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 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, ...

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 ...

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...

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 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 ...

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...

Awakening Within: A Guide To Self Knowledge For Conscious Community Influencers

ONE IAM

A practical guide to spiritually awakening and providing God level leadership to those under your influence.

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 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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Nayantara - Echoes of the Taken

By: Devesh Vernekar
Beneath the jagged peaks of Shivalkot, where the air hums with secrets and the earth cradles both life and shadow, Dr. Shridhar Varma (Shri) steps into a past he thought he'd buried. Lured back to this remote village by Dr. Anirudh Kashyap’s urgent plea after the untimely death of Dr. Pratap Sharma—a towering figure who held the hospital together for decades—Shri finds himself standing at the edge of a world he abandoned thirty years ago. The hospital, a decaying shell of a forgotten royal retreat, looms over eighteen villages and a reclusive tribal hamlet, its cracked walls whispering tales of healing and something far darker.From the moment Shri arrives, the village grips him like a ...
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Return To Hawaii: A Donovan Cross Novel

By: Daniel J. Voelker
Donovan Cross is the NIA’s legendary secret agent. He has been sent on dozens of missions in every corner of the globe and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal. Originally from Hawaii, Cross has not returned home in nearly 30 years. The unexpected death of his parents altered the course of his life. Instead of attending a prestigious college on a scholarship, he chose a path of spying and espionage.When the Agency ordered him to return to his birthplace, he anticipated confronting painful memories of his parents’ passing. Unbeknownst to him, his presence on the island is crucial to addressing a sensitive global crisis: China’s imminent invasion of Taiwan. Hawaii is being used, shro...
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Murder Music

By: Michael Baldwin
     Murder Music is a quirky mystery-thriller for anyone who enjoys mayhem, music, and romance. Missy McKean, beautiful and rebellious teen violin virtuoso, and her jazz mentor, Tiger Blakely, are marked for death by an unknown demonic mastermind.Blakely and Missy go on a cross-country musical road trip to find out why they are being targeted. Blakely’s wise-cracking, genius dog, Bix, will help them, as will the spirit of Missy's haunted violin. But what about the handsome, red-haired Indian from outer space? Is he Missy’s love interest or maybe one of the killers? How are the KKK, the Apollo space program, and the President’s plane involved in the mystery?The susp...
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Financial Syndicate: Some Caree Opportunities Go Too Far

By: David Wolfson

Alex Colton is a young, idealistic recent college graduate, received an incredible career opportunity at boutique asset management firm Carrington Capital Partners. After the death of the chief executive officer, the leading CEO candidate creates a toxic security threatening to upend and possibly bankrupt the whole financial system. Through the help of the deceased CEO’s family and the company receptionist Lynda, Alex battles through corporate and political intrigue, along with learning secrets about himself and how he is personally and professionally linked to the ongoing saga regarding him, his family, and his place with his employer.

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All For A Buck

By: 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 gripping courtroom mystery where truth hides in plain sight-and redemption is hard-earned. From foxholes to false accusations, these men hold tight to the one thing that war couldn'y take-loyalty. Together, they rise again-not just to clear a friend's name, but to finally build the dream they started before the war.

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The Masquerade Kilker

By: 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 beneath years of silence. But when two bodies are found—each posed with a shattered white masquerade mask—Detective Victor Vega knows this is no ordinary case.The killings are precise. The patterns too deliberate. The deeper Victor digs, the clearer it becomes—this isn’t just about murder. It’s about him. The killer isn’t hiding. They’re waiting. Watching. Leaving breadcrumbs that lead straight to a past Victor thought he had outrun.But some nightmares don’t stay buried. And as ...
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Where Sunflowers Stand

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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The Weipa Crocodile - Murders in the Outback

By: 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 ancient lands are under siege, Bruce Hudson knows he is the last line of defence. A fierce protector of Cape York and its sacred heritage, Bruce faces a battle to safeguard his community’s ancestral lands from encroaching mining corporations. But as he struggles to preserve his roots, a murder rocks the tight-knit town of Weipa, Far North Queensland, setting off a deadly chain of events.THE MYSTERY:The victim is Walt Henry, the wealthiest man in Cape York. Weipa's two police officers set to work to ...
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Pregnancy Pains & Mystic Chains: Paranormal Women's Fiction (Mystical Midlife in Maine Book 16)

By: Brenda Trim
Whoever said "pregnancy is magical" clearly never had to deal with actual magic while pregnant. Trust me, trying to cast spells when your center of gravity has its own zip code is no picnic. But here I am, attempting to save Maine from supernatural disaster while growing three tiny demigods.Just as I was getting used to my new life of pickle-flavored ice cream and floating prenatal yoga (literally), my nemesis Lyra decides it's the perfect time to unleash chaos. Now I'm stuck on doctor-ordered bedrest, which is as useful as an umbrella in a hurricane when you're a witch with a penchant for trouble.While my divine baby daddy Aidon and our ragtag magical crew are trying to stop Lyra's latest s...
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The Suicide Detective

By: 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 working dog, Razor, is gravely injured in a valiant attempt to protect her, presumed dead by her side. Despite heroic rescue attempts by Special Forces and Navy SEAL teams, Amber remains lost in the shadows of war.Now back home as a disabled veteran, Amber begins to rebuild her life working at the VA Medical Center in Grand Junction. With the help of her loyal service dog, Nikita, she battles PTSD and the haunting grief of losing her fiancé, a fellow soldier killed in combat. But Amber’s heal...
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Black Dog Escape

By: William Bach
A Gritty, Gripping Military Thriller of Redemption, PTSD, and Second Chances “What have I done?” Navy SEAL Jack Thibideaux asks himself as he stands over a wounded Afghan girl—shot by mistake in the fog of war. Hunted by the Taliban, Jack makes a harrowing descent from a snow-capped mountain in Afghanistan, fighting to save the girl’s life—and salvage his own soul.But some wounds don’t heal on the battlefield.Haunted by combat trauma and driven by guilt, Jack retreats to the quiet shores of Port Townsend, Washington, where he opens a bookstore and tries to live a quiet life. But PTSD, secrets, and scars from his past refuse to stay buried. When an eccentric sea captain asks ...
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The Regression Strain

By: 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 foul is festering under the veneer of leisure. The brig fills with felons, the morgue with bodies, and the vacation becomes a nightmare.Peter and his staff face a vile affliction that pits loved ones against each other and shatters the bonds of civil society.With the ship hurtling towards an unprepared New York, only Peter can neutralize the threat, but he’s hallucinating and delirious.And sometimes primal urges are impossible to resist.The Regression Strain is a fast-paced, cerebral medical ...
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