Not a bad debut book from this author but to be honest I didn't find this book to be very appealing as I think the genre seemed to be more a romantic whodunnit which just isn't my taste in books. For a whodunnit, the main character Willa seems to spend a lot of time thinking about the male characters in the book and not necessarily about their guilt!

How exciting to get to read a book before it's even out! So happy to have received a copy on netgalley. This was for sure an edge of your seat book!

What Doesn't Kill You is a terrific debut novel. Aimee Hix has written a mystery that kept me on the edge of my seat and up way past my bedtime so that I could finish it in one sitting.
Willa Pennington is an ex-cop who thought being a PI would keep her out of the line of fire and away from dead bodies. Boy, was she wrong! After agreeing to do a favor for her elderly next door neighbors, Willa discovers a dead body and is set on a course that is twisty and dangerous. Making things even more confusing, Seth, her deceased best friend's older brother, is back in her life and she doesn't know if she can trust him or if he is trying to kill her. Willa is in a race against time to solve the murder.
What Doesn't Kill You is a fast-paced rollercoaster ride. I couldn't put it down! Aimee Hix is definitely an author to follow.

I wish I could have given this book more than 5 stars. The Willa Pennington P.I. series by Aimee Nix will be amazing if this debut novel is any indication. As an ex cop Willa stumbles upon a dead body and decides to use her P.I. and cop skills to solve the murder and not end up dead herself. Bringing her in contact with someone from her past; Seth.
The chemistry between Willa and Seth was sexy, funny, touching, and awesome. The past relationship between them seemed like something they were both fighting, but were they fighting hard enough? or did they decide to try and act like past was past and never happened? I thought Aimee did a great job touching on serious and emotional issues that effected both Seth and Willa, showing with her words how they struggled and were fighting to overcome.Thank you NetGgalley and Aimee Hix for allowing to read and review this book.

I was impressed with this author's first book. She has a way with intermixing suspense with humor that has you on the edge of your seat while also hanging on to it from laughing.

What Doesn't Kill You kicks off a new series about a former police officer who quits to join her father's PI business. She hasn't gotten her license yet but when her next door neighbors ask her to help their granddaughter move out of an abusive situation she figures what's the harm. Well things take a big turn when she arrives to find said abusive boyfriend dead.

Willa is not one to just stand on the sidelines and let the police handle the situation. With her police training and tough as nails personality she is a force to be reckoned with.

While she is meddling where she shouldn't, she is also having to deal with the brother of her dead best friend who is back in town with whom she has a long history with and its looking like he might not be the good guy he once was.

There is so much going on through out this book – more than what I've noted in the review – that your never bored. I'm looking forward to more in this series.

Lots of action, suspense and a touch of romance.

Willa Pennington, 27, gave up her job on the police force and is an apprenticing PI under her father.

Violet Horowitz needs help moving out of a bad relationship and her grandparents ask their neighbour, Willa, to help. Willa finds Violet's boyfriend Joe Reagan murdered and no Violet anywhere.

Willa is encouraged by Det. Jan Boyd to help on the case at the same time that Willa's childhood BFF Seth Anderson appears to renew old acquaintanceships.

Who is Seth now? How does Willa really feel towards Seth? Can Willa use her 'cop skills' to protect her brother Ben, solve a murder. and keep herself alive when a Neo-Nazi has her in his sights because of her mixed race status?

This may be Aimee Hix's first novel but it reads like a well established author's work. Looking forward to more Willa Pennington novels.

Aimee Hix is a new author to watch out!
I really enjoyed the first book of the Willa Pennington series and` ll looking forward for the next books.

At the beginning I had a bit to struggle with the frist-person narrative, because it`s not my favoured narrative form when I´m reading a book. But it fits the book.

What doesn`t kill you is a fast pacing story about Willa beeing ask to do her neighbours a favour by helping their granddaughter moving out from her abusive boyfriend. What seems first a smal favour changed suddenly to murder and a missing granddaughter.
Beeing an ex-cop Willa started snooping around on her own and soon she`s finds herself knee-deep in a ATF operation with a murderer on her heels.
Beeing sometimes to headstrong than it`s good for her, Willa meets in Seth - an old childhood friend and ATF agent - the considerate and balanced counterpart she needs. Furthermore working together helps both to sort out their long suppressed feelings for each other.

I loved how Willow and Seth interacted with each other and now I`m hoping that we`ll get more of these two - and their developing relationship - in the following books.

Willa has left the police force and is working under her father's guidance to learn the PI business.
While her parents are out of the country on a long overdue vacation Willa discovers a dead body. After she reports the body to the police a long chain of events take place that jeopardize Willa's life and that of her younger brother.
In swoops her best friend's (who was killed in overseas) brother who she has not seen in a while because he reminds her of his lost brother. One thing leads to another and the two end up working on this case together until they crack it wide open.

I enjoy reading books by new authors.
Will is an apprentice PI looking after her younger ( but more responsible) brother. The neighbours ask her to help their grand daughter. From there the bodies start piling up.
An admirable start for a first time author. This is the first in a series. I would be interested in seeing the development of this fresh new character.