Top Free Mystery Kindle Books

Whether you prefer to read cozy mysteries or detective crime novels, you’ll find great books among our top 200 free Kindle mystery books.

The Secret of Poppyridge Cove

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.2★ 2500+ ratings

A hauntingly beautiful seaside mansion has been abandoned for decades, but when Abby stumbles on the crumbling estate, she’s uncommonly drawn to it. The connection to the home might be her undoing.


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Corpses Say The Darndest Things

Free
Mystery
4.1★ 750+ ratings

With the bodies piling up and the police on his tail, private eye Nod Blake must decipher messages from the dead to solve the case.


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Inn Over Her Head

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.2★ 1000+ ratings

Lori Keyes is excited to settle into her perfect new life as a bed and breakfast owner. She is ready to show some Southern hospitality at her new B&B… until the first guest winds up dead.


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Death by Didgeridoo

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.2★ 1000+ ratings

With the clock ticking and suspects lurking around every corner, Jamie Quinn must use all her legal savvy to solve the murder of a once-famous rock star named Spike.


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Death by Greek Fire

Free
Mystery, Historical
4.3★ 100+ ratings

Decimus Julius Virilis is commanded by the heir apparent, Tiberius Caesar, to find the mastermind who planned a diabolical death trap and is attempting to plunge the Roman Empire back into a civil war.

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Cat Killed a Rat

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.1★ 2500+ ratings

Nothing bad ever happens in Ponderosa Pines. At least, that’s what anonymous gossip columnist Chloe LaRue and her best friend, town matriarch EV Torrence thought.


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Blood Sister

Free
Mystery
3.8★ 500+ ratings

Follow Annie Hansen, a young private eye with a troubled past, as she teams up with detective Mark Snow to unravel the sinister murders haunting the town of Serendipity.


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A Study In Red

Free
Mystery, Historical
4.2★ 400+ ratings

Unable to cast aside the claimed journal of Jack The Ripper, psychiatrist Robert Cavendish will find out just how thin the line between sanity and madness really is. But can he distinguish fact from fantasy?


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Into the Darkest Night

Free
Mystery, Action
4.2★ 20+ ratings

When Ana Jacobs escapes the Island, she vows to use her knowledge to protect the city. Levi Bennett knows where Ana’s been… Their demons are one in the same, but some demons can’t be tamed.


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Dead Before Dinner

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.2★ 2500+ ratings

Psychologist Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a good idea at the time, but that was before the murder at a New Year’s Eve party.

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The Cottage

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.2★ 50+ ratings

When Kat meets enigmatic octogenarian Lord Edmund Fitzgerald and learns of a century-old feud, she’s drawn into a web of intrigue that exposes years of deceit, infidelity, and murder.


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Ascension

Free
Urban Fantasy, Suspense
4.3★ 200+ ratings

In a dangerous and seductive world of vampires, werewolves and shapeshifters, Sabrina Strong seeks to solve a murder. Immersed in a sea of twists, turns and secrets, Sabrina doesn’t know who to trust. 

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The Soggy Cannoli Murder

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.5★ 1000+ ratings

When Bernie Smyth trades her Hollywood fame for witness protection in a small Italian-American town in New Jersey, she doesn’t expect to play the role of her career: prime murder suspect.


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Nelson & MacIlwraith

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.3★ 500+ ratings

Six girls have been abducted and another has been found dead, but the FBI is refusing to see they’re connected. Professor Nox suspects a criminal connected to an ancient Celtic cult is to blame.


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Academic Curveball

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.2★ 1000+ ratings

Who killed Professor Abby Monroe? With the help of his eccentric nana, Kellan Ayrwick tries to stay out of the sheriff’s way and solve the mystery. But can they find the killer before he strikes again?

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