Dark Streets, Cold Suburbs

*This is an advanced uncorrected copy of the book. Please bear in mind that existing errors will be corrected in the final book.*

Trying to help a teen in peril proves to apprentice PI Willa Pennington that sometimes home is the most dangerous place of all

People move to the suburbs for a better life—nice houses, good schools, safe communities. But there's no place you can go that's completely safe from danger. Willa Pennington knows this all too well after her first PI case almost got her killed. Helping her old mentor review a decades-old cold case seems much safer. Then she reaches out to a teenager in trouble, and suddenly a new case rips into Willa's life in a way she could have never predicted. It seems menace is always lying in wait behind someone's door. Especially on the dark streets of the cold suburbs.

Praise for What Doesn't Kill You, Book 1 of the Willa Pennington, PI Mystery Series:

"One of the best debut efforts I've ever seen. Tight plotting, edge-of-your-seat suspense and a protagonist in PI Willa Pennington you'll want to read about again and again. I couldn't put this book down."—Maggie Barbieri, author of Once Upon a Lie

"A debut that saddles tough-girl noir with the heart of a cozy."—Kirkus Reviews

"This is a solid beginning to a character and setting that could go on to very good things."—RT Book Reviews

"Aimee Hix is an up-and-coming author everyone should watch."—Crimespree Magazine

"The book has plent of twists and surprises, but what stands out is the tight writing and fast narrative of the author's debut novel."—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine