The public murder of an American nun is not just a ghastly crime - it's a message.
And there's also the certainty of the past being rehashed by the more loathsome daily newspapers in the light of this ghastly crime.
Or had Maisie invented even more ghastly crimes for him.
Incidentally it was this name that eventually led Vance to the almost incredible truth, and ended one of the most ghastly multiple crimes in police history.
And how do two families grapple with the loss of their sons, one dead and the other accused of a ghastly crime?
"But we meant you no harm," one of the men called out in horror that Richard would accuse them of such a ghastly crime.
I absolutely and categorically deny all knowledge of this hateful and ghastly crime.
The week after I destroyed my soul with the ghastly crime of which I will tell you, she got a chill.
However named, it will be a ghastly crime .
My client was taken into custody in connection with the most ghastly crime ever committed in this society.'