Review: I couldn't put it down!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
The fifth book in the Sasha McCandless series, by Melissa Furrer Miller, starts by introducing a new character. Bodhi, a Buddhist forensic pathologist, is a heart warming edition to the series. As is the case with the other books, I was completely engrossed by the story and enthralled with the characters.  I could feel my heart racing with the turning of each page and couldn't turn the pages fast enough!  Melissa continues the pattern where her characters are so believable and her story telling so fascinating that you feel you are walking (or running, as the case may be) the streets of Pittsburgh with Sasha and Leo.  You find yourself cheering for Naya and wishing happiness and peace for Bodhi.  I even found myself cheering for one of the Prescott and Talbott attorneys.  The twists and turns in the story, along with the peeks into the lives of her characters, had me focused on nothing more than seeing them through the web of mystery surrounding the deaths of healthy young women.  In the end of this fifth book, Improper Influence, I was left with only one feeling....a sense of tremendous anticipation for book number 6.  Once again, Melissa has outdone the standard she has set and I am grateful I stumbled on book number one not so long ago.  Five very bright shining stars!