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.

Academic Curveball

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.1★ 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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Walking Into Murder

Free
Mystery
4.0★ 1000+ ratings

Professor Laura Morland wants a few days of peace to recover from a humiliating (if not entirely unwelcome) divorce and a chance to test her new independence. Instead, a walking trip ends in murder.


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Barbecue, Bourbon and Bullets

Free
Mystery, Novella
4.1★ 2500+ ratings

HoneyBun shop owner, Ali Daniels, is in the middle of a date with a deliciously handsome police detective at the hottest NYC barbecue restaurant — when the owner is shot in the middle dinner.


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The Lunar Deception

Free
Science Fiction, Mystery
4.0★ 100+ ratings

Alya is a mutant whose genes were contaminated by an accident on the moon. This gives her extraordinary powers that she keeps hidden, but she’ll risk her secret being discovered to save her friends.


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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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Just Me

Free
Thriller, Mystery
4.3★ 2500+ ratings

Working with the same people that fumbled her missing sister’s case when she was young, Cami must heal old wounds and lean into her tech genius to solve a case the FBI can’t.


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The Murder

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.0★ 1000+ ratings

When Rachel and Joe retired to a 50-Plus Condo, they did not anticipate encountering amusing and eccentric residents – or the murder of Rachel’s friend, who owned an animal shelter.


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Bending Fate

Free
Thriller, Novella
4.5★ 50+ ratings

A young woman is being held hostage in a government facility. Like-minded Dani holds the key to setting her free, if she can survive long enough to deliver the message.


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Adventures of a Vegan Vamp

Free
Cozy Mystery, Paranormal
4.4★ 5000+ ratings

Undead and vegan? Not the afterlife this girl had planned. Since blood and meat don’t agree with her, how will Mallory conquer a killer hunger while hunting a deadly vampire?


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Book Clubs Can Be Fatal

Free
Cozy Mystery
4.2★ 300+ ratings

When Pru, the new assistant librarian at the Gold Leaf Valley library, knocks on Martha’s door asking to be her roommate, she has no idea she’ll soon become a member of the Senior Sleuthing Club.

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Keep Running

Free
Thriller, Mystery
4.4★ 100+ ratings

Shaken by PTSD from a traumatic case, brilliant FBI Agent Sage West recovers in a psychiatric clinic tucked away in the vast Midwest farmlands—when a local case demands his expertise.


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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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Chasing Lady Midnight

Free
Cozy Mystery, Fantasy
4.0★ 75+ ratings

The Mighty Superhero Security Squad is supposed to be protecting mankind – but something’s gone terribly wrong. Wealth and prestige seem to have become the main goals of The Squad instead.

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A Charming Crime

Free
Cozy Mystery, Paranormal
4.2★ 2500+ ratings

June’s fairy god cat, who’s always been her lucky charm, may not be enough to keep her out of trouble when a member of her new community is found murdered and June becomes the number one suspect.


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Somewhere by the Sea

Free
Mystery, Romance
4.3★ 100+ ratings

Is there somewhere to mend a broken heart? Faith Bennison suffered a tragedy that changed her life, so she travels to Somewhere, Oregon, a charming, picturesque town teeming with mystery.

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Come What May

Free
Mystery, Suspense
4.3★ 2500+ ratings

Inspired by a shocking true story, this debut book in the Malone private investigator detective mystery series is a high-stakes thrill ride through the gritty underbelly of LA and human nature.


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