thanking you for coming to me with this matter as soon as you did. and his job is on the line now too.?? ??Speaking of which.

Could you possibly write it??? Magnusson hesitated a moment but then said
Could you possibly write it??? Magnusson hesitated a moment but then said. V.?? ??Alright. There were stalkers who travelled from Germany or Italy to follow a 21-year-old lead singer in a pop band from gig to gig.?? ??He??s going to publish the information.?? Modig and Holmberg then described in detail the investigation as it had developed. He had done something that Salander knew about.?? Blomkvist said. Whatever happened. He knew that his guesswork was on the mark when Edklinth??s eyes widened. That goddamn fucking Blomkvist.?? ??So how do we counter that??? Borgsj? said. His number??s on my mobile in my breast pocket. and nigger. Of course I haven??t done a psychiatric evaluation of her. it??s the truth. ??No again. I??m clearing my desk tonight. My task here is to rejuvenate the newspaper. consultant at the Trades Union Federation ?C his only venture into the I.?? ??Partly right. ??I doubt that.I. He had Salander??s keys to her burgundy Honda.

was Zalachenko. Then he put on some jeans and the maroon sweatshirt that needed washing. Which was also routine. You??ll discover positive things and negative things. He was living on a disability pension. Don??t ever forget that. Shit. When Linder answered the telephone. Since Prosecutor Ekstr?m had tentatively referred to a trial in July. As far as we can determine at the moment. It was absurd.?? ??I??m jumping ahead and anticipating the final assessment. Then we??ll need to hire a new employee. he could never rid himself of the feeling that he was looking at an advertisement for something. The first half is basically what??s in the magazine. sat up. but he had established that it occurred on the afternoon of April 12. ??It??ll pass. This is about a small group of conspirators. An ultra-secret unit that was given strategic positions within the Firm. series. 18. My name is Anders Jonasson. None of them actually had a hope of helping her with the problems she had with the Swedish state.

Besides ???? ??Besides what??? ??It??s nothing. claimed that he sexually harassed her. Ultimately Zalachenko decided to restructure his entire operation in a new corporation that would be owned by Niedermann and himself. Who did you hand everything over to??? ??How do you mean??? ??When F?lldin??s term came to an end.?? ??Did you come straight here??? ??Yes ?? no. Nieminen called him twice on his mobile.?? ??O. when Gullberg was nineteen years old. V.W. He bought a pack of Lucky Strike and a tin of G?teborg??s Rap?? snuff. Entry wound just above the left ear. I don??t know exactly what happened here tonight. Malin Eriksson. Her client was in much worse shape than she had been led to believe. He was biding his time and letting the other participants at the meeting say their piece.I. and the growth in readers in their twenties is almost zero. only to me.m.P.?? Bublanski shrugged. I have not killed any policeman. As I understood it.

She had tried friendly reasoning and direct orders.nu. that her hair was one big lump of dried clay. In Personal Protection they believed that M?rtensson had been loaned out to Counter-Espionage. was born in Hamburg. You??ll have to prepare him for the fact that probably I won??t be in a position to make a decision in the coming week. She was told that there was no car available to come and take her statement. author of the report.?? They exchanged hotmail addresses. Advokat Palmgren. For the Section. No energy at all. but you??ve given your word not to take any initiatives that could interfere with the investigation. a red jumper and a dark jacket.?? Salander still said nothing. she should be on her feet well before then. The unknown quantity. before she got mixed up in the hunt for Zalachenko. seventy-eight years old. ??How??s the headache??? ??I feel it now and then. ??Perhaps we haven??t found the car because Niedermann drove out of the country to the north via Haparanda? A big detour around the Gulf of Bothnia. in co-operation with her lawyer.?? she said. ??Monday.

but he had a short fuse and was a dangerous man. and I??m proud of it. stood a dark-haired woman with a digital camera filming M?rtensson and his companion. but they had neither the resources nor the expertise to run this sort of operational activity.I. The nurse had asked him to wait while she went to see whether Herr Bodin was awake. and so a potential criminal in Saddam Hussein??s Iraq. erupted. he??s a threat to us. She stopped outside Ekstr?m??s closed door. Figuerola sat motionless for thirty seconds. She might develop epilepsy. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. or that the interview would be focused on Magge Lundin and Stallarholmen. She then saw that the woman with the camera had stopped filming and was heading past the Laurinska building in her direction. Then came the awkward part.?? ??He was her guardian.?? ??I get it. Which is why she??s chatting with the editor-in-chief of one of the biggest newspapers in Sweden. are set by the Freedom of the Press regulation (F. or want to take a break to think for a while. as it turned out.?? Gullberg said slowly. But it??s not an arrest.

are cutting into our ad. A man with a moustache. 3.?? Rosin thought for a moment.?? ??I can live with that attitude. ??Let her sleep a while. It was a plain wooden pencil. Nilsson was not unhappy that she had been passed over. She says that the murderer was a man in his seventies. That would be placing myself in the same relation to you as the Minister of Justice??s predecessor once stood to the journalist Ebbe Carlsson. In such serious instances the investigation was also assumed to come under the authority of the Prosecutor General. It will be my final issue. that she had been shot three times. and he??s afraid to get the Section involved in the necessary field work. I understand Mikael??s plan.?? ??Sounds good.?? ??Can you tell me what happened this morning??? Giannini related what she had seen and heard and how she had reacted up until the moment she had barricaded herself with Salander in the bathroom. what do you say then??? ??I can??t prove otherwise. He??s been running his own criminal network ever since. Hire some people. a car from Milton will come down from Nacka. It was the seventh time he had seen the same car in four days.?? ??What do we do now??? ??I have no idea. took out a notebook.

And yet Bj?rck was the primary source of Blomkvist??s information. And in corridor 11C the staff were security-conscious after the killing of Zalachenko; they were familiar with her situation. listening. ??And what sort of excuse would I have to barge in on Ekstr?m??? Modig asked. not the source.M. So ?? two emails with the word ??whore?? and a phoney sender from the world of mass media. She had not lost her photographic memory. Her eyes lit upon an air vent just below the ceiling. Instead she called the duty officer at Milton Security and explained her situation. There??s also a possibility that you??ll develop scar tissue in your brain.?? ??I know. She could see nothing that would serve her purpose. Nor had Berger any thought of taking the story with her.?? ??I understand. Have you eaten??? ??It??s 8. and to have the strength to get up and finish the job once and for all.?? ??Sure. including members of the prominent Baksi family. Zalachenko doesn??t make empty threats. The story had Millennium??s stamp on it from beginning to end. We don??t know what number it is. are laws. so I??m going to see who owns Vitavara Inc.

She has been badly treated and is under a lot of pressure. I can??t poke around in her skull and extract bullets. ??This is what I want you to do. I mean. Holmberg had been tasked to work out how Bj?rck had died. to assume control of the Zalachenko affair.M.??? ??Is Dr Jonasson on duty??? ??Aren??t you feeling well??? ??I feel fine. but asked questions until he was satisfied. Stefan went to chase someone up from the city building office. ??And what are you going to do with that? Shoot me? You??ll spend the rest of your miserable life in prison. Blomkvist went with Inspector Erlander. From the X-ray he could see that the bullet had turned and was lying at an angle of forty-five degrees to the entry channel. ??The man who at 1. He wrote a carefully worded and noncommittal comment on her chart: Radiological examination gives a basis for definitive conclusions but the condition of the patient has deteriorated steadily during the day. All except for one thing. I believe that Salander is as sane as you or I. She considered calling Daniel Mogren. ??The X2000 at 5. She consulted the vehicle register and found that G?ran M?rtensson was the owner of a grey Volvo with the registration number legible in the photographs. His parents were Marianne and Georg Bodin. except for 1991 when he deliberately voted against the moderates because he believed that Carl Bildt was a realpolitik catastrophe. Opposite Ekstr?m??s office was a conference room big enough for ten people. ??Welcome.

Hallberg is retiring this year. ??I don??t understand.?? ??Palmgren??? ??Yes. ??You??re telling me that the Security Police is involved in flagrant criminal activity. Mikael picked up his mobile and made another call to Inspector Erlander in G?teborg. She could not sit up even. ??I need to know what you and Blomkvist have cooked up to help her. has been to see me twice in the past few days. with which the company had a contract. and a dozen other markers.?? the assistant chief of the Violent Crimes Division concluded. Three times Paulsson had asked the urgently occupied medical orderly whether the girl could be arrested on the spot.iv Blomkvist had spent Saturday night with Berger. Was he alive or dead? She could not clearly remember what had happened with Niedermann. and I won??t report it to the tax authorities. We had experience with her pathology compiled over many years. She requisitioned the report. Edklinth explained what Figuerola and her team had unearthed. and she directed the investigation with a force that matched her physical appearance. Forty-seven. ??Yes ?? well ?? he said he needed to know exactly how many pieces of wood were in there. a lieutenant in the Swedish army who later turned out to be a colonel in the Soviet military intelligence service. She started with Ernst Teodor Billing. a man who well-trained men would avoid getting into a fight with.

Vinge??s view was not even controversial in the climate prevailing inside the Firm. He was actually off that day. Time is running out.?? ??But if you get difficult about the fact that I??m going to use unethical methods. while she and Karim were expected to do all the spadework for the next issue of a magazine that had not had any real leadership since Berger left. And now the murderer herself had been shot. He had undergone a rather extensive operation in which a significant section of his jaw was realigned and fixed with titanium screws. Figuerola waited for forty-nine minutes before M?rtensson and his companion in overalls came out of Bellmansgatan 1. Thanks. I??m furious at the state and the government and S?po and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent. ??Maybe I should get some training in some other field. scanner that the hospital had lately acquired. The connection was radio-controlled and locked into a mobile via Bluetooth. The doctors think she??ll make a full recovery. Accordingly. as if brushing off a mosquito. ??No. Prosecutor Ekstr?m took stock of his visitor. S. ??Because while Niedermann was out digging a grave for me. But as long as he risks being busted. I??m furious at the state and the government and S?po and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent. She did not want to draw attention to herself by leaving so soon after his unidentified companion. Like the American president.

but she knew that calm discussions and friendly reprimands did not work. He had leaked information that would have backed him up in an upcoming trial. said. She had received nine emails. and I went to visit my client. ??Annika. SixOfOne wrote. It showed the church in Jobsville. ??I??ll make sure you get some painkillers in a minute. She downloaded a list of everyone who worked at S. There was no denying the disaster that had occurred. Someone cut off about two metres of rope. I would have gone for the Silbersky type or another of the heavy-duty criminal lawyers. You have an infection in your body. Then he opened his own shop. please. ??Lisbeth. This too touched on the core of the responsibility delegated to the Constitutional Protection Unit. She was afraid that it was a moral issue. Berger had already decided that she would be able to depend on Fredriksson??s insights when she took command of the ship. I explained that I wanted information in advance on all proposed articles. but she had not even reflected on the fact at the time. the renowned children??s psychiatrist would be one of the most detested men in Sweden. what??? ??Holm and the head of the legal section are on the warpath.

?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have. ??That??s correct.?? ??Can he handle it??? ??He??s no idiot.?? ??Revelations that are largely lies and distortions. Transfers of that kind had to be approved by the chief of Secretariat.?? ??He tried to kill me. I take it??? ??That??s right. ??Nobody will hear of our meeting from me. From the government. Maybe it was a planned operation that was shelved. but here the task was simplified by the fact that the letters he was writing would be signed by himself. ??And??? ??You??ll have to find out for yourselves where it is.?? Figuerola said.?? Eriksson did not answer the telephone. ??Mikael Blomkvist. I said asap. He saw a lined face framed by short grey hair. and for several reasons. ??We can??t go into the archives without authorization from the chief of Secretariat. Could we leave that question for later??? Salander said.?? ??I??ve been in touch with the Prosecutor General. Giannini decided. she knew. There was only a jpeg that she opened in Photoshop.

He reminded Edklinth vaguely of the writer Dashiell Hammett.W. ??You sent Figuerola to find out what was going on. ??Dag??s book went to the printer yesterday. and we??re in the middle of an investigation in which I??m involved ???? ??You mean it was unprofessional of me. There were still some holes that he would have to fill. I was told that we would have to wait until after the next election. silent partner to handle the financial side of the business. Instead. To Modig??s great frustration the meeting in Ekstr?m??s office was lasting a long time. How in God??s name could he have been so bloody stupid? She wondered whether there might be an alternative explanation or some mitigating circumstances.00 on a Saturday afternoon??? Figuerola and Blomkvist exchanged a sceptical look. Zalachenko is dead.K. Then everything would work out. Blomkvist has put the pieces of this puzzle together all by himself; he??s way ahead of us on the police force.?? ??What about it??? ??Couldn??t you get me a pizza??? ??Sorry. ??She feels sick and she has a strong headache.?? ??How are you feeling??? ??I??m not finished yet. Flodin looked similarly concerned. Tell us what you know.?? ??But I don??t think???? ??Shut the door. no matter how many times she tried to block it. Jan.

The only spot from which the entrance door to the building could be observed directly was from the promenade and footbridge on upper Bellmansgatan near the Maria lift and the Laurinska building. If you work out you can eat whatever you want.I. where Bj?rck draws conclusions and makes recommendations.?? Blomkvist nodded. Which is why she??s still alive. He had written about the murders of Svensson and Johansson and described how he happened to be the one who came upon the scene. a father. You??re going to be charged with G.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. and apart from a couple of hour-long stops along the way. It could be if someone is trying to break in or turns up in the garden or something like that. Outgoing calls were particularly hard to identify. Ever since he had heard the news at the Kaffebar he had had his heart in his throat and a panicky feeling that Salander might have been the killer.iv Blomkvist had spent Saturday night with Berger.?? he said heartily. Trinity wrote.?? Nilsson said. At 2.P.00 Jonasson discovered that Salander had developed a temperature of 37. She asks questions non-stop. It was late afternoon by the time Figuerola was able to convey to Edklinth with some certainty the discovery that Clinton??s and von Rottinger??s careers after they left S. Then we??ll have to sign a contract.

She was a pretty.?? ??I didn??t give anyone permission to arrest Bj?rck. and a typical libertarian when it came to freedom of the press. He chose the only clean shirt he had left in the brown briefcase and put on a brown-patterned tie.?? Clinton said. Then I risk proceeding on faulty or misunderstood information.Monday. Someone who was trying to cover Zalachenko??s tracks. I made several copies of that one and have tucked them away in safe places. Or did he? Blomkvist got up and went to the telephone. He had been chief of Secretariat for a decade. and there was nothing new in Aftonbladet online. and that if he discussed it with his government colleagues then S?po would wash their hands of it. and he had saved the life of a four-year-old boy who arrived at the hospital with respiratory failure after swallowing the wheel of a toy car. forty-seven years old and known by the nickname Falun.?? ??You??ve got to let things settle down. He had kept his mouth shut through the entire series of police interrogations. but it??s been three years since the last time.?? ??Quite right. Surely? Edklinth felt cold shivers of apprehension. ??Once again we have to haul you out of the furnace. It might sound stupid to say that. He reminded Edklinth vaguely of the writer Dashiell Hammett. He knows what he??s doing.

P. Ulla something.30 on Monday morning.?? ??O. He issued instructions that required even the chief of S.?? ??This means that if you have questions about something. Trinity was born in Bradford. which reported to the police commission or the justice department. He simply concluded that Salander was suffering from stress. But you could do it. jumped on the Katarina lift up to Mosebacke and took a circuitous route to Fiskargatan 9.?? Wadensj?? said. M?rtensson reports that Blomkvist is still at the office.?? Giannini thought for a moment. There was no need to follow the van. What matters to them is their own survival. They went from room to room. shit. But there was as yet no sign of it. But she had not done that since she was fourteen. I??m worried there might be swelling or bleeding in the brain. This recurred at around 3. It has come to my attention that an employee of S. He turned to Wadensj??.

It had been a quiet evening and they arrived within twenty minutes.?? ??M?rtensson. rather than unleash him to condemn the entire police force in his magazine and elsewhere in the media.M. The screen went blank. Magge Lundin got off his motorbike and declared. ??He started at S?po in the ??50s. sat up. in 1976 when Zalachenko defected. I wrote it all by myself and sent it to everyone in the company. and then you??ll find yourself editing the family page or the comics page or something like that. he could do the same. ??Tell me what you know about Salander. was going to spy on the spies? In August 1964 Gullberg was summoned to an afternoon meeting with the assistant chief of the Security Police. as a psychiatric consultant on specific cases in the late ??80s and early ??90s ?C on three occasions. ??No. In short. I??m sorry. Someone had to take responsibility for seeing to it that national-Bolshevist crackpots ?C who had read too much Bakunin or whoever the hell these neo-Nazis read ?C did not patch together a bomb made of fertilizer and oil and park it in a van outside Rosenbad. the court will appoint a defence lawyer on your behalf. She consulted the vehicle register and found that G?ran M?rtensson was the owner of a grey Volvo with the registration number legible in the photographs. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone. He visited her room.?? He pulled down the powerful magnifying glass hanging overhead and focused on the exposed area.

But that sort of temporary reassignment was not unusual ?C covering a shortage of personnel here or there in an emergency situation. A brilliant administrator who balanced the budget. You know you have to call and tell me if you??re not coming home. it could be a major step forward in your career. and handed one to Waltari.?? ??The second thing is that you have a large property here with a living area of approximately 250 square metres. Then Giannini crossed the room and pulled open the door. He withdrew cash from an A. She limped over to the balcony door and went out to the garden. He shrugged just as Beatrice the receptionist came in with coffee and milk. please do. National Democrat. Even so. and clamps which he attached to her nipples. born in 1969. almost all of it above the fold. She??s Blomkvist??s sister. ??Perhaps we haven??t found the car because Niedermann drove out of the country to the north via Haparanda? A big detour around the Gulf of Bothnia.30 in the afternoon. I get on considerably better at Milton than on the force. Figuerola spent the afternoon gathering information. We think it??s an organization inside the organization. In the organization. who??s leading the investigation into Zalachenko??s murder.

Most of all she wanted to take him to a hole in the ground in Gosseberga and bury him. Blomkvist briefly explained what had happened and asked Cortez to pass the information to Millennium??s editor-in-chief. Impossible. We put out the paper. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist. Nor did Giannini tell him anything of what she and her client discussed. He hoped it had not penetrated her lung. ??The people who were looking after Zalachenko went far beyond their jurisdiction.?? The Security Police did not normally spend time investigating robberies of groceries. By 12.?? ??Henry.. which consisted solely of numbers.P. defeating a number of male armies along the way. testing his sense of balance. ??What were you told about that group??? ??Nothing. There were no signs on my door of a break-in. But he was absolutely not a friend. and time kept slipping by ?? And then she found herself with an unbearably guilty conscience and was feeling terrible. ??A likely story. and which he wants S. Besides. You and Magge take off on some fucking job we know nothing about.

?? ??Great. ??The situation is complicated by the fact that we in Constitutional Protection are being forced to conduct an operation which is itself against regulations in order to investigate this matter.?? ??There??s forensic evidence that???? ??Fuck the forensic evidence.?? ??And the third name??? Edklinth said. ??I think she??s coming round. and the press would have uncovered the Salander affair several years earlier. He was fully aware that everything had gone about as badly as it could have.I. that will put the matter in a rather different light. They searched the place the day you were arrested.?? ??Foreign policy??? the Minister of Justice said. How should I deal with it??? ??I don??t have the energy to think that through right now. that??s not how a magazine is supposed to look. Zalachenko??s activities since then have nothing whatsoever to do with national security. And don??t rock the boat.?? she said. You have the option to remove me as leader of the investigation ?? but if you did that I would be forced to write a harsh memo about the matter. You feel an enormous sense of wellbeing when you give something your all. but Paulsson presumably thought it was Blomkvist??s own. He was hungry and exhausted. but use your good judgement. That was when he started making calls and decided it was time to go to Stockholm. Cortez had the weekend shift and Blomkvist found him again in the office in the evening. ??Hello.

is he out of the country? What do we think??? ??We have nothing to tell us that he has left the country. hardly anyone socialized with each other in their free time. It has been 56 days since your last visit. You will choose the assistants you require. Almost every democratic country maintains an independent constitutional court in some form.?? ??I must not have realized that it would centre on Salander. did he not??? Prosecutor Jervas said. which she had not done since she got the hand-held.00. Henry. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her. work it out! / Kalle B. she flipped open her mobile and pressed a speed-dial number. and there was a robbery in Norrk?ping in which one person was injured. but rather indicated that the conspiracy that had tried to eliminate Salander fifteen years earlier was not a thing of the past. He spent three hours reading through Ekstr?m??s preliminary investigation and strategy for the trial.?? Erlander rubbed the back of his neck. You??ll report directly to me. Only one thing is important right now. And if they want to convict me. ??I??ve kicked myself a hundred times about it. which was a factor since he was paying for the journey himself. I made several copies of that one and have tucked them away in safe places. Erika shrugged.

?? ??It??s going to be hard to keep this under wraps. Personal Protection. She had humiliated him. yes.?? ??I see. She staggered to the door and turned to kick it with her heel. ??Routine research. the lunchtime memo. I consider this office of central importance to Swedish democracy. She was dressed that day in tight blue jeans. She looked down and saw blood. but later she asked if I had any scientific journals that dealt with genetics and brain research. Berger waited until he had finished thinking. And the media as a whole bought Faste??s propaganda simply because he appears to be a serious source and it??s always cool to write about S. had about 800. and Jerker has known Prime Minister F?lldin since he was a child. He did not have anything against the existence of S?po. If you have information to that effect you should take action. but this was no deviation from the daily routine.?? Zalachenko lowered his voice: ??Our partner Niedermann.8 ?C too high. But who knows how much attention a person contemplating suicide would pay to the knots on his own noose??? ??What about drugs??? ??According to the toxicology report. One of the men looked to be in his late thirties or early forties and had blond hair. They??re checking the apartment.

immigrant. And we share the same objective.?? he said. And yet his liver.A. 2. He was suddenly aware of Nurse Nicander saying something. What could I say? If I asked what it meant. ??Thank you.?? ??I didn??t have much choice.iv By 1.30 on Tuesday. but I??m a doctor and I??ve studied psychiatry.?? ??I??ve got you. She woke up to find Linder sleeping in a recliner on the other side of the living room. but your damned brother is in G?teborg today. She knew right away that it was not one of the night nurses. but from a number of sources Cortez had a fairly clear picture of the events of the night before. had climbed on to a stool. Both were dressed in jeans and leather jackets.?? ??I don??t know how we??re going to bill this???? ??We??ll work that out later. or whether she was off her rocker or why the police kept her locked up. It was as though the man thought himself above all normal rules. It was glorious May 1 weather.

The first nurse stopped short on the threshold. but she can??t work for nothing. Seven letters had been sent to Vitavara Inc.?? ??What does he help you with??? Modig broke in. He knows what he??s doing. It??s possible that you??ll need another operation ?C on your shoulder ?C if we can??t arrest the infection with antibiotics. Blomkvist took it as a sign that the Prime Minister had just broken the law ?C if only of the more academic specie ?C by giving his consent to the sharing of classified information with a journalist.S. His voice was steady. Gullberg followed the story in a state of awful confusion. also a hacker. When he got out of prison in 1984 he kept his nose clean ?C or at least he did not pull any jobs that got him arrested and convicted again. Blomkvist had told her once how Salander had put paid to the serial killer Martin Vanger with a golf club. that will put the matter in a rather different light.?? Nystr?m leafed through his notes. The heavy weapons cabinet stood wide open. Jonas and Teleborian had an unhealthy interest in seeing that Salander did not thrive.?? She nodded. An alarm is an alarm and is completely pointless if some nutcase is standing in your living room with an automatic weapon. so to speak. I was terribly intellectual. ??Then I??ll have to start by thanking you for coming to me with this matter as soon as you did. and his job is on the line now too.?? ??Speaking of which.

and experienced construction engineer counted for nothing.

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??First-class research.?? ??North on Kungsgatan.?? She put the address into the inside pocket of her jacket. Not one of them had heard of Hans von Rottinger. She knew.000 other mobile telephones within a kilometre of police headquarters. ??I can understand why you??d want to quit this madhouse ?? but to be the head of Sweden??s most turgid old-boy newspaper ?? that??s going to take some time to sink in. Ghidi soon discovered that being a well-educated and experienced construction engineer counted for nothing. There was no exit wound: the round was still inside her shoulder. By lunchtime they already had extensive documentation of the fact that both Fredrik Clinton and Hans von Rottinger had been associated with the Security Police in the ??60s and early ??70s. 1989. come to that. and generally she had done everything she could think of to make him understand how she wanted the newspaper to be shaped.I. and Lisbeth Salander was unlucky enough to have him as her father. a murderer. I want you to focus on the follow-up care given to severely injured patients in corridor 11C.?? he said. We??ll try to isolate them in a lengthy investigation. Everything else is unimportant. I??m still on the Salander story. She felt depressed.00 he had a brief visit from a representative of the prosecutor??s office. The house itself is spartan. I think you??re an excellent reporter.. The other citizens online.?? Salander frowned.P.

He said that he couldn??t know who would be going to the Hague. Which will be in about an hour. And you send a couple of village policemen to arrest him as if he were some Saturday night drunk.M.M. He started by walking to Park Avenue Hotel. ??For those of you who haven??t met her before. She came back with four mugs and the coffee pot. I know. Daniel. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. Say for tonight. or to interviews with some old.F. had been suffering chronic pain for a long time ?? I don??t know. Zalachenko said that he would mull over the matter. agent who had apparently turned up in Sweden on Election Day in 1976. Palme was defeated. What I wanted to say was that you??ll probably have to give Holm some concessions. Vinge never saw eye to eye. It had been a quiet evening and they arrived within twenty minutes. ??I??d never even heard that Sweden had taken in and protected a Russian defector of such importance. blood pressure is 100/70. She then glanced at the bedside table and saw the water glass. Finally he inserted narrow forceps with serrated jaws.?? ??Next.?? ??How are you feeling??? ??I??m not finished yet. If they don??t have the copies. He did not think that Advokat Thomasson??s visit earlier in the day had been particularly reassuring.

On Friday morning Jonasson was faced with an obviously irritated Inspector Faste on the other side of his desk. I told you that you would have to handle him like a live grenade. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. to foreign intelligence services. you??ve been here a month and I want us to have a chance to catch up. the houses are positioned with their gables facing each other. He turned on his mobile and saw that the battery was low. ??I am sorry for coming to see you without warning. It??s more serious than that. Three women and six men: the head of the Violent Crimes Division and his assistant head; three criminal inspectors including Erlander and the G?teborg police press officers; preliminary investigation leader Agneta Jervas from the prosecutor??s office.00.?? No such agents existed. calamity would be inevitable.I. has a huge amount of dead meat in the newsroom. The apartment isn??t a good place right now. He called Figuerola. I??m sorry I??ve not come to see you the past few days.I. he did what he could for Salander. It had never come up. T. I??m beginning to think that I made a colossal mistake taking on the job. replaced by new technology ?? but the number of reporters contributing to copy was reduced by 48 during that period. She had spent an hour infiltrating and charting the intranet at S. What??s going on??? ??A psychiatrist called Teleborian is having a beer with an undercover agent ?C code name Jonas ?C down on Vasagatan. He had not.?? Nystr?m said. and he got hold of the Prosecutor General.

. the decision would have to have been made at senior government level. and he got to drink whisky at a discreet club in London with the chief of M. you??ll not only be fired but you??ll be guilty of gross misconduct. Blomkvist had been one of the people who gave Baksi practical help when he started the magazine Black/White with an issue that he produced secretly at night at the Trades Union Federation offices. If she won??t trust me. Eriksson had only called. She felt as if she had a stupendous hangover and the bed seemed to keep tilting backwards. Hans Wilhelm Francke. She did.P.?? ??Many suicides don??t. It doesn??t matter so much. It was dark and she had no sense of how long she had been aimlessly walking. She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team. the signature of the Prime Minister meant that he had sanctioned the need for a unit that would be responsible for ??internal personnel control??. aggressive resistance to police officers.?? Endrin hesitated for a moment.?? said the detective responsible for Stallarholmen on behalf of the S?dert?lje police. assign two personal assistants to help him with all the practical matters. Wasp wrote. studied the details of your case. but in fact I forgot to deliver it to his office before I left. he always felt a little out of place in Stockholm. But I may stumble a bit before I really get going. He was out flitting around even in your day. ??Should we conclude that the Zalachenko club was an association formed in 1964? That would be some time before Zalachenko even came to Sweden. And Bj?rck??s report is in it. a white blouse.

K ?? ask her if she wants Giannini.M. Or possibly both of you. And the paedophile industry. which decided that Salander should be cared for at St Stefan??s.?? ??And??? ??I can??t tell you anything about that.S. In the event. She sat paralysed and tried to work out from which direction the sharp reports had come. ??What do you want me to do??? ??Go back to your desk and start working on another story. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Svea Construction Inc. ??It??s a job that could land you in big trouble. Since April he had not even plugged in the broadband cable to his own machine. so that no outsider will have knowledge of or be able to weigh the evidence against Lisbeth. He??s not married. Malin is tough. and she had to hop over to an antique chair to sit down. The two versions do not agree. can??t answer that question. None of them actually had a hope of helping her with the problems she had with the Swedish state.?? ??Damn. He studied his unexpected visitor as she stood up. Actually. first of all. Zalachenko had been shot by a 78-year-old tax specialist. and Zalachenko could not predict how he would react under interrogation. must have been persuasive. Could we isolate them somehow??? ??There??s a fifth officer involved.?? She had not expected Jonasson to make special visits to see her.

He was fully aware that everything had gone about as badly as it could have.?? Cortez came to life and began to clap.?? She glanced at her watch. ??Who??s going to take over the investigation of Salander??? ??I don??t know. And I??m too tired to drive home. But the rest is guesswork. He did not even want to begin to estimate how many counts of illegal activity must have taken place. I believe that Salander is as sane as you or I. We can??t make an exception just because it deals with your boss. he began to recover. The copies that Blomkvist and his sister ?C now Salander??s lawyer ?C had in their possession have both disappeared.??? Blomkvist said. and then follows the hunt for Salander first. ??I??ve spoken with Bublanski. ??Well ?? you could just accept a friendly personal invitation. On Sunday morning they said a hasty goodbye before Berger drove home to her husband. ??Please explain what the government has directed. but she had a body like ?? hmm. could blithely reveal her most intimate secrets to a bunch of completely unknown freaks on the Internet.?? he said.?? ??So what are you planning. dull headache and acute pain in her left shoulder.?? Olsson said. they knew what had provoked Lisbeth to do what she did. and as discreetly as possible. Gullberg was content to accept this situation.?? she said.?? Modig looked at the time again. In a broader sense.

and they had both ended up in bed with Torkel. But I??m not going to ask. but the events surrounding last night??s killing took precedence. But you have already been placed under arrest on a charge of grievous bodily harm. ??I??m going to Kungsholmen now.?? Edklinth said at last.?? ??You changed the whole door??? ??Yes. ??And how would you rate her mental state??? ??Withdrawn. She had no intention of doing that. But it??s not an arrest. olive skin and black hair going grey at the temples. we changed your bedroom door today. A summer romance? A love affair? Was she in love? She went to the bathroom and washed her face and brushed her teeth. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. Blomkvist??s version is missing the entire investigation conducted by Teleborian. Blomkvist could not help being fascinated. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo. She put the canister of Mace from her shoulder bag on her bedside table. ??Why don??t you ever come and visit me any more??? ??I??m here to see you right now. Swedish democracy is based on a single premise: the Right to Free Speech (R. just long enough to get an idea of who sent it and what it was about. ??Are you satisfied with the information flow??? Edklinth said at last. ??For those of you who haven??t met her before.?? ??O. from where he took a taxi to Centraal. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police. You don??t have to say a word or give me any information. He had heart and artery problems. but her intellectual gifts are undeniable.

whatever happened. What??s it about??? ??I just have to talk to him. She had tested herself by going on the Net and picking out random H. He was pleased with what he had written. But she had not done that since she was fourteen. But if her car had been damaged on some random street in S?dermalm. The report was what finally put us on the right track. She clicked hesitantly on Answer. She simply called Milton Security and explained that she was looking for a female employee she had met a while ago and whose name she had forgotten. there??s going to be a rack of other charges. some apples. ??Should I go now or should I wait for you??? ??Would it be O. He??s worked at S. and living on Pontonj?rgatan in Kungsholmen.W. then we can take a taxi. Salander leaned back against the pillow and followed the conversation with a smile. I presume that the report now exists in two places. dark-green English felt hat. and that means you??ll once again be a pawn in their game. ??Dr Jonasson??? He turned towards her.S. is that it??? ??Not exactly ?? I mean ?? geez. but he had failed. I??m still learning this job. Actually I don??t want to talk about it. ??Fru Berger. one. S.

?? ??Alright. The attack alarm consists of two buttons that you press simultaneously and hold down for three seconds. And a murderer who called himself Ronald Niedermann. At first he had been almost hostile. But I need an opportunity to question the girl.P. ??Somebody has to write an obit. Gullberg had objected to telling the government at all. He also had traces of alcohol. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. Because of the merry-go-round associated with a change of government.?? ??And you??d never seen him before??? ??I??d seen him in the lift. Someone wanted to sell her Viagra. Your supervisor must approve the consultation and make a formal request for you to be allowed to approach Dr Teleborian. The disk is very strong evidence. She seemed lost in thought.C. And then we??ll track down Niedermann. You know what it??s all about. The same rules apply as in your day. No matter how many questions remained unanswered. Lisbeth. that the police existed to prevent crimes like that.?? ??So how do we counter that??? Borgsj? said.?? ??Let??s see ?? it must be someone with administrative authority. Then came the awkward part. He??s not married.?? ??It??s going to be hard to keep this under wraps.?? ??You still haven??t answered the question.

The trade in building materials goes through wholesalers who set their own prices. ??Do we have the name of the assailant??? Eriksson shook her head as the telephone rang again. forty-seven.?? ??Something along those lines. are simply practical extensions of the Right to Free Speech. he also got voiceprints that Plague could process. Instead she called the duty officer at Milton Security and explained her situation. ??Jerker asked what he knew about the defection.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. He adjusted the seat and saw that the petrol tank was half full. If the court determines that you are mentally ill. grey-haired man in a hound??s-tooth jacket walk into the corridor.?? ??Fine.?? ??You mean we should ???? Nieminen had already decided that Niedermann had to be got rid of. Touch??. cares about it. it must have been something that Niedermann decided to do. no ???? ??Teleborian wrote this in a report that he sent to Bj?rck. I should perhaps mention that I opposed that action. had enormous resources and used a vast network in order to capture a large number of mobile conversations in a certain region simultaneously.?? At that moment the officer Blomkvist knew only as Stefan entered the room.?? ??Well. We??ll take him from here. Then the memories came rushing back to her.?? ??Time is more or less all I have.??s hardly dry behind the ears.C. I ?C or rather. she??s chairman of the board until we can elect Harriet Vanger at the next board meeting.

The disk is very strong evidence. Or. She reached out and rang for a nurse.?? ??Is that really so??? ??This story. I have to admit that in all my years on the force I??ve never seen anything like it. ??What do you mean??? ??I have discovered that he can be a violent person ?? I am actually afraid of him. with thinning reddish-blond hair and sunglasses. Good Lord. He enjoys indulging in intrigue and playing people against each other. 2. ??Thanks. Gullberg used all his eloquence to convince the Prime Minister not to allow information about Zalachenko to pass beyond his own office ?C there was. Then a shot was fired accidentally that hit him in the foot. you do what you do because you??re evil and rotten. It did not bode well. Both were dressed in jeans and leather jackets. It made sense. He??ll understand. The house itself is spartan.?? ??Oh. Gullberg took a taxi to Frey??s. And I??m not looking to damage either you or F?lldin. less regular breathing.S. the others were handguns of various types.M. albeit just for a couple of days.?? Nystr?m said with a slight smile.?? Armansky said.

??Mikael. ??Anything new??? ??Nothing special. Paulsson had then turned his attention to the wounded man in the woodshed. You and Magge take off on some fucking job we know nothing about.?? ??Did he look confused or???? ??I couldn??t say one way or the other.L. but she has obvious delusions with distinct paranoid schizophrenic characteristics. ??On second thoughts. three emails from Fredriksson updating her on developments in the day??s lead story. but he had only a vague notion of their family lives. If we had to arrange for bodyguard protection that would be a different matter ?C and it would be rather expensive. ??I spent the whole afternoon going over Henry??s documentation. drive out here. ??My pleasure. there might be a case for that.?? ??Tell me. and all else it takes to publish a newspaper. She did not want to draw attention to herself by leaving so soon after his unidentified companion. ??Forceps. the king or the commander-in-chief would very swiftly come under observation by the Constitutional Protection Unit.?? ??What kind of weapon is it??? Jervas said. Jonasson gave her an inquisitive glance and stopped in his tracks when he saw her desperate look. and those responsible must be held accountable. I met them about twice a year during the time I worked for the government. It did not work. Nils Bjurman. ??So. but they had neither the resources nor the expertise to run this sort of operational activity.A.

??We??ve borrowed the place for tonight??s meeting. I??ve never had a confrontation with a prime minister before. ??Could I borrow your balcony??? ??As long as you brush your teeth afterwards. Second. and a grey jacket. is going to pick this up. agent who had apparently turned up in Sweden on Election Day in 1976.?? ??Many suicides don??t.?? Edklinth said.. 1. The letters landed on his desk in the morning. Niedermann and Zalachenko.?? He tied a sheet around his waist. ??I??m beginning to like my contact with S?po. He specified a dozen commonly occurring words. She??s at the hospital in Bor?s. She decided that she did not feel like seeing anyone that evening. ??Dr Jonasson??? he said. she very steadily raised her Nikon with its 300mm telephoto lens and took two pictures. You??re right. In the ??60s he became chief of some outfit called the Section for Special Analysis. They were to take a taxi to police headquarters on Ernst Fontells Plats.?? ??You??re not married.?? He told her he was going to be at home all day writing. you get withdrawal symptoms after a while. Formally. Right now we??re examining a large number of old personnel files. He asked her to lean forward and placed the stethoscope on her back to listen to her lungs.

she had called her husband to tell him. But I??ve understood that you??re driven by several factors.?? ??If Salander hit her father in the head with an axe she isn??t exactly innocent. He did not wake until 9.?? ??Could I read the original??? ??Certainly you can. I should have published the report the day I got it. She had to put names and social security numbers to these people. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty. And Bj?rck??s report is in it. and Bert Karlsson had formed the New Democracy Party. personnel.?? Blomkvist said. Well ?? no wonder the biggest morning daily had recruited her. That left 103. Hans Wilhelm Francke.K.?? ??I was afraid of that. We can pretty much assume that she took the pistol with her to Gosseberga. And Jonas has his car keys on the table in front of him. Someone cut off about two metres of rope. It was not a perfect plan. That was a surprise. the police have been looking for Salander since Easter.?? ??But the present situation has arisen because you have been subject to a direct threat from a specific individual.

In the distance she heard a voice that seemed to be talking to her. The day before. She closed her eyes. and telecommunications.?? ??We??ll use the whole front page and move everything else back. As soon as the trial begins???? ??No. Fr?ken Salander. I??ll be back in Stockholm tomorrow if nothing else comes up.?? Blomkvist shrugged and opened his laptop case.?? Blomkvist said. Since the events in Gosseberga his colleague had certainly become withdrawn and hard to communicate with. but it was not. yes. on the murderer. boys and girls.?? Armansky said. Dakota wrote. ??And how did you find out about the meeting??? ??Tipped off by a source.30 in the afternoon.B. and for the aggravated kidnapping and assault of the dental nurse Anita Kaspersson. Henry. as well as for the murders of Svensson and Johansson. Cortez could not put his finger on what was wrong.

?? ??O. Way beyond the budget. Instead he made his second mistake: he offered to hand over the weapon he had in his jacket pocket ?C the Colt . two police inspectors were given fifteen minutes to ask her questions. You??re right. We are both of us sorry that you were subjected to Paulsson??s rather primitive way of operating. said. Bj?rck??s prints were on the handle and the blade. An awkward situation. taken when he was sixty-six. He called Malm as the train was coming into Stockholm and asked him what had prompted the tone of his text message. Do you know anything about it??? ??Absolutely not. That??s not a bad step up from this sorry little rag. ??Why don??t you ever come and visit me any more??? ??I??m here to see you right now. little girl. are you going to come quietly or do I have to handcuff you??? The consultant from Milton Security was waiting for Berger when she got home at around 7. well.00 a. What the hell? Is there some sort of spy convention on Bellmansgatan today? The two men parted at the top of the hill without exchanging a word. it could be ruined. the known killer. It was undeniable. No. Blomkvist??s problem was that the account still had gaping holes in it.

She thought through each sentence before she tapped it in.D.?? ??And??? ??He did his military service in Karlskrona in the ??40s.?? was Paulsson??s immediate response. Eriksson realized that he was reporting in to her the way he had with Berger. This included almost everything that had to do with Zalachenko??s background. ??That blond monster you and Magge hang out with.?? Nieminen was in a vile mood when he left the cells at S?dert?lje police station. The second half will be everything that we know about the Section. I take it??? ??That??s right. A single word. for the sake of fairness.V.?? ??O. Then I might as well tell you that I??ve already received a formal commission from Prosecutor Ekstr?m in Stockholm to do a forensic psychiatric report.00. But if we aren??t careful I could end up in one hell of a conflict with your colleagues. These were still in the early stages and there would need to be another hundred pages of detailed work before they were ready to go to trial. After a while she pinged Blomkvist on I. You??re wearing gloves. So Dr Jonasson was the goalkeeper who stood between the patient and Fonus Funeral Service. Which could explain the low price. As soon as you see him approach a car.?? Nystr?m said.

by a single blow to the neck. He talked for a good thirty minutes.?? she said in a cheerful voice. In that respect he??s predictable. We live in a democracy and naturally we cannot influence what is written in the press. ??In the first instance. ??I know. He had been beaten. Salander leaned back against the pillow and followed the conversation with a smile.00 in the morning she opened the word processing program on her Palm. In Edklinth??s opinion. of Bjurman??s rape. She??s Blomkvist??s sister. & E. She stepped into the stairwell and was looking for a light switch when the attack came out of the blue. Then the manhunt would at least ease up a bit. ??I hope all??s well with your father. Then he smiled. It was cool. Ingvar Carlsson had been Prime Minister at the time.?? ??I believe you. but I have a job to do. She banged her head hard. I asked Erlander to send his clothes to forensics and have them examined for traces of gunpowder.

but she had not had any particular need to read what he was up to. She decided that she did not feel like seeing anyone that evening.?? ??So.000 kronor for a week??s research on a story that was not now going to be published. felt a rush of pain and fell to the ground. ??But I haven??t heard any complaints about him in the last ?? well. Then she saw Cortez putting on his corduroy jacket. including the Prime Minister. A single word.. I repeat that my priority is Niedermann. on the other hand. But the officers were warned not to tire him. Bublanski was working only on Niedermann. Borgsj? was a good man.P. But I???? ??You left the material with Holm.. Zalachenko dragged himself to the toilet. Gullberg and Clinton talked for a long time. but the chairman of the board was intently studying Berger??s nine-point program. He had patched up a girl who had ridden her bike into a ditch that the road-repair department had chosen to dig close to the end of a bike path; the warning barriers had been tipped into the hole. Then Falun waited on the landing as Sandberg went in. He thought of the Zalachenko club as small and anonymous.

Jonasson spent ten minutes examining her.. So ?? two emails with the word ??whore?? and a phoney sender from the world of mass media. ??Who is the source of these claims??? Figuerola said when the story was ended.D. She requisitioned their passport photographs and identified at once the woman she had followed from Bellmansgatan as the Susanne Linder who lived in Nacka. Blomkvist gave a dry laugh. The Zalachenko club. On the other hand. and he had saved the life of a four-year-old boy who arrived at the hospital with respiratory failure after swallowing the wheel of a toy car. We have blueprints of the building.?? She looked at Blomkvist. Gullberg had no doubt that Zalachenko was a sick bastard. But there was as yet no sign of it. ??He worked for something called the Section for Special Analysis. She sat up in bed and looked eagerly at the screen of her Palm. ??Find out what he??s working on. This is just the way it was in his day. She went back to the front door and put on the outdoor shoes she had kicked off as she came home.M. awaiting trial for the kidnapping of Miriam Wu. Apparently he was a tax lawyer. Niedermann.?? he said.

My task here is to rejuvenate the newspaper. that??s a fee I??ll gladly pay. On the other hand. Since she had access to Teleborian??s P. and she limped into the kitchen and sank on to the nearest chair. I??ll be outside the train station in forty-five minutes. I??m thinking of the ferry to the east. Jonasson was a catalogue of surprises. I simply wasn??t thinking straight. But it ended.m. this is an extreme state of affairs. But this is going to take some legwork. The Security Police recently initiated an investigation of this man because he had written a number of apparently unstable letters to well-known politicians and the media. I had no idea that he worked for S?po. She began to have doubts about the ability of the Security Police to protect her. She had not tackled the Peter Fleming account because she did not need to have full administrator rights. He??s going to be in the slammer for a while. I can??t afford to keep him on as a dead weight all that time.?? Figuerola said. Slowly she sat down on the staircase.M. No energy at all. why had she telephoned Milton Security in the first place and asked them to install an alarm? ??O.

two from Eriksson. They were scrutinizing the results of the preliminary investigation that Holmberg had completed that morning. I think you ought to tell them right away. unvarnished truth about her life in a cracklingly terse autobiography of forty pages. You stay here and sit down. who was looking more and more hollow-eyed. That would have required extensive access to the Swedish cable network. but she had very straightforwardly conceded that she had no authority to interview him and that naturally he was perfectly free to tell her nothing at all if he did not want to. A mood of acute panic. possibly three. I know. The headline that Berger had decided to use was suddenly replaced by something entirely different. ??Hello.?? ??He is forbidden to talk about it. sending a fax of a threatening letter that hadn??t yet reached its addressee. She did not say a word. Lisbeth Salander had at the very least been deprived of the opportunity to exercise her constitutionally protected rights and liberties. but usually we use someone from the external organization if necessary. ??The matter has gone to court. and as a doctor he was not the least bit interested in the answer to that question. Eriksson and Malm. Can you manage that??? Salander waited patiently for almost a minute before Annika nodded. who. That gave an average of 15.

Berger??s decision was made. Damn it. She had been with Borgsj? for forty-five minutes without mentioning one syllable about Vitavara. We are both of us sorry that you were subjected to Paulsson??s rather primitive way of operating.?? Erlander bent towards him. were filled every day with the correct text.?? the P. And ?C most disastrous of all ?C there was a video taken on holiday in the early ??90s when she and Greger had been guests of the glass artist Torkel Bollinger at his villa on the Costa del Sol.?? ??I don??t even know which colleague you??re talking about. Giannini had only been there for a few minutes. He hovered between life and death for several weeks. Is that O. G?ransson. the incident might be included in that year??s statistical compilation. a couple of days after Zalachenko and Salander had landed in Sahlgrenska hospital. but situations do crop up. You could turn the trial to your advantage or let them convict you. and that I wanted to look at and approve everything that was to be published. Shit.?? She thought about that. Yes.?? ??I??ll do what I can. ??You suspect that there??s a conspiracy within the Security Police that is acting outside its constitutional mandate.?? It was Gunnar Magnusson.

?? Ekstr?m had a dozen questions that Nystr?m meticulously noted. It must have been backed by the government. Putting a mobile telephone into an air vent inside a locked cleaning supplies room. as you know. His job was to save his patient??s life. I may be paranoid.?? ??He seems not to have had any contact with his old friends in Hamburg.?? ??Come on.S.?? ??Could we talk to the prosecutor??? ??No. shaking his head. there was no crime. Have you got a mobile on you??? ??A what??? ??A mobile. Forensics have it. You won??t. and that he had come to her room at 3. She gave him twenty minutes to deal with his post. In return he had pledged not to steal anything from the apartment that was the target of the operation. ??The important thing is that. She first worked in Counter-Espionage. energy and resources. I??m thinking of moving you to the Constitutional Protection operations unit. The car was still there. tubes loose as she carried her to the bathroom and set her on the toilet seat.

and he wasn??t mentioned in Svensson??s material.K. I???? She interrupted him. had conspired to lock Salander away in the asylum. when S. He pointed to the front page of the evening paper. I talked to Teleborian. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces. There really was a conspiracy inside S. He refers to it as the Zalachenko club. ??Swab. July 13. The press haven??t picked up on it yet. We??ve identified a known dealer and petty thief who was found dismembered in one trench. His role was to make sure that the pages of S. to ?? what? A complete loony? Salander might be innocent of murder. He was advised that he alone had to make the decisions. Hi Sally. Figuerola locked all the material in her safe.?? Blomkvist woke up at 10.?? ??Mikael. Cursing. then it was with these lunatics. In some mysterious way the ceiling lamp had been taken down and placed on the coffee table.

?? ??There was a ?? Clinton. He was hungry and exhausted. he had helped in the attempt to murder and bury her. ??Jerker asked what he knew about the defection. The report claimed that it was almost impossible to charge and convict anyone under the law of persecution against an ethnic group.?? ??What do you think they did in the stairwell??? ??I don??t know. and two officers whose job it was to compile and analyse any intelligence information that Zalachenko might contribute. Cortez stayed on the other side of the street. a Mace canister and a pistol.?? Blomkvist said. He listened with increasing dismay to Giannini??s account of what had happened.iv ?C Tuesday. We deal more with computer hacking and electronic surveillance and such like.. Don??t push me away.?? ??Zalachenko??? Sandberg nodded. When he got up to the room he went straight to the bathroom.05. but he had been savagely beaten.S. He was so absorbed that he did not notice Inspector Modig until she cleared her throat and asked if she could join him. but he??s afraid to make operational decisions. ??It??s Anders. So.

But you were also arrested for possession of an illegal weapon. They must have been following her.?? ??It would help if you??d tell me what??s going on. She had heard him offering his I. Can you open your eyes again??? She opened her eyes to narrow slits. He was Kurdish. This one was obviously referring to her new job as editor-in-chief.S.?? ??But we could ask the boss. but he seemed peripheral. When it came to Agneta Sofia Salander. but the wires stretched in the direction of the pencil. ??I don??t know. Cortez now kept an ashtray on his desk.S. Magnus. Her eyes lit upon an air vent just below the ceiling. This bothered her. One of the first things Blomkvist did when he realized that his mobile was bugged was to send Cortez out to buy some used handsets. He was twenty-six years old and had been at Millennium for four years.G.?? ??Have you an operations unit??? Wadensj?? frowned. Even small movements of his facial muscles caused sharp pains in his jaw and cheekbone. Figuerola gave her a lead of about thirty metres.

but Asperger??s patients do not generally set fire to their parents. Annika recognized him as the man who come up in the lift with her. which showed a man that both of them immediately recognized. A man against whom S?po had lately initiated a preliminary investigation because he was a nutter who wrote threatening letters to public figures. In addition. Greger Beckman. A Russian agent. ??The first two were members of the Zalachenko club in the ??80s. originally from Ume? in northern Sweden. Unfortunately the trial is going to be held behind closed doors ??to protect your privacy??.?? ??That sounds serious. I??d give a lot of money to find out what they talked about. Mikael also has a tendency to bury himself in his own stories and be totally off the radar for weeks at a time. That was not a good sign. The screen changed again and now had a blue background with the text: [Welcome to Hacker Republic. Hello. In three years.K. as soon as her client had been moved to a new room and a security guard had been posted outside. He??s had recurring trouble with it over the past few years. it does. Finally she shrugged. But one thing is for sure ?C I don??t mean to spend the rest of it in this glass cage.?? The woman nodded and showed him into the living room.

2.A.?? Blomkvist said to remind them that he was there in the room.?? ??Could I have some water??? Salander whispered. It??s a big. Berger looked up and searched for the news editor. But it is unusual. ??Rescue Service helicopter coming in. Who was murdered??? ??Herr Bodin.?? Modig said. and she recognized all the signs of a reporter who had a story in the works. ??Blomkvist. ??Does it feel tight??? ??A little. Furthermore.?? ??I can??t.?? Blomkvist ran into Cortez at the entrance to the Millennium offices. and turned down the volume so that he would not have to hear it. that is. Bublanski looked at the notes from his meeting with Ekstr?m. She lifted her foot and saw to her dismay that a shard of glass had pierced her heel. And yet she had connectivity. ??O. We have to find allies within the bureaucracy if this is not going to end in calamity. Ghidi soon discovered that being a well-educated and experienced construction engineer counted for nothing.

Prosecutor General collected the others. National Security Agency.?? Blomkvist told him. Teleborian had offered concrete. Whatever it was.

but I know an excellent Bosnian place at Fridhemsplan
but I know an excellent Bosnian place at Fridhemsplan. By the time Mikael had finished his account. When she was admitted to Sahlgrenska hospital I performed a comprehensive medical examination on her. ??I know.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??I see. ??M?rtensson works for S?po. unusually early. If Armansky??s account was true. In the meantime her twin sister. and some of them should really be put out to grass.?? ??So if the balloon goes up. and a dark jacket.?? ??He says that we??ll have to ask her ourselves. Not identified. Teleborian was assistant head physician at St Stefan??s psychiatric clinic for children in Uppsala. You were the one F?lldin assigned to be the go-between with those who were protecting Zalachenko.?? ??It sounds as if you think I??m organizing some sort of conspiracy against you. Finally Holmberg pushed his coffee cup aside.?? Nystr?m cleared his throat. After a while she took her Filofax from her briefcase and opened it to the notes section. His name is David Rosin. ?C and he did not have the requisite experience or skills.?? the P. and the growth in readers in their twenties is almost zero. who has worked in S?po for many years. and she had to hop over to an antique chair to sit down. so the torture continued. from the passport photograph Karim had located.

?? Modig and Holmberg then described in detail the investigation as it had developed. She had a fever that would not abate. there is a risk that her condition may continue to deteriorate.?? Edklinth said. He could not see anything illegal about his task. She was working with a broad brush. nobody can. ??Come in ?? Evert Gullberg. and in 1987 he started his own company. If I were to make the decisions they would be different again. She had electrodes taped to her body to record her pulse and breathing. Slavishly she followed the regulations and had no intention of acting as Blomkvist??s go-between. He did not anticipate having any problem handling a state secretary. I want to have sex with you and I??m going to reward you handsomely. a certain Lisbeth Salander is a patient on 11C. He had voted instead for Ingvar Carlsson.?? she said. She had not lost her photographic memory. She had been told not to feel obliged to entertain her ??guest. Frank. but stopped and held the door for me.000 kronor. by a single blow to the neck. ??Tell me. She took a sip of coffee and had just opened her mouth to take a bite of toast when she heard the headlines. I??ll be O.?? ??In other words. but I cannot reveal the name of anyone working on this case.?? Eriksson said.

??Could you manage to tell us the whole story from the beginning??? Holmberg said. when diabetes and coronary artery disease had forced him into retirement. ??There??s one thing I??m curious about ?? were you really going to betray us after all we??ve done for you??? ??What do you think??? ??It depends how crazy you are. She arranged for Magnusson to talk to Morander??s family so that the widow could come herself when it was convenient. ??there is one record that neither F?lldin nor his visitors thought of. but that he was not expected back before late that night. ??Good idea.?? * The distance by land from London to Stockholm is roughly 1900 kilometres.?? Silence. The government has the power to adopt a wide range of measures in the event that breaches of the constitution are threatened. and most assuredly not against his colleagues. Erika Eva. Blomkvist trusted Berger implicitly and was never for a second inhibited by the fact that she was going to be working for a rival paper. That is.00. ??Alright. I have special knowledge of the subject that no-one else at S. ??A former Russian agent.?? ??He was referring to the fact that I??m extremely good with computers.?? Clinton said. First of all. There are a few minor things that need fixing. Furthermore. but roughly half of all the calls that Ekstr?m made on his mobile from anywhere near police headquarters were monitored and recorded. Then we??ll need to hire a new employee. It was not until an hour later that Eriksson knocked on Berger??s door. In other words. Alexander. but I know an excellent Bosnian place at Fridhemsplan.

He had considered coming to the same conclusion. Teleborian had indeed had dealings with S. he exploited his hold over them to the maximum. It was the reorganization of 1964 that had shaped Gullberg??s future career. He felt inadequate but all of a sudden realized that he might be luckier than he deserved.?? said Ekstr?m. or rather two. and he could step in and take over the reins when Berger was away or busy. ??Stockholm is making noises. More diplomatically than that.. master.10 a. It would be damned empty without Berger. He was not. He had Salander??s keys to her burgundy Honda. Holm.?? ??So it??s serious??? Ellis sat up and swung his feet out of bed.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. M?rtensson ?C he works as a bodyguard in S. Dr Jonasson burst out laughing and shook his head. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. and I assume that Palme appointed somebody to take over from me.R. ??He gives Teleborian instructions.?? ??That??s my husband??s studio. both of them had said they would be in her corner.?? Berger studied the chairman of the board. At which Paulsson swiftly arrested Blomkvist for possession of an illegal weapon.

?? ??Activity of this kind is most definitely not sanctioned by the government.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside.?? ??Why didn??t you say anything??? Blomkvist said. a dental nurse who lived in Alings?s. She took out her mobile and looked at the time display. Modig went back to Bublanski??s office and knocked on the door jamb. The cost of all that work would be almost 50. of which the first concerns the skills he discovered in Hedestad. M?rtensson reports that Blomkvist is still at the office. are simply practical extensions of the Right to Free Speech. we had a hell of a lot of work to do here???? ??You??re saying I wasn??t available??? Eriksson nodded.?? ??Call me Erika. ??Nobody will hear of our meeting from me. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street. It??s irresistible. and a democracy needs a political safeguard. angular face about a foot from hers. but I doubt that??s who you??re working for. and I think I know how I??m going to do it. maybe three. Edklinth shot her a glance. That was the custom in the village. They were sitting at the same conference table at which Blomkvist had sat the day before. When she was finished she went home to her one-bedroom apartment on Pontonj?rgatan. they??re once again going to try to throw as much shit at her as they can. She did not expect that he would be quite so interested now that the Svensson murder was solved and he had got his story. Bublanski pursed his lips. has gone out.8.

yes. ??The district court is going to appoint him to do a forensic psychiatric assessment of you. They were in Armansky??s office on Monday morning. had knowledge of the murder before it was committed. what??s the situation??? Andersson shook his head.?? Berger said with a smile. If she had still been there. the operations chief of the Section Hans von Rottinger. Both understood that Edklinth was covering his back. He had an office on Stureplan. Her clothes were full of sand. ??I cut my foot. but we can make a few assumptions. but on the blueprints from the city construction office she knew that it was on the other side of the building. ??We think we should have a party and give you a real send-off in due course.com company that had the nerve to take the citizen to court. ??Phenomenally intelligent. But I can give you the authority to conduct a one-man investigation. or die. and paused to watch two Muslim women in veils hurry past him. At the very least Zalachenko was a witness; but in the worst case he was involved up to his neck in a series of murders.?? ??Isn??t that part of the brain associated with numbers and mathematical capacity??? Jonasson said. ??A woman??s gotta do what a woman??s gotta do and all that crap.?? ??Two weeks should be sufficient.?? Bublanski said nothing for a long while. and Salander would be buried in a hole in the ground. Finally Prosecutor Ekstr?m. Sometimes three. If the situation had been reversed ?C if S.

fire security.K. Monica. He previously worked in western Europe for the Soviet military intelligence service G. ??An employee of S. Bublanski looked at the notes from his meeting with Ekstr?m. You came from Borl?nge and you??ve worked with the Uppsala police. and we don??t have a single informer who knows him or has any idea where he might be. Then her eyes fell on a nurses?? table by the wall three metres from her bed. ??So what did you do with him??? ??Benny??s taking care of him. He was obviously closely connected with the development of events.?? ??You don??t understand the situation???? ??I??m tired of hearing that I don??t understand the situation.?? ??Gullberg. Now Annika. The autobiography was a fiction in the sense that she had not.?? Gullberg took a deep breath. I can document every one of my claims. Which was an irony. Could I see them??? Berger set up her laptop on the kitchen table.8. That way Bublanski would have his hands full for a while. Nurse Nicander came back with the number of the Radisson. Then he said hello to Salander and asked her how she was feeling. unquote. By the early ??80s Zalachenko had calmed down and begun to adapt.?? ??In what way??? ??Faste appears to have become obsessed by one newspaper story about a lesbian Satanist gang.22 calibre Browning. the state will be paying most of my salary. and urged him to send a platoon armed with automatic weapons to pick him up.

?? ??That??s not what I asked. He worked as a newspaper boy. At 8. ??Gullberg.?? ??Extraordinary.C. and undressed. Do you know what he??s referring to??? The film of Bjurman raping me. He would then take the used batteries home and recharge them overnight. They were chiefly concerned with the anarchists and the neo-Nazis: the anarchists because they persisted in practising civil disobedience; the neo-Nazis because they were Nazis and so by definition the enemies of democracy.?? ??That would be an improvement on N. semidetached house. I have to think about this. Finally he lit upon the obvious solution.S. Blomkvist could contact Figuerola if he needed to be in touch with S. and I don??t end up in bed with that many men. He wished that the decisive Fredrik was still there. since this afternoon. He had read about the eccentric journalist in the newspapers. silent partner to handle the financial side of the business. I wonder ???? ??Yes??? ??She was so covered with dirt.G. Can you talk??? ??Sure. on the other hand. ??It??s a Colt 1911 Government. S?po was necessary. and that there was good reason to offer him a false identity and anonymity.?? ??No friend of yours.

?? Salander thought for a while. This is really great.R. He was the only member of Svavelsj? M. Maybe Figuerola had a point. you??re asking us to run an operation against an influential magazine and the editor-in-chief of S. He pulled away from the curb and disappeared from view. They might not have been best friends. The bullet emerged with almost no resistance. and above all that she is not subjected to new injustices. He was pleased with the text. So Jerker went to see him and asked about Zalachenko. It suits you somehow.?? ??Micke. He was completely exhausted and realized that he had eaten only two slices of bread all day. He??s going to be right up there with the directors of Skandia. Is that a clear enough answer??? She shut her eyes to say yes.U. not in the least. female and Lutheran. Why had Bublanski called her? What was this meeting about? She glanced across the corridor.P. He sat still for while. I??m only interested in her wellbeing.. Vinge had been dismissed from the service after he had given voice to the view. As soon as you see him approach a car. presumably more or less simultaneously with the writing of the original report. and now his hand rested on the trousers that he had dropped on the floor next to the bench.

F. .?? ??I see.?? She smiled and did not seem at all irritated by his questions. We said that we were going to try this over the summer ?? well. Some time after 4. which included a short whip. But that usually happened only with patients whose doctors were already managing their treatment. What about G?ransson??s car??? ??Since we found Kaspersson??s car at G?ransson??s place. Some day. You were in pretty bad shape. He said there was nothing to indicate that the murder was other than the impulsive act of a sick human being. She had been dozing only a few minutes when she was aware of movement and opened her eyelids to a narrow slit. The scandals had undoubtedly been many. I??m not going to haggle with you.?? ??The chief of Budget??? ??Maybe.?? ??Precisely. a matter of minutes. I want to have you naked. She had paid scant attention to his reports.?? ??Thanks for everything. But the offer came like a bolt from the blue. plus there??s a risk that he may be paralysed. Then we are agreed. She found correspondence between Teleborian and a person with a hotmail address who sent encrypted mail. whose salary was paid from a fund that had been mysteriously established to provide Palmgren with the best possible care.?? ??She reads them with obvious interest.S. and he got to drink whisky at a discreet club in London with the chief of M.

I spoke to Margareta and she said that she clearly explained to you what her interview was going to focus on.?? ??Because we??re facing a conflict of loyalties too. She watched his face. The problem would then unfold in two parts. reached out and grabbed the pencil.00 on Saturday afternoon and a doctor was poking at her. as far as I can see. Blomkvist said hello to Modig.?? ??So you think there??s a single hand behind all this? I know Inspector Erlander. Dinner??? ??I don??t have time today. He spoke with a thick accent. I can tell you that I see no sign of mental illness. I do what I have to do to survive. ??I know a good therapist.?? * Richard Ekstr?m. ??What was that??? ??Oh. She stopped outside Ekstr?m??s closed door. He had the authority to make it happen. Nieminen did not need the help of a pathologist to work out how they had died. I would consider some form of autism. but she had also invoiced Millennium for train tickets and other costs.?? They spent the next two hours discussing their options.Q. but it could be something as simple as an allergy to her medication or to something else she??s come into contact with. The report claimed that it was almost impossible to charge and convict anyone under the law of persecution against an ethnic group. ??I jest. I would very much like to discover how you came by all this information. but it could be something as simple as an allergy to her medication or to something else she??s come into contact with. Trinity wrote.

He had made the right decision. later this morning. We have an excellent film of how they break in and go through my papers. having met her before.?? Blomkvist said calmly. and your delicious grotto. of course. ??So. and her desire to run after them and hurt Berger. Finally he lit upon the obvious solution. lifted him off the ground. 7. his email. ??The man who at 1. ??Exactly.I.O. The only two books with any real ambition to portray the work of the Security Police were Power Struggle for S?po and Espionage in Sweden. of course.?? Modig said. During that period the Sj?bo debate* had been conducted in Sweden. No. He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive. But he did not have access to her room and had never even seen her.?? the P. What is it I have to do??? ??One of your jobs at Sahlgrenska hospital ?C six days a week. but she had refrained from telling her anything about Bjurman. It would be as it was in the ??80s. a mass murderer.

then you should turn to me. So we have about two weeks left for the text. He??s calculating. Figuerola reckoned that she was in her mid-thirties. I hate to say this. Your job description as a journalist is to question and scrutinize most critically. Somehow ?C we??re not sure how it happened ?C she found out that her sister knew where Zalachenko was. There is a strong likelihood that she too would have been his victim. ??May I ask a personal question??? She looked at him.D.?? Giannini was suddenly hesitant. Ekstr?m had also to investigate and bring charges against Lisbeth Salander. He started up the hill straight towards her. You must not talk to anyone else in the Security Police.?? Salander looked at him.. I became a police officer because I thought. assign two personal assistants to help him with all the practical matters.?? ??I have been the victim of grievous bodily harm and attempted murder.?? ??And??? Figuerola said. a dangerous psychopath. He looked Wadensj?? in the eye and handed him a stack of fax copies. but that??s almost a month away. He??s had recurring trouble with it over the past few years. and left them at the table. Your supervisor must approve the consultation and make a formal request for you to be allowed to approach Dr Teleborian.?? ??Precisely. Chairman Borgsj? appeared neutral. I??m asking you to cooperate in the interests of the country.

The citizens of Hacker Republic did not generally spread computer viruses.?? Blomkvist turned and looked at her profile. She knew perfectly well that no such address existed at Millennium. He??s never referred to in any newspaper or trade journal. She simply did not grasp or did not care that the only way Giannini could provide her with an effective defence would be if she had access to all the facts. wore only his underpants.?? said Sandberg. Not until Monday evening did Dr Endrin decide. Gullberg then made it crystal clear to Zalachenko that he must never have any more dealings with the Salander family. She heaved a sigh of relief when Berger closed her bedroom door. Salander was not sure. Blomkvist had approved a sum of 14. But first he had to get a grip on the chaos that Svavelsj? M. ??How did you know who Inspector Figuerola was??? Edklinth said. When he was gone she stared at the ceiling. where all the documentation was being assembled.?? She hesitated for a while before she met his gaze. At 8. ignoring all the protocols.?? ??Where did you find that out??? ??I had a word with my old chief in Uppsala. where I work. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue. M?rtensson and his companion were talking in low voices.?? ??Thanks for everything. at least. I was told that we would have to wait until after the next election. but they had no facts. but they had no facts. The national vehicle register had just informed him that the car he had seen at the top of Bellmansgatan with the blonde woman inside was owned by Monica Figuerola.

he summed up the d??nouement in Gosseberga which led to Salander being shot and buried alive. what tone of voice and frequency range it had. sweeping up the floor.. We have to be free to examine any chairman of the board. The customer??s going to have to pay. Blomkvist??s face was shiny with sweat. mug. You report directly and only to me.?? ??Such as who??? ??The Minister of Justice.?? ??Toilets. Morander put a great deal of trust in you. even though his motives were not to harm her. She actually asked him how many copies there were in circulation.?? ??I??m interested in a lot of things. I??m asking you to be my adviser. Within S.?? ??Later in the week I??ll change the doors in your study and in a downstairs room too. which he did in broken English. other than the parts that concerned the conspiracy against her ?C Giannini needed help with those. She was dressed in a T-shirt and jeans and had no other injuries that Nieminen could see. It must be some insult. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres.?? ??And why would I go anywhere with somebody who works for S?po??? She thought for a moment. shook his head. But I understand making newspapers.?? ??M?rtensson. She could use the socket inside the bedside table to charge up the Palm during the day. Lundin has been charged for the reasons I mentioned earlier.

It was entirely up to him to decide whether he would talk to her or not. She undressed and crept into bed. We depend for that on freelancers and the material from the T. They know what I look like. I can??t give you the name. Cortez could not put his finger on what was wrong. even though his motives were not to harm her. No. We??ll have to keep an eye on both of them. Salander is no longer a suspect. In the organization. Salander did not need a thermometer to work that out. ??There??s always a choice. isn??t just hiring Erika Berger. You were in pretty bad shape. has developed its own text editing system. but her intellectual gifts are undeniable. You??re an exercise fanatic and you were once a top-class athlete. This he had not for a moment expected. She hobbled to the door and leaned against the wall to catch her breath. she shut down Billing and crossed him off the list. ??Should I call her??? ??No. First. The Prime Minister gave him a sharp look. But F?lldin had required that one person in his office. Clinton and von Rottinger were the ones who took the lead. A prosecutor decided not to take the case any further. Zalachenko??s case should have ended up in Counter-Espionage. It??s possible that when this conversation is over.

She was in a cold sweat. I have been given the authority to use my own judgement in giving you sight of material that is. An agent already connected to the most secret of the secret. Niedermann. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. chief of Secretariat. The next morning.?? ??Indeed??? ??But morally it??s the right thing to do. His head was wrapped in so many bandages that you could see only his left eye and a narrow slit of mouth. all of which had contained the word ??whore. Here??s the latest version. But then she took him too. ??The Zalachenko club spies on me. And your entire investigation has to be carried out without a single person other than me knowing anything at all about it. but I think we??ll put that idea on the back burner for now. This investigation is being conducted in great secrecy. No-one is talking to the construction companies about the unreasonable prices.?? he greeted Edklinth. She was not going to accept a situation like that.?? ??Nonetheless. Albert Shenke. I trust you and I need your help. ??That??s a line I??d like to hear from Officer Bubble. He happened to know Figuerola??s father and had followed her career over the years. She wanted to leap up and follow him. For fifty-three minutes absolutely nothing happened except that her screen saver started up from time to time. For the second time in less than a week Jonasson performed emergency surgery.?? Sandberg said. She woke up to find Linder sleeping in a recliner on the other side of the living room.

I??m a part-owner ?? it??s going to be viewed as???? ??I know exactly how it??s going to be viewed. an academic.I.P. Blomkvist was asking her for permission to tell the truth in his book. as far as his eyes could see. Daniel.VI Blomkvist had no warning that someone was in the stairwell when he reached the landing outside his top-floor apartment at Bellmansgatan 1. And I??m dead tired.?? ??So what exactly is the purpose of your visit??? ??First. She took out her mobile and looked at the time display. as set out in the government??s instruction. but there are strong indications that he did indeed attempt to kill her. I repeat. Blomkvist could find no such enquiry in Ekstr?m??s email. ??What happened??? he said. When she was admitted to Sahlgrenska hospital I performed a comprehensive medical examination on her. on paper at least. When the trial begins.V. And how are you feeling today??? ??O. She could see nothing that would serve her purpose. The conversation resumed with a contribution from Dakota. straight into his pocket. He glanced at the E. They were as astonished as he was.P. Vinge had been dismissed from the service after he had given voice to the view. But F?lldin had required that one person in his office.

in H?rn?sand. said a polite hello. Carl-Magnus Lundin of the Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club was a key player in the whole thing.S. and she knew it inside out. What do we have to do??? ??The alarm we installed today is temporary. She asked for a Tylenol.P. and I can do that only if I have a management that functions and colleagues who enjoy their work. Malm was never quite sure whether Blomkvist was paranoid by nature or if he had paranormal gifts. if I came after 9. ??It is legal. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. Salander herself was critically injured and at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg. just set up your own temporary hotmail account. Berger woke at 7.S. I don??t know exactly what happened here tonight.?? ??I see. who had sent him the brisk advice: It would be best if you took the first train home. She did.37. ??You??re missing the point. which in this case meant that the chief had covered his back. welcome to S. She had a black eye and a gash above her eyebrow that was still bleeding. ??There??s something I have to do. ??Good. ??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago.

we also want you to know what to do in the ten minutes before the car arrives from Fisks?tra. and he was about as much help as he was when he was on holiday. Figuerola cursed. M?rtensson appeared at the corner by the Bishop??s Arms and watched Blomkvist go. They??ve committed serious criminal acts and they??ll be the object of a preliminary investigation. with a thousand policemen. What do you know about his role??? ??He??s one of the major players. and Ulf Flodin. The trick was to make him feel that he had been specially chosen. That medication had been prescribed for him.?? a highly placed Swede ?C or possibly other Scandinavian politician ?C who worked for the K.?? Blomkvist said. Nieminen estimated that Svavelsj? M. Vinge never saw eye to eye.?? She studied the group thoughtfully. Mikael doesn??t know anything about it either.?? ??Hello. Figuerola looked into her rear-view mirror.?? Modig said. Our former I. She met his gaze. ??That would probably be me. What would he have done? Absolute secrecy. ??We started with two. He was furious.?? Zalachenko??s eyes narrowed. but the crucial question was: how would security control within S. that is. Did you try to call the police about what happened??? ??Yes.

I. The man in the blue overalls and the woman with the camera were unknown entities. He opened the evening papers and read everything that had been written that day about the search for Ronald Niedermann and the case of Lisbeth Salander. But it??s very simple to fake an apparently legitimate address. He had first come as an exchange researcher in the late ??70s and stayed for two years. Scars on her soul were another matter. We??ve noticed it only because we??re specifically looking for it.?? ??Does anyone have any information on Lisbeth Salander??s condition??? Blomkvist said. My husband will be home in a couple of days. but just pottering. who managed to spring her loose. I??m not a criminal defence lawyer. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. The first email ?C which was also the most crude and intimidating with its suggestion that she would be fucked with a screwdriver ?C had come on May 16.I. I can??t break the law.?? she said. ??And you spy on the Zalachenko club.?? ??That??s what I thought. which meant he was thin and wiry. The years of ??Sweden??s best government?? had also confirmed his worst fears.?? ??Do you want to see it??? He looked surprised. Otherwise it??s new recruits. But the visit did confirm that his predicament was a matter of anxiety to them. ??Kurdo Baksi sends his greetings. He hasn??t had contact with anyone within S. During that time Carlsson on the culture pages had received an ugly email purportedly sent by Berger. Her office is empty. Apple and Windows.

?? he said. and rest. but very painful. The following points are therefore high on their agenda: (1) They have to convince the district court (the public. It??s a big.?? ??But the present situation has arisen because you have been subject to a direct threat from a specific individual. but that there was a boundary and it could not be infringed. considering all the revelations that have already come out about her. The night porter said that was possible.?? ??I won??t comment on that. T. Furthermore. and took a long drink of water. This was correct procedure. Anders. Moved back to his home town of Laholm in 1994. but it also prevented him from ever discussing the matter. You all know our deadlines. ??I don??t understand this. but it had a strong moral and emotional impact. She had got used to his visits.?? Eriksson burst out laughing. is mixed up in several kinds of criminal activity. ??Now we just have to decide how we??re going to handle it.I. Was it Salander who had killed a policeman? The news item was sketchy. That held for a few minutes until the head of Budget pointed out that S. During a sleepless night spent mostly in the kitchen with Linder. political parties.

he might have only himself to rely on. who had picked up Zalachenko??s trail. it was 2. But I advise that you wait for the report from forensics. he regained his strength and was eventually able to walk again with crutches. She had a routine that I can??t compete with. ??Teleborian meets with the Section and then goes directly to see Prosecutor Ekstr?m. Mikael Blomkvist??s story that he??s a G. I consider this office of central importance to Swedish democracy. you may not speak with anyone but myself and Monica Figuerola. It almost certainly won??t be published before the trial.S. photographers. don??t do that again.?? Blomkvist said.?? Sandberg said. Otherwise there??s one very large room. Monica.M. and gradually he disengaged himself. She rolled it quickly over to the door and wedged the tabletop under the door handle. He spent two hours trying to locate the Swedish ambassador and made contact by telephone at around 9. That meant they had been dead maybe twenty-four hours. Right now I just feel like shit. When they started plying him with questions about his possible involvement in trafficking and other criminal activities. ??How interesting. It is forbidden to engage in the persecution of an ethnic group. and he has backing from higher up in the bureaucracy.G.

electing to remove the bullet. ??If you want me to be your lawyer. Deceased (Suicide?). She had observed his ill-concealed enthusiasm when he sauntered into the Friday meeting. Magge Lundin got off his motorbike and declared. Figuerola decided to leave her car behind and turned left in the direction of Slussen on Br?nnkyrkagatan. It will be my final issue. Lundin. after all. Teleborian had indeed had dealings with S. ??I don??t go around accosting surgeons on the street. But the actual cause of her injuries could not be established. I can??t go up stairs without gasping for breath. That was nothing new. It showed the church in Jobsville. This time he had left that bloody Modig woman behind and instead was accompanied by Inspector Holmberg. irrespective of whether she was a triple murderer or a Nobel Prize winner. who??s somewhat renowned in my profession. Zalachenko came here in 1976. before then. I informed the Prime Minister on a couple of occasions. He??s not afraid to get into a public scrap with the police ?? and he??s most certainly in a position where his voice will carry just as much weight in the media as any report from Paulsson. There were no signs on my door of a break-in.?? ??If I have the energy. ??It??s a Colt 1911 Government. She went back to bed and pulled the covers over her. Blomkvist realized at once that he was in a position of some strength. which helped them turn the informer so that he could become a double agent. but the fact is we could have sent her home the same day.

But she had never met him in person.T. Henry. Quite the opposite: I want to give you some information. and the like. ??Kurdo Baksi sends his greetings. M?rtensson left home at 7. But that lifeline could also be a trap. He started up the hill straight towards her. Then he drove down to the Continental. Blomkvist sat on a sofa while Baksi got coffee from a machine in the hallway. You should know that you are no longer a suspect in those cases. The noose had cut so deeply into his flesh that the rope itself was hidden in the skin of his neck. That drove him to such depths of despair that he took his own life. she was locked up in a mental hospital. The connection was radio-controlled and locked into a mobile via Bluetooth.?? ??I see.?? Salander had in the end described to her lawyer almost everything that had happened at Stallarholmen.B. That should be happening ???? ?C Bublanski looked at his watch ?C ???? yes. There??s one apartment that raises a question mark though. As soon as he entered the apartment he saw that the folder he had left on the kitchen table was gone. She requisitioned their passport photographs and identified at once the woman she had followed from Bellmansgatan as the Susanne Linder who lived in Nacka. I informed the Prime Minister on a couple of occasions. No-one voiced any objections. SixOfOne. He also wondered what Blomkvist was really after. Borgsj? was not much help. ??Hi.

given that she??s still alive with a slug in her brain. There had been no doubt in his mind that Salander was guilty of three murders. aren??t you? It must be ten or fifteen years since I last saw you. A police dog followed the trail to a narrow trench in a clearing in a wood about four hundred metres north-east of the farmhouse.?? ??That??s what I thought. The difference between Trinity and the N.S. Then I risk proceeding on faulty or misunderstood information. polite. He was in his thirties. She had several run-ins with people from the social welfare agency. Berger limped back to the glass cage.. She opened the document that he had called [Central questions]. ??I don??t want to be quoted. You go home. When he had finished he made some observations. Orring turned it in at 3.?? ??Have you an operations unit??? Wadensj?? frowned. I??m furious at the state and the government and S?po and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent. ??That sounds good. Blomkvist could not help being fascinated. he??s turned up Drottninggatan heading north.M. The only person who can decide your future is you. Salander put a lot of effort into establishing a secret address for herself.?? ??I can assure you that it??s quite true. They were officers used to investigating real crimes. which showed a man that both of them immediately recognized.

It has nothing to do with Mikael.?? ??That??s the story I??m going to publish. He??s at his best when things heat up. After a while he said to Blomkvist: ??When do you want to meet him??? ??Friday afternoon. ??If any of you need a little personal time. Some of his patients had died.S. He defected and was granted asylum by S?po. and as you no doubt realize. She dug her mobile out of her jacket pocket and dialled 112. the social contract that makes up the framework of a civilized society.30 television news. have been devoting themselves to criminal activity for a long time. I usually draw a blank. scanner that the hospital had lately acquired.?? Jonasson said when the call was finally answered.?? Modig looked at the time again. It was just before 1. Almost every democratic country maintains an independent constitutional court in some form. Unfortunately Holm is a walking disaster.?? Blomkvist said. She went back to her inbox and opened the message that had arrived two days before.?? Bublanski closed the preliminary report with distaste. I blockaded the door and locked us in the bathroom. He quoted the newspaper headlines about lesbian Satanists and the media??s apparent hope that the murders might have involved S. Even the noose was just a loop. not exactly. She had managed to free herself from the barn where the man had tied her up. but the crucial question was: how would security control within S.

?? ??What about her??? ??She has to disappear. but I think only the Prosecutor General could appoint a preliminary investigation leader in this situation. Use your famous good judgement. he observed. Von Rottinger.28. She stood for a long time breathing in the mild May air. as a psychiatric consultant on specific cases in the late ??80s and early ??90s ?C on three occasions.?? Edklinth said by way of apology. a white polo neck. He was better off not asking any questions. We live in a democracy and naturally we cannot influence what is written in the press. a government agency. ??It feels to us as though the score between the private investigators and the police investigators is about 3?C0. Has advanced rather quickly in her career.?? the assistant chief of the Violent Crimes Division concluded. Both Holger and I have accepted your plan and are co-operating with you. Lisbeth??s mother. So far.?? ??Yesterday I hadn??t yet thought through the matter. They had expected the car to turn up in a matter of days.?? Figuerola parked beside the Nordic Light Hotel next to the Arlanda Express platforms. He??s going to take pictures of the entire property and the immediate surroundings.?? Edklinth said. O.?? It was fascinating that despite the collegial atmosphere they had shared for so many years at the Section. was basically the only place where she could sit in her car and have a view of the whole. Slavishly she followed the regulations and had no intention of acting as Blomkvist??s go-between. I don??t intend to interrogate them.

but to her surprise he crossed the street right in front of her car and turned down the hill towards Blomkvist??s building.?? Edklinth said. Since he had come on duty at 6. printed out the document and began to read it at once.?? he said. Statistics also argued that the majority of poison pen artists were either teenagers or middle-aged.?? Gullberg leaned forward. He braced himself against the wall and limped over to the door. Cortez had the weekend shift and Blomkvist found him again in the office in the evening. His own copy and his sister??s copy were gone. He was a chubby and very charming man. ??This is not your little joke. But there was one policeman dead and another severely wounded on the road to Nossebro.00 Linder arrived and knocked on the door.22 calibre Browning. ??One more thing. ??I??m a little miffed at my brother. She downloaded the report and sent it off to [Idiotic_Table].?? ??What do you mean??? ??It means that I have no legitimate reason to keep you isolated here.P. Talk with doctors.?? ??I??m not interested in military secrets. When I got to him he was unconscious. It was 2. ??I made a copy for Curt but I never had a chance to give it to him before the Prosecutor General collected the others. National Security Agency.?? Blomkvist told him. Teleborian had offered concrete. Whatever it was.