Top Free Mystery Kindle Books

Whether you prefer to read cozy mysteries or detective crime novels, you’ll find great books among our top 300 free Kindle mystery books.

The Lost Spear

Free
Mystery, Novella
4.1★ 1000+ ratings

Archaeologist Dr. Eve Blakeley has dedicated her life’s work to finding Genghis Khan’s final resting place. But first, she’ll have to find an eight-hundred-year-old weapon shrouded in mystery.


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Who Killed the Ghost in the Library?

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.4★ 750+ ratings

Cam Shaw is an out-of-work ghost writer who places an ad in the newspaper looking for clients. When she gets a reply, she gets more than she bargained for and is thrown into a 60-year-old mystery.


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Played to Death

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.2★ 7500+ ratings

Former piano prodigy-turned-FBI agent Scott Drayco is tormented by nightmares from his last case. Things change when a client is found murdered on his Opera House stage.


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Gemini Rising

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.2★ 1000+ ratings

Join AJ and her pals as they race to unravel the mystery of her past, where the pieces of the puzzle bring more questions than answers.

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The Great Catsby

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.2★ 1000+ ratings

Just when I start to settle into my new job and get back to reading my classic novels, I’m pulled chapters deep into a mystery. And wouldn’t you know it? An innocent man has been framed.

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He said, she said, “Murder”

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.3★ 1000+ ratings

Tanja Shepherd is a smart, slightly neurotic ex-FBI profiler. Her husband Joe is a rugged, somewhat broken ex-cop. They run a detective agency and have a baby on the way.


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The Inconvenient Corpse

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.5★ 1000+ ratings

Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town.  Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies.

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The Spirit Girls

Free
Mystery, Paranormal
4.4★ 1000+ ratings

I’ve learned to live with my gift, but at my aunt’s cabin, deep in the woods, something is different. A woman was murdered, and my abilities could be the only way to prevent further deaths.


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Body in the Books

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.4★ 2500+ ratings

When Nora Jones inherits a dusty old bookshop from her estranged uncle, she moves to St. Augustine to tie up loose ends and maybe learn about him. But sometimes, owning a bookstore can be murder.


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In Milady’s Chamber

Free
Mystery, Historical, Romance
4.3★ 2500+ ratings

Estranged from her husband through her failure to produce an heir, Lady Fieldhurst decides to get revenge. Fate takes a hand when she enters her bedchamber to find Lord Fieldhurst dead on the floor.


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The Bookseller’s Tale

Free
Thriller, Historical
4.4★ 2500+ ratings

Oxford, Spring 1353. When young bookseller Nicholas Elyot discovers the body of William Farringdon floating in the River Cherwell, all the signs point to suicide. But Nicholas uncovers a murder.


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The Avid Angler

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.4★ 500+ ratings

MacFarland is not a detective anymore. It’s not his problem if a killer roams free. He’s just a hot dog vendor.

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The Clockwork Scarab

Free
Mystery, Supernatural, Teen
4.1★ 500+ ratings

Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you’re the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood.

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Enigma of Lake Falls

Free
Mystery, Historical
4.3★ 200+ ratings

Summer 1949: Haunted by a family scandal, Jenny Nicolay boards a train for a fresh start in Texas. She charms her way into the heart of the small town and the handsome private eye, Sawyer Finn.


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Broken Paradise

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.0★ 500+ ratings

Everything changed ten years ago when Jessica disappeared. Jessica’s best friend, Rowan, is finally getting things back on track until a lost child turns up connected to Jessica.


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Thief

Free
Romance, Adventure
4.2★ 2500+ ratings

Hunters have become the hunted and their target is now after Kayli. The Academy boys do their best to keep her hidden, but a thief like Kayli will never sit still for long.


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