There's a playfulness to the production in Canary P.I., but it never crosses the line into parody. The writers handle the noir tropes well and usually find ways to subvert expectations along the way. There are supernatural elements at play here, along with colorful characters and snappy dialog, and stories that cover a lot of ground in a short time.

Canary P.I is a fun, not-so-serious audio drama of one-off ghoulish mysteries in a 1930s-40s noir setting. It’s got some depth to balance out its wise guy bravado. Private investigator Canary is up for investigating any spectral mystery provided there’s a big fat check. He doesn’t seek out the weird and wily; the cases come to him like a New Yorker to a New York bagel. Each episode follows a different case, where we get to experience a different flavor of Canary’s quick sarcasm. Apparitions of jewels, the lamentful tale of an immortal werewolf, disappearing cargo on the sea. . . the tales have scope and shifts in tone. But overall keeps up its candid tone with wisecracks too fast to know what hit ya. I enjoyed the imaginative, somewhat simple scooby-doo mysteries. But I love the use of language: quick and meaty like a well-pressed panini.