Cover of The False Cognate: a microphone on an empty stage in a beam of light.

Book 2 of 3 · Ada Wren Mysteries

The False Cognate

You do not change what is said.

  • Locked-room mystery
  • Tense
  • Reflective

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About this book

Ada Wren goes to the Swiss Alps on a private job, to record the dying words of a famous colleague as he slips between languages. Snow cuts off the old house, the machine transcript starts to disagree with her, and a body turns up on the frozen lake.

The publisher’s description of this book gives away how Book 1 ends. It opens after Book 1.

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At a glance

Genre
Locked-room mystery, literary mystery
Mood
Tense, reflective
Setting and era
Present day, China
Pace
Medium
Point of view
First person
Reading order
Start at Book 1
Heat
Not applicable

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In this series

  1. Book 1The Middle Voice
  2. Book 2You are hereThe False Cognate
  3. Book 3The Authentic Text

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