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False Note

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False Note

By: David Lagercrantz, Elizabeth DeNoma - translator
Narrated by: Graham Halstead
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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. Domestic Thrillers Psychological Thriller & Suspense World Literature Exciting
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Similarly to the previous book in this series, the novella is too short to be rated any higher for myself personally. With saying this the plot was interesting enough to gage my attention for the 40 odd pages of this book. Well written and well narrated also

Again, very short story cannot rate higher

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