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.