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.

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.

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.

Weird

This was a super strange book!! It did keep me wanting to know what happens but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

Reap what you sow

A short story about a father & son. The son grows up watching a drunken and abusive man and swears he will do everything not to become like his father.

I can't say I enjoyed the story simply because I cringe reading the abuse people inflict on others, but I do find a bit of me feeling I may be okay with payback on certain things in life. I was happy with the ending. 👍