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So ?? two emails with the word ??whore?? and a phoney sender from the world of mass media. But she knew that.?? Holmberg said. People called from all over the world to talk to Baksi. I??ve been sent to invite you.?? ??Nevertheless. He spent two hours trying to locate the Swedish ambassador and made contact by telephone at around 9. but she soon realized that Jervas was not yet sure of her plan.?? ??I??ll give the go-ahead tomorrow. I??m sorry I??ve not come to see you the past few days.P. and she accepted gratefully. things look good. Each time the coalition government collapsed. She banged her head hard. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on. and former Criminal Inspector Sonny Bohman. a checked shirt and a leather jacket.I. Even if we count you in.

?? ??O. He had read Jan Guillou??s books.00. uninvited. When we recruit somebody. It defies all rhyme or reason. She vouchsafed that it was not absolutely certain whether she had the right to question him. she was being unfair.?? ??You don??t need to do that.?? ??But if you don??t explain yourself.I.?? the detective went on. Erlander gave her a cool smile. At all other times either Berger or David were in the house until the theft was discovered.?? ??It??s an utter disaster. So that the report would be accurate.?? ??What about it??? ??Couldn??t you get me a pizza??? ??Sorry.?? she said.30 Linder managed to talk Berger into getting into bed to rest. He had had a miserable formal education.

Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage.?? Sandberg nodded his agreement. So.S. The conspiracy is continuing. Assistant County Police Chief Carina Sp?ngberg tapped her pen against her glass of water and asked for quiet. with the result that Vinge was summoned to explain himself at a one-on-one meeting. Someone had been in his apartment. She checked Teleborian??s emails from the past twenty-four hours. We??ve been wondering what that was about. He??s going to take pictures of the entire property and the immediate surroundings. We thought that it would be best for all concerned if she disappeared into some institution again and availed herself of the opportunities there. Not that there were not warnings. It was 9. But I should point out that I myself am a former prosecutor.S. ??Not you. Blomkvist realized at once that he was in a position of some strength. He knew he was being watched and he must have seen M?rtensson??s Volvo. I take it that you will plead self-defence??? ??Maybe.

After a while he said to Blomkvist: ??When do you want to meet him??? ??Friday afternoon. On Friday KAB was conspicuous by its absence. Keep in mind that he shot someone dead. or send someone to sort out his things. suffering from cancer. I??d like to leave these flowers for Karl Axel Bodin. When they arrived in G?teborg he had twelve letters he was satisfied with. which builds houses less expensively than anyone else by buying the materials themselves. but I??m not that sexy. it??s you ?? wait a second. He could not stay in the borrowed summer cabin in Sm?dalar?. born in 1969. find something to use as a weapon. I can??t give you her name. ??That??s about it. He stood for a long time looking at his face in the mirror before he turned off the light and went to get dressed. ??Such a shame. this state of affairs was deeply unsatisfactory. We??ll keep in touch by mobile. The burek was fantastic.

but somebody in the newsroom got an email from you. She saw him look up at the footbridge on upper Bellmansgatan. come to that.G. In your case I discovered that you worked for S?po.?? Figuerola nodded. If he dug in his heels. He thinks I??m still at work. Personal Protection.10. ??I know that. In the late morning it dawned on Blomkvist that his rental car was still at the Gosseberga farm. but he had only a vague notion of their family lives.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him. when relations would once again worsen ?C which according to Gullberg was inevitable ?C absurd demands would be made on the Security Police and the military intelligence service; they would be expected to wave their magic wand and summon up well-placed agents out of a bottle. Assisting him he has your old friend Peter Teleborian. In any case. she very steadily raised her Nikon with its 300mm telephoto lens and took two pictures. her I.?? ??But I have to remind you right from the start that I??m not a criminal lawyer.

through her report. 2.?? ??Thank you. She could just reach it without having to move her body. forty-four. He was hungry and exhausted.?? Berger clenched her teeth and put down the article about the forthcoming Salander trial. He had taken off her shoes and her trousers so that he could bandage the wound to her hip. I considered her request for cigarettes more of a joke than a serious need. and it turned out that Blomkvist only has one.?? Sandberg said. ??The long and the short of it is that we??re to hand all our material on Salander over to him this afternoon. Salander was sulky and often just silent. She was being stalked.?? ??I??d rather you didn??t. he could always fall back on the fact that it was a policeman??s duty to investigate a crime ?C but the breach was now so sensitive from a constitutional standpoint that he would surely be fired if he took a single wrong step. newly sharpened. Hacker Republic had a total (the last time she was connected) of sixty-two citizens. ??This is a great sleazy story. He was not entirely sure what the letter of the law was on this point.

She would never be able to get at the mobile. my assignment is to provide you with background as necessary. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others.?? Blomkvist said. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others. other people can. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making. I thought it was a good idea to have something to fall back on if the medical studies didn??t work out. Gullberg knew the most minute character traits. ??Go to work. She unfolded it and read a line written in an elegant script: You??re the hacker. he always felt a little out of place in Stockholm. He looked around.?? Blomkvist headed for the bathroom. His larynx was rammed deep into his throat. fire security. by turns as researcher. First.v Superintendent Torsten Edklinth. and ???? ??And??? ??And I??m not sure that I??m ready to do it.

?? ??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. I??ve never seen him before. I??m here to deliver it.?? Eriksson said.8. and went up to Inspector Bublanski??s office.?? ??We??ll install the alarm this afternoon.?? ??When they leave the pub. It was Blomkvist who found Svensson and his girlfriend??s bodies. I blockaded the door and locked us in the bathroom. He hesitated for a long time. Then he placed his hands gently around her neck and turned her head back and forth and to the sides a few times. Someone had left a pencil there. ??Thanks. ??Why in heaven??s name don??t you go over to my place and sleep if you have to sleep on the job. They spoke in low voices for a few minutes before Gullberg stood up.I. The board approved every measure I proposed. The P. yes.

Eriksson was Blomkvist??s principal assistant for the Salander book.?? ??And you??d never seen him before??? ??I??d seen him in the lift. the Ministry of Defence and Scotland Yard. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London.?? the P. She was on the telephone and writing furiously on a yellow Post-it.?? ??So what exactly is the purpose of your visit??? ??First. ??But remember that it??s been an extreme situation. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. Through this network she could also find herself hideouts abroad. on paper at least.?? ??What??s that??? ??Two of the letters were sent to the justice department ?C to the Minister of Justice and to the Deputy Minister. ??I??m still in shock that Erika is gone and you want me to take her place. It would be damned empty without Berger.00 p. And then Dr Teleborian. respectable operation producing appliances and plumbing goods. It was an indication that Niedermann was functioning. agents. There were bloody-minded individuals who harped on and on about real or imaginary injustices and who sometimes turned to threatening behaviour.

Pennsylvania. so she clicked on the strategy document she was writing for S. But not vice versa. a police officer living on Vittangigaten in V?llingby. Figuerola walked back to Bellmansgatan.?? Berger said.?? She picked up his article and read it one more time. ??You certainly have a way with headlines. ??Dr Jonasson??? He turned towards her. I need to know now. At first she said no.?? Eriksson said. I was vaguely aware of him for just a few seconds.?? he said. the police will be alerted automatically. ??What would you like to know??? Bublanski said at last. but her tongue felt numb and paralysed. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. Bjurman was not a real security policeman ?C he was really no more than a trainee at S.30 in the morning.

Erlander had been allowed to conduct two brief interviews with Zalachenko. ??The X2000 at 5. And that led to a little clash at the Construction Fair in ?lvsj? last year.P. I just need to know what??s happening with the charges against her. He closed his eyes for a moment. she continued down the hill and turned right at the corner of Pryssgr?nd. I??ll be very direct. We??ll try to isolate them in a lengthy investigation. Svavelsj? M. Then she nodded slowly. ??And what do I get in return ?C if I do co-operate??? ??Nothing. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal.?? ??Right. We expected her to be away for much longer. Sorry. ??How many killings do you reckon this case involves??? Holmberg rubbed his eyes wearily. turned to the Minister of Justice. but she learned nothing more about what had happened.m.

freelance consultants ?? he put Blomkvist into the category of freelance consultant. and she discovered that some S?po activists are running illegal telephone taps and breaking into my apartment and stealing things. it was not a good idea to start boasting that he actually knew something on a mobile less than two hundred metres from a police station.S. They have no record of a Jonas Sandberg on their staff. ??Nothing??? Bublanski said. and pretty strongly at that ?? He must have something up his sleeve. According to the green numerals on the digital clock on her bedside cabinet. And we can??t allow that to happen. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery. so we??re all square.M. He had come by special transport for the disabled. what would have happened if you??d been run over by a bus? Then they would have been without an editor-in-chief with only a moment??s notice. It took ten minutes for the cleaner to work his way over to Adamsson??s spot at the end of the corridor. and few people would look for him there.00 a. I do. She walked calmly back to the top of the hill just in time to see the woman disappear through the entrance door of Blomkvist??s building. Frustration was gnawing at him.

?? ??I??ll get back to you. ??Hans Wilhelm Francke. First of all.?? Modig made a call to Inspector Bublanski from the corridor outside Zalachenko??s hospital room. He had the authority to make it happen. But if he does. For several seconds she was seized by panic as the fragmented images of how she had dug herself out of a trench came flooding over her. He??s also the chairman of the board of Svenska Morgon-Posten and owns about 10 per cent of it. And when he saw the car again the next morning he was not surprised. I gave her Dexofen. the present S. even though in reality he was not her problem. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her. She felt as if she had been living on the X2000 for a month. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even. That was all Ghidi had to do.?? Blomkvist said. this is Malin Eriksson.m.?? Blomkvist leaned forward and explained his plan.

from the passport photograph Karim had located. I??ve apologized to him for the way he was treated last night.?? ??When they leave the pub. Henry is chasing it down. As an act of defiance. ??Guess where Vitavara Inc. said.?? ??And I have to explain to you why there??s a fundamental flaw in the story. He says that he already mentioned her name to you in connection with something else. Yet Blomkvist was right: behind the conspiracy there had to be others not known to her who had contributed to the shaping of her life. hoping to get rid of the daughter. Blomkvist was a journalist.?? ??And then this Linder woman??? ??Susanne Linder.?? Jonasson wondered whether Ellis was pulling his leg. then we will assist each other in finding solutions. The bleeding was so minor and located in an area that shouldn??t have affected anything else at all. and Lisbeth Salander was unlucky enough to have him as her father. ??What did you say??? he asked in a low voice. revenue in Stockholm. didn??t you??? ??Yes.

By the time Mikael had finished his account. but when she got to the corner. These activities must be stopped. and A(89)Cx#magnolia as the password. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity.M. If you have to work. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. so she followed him.?? ??Lisbeth is my friend. He guzzled it down on the spot. but were asked instead to wait on the landings if they were meeting their partner. Bingo.?? ??Hello. ??It might be as early as this weekend. Just after 6.?? She looked at her watch. blond man with a crewcut who wore a black leather jacket.I.?? Jonasson nodded.

Jonasson sat for a while. ??Technically speaking. Kista.?? ??I should probably also mention that we know Giannini??s telephone is tapped. and who helped bury Lisbeth in the asylum. Her foot was aching badly. she called the police. I??m not allowed to reveal what I know about the Salander story. I have a number of opinions about him too. Salander opened her eyes and saw a light in the ceiling. 82 of whom were women. Figuerola could see that the area surrounding Bellmansgatan I would be a nightmare to keep under surveillance. ??Within these four walls. I think we can handle this matter successfully. He glanced around and walked away from the door of the corner shop.?? Gullberg nodded. Vinge??s view was not even controversial in the climate prevailing inside the Firm. it was out of the question. and apparently the media had taken him for an innocent victim.?? Modig held up a photograph of Bj?rck??s distorted face.

and they planned to do something as old-fashioned as have a bite to eat and go to the movies. Salander is no longer a suspect. Set up a meeting with legal at 3.58 a. He got up to find a telephone booth and called Wadensj??. This would be her last Saturday lunch at Sahlgrenska. Prosecution of Gullberg and several other employees of the Section would inevitably follow.30. who has worked in S?po for many years. we will. He was handcuffed and increasingly uncomfortable.?? ??You??re a police officer in a democracy. I could go up there and talk to him. he??s turned up Drottninggatan heading north. No police report was ever filed.U.?? ??Alright. She had been talking on her mobile and looking at a map that was unfolded on the passenger seat. and finish the job. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area.

Maybe not even twenty-four hours. But I??m going to report you for dereliction of duty and you won??t even know what hit you. We have to assume that they made a copy for safekeeping. not in the least. not for the past two years. Gullberg was expecting this objection and played the strongest card he had available.?? ??I know. or to make use of the art of espionage.m.?? ??And who else was at the meetings??? ??It was a long time ago ?? I don??t remember. but just pottering. ??Discuss it with Mikael. That usually happened only when she had a visitor or was working intently on some problem. Do you know if she??s at headquarters??? ??I doubt it. Blomkvist described him as an Olympic-class idiot. Berger. Zalachenko himself would have to spend the rest of his life in prison. I??m sending you a picture.?? Edklinth said at last.?? ??Please explain.

Dakota wrote. The bleeding was so minor and located in an area that shouldn??t have affected anything else at all. County Criminal Police. I could handcuff you and take you with me. Berger had parked two hundred metres from the restaurant and was halfway to her car when she felt such strong heart palpitations that she had to stop and lean against a wall. Has advanced rather quickly in her career. I see. Right now.?? ??What the fuck are you doing in Nyk?ping??? ??We decided to lay low when you and Magge were busted ?C until we knew the lay of the land. I have been the victim of attempted murder by my daughter. ??You know as well as I do that a loosely formulated document that was written in the mid-??60s isn??t worth a damn today. were located. ???? that Curt Andersson and Jerker Holmberg at least. She had been at the helm when Svensson was murdered.?? Annika Giannini. and he began to make a list of headings on Armansky??s whiteboard. didn??t you??? ??Yes. but I assure you it??s in no way illegal. When she wore a sleeveless T-shirt or a summer dress. His ill health had taken a heavy toll.

After a while she managed to pull the sheet and blanket up to her chin. and one of the few she had rewritten several times before she was satisfied.?? ??Nonsense. and then you??ll find yourself editing the family page or the comics page or something like that. Salander got up from the edge of the bed and went to the window. It??s like this. no-one ever told me that the warehouse was doubling up as a woodland cemetery. When she looked up she saw Jonasson closing the door. One last job. I??m beginning to think that I made a colossal mistake taking on the job.?? He flipped his mobile shut and crawled into bed. Sonja.?? ??But I??m not a lawyer. And then he remembered that she had left Millennium. When you??ve read it I want you to come again. with the fact that Blomkvist was his wife??s lover. ??Nothing??? Bublanski said. Salander seemed at times to be in a deep depression and had not the slightest interest in dealing with her situation or her future. She frowned and studied the text. but you??re going to have to decide for yourself which ones you can get along with.

Estholm. neither could he. They were drinking coffee in the pavement area of a caf?? on Norr M?larstrand.

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?? Salander said. The closest car will come from Adam Security in Fisks?tra. Borgsj? would naturally claim that he did not know about the conditions at Fong Soo. ??Nicely done.?? ??An excellent career advancement. He was Salander??s friend. But after a month of conversations ?C ignoring the fact that the first two weeks had been wasted time because Salander was hardly able to speak ?C their communication was still distinctly one-sided. You??re very sexy. Eriksson signed an invoice from Daniel Olsson in G?teborg.M. Martin Thomasson was therefore the third guest of the day at Zalachenko??s sickbed. She had measured the window and discovered that her head would fit through it and that she would not have much problem squeezing the rest of her body through. And if need be you can always come to me or Christer. He enjoys indulging in intrigue and playing people against each other.?? ??I see. She wondered whether she was mad.?? said Andersson. Eriksson and Malm. On Sunday she had a temperature of 102. I??ll be out of my office tonight.

??Hmm. who had been silent for almost half an hour. He had been given large doses of painkillers. It concerns only those directly involved. but there did not seem to be any single institution. So good that I can read and copy what??s on Ekstr?m??s machine.?? Elderly.?? Figuerola went to the gym at St Eriksplan. but they had no choice. you??re receiving this information in accordance with your agreement with Edklinth. It was rare for her to close the door to her office. Therefore Niedermann was obliged to kill him. The document was stamped top secret and filed in the special protocol of S. During the first year the Section consisted of Gullberg and three hand-picked colleagues. Every time she accessed Teleborian??s hard drive she felt as if her body temperature dropped a few degrees. Salander suddenly gave her a cautious smile. You shouldn??t do that. and I??m proud of it. but she sent the copy on to Bublanski.?? ??Now you??ve got me worried.

?? ??I haven??t had the least connection to the Enskede business. Armansky studied Malm??s photographs of the men who had followed Blomkvist from the Copacabana. only to me. Since they had been searching for me in vain for a while on behalf of Zalachenko and Niedermann. ??Borgsj? is chairman and majority shareholder of a company called Svea Construction. with Nilsson as the only available reporter. I??m worried there might be swelling or bleeding in the brain.?? After they had settled in. The system had an obvious weakness. Then she got confirmation from the S. He did not know a word of Swedish. the police will be alerted automatically. but she steadied herself against the bedhead and concentrated her gaze on the table in front of her. She kept an eye on the clock.?? ??The old bastard had a pistol. I??ll be out of my office tonight.?? ??He seems not to have had any contact with his old friends in Hamburg. was a brand-new form of bandage. These types of group did attract interest from the Constitutional Protection Unit.V.

M. a dog collar around her neck.?? ??It could be as simple as Lundin carrying the pistol and Salander disarming him. Lisbeth Salander. now a well-known psychiatrist often seen on T. He wore a hound??s-tooth jacket and dark-grey trousers. Berger??s muscles ached as though she had just run the Stockholm marathon. During that period the foundation was laid for the ??register of political opinions. At a time when the newspaper was on the edge and a campaign of rejuvenation was under way. ??I??d like permission to go through the personnel files from the ??50s. a preliminary investigation is under way. ??That dragon tattoo ?? Why did you get it??? ??You didn??t see it before??? He smiled all of a sudden. who had also been her lover over the past twenty years. researcher or media that had carried out a critical examination of S?po. We all know that when you??re in the throes of a story.?? ??Murder.?? Blomkvist explained how F?lldin had reacted to the information about Zalachenko and how he had travelled to the Hague to interview Janeryd. but what I have to tell you is very important. explain the situation. almost as if to confide in the other man.

the I.10. The trick was to make him feel that he had been specially chosen. She then glanced at the bedside table and saw the water glass. fifty-five.?? ??What about Gullberg. It was an automatic response.G. coming from Malm. Gullberg sat down next to Clinton when their meeting was over. The problem was that she did not know what she should do.?? ??I understand. are simply practical extensions of the Right to Free Speech. For one thing. I have no idea what these particular grey cells are for. ??What would you like to know??? Bublanski said at last. regardless of how artistic the originator believes the depiction to be. The written record was meagre in the extreme.?? He stopped and looked at the clock. shifted his gaze to Figuerola.

And you can??t use any of that material at the trial. Of course she could have tracked him down with a bit of effort. ??Do you have anything against a Milton employee staying here? I could call and find out if my colleague Susanne Linder is free tonight. presumably more or less simultaneously with the writing of the original report. You should be able to call for help. She had to put names and social security numbers to these people. The difference. ??It??s not important. Three chatters at once. but he??s irreplaceable.M.?? ??Yes. Her client was in much worse shape than she had been led to believe.?? Blomkvist took the tunnelbana to Medborgarplatsen and walked to Allhelgonagatan. If she tried to kill her father.?? ??Yes.?? Blomkvist said. mostly seem to sit and kill time. Bj?rck had been accompanied at Zalachenko??s original reception by a lawyer. Falun had been hired from time to time until the mid-??90s.

Blomkvist had known Baksi since the ??80s. then we??ll lose the trial. Part of it is probably that she??s very impressed by you and likes you a lot ?? as a boss. and some of their investments could be reconstructed with Lundin??s help. ??He made a formal complaint against Salander. I am here to ask you a favour. but just pottering. ??The question is.S.?? he said. and nothing was touched or moved ?C except for one thing. or even where Clinton usually spent his holidays. which was understood to be essential to the nation??s security. Gullberg was transported at top speed to the hospital??s trauma unit. Prime Minister Erlander signed a directive that guaranteed the setting aside of funds for the Section for Special Analysis. ??Oops. ??Take your time. She had knickers. my assignment is to provide you with background as necessary. He worked with you for ten years.

It was Fredrik Malmberg from the investigative team. and I can also say that we had conversations with him about once a month until recently. She stepped into the stairwell and was looking for a light switch when the attack came out of the blue. Finally in desperation she rang for the nurse. She heard the faint scraping of the crutches as he quietly retreated down the corridor. Mikael and Malin have been working like demons. Blomkvist hung up and rested his gaze on the notebook on his desk. but it??s the research we??re after. Then she looked more closely at the computer and saw the little scratch on the top left corner. We??ll deal with any problems as and when they crop up. He did not know where he was.?? Nystr?m adopted a concerned expression. and former Criminal Inspector Sonny Bohman. since Bj?rck already knew of Zalachenko??s existence. The girl on the gurney could live with a piece of lead in her hip and a piece of lead in her shoulder.?? Berger put her hand over the mouthpiece. Given a few years she would probably be able to make a good anarchist out of Dr Anders Jonasson. Lives in Laholm. By the time Mikael had finished his account. Then she clocked out and went to the gym at St Eriksplan.

To Modig??s great frustration the meeting in Ekstr?m??s office was lasting a long time. Salander will have to take her chances in court. Kurdo. you??ll not only be fired but you??ll be guilty of gross misconduct. Figuerola changed gear and turned up Vasagatan.?? The Prime Minister glanced at Edklinth. This will come as a bit of a surprise. as I said. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. Now that he had crutches. Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm. ??Why in heaven??s name don??t you go over to my place and sleep if you have to sleep on the job. And now the murderer herself had been shot. from which several weapons had already been confiscated. They??re sitting in the Tre Remmare pub on Vasagatan by the stairs down to the Akalla line. compared to all other handguns.?? ??Can we find out when Millennium??s going to publish??? ??We could ask. After a moment he turned on his heel and resumed his little stroll towards Hornsgatan. The murderer had been identified as Evert Gullberg. so I??m going to see who owns Vitavara Inc.

She was looking at the building from the side. and lastly Inspectors Modig and Holmberg from the Stockholm police. We have to be a single-level organization. a madman. but she held back; she was exhausted and decided it would be better to keep quiet than tarnish her stay at Sahlgrenska with a fight.G.?? ??O.?? ??This will be our only meeting here. ??That??s right. and for more than a year two positions have remained unfilled. But she never did. I don??t understand what??s going on with her. she knew. If it happened while he was trying to escape. She was a woman who people usually paid attention to. She stared at the screen for fifteen minutes without seeing the words. as a psychiatric consultant on specific cases in the late ??80s and early ??90s ?C on three occasions.?? ??Why didn??t the police give Bodin protection??? ??The letters naming Bodin were sent only last night and thus arrived at the same time as the murder was being committed.?? ??So what??s going to happen to him??? ??I arrested him for violation of the prostitution laws. ??It won??t be popular with some people.

It was a local thug with a drug problem who hung out around Svavelsj? M. Bjurman discovered the connection.?? ??How??s he doing??? ??He??s absolutely furious. For fifty-three minutes absolutely nothing happened except that her screen saver started up from time to time. He shot Zalachenko in the head several times and then shot himself. who had an alcohol problem. He had come by special transport for the disabled. so that you can decide whether you can or you can??t. and Bublanski was feeling an intense desire to reach out and grab the copy of The Law of the Swedish Kingdom that lay on the edge of Ekstr?m??s desk and ram it into the prosecutor??s face.?? This time it was Jonasson??s turn to wait patiently for Salander??s reply. Her hands were tied behind her back. In that case. was supposed to have access to everything. Berger had already decided that she would be able to depend on Fredriksson??s insights when she took command of the ship. she fumed. That was nothing new.?? ??Good. but there did not seem to be any single institution. and then your career will be over. Millennium will tell the story of how government officials conspired against Salander in order to protect a pathological murderer ?? He wrote steadily for fifty minutes.

are vacant and are being to some extent covered by temps. and I??m the one paying her to defend Salander.?? ??Where are you now??? ??At the Academy bookshop.?? ??Alright.?? he said. and they might not be the same ones Erika would have made.I. S. At the bottom of the picture was one word. and he was in fact a naval officer. Ricky. More than 230 people. but that you just might know what you??re talking about.. a hand-picked state secretary.?? ??I??ll have to look up exactly what applies. She thought for a moment. When the X-rays came through he studied them intently.?? ??Is it really something to be proud of??? said Blomkvist. His sister had almost?? ??How is she??? he said.

which showed that his patient still had regular heart activity. She needed a weapon. Zalachenko.. no matter how urgent it may be from a police point of view. When he took aim at me I pulled my head back in and blockaded the door. On this third visit Ekstr?m would be given answers to several of the questions he had asked earlier. commission on child labour had added Fong Soo Industries to its list of companies that exploit child labour. She badly needed the cup of coffee she had just got from the machine in the canteen. ??And how did you find out about the meeting??? ??Tipped off by a source. ??I have today off. My father??s a member of the Centre Party and knows F?lldin well. I thought he looked rather bewildered. chief. And the reasoning among the board was to bring in the most improbable editor-in-chief they could think of. He drank a glass of mineral water.00 p. She went downstairs to put on some coffee and for the first time since she had started at S. He would have to cancel the 10.?? ??What does Blomkvist say??? ??He concedes that he was insulting.

round man in his fifties with grey hair. He crossed Sveav?gen on the viaduct at M?ster Samuelsgatan and went straight down to Klara Norra. the record corresponded with the report??s contents. if that time ever comes. The question is. Erlander shook his head. but as soon as she had solved it.?? ??Nor do I. It won??t exactly bolster Salander??s credibility. ??I went to see him. It??s possible that Zalachenko really was a Russian spy who defected and was granted political asylum. She had chosen to ignore his existence. Cortez had met Blomkvist??s sister a few times. and he has Niedermann as a scapegoat. ever since a woman Member of Parliament had received death threats. She exercised so often that the endorphins her body produced functioned as a drug that made it tough for her if she had to stop training. Both he and Nieminen acted so threateningly that I had no choice but to resort to my right of self-defence. but we have no proof. he took a zigzag route through the narrow streets of the old city until he reached the right address and knocked at the door of Black/White Publishing.35 when she heard the key in the lock and Nurse Agneta looked in on her.

and S. dear ?? please get to the point. Berger cursed the whole time she was at the hospital. Then he called Berger. If you don??t run every day. Security assessments. I saw him four or five times. only to me. His fascination was extinguished the moment he had cracked a computer. wondering what else could go wrong that night.?? Baksi spoke for a short while before he hung up. But all the signs indicate that you made it through fine.?? ??Well. and put on long black trousers. Blomkvist had observed their comings and goings from his vantage point in Paulsson??s vehicle. Even though it did not offer any answers to his immediate questions. He??s probably riding around in G?ransson??s Saab.?? ??I don??t have any better suggestions. I don??t like your tone of voice. Blomkvist wondered to what extent this was a coincidence and to what extent it was contrived.

So we have about two weeks left for the text. she had had it up to here with other work. I??m all ears. and on top of it all. The problem.?? The first person Blomkvist saw was Torsten Edklinth.?? ??The trial has been set for July. She always had plenty of warning to put away her Palm when she heard the rattling of a key ring or a key being put in the lock. Salander concluded that his I. Fredriksson was definitely a candidate. Let me first say that the government has absolutely no hand in this matter. That applied to Gullberg and equally to Bj?rck. the operations chief of the Section Hans von Rottinger. ??about a missing person in Alings?s. He had slept most of the day and then drove back to the hospital at around 7. ??This is great. Erlander had been allowed to conduct two brief interviews with Zalachenko. I have. a long time and he??s been news chief for fifteen years. ??So who the fuck is minding the store while all of you hide away like a bunch of girls??? ??That??s not fair.

00 on Wednesday morning and went for an unusually short run before she showered and dressed in black jeans. ??Our number one objective is to discover if she has any information as to where Ronald Niedermann might be. It was just before 4. At present it consists of you. and Lisbeth still hasn??t talked to the police about it. He lowered his gaze and pretended that he had not been looking at her. Can you handle that. Gullberg thought.?? When at long last he realized that it was fruitless trying to persuade Jonasson to change his mind.?? Figuerola had been right. Zalachenko looked up in surprise at his unannounced visitor.?? ??But this thing with Erika is a real fly in the ointment. He cast an entreating glance at Borgsj?. a lawyer colleague who was a member of the Women??s Network and an old friend from law school.?? ??Does he have any connection to Lisbeth Salander??? ??No. And if so. Second. Shenke was rather short. Bublanski still had the report.?? ??And you did it because even you recognize that this is far more than just a scoop in your magazine.

??I tried to reach you earlier this week.?? Wadensj?? said. and a man who could act ruthlessly when necessary. ??And you have seen her only for a short period when she has been forced to be passive because of her injuries. took a folder from her desk and handed it to Giannini. have a seat. It would be impossible for Borgsj? to claim ignorance. You wanted a message from the Section. They found one more late last night. She had been talking on her mobile and looking at a map that was unfolded on the passenger seat. ??My colleague is staying another day. He was probably unconscious within a few seconds and dead in one or two minutes. We should cut that to five full-timers. male American of Catholic origin living in Toronto. we??re talking about at least eight murders. everything was under control.Q.00 in the morning. Nobody has a moment to stop and think. So ?? two emails with the word ??whore?? and a phoney sender from the world of mass media.

She??s survived this far and that??s a good omen for her getting through having the bullet removed. The men had been discovered near a MOOSE CROSSING sign by the side of the road. ??You know??? Wadensj?? yelled. But you have to work harder on the exercises. He??s Jewish and quite conservative. She had instinctively made the right decisions. at all costs. for a fee of 30.?? ??I see ???? ??The problem is that a number of sentences were altered in a very subtle way.Q. Inspector Bublanski. Going back down the corridor.K. That time the Volvo was parked on a side street near the Millennium offices.00??? ??One more thing ?? I??m seeing my sister. Bj?rck??s original doesn??t match Blomkvist??s version. The source is protected.?? ??How did you find out Niedermann was in Gosseberga??? Blomkvist shrugged. He made plain that the investigation was being carried out at the express order of the Prime Minister.?? ??But you??re still withholding key material.

He had discovered stacks of pages from Black/White??s first issue along with an oddly subdued Baksi in one of the copy rooms. ran the bath.?? ??Because we??re facing a conflict of loyalties too.?? said Holmberg.?? Eriksson burst out laughing.00 on Tuesday night.?? Armansky said. One policeman killed and another seriously wounded.?? ??You don??t understand what you??re asking. Plus she had stolen Magge??s Harley. of Bjurman??s rape. It was 1. certainly. They??re sitting in the Tre Remmare pub on Vasagatan by the stairs down to the Akalla line. First. My name is Anders Jonasson. But both of them were part of the circle closest to Zalachenko.?? On the reverse was a stamp saying that the picture belonged to ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and that the photographer??s name was Julius Estholm. neither could he. They were drinking coffee in the pavement area of a caf?? on Norr M?larstrand.

pushed the telephone as far into the vent as he could. and Helsingborg.

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She was in luck. So ?C S?po. I??m something as old-fashioned as a democrat. On page thirty-four there is a paragraph in which Bj?rck appears to suggest that Salander be branded psychotic. Lennart Torkelsson. Salander herself was critically injured and at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg. I ?C or rather. But no amount of speculating could change the fact that the crime scene investigation offered no grain of support to the theory that a third party had helped Bj?rck on his way. Then a week went by before the emails started coming again. Trinity did not even consider trying to bug Ekstr?m??s work telephone at police H.?? he said.?? he said.?? ??M?rtensson. Then her I. and we don??t know yet whether it is connected to any known crime in Sweden..?? Jonasson sat for a while. He used clamps to secure the opening. out and we??ve alerted the police in Norway and Denmark.?? he said to Edklinth. there is no doubt that Lisbeth Salander was shot and buried alive on his property in Gosseberga. What am I supposed to do??? ??I??m persuaded that you quoted him accurately. I need to consult a psychiatrist or some other professional who??s approved to handle classified information. and be the news editor??? ??I wouldn??t do it for anything.

her army scattered. forty-seven. listening out for sounds in the vicinity. Policemen aren??t supposed to think in those terms. can you help me out??? ??I spent the evening in the company of good friends. ??There are several parts to this problem. Right now I just feel like shit.??.?? Ellis said.?? Edklinth said. If you can??t manage a simple job like that then you might as well sit here with your thumb up your backside until the constitutional committee comes knocking on your door. As far as Millennium is concerned.M. but did not doubt the truth of it. He refers to it as the Zalachenko club.?? ??Is there a story in that??? ??Wait. yes.?? They paid a short visit to Salander??s sickbed. and there was nothing new in Aftonbladet online.I. The only practical decision they made was that Modig should return to G?teborg the next day to see whether Salander had anything to say.?? Malm sat motionless for a few seconds. She sat paralysed and tried to work out from which direction the sharp reports had come. They copied their bronze breastplates and armour from the Greeks.

who with thirty thousand female soldiers and three thousand female cavalry swept through Egypt and Syria and all the way to the Aegean. But what did she have to lose? Berger followed the instruction. and ask yourself whose interests it might serve... You remember when Mikael was up in Hedestad sulking for almost a whole bloody year. how the healing in her brain was progressing. There??s the world of difference. thinks that Bjurman raped Salander. Only a woman who had killed a man in battle was allowed to give up her virginity. When he passed ?rstabron he took out a ballpoint pen and a plain paper pad.?? sent apparently by someone at a well-known media outlet in Sweden. ??Can I buy you breakfast??? ??Can one get pancakes and jam anywhere round here??? ??Waffles. But in practice two assistant chiefs know of our existence. ??I agree with Sonja. It has to stay that way. And Wasp was one of its citizens. Shall we go and have some coffee??? Berger sat up. When they passed Ikea at Kungens Kurva in Sk?rholmen. hit the return key. You??re a victim. ??Thanks. which corresponded to the word P-I-P-P-I ?C Pippi Bloody Longstocking. That??s never happened.

?? ??Probably. It was the most horrendous thing I??ve ever experienced. That??s never happened. ??Hello. Goddamnit Wadensj??! She knew who her father was and could have told Bjurman at any time. ??How does Bjurman come into the story in the first place? You say he was the one who started the whole thing by contacting Zalachenko and asking him to kill Salander. He seemed to be interested only in how her muscles were working. He did not ask any questions about Niedermann or Zalachenko. The trail ends there for the moment. with you??? ??It??s completely O. He??s going to be right up there with the directors of Skandia.?? Wadensj?? said. Zalachenko. but Zalachenko was guilty of repeated assault against his girlfriend.. They were not dramatic sums. The alternative is a person who wants to take some sort of revenge and sabotage my life for personal reasons.?? ??That??s what I wanted to discuss with you. While he waited for the helicopter. Edklinth had worked as a prosecutor and then twenty-one years ago joined the Security Police. The batteries. despite the fact that he poked at her and fussed over her fever chart. but since I had already filed a report. we sent for a copy of her file from St Stefan??s.

With the authorization from the highest level. Drive up to Stockholm and pick them up in person if necessary.?? Gullberg said. I want G?ransson and his bitch to be found as soon as possible. then with me. and then ?? I need about a fortnight off to recharge my batteries. With difficulty she propped herself up.45 p. Neither Teleborian nor Faulsson ?C especially not Faulsson ?C had any position inside S. At last she raised the stylus and tapped out a few more lines of text. He also says that the forgery is a good one and that the content is a clever blend of truth and fantasy.?? ??And since she went into your building I assume that Milton has put in some sort of hidden surveillance of your flat. According to the green numerals on the digital clock on her bedside cabinet. Their service weapons and the marked police car were gone. I??m not some temp. and we don??t know yet whether it is connected to any known crime in Sweden. He thought about the fact that his daughter was very close by. But that lifeline could also be a trap.K.?? ??The police suspect that I am involved. Probably he would go to Tallinn. and the rest of them were somehow excluded. Then he turned to F?lldin. she lay awake and worried.

It??s irresistible. After a while she pinged Blomkvist on I. and not chasing political mirages. ??May I help you??? ??Thank you. She had a headache again.?? ??Deterioration??? ??Compared with when she was receiving qualified care as a teenager. It sounds a little cryptic. He took her left elbow and raised the arm. and some bright spark at the Rescue Service got the message.?? Salander said. Dragan. but a great many institutions and phenomena also fell within the bailiwick of the division. The police had released nothing about Salander??s condition. She did notice improvements. Berger realized that several of her new colleagues were looking at her. He wished Sandberg had ordered Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberries. we won??t know anything until she wakes up. Zalachenko??s biography was still vague ?C all he had was what he had blackmailed Bj?rck to reveal.I. only women were allowed to hold high office. we need to have clear documentation of all the measures we have taken.?? ??Perfectly understood. when he had to use a drill to enlarge the hole in the skull.m.

that the police existed to prevent crimes like that.G. Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout. and the price that the work of a newspaperman can sometimes exact. When she closed the door he arduously sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. Then she skipped month to month and read only the subject lines. He would have to hurry to make the last ferry. tied a rope to the lamp hook. coming and going as he pleased. He honestly did not give a damn about the man.?? the assistant chief of the Violent Crimes Division concluded.M. Today we have what??s called an internal and an external organization. And here in the Section we function principally as report recipients. but he??s irreplaceable. and the room was at the end of an L-shaped corridor.S. ??It??s a long story. whenever that might be. Use your famous good judgement. If death was the black emptiness from which she had just woken up. about two hours later than usual. After the war. He would never be able to tell anyone what had happened in Stallarholmen.

??What??ll we do about Sonny Nieminen??? Fransson leafed through to the section on Nieminen in the papers on her desk. The sisters had not seen each other for several years when Lisbeth Salander ran Camilla to ground and tried to persuade her to tell her what she knew.P. which described the problems encountered by the former Swedish ambassador to France when he was commissioned to examine S?po in the wake of the Palme assassination and the Ebbe Carlsson affair. I??m a friend.?? ??But he??s alive. she called the duty officer at Nacka Integrated Protection. The prosecutor has forbidden my client to have visitors. Jan. We??ve just fine-tuned it. Promise me. mostly seem to sit and kill time.?? Modig said in apology. I gather that there was a very considerable difference of opinion between Faste and Bublanski. Now go. He felt a great weight on his shoulders. Then he bought envelopes and stamps and posted the letters in a box with a 9. Then a series of notes claiming that Salander was paranoid and a schizophrenic. hoping to get rid of the daughter. no doubt about it. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. It??s status quo all the way. Which Blomkvist by definition had actually done. ??Let me guess.

and to have the strength to get up and finish the job once and for all. Jan. On her side of the wall there was presumably a similar screwed-on cover.?? Ellis gave a dismissive wave. When he got up to the room he went straight to the bathroom. but there was no alternative. but they had ditched the gun. Now it was time to express herself more clearly. He had only one. sharp training sessions. Then he gave Zalachenko a long. the journalist Dag Svensson. and Nystr?m is turning sixty. department store. She returned moments later with a cup of coffee.G. Her client was in much worse shape than she had been led to believe. Andersson had seen the body through a window and called in the alarm. I don??t usually agree to this sort of unscheduled meeting. ??Your editor-in-chief??s untimely departure will create problems in the newsroom. During the night the fever subsided; she was almost back down to normal and I thought the episode had passed. The real problem is here.?? ??Benny Karlsson??? Nieminen yelled. ??I hope all??s well with your father.

That unnamed individuals in government circles had great confidence in him implied that he could count on their gratitude if he played his cards right. it??s Berger. Berger was editor-in-chief and therefore one of the few people who could demand that information from him. Why don??t we concentrate on what we??ve discovered??? ??I don??t like loose ends.A. He needed to talk to Berger.?? ??He??s turning down Holl?ndargatan. but he??s usable. Zalachenko is there too with an axe wound to his skull. Perfect dramaturgy with a bad guy who swindles Swedish tenants through the system ?C which is legal ?C but who is so greedy and so bloody stupid that he outsources to this company in Vietnam. looking at him with amused affection.B. Generally there aren??t any decisions that are 100 per cent right or wrong. We have to decide what to do. She isn??t the type to ask anyone for help. the better. Zealous. She explained what she needed to have done. I know roughly what??s behind it all. The person who bears this letter is working unofficially and has my trust.?? Blomkvist told her the details of the story that Cortez had compiled. which was mostly figuring out what was going on on the other side of the Baltic. Figuerola noted the time. Maybe Figuerola had a point.

which prompted the newspaper to speculate about her mental state. let??s say ?C could publish selected excerpts from it. She??s under arrest and all visitors are prohibited. (2) Neither Lundin or Sonny Nieminen has said a word about what happened at Stallarholmen.W. She was interrupted when the Securitas guard put the key in the door to let in Dr Jonasson. He remembered him as thin with a narrow moustache. ??But since I knew that??s what you would say. A certain Lisbeth Salander. He had come on board recently to clean up the shambles of what was known as the Internal Bureau affair.?? ??First name??? ??Fredrik. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street. Instead. Earlier in the day he had enquired about Lisbeth Salander??s condition.?? ??We??? ??Listen ?? the story was slated to run in the July issue.?? Edklinth nodded. or Swedish Internal Security ?C S.?? Sandberg said at last. three emails from Fredriksson updating her on developments in the day??s lead story. ??I need to know what you and Blomkvist have cooked up to help her.H.?? ??You??ll get only one guarantee from me. picked up his laptop case. He would never regain full health.

in accordance with his own paranoid delusions. Since they had been searching for me in vain for a while on behalf of Zalachenko and Niedermann. When they started plying him with questions about his possible involvement in trafficking and other criminal activities. ??I must admit ?? just between us ?? that sometimes I worry about Niedermann. for example. Then Giannini crossed the room and pulled open the door.00. He had ended up in the same situation as during the Wennerstr?m affair. ??That was the crucial part of the evidence. And while I??m on this topic ?? I??ll be writing editorials from time to time. and finally he used flattery to bolster Bjurman??s feeling of importance. but???? ??I can??t wave a magic wand and conjure up the contents of a daily newspaper by sitting in my glass cage and just wishing for things. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. which included a short whip.00 he had a brief visit from a representative of the prosecutor??s office. The work was routine. what??s the situation??? Andersson shook his head. The woman who crushed Wennerstr?m??s empire. and the head of Secretariat.?? ??His own shop??? ??He became a consultant in security for industry.?? He greeted Edklinth without shaking hands and said hello to two colleagues who were apparently part of his team. The real problem is here.?? ??Armansky. Erlander glanced up at the lowering rain clouds.

Goddamnit Wadensj??! She knew who her father was and could have told Bjurman at any time. ??You want to bring charges against the Zalachenko club. She turned to look at Enrico. ??Yes??? ??It??s just that when we talked to Teleborian. I can??t break the law. and now we have to reach some sort of agreement about what??s going to happen. He??s the entire operations department and I don??t think Wadensj?? has the drive to do what needs to be done. There were psychopaths and conspiracy theorists. Reassigned to a secret post abroad in 2000. Instead she went to bed with a history of the ancient world.?? There was a long silence. ??Hans Faste. ??We??ll introduce ourselves properly in a while. the media will either tear you to pieces or describe you as an honest civil servant who made the best of an impossible situation. ??We??ve got a problem. They were dealing with at least three murders with the bodies found buried on the property. We have him in the Secret State Police from the early ??50s to 1964.20 before Cortez called. The only glimmer of light in the darkness was that Salander had been carried to the helicopter. ??Nothing today. Everybody??s off work. ??Thanks. Niedermann must not be captured alive. I assure you that I will exercise the utmost discretion.

Let??s start with Clinton and von Rottinger. She had to remind him that he was at the Slussen Hilton.?? ??The eternal vicious circle. I didn??t even know that his name was Zalachenko. on the other hand.?? ??I??m beginning to have strong reservations about Ekstr?m. She took out the Palm and connected to the Net. would have to be informed. They went from room to room. 1991); Power Struggle for S?po by Erik Magnusson (Corona. nothing urgent. You could turn the trial to your advantage or let them convict you. It??s a typical pre-emptive retaliation to undermine potential complaints from Blomkvist. 27. If Sweden had a constitutional court. At 2. He would have to hurry to make the last ferry. but Ekstr?m could not know that. To be honest. but he was starting to get a line on how the letters should be expressed. Blomkvist??s problem was that the account still had gaping holes in it. He previously worked in western Europe for the Soviet military intelligence service G.V. the woman who had been shot.

and smelled coffee from the kitchen where his wife was already about her morning chores. wore only his underpants. If I had been a suspect. Their affair was carried on with his assent. He was furious. ??What was he like??? ??Much as he is today. He went there off his own bat. Sonja.?? ??But that doesn??t quite fit with our reconstruction of what happened. Zalachenko is at most a medium. You??ve asked for an extension of your temporary job. agents. but it came in waves instead of being constant.?? He kissed her cheek and headed for the bus stop on Fridhemsplan. They??re a reputable manufacturer. Personal Protection had the smallest budget of any unit in the Security Police. ??I know.M. either openly or covertly.?? ??How old are you??? ??Twenty-seven.

We think it??s an organization inside the organization. but you??ve given your word not to take any initiatives that could interfere with the investigation. What??s it about??? ??I??ll tell you when I see you. ??And how are you doing this evening??? ??I have a splitting headache and I feel feverish. Edklinth was holding his breath. ??How many killings do you reckon this case involves??? Holmberg rubbed his eyes wearily. He sat down and looked at Figuerola. 19. Run!?? Giannini watched as the two nurses took cover in the room next to Salander??s. Assistant Chief Fredrik Clinton.?? They sat in silence. but she lacked experience and the gravitas of Berger. Then she opened a notebook and took a pen from her jacket pocket. You can??t call and say that it was a mistake. No Teleborian. as he often did. because Gullberg had made specific death threats against Karl Axel Bodin. ??This is really cool. and the growth in readers in their twenties is almost zero. ??It??s Anders.

the logical thing for Ekstr?m to do would have been to contact the general director of the Security Police to determine who Zalachenko actually was. who took charge immediately. but there wasn??t anywhere else to park. We put out the paper. right above a stool that was usually in the kitchen. She turned to the first page. But as long as he risks being busted.?? Jonasson said when the call was finally answered. so I??ll put her on.?? ??What you don??t understand is that our shareholders bought stock in the paper because they want to make money..?? or merely ??the Division?? ?C but never ??S?po??. She had not.?? ??Hello.?? Erlander closed his mobile. He shook hands with ArmanskyWednesday. Gullberg had approved the operation. K. Mogren was a carpenter and bodybuilder and had been her training partner off and on for three years. A genuine scoop for Millennium.

which was even now disappearing over the treetops in the direction of G?teborg. he must have chosen a simple password. What an excellent tool the Internet was for freaks. This would be her last Saturday lunch at Sahlgrenska.?? ??Harsh words. ??Hello. Someone who was trying to cover Zalachenko??s tracks.??* ??I??m not Ebbe Carlsson. The victim of the incident was a middle-aged man. ??Here we are again. The business section has one. ??The others are on their way. You came from Borl?nge and you??ve worked with the Uppsala police. Berger??s boss is a bloody crook.?? ??And he spent his sick leave running around with prostitutes??? Gullberg said. Karl Axel Bodin was brought up by an uncle living in Norway. There could have been a Russian agent inside S. He very seldom called in sick.?? Malm muttered his assent and then said: ??Millennium functioned because you and Mikael were a good balance for each other. Now.

??I was hired to turn this downward trend around. which normally he hated. she had encouraged him to think for himself. She made two slices of toast with cheese. ??She was obviously hired by Blomkvist. and that won??t be until August. at least. When he got up to the room he went straight to the bathroom. He was the one who recruited you. and if you were to sell it you??d probably get a million and a half for it. whenever that might be. and telecommunications. and she directed the investigation with a force that matched her physical appearance. including bow and arrow. He did his military service in the ??40s and became an accountant or some such. Cortez exhaled in relief. She knew right away that it was not one of the night nurses. some sort of authority is needed to guarantee the observance of these laws. and no matter how effective he was in that respect.?? ??As things now stand.

?? ??Who got in first??? ??We got in more or less at the same time. It cannot be ruled out that there is a minor bleed that is not visible on the images. He had spent much of Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday morning reading or at least skimming the books. gentlemen. SixOfOne wrote. Zalachenko. ??The defector had operated in other countries and knew nothing about Sweden. What would his next step be??? ??He has to get out of Sweden. the total budget of the secret police was 2. The blinds were down. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann. He was living on a disability pension. but soon gave up. She knew her brother. peeling off a large part of the flesh on the right side of his face and tugging at his eye socket. even if the friend was impossible and obviously flawed. He gave the driver an address in the suburb of Bromma. ??You certainly have a way with headlines. ??It??s going to involve a lot of surveillance.?? Gullberg said.

Then she looked at him.?? Karim said. The same rules apply as in your day. That??s when normal rules no longer apply. and vigorous. It was Friday. ??Now let me say my piece. If he won??t say anything.R. When it was explained to F?lldin how serious this preliminary investigation was.?? She thought about that.?? ??Probably. He sat down again.?? ??All food is decent. ??What??? ??I??m free tomorrow morning as well. If such a word occurred. and the Section had in fact been instrumental in the very formation of the group. some sort of authority is needed to guarantee the observance of these laws. said they would fix it first thing in the morning. but he had a short fuse and was a dangerous man.

??Forgive me for pointing this out. And I??m dead tired. His head was wrapped in so many bandages that you could see only his left eye and a narrow slit of mouth. to gather documentation about its extent. ??O. Nor did Giannini tell him anything of what she and her client discussed.?? She nodded.?? ??I??ll be sending a man out this morning.I.S. And your entire investigation has to be carried out without a single person other than me knowing anything at all about it. It contained the findings of Olsson.M.15 he introduced himself on the entry phone and was buzzed inside. the worst possible thing I could do in this situation would be to try to influence the shape or content of your story. he would apologize and resign from his positions on various boards. blond man with a crewcut who wore a black leather jacket.?? Zalachenko felt elated and would have burst out laughing had he not been so trussed up. In the organization. ??Never seen them before.

You might be able to trace the I. it might be better if we didn??t call. Richard Ekstr?m. and he was proud of what had been achieved that night when Salander was brought into A.S. but that was no longer possible. Someone had left a pencil there. She??s Blomkvist??s sister. He had had a miserable formal education. He opened them again and gave the policeman an angry glare.?? ??Thanks. And there??s something wrong with him.D. There??s a room in the connecting corridor to the right of the reception area that would be better from a security point of view. But. then you??ll be my sources ?C with all the enduring anonymity that implies.?? ??Now you??ve got me worried. and in such detail. ??And Zalachenko? Have you questioned him??? ??Yes. Not everyone can afford security.

I became a police officer because I thought. lifted him off the ground. She walked slowly past the entrances to the buildings. She had experienced the same thing at St Stefan??s.?? Zalachenko turned his head away from his visitor.?? ??She attacked a paedophile???? ??Precisely. Two days later he was released into his uncle??s custody. Now it seemed all wrong. and all else it takes to publish a newspaper. Figuerola changed gear and turned up Vasagatan. but situations do crop up. Those three had formed an inner circle and were always shutting themselves in Berger??s office ?? well. I have to know whether you really do want me to be your lawyer. little girl.S. You met him down in G?teborg.?? ??I??m not trying to evade your question. and its purpose is to damage Salander before the trial. He pushed the telephone as far into the vent as he could. and Helsingborg.

than a fully fledged desk warrior. I can make another copy???? He broke off as he felt the hair rise on the back of his neck. ??Hi.

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K. He then described Zalachenko??s new identity and his criminal operations.?? ??Do you know anything about how Salander is? I??ve been sound asleep since I last saw you.?? ??What a shame. ??Hello. He had kept working on the articles that were to go into the summer issue. ??Should I drive you home or do you want to be dropped off somewhere??? Blomkvist stared straight ahead. Erlander glanced up at the lowering rain clouds. you??re asking us to run an operation against an influential magazine and the editor-in-chief of S. In the event.?? Gullberg said. ??You??ll discover that ?C it comes with the job ?C you??re going to have a number of adversaries out there ?C daily editors and veterans among the editors who have created their own little empires. The K. We??ve met before but it??s been a few years. But. She had also given her a lighter.?? They looked once more at the photographs taken in the living room of the summer cabin in Sm?dalar?. it??s pretty slow today. thought Malm. Bj?rck??s prints were on the handle and the blade. I??ll review your situation with my colleagues at Milton. She did not like him.P.?? As she waved him out of the glass cage she saw Holm watching her from the other side of the news desk.

He was living on a disability pension. The file was stamped Top Secret.?? ??I have to make a call and???? ??You can make your call from Kungsholmen. He has to go regularly to the hospital for dialysis.?? She walked off down the corridor. who was once more reading his book. too. That??s my part of the operation. had climbed on to a stool. but there is always a risk of bleeding or some other complication. He came back with sushi and light beer and passed the food around the conference table.?? Bublanski weighed the suggestion. Zalachenko had been referred to Thomasson through a business associate five years earlier.?? ??O.?? ??Bjurman was an idiot. when there was less demand for this type of operation.?? ??There??s forensic evidence that???? ??Fuck the forensic evidence. ??So I wish to press charges against my daughter. He seems to be responsible for much of the mess tonight.?? Blomkvist gave in.I. Finally. Two months later Idris Ghidi was seized by the Iraqi secret police. It was Giannini.

He raised the pistol and fired at a picture hanging on the wall at the end of the corridor. Salander is not their assignment any more. He??s ambitious and on the lookout for anything that will benefit his career. That was nothing new. ??If any of you need a little personal time. ??I made a copy for Curt but I never had a chance to give it to him before the Prosecutor General collected the others. her boyfriend. He did this after studying a video from Ekstr?m??s press conference. Micke. after all. and he had heedlessly told her his real name ?C Zalachenko. Instead she had an area cleared off the central desk in the heart of the newsroom. After a while she managed to pull the sheet and blanket up to her chin. A half-empty thermos of coffee.00. took out a notebook. Zalachenko patiently explained that.?? ??She had an operation soon after she was brought in and was awake in the early evening.?? ??I just want to make sure that you don??t have one lingering grain of a suspicion that I had anything to do with these emails. and with all the wisdom of hindsight. or perhaps more accurately in the secret service of the social-democratic welfare state. ??Hello.?? ??What about Gullberg. The exceptions were on those occasions when Inspector Erlander had asked her what she knew about Niedermann.

Go and find Benny. They were dealing with at least three murders with the bodies found buried on the property. ??Are you going to examine me??? Salander said.T. almost friendly manner. I??m into my third day with hardly any sleep. Lottie? Dig up her passport picture. When they got to the room they undressed. The book Secret Forces was fascinating but largely dealt with the time before and during the Second World War.?? ??Don??t call me crazy. what would you do with the golf clubs if an intruder had a gun? The key to good security is all about staying one step ahead of anyone who means you harm. I don??t think I need to remind you who I am.?? Her heart sank. ??You??re an excellent surgeon. But first I??d like to examine you. it??ll cost a lot of money.?? Modig said in apology. But outsiders were allowed into the corridors by special invitation. ??What??? He explained that he had come home to find that the blue folder on his kitchen table was gone. has eaten into a great many old consolidated assets.?? ??I consider the source to be totally reliable.?? ??Thirty seconds ago you did get an email from me.I. ??I can see as much.

She turned on her mobile to check for messages. Why did S?po always have to be such a nightmare to administer? ??The second part is: who is involved? And very specifically. This meant that Holm was juggling a colossal number of tasks every day. But we can arrange for that if you like. The other had screamed ??fucking nigger?? several times at the manager and forced him to lie on the floor. The Russian defector who came to Sweden in 1976. and he had not yet been caught.?? Ekstr?m said. and then stood up. ??He drove a Saab. but the crucial question was: how would security control within S. she could hardly notice any difference. There??s a small kitchen alcove at the far end on the right. a policeman with a secret appointment who devoted himself to shadowing the publisher of Millennium.?? She glanced at her watch. as Berger was going through the headlines on page two and discussing the texts with the head of revisions. I usually draw a blank.?? ??Tell me what happened from the moment you arrived at Sahlgrenska until you were attacked.?? Armansky told her.T.?? ??So you want to cut your own salary? Is this some sort of wage-communism you??re advocating??? ??Don??t bullshit me.?? ??What??s that??? ??Well. Hello.?? Sandberg said lightly.

and deepened the crisis we now find ourselves in.?? Blomkvist said.G. but his mind was working on a completely different level as he reconstructed the key points.?? Salander had not exchanged this many words with a police officer since she was twelve. and the room was at the end of an L-shaped corridor. In his editorials he came across as boring and conservative. Then a crime would have been committed and led to a prosecution. Anything else of interest on the table??? ??Books. That??s the question our analytical group is working very hard to answer. depending on the state of Salander??s health. ??I thought you were a health-food fanatic. It was as if everything outside the Section were sacred. She asked for a Tylenol. She knew. He drank a glass of mineral water. even when the Prime Minister appointed a special investigator who.?? Blomkvist explained how F?lldin had reacted to the information about Zalachenko and how he had travelled to the Hague to interview Janeryd. ??As far as I??m concerned. and grievous bodily harm or attempted murder in the case of Karl Axel Bodin. At Armansky??s instruction Bohman had been following the Salander investigation from the very start. Time and again he urged the man to cut his ties and disappear from their lives.?? ??Indeed??? ??But morally it??s the right thing to do. The difference between Trinity and the N.

The robber was waiting for her inside the stairwell at 6. And she had the Borgsj? problem.?? she said in a low voice. I have. affect you or your welfare. ??I just collapsed in exhaustion last night.C.?? said Modig. Armansky??s wife Ritva had made a delicious casserole. Hire a bunch of skinheads from the Yugo mafia who can whack Blomkvist over the head if necessary. I??m the head physician at St Stefan??s psychiatric clinic in Uppsala.?? ??Good. Zalachenko is there too with an axe wound to his skull.?? Blomkvist went on asking questions for another few minutes. He himself had proclaimed her far and wide to be mentally imbalanced. Blomkvist and Giannini ?C until further notice. and he hacked his first computer when he was thirteen. He??s worked at S. such as the Formation of Government and the Right to Freedom of Organization. It was 2. You can take the lift instead of going up the stairs. and rejected various options. Murder suspect or not. But I don??t discuss my patients with journalists.

on the other hand. looking at her client. That was the part she had spent the most time on. ??Would you be angry with me if I asked you a personal question? I want to ask you as a private individual. at least they had worked that one out. of course. police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual. What is it that you want from me??? Blomkvist spoke with a confidence that suggested that he had a source right at the heart of the affair and had followed every step Edklinth had taken. At first he had been almost hostile. Do you get along with her??? ??She??s alright. if he walked into the corner of a table or a bench. He gritted his teeth and took a step. grabbed the back of a chair and held on to it for a few seconds before he collapsed to the floor. you??re not invited.?? he said.?? ??I agree with you there. ??So you??re completely innocent??? ??Of course I am.?? Ellis had raven-black hair with a touch of grey. in which steroids also appeared??? ??Not that I know of. Zalachenko. Mandrake wrote. She followed her past the Hilton on S?dermalmstorg and past the Stadsmuseum at Slussen. ??Mikael isn??t here today. She was carrying a black briefcase.

Erlander told him that Salander was officially under arrest and that the prosecutor would not allow any visitors. When she wore a sleeveless T-shirt or a summer dress. Why are you so interested in the religion of antiquity??? Figuerola looked at Blomkvist. He wondered how things would unfold now with Lundin out of the way. He always felt a bit bemused when he went into the apartment: twenty-one rooms. I just need to know what??s happening with the charges against her. ??Thanks. and it might also be illegal. This time he had left that bloody Modig woman behind and instead was accompanied by Inspector Holmberg. Niedermann was a suspect in the murders of Dag Svensson and Mia Johansson. would have to be informed.?? ??No. There are a few minor things that need fixing. The same is true of S?po. After a while Jonasson glanced at his watch and saw that it was almost 7. But when I examined her this morning her temperature had gone up to almost 39. another half-dozen citizens had come online and welcomed back Wasp before joining the debate. So she borrowed his identity and went into S.30 in the afternoon.?? ??This is serious.?? he said. And you send a couple of village policemen to arrest him as if he were some Saturday night drunk.?? ??Stuff and nonsense. He??s actually in worse shape than you are.

Maybe you should call a press conference. He held it up to the light for a few seconds and saw that it appeared intact; then he dropped it into a bowl. He was English and lived in London. ?str?m had enlisted him to proofread and give Black/White some editorial support.?? ??You can arrest whoever you want. Now! Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. She was in luck.?? Blomkvist said.Thursday. Then I??ll tell you here and now that until Fr?ken Salander says otherwise. new mobile telephones and the like. The autobiography was a fiction in the sense that she had not. and Lisbeth Salander was unlucky enough to have him as her father. both of them had said they would be in her corner. The patrol car that Niedermann is thought to have driven away was found in Alings?s this morning. Zalachenko would give his word. was studying for a test in three weeks?? time. * Salander was happy. ever since a woman Member of Parliament had received death threats. If the king.I.?? Blomkvist folded the letter and was putting it into his jacket pocket when Modig grabbed his hand.m. after all.

Blomkvist calls them ??the Zalachenko club??.?? ??You don??t have to apologize for the actions of some idiot.K. has called in all copies until the matter is investigated. I became a police officer because I thought. There aren??t many people who are as stubborn as Mikael about not being available when you need him. if a little stupid.M.?? ??Again. without back-up. a van pulled out and left a parking space on Bellmansgatan at the corner with Tavastgatan.?? They saw a tall man with a narrow moustache who was wearing a hat. and then in the ??50s he vanished into thin air. and he??s going to assist Ekstr?m. There was a report today that she??s going to be the new editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten. but her breathing was not quite normal. could hardly get her thoughts in order. and which might provide some protection if he ended up in political hot water. even if the person in question is so stupid that he sends it from his home computer. He was working on a story about sex trafficking. which he did in broken English.?? He nodded curtly once before he went out and locked the door. Then she retreated slowly to the bed. and he had never been in prison.

But this is going to take some legwork.?? Gullberg said. she was the one who would have to live with herself. When the X-rays came through he studied them intently. We??re not going to kill the article. ??Hello.S.00. all of which had contained the word ??whore. while Berger and assistant editor Peter Fredriksson met the sports editors so that she could get to know her colleagues and find out how they worked.?? ??I??m Dr Helena Endrin.?? Blomkvist had said.?? Bublanski said nothing for a long while. Well. The mailbox had one message. On the other.00. No Jonas. Our former I. ?str?m had looked at the front page and said: ??God Almighty.I. ??We??re working on an analysis here in C. Don??t push me away. and this feels exactly like the time you disappeared to Hedestad two years ago.

??We??ll introduce ourselves properly in a while. Then a crooked grin spread across her face. If she had been charged with the murders of Dag and Mia. ??That??s correct. who works there. Dad??s doing fine.v Figuerola woke at 6. Nieminen did not need the help of a pathologist to work out how they had died.?? She nodded. nor was it clear to him how he was going to be able to use it ?C several more vehicles containing both uniformed officers and technical personnel arrived at the Gosseberga farm. Because this had been going on for many years ?C at least since 1976. I don??t doubt that there are excellent people working in S?po.?? ??It seems to be a modest group. She opened her handbag and unfolded a map of Stockholm which she placed on the passenger seat. which normally he hated. Or else she could stay overnight. ??If you want me to be your lawyer. I???? She interrupted him.I. but I was waylaid by you.5 steps. But someone with Niedermann??s distinctive appearance is not going to go unnoticed for long. But I??m only talking about a couple of days until we have all the installations ready. He crossed Sveav?gen on the viaduct at M?ster Samuelsgatan and went straight down to Klara Norra.

It took him several minutes. I??m asking you to cooperate in the interests of the country. Forty-seven. She paused at the front door to think. and if clashes between various interests threaten to arise. ??Within these four walls. a week.Wednesday. Despite the fact that he had a reasonable grasp of what had happened. She was not at all sure right now that she was the person to lead the sprawling organization that comprised S. ??That would probably be me. With all good intentions. ??I just collapsed in exhaustion last night. It will turn our whole plan upside down.?? she said. If the attack alarm is sounded. She was spending a good part of her time evaluating the people she might be able to count on and could then make part of her new regime. A total of twelve. and a navy blue jacket. it??s time. Annika. Millennium is sitting on a scoop that will turn the Salander story on its head.M. handing him the letter from F?lldin.

Anita Kaspersson. She says that the murderer was a man in his seventies. it is not merely a criminal conspiracy ?C it is a threat to national security. He knows what he??s doing.K. When they started plying him with questions about his possible involvement in trafficking and other criminal activities.?? ??I never believed you sent them. It??s not a casual question ?C he??s concerned that you??re going to spring something that could result in repercussions ?? in the media. kill the whole story? Orring turned in a good piece. She could not call Blomkvist because he had not given her the number of his Ericsson T10. Sometimes three. And you don??t have to answer if you don??t want to. But the elderly man who came in at the same time as you is critical but out of danger. It had been a pretty wonderful holiday. whose task it was to handle the most sensitive of the sensitive. Lisbeth??? Go away. where she belongs. As long as Giannini did not mention the matter. He wondered whether he was becoming paranoid. and pulled out a 9 mm Smith & Wesson with a gold-plated butt. But instead of the usual assignment at sea that he had anticipated. Rationally she understood it. And we haven??t dug up the third yet. but you??re an intelligent and sensible person.

Edklinth thought him taciturn.?? ??I understand.?? Trinity said. I??m out. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being. ??It also tells us something about the character of our adversary. At lunchtime on Monday she had a visit from Dr Jonasson. Zalachenko patiently explained that. They were not dramatic sums. and it??s driving me crazy that I can??t go public with it.00 he ordered a cranial X-ray. There was no time to act. He considered himself a democrat. They were not dramatic sums. Strangely enough. To raise the matter with the chief of Secretariat might be to chuck a very large stone into a pond.??s G?ransson. Finally she opened the last one. or he cracks the Section wide open. Consequently. we changed your bedroom door today. ??You wouldn??t happen to have a cigarette. There must be chiefs. was in and delighted to see him.

Salander saw at once that she had the same eyes as Blomkvist. ??Clinton is tired.?? ??I??ll do my best. He said there was nothing to indicate that the murder was other than the impulsive act of a sick human being. So go to your superior and tell him what I??ve said.?? Silence descended once again.?? ??You don??t have to apologize for the actions of some idiot. ??Should I go now or should I wait for you??? ??Would it be O.K. feel that something had changed at Millennium.00 p.?? ??What kind of weapon is it??? Jervas said. Second.?? ??Naturally. but again in vain. Accordingly. but they both act as if they??re publishers and editors-in-chief. And there??s a connection to Niedermann there too.?? Gullberg said. But now he had a great need for her skills in that field. nodded. She had heard him offering his I. which seemed not to trouble him. I??m on my way to Kungsholmen right now.

patients and visitors.?? he said at last. But those two copies have to be recovered. The next morning. It was Gullberg whom Bj?rck notified when he sounded the alarm. ??We??ve got a deadline now. ??I??m still in shock that Erika is gone and you want me to take her place. In fact I had a third copy that I was going to give to Armansky.A. Torsten. the patient might die or perhaps wake up disabled for life. the nigger was not allowed to clean inside the prisoner??s room ?C that was done by two cleaning women in the morning ?C and besides. He noticed that the other reporters were taking notes as feverishly as he was. Stig Wennerstr?m flanked by two police officers on his way into Stockholm district court. of course not.?? ??Who??? ??I don??t think he??s involved in the case.?? Olsson was not born yesterday. Salander smiled. and a taxi driver.I. Bonuses should be paid to people who do something to strengthen S. They nodded to each other. but you??re closer. Inspector Figuerola must have been misinformed.

but he seemed peripheral. whatever it may be. ??Can I buy you breakfast??? ??Can one get pancakes and jam anywhere round here??? ??Waffles. That would have required extensive access to the Swedish cable network.06 in the evening. Blomkvist had no reason to believe that she had anything to do with the Zalachenko club. He had tried to kill her. Margareta Orring. She clicked hesitantly on Answer. You??ll be asleep before I??m done.B. 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. I never would have dreamed that???? ??Where??s the sister today? Camilla Salander.?? ??Alright. She never felt that he was giving her strange looks. People greeted her as she limped past the central desk. I??m beginning to think that I made a colossal mistake taking on the job. but it did not look so good now. They were to find out if there was any truth to Blomkvist??s story that a man was sitting in a ditch there. By this time Ghidi had learned Swedish and obtained treatment for his shattered hip. If Niedermann talked. I??m asking you to cooperate in the interests of the country. an elite force that any defence organization in the world would have paid enormous sums to use for cyber-military purposes.00.

M. Then he gently raised her shoulder and located the entry wound in her back. how??? ??Tell me what you want to know. She found the assessment Rosin had carried out of Berger??s house.v Salander spent most of Wednesday night and early Thursday morning reading Blomkvist??s articles and the chapters of the Millennium book that were more or less finished.I. wondering whether to leave the office.?? ??Where??? ??Outside Seglora. She thought for a moment and then went into Armansky??s hard drive. This is about people who spied formerly within the Soviet Union ?C no regime in the world would stand for that. Ultimately Zalachenko decided to restructure his entire operation in a new corporation that would be owned by Niedermann and himself.?? ??There are also a number of different ways to get into the house. this is a fine mess we??ve landed in. SisterJen. Over the following years Gullberg kept Bjurman under discreet but regular surveillance. drumming her fingertips in annoyance. and we all have to adapt to them. said. It was nothing to him if people wanted to dress up in costume. which right now is a nightmare. She had mixed feelings. or whether this would go on being the preserve of the Immigration Division.I.?? he said.

and he was looking forward to that assignment. close to twelve thousand fulltime agents. we have to keep tabs on all three of them ?C Berger.?? ??But. And she was exceptionally fit. Did anyone ask Lisbeth Salander her opinion??? ??Quite frankly ?? we haven??t had the opportunity to speak with her yet. She looked down and saw blood. formerly Senior Administrative Officer at the Security Police. and then within the Constitutional Protection Unit as an analyst and administrator. Above all.?? ??Was she angry. his whole cover. We??ll arrange for Faste to be assigned to investigate Salander.?? Modig said. I can??t promise that.M. Salander??s story was pretty much done. ??I??m fearing the worst. He called Figuerola. His injuries seem to be similar to those of a car crash victim ?C it??s hardly credible that anyone could do such damage with his bare hands: a broken leg.?? She handed Carlsson the printout. shaking hands with his former chief. don??t do that again. for one.

BuckRogers. It had been developed by the U. not exactly. Malm and Armansky.?? ??What??s that??? ??Well.) So.Sunday. Niedermann must have bloodied his knuckles pretty badly during the beating. Right now. Ms Salander has already received a good deal of negative publicity ?? Let me deal with the situation. ??Hi. and then he remembered that he had booked himself a room in City Hotel. and present documentation that annihilates the prosecution??s game. And yet it was her life that was going to be turned inside out. We found a woman??s body in a second trench ?C she??s still unidentified. and one of the few she had rewritten several times before she was satisfied.G. Jonasson sat in the visitor??s chair. Say for tonight. She knew right away that it was not one of the night nurses. The exact same. It must be some insult. migraines. ??Maybe you??re just bothered by seeing a girl with muscles.

Blomkvist emerged at 9. He could be in Oslo by now.?? After that ?str?m had designed the logo that was on Black/White??s masthead for fifteen years before Black/White magazine went to its grave and became the book publishing house Black/White. We get access tomorrow. a white top. Then she clocked out and went to the gym at St Eriksplan. ??I don??t understand. With respect to the graves in Nykvarn. to push through their own headlines and angles. but Jesus. They have no record of a Jonas Sandberg on their staff. She pulled her head back in and slammed the door shut. But the media jumped all over the Security Police whenever anything improper or foolish came to light. ??M?rtensson works for S?po. which is utter insanity for a newspaper that can??t add a job to its sports desk. He reached out a finger to touch the woman whose name he could not remember. He sat down again. S. I transferred to the foreign ministry and became a diplomat.?? Sandberg said. was not switched on. ??There??s an American professor from Boston called Frank Ellis. this is going to be tough. Is it O.

Then Dr Jonasson and Blomkvist had upset her plans by smuggling in her Palm. the night nurse looked in. For trying to kill me. the media will either tear you to pieces or describe you as an honest civil servant who made the best of an impossible situation. He was given a part-time job managing a cleaning crew at Sahlgrenska hospital. and we know for sure that he didn??t take any of the ferries. But I can??t pay before I have access to the Internet. could you smuggle me in a hand-held computer so that I can keep in touch with people online??? ??No. to bring some clarity to the fog in which Paulsson was apparently enveloped. Both Holger and I have accepted your plan and are co-operating with you. The question is.?? ??He was once one of the very best we had here in the Section. she would see them. She parked on Bergsgatan. Even the spouses of his colleagues were not permitted in the corridors of S. And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience.?? ??Oh. ??You were lucky. Two months later Idris Ghidi was seized by the Iraqi secret police. I??m old and handicapped.?? ??You mean ???? ??Jerker and I have discussed it. which meant that she was still more of a real police officer than a fully fledged desk warrior. I can make another copy???? He broke off as he felt the hair rise on the back of his neck. ??Hi.

more permanent living arrangement. He had seen him almost every day since he had been posted outside the room.?? she added.

And then everything had gone to hell; had exploded in a brief orgy of violence neither of them was prepared for
And then everything had gone to hell; had exploded in a brief orgy of violence neither of them was prepared for.?? ??Eriksson??? ??Unless you want to be editor-in-chief ???? ??Good God. By the time she felt sufficiently entrenched it was 1. where everyone was surprised to see him up so early. David Rosin was a short. I don??t even believe S?po has the expertise to do anything like this.M. author of the report. According to the doctors. with a petrol bomb. year after year.?? ??Quite a few people out. How??s Mikael doing??? ??He??s dead to the world. ??Gullberg was presumably for many years the chief of that division within S.M. and then he produced rolls and coffee from a thermos. The May issue is done ?C we??ve already worked hard on it. Salander did not need a thermometer to work that out.?? ??Check her out anyway.C. She watched his face. The technique was simple but not 100 per cent effective. to ask her about that ?? even if you??re not present??? ??That??s fine ?? you may ask her questions relating to the police hunt for Niedermann. According to the doctors.

Much more blood had obviously been shed in and around the trench. a number of practices would be revealed that were not always consistent with the dictates of the constitution.P.?? ??She sort of halfway believed the first email although she was quite surprised by it.W. No response. Do you know where you are??? ??Hospital. She did not understand what it was about.?? Ekstr?m said. Malin. Accordingly she had the right to involve herself in the investigation of Zalachenko??s murder. You??re a man who gets more than his fair share of action. series. ??It??s important that you understand this: in no way am I trying to influence how you might act or how you do your job. She sat up in bed and looked eagerly at the screen of her Palm. my briefcase was stolen. Our job is to watch over the security of our country. ??And how would that work??? asked the Minister of Justice. He did not need a master??s degree in psychology to know that she was not doing very well emotionally. So you remember what happened. She had twice texted her husband to tell him that she was still held up. The first hours of her workday had been taken up entirely with meetings. He knows what he??s doing. Don??t misunderstand me ?? I??ll tell the truth as I see it in what I publish.

There was a report today that she??s going to be the new editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten. He was one metre eighty-four tall and weighed sixty-eight kilos. the Bildt government had cut back the Soviet desk for financial reasons and had at the same time got themselves involved in the international mess in Bosnia and Serbia ?C as if Serbia could ever threaten Sweden. seventy-eight years old. Licence for two handguns. so far as they could tell.?? Gullberg said. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??m thinking that Edklinth would be a little bit disturbed if he saw us right now. That had not been part of the plan anyway. ??It??s not important.?? he said. At 2. Lisbeth knew that if she clicked on [OK ?C Try again] and tried a different password. This is one cold bastard. An industrious investigative journalist could get paranoid on less than this. So he had decided to play it safe.8 ?C too high. Even so. But that??s not why I called.?? ??Indeed. Hello. ??We have to get busy on this. At least Morander understood the necessity of the reductions.V.

??Then he has a four-hour head start. I want that bastard??s head on a platter.?? Ellis said. to put it in colloquial terms. Finally she turned off the computer and went out to find a caf?? where she could sit and think. That folder is your most important evidence. where all the documentation was being assembled. where he was required once more to provide precise directions to the spot. The Prime Minister gave him a sharp look. at that. In 1969. then Salander??s lawyer could instantly charge the Swedish government with violation of her constitutional rights. When we recruit somebody. I didn??t want it to.?? Sellberg said. she would call an emergency board meeting. ??You wanted to know if Ekstr?m had a meeting. The secret we both protected during my administration is now the subject of some very serious questions. ??The only option is cutbacks. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word.?? ??You??re right.?? ??Two??? ??And I??m not Erika. who lived three blocks down the same street. but stopped and held the door for me.

If such a word occurred. The son-of-a-bitch is probably out screwing around with some bimbo with big boobs. ??I jest. I??m hot with excitement and can??t control myself. Salander thought for a moment. ??Ouch. The former leader of the Centre Party looked old.?? Clinton gave him a feeble smile. He stopped short when he saw a woman with short. Plus.M. To the bathroom with you. they just slip into the shadows. Dr Peter Teleborian was mentioned to me. Only when that has happened can she begin to confront her legal problems. He realized the gravity of the situation. That bastard Zalachenko. Teleborian.C. ??We started with two.M. Call her. Once an intruder comes on to your property ?C and it takes only five seconds to turn off the road and arrive at the rear of the house ?C then the view is completely blocked. key.

?? ??So Bublanski is leading the investigation. For fifteen years he was protected. we??ll talk it through. of Milton Security. Which says that he took the lamp down.K.?? ??He succeeded in getting a policeman killed tonight. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery.?? ??I??m in the hall with a wardrobe and hat-rack on my right. It was expensive. You??re withholding information.?? ??No. the I. She had a memory of being surprised that he had run away and she did not know why.10 this morning. She was home by 7. And it was even more sensible of you to carry your client to the bathroom. Gullberg then made it crystal clear to Zalachenko that he must never have any more dealings with the Salander family. From the government. let??s not play games. The government has the power to adopt a wide range of measures in the event that breaches of the constitution are threatened. Only one thing is important right now. It was an almost shocking feeling when the hand-held suddenly showed that it had established a connection. Finally Holmberg pushed his coffee cup aside.

It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry. She opened them and dropped the brace to the floor.?? he said. For the security to work.?? Glum silence. and this feels exactly like the time you disappeared to Hedestad two years ago. At all other times either Berger or David were in the house until the theft was discovered.?? Edklinth said tentatively. This time of year every cabin owner is out checking their property.?? ??Have you got any idea at all??? ??Ekstr?m claims that Bj?rck??s report and the correspondence with Teleborian were falsified.?? Blomkvist waited. she said. As a prosecutor I would be uneasy about the lack of unassailable evidence. Salander sat on the edge of her bed. If the pinkos want to avoid a war with Denmark. ??What??s happened??? he said. It ended in a violent argument and a spectacular fight between the sisters.?? ??And what about his demand ??.R. The layout was not perfect. Then he stood and kissed her on the cheek. She felt a small twinge of fear. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. Accordingly she had the right to involve herself in the investigation of Zalachenko??s murder.

recently treated for depression. I??ve sent a team of externals to tail her. That??s what could kill her if you??re not careful. he watched as Torstensson and Ingemarsson drove off in their patrol car. He had terrible pain in his back. making her feel like a teenager being quizzed on her homework.?? Ekstr?m looked as if he had just swallowed something very sour. and that if he discussed it with his government colleagues then S?po would wash their hands of it. but he made a note of every deviation from the norm in his working day. The missing patrol car was found in Alings?s early this morning. I took it for granted that S?po knew what they were doing and had the appropriate routines and experience. I can??t give you the name. She vouchsafed that it was not absolutely certain whether she had the right to question him. but otherwise the room looked almost exactly as when he had left. The message consisted of a single line: Caf?? Madeleine. the human resources were available. I can tell you that I see no sign of mental illness. He also noticed another odd thing: there was no bibliography in any one of the books Cortez had found. But someone else has.?? ??That poor girl. But I can??t talk about this. Why did S?po always have to be such a nightmare to administer? ??The second part is: who is involved? And very specifically. but she had not even reflected on the fact at the time. But there??s someone I have to talk to tonight and it??ll take a while.

Anything else of interest on the table??? ??Books. I want to have sex with you and I??m going to reward you handsomely. She walked out of the front door just as the taxi drew up. There were two kinds of injury that he hated. past the parliament building. Yet it was not a particularly good place because any alert observer would see her in her car. The N. Unfortunately the trial is going to be held behind closed doors ??to protect your privacy??.C. One advantage of working at Constitutional Protection was that she had authority to access almost any police report in Sweden that might have any connection to racially or politically motivated crimes. Sorry. Does that make sense??? ??It does.?? ??Sounds like blackmail. in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular T. Shenke was rather short. Not for my brother or for Armansky. What you are doing is therefore an official public report. Figuerola pushed open her car door and ran towards Br?nnkyrkagatan. 2. a 52-year-old cousin of Lundin who lived in Puerto Ban??s. a 26-year-old temp on the culture pages. He turned on his mobile and saw that the battery was low.?? ??Alright.?? Blomkvist said.

No notes were taken at the meeting. Finally. you have to get on board with the program.. She could not put her finger on what was wrong. We know the name of the killer. Wadensj?? poured coffee.?? ??I don??t think???? ??It??s up to you. In any case. on G?tgatan. and went into the newly created Yahoo group [The_Knights]. She closed her eyes. ??So. And I??ll see to it that a guard is stationed outside her door round the clock.?? ??And Zalachenko is dead. in case there was a need for a go-between for the government secretariat and those who were protecting Zalachenko.?? Erlander said.Friday. Holger Palmgren. can only pursue recommendations forwarded to them by other departments. It was Friday. Its task. At 9.?? ??I understand.

Ekstr?m is the head of the preliminary investigation ???? ??But Bublanski??s leading it.5 steps. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said. thirty-nine. Gunnar Bj?rck felt an almost unquenchable panic when he heard the news about the shooting at Sahlgrenska hospital. is losing its readers. He had a very deep gash across his face and another just below one kneecap. he had a theoretical knowledge of electronics and computer science that allowed him to knock spots off any professor in the field. Hans Faste ?? do you think he might come back on duty? He sounds like the right man to investigate the allegations against Salander. We live in a democracy and naturally we cannot influence what is written in the press.?? Figuerola promised that she would. Having lived so long with a prosthesis he was used enough to crutches. whatever it may be. And I??m too tired to drive home. She was advised to contact her local station in the morning. She had no memory of seeing the folder that morning. hoping to find a personal topic he could discuss with her. They had taken it in turns to drive. There were whores.?? ??I don??t think so. ??The question now is how we should proceed. 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. but situations do crop up. At the age of seventy-nine.

It doesn??t matter how hard Annika works for you. have you ever wondered if the two of us aren??t completely nuts??? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s true for me. 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. he would have regained his strength.B Import. had landed in because of Salander and Niedermann. Zalachenko turned his head a little so that he could see Erlander. that he had broken off his trip as soon as he knew that one of his police officers had been murdered. ??So what did you do with him??? ??Benny??s taking care of him.?? ??Hell of a way to die. ??Indeed. He knocked on the door. he had decided that Millennium Publishing would publish Svensson??s text about sex trafficking. He happened to know Figuerola??s father and had followed her career over the years. There was blood on her palm. The hotel was centrally located and clean. the garage. Slip.M. he picked up the telephone to call Berger and update her. you look worried. Lottie??s going after him. Most of all she wanted to take him to a hole in the ground in Gosseberga and bury him.P.

but I??m not that sexy. He was given a part-time job managing a cleaning crew at Sahlgrenska hospital. with Gunnar Ingemarsson dead in Gosseberga.?? Blomkvist sat speechless for several seconds before he fully took in what his sister had said. ??Let me tell you one or two things about Dr Peter Teleborian. Two of the people living in the building have police records. Zalachenko??s case should have ended up in Counter-Espionage. but he had been told to go to the passport police and immediately to ask for political asylum. At first he was sceptical about the information that the excited young officer was telling him. I won??t. He takes divide-and-rule as his job description.I. ??I know what we??re supposed to be doing..C. That might cause a bit of turbulence. his email. I can??t promise that. I spy on them. and she limped into the kitchen and sank on to the nearest chair. Their assignment is to determine the truth behind the assertions we have discussed.?? ??Take us to a restaurant where we can get some decent food. Sorry. Pippi and the password is p9i2p7p7i.

wasn??t established until four months later. But above all. which arranged private dating parties for people who were into leather.?? ??What do we know about him??? ??I get mixed reactions when I ask. Then she looked at him.?? ??But someone else ?C your brother. But this applies only if she??s sentenced to prison. or to interviews with some old. ??Whole books will probably be written about this first part.?? Nystr?m took out a blue folder and opened it. That usually happened only when she had a visitor or was working intently on some problem. 2. which in this case is a bit of a handicap. Then she tried to reach Berger. The cost of all that work would be almost 50. It??ll be on J?rnv?gsgatan. ??Teleborian??? Jonasson could not help overhearing the name. if that had been possible. The result was a graph. Finally. They were dealing with at least three murders with the bodies found buried on the property. nobody can. She was not going to accept a situation like that. she could hardly notice any difference.

round man in his fifties with grey hair. and drag yourself over here with him. however. I??m going to stay on as a partner and will attend board meetings.?? ??As I understand it. ??Hardly. We have to know who they meet and who they talk to.?? ??Right.??s now not-so-secret mistress and pictures from a party in Hollywood in which he could be seen snorting cocaine. well. alone and invisible. or whether he was overheard making racist remarks at the time of the murder. you should set off the alarm.?? Modig said. ??He made a formal complaint against Salander. but this was no deviation from the daily routine. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word. Gunnar Bj?rck??s own report never suggested anything of the kind. She had gathered that Salander could be moody and withdrawn. At a stroke she eliminated all employees in distribution. The tape kept bacteria out and the blood in. when I was editor-in-chief at Millennium. ??This is a friendly invitation. opened the door to him.

I???? She interrupted him. Her life was her own business. The bleeding was so minor and located in an area that shouldn??t have affected anything else at all. on the dot. Her skin itched under the neck brace. Ronald Niedermann was without doubt a very talented person who had physical attributes to make him a formidable and feared individual. And then they had stumbled upon that bitch Salander ?C all alone. I can??t get a sensible answer from anyone. lifted weights. In due course the matter came to the attention of the Security Police. And now the murderer herself had been shot.?? Bublanski said. He looked up. They solved the immediate problem by giving Armansky??s people responsibility for bodyguard services. could you smuggle me in a hand-held computer so that I can keep in touch with people online??? ??No.?? ??Such as who??? ??The Minister of Justice. ??My name is???? ??Monica Figuerola. very angry.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians. You can decide nearer the time.T. Your career might be ruined.?? ??Hello.?? ??Why ??unfortunately????? He gave her a cheerful smile.

?? ??I find you incredibly attractive. ??I have to confer with Bublanski.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have.?? ??Well.?? Gullberg said. if she wants to work at S. I had no idea that he worked for S?po. ??And the story of why one of our colleagues was murdered because the government didn??t do its job fifteen years ago. I have consulted the head of the I. but I have to insist that you answer the question.K. and A(89)Cx#magnolia as the password. Dr Sivarnandan of the Ersta rehabilitation home had been less than enchanted at the idea of letting him out. Hans Wilhelm Francke. but he was a Kurd. He had kept working on the articles that were to go into the summer issue. Niedermann is a murderer who has no grain of conscience. The legendary double agent Colonel Stig Wennerstr?m. He recognized the need to move very carefully until he had enough information.?? ??You don??t have to apologize for the actions of some idiot. Putting a mobile telephone into an air vent inside a locked cleaning supplies room. He booked the room for two weeks.I. As she heard the key in the door she realized that the cloth bag and charger were still in view on the bedside table.

She worked until 4. ??I agree with Sonja. ??I won??t under any circumstances be interviewed. but your decisions are the ones that count. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. She said she??d read books on the subject before. ??That is all bullshit.?? ??Hmm. Giannini had supposed it must be some phase. ??I have to call for support. That investigation is presently allocated to S?dert?lje. staring at the chair Teleborian had been sitting in. has been to see me twice in the past few days.?? ??That sounds fishy. On the one hand. which was the reason for his going and why Berger was to start several months earlier than originally announced.. She said that she didn??t. I suppose??? ??You decide that for yourself. I assume we still have relevant media contacts. I went to the reception desk and showed my I. Her heart sank like a stone.?? Jonasson said when the call was finally answered. a spy.

Shit. whose??? ??That??s what I??m wondering. The day before.m. Eriksson??s office. 14. who knows? Maybe I??ll come back to Millennium before I retire. and he did not ask any questions. In the event. Lundin has been charged for the reasons I mentioned earlier. ??Twenty Questions??? What are you after??? Her voice sounded like sandpaper. and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich. written in self-defence by a severely criticized S?po chief who was eventually fired. but nothing from Poison Pen. that is. Did you talk??? ??No.P. ??The book states only that the Prime Minister met with the chief of S?po along with a colleague to discuss general questions. I can??t find Zalachenko in any public register. I followed up with her until she turned eighteen.?? ??Come on. thirty-nine. Now that he had crutches. It was a slow process.

??No bones broken??? he said.?? Bublanski said. Zalachenko is dead. But she had no reason to sympathize with Berger. Gullberg squeezed the trigger and put the bullet right in the centre of Zalachenko??s forehead just as the patient was starting to swing his prosthesis over the edge of the bed. He had not been known as a political activist. ??He was S. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone.?? ??I hear you.?? ??You were equally good. It??s not a wholly inaccurate description. I have a source who provides me with some info. about sixteen hours after he had finished the operation. as far as I can see. She logged out and went to the U. of course he is.?? ??Damn. You??re an errand boy. Vinge??s memoir as propaganda. It??s about using child labour and exploiting political prisoners in Vietnam. 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. of all places.??Friday. Do you know what he??s referring to??? The film of Bjurman raping me.

00 a. But among the notes Blomkvist found several cryptic sentences. She looked in the bathroom. She took her Palm and logged on to the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table] to check whether he had put up anything new in the past twenty-four hours. Exactly twenty seconds after Blomkvist left Caf?? Copacabana. ??You don??t think that her actions could have anything to do with the fact that you had beaten her mother so badly that she suffered permanent brain damage??? Zalachenko turned his head towards Modig. but I have to insist that you answer the question. Espionage in Sweden by Mikael Rosquist (Tempus. He was only sixty-eight. as you can appreciate. On the other hand. Right now. Run!?? Giannini watched as the two nurses took cover in the room next to Salander??s. It was 1. ??Not as far as we know. He had made coffee and he poured her some. Earlier in the day he had enquired about Lisbeth Salander??s condition. Her name is Annika Giannini. You must understand how improbably complicated this story has become. This involved recruiting new personnel and continual problems breaking them in. We have no witnesses to the murders. list everything that??s been said about her. They were dealing with at least three murders with the bodies found buried on the property. The pathologist was unable to supply the exact time of death.

But I don??t know the objective of the conspiracy. ??You played your cards very well. not vice versa??? ??Exactly. Stig Wennerstr?m flanked by two police officers on his way into Stockholm district court. The woman who crushed Wennerstr?m??s empire. That did not work either. Two important details are still needed: (1) First of all. We got the alarm roughly sixteen hours after they died. Cortez exhaled in relief. She thought of Holm. They had arranged for him to have the best rehabilitative care.?? he said. Through all these storms Berger had been the rock that nothing seemed capable of shifting. A locksmith with a criminal record who??s probably being paid to open your door. they agreed to meet at his place at 10. it was entirely possible that the emailer had been busy elsewhere too ?C that other people had got mail apparently from her that she did not know about. To her surprise she found the visits of Dr Jonasson pleasant.C.T.?? ??Yes.M. you control the operation. This is probably the first and only time in my professional career that I will reveal the contents of an unpublished story to a police officer. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that both Modig and Andersson were nodding thoughtfully.

?? ??I??ll get back to you. The dental surgery is about 150 metres from the spot where the patrol car was found. Jonas??? Sandberg glanced at Wadensj??. A stab wound to the lung or a crushing injury after a car crash were both particular and recognizable problems that could be dealt with.?? Blomkvist went on. ??Who??s going to take over the investigation of Salander??? ??I don??t know. ??And how long have you known about this??? ??Since today. Since she had access to Teleborian??s P. He chose the only clean shirt he had left in the brown briefcase and put on a brown-patterned tie. * Salander was happy.I. but instead of going out on to the street he turned left and went through the basement. Gunnar Bj?rck. I repeat.?? ??Are you hurt??? ??No. Salander was twelve years old and had tried to kill her father ?C it would have been very strange if that shocking event had not resulted in a psychiatric report. you just say ??No comment??. He had reddish-brown hair and was casually dressed in jeans. and which would therefore not be presented at the trial or make up part of the chain of evidence against her. with a petrol bomb. The easy part was done.?? ??Why didn??t the police give Bodin protection??? ??The letters naming Bodin were sent only last night and thus arrived at the same time as the murder was being committed. until after the summer. and we??re going to go through a period of adjustment.

Out of this somewhat esoteric bureaucratic debate. and the defective alarm from N. He hoped it had not penetrated her lung.?? Bj?rck felt suddenly resigned. I was going out with a guy this spring. Giannini had planned her visit to G?teborg as a brisk. ??South. He??s acting on orders from the government. What am I doing here? She felt exhausted. Edklinth was holding his breath. He listened to the news and heard a summary of what had been said at the press conference. ??Why haven??t we heard anything about this??? ??Blomkvist put it like this: there??s only one right time to publish a story. Was G?ran M?rtensson working on anything important. and what vehicles drop anyone off at that address. May I ask ?? who among you was Morander??s closest confidant??? A brief silence followed as the staff looked at each other. The medics remarked that this.?? ??Do you want to see it??? He looked surprised.U.?? ??Revelations that are largely lies and distortions. and he??s watching the ones who are watching him. Bj?rck had been accompanied at Zalachenko??s original reception by a lawyer. Figuerola had begun to think that maybe she ought to start looking for a steady partner and a more permanent living arrangement. He had seen him almost every day since he had been posted outside the room.?? she added.