Rick O. Shea
Created by Douglas Newell

Part-time private eye (the government cut his job-retraining program) RICK O. SHEA wages his lonely war against bureaucracy in a couple of very funny stories. Part gleeful parody of old pulp and radio detective dramass, part 100% unadulterated lunacy, Rick's adventures are currently available on tape. Like the blurb goes: "Rick knows the two inescapable things in life are death and bureaucrats. Hey, who d'ya think invented taxes?"

UNDER OATH

• "...Mystery readers might want to imagine Dashiell Hammett by way of, say, Dave Barry or Woody Allen.... Both episodes feature snappy dialogue, nutty characters and top-notch performances. A first-rate production that will appeal not only to mystery fans, but to anyone who enjoys a good spoof." (David Pitt of The Mystery Review)
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• "A rollicking take-off of radio mysteries..." (BookViews)

AUDIO TAPES

• The Rick O. Shea Mysteries (1997)
  Includes "Trouble in Black Silk" and "It Smells Like Murder."...Buy this tape

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