"What kind of person do you think could have committed such a terrible crime?"

And, as you say, terrible crime writing about something other than the "big clubs".

After all, at least by their lights, she had committed a terrible crime.

I feel as though she has committed a terrible crime, almost.

"If you're dealing with a terrible crime like this, the added time is an important difference."

Don't tell me everybody does it, that's another matter - the point is that it's a terrible crime for anybody to get caught at.

"Imagine living in a house where a terrible crime had happened," he says.

Wasn't it enough that you've forced me to commit such a terrible crime?

Had it been any terrible crime but that one sin!

Those who are responsible for this terrible crime must be brought to justice.