Fatal Affair - Force, Marie

Fatal Affair is book one of the Fatal Series. It's free, and there's no onerous cliff hanger. Just a nice murder mystery with more good parts than I prefer. When I was younger I looked forward to the good parts. Now I just skip through them :)

Nick Cappuano is the chief of staff to senator John O'Connor. When Nick finds the senator dead, with a knife through his neck, he calls the police and Sam Holland is the detective assigned to the case. That's Samantha Holland. Sam and Nick had a fling six years ago that neither have ever gotten over. Sam and Nick juggle finding the senator's killer, a budding romance, and someone who's trying to kill them, in a story that is non-stop. Very highly recommended.