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.

Spring’s Calling

Free
Urban Fantasy, Suspenseful
4.3★ 1000+ ratings

When a series of brutal murders lands in her lap, newly-minted Detective Ezri Trenton sets out to prove she can handle the investigation. But she can’t risk revealing the magical world.


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Home is Where the Bark Is

Free
Cozy Mystery, Suspense
4.3★ 750+ ratings

All Willow Wells wanted was a fresh start, and inheriting her Aunt’s downtrodden dog gym seemed like the answer to her prayers. That is, until excavations uncover a dead local real estate mogul.


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The Reverend Finds His Calling

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.5★ 100+ ratings

Seminary student Tony Wagner finds more than he expected when he begins his final summer working in Evergreen National Park and discovers a serial killer’s handiwork.

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Game of Scones

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.4★ 400+ ratings

Sugar and Spice are thrilled to be hired to assemble a collection of old-time recipes for an upcoming celebration. But when things turn deadly, they must find a killer or lose the book deal.


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Murder on The Mind

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.2★ 20000+ ratings

Jeff Resnick hardly knows his half-brother. But after suffering a vicious mugging, he reluctantly accepts his brother’s help. Now, Jeff is haunted by unexplained visions.


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Bitter Roots

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.3★ 7500+ ratings

Dispatcher Zak Waller prefers working behind the scenes in the Sheriff’s Office , but when the Sheriff is quick to pin the death on an unknown outsider, Zak starts his own sleuthing.


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Undertaking Irene

Free
Mystery, Humor
4.3★ 5000+ ratings

Death Diva Jane Delaney performs tasks related to dead folks. When one of those deaths turns suspicious, Jane and her neurotic canine sidekick, Sexy Beast, are on the case!


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Magic Remembered

Free
Fantasy, Suspense
4.5★ 200+ ratings

Calliope is charged with uncovering a killer’s motives. But how is she supposed to solve a magical crime with a duct-taped wand — and why would anyone want to hurt the Hidden Folk in the first place?


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Miz Scarlet and the Vanishing Visitor

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.3★ 1000+ ratings

A pleasant night in Bay Head, New Jersey turns dangerous as Scarlet Wilson heads for home after a delightful weekend at the beach with her boyfriend.

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In for a Penny

Free
Cozy Mystery, Humor
4.3★ 10000+ ratings

When Lillian Summer Fairview’s husband up and dies on her, it leaves the last living member of the most prestigious family in the small town of Summer Shoals, Georgia, in a hot money mess.

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Haircut and Highlights 

Free
Mystery
4.3★ 300+ ratings

When a homeless person goes missing, hair salon owner Abby becomes an amateur sleuth. She searches for answers, faces danger head-on, and navigates complex relationships in a small beach town.

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The Tea Shop Witch

Free
Cozy Mystery, Paranormal
4.1★ 1000+ ratings

As Addie James sets out to find her aunt’s murderer, she begins to realize her own hidden magical talent is the key to discovering what really happened.

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Purrs and Peril

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.2★ 2500+ ratings

Lauren Crenshaw and her Norwegian Forest Cat Annie run a cat café in the picturesque small town of Gold Leaf Valley. Lauren is shocked when one of their favorite customers is poisoned.


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Visions

Free
Mystery, Paranormal, Teen
4.3★ 500+ ratings

Moving to a new town, Heather struggles to keep her psychic abilities a secret because if she’s not careful, these terrifying visions might be driving her straight into the killer’s lair.

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A Corpse at the Castle

Free
Cozy Mystery, Humor
4.2★ 1000+ ratings

Horse trainer by day, I.T. consultant by night, Izzy Paterson is a classic nerd who’s better with animals than humans. But when a body is found, she becomes the main suspect.


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Deadly Pursuit

Free
Thriller, Suspense
4.4★ 2500+ ratings

Paxton Arrington had an upbringing of wealth and privilege but chose to become a cop. When he stumbles into local corruption, Paxton is drawn into a web of deceit and danger.


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