| Half Broken Things | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Morag Joss |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Crime/Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-340-82049-7 (UK) |
| OCLC Number | 53821729 |
Half Broken Things (2003) is a psychological thriller by English author Morag Joss. It won the CWA Silver Dagger in 2003.
Half Broken Things was adapted for television in 2007, starring Penelope Wilton, Daniel Mays and Sinead Matthews. The two-hour drama, directed by Tim Fywell, produced by Festival Film & TV was aired on ITV on Sunday 28 October 2007.
The lives of three very lonely people - pregnant Steph, on the run from her violent boyfriend, Michael, a petty thief who proves her knight in shining armour, and Jean, a sixty-year old spinster nearing the end of her career as a house sitter - collide dramatically within the grounds of the illustrious Walden Manor, where together they seal themselves away from the outside world and build a new life together. However, the fantasy cannot last forever, and events soon take a murderous turn when the first unexpected guest arrives.