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.

Synopsis

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...