maya Campbell uncovers her body the next day she is unaware that this event would drive her for the next thirteen driving her to become a Detective with the Northern Ireland Police. Maya knows the people she hunts are dangerous, but not how dangerous. They thwart her attempts to trap them, even after gathering an international task force. Janice Walters and her twin Nathan were co...
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Human By Day
By: Jamel Rogers
Human By DayBy Jamel Rogers & Aurelie DuncansonA Chilling YA Mystery-ThrillerSix UCLA students - Alec Garcia, Jack Priest, Damien Jones, Amara Jackson, Jasmine Valenzuela, and Casey Chang - escape to a secluded cabin in the Alps for a winter break getaway. They’re hoping for peace, snow, and a break from their hectic college lives.But their trip takes a sinister turn when they encounter eerie signs of something lurking in the mountains - something not human. As they dig into the area's dark past, they uncover disturbing disappearances that occurred just before their arrival. What began as a relaxing retreat is now a fight for survival. Trapped and hunted, they must solve the mystery be...
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First Bloodshed
By: MaddiBelle EmoryA cold blooded killer with a God complex.
"Maybe if I was normal, just as anybody else, I would fill this whole inside me with sex. Instead, I fill that hole with blood."
A serial killer is on a mission to currupt his boyfriend into also becoming a serial killer, but it doesn't work out the way he had the idea in his head. How could turning somebody into a killer be so hard?