surprise. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist.

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C.8 ?C too high. As he talked to Berger. At that moment. But she had never met him in person. ??Assault with a deadly weapon.?? Andersson said. Then she found the brick in the middle of the living-room floor. ??The killing of the police officer is the main thing right now. He had been tracking Salander. I??m a doctor. So that they might have children they were granted a leave of absence. I have no recollection of any of that. Berger cursed the whole time she was at the hospital. P.00.?? Janeryd nodded. Usually the Sheraton. Blomkvist did not say anything about the implications of what she told him. It turned out that one piece had broken off and was still in her heel.

but since I had already filed a report. Modig stood up. but riddled with suspicion.?? Just before noon there was a knock on the door and a uniformed officer delivered a document to Sp?ngberg.00.?? ??Lisbeth. Shit. I have to be able to construct a completely new media image of you. ??But it??ll cost you a bottle of Cragganmore the next time we go fishing. something he might not enjoy in any case. She chose a black blouse and put on a jacket.?? ??I see. and it was his job to see to it that it stayed intact. You??re sitting here in the dark looking glum.?? ??Then we could run it in the June issue??? ??No problem. Don??t think so. She looked for other options.00 and no doubt I have an impressive blood alcohol content. shut the door behind her. but the glass was her only reachable weapon.

I wish he had left a letter.S. I demand that you call Inspector Bublanski in Stockholm.?? he said in a gloomy voice.?? ??I wish I could. even when the Prime Minister appointed a special investigator who.I. He asked her to lean forward and placed the stethoscope on her back to listen to her lungs. I??m guessing that Blomkvist has a copy and that there??s one at the editorial offices. there was no crime.?? ??Good. The trail ends there for the moment. including an AK5.??s personnel has been reduced by 118. He assumed that it was not his real name; in his experience Swedish amateur spies had a real obsession with using false names even when it was not in the least bit necessary. Salander sat on the edge of her bed.30. He remembered him as thin with a narrow moustache.00 p. The other citizens online.

??My pleasure. These types of group did attract interest from the Constitutional Protection Unit.?? Modig said. ??it would solve a number of issues if we could get the former Prime Minister to give us a statement ?C at least we??d know where we stand in all this. If Salander was shot in Gosseberga. ??I just wanted to check on you. Blomkvist nodded. You know you have to call and tell me if you??re not coming home. ??I spent the whole afternoon going over Henry??s documentation. He was. I just need to know what??s happening with the charges against her. But the police do have the rucksack you had in Gosseberga. working under Otto Danielsson. cybersex with ??The Sexiest Lolitas on the Net?? for only $4. The document was stamped top secret and filed in the special protocol of S. Erlander glanced up at the lowering rain clouds. At this stage of life he did not think it mattered whether he decided to have one glass of whisky or two.?? Cortez scratched his ear. It also laid down that information about Zalachenko would not leave the Prime Minister??s office. He called the front desk to ask if he could get coffee and a sandwich at this early hour.

He looked through the crack in the doorway at Adamsson.?? ??Mikael ?? I don??t think you really appreciate what this involves. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls turn into Br?nnkyrkagatan. Erlander did not like the situation. What??s happened??? ??News. She had caught up with him just as he was leaving for home; she had suggested a conversation over a cup of coffee. Figuerola could see that the area surrounding Bellmansgatan I would be a nightmare to keep under surveillance. and confront Borgsj? and demand his resignation. fire security. but she worked so furiously on her projects that she was encouraged to go home when the day was done. ??I don??t want to get into it. no matter how highly placed the sources in the bureaucracy. She was too easily noticeable. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. and others.m.D. Can I buy you a cup of coffee??? ??Tell me what it??s about. sat down opposite Berger.?? Ellis had raven-black hair with a touch of grey.

10. The investigation is still under way. Dinner??? ??I don??t have time today. It must be some insult. Or else you could expound on what you think about the Section for Special Analysis. She flipped open her mobile and called his Ericsson. Bjurman commented on the fact that I had several tattoos and piercings. First of all. But regrettable as it was. It was the most horrendous thing I??ve ever experienced. They sat in the car and waited. and it has to be done immediately and cannot be mentioned outside this room. There were two kinds of injury that he hated.?? she said. Niedermann and Zalachenko. You??ve had an operation and you??re in the intensive care unit. I??ve checked. She was increasingly dependent on Fredriksson??s judgement in the light of her loss of confidence in Anders Holm.?? Sellberg said with a polite smile. Yes or no??? ??Do you really think you can get away with this? This paper comes out because I and the other cogs in the machinery work our backsides off.

He??s going to take pictures of the entire property and the immediate surroundings. Berger did not arrive in the newsroom until lunchtime. ??To your right.?? Edklinth thought about it. They didn??t find anything. Falun did not know exactly what interests Clinton represented. ??Who is the source of these claims??? Figuerola said when the story was ended.?? Inspector Erlander got up from his desk and went upstairs to tell the preliminary investigation leader. We just don??t have the editorial capacity for what we??re trying to do. ??Sorry. He looked up at her. But how? When? ??I??ve begun to get a handle on the situation. 16. You??re a man who gets more than his fair share of action. she had stabbed Zalachenko. did he arrest Mikael Blomkvist last night??? ??He wrote a report citing offensive behaviour. he did go to the reception desk. Blomkvist nodded. Things could not go on this way.?? ??O.

He sat there stunned. Its task. The Kaspersson woman kicked on the door of a house at 3.?? ??Please explain. ??So what happens now??? Blomkvist said. with thin reddish-blond hair.?? ??And??? ??I don??t like the man. the court will appoint a defence lawyer on your behalf. ??Information for information.?? ??I didn??t mean it that way. It??s on my desk. Dr Teleborian. a doorman. ??He?? could even be a woman. Figuerola noted the time. The hospital administration doesn??t want you here. I have to have you.000 a month to live in those crappy dumps in Hammarbyhamnen? Because the construction companies don??t give a damn about keeping prices down. that she had time to address the issue. Since R.

but he knew that he had one hell of a story. In the ??60s he became chief of some outfit called the Section for Special Analysis. turned to the Minister of Justice. Shenke was rather short. no-one could fail to notice her biceps and powerful shoulders.C. and in the end the price burden falls on the renters or the taxpayers. He pushed the thought away. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson.?? Fransson wondered whether she could somehow arrange to hand the entire business over to Prosecutor Ekstr?m in Stockholm. ??Where do we start??? he said. Not everyone can afford security. It was a straightforward matter to establish that Salander had lived with her mother and twin sister on Lundagatan in 1991 and spent the following two years at St Stefan??s children??s psychiatric clinic. Eriksson was Blomkvist??s principal assistant for the Salander book. not counting the attic and basement. He raised the pistol and fired at a picture hanging on the wall at the end of the corridor.?? Blomkvist could feel the blood rush to his head. ??They??ve been making toilets there for at least ten years. ??Get back into bed at once. It??s possible that Zalachenko really was a Russian spy who defected and was granted political asylum.

had not known anything either. It??s classified material and the P. Holmberg nodded. we need to have clear documentation of all the measures we have taken. It was a more complex problem to identify a specific mobile telephone.?? ??The house is a monster. Under Berger??s leadership the magazine had always been a collective. He stood for a long time looking at his face in the mirror before he turned off the light and went to get dressed. The man in the blue overalls and the woman with the camera were unknown entities. or preventing individual citizens from exercising their constitutionally protected rights and liberties. And your entire investigation has to be carried out without a single person other than me knowing anything at all about it. She realized that once again she was confined to an institutional bed.?? ??Then that??s how it??ll have to be. And I may not be looking for a steady girlfriend. Since R. In the United States you can cross-examine members of the government in a normal court of law. ??Will do. one of which was a relatively complicated and widely reported safecracking heist at a department store in V?ster?s. He??s the fixer. how you came to be in possession of the Top Secret S?po report on Zalachenko.

00. the Top Secret classification means that the report may not be disseminated or copied.?? ??You??re a police officer in a democracy. ??Then I??ll choose to interpret it that way. ??Have we got a plan??? ??We??re going to drive over and have a talk with Niedermann.F. ??I??m so linked to Millennium that no-one will believe I didn??t have a finger in this.?? Blomkvist shrugged and opened his laptop case. He had reached the age when he had to use the toilet rather often. Then she got confirmation from the S. She stood for a long time breathing in the mild May air. Nieminen walked the fifty metres to the barn. Lennart Torkelsson. ??An officer named Faste in the Violent Crimes Division. which she had always considered a curse.?? ??Which means that the excellent Herr Niedermann took the weapon while Zalachenko was asleep and shot Salander.?? Edklinth frowned. What else could he do? She returned to the subject of the front page. and the Prime Minister has no jurisdiction to determine whether or not she is sane.A.

When her lawyer spoke to her she had listened with only half an ear. ??One was Evert Gullberg ?? he was the top man.?? Finally Giannini nodded. Who was also the reason why she was feeling tired and irritated.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. The apartment isn??t a good place right now. ??I know exactly who you are. Slowly he turned to look. I don??t like your tone of voice. Everything she had written was true. He thought about calling reception and ordering coffee. The conspiracy is continuing. we have to be able to offer him something substantial. Erlander did not like the situation. All three of our names will be on the cover and title page.T. or parallel to. Paolo Roberto has identified him as the man who drove the van. Landsort was the end of the world. He had.

?? Blomkvist said. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths. ??We??re the ones who don??t exist. It was just after 8. He had brushed up his prose.?? ??I see. He opened his iBook again and read through his text. Then she steeled herself and took hold of the shard and pulled it out. I refer to the fact that Salander hit her father with an axe. It was the weapon he had used to disarm and disable Niedermann ?C not a straightforward matter with that giant of a man. and that was followed by a spate of disparaging remarks about Wasp??s mental abilities. He sat still for almost ten minutes before he heard movement in the corridor and was aware that the police had arrived. He looked startled. She just wanted to be left in peace. Blomkvist was at the Kaffebar on Hornsgatan when he heard on the radio that a 66-year-old unnamed man. and I would very much like to represent you. It turned out that one piece had broken off and was still in her heel. M?rtensson carries a portable photocopier with him. washed up her coffee mug. But what do we do if a threat to the constitution comes from within our own organization??? For the next half hour he told her what Armansky had told him the night before.

And then we need a bad guy for the story. I don??t have time for a long conversation now ?C I have to meet Prosecutor Jervas in forty-five minutes. Blomkvist was the only one absent from the meeting. She worked until 4. do you know anything at all about the murderer??? ??Not a thing. born in 1969. ??I??ve understood that you know more about this story than anyone else. He was slightly surprised that the Swedish Security Police had been able to penetrate the Russian military to the degree Nystr?m was describing.?? Blomkvist said. were particularly diligent in condemning exposed S?po agents if they had spied on Swedish citizens.?? ??Yes. 16. She wanted to get to know Salander. He wished Sandberg had ordered Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberries.?? ??Oh. what??s he doing here??? ??Clinton has decided to return to active duty. That was the part she had spent the most time on.?? ??Something along those lines. We have a younger talent who does some field work. She was breathing hard and felt wretchedly out of shape.

??Teleborian has a link to a person I know only as Jonas. The report was then given to the district court.?? Cortez scratched his ear.F. which corresponded to the letters K-A-L-L-E. I don??t have time to give special treatment to specific articles. but she was definitely not normal.?? ??Our activity is completely legal ?? we??re actually working under the auspices of the government. I don??t believe Paulsson??s claim of aggressive resistance for a minute. or nigger-lover. I suppose you??re the one who has to make the decision about charging him ???? She looked at Jervas. He left his coffee untouched.?? He grabbed his laptop case and took the stairs instead of waiting for the lift.?? ??Right. ??Hello. and import everything from Thailand. The advantages are obvious. to the local leader of the Ba??ath Party.?? Nystr?m took out a blue folder and opened it.?? ??If I??m going to survive.

One was the chief of S?po. He needed the Budget chief and the Secretariat chief to create the hidden substructure. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. But you do have to shut your eyes to the fact that I am. he would be forced to tender his resignation immediately.?? ??Do you want to take the chance? Let??s say Zalachenko talks. i. It was cool. if that time ever comes.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??That works for me.K. he was sent to Karlskrona as a signal tracker in the navy??s intelligence service. But she was astonished at how imperturbable Salander was. one of Ghidi??s uncles paid the equivalent of 50. A whole bunch of experienced professionals who know how to do their jobs.?? said Modig. He asked if I liked being pierced and then left the room. but they had no facts.?? she said.

In the midst of all this mess he??s like a hand grenade with the pin pulled..?? Gullberg said..?? ??I see.?? ??I??ll get back to you. who had an alcohol problem. ??He??s taking the back roads. A housing association block since the 1890s. ??Who is this woman. Things could not go on this way.G. ??What happened to Zalachenko??? ??Who??? ??The old bastard. Salander has also been declared legally incompetent. If he decided to fight. Sp?ngberg. Then he gently raised her shoulder and located the entry wound in her back. At 9.?? ??But this thing with Erika is a real fly in the ointment. She has secrets I happen to know about.

??You know who I am ?C so you don??t have to be afraid of me.?? Blomkvist laid Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 hand-held computer and a battery charger on the table between them. although neither of the men were paying her any attention. He might also be a man who worked in maintenance.I. ??But I don??t think we could manage that even if we had a whole year. They make toilets at a factory in Vietnam which has been condemned by the U. That was all Ghidi had to do. Just after 6. Armansky had Blomkvist??s copy of Lidbom??s book An Assignment. ??O. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. On any number of occasions they cleaned up behind his rampages. had been suffering chronic pain for a long time ?? I don??t know. At 7. Berger thought for while before she replied. And. forty-minus. opening the door. what have you got??? Blomkvist said.

And her breasts. but he had a short fuse and was a dangerous man. Holmberg was studying his fingernails. If I run into him sometime.?? ??Go on. and sometimes she would answer a question that Giannini had asked several days earlier. ??Do you have anything against a Milton employee staying here? I could call and find out if my colleague Susanne Linder is free tonight. ??I assume that we??re going to tell him in a subtle way what he has to do to avoid an abrupt end to his career. close to twelve thousand fulltime agents.?? Figuerola said. I asked you to get Frisk and come to my office. against or the attempted murder of Zalachenko. When she came back to Sweden. But if we aren??t careful I could end up in one hell of a conflict with your colleagues. I demand that you call Inspector Bublanski in Stockholm.?? ??I definitely heard him at the door. If the Section??s archives were opened. She had sat undisturbed and motionless for an hour. limped back to the bed.?? ??We??ll take care of them.

of course.10.?? Holmberg said. The next moment she saw a thin. My name is Jerker Holmberg. ??They??re showing signs of leaving. On any number of occasions they cleaned up behind his rampages.?? ??I understand. They died in an accident in 1946. His wounds had not been life-threatening. But what was going to happen now? Erika had always been a crucial part of Millennium. You??re a typical example. the investigation and registration of Swedish citizens who might be suspected of harbouring communist or subversive views. The night nurses were at their station about twenty metres down on the other side of the corridor. He called Malm as the train was coming into Stockholm and asked him what had prompted the tone of his text message.?? ??Me??? Eriksson said. Ms Salander has already received a good deal of negative publicity ?? Let me deal with the situation. and an entirely new investigation has been set up for the purpose. She took him by surprise. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist.