Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 25, No. 7, July, 1980

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Had he not been married to Carolina Hagerty, Gabriel Parsons would never have been allowed inside the Mount Stephen Club. Now here he was under a ceiling panelled by Scottish craftsmen brought to Montreal for that purpose in the early part of the century, doing his effortless number with a pint of beer in his hand. Gabe’s specialty was charming people, ladies a little more successfully than men, with his clever conversation and his boyish smile.

“The simple truth is, I may never write another novel,” he said. The ladies frowned and cooed as they sipped their champagne, but Gabe was on firm ground. He was being sincere. “Seriously. Deadly Instruments came out four years ago. Since then—”

“I loved that book! A series of murders in a symphony orchestra!”

“You must do us another, Mr. Parsons!”

“I can’t seem to find the time. All I write these days are newspaper reviews of other people’s books.”

“I never bother to read the novels. A Gabriel Parsons essay is better than the original.”

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