girlfriend.?? Berger said. But he had retrained himself to be a locksmith (of all professions).I.

Is that accurate??? ??Yes
Is that accurate??? ??Yes. Infernal bastard piss rats. He closed his iBook. but my boss. These doors are so thin that the bullets would have gone clean through them if he had fired. Are you O. She could not imagine how he could finish in time. took out the stylus and began to tap on the letters on the digital keypad. Then a crooked grin spread across her face. and I come into the picture before a crime is committed. I have to think about this.?? ??I??m on her side. She forced herself to relax. then G?ransson??s car would have been parked at one of the ports. Having my afternoon beer.K. which he at once identified as belonging to the Security Police. She thought for a moment. They sat in the car and waited.?? Blomkvist said again. Nurse Nicander came back with the number of the Radisson. We depend for that on freelancers and the material from the T. He did not want to do it at the hotel where he had been staying. Besides.

They stopped at the same place in Kronoberg park as the day before. Gullberg saw a red flower-shaped splatter on the wall behind the bedhead. ??Why not give it to her lawyer??? ??Because Lisbeth is the only one who knows how to get at the evidence. ??Svensson.?? ??I didn??t know that. There might have been some risk that the sound of the breaking window would be heard and someone might have reacted ?? but your house sits at an angle and the sound was deflected by the facade. but she knew he had broken completely with people who had previously been close friends because they had done something that he regarded as beyond the pale. Sometimes she thought that there was nothing going on in there at all. He studied Gullberg. He was wearing blue jeans. Vinge??s memoirs. It??s like this. ??I hope all??s well with your father. Anita Kaspersson. M?rtensson??s apartment was on the top floor of a three-storey building in the suburbs. We haven??t seen each other in ages.T. but that Zalachenko might have any connection to the affair had not dawned on him.?? ??Who in the police has read the report??? ??There were two copies which were read by Bublanski. As soon as she was a little way down the hill. I hope you know what you??re doing. Only when that has happened can she begin to confront her legal problems. That was where he had stayed on previous visits. consultant at the Trades Union Federation ?C his only venture into the I.

27. Her head was wrapped in bandages. Which could explain the low price. Then there??s the investigation at Nykvarn ?? three cold-case killings. unusually early. Within reason.?? Cortez said. and no questions should be asked.?? ??And so am I. but for security reasons almost the whole team was moved out of police headquarters to an eleven-room apartment in ?stermalm that had been discreetly remodelled into a fortified office. almost two weeks after Blomkvist had given her Cortez??s research papers on Borgsj?. ??One flight up. This was correct procedure. The telephone tapping was a more difficult task than the computer monitoring. The problem is the ones who won??t let them do their jobs. ??He recognized me and knew my name. and I??ve also been made a mentor for a couple of interns. And before you read it. 2. And now the murderer herself had been shot.?? Bublanski replied curtly. none of this looks like much fun. He had mentioned her in an email. ??O.

The majority were of girls. At the last moment she changed her mind.?? ??I see. to drive over to the Nossebro road. Nieminen grimaced. She had given him an especially long kiss that morning because he was flying to Paris to deliver some lectures and would not be back until the weekend. he did go to the reception desk.?? ??I??ve been running. It was just before 4.?? ??But you??re still withholding key material. A nurses?? table stood right next to her.?? ??But those journals contain mostly scholarly papers and pure research. Two had a background in the Fraud Division. ??And you have seen her only for a short period when she has been forced to be passive because of her injuries.N. He frowned as he stared out of the window. I??m a survivor. and there is no satisfactory forensic evidence. bad cop. and acting very quickly and efficiently. itself be implemented? The Wennerstr?m debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police.?? Nurse Agneta frowned. but she still worked out obsessively at the gym five nights a week. You remember when Mikael was up in Hedestad sulking for almost a whole bloody year.

??O. The pathologist was unable to supply the exact time of death. It was. They had found the pencil. She could give a good description of the woman. the reporter. called Jonas Sandberg. We have no authority to travel to Holland to interview the ambassador. ??Maybe you??re just bothered by seeing a girl with muscles.?? ??Which means that my problem is definitely the government??s problem. Zalachenko would give his word. He opened a new Word document.?? ??And since she went into your building I assume that Milton has put in some sort of hidden surveillance of your flat.?? ??Quite right. ??What do you intend to do??? ??I was hoping you would tell me.?? she said.?? ??Who should I say is here??? ??An old colleague. The face was grotesquely swollen. he had gone back in time and described Zalachenko??s arrival in Sweden. Even though it did not offer any answers to his immediate questions.?? ??O. we??re going to lose the case. but ???? ??Not a problem.?? ??The government does not cover up criminal activity.

still wet behind the ears. Fr?ken Salander.?? ??If Zalachenko were to talk. ??O. But he was bothered by the fact that they had to dress like that in the middle of Stockholm. Which. Malm wanted to know what had happened in Gosseberga. If things did not go right for her there was a risk that she would spend many more birthdays in some form of confinement. and we??re in the middle of an investigation in which I??m involved ???? ??You mean it was unprofessional of me. Then a crime would have been committed and led to a prosecution. But Nurse Agneta had noticed that Dr Jonasson had spent time with the patient who was under arrest and otherwise seemed withdrawn from the world. She watched the woman as she stood in the queue at the kiosk. The first patrol car with Torstensson and Ingemarsson from the station in Trollh?ttan arrived a few minutes after the helicopter landed. except???? ??Except what??? ??Except for one or two surprising details. I think the dyke needs some cock.?? ??Very good. For a moment he considered turning to the regular police.?? ??He has to be tough to handle the job. ??Get back into bed at once. ??Yes??? ??It??s just that when we talked to Teleborian.?? ??Thank you. we will. stark raving mad. Two of the people living in the building have police records.

She clicked on the bubble and wrote Wasp. ??I??d like permission to go through the personnel files from the ??50s. ??This is an untraceable hotmail address. and examined her to check on her progress. Bublanski had called the meeting on Sunday because he knew that preliminary investigation leader Richard Ekstr?m was busy elsewhere. ??But it doesn??t add up. and put on long black trousers.?? ??The chief of Secretariat is the only person who could make this sort of arrangement. Besides. I??m not going to haggle with you.I. a summer cabin or???? ??I don??t think it would be a summer cabin.?? Blomkvist looked at Malm intently. Which indeed you quite often did. And then he was taken ill again in August last year. and the purpose of the trial is to get me committed to a secure psychiatric ward. ??Do we kill the article??? Blomkvist looked Cortez straight in the eye. ??He??s well versed in Swedish law and police procedure.?? Blomkvist looked at Malm intently. they are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible.?? Wadensj?? sounded doubtful. Gullberg thought. You know you have to call and tell me if you??re not coming home. ??That??s possible.

rigid drill sergeant type. not the remotest idea of the background you??ve described. nor did he have the feeling that he was being watched or followed. But Salander was gone from her I. but if this pans out we??ll have a fantastic article for the June issue. But the living-room window was so big that they did not have the glass in stock. Blomkvist thought.?? ??And he was the person with primary responsibility for Zalachenko when he defected. In other words. I don??t really know. Magnusson had put together a four-column article about Morander??s life and career. 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.?? Clinton gave him a feeble smile. I??m into my third day with hardly any sleep. Holm.?? ??I??ve been running. the supplementary information that the prosecutor considered irrelevant to the preliminary investigation. He??s the fixer.?? ??He says he??s never been to the Nykvarn warehouse and that he just happened to be out with Lundin on a motorcycle ride. I check out every car that catches my attention. which meant that some operator would go in manually and listen to the conversation to decide whether it was of interest or not. V. now knew about the existence of the Section. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist.

??You were reading a book about it on my staircase.?? ??O. Right now I just feel like shit. if I understood correctly ?C is to clean corridor 11C.S.?? Clinton waited. All except Figuerola shook their heads.?? Blomkvist explained how F?lldin had reacted to the information about Zalachenko and how he had travelled to the Hague to interview Janeryd. playing badminton.?? ??Thailand. I don??t want to say what it entails right now.?? ??Good. Blomkvist got out his anonymous mobile and called Daniel Olsson. She immediately pinged Blomkvist??s I. She turned the computer off at once and shoved it under her pillow. reading paragraphs here and there. We??re the ones who will decide what we can tell you.?? ??I know. ??That was the crucial part of the evidence. How should I deal with it??? ??I don??t have the energy to think that through right now.?? Assistant Editor Fredriksson looked to be in a bad mood as he knocked on the door of Berger??s glass cage at 2.?? ??Could we talk to the prosecutor??? ??No. Trinity was an ardent fan of the E. but that was exactly why you hired me.

On several occasions when he had knocked on the door to relay some news. which Blomkvist studied.I. We put out the paper. ??To your right.00??? ??That??ll be fine.?? ??Indeed. She took a sip of coffee and had just opened her mouth to take a bite of toast when she heard the headlines.?? Eriksson did not answer the telephone. The plane landed at Schiphol airport at 4. which means the transmitter substance in his nerve synapses doesn??t function. That would require us to believe that Salander is innocent. to an apartment with the name Martinsson on the door. It was 9. or the board should find a way to take an aggressive stance. From the moment I sat down in that glass cage. Slowly she put down her coffee cup.?? Salander felt an icy chill run down her spine. ??One more thing. There is a nationwide A. But let??s not lose hope altogether. How the hell did they think I would?? Then she looked in the cloth bag and found at the bottom a scrap of folded paper. ??Teleborian has a link to a person I know only as Jonas.?? A ripple of groans greeted this response.

Erlander did not like the situation. Leaving the restaurant she had stuffed it into her pocket instead of putting it back in her briefcase. Then he logged on to the media archive and picked out several of the articles on which Olsson??s report was based. chatted a while. and the consequences are there for all to see today. The buyers cheerfully pay what they are told it costs. HOW DOES YOUR FOOT FEEL? She raised her eyes involuntarily and looked out across the newsroom. They were drinking coffee in the pavement area of a caf?? on Norr M?larstrand. Was it you who put duct tape on her wounds??? ??Yes.??s department of Counter-Espionage in a quite different case. but it was mild and it was distant. suffering from cancer. He did his military service in the ??40s and became an accountant or some such. was involved in Zalachenko??s murder. pain shot like a knife through his back. She had?? He could not remember a thing when he came to.?? Endrin hesitated for a moment. Then she turned directly to the head of the Violent Crimes Division. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report. Zalachenko had gone and fucked that stupid whore Agneta Sofia Salander. and attempted murder. She decided that she did not feel like seeing anyone that evening.?? ??I??ll give the go-ahead tomorrow. and hurried off towards the editorial offices on G?tgatan.

Part of it is probably that she??s very impressed by you and likes you a lot ?? as a boss. which was available in the Republic??s archive for its citizens. He had a gun in his hand. Late on the evening of the fifth day. but after going back and forth about this. We will be holding an annual dinner at which we??ll have fun talking crap about you. which means the transmitter substance in his nerve synapses doesn??t function. ??Her behaviour was exemplary. and we have extensive forensic evidence against her.?? ??This is a bit difficult to digest. And I understood from Holger Palmgren that you had some information. between 37 and 37. Have you got any more surprises up your sleeve??? ??Yes. Edklinth had told her: no rings in the water. They do their best to ignore anything they hear about us.?? ??Sure. It was too early to go to bed. She took a chance and hurried to the corner of Sveav?gen. She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and pulled the electrodes off her arms and chest.M.?? ??I did not say there was no rush.R. We??re already out on ice so thin that we??ll need paddles rather than ice picks. He lowered his gaze and pretended that he had not been looking at her.

my mother knew the von Rottinger family.?? ??Hello. And a murderer who called himself Ronald Niedermann. checking one face after another. and the price that the work of a newspaperman can sometimes exact. Second. and Edklinth was Figuerola??s boss. pointing out that Niedermann was not a man who could be arrested and handcuffed just like that: he was a maniacal killer. I heard her lecture once. and not some celebrity chasing headlines. Don??t misunderstand me.?? Berger said with a smile. She bought herself a coffee and sat at the opposite end of the caf?? and opened her Dagens Nyheter.?? ??Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. His other two reports had involved less significant evaluations: one was of an employee inside S. ??That blond monster you and Magge hang out with. He was almost paralysed as he felt himself being lifted on to the stool. But to be honest. but no idea how to find him. Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed. I??m convinced that he??s involved. Suspicious of everything around him.?? ??And what the fuck would that be? We??re the ones who took the job for the sake of the club. department store.

How? She walked all the way round. It had been sent just before 3. M?rtensson left home at 7. or whether she was off her rocker or why the police kept her locked up. ??Should I call her??? ??No. You extended his contract and gave him a feature assignment. but he??ll try to get out of the country as soon as he can.30 that afternoon. She looked in the bathroom.?? ??I??ve taken care of her since she was twelve.D.?? she said. In the trial. but she was definitely not normal. ??Give us a written order and the authority we need. I just want to leave the flowers. and she felt no desire at all to engage with it. It almost seems to be an academic study of a patient who refuses to speak. It dawned on her that here he was calmly talking of the possibility of there being a threat to her life. and he in turn went to the Prime Minister.: Clinton in 1971 and von Rottinger in 1973. Your job description as a journalist is to question and scrutinize most critically. It corresponds to about fifty pages of book text.T.

That part of the story focused on the deaths of Svensson and Johansson ?C what they were working on. What matters to them is their own survival. she hit back and threw a Molotov cocktail at him as he sat in his car. the latest model would cost about one. During surgery the night before. and whether the robbery could be defined as a racist crime. It has to stay that way. She left out all the details that could be used against her. Bj?rck had hired Teleborian effectively to lock Salander up in a psychiatric hospital for children on the ?C false ?C pretext that she was mentally deranged. But of course things have become more complicated technically. Blomkvist printed out the 220 pages of the manuscript that were finished. and above all that she is not subjected to new injustices.?? ??She doesn??t know Niedermann at all. F?lldin could hardly still be an active farmer. I??m only interested in the Zalachenko club. But he could not work out this strange girl. Then he heard movement behind him and felt his knees buckle. The Security Police recently initiated an investigation of this man because he had written a number of apparently unstable letters to well-known politicians and the media. The criticism meant that the Section??s future was questioned. wasn??t established until four months later. I gather that there was a very considerable difference of opinion between Faste and Bublanski. That investigation is presently allocated to S?dert?lje. In real life. Either we ancients step in and do our bit.

Who took your place??? ??I don??t know. And I??m dead tired. Criminal Inspector Holmberg. And Blomkvist did not believe it. When they passed Ikea at Kungens Kurva in Sk?rholmen. She bent down and bit him on the ear. We??ll have a complete security plan ready in a few days which will include a personal attack alarm.D. Henry Cortez answered. I??ve read your file from S?po. but the preliminary investigation against Salander for the murder of your friends seems to have been shelved.R. But there??s something else I need to tell you. Even so. He could not see anything illegal about his task.?? Blomkvist said to remind them that he was there in the room. But that won??t work for the rest of us. ??Nothing??? Bublanski said. Then she picked up her mobile and called Blomkvist. for God??s sake. He walked across the street and through the front door of an 1890s building.?? ??In what way??? ??Faste appears to have become obsessed by one newspaper story about a lesbian Satanist gang. Bublanski explained why he was calling. Finally she shrugged.

S. That is how the media work. in accordance with his own paranoid delusions. Just tell us.?? he said. It has nothing to do with Mikael. a terrible pain shot up his leg. Some of the board members. We have been caught napping. Do you want me to take the bus??? Waltari sneaked a look at Nieminen sitting quiet as a mouse as they drove out to Svavelsj?. this Gunnar Bj?rck. ??Nothing today.00. She was the one who got in touch with us after Lisbeth??s unexpected visit.?? ??So you??re suggesting in all seriousness that the board should decide to abolish dividends and bonuses. but it was only a matter of time before the rain came. Her longest had been with a colleague in Uppsala ?C they had shared an apartment for two years.S. That report alleges that the Security Police and the psychiatrist Peter Teleborian co-operated to place Lisbeth Salander in psychiatric care. Jonasson sat in the visitor??s chair. This involved recruiting new personnel and continual problems breaking them in.?? he said and shook hands.?? and they all seemed to come from sources in the media.P.

They were tiny children savaged by dogs on Vasaplatsen. the signature of the Prime Minister meant that he had sanctioned the need for a unit that would be responsible for ??internal personnel control??.D. Why not??? She turned her back and pulled the hospital gown off her shoulder.?? ??But someone else ?C your brother. Prostitutes. took it into their hearts that parliamentary government had outlived its role and that parliament should be replaced by a dictatorship. Both Holger and I have accepted your plan and are co-operating with you. there??s a risk that a woman??s rights will be shockingly violated. She looked up towards the roof of Bellmansgatan 1. That is. He looked at the girl??s shaved and wounded head. of course not. ??On the train. Do you feel like an afternoon on the town??? ??Not particularly. Neither of them had noticed the man in the lobby who had been watching them as they stepped into the lift. He still had one or two secrets that he shared only with Salander.K.?? ??O. is Niedermann still hiding out somewhere in Sweden?; two. She was in a bad way. And thank God nobody yet knew that he was her brother. Sandberg looked at Zalachenko for a moment. which Blomkvist studied.

we??ve tried it. Edklinth did not believe in coincidence on such a grand scale.?? ??This conversation is over. I??d like to let you know that your friend Mikael Blomkvist has told us that a lawyer by the name of Annika Giannini is willing to represent you. but I assure you it??s in no way illegal. They were not pleasant thoughts.G. and how she felt in general. She immediately pinged Blomkvist??s I.?? Gullberg said.00 and no doubt I have an impressive blood alcohol content. Now we have burglaries. There??s a small kitchen alcove at the far end on the right. We have routines here at S. When she returned to her station. Her heart skipped a beat.?? ??But Blomkvist has already been warned ?? they stole Bj?rck??s report from there. so long as its objective was to safeguard the security of the nation.01. She was tall. the typesetter. He??s going to get away again. it??s not O. Zalachenko??s activities since then have nothing whatsoever to do with national security.

P.P. This happened because Bublanski had repeatedly tried to get hold of Bj?rck. And the press. Armansky??s first thought was that the man was paranoid.?? ??So what??s going to happen to him??? ??I arrested him for violation of the prostitution laws. The criticism meant that the Section??s future was questioned. Via the front door. As far as I can work out.?? ??I see ???? ??The problem is that a number of sentences were altered in a very subtle way. It was in fact Bj?rck who had proposed the solution. Waltari followed him. hoping to get rid of the daughter. Modig wondered how much she should say to a reporter. Blomkvist had set June 20 as his deadline for going to press. Inspector Thomas Paulsson had a shocked expression on his face. The murderer is just about alive and in surgery. Which was not very likely.?? ??Thailand. She struggled to her feet and put her hand to her forehead. who managed to spring her loose. He was Prime Minister at the time. ??First of all. ??You don??t like the Security Police.

light-blonde. ??Give us a written order and the authority we need. The most worrying aspect of all this was that the command of the Security Police had changed so much that not even the overall chief of S. ??No. Various assignments had been given to Cortez and Eriksson. But that??s not why you came. But someone with Niedermann??s distinctive appearance is not going to go unnoticed for long.?? Viktor G?ransson was the club??s treasurer and financial expert. It was highly unlikely that Evert Gullberg would ever be brought before a court.?? ??I need a guarantee of anonymity for both of us. four police officers and one prosecutor. That was good. Anything else did not make sense. Or. the footnotes often referred to articles in the evening newspapers. colon and bladder. During the first year the Section consisted of Gullberg and three hand-picked colleagues.S. but let??s assume. Where did he get the weapon??? ??Blomkvist won??t discuss it without his lawyer being there. Zalachenko stood in the doorway for two minutes without moving. It was in fact Bj?rck who had proposed the solution.30 this morning.?? ??Do you have any weaknesses??? ??I don??t read fiction.

He undressed. She stopped outside Ekstr?m??s closed door. that is. Magnusson was getting on in years and as advertising manager had nothing to do with the editorial side.?? She smiled and did not seem at all irritated by his questions. He took a pinch of snuff.K. You??re probably thinking of me as a guest you have to entertain.P. It was late afternoon by the time Figuerola was able to convey to Edklinth with some certainty the discovery that Clinton??s and von Rottinger??s careers after they left S.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. had climbed on to a stool. but it could have been longer. But the officers were warned not to tire him. And Inspector Erlander in G?teborg has been focusing his search in that direction from day one. ??But we have more urgent issues to talk about. We found the weapon. He and Malm had thought of a paperback edition. ??You know who I am ?C so you don??t have to be afraid of me. All manner of investigations loomed. You don??t have to be afraid. & E. the most her lawyer could do was to file a report with the Parliamentary Ombudsman. I understand Mikael??s plan.

??Here we are again. where she??s been isolated since April? She doesn??t want the police to know she has access to the Net. There was a confused atmosphere in the newsroom throughout the afternoon. almost all) agreed had an indispensable value. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. We have no idea what went wrong. so he was far from wide awake when he reached to answer it. but his sick leave was extended and now it??s a question of waiting for an operation.?? ??What sort of odd??? ??I??m afraid some idiot is sending really vile emails and he seems to have targeted me. He??s in bad shape. ??I mean I??ve glanced at it.30 in the afternoon. even if he happens to be her boss.5 hours when the house was empty. Everything points towards a suicide.?? Salander said breathlessly. That??s eleven rooms on two floors.?? ??I see. S.?? said Holmberg. And he could not have that conversation because she was under arrest and no visitors were allowed. He paid with a credit card and took a taxi to G?teborg Central Station. showered. not for the past two years.

?? Nystr?m leafed through his notes. Salander found the report. It beggars belief. As far as he knew.?? ??I see. Sorry. said. which meant that she was still more of a real police officer than a fully fledged desk warrior. By the early ??80s Zalachenko had calmed down and begun to adapt. has called in all copies until the matter is investigated. You??ve read Bj?rck??s report. The original shows that Peter Teleborian was assigned by the district court to do a forensic psychiatric examination of Lisbeth Salander. The revolver was a present he had received from British Intelligence twenty-five years earlier as a reward for an invaluable piece of information: the name of a clerical officer at M.?? Edklinth took off his glasses and polished them thoroughly with paper napkin. A prosecutor decided not to take the case any further. the assistant head of Secretariat and the head of Budget. He would never see them again. Do we have a description of the third man??? ??Even better.?? ??A woman??? ??Not just any woman. a pervert and a rapist. but Zalachenko was guilty of repeated assault against his girlfriend.?? Berger said. But he had retrained himself to be a locksmith (of all professions).I.