The close of Crime
and Thriller conventions can be a tad melancholic, as for a few days we escape
the strait-jackets that are our lives, interacting with our friends, spending
late nights in the bar, laughing at the surreal nature of reality – so when the
show unspools, one can be left feeling somewhat hollow.
The Crimefest Team addressed this matter, by closing the
event with Mike Ripley’s surreal game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Cluedo.
This year, Mike Ripley was again joined by his assistant, the
writer, raconteur, broadcaster and literary commentator Peter Guttridge. Two teams of Crime and Thriller writers were assembled with
political journalist and crime writer Ruth Dudley-Edwards captaining the Girls, with Alison Bruce and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir; while Lee Child captained the Boys with
Andrew Taylor and Jeffery Deaver.
Crimefest
as well as Mike Ripley allowed Shots Magazine to record the closing event,
which we present here, in ten minute sections.
It
was shot ‘gonzo style’ and will provide amusement, for laughter in the
hands of the Talented Mr Ripley is indeed the best medicine, as far too many
people take themselves too seriously.
Part One > https://youtu.be/cAqI8xw2O0g
And
remember Mike Ripley’s KISS KISS
BANG BANG
was presented with the 2018 HRF Keating Award; and click HERE for more information on
the Golden Age of British Thriller Fiction.
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