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 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...
Seeing GOD, Face To Face: The Absolute Truth About You, And How You Operate.
ONE IAM
The Universe is information aligned in mental energy under rules and laws to appear as a "physical" manifestation. The mental energy produces a perception in the divine Mind. The perception has severa...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Awakening Within: A Guide To Self Knowledge For Conscious Community Influencers
ONE IAMA practical guide to spiritually awakening and providing God level leadership to those under your influence.
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...
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 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...
The Regression Strain
Kevin Hwang
Nobody’s safe when the inner beast awakens...Dr. Peter Palma joins the medical team of the Paradise to treat passengers for minor ailments as the cruise ship sails across the Atlantic. But something...
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...
THE DEVIL'S BANKER
By: Gary Van Haas
"THE DEVIL'S BANKER" thriller-- On June 17, 1982 the body of a well dressed man is found hanging under London’s Blackfriars Bridge with no identification, however in his pockets are a brick and $15,000 in various currencies. Murder? Suicide? Inspector ‘Serge Porter’ is called in to investigate the case when it is discovered the hanged man is none other than Roberto Calvi, the Vatican banker and Director of Banco Ambrosiano.Click to see it online:https://www.garyvanhaas.com/bookstore #DetectiveThrillers #MurderMysteries #BestFiction2025 #BestSellers2025 #BestBooks2025 #TrueStories #2025 #NewNovels2025 #2025 #Bookstagram #Books #Reading #BookLover #BookAddict&nbs...
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Deadly Encounters
By: Thomas zegrayA lot of unhappy people during the pandemic lockdown with a psychotic rebel running around. The book takes place in a small northeast resort town in South Carolina.
The Decedent
By: Roderick Edwards
In a remote estate shrouded in secrecy, five diverse couples—each bound by love, secrets, and simmering tensions—arrive for a high-stakes "film project" that twists Survivor into something far deadlier. Lured by a cryptic ad and hefty entry fee, they're thrust into a game of alliances, betrayals, and brutal choices: vote to name the Decedent, the one who must die. But is it all scripted illusion, or will hidden traumas and moral fractures turn fiction into fatal reality?From Sharon's fragile faith and Alex's buried demons, to Pammy's artistic detachment and Reggie's performative charm, Reese and Lou's chaotic codependency, Rebeka and Doniol's power plays, and Deshun and Wenting's cultura...
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Uncommon Destiny
By: Dan ShatzerIn Uncommon Destiny (my most popular novel), the protagonists thwart the efforts of an ultra-nationalist group, the Benefactors, who had a stated goal of strengthening the U.S. using shocking methods. Having backed ISIS, the Benefactor's first plot was widely successful, utilizing the group’s degenerate logic. Fortunately, one member of what would eventually become Mason Grant's team, our heroine, was able to block their last attempt in Argentina. Now, as a team secretly funded by our nation's National Security Advisor, they throw out all the rules to stop the Benefactors cold.
A HOLY DEVIL
By: Roman Horňák
Holiness and madness are separated by a thin line. And he crossed it...A Holy Devil is a chilling thriller that touches on questions of humanity’s moral decay, guilt, and the measure of redemption.Into a town where truth no longer means anything and indifference has risen above humanity comes a mysterious man.His mission is so terrifying, it seems divine.In whose hands is he a tool? In the hands of God, or the devil? His satisfaction is the screams of victims who have succumbed to their own corruption.Detectives from the serious crimes unit face a brutal fanatic who has begun a bloody path of cleansing.And time is running out...Where does punishment end?Where does salvation begin?Seven sin...
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Yamada’s Treasure
By: Anton Peeters
Siam, 1628With the death of King Songtham, a chaotic period in Siamese history starts. After a Machiavellian power struggle and the deaths of several young contenders to the throne, a self-proclaimed king, Prasat Thong, finally takes the throne himself.One of the other key players, Yamada Nagamasa, the powerful Japanese samurai of Ayutthaya, is seen as a significant threat. To maneuver him out of the way, he is sent to Ligor to suppress a rebellion.Close to 400 years later…Stumbled upon by accident while looking for antiques in the Thai countryside, the last remaining clue to a treasure buried in the last weeks of Yamada’s life sends Peter Prins and his long-time friend Somrak Noonsuk, a...
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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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