There's a hint of this in his new novel Occupied City, the second in a trilogy based in distraught, burnt-out post-war Tokyo, and like the Ripper novels, based on a true crime.
Spieth was visibly distraught when carrying out post-round interviews and even when presenting Willett with the green jacket.
Tonight, immediately after the diplomats had spoken to the press at the well-appointed United Nations guest accommodations, a distraught man called out to reporters.
It was not as if she were running around with me in her arms, hiding behind one piece of furniture after another, peering out, distraught with terror, to see the staring eyes and maybe a wild grin.
A disturbed and distraught Rick Grimes pulls out his weapon and makes the decision to shoot her.
Densmore is so peaceable that he isn't even threatened by the appearance of Bonnie Lee's father, who rages against him; "his sympathy for this shell of a man, distraught, bewildered, out of his depth, was stronger than any rancor".
That doesn't stop the series from including a scene in which Robert Kardashian, trying to talk a distraught O.J. out of committing suicide, exclaims, "O.J., don't shoot yourself in Kimmy's room!" Top that.
Sasha Johnson walked out, appearing distraught, with red eyes.
A distraught mother has spoken out after her son committed suicide as a result of a pensions liberation scam.
The eight days of drama, complete with demonstrations in Delhi by distraught family members, played out on Indian televisions.
