Half-Broken Things

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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.

[edit] Plot introduction

The lives of three very lonely people - pregnant Steph, on the run from her violent boyfriend; Michael, a petty thief who becomes 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. The fantasy cannot last forever, though, and events take a murderous turn when the first unexpected guest arrives.

[edit] Film adaptation

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.

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