We examine a class of second-order mappings which can be integrated by reduction to a linear equation. These mappings have been identified in our previous works where we have precisely shown how to obtain their linearization. The mappings belonging to this class are referred to as 'linearizable mappings of the third kind'. We construct their explicit solution and obtain, for all of them, an invariant of QRT aspect but which is non-autonomous. We show that some of these 'third-kind' mappings are related to another class of linearizable mappings, known as mappings of Gambier type, from which they are obtained through a (discrete) derivative with respect to a parameter.