These Broken Pieces

*These Broken Pieces is the 2024 Bookstagram Winner for Crime Novel of the Year.*

After decades of being single, widower Arlo Callan finds love again with his young bride, Natasha. Arlo and Natasha spend a blissful decade together until Natasha leaves one day without explanation. After an injury, Arlo grudgingly stays with his daughter, Kate, and her family while he recovers. And Arlo soon learns that they are not as happy as they seem.

An alleged accident three years earlier - which left Arlo's granddaughter, Paige, with life-long cognitive and physical delays - still haunts the family. Arlo never thought that the incident was a simple, albeit tragic, accident... and neither did his wife. Will Arlo ever discover why Natasha left? And can the couple come together to finally find out the truth for the family's sake?

No part of this book is AI generated.


"In These Broken Pieces, Leslie Savisky explores the impact of loss, grief, and depression on a family, as well as the strength one can find through love. Her characters are real with the struggles and emotions most people face when visited by unexpected losses that fracture our lives and our hearts. The question becomes how to hold the broken pieces together and carry them on into life."
~Linda Rettstatt, author of the award-winning novels Love, Sam and Ladies in Waiting

"Savisky truly captures the spectrum of human emotions as she tells the story of several characters going through various hardships in life. She does a tremendous job depicting accurate pictures of various mental health, grief, and loss concerns and how they can interact with one another in family dynamics. Her story has a lot of unexpected twists and turns that keep readers engaged!"
~Heather Scherf LPC, author of Apples and Avalanches and Generational Glow