he had sounded perfectly rational. Palme had accordingly been one of the first subjects that Gullberg discussed with him during the long debriefing.G.

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30. dates. He was. ??I think I have an argument that will persuade Zalachenko to keep his mouth shut. Blomkvist has put the pieces of this puzzle together all by himself; he??s way ahead of us on the police force.00.?? ??And you??re coming to me because you don??t trust the leadership of the Security Police??? ??No. Bj?rck was a mystery. But I??m beginning to suspect that this Zalachenko club is out of house. and a kidnapping. It was past 10. A total of twelve.?? Gullberg raised a hand to forestall Wadensj????s objections. It was always a matter of details. ??Well. then crossed Belgium by way of Liege. He gets calls on a mobile that we cannot monitor. The defection could only be known to a small group without risking that the information might leak back to the Russians and ?? How small a group? An operations department? An unknown operations department? If the affair had been appropriately handled. At any rate Holmberg thought so. she lost interest. part of the routine at S. I??ll be O. Plague decided to make an exceptional effort and washed the dishes. Berger??s decision was made.

And you can??t use any of that material at the trial. Then there??s the investigation at Nykvarn ?? three cold-case killings.?? Blomkvist??s heart began to pound. He was Kurdish. He had bought bread. He was given the assignment. Carefully she wrote the password MonkeyBusiness. and its purpose is to damage Salander before the trial. In short. but he did not answer. But what did they do with him? Somebody must have made the decision.?? She laughed. She began by crossing off all the women.?? ??But that doesn??t quite fit with our reconstruction of what happened. went to her seat. They were summoned to Edklinth??s office and told of their assignment as well as the need for absolute secrecy. But it can??t go to the prosecutor until just before the trial. We have no authority to travel to Holland to interview the ambassador. for the first time in a long time.P. You write well and you have an eye for detail.?? ??Agreed. One was from another member.D.

He explained that he had decided to go public with the information in the light of events that had occurred in G?teborg that day.?? Gullberg said slowly. There??s bleeding there.?? ??Alright.?? ??We didn??t agree on the angle in the article about the government??s tax proposal. & M. ??He??s lodging a complaint with the police against Salander ?C for G. That was why she was locked up. Within a few hours the Section had taken on tangible form. I do what I have to do to survive. G?tgatan was full of life at all hours of the day and night. ??I need a favour. She had gathered that Salander could be moody and withdrawn. Before I??m through with you.?? said Modig. Greger Beckman. He??s never referred to in any newspaper or trade journal. She dialled the number and explained where she was and why she had not come home.M. describes the Amazons of Libya.00 in the morning and reported Berger??s discovery that diaries. I earned it. Then he placed his hands gently around her neck and turned her head back and forth and to the sides a few times. I can??t break the law.

> Salander disconnected from Plague and accessed the server he had directed her to. ??No. She is mentally ill. Anyway ???? ??Yes??? ??She had no good reason to trust the police. ??Bellona Inc. The cost of all that work would be almost 50. Tell me what you see.?? ??Oh??? ??S. I need you to take command. When he had finished he made some observations. They went to the bar with Niedermann. that will put the matter in a rather different light.?? ??Nonsense. and handed one to Waltari.15. account pinged.?? All of a sudden Zalachenko looked uncertain. he did learn Russian and Polish. so to speak. Lisbeth Salander.??s administration. but it had a strong moral and emotional impact. He had played it safe. there??s been some reassessment of the case.

& E. ??No again.I. She found the letters that had been sent to the Minister of Justice and discovered that alongside the diatribe and the insulting personal attacks were also the words nigger-lover and traitor. The plane would take off from Arlanda at 2. born in 1969. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise.S.?? ??But the present situation has arisen because you have been subject to a direct threat from a specific individual. She was increasingly dependent on Fredriksson??s judgement in the light of her loss of confidence in Anders Holm. and above all that she is not subjected to new injustices. Arresting him would reveal the existence of the investigation. She had caught up with him just as he was leaving for home; she had suggested a conversation over a cup of coffee. and she has to live with that. He put these swiftly into a side pocket of his laptop case. ??Alright ?? go on.?? Flodin said. I??ve checked. As a result the agency??s effectiveness in large areas was paralysed.. but he could not claim to know the man well.S. Blomkvist was happy. If Niedermann were ever apprehended.

??Friday. The fact is I need you to write something on the Zalachenko story before you leave here. In three years. ??I know exactly who you are.M. He called the front desk to ask if he could get coffee and a sandwich at this early hour. of course. Keep your eyes peeled ?? So tell me. Salander fumbled with the clumsy stylus and wished she had a keyboard. and she got it at St Stefan??s.?? Cortez said. He normally keeps in a tool drawer underneath the draining board. They all shook hands. The P. But it??s a balancing act. The difference.?? she said. She explained that the county police chief was at the Europol conference in Madrid. weak at the knees. since experience from far too many countries has shown that a political police department could easily transform itself into the principal threat to democracy. and I saw to it that Bjurman became her new guardian.?? Nystr?m said. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word.I.

P. When he was dropped off.M.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face. The activity may for all I know be legitimate and sanctioned by the government. He seemed to have difficulty breathing; he kept one hand on Gullberg??s shoulder. It corresponds to about fifty pages of book text. Then gingerly he closed the door. that he wandered in the corridors at night. and when the man known as Trinity found himself on Sunday in the middle of the ?resundsbron. But the army did leave its imprint on the region.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. If a colonel on the defence staff could work for the Russians ?C he was also the government??s adviser on matters involving nuclear weapons and security policy ?C it followed that the Russians might have an equally senior agent within the Security Police. Agneta Sofia Salander would necessarily disappear into an institution for long-term care. Figuerola nodded and thought for a few seconds. We??ll try to isolate them in a lengthy investigation. Accordingly. I??m a journalist and I work at Millennium magazine. Someone. The following is important: (1) Before Zalachenko was shot he denied everything and claimed that it could only have been Niedermann who shot and buried you. and into Gamla Stan. ??Careful. checking one face after another. Malm was the other current part-owner.

We??ve been wondering what that was about. which she had hardly even thought about for fifteen years. a 52-year-old cousin of Lundin who lived in Puerto Ban??s. a feeling that had grown stronger with every visit he made since his retirement.?? ??Aha. in the ??60s. You should come along. Surely? Edklinth felt cold shivers of apprehension. He had first come as an exchange researcher in the late ??70s and stayed for two years. ??I??m going home. Unfortunately there was not much he could help with. and I??m beginning to expect that we??ll find her fingerprints on the cigarette case.??s G?ransson. 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. while you and the shareholders will be exempt.?? ??What should we do??? Jervas thought for a moment. He was embarrassed to be discussing flaws in their organization in front of the visitors from Stockholm. Could you possibly write it??? Magnusson hesitated a moment but then said. ??Maybe they??re out.30 he was checking into a small hotel about fifteen minutes?? walk from the Hague??s Centraal Station. grey-haired man in a hound??s-tooth jacket walk into the corridor. The P. but ???? ??You think it??s excessive. That is.

As far as Millennium is concerned. and he had heedlessly told her his real name ?C Zalachenko. I wanted to tell you so many weeks ago. But he??s greedy. Assistant County Police Chief Carina Sp?ngberg tapped her pen against her glass of water and asked for quiet. He had. He had a limp. ??First-class research. ??The Zalachenko club spies on me.?? ??Aha what??? ??Nothing. If Borgsj? took that tack he would be exposed as a liar.?? ??And Bublanski knows nothing about this??? ??No. I assume you??ve read about Lisbeth in the newspapers. because he thought Palme was working for the K. but it??s almost unusable.P. off balance. stood a dark-haired woman with a digital camera filming M?rtensson and his companion. He had no difficulty with the work.D.?? Trinity said.?? Wadensj?? said. Just then he was sober. rattling off the number.

Svensk Handel had brought in a man from Thailand who was selling toilets for 500 kronor apiece. Finally. ??Bubble and I have known each other for many years. and now Millennium??s laboriously reconstructed stability was suddenly hanging once again in the balance. codes that she glanced at.?? Annika Giannini. in my view.?? ??That??s what I thought. He wrote a carefully worded and noncommittal comment on her chart: Radiological examination gives a basis for definitive conclusions but the condition of the patient has deteriorated steadily during the day. took a deep breath.Q. considering all the revelations that have already come out about her. He was talented. We have Karl Axel Bodin??s own testimony from the officers who interviewed him. Who is he??? ??We have photographs. 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. I have to explain why they??re wrong. If it??s a matter of a forensic psychiatric report. She??s innocent. a little sense of responsibility would not hurt. But count on two weeks before we can start you on some sort of physical therapy. Otherwise. she did not intend to back out.B.

But then she got restless and put on her running kit. And third. I can??t release her.?? Inspector Bublanski listened to Prosecutor Ekstr?m without expression. ??You still haven??t got it.I.?? ??Toilets. Von Rottinger died five years ago.?? ??As I understand it. The hopes for a breakthrough. and he had to stop after each step to deal with the pain.?? ??Could I read the original??? ??Certainly you can. She looked at the text for a minute and pursed her lips.A. ??I know.?? She laughed. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. Then she made some coffee and called Armansky. We??ll take care of Giannini??s and the Millennium office telephones today. and the car was empty. I was the victim of attempted murder myself last night. What makes you think the shareholders would agree to that??? ??I??m proposing a zero-profit operating budget this year.I. Wadensj?? has a young kid.

Then Gullberg??s expression darkened.?? ??He??s so upset that he??s complained to the board. which was understandable enough from the point of view of a budget chief and a C. Things might be a bit rocky at first.?? ??Police officer??? ??She graduated from the police academy and worked for six years on the S?dermalm crime team. Two of the people living in the building have police records. finally. ??I??m just dead tired. now knew about the existence of the Section. it??s the truth. He??s been working here for four years and is in charge of operations.?? Blomkvist said. But they were in there for forty-nine minutes. and there were incidents of violence and trouble with bouncers and others. way beyond their budget. and from there she would create a new identity somewhere in the world. but the doctors don??t give him more than a few weeks. 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.U. Salander logged off by writing a brief message: Everyone sent her hugs and kisses and admonished her to keep the hole in her head warm.?? ??What will this mean for the case against Salander??? ??For the moment. chatted a while. to see how her pupils contracted and expanded. I don??t believe we??ll ever figure out precisely how the brain works.

at least.?? ??While I have it fresh in my mind. ??O. but the glass was her only reachable weapon. And then he had attempted suicide.P. had about 800. ??We need to talk to you. nothing yet.?? At 10.?? ??But F?lldin is alive and willing to talk about the matter. Therefore Niedermann was obliged to kill him.S. much of it dealt with Salander??s mental state. to quote you ?? I honestly don??t know how I should be managing this. M?rtensson carries a portable photocopier with him. three things will happen. whether I resign or not. I believe that Salander is as sane as you or I. thereby indicating her doubts about the wisdom of this style of conduct in the intensive care unit.?? ??Good man. He braced himself against the wall and limped over to the door. She smiled and took out her I. but he could not work out what it was.

Blomkvist has put the pieces of this puzzle together all by himself; he??s way ahead of us on the police force.?? ??Denmark??? ??Correct. Blomkvist was irresponsible and kept vanishing on another of his mysterious trips. regularly. I won??t forget it. I??m going to kiss every inch of your naked skin. After Queen Myrina finally fell in battle. He might be a genius at finessing the budget. two sons. drove to Rosenbad to inform the incoming Prime Minister. it??s his knife. But instead of the usual assignment at sea that he had anticipated.?? ??I won??t comment on that.M. She was grown-up now. who took pity on him and vouchsafed that.?? ??But who would be interested in creating such a thing??? Nystr?m put down the report and frowned. a hand-picked state secretary.?? He paused to let what he had said sink in. went back into her office and closed the door. Figuerola suddenly had the feeling that she was a policewoman.K. He recognized the need to move very carefully until he had enough information. but she was pleased with herself.

She did not see M?rtensson??s car. In Gullberg??s day the Section had a small operations unit consisting of four people under the command of the shrewd Hans von Rottinger. I got a call from S. ??Technically speaking. and I would like to be included at an early stage. We??re looking at the blueprints for all the relevant offices and apartments. that is. and the press would have uncovered the Salander affair several years earlier. It was parked on a side street 350 metres from the railway station. when the district court released her back into society. ??If all this about Gunnar Bj?rck is true and it comes out.?? ??No. ??I don??t know. ??Nieminen refuses to say anything about what happened. But a piece of lead inside her brain was a trauma of a wholly different magnitude. He??s the fixer.?? ??Does he have any connection to Lisbeth Salander??? ??No. For the life of him Gullberg could never imagine why his former boss P. we won??t be able to draw any conclusions. He had walked for only about ten minutes before he found a caf?? that served many unfamiliar types of coffee.?? Edklinth nodded. and shook hands with his client. He was one of the founders of Hacker Republic. She made her way cautiously through the house and switched on the coffeemaker.

She sat for a long time thinking about the day??s events. ??Hello. Do you remember me??? She shook her head. This time of year every cabin owner is out checking their property. Lundin was formally charged in connection with Nykvarn. She knew that he was only two doors away. that??s what I need to know. We do it out at the Naval School. Or rather ?? the differences that exist might be of a legal nature. I don??t think so. and whether the robbery could be defined as a racist crime. and almost at once fell asleep. ??I just wanted to say that I??m really very pleased with the way you took control today. all of these crimes came under county police jurisdiction.?? Modig said in apology. V. There was a lot of mysterious traffic around Blomkvist??s address that morning. He knows he??s being watched. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. They were chiefly concerned with the anarchists and the neo-Nazis: the anarchists because they persisted in practising civil disobedience; the neo-Nazis because they were Nazis and so by definition the enemies of democracy. ??And how would you rate her mental state??? ??Withdrawn. He was arrested with Lundin at Stallarholmen. That??s what has to stop. Salander leaned back against the pillow and followed the conversation with a smile.

She undressed and crept into bed. Jonasson picked up the telephone. we need to have clear documentation of all the measures we have taken. but strangely enough (despite your personality). There??s just one problem.?? ??It sounds as if there are revolving doors into the place.?? ??Who answered if you called the number??? ??I don??t know.D.?? ??Good grief. I don??t know exactly what happened here tonight. ??I heard that you hurt yourself. The procedure was excruciatingly slow. It was clear to Gullberg that the Section for Special Analysis could become a politically sensitive unit and the job description was expressly vague. The board approved every measure I proposed. I don??t think so. She had intended to go straight back to S. even when the Prime Minister appointed a special investigator who. but I think we??ll put that idea on the back burner for now.S.?? ??Hello. But first he had to get a grip on the chaos that Svavelsj? M. I take it??? ??That??s right. ??I don??t know.?? ??Why do you think he called you??? ??I interviewed him a couple of times during the hunt for Salander.

But I need to have a few words with him.?? ??He has to be tough to handle the job. No. He took a pinch of snuff. M?rtensson??s apartment was on the top floor of a three-storey building in the suburbs. a small group of dormant Cold-Warmongers who hide out in some dark corridor at S?po. Before his release.?? ??I??m sorry. Blomkvist told him to position himself where he could photograph whoever got into the car. that Bjurman had been Salander??s guardian; on the other hand he could not see why the old Zalachenko story should surface. If a group from the military or police starts pursuing an independent foreign policy. We won??t see you for three months while you hop from one T. I??m happy to listen.?? ??Holm has devoted his life to S. Figuerola then called the assistant head of the personnel department.B. The price per square metre keeps going up.M. But what did they do with him? Somebody must have made the decision. She stood for a long time breathing in the mild May air. and I can do that only if I have a management that functions and colleagues who enjoy their work. ??Will do. ??The outline story is pretty much correct. ??No.

But it feels wrong. came out to look at the damage. You were shot in the head. Just then Karim called and told them that Teleborian had gone up on to Klarabergsgatan via the escalators in Central Station and from there to police headquarters on Kungsholmen. Erlander cleared his throat. ??What were you told about that group??? ??Nothing. Which was not very likely.?? ??I??m not trying to evade your question. He had discovered stacks of pages from Black/White??s first issue along with an oddly subdued Baksi in one of the copy rooms. right away. ??He knew that the whole Zalachenko affair was in danger of being exposed and that he risked a prison sentence for sex-trade crimes. she would simply have to plan her escape from St Stefan??s or whichever other nuthouse. You??re going to land in a shitload of trouble at S. Inspector Erlander returned. They cuddled for a while and then both fell asleep in seconds. a rough dildo. The only thing he seemed capable of grasping was that the badly damaged girl being cared for by the medics on the floor next to the kitchen bench was the triple murderer Lisbeth Salander. And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in. it??s not certain that anyone would believe him. There was blood on her palm. You took a break. Landskrona. Eriksson and Blomkvist looked up from the typescript of the book about the Zalachenko case. the seat of the County Criminal Police in Western G?taland.

for God??s sake.?? Holmberg said. As always. She then proceeded to the Yahoo group [The_Knights] and checked whether Plague had added anything. and I would like to be included at an early stage. The Wennerstr?m affair of the ??60s. ??Blomkvist ?? we have to be able to trust each other. She had fourteen stitches in her face and would need two new front teeth. when the trial starts. It was 7. and an entirely new investigation has been set up for the purpose. She almost missed the terse message: Saturday. I don??t want to say what it entails right now. No luck. Daniel.?? ??You have my word. She had heard the man explain to a nurse right outside her door that he had to see Herr Karl Axel Bodin on an urgent matter. It was just some demented pensioner who fired the shots. that is.?? ??I miss you too. when. It was pure chance that he had noticed it at all. ??What have we got? Sonja??? She smiled weakly. At 4.

since 1970. Did you hear what happened at Sahlgrenska??? ??You could say so. They were in Armansky??s office on Monday morning. Since then not much has happened. The prosecutor has also pushed through a prohibition of disclosure for her lawyer. He had achieved something that astonished his colleagues and made the rest of the medical staff proud to work with him; he had vowed that no patient would die on his shift. L?derman. If I thought that.G. She went downstairs to put on some coffee and for the first time since she had started at S. but they were utterly expressionless as she looked at Jonasson. pushed it open and exclaimed.?? At 10.?? Modig pushed an envelope across the table.30. But when it comes to policy he??s going to have to toe the line. ??When you have to go to the toilet. If the situation had been reversed ?C if S. but he??s usable.I.00 p.?? ??What I mean is that you should go on with your life and not feel as though you need to entertain me. That was not a good sign. he would not be a great support in this other business.

He had no knowledge of the circles Niedermann moved in. who??s in the neighbouring rooms. The meeting had lasted forty minutes. In this photograph he was still with the Secret State Police. So they faked a diagnosis to make sure that Lisbeth was committed. At the clubhouse. Otherwise there??s one very large room. She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team. Stig Wennerstr?m flanked by two police officers on his way into Stockholm district court. department store. The one she knew best was Plague ?C he had introduced her to the family. Ghidi opened the door. Salander was unlawfully committed in 1991 and Ekstr?m knows it. It was as if everything outside the Section were sacred.?? They walked together through Kronoberg park towards Fridhemsplan. it means that a group of officers within S. But that doesn??t mean he has to behave like an idiot. and password. ??It would be a national catastrophe if the whole truth about Zalachenko were to leak out.?? she said. was dissolved. but I anticipate we??ll have grounds for charging him with the three murders here in Stockholm. Let me explain why I gave orders that everything to do with Salander has to cross my desk. He told me to follow up on it.

?? Blomkvist laid Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 hand-held computer and a battery charger on the table between them. Every time she declined in a friendly but firm way.?? ??Very good. eleven days after the meeting with the Prime Minister. I thought you were taking today off. S. and I??m afraid she??s going to get the same medicine when the trial begins. Zalachenko. ??As far as I??m concerned. We??re not going to lift a finger to help you this time. She left a putter in the hall and an 8-iron in the kitchen. She stretched and went on a 45-minute run out past R?lambshov hospital and around Fredh?ll and back via Smedsudden. ??Am I going to get mixed up in something I ought to know about??? ??You??re not going to get involved. Blomkvist supposed that she had not planned to come back. Lisbeth started digging into her past. was freelancing at Millennium. defeating a number of male armies along the way. but it would be done without her being consulted. ??Can I buy you breakfast??? ??Can one get pancakes and jam anywhere round here??? ??Waffles. Fredrik Clinton. ??Oops. And at the same time.?? ??What could be more urgent than attempted murder??? ??Right now we need information from you about three murders in Stockholm. but the dramatic events at Sahlgrenska had meant that she still had not had a real conversation with Salander.

??How many times did you meet him??? ??He was at every meeting except one. And there??s a connection to Niedermann there too. We can assume they??re fairly tight-knit. Blomkvist. SixOfOne wrote. I would use the thinnest forceps you have. I??m beginning to think that I made a colossal mistake taking on the job.?? ??Micke. So I want to know what you think of him.P. stuffed into a laundry room. She felt sick. She heaved a sigh of relief when Berger closed her bedroom door. I was told that Ruben ?? your Zalachenko. which he had read four times. G?ransson. ??I don??t know what the restaurants are like in S?der.?? ??Such as who??? ??The Minister of Justice. but he wasn??t. but Cortez had solid evidence. Then Figuerola called the assistant chief of Counter-Espionage. Until now he had sounded perfectly rational. Palme had accordingly been one of the first subjects that Gullberg discussed with him during the long debriefing.G.