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.

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.

Weird

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

Should’ve Skipped this One

By far my least favorite in the Alibis series. So much so, I should have skipped it.

Twisty

This series is 6 different authors who wrote 6 different short stories.

What would you do if your dad stole your girlfriend…

This book started out slow but then picked up. It was good. The ending on this… I didn’t see that coming. Everything pointed to Ebba’s brother. Maybe it was him, but Ebba did him dirty.

Lots of Abuse

This was difficult to listen to. Abusive father. Abusive lover. Abusive boyfriend. And then lying is another form of abuse. This was a stressful book to listen to. If it wasn’t part of a strange series that doesn’t seem to link together, I probably wouldn’t have read it.

Boring

The story was highly anticlimactic. Very boring and no satisfaction with an ending so this is a swing in a mess big time for me.

I love the author's play on words with the title.

The shorts in this series just get better and better.
There's nothing worse than having such hope for something or someone, only to have the reality of it be the complete opposite. That's essentially William's life, and he can only take so much.

This is not good

I never want to read something like this again lol it’s just a bunch of domestic abuse.

pretty good

I didn't dislike anything about it. I found it rather good. new without for me.

So good

Great translation good pace really enjoyed being able to listen and read along and cognitively I appreciate that