False Note

Alibis collection

De: David Lagercrantz, Elizabeth DeNoma - translator

Narrado por: Graham Halstead

A toxic father-son relationship unleashes dark impulses and unthinkable betrayals in a riveting short story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web.

William’s father is a beloved opera singer in Stockholm, charismatic and unpredictable. Raised in the shadow of his father’s addictions—women, drink, and cruelty—he knows the man’s dark side. William believes he’s found the light when he falls in love with a fellow university student, a young woman named Ebba. But his father’s hold on his life is not so easily broken. Even in death.

David Lagercrantz’s False Note is part of Alibis, a collection of stories about lies, truth, and deception. It’s just a matter of what you can get away with. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.

©2025 by David Lagercrantz. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2025 by Elizabeth DeNoma.

Very short..

There needed to be more at the ending. The book left me a bit confused because there was more to discover.

nice to hear this side

I simply prefer more thrills. but the story line was not bad. I did like the overview of all the other stories in this collection also.

Was okay

It was an okay story but wasn’t anything special. Had it not been a short story it wouldn’t have kept my interest for much longer.

A Song That Doesn't Quite Land

The premise had me hooked right away. A medical student desperate to escape his father's shadow, a dinner party that slowly turns sinister, and a twist that suggests William may be more like his father than he ever wanted to admit. The bones of a great thriller are all here.

But it never grabbed me the way the other stories in this collection did. The relationship between William and Ebba needed more room to develop before the rug gets pulled, and the ending left me intrigued but not floored. Worth the listen, but temper your expectations a little.

it was Ok

this was ok but nothing special. don't feel like there was much suspense. Don't know that I would recommend it.