Introduction This is a listing of 125 sites that legally offer free fiction Mystery, Detective, Thriller and Crime ebooks. There is a separate page of free audiobooks and old time radio listings for this genre: All of these sites listed have content that is legal for them to distribute and for you to download and/or read online. If you find that any site listed is offering content that can not be legally transferred, please let me know in the comments below. This list is not comprehensive and if you know of any other sites please post in the comments below or at our. A comprehensive alphabetical listing of free books for reading or listening can be found on these pages:.
(783 sites). (192 sites) For a complete listing of the free ebook pages here at Gizmo's, see There will be other Mystery, Detective, Thriller and Crime related books at sites listed there, but they are not categorized at the sites. Libraries are also an excellent source for reading and listening materials. To find out more information on your local library, the links here may help: Mystery/Detective/Thriller/Crime (fiction) 2020k Large collection (2,000) available for download in a variety of formats. Note: Most of the links here are working, but there are a number that lead to BookRags, which are not free anymore.
Unfortunately, there is no way of telling where the link goes until you click the link. Since they did fix the issue with archive.org links, hopefully they will fix this.
Thanks to Marie99 for pointing this out. Has a nice collection of the earliest works in this genre, including all Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown. All appear to be available for free online viewing.
Has free ebooks for free download after registration. This link is to the Amazon (USA) top 100 free best sellers under Mystery, Thriller & Suspense. I am certain that many more free ebooks in this genre may be found at Amazon USA and locations around the globe, using the hints in our page here at Gizmo's. Amazon registration requires credit card information. Has a large and impressive collection of free classic ebooks sorted by Genre and then Author. Very nice if you want to get started on a classic book series. This link is to the Detective authors listing.
All are available for free reading online without registration. Monitors Amazon (USA) for daily free ebook offerings. The amount listed varies from day to day. There are genre listings within each post. However, you have to look at each daily listing to access the genre. All the days I looked at had at least 2 free ebooks under Mystery, Thriller & Suspense.
Has 977 free ebooks in its Mystery & Crime genre available for free download in EPUB. These are also broken down into sub-genres. Free registration, with credit card info, is required. Also 1649 free ebooks in its genre listing. Has 15 free ebooks in its Crime (fiction) category. These are works by independent authors. All are available for free reading online without registration.
Free download in Kindle, ePub and PDF is available after free registration. They also offer 36 free ebooks in their category. Offers 20 or so free detective stories that were originally published in magazines during 1925 to 1939 for download in pdf. Monitors Amazon (USA) for limited time free children ebooks offerings. There is a nice category selection with a couple of free ebooks per category.
This link is to their Mysteries & Detectives listings. Has over 60 free detective novels for reading online or download in epub, Sony, Stanza (iPhone) or their BookRix formats. The reading online is in a popup window that reads as an ordinary book. There are some classics that can be found elsewhere, but there are also many unique entries here. The adult oriented books require registration to read or download. Has several thousand entries in its Mystery & Crime genre pages.
These are chapters from novels as well as short stories. All are available for free reading online. These are original works from generally unpublished authors. Has a large collection of classic Mystery audio books available for download in very good quality MP3 or as text for reading. 109 classic novels available for download in PDF. Offers his detective novel, Rise Vaquero, for free download in PDF.
Has 18 free ebooks in its Mystery/Crime/Thrillers category. Download and viewing options vary as these are links offsite. These are recent works, not classics monitors Amazon (USA) for the top 100 free ebooks in the Mystery genre. Updated hourly.
Offers several detective stories by Dickens and Poe as well as several Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger books by Doyle for online viewing. Has free classic novels in its Mystery category as well as in the, and categories. These are classic works in the public domain. All are available for free download in PDF and many are also available in KINDLE.
Where there is an introductory paragraph, books may be found by mousing over a books name. Also, some times these do not link to the proper book, but a search of the book name will lead to a correct link. Thanks to Tyler G for this suggestion. Has two articles (each linked to the other) providing links to free copies of classic crime fiction novels.
Monitors Amazon (UK) for its daily free offerings. They offer genre selection as well as sorting by time (including since your last visit). They also offer free listings from Smashwords, which can be viewed with the Amazon offerings, alone or not at all (Amazon only). They have over 6,000 free ebooks listed. This link is to the Crime, Thrillers & Mystery genre listings for Amazon and Smashwords. There were 516 free ebooks listed at the time of this post.
Monitors Amazon (USA) for its daily free offerings. They offer genre selection as well as sorting by time (including since your last visit). They also offer free listings from Smashwords, which can be viewed with the Amazon offerings, alone or not at all (Amazon only). They have over 6,000 free ebooks listed. This link is to the Crime, Mystery &Thrillers genre listings for Amazon and Smashwords.
There were 447 free ebooks listed at the time of this post. Has 33 full free ebooks in its Mystery category and 4 full free ebooks in its category. These are delivered in installments to your email, hence the 'Daily' lit.
Has links to several hundred free Mystery novels. Since these are links offsite, download and viewing options vary, though their listing does indicate the format available for each work. Has 100 detective and mystery stories from the magazine Secret Service, which was published in the USA in the early 1900s, available for download in PDF. These look to be scans of the originals. Note that these tend to portray minorities as the villains and probably contain racist comments. Has a good deal of information and links on mystery writers from the 1700s to the early 1900s.
Some of the links are to pay sites, but most are to free collections online. A good way to find novels by author and a lot of good general information on the mystery genre. (I also noticed that they link to this page) has a good sized collection of short stories in its Crime and Detectives genre, including a sub-genre for Sherlock Holmes. 5.1 dts video songs free download. All are available for free reading online. Has about 80 free novels and short stories in its Mystery & Thrillers genre. Download and viewing options vary. Some are available for free download in PDF at the site and others are linked offsite.
Has a small collection of free mystery novels for download. It is a nice mix of classic and newer novels. Offers 10 free classic Mystery and Thriller ebooks.
These are links offsite, so download and viewing options vary. Has 11 free novels in its Mystery category.
These are all available for free download in PDF. A mixture of classic novels and a few unique entries. Has a good size collection in their crime/detective/mystery/thriller category for download in pdf, html or ebook text. Posts a large selection of limited time free ebook offerings from the several Amazon sites around the world (UK, USA, CA, DE, FR & IT). There are quite a few posts daily and each post is about a specific genre. Email updates are available.
Search for Mystery on the page and you will find a link to their Mystery and Thrillers listings. Has around 30 free novels in its Mystery category. Also listings in, and. All are available for download in ePUB. There are links to other download formats, but some of those are pay sites.
Due to the changes in Amazon policy, they now offer an 'abbreviated' listing of the limited time free book offers from Amazon. They have a nice selection of genres to narrow the listings. This link is to the Mystery, Thriller & Suspense genre listings with Adult content blocked (you may click on the button on the upper right of the results to show Adult works). There were 29 free ebooks listed for this genre at the time of this post. Monitors Amazon (USA) for limited time free ebook offerings. This link is to their Mystery, Suspense & Thriller genre listings and at the time of this post, there were 219 free ebooks listed. Looks to come out several times a day with 5 to 10 free Kindle books at Amazon in each listing.
This link is to their Mystery listings and it is a mix of free and bargain (the free are at the bottom). They also feature email notifications by genre, including Mystery.
FeedBooks has about 165 classic public domain works between these two sections available for download in a variety of formats. There also is over 200 free novels in the these categories for original works:, and. Figment has a large collection of works for free reading online in both its fiction and categories. These are available for free reading online inn their viewer. These are original works by generally unpublished authors.
Has 8 free novels in its Mystery & Thrillers category. These are available for free reading online without registration. Free registration allows free download in several formats. This link is to their listing of limited time free Mystery ebooks at Amazon (USA). They also feature offerings in other categories such as Thriller and Suspense. While primarily an audiobook site, they also have ebooks available for their classics.
The six volume collection of the is of particular interest. Monitors several sites, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple and Kobo for limited time free ebook offerings in the Mystery genre. Almost all of the free offerings I saw were available only from Amazon. Has The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes available for free download in PDF, TXT, MOBI & EPUB. Monitors Amazon (UK) for limited time free ebook offerings in the Mystery genre. Lists the free offerings at Amazon in its Mystery & Thrillers category.
This is a mix of the always free ebooks and the limited time free ebooks. They are ranked in order of reader review rankings.
A blog with articles on, and links to, classic detective novels. All are available for free reading online without registration.
Has links to free mystery novels at Amazon in their Mystery & Thrillers category monitors Amazon for limited time free ebook offerings in its Mystery & Thrillers category. Has an interesting collection of 142 mystery novels available for download. Deha Solutions provides a listing of free Mystery & Thrillers at Amazon (USA). Monitors Amazon (UK) for limited time free ebook offerings.
Posts a large listing daily. The listing is separated into many genres, but there is not link to each genre. Look for Thrillers & Mysteries to find several free ebooks daily.
Is a Facebook page that monitors Amazon for its limited time free ebook offerings in its Mystery category. Seems to be updated a few times per day and list about 5- 10 per day.
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Like their USA counterpart below, the site offers sorting by genre, time offered, length and popularity. This link is to the Crime, Thrillers & Mystery listings, which has 595 free ebooks at the time of this post.
Adult content is hidden, but can be shown by clicking on the link on the upper right of the page. Regularly posts, throughout the day, the limited time free ebook offerings at Amazon (USA). This is an extensive listing of the free ebook offerings, showing the genre (with option to eclude that genre or show only that genre in results) and the length of the ebook. They have some filtering options, length of ebook and date of free offering as well as a large genre listing option to exclude genres (click on Pick from a list).
This link is to the Mystery & Thrillers listing, which has 887 free ebooks at the time of this post. Adult content is hidden, but can be shown by clicking on the link on the upper right of the page. Has 475 free classic ebooks in its Mystery & Thrillers genre listing available for free download in EPUB without registration. These are works from Project Gutenberg, but the easy layout and quick download here will appeal. You have to press the Mystery & Thriller genre link on the left as they do not allow links directly to the genres. Offers 10 free unique ebooks in its category as well as 11 free ebooks in its category.
Nice collection of classic Mystery novels available for free reading online. Has 48 classic mystery novels available for online viewing or download as pdf. Offers search by genre of the limited time free offerings at Amazon (USA). Daily updates by email are available and you have the option to select updates only for certain genre(s). This link is to their Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense listings. Monitors Amazon (Canada) for the catalog of 'best sellers' free ebooks and offers genre selection and RSS feeds for the individual genres. This link is to the Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense genre.
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Monitors Amazon (UK) for free ebooks in the Mystery & Thrillers genres. They offer RSS and eMail updates monitors the 'Best Sellers' free ebook list at Amazon (USA and India). They have individual genre listings and they have RSS feeds for the individual genres. They offer RSS and eMail updates. This link is to the Crime, Thrillers & Mystery genre.
Monitors Amazon for limited time free ebook offerings in its Mystery category. They also monitor the category.
Nice collection for free ebooks at Amazon (USA). Excellent selection of categories and also languages.
This link is to their Mystery and Thrillers selections. They do have email alerts for new free ebooks. Thanks to Shawn for this site. Has 2 Sherlock Holmes novels available for free reading online. Maintains listings of free offerings at Amazon in the Mystery category. Many are the limited time free offerings of Amazon, but some are always free.
Listings are updated hourly. Offers over 1300 free novels in Mystery & Thriller. Many of these are recent releases. Using their search and the filter value 'free only', I am sure other free offerings in this genre may be found. These are available for free download in EPUB (DRM free). Free registration is required. Has about 60 works of several classic mystery writers available for free download in pdf or html in its Mystery category.
Known mostly as an audiobook site, they also have links to free downloads of classic novels. All of the links I looked at were to Project Gutenberg, which means they are available for free download in several formats as well as free reading online without registration. This link is to the Mystery collection. Has 8 free classic novels in its Mystery genre as well as a collection of available for free reading online without registration. Has an interesting collection of 588 books available for download in a variety of formats. Has 240 free works in its Mystery genre. Download formats vary.
Provides his Jacob Black, Impossible Crimes tales for free reading online without registration as well as free download in EPUB and MOBI without registration. Is a mystery novel, involving reincarnation and spirituality, written by Diana Durbin that is available for free download in PDF or MS WORD. Has 736 mystery novels available in a variety of formats.
Has over 1000 free novels in its Mystery category. These are all available for free viewing online and are also available for download in PDF, PRC and ePUB. These appear to be different works than those available on the regular Munsey's site, above. Monitors Amazon, Kobo and iBookstore (all USA) for free ebook offerings in the Mystery genre. Has a small collection of classic Mystery short stories available for free reading online without registration. Offers the romance mystery, Snow Angels, by Barbara W. Klaser for free reading online.
Has over 2000 free ebooks in its Mystery & Suspense genre listing. These all link to Kobo and are available for free download in EPUB after free registration (no credit card needed) at Kobo. Since Kobo does not offer genre listings for its free ebooks, this is an excellent resource. This link is to the free listings under Mystery, Crimes & Thrillers at the Nook UK site.
You must register (credit card needed), have their app and have a UK IP to download from there. All are available for free download in EPUB. Thanks to Malcb for this site.
Offers 30 free books by self publishing authors for download. Free registration is required. Has 475 free classic novels in its Mystery, Thriller & Suspense collection, available for free download in EPUB without registration. Has almost 700 free classic ebooks. Despite the name of the site, these ebooks are all available for free download in a wide variety of formats, including PDF, EPUB and Kindle compatible formats. This link is to a search for Mystery.
I am sure that other searches for this page's genre will produce further results. A very nice collection with some unique entries. Has a large collection of novels, some available for online viewing and some for download. Project Gutenberg USA between these three sections, Gutenberg has a large collection available for download in several formats. 37 novels available for online viewing. A search for Detective brings up a good sized collection of free classic novels available for free reading online without registration. Has the complete works of Sherlock Holmes available for free online reading.
Nice feature that you can save you location in the work by clicking on the paragraph. Has several novellas and novels for online viewing in its Mystery and Thriller section. These are original and unique entries not found elsewhere. Author of the Sandy Reid mystery series offers his mystery novel, One Deadly Sister, for free download in a wide variety of formats.es has the complete works of the Sherlock Holmes Canon available for free download in PDF, EPUB, HTML or ASCII.
Has links to the 60 works of the Sherlock Holmes Canon. There are several download and viewing options for each work. Has a large collection of free short stories in their Mystery genre available for free reading online without registration. Offers 5 free short sotires in its Crime Stories collection. All are available for free reading online, without registration. Has over 400 free works listed in its Mystery & Detective Category.
These are original and unpublished works. Most appeared to be short stories, but a few novels are included. These are available for download in a wide variety of formats, including KINDLE, EPUB and PDF among others, as well as for online viewing. There are also about 450 free works in their category. Monitors Amazon (USA) for limited time free ebook offerings and has the nice feature of separate genre listings for these free ebooks. This link is to the Mystery & Thrillers genre free offerings. Unites artists and writers to create some excellent illustrated stories.
On the left hand side of the page are the age divisions for the story's readers, ranging from preschool to adult. They claim there is over 5 million stories created there.
Every story I saw was available for free reading and viewing online. This link is to the Mystery category. Offers the adult oriented crime story, Lucky's Dream, for free online viewing. Has 340 free ebooks in its Crime & Thrillers category available for free download in PDF without registration. You will se prices listed for each of the books, but that is for hard copy. Look for the green Get Free eBook to click on and then the green Download Free eBook PDF on the book listing page.
This is primarily a site for audio stories, but each story is also available for free reading online without registration. This link is to the Mystery category and there are over 30 free short stories. Has a good collection of free classic novels in its Mystery and Crime collection. All are available for free reading online without registration.
Has a huge collection of links to free works of the 'classic and golden age mystery novels and short stories. Links are offsite, so download and viewing options vary.
Maintains a collection of links to free Detective and Mystery classic and other public domain novels. A good amount of each of the limited authors listed are available for online viewing or download. The Sherlock Holmes Society of Austin, Texas, has a good number of the Holmes works available for free reading online. Nice feature is that they have the stories listed in chronological order of the dates in the stories. Has a large collection of free Mystery/Suspense stories.
These are original, and generally unpublished. Most appear to be short stories, but there are some novels and novellas.
There is also a large collection in their category. Available for free reading online. Has 220 free classic novels in its Mystery category. These are all available to read free online or for download in WEB and WEB database. Viewing the downloads requires their (free) which is clean as far as I can tell.
Has a nice size collection of classic mystery novels from the late 19th century and early 20th century available for free reading online. Some are also available as audio works.
Besides providing an interesting history of these genres, the site also provides a reading room with a small, but interesting, collection of classic stories for free online reading without registration. Please rate this article.
December 28, 2013, 23 new sites added, 2 links fixed and 6 dead links removed. All links here checked and working. I use LinkChecker to check page links and no longer visit each site individually to reconfirm. So, if you find a site that is not as it should be, then please post here in the comments. If you know of a site to be added to this listing, please post here in the comments. If you are the owner of a site that you would like added to this listing, it is better to contact me through the site (click on mr6n8). Also, no site that has an orange or red rating from WOT (Web of Trust) may be added to this listing, per site rules.
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