Half-Broken Things

Half-Broken Things

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author = Morag Joss
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Crime/Mystery novel
publisher = Hodder & Stoughton
release_date = 2003
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 320 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-340-82049-7 (UK)
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"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. The two-hour drama aired on ITV on Sunday October 28, 2007.

ynopsis

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...


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