and tried Cortez next and then Eriksson. In point of fact. She had chosen to ignore his existence.M.

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I. She was grown-up now. Ask Paolo Roberto. his colleague Inspector Modig. But in the half-staffed Saturday newsroom everything was normal. She was famished. I never had any information. Only when Salander had logged out of Hacker Republic did she go into Yahoo and log on to the private newsgroup [Idiotic_Table]. after all. but stopped and held the door for me. I??m sure you??re going to be a journalist when you grow up.?? ??What should we do??? Jervas thought for a moment. ??Do you have the address??? Blomkvist nodded. And Bj?rck??s report is in it.?? ??I can see that they might be. I simply have no energy.P. You??re healing.?? Modig said. we have to play it safe. 1966). But that??s just the problem. That yielded better results.

Your career might be ruined. schedules and other uninteresting stuff. Your Erika ??Alright. ??So. She rolled it quickly over to the door and wedged the tabletop under the door handle. She??s the real victim here. She arrived home in Saltsj?baden at 7. but Ekstr?m could not know that. The older I get. No time to explain. I??ve worked in the media for twenty-five years and I have never met a person like him in a management position. In any case he had a penchant for civil disobedience on a private level. It was not until an hour later that Eriksson knocked on Berger??s door.?? Her husband sighed. three of them around thirty-five years old.00. Does that make sense??? ??It does. but how gigantic this problem would become was something Gullberg could never have imagined in his wildest dreams. He still had one or two secrets that he shared only with Salander. It??s not your job to take apart the operational organization.39. ??Exactly. He decided to include Bj?rck in the Zalachenko unit.

Richard Ekstr?m.?? Cortez said. installing alarm systems and managing burglary protection. It took ten minutes for the cleaner to work his way over to Adamsson??s spot at the end of the corridor. ??Go to work. ??Thanks. The job fell to a young man who had worked at S.G.?? She nodded. ??When this is all over I??m going to found an association called ??The Knights of the Idiotic Table?? and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander.?? Andersson said. And if anyone starts asking awkward questions. it??s a blot on the entire profession.?? ??I was following M?rtensson. but the injuries aren??t life-threatening. I??m just so swamped here. to be exact. I??m sending you a picture. who then provided him with a steady stream of assignments to keep him busy.00 on Friday night. Checking the backgrounds of Swedish citizens was one thing. should also be informed. unless she had a screwdriver and a ladder.

possession of illegal weapons.00 was suddenly moved to 1. of which only three were furnished. He found himself.S.?? ??Right. of course.?? Gullberg said.?? said Andersson. Zalachenko himself would have to spend the rest of his life in prison. but he suddenly felt inspired. ??Come in ?? Evert Gullberg. but they had no choice.M.?? ??It??s no guess. ??So you??re telling me instead.?? ??I know. a de facto coup has taken place in Sweden. and I meant asap. you do what you do because you??re evil and rotten. Salander was in rehabilitation at Sahlgrenska and was up to her neck in her own problems. Most regrettably it was Thorbj?rn F?lldin who became Prime Minister.?? ??I??m going to keep an eye on her overnight.

Palme had accordingly been one of the first subjects that Gullberg discussed with him during the long debriefing. editor-in-chief. ??An analysis of the blood will probably establish that Salander was buried here. this is going to be tough. I was shot in the head. He looked somehow familiar. I have never been charged.O. it??s like the old days. He spent a long time thinking things over.?? ??We won??t have time to dig up the whole story. ??No again. He carried a shoulder bag and he walked with a long. that Bjurman had been Salander??s guardian; on the other hand he could not see why the old Zalachenko story should surface. That was the natural order of things. but he??s bound to say that he was doing target practice two days ago. it??s Monica from S. She only got his voicemail. It??s status quo all the way. wary look. But he had not anticipated Armansky lobbing a bomb with a sizzling fuse into his lap.?? Cortez said. We have a stock portfolio that has dropped in value by about 30 per cent compared to ten years ago.

But she never did. Zalachenko was used to pain.VI The historian Diodorus from Sicily. According to Giannini. had a reputation for not wasting time on formalities or mere courtesies.?? Modig looked at the time again. ??So you aren??t going to tell us how you heard about the meeting??? ??I??ve already told you that I won??t. ??I don??t go around accosting surgeons on the street. and smelled coffee from the kitchen where his wife was already about her morning chores. It??s clear that there must have been financing. had called eleven times.?? ??On the other hand I??m afraid that if I don??t do something. ??The chief of Secretariat. that he might involuntarily lead the Russians to Zalachenko.?? ??First name??? ??Fredrik. She turned off the Palm and put it under the covers between her thighs. When we get to that courtroom the prosecutor won??t have a single syllable from any interrogation to fall back on. she would have recognized that she looked completely demented. I won??t. * Salander sat up with a start the instant she heard the first shot. I??m just trying to take stock of her. The Prime Minister gave the Director of Constitutional Protection a long. I??m not going to quote you or mention you even in anything I write.

It showed the church in Jobsville. Blomkvist was not answering his telephone. our lawyer in S. She put down the notebook. and asked him to brief the assembled company. and we??ve had an A. in consultation with her colleague Dr Jonasson.?? She expected him to get up and say he would come back in a few days. ??Could you turn off your telephone for a few minutes??? Baksi turned off his telephone. I can honestly say that I would have wanted very much to know him better.?? Just before noon there was a knock on the door and a uniformed officer delivered a document to Sp?ngberg. and he wondered if a copy of Bj?rck??s report might be in her briefcase. yes. He picked up the telephone and called the Minister of Justice.?? a highly placed Swede ?C or possibly other Scandinavian politician ?C who worked for the K. She??s the real victim here. If it??s a matter of a forensic psychiatric report. He was suddenly aware of Nurse Nicander saying something. who has worked in S?po for many years. You know what it??s all about. I had never heard his name before. Ghidi had seen in an advertisement that it cost around 3. It??s an excellent story.

??We??re talking about a girl who looks as if she??s barely entered puberty and who??s only one metre fifty tall. 1989); An Assignment by Carl Lidbom (Wahlstr?m & Widstrand. one of which was a relatively complicated and widely reported safecracking heist at a department store in V?ster?s. uncovered planned lovers?? trysts.?? ??You can??t do that. Nieminen walked the fifty metres to the barn. She was not exactly sneaking around. If the Section??s archives were opened. and he was reading it with gathering astonishment. If Borgsj? was smart. I??m still learning this job.?? Inspector Bublanski listened to Prosecutor Ekstr?m without expression. Her own job was to keep tabs on the government departments and parliament on behalf of Millennium.C. way beyond their budget. I saw her twice soon after she was admitted. She saw that Erlander had noticed the same thing. At morning rounds. I have been given the authority to use my own judgement in giving you sight of material that is.M.00 on Friday evening Salander had a visit from Dr Jonasson.C. the journalist who was murdered.

?? ??The news editor is going to have something to say???? ??Don??t worry about Holm. Salander visited him only once in a blue moon.S. a black T-shirt.?? He nodded. A nurse reported on her blood pressure ?C 100/70 ?C while the doctor put his stethoscope to her chest and listened to her heartbeat. Berger held up her hands. I couldn??t swear to it. ??My name is Benny Svantesson. Dakota wrote. plus there??s a risk that he may be paralysed. But this time it??s not a matter of them sacrificing a pawn ?C it??ll be a matter of them actively needing to limit the damage to themselves personally. Cortez could not put his finger on what was wrong. that is. Lisbeth??s lawyer ?C you??ve met her I think ?C is my sister. My mother was Agneta Sofia Salander. he graduated as an engineer and had been part of the ??great economic leap forward?? in the ??70s. who was much more agreeable. He had to play his cards right. he showed up and needed a place to hide. Their affair was carried on with his assent.U. She went on to report how at one point during the rape he had wound a piece of clothing ?C her own T-shirt ?C around her neck and strangled her for such a long time that she temporarily lost consciousness.

When they got to the room they undressed. You all know that. thin girl had the physical strength for this sort of violent criminality. She considered calling Daniel Mogren. Some time after 4. Then she stumbled up the stairs to the fifth floor and pounded on her friend??s door. ??Evert ?? I spend nine hours every other day on a dialysis machine at the hospital. Then she looked up at him and answered every question in a perfectly matter-of-fact way. The national vehicle register had just informed him that the car he had seen at the top of Bellmansgatan with the blonde woman inside was owned by Monica Figuerola.?? ??I can well imagine.?? ??I know. I??m a doctor. intended for page five under national news. ??We also have Peter Teleborian. On the other hand. It was clear to Gullberg that the Section for Special Analysis could become a politically sensitive unit and the job description was expressly vague. and then Niedermann. Some time after 4.?? ??The chief of Secretariat is the only person who could make this sort of arrangement. The inquiries had concentrated on finding G?ransson??s car. Blomkvist waved from a corner table.?? ??To be honest with you. ??The police didn??t get hold of Bj?rck??s report by themselves ?? they got it from a journalist.

we will. It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry. Was it you who put duct tape on her wounds??? ??Yes. only when there is real danger. But the point of hiring Milton Security is so that you have an alternative to doing that.00. it??s not certain that anyone would believe him. could wander into a hospital with a bunch of flowers in one hand and a pistol in the other. ??I think you can. he had had a bad feeling about Lisbeth. I don??t think so.?? Salander looked at him with sudden alertness as soon as he mentioned the word ??psychiatrist??. It is forbidden to defame or slander another person. but have you ever considered a significantly simpler diagnosis??? ??Such as??? ??For example. ??If his plan was to go to Germany ?? Why would he drive to Stockholm? Shouldn??t he have made for Malm? and the bridge to Copenhagen. a matter of national security. and because she probably thought you had your hands full with the Salander story. She stared in frustration at the blinking screen. But I may stumble a bit before I really get going. ??So where do you come from??? ??Most recently from G?teborg.?? ??Which means???? ??First of all. He infiltrated the B. She was content to confine her dealings with him to the Net.

They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko. I??m not going to quote you or mention you even in anything I write. He was only sixty-eight.?? This time it was Jonasson??s turn to wait patiently for Salander??s reply. He was suddenly aware of Nurse Nicander saying something.?? Blomkvist hesitated before he said: ??Can I trust you??? ??How do you mean exactly??? ??Are you on Salander??s side or not? Can I believe that you want the best for her??? ??I??m her friend. and when??? ??What would you have done if we??d uncovered this story two months ago??? Berger looked intently at her friend. I can??t believe this would be something sanctioned by S?po.??s G?ransson. As far as I understand it. ??The pathologist??s final report arrived this morning. and had probably saved her life. He??s acting on an official request from S..se> with the subject line [Attn: Editor-in-Chief]. She heard the faint scraping of the crutches as he quietly retreated down the corridor. Andersson. Criminal Inspector Holmberg. He prescribed various medications and complete bedrest. We have an excellent film of how they break in and go through my papers.?? He knows that I have a photographic memory ?? and that I??m a hacker. We are both of us sorry that you were subjected to Paulsson??s rather primitive way of operating.?? Blomkvist headed for the bathroom.

That was how he lit upon Zalachenko. The woman had been shot in the head and there was no exit wound there either.?? She nodded. He froze when he saw another entry wound. that she had been shot three times.?? ??Do I have a say in this??? ??No. She felt unreasoning panic mixed with disbelief. She was alive. it was surely pretty obvious that Salander was insane. ??One of my colleagues recently went to see former Prime Minister F?lldin. ??Bjurman subjected his ward to some sort of sexual assault ???? Blomkvist shrugged and said nothing. I??ve been reading a lot about you. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls turn into Br?nnkyrkagatan.I. and most of the decisions were already made by the time she arrived.??* ??I??m not Ebbe Carlsson. You??ll have to prepare him for the fact that probably I won??t be in a position to make a decision in the coming week. We have a younger talent who does some field work. had been shot dead. ??But I have something I??d like to try on you. I??m terribly.?? ??But those journals contain mostly scholarly papers and pure research. He reached into the pocket of his smock and took out the Sony Ericsson Z600 mobile.

P. Clinton sank silently on to the chair that was offered. could decide to put S?po??s top bosses under the microscope. But Jonasson also realized that isolation was an inhumane way of punishing people; in fact it bordered on torture. Dear Bertil.D. T.) So. Edklinth had told her: no rings in the water. and ordered a shish kebab with salad. you??ll have to apply to Prosecutor Jervas here in G?teborg. I don??t have time to give special treatment to specific articles. had to be added to the list: Peter Teleborian. He corresponded with Teleborian ?C but the correspondence in the form we??ve seen it is apparently a forgery. Salander was lying on her back on the floor when Nurse Marianne came in. The problem is that there isn??t anyone in the Section who can actually run it. There were still some holes that he would have to fill. That was ominous. When Salander logged off. 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. of course not. He spent fifteen minutes walking down the alleys and boulevards around Mosebacke before he headed for Fiskargatan 9. If the pinkos want to start a war with Denmark.

Given a few years she would probably be able to make a good anarchist out of Dr Anders Jonasson.?? ??O. Figuerola raised a hand. Just that???? ??Yes??? ??Sonja. I??m persuaded that things are more or less as you told us yesterday. That means that I work for you and not for anyone else. you are aware of the concept of damage control.?? Bublanski shrugged. If you arrange that they??re going to lose money. We??re Sweden??s last line of defence. After a while she took her Filofax from her briefcase and opened it to the notes section. they??ll say it??s confidential or that it has something to do with terrorism. Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277.K. It dawned on her that here he was calmly talking of the possibility of there being a threat to her life.?? He grunted some more and promised to scold her when she got home. But now you??re afraid of telling Micke. but the wires stretched in the direction of the pencil. He had never been arrested.000 Swedish citizens who were held to harbour undesirable political sympathies. traitor. He then described Zalachenko??s new identity and his criminal operations. make a note of his registration number.

but was assistant chief of the Secret State Police in the late ??50s and early ??60s. but that talent is completely worthless if you forget your job description. in the hall. He pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck. In the area around the warehouse in Nykvarn we have so far found three graves.M. I??ve been considering bringing him in here.?? Cortez said.?? Janeryd said at last. but he supposed that since she had chosen such a striking tattoo. Von Rottinger is dead. The headache will eventually go away altogether.?? Holmberg said.47. this is a little embarrassing.?? He clicked on an image on his computer and turned the screen towards Faste. No.?? ??And so am I.?? ??Is that really so??? ??This story. She had chosen to ignore his existence. plump man in his fifties with a reddish goatee. Then there??s Anders Holm.?? ??Take your time.

and I can??t say no. advertising reps. Henry especially. She was content to confine her dealings with him to the Net. Jonasson spent ten minutes examining her.I.?? ??There is an alternative. I??m in. but he knew that it would be a bad idea to frighten off Waltari before they were in place. The police had carried out a search. opening the car door. You??re not going to win on your own. ??It would be a national catastrophe if the whole truth about Zalachenko were to leak out. It took him several minutes. At a stroke she eliminated all employees in distribution. ??I??ve a difficult assignment for you. I took it for granted that S?po knew what they were doing and had the appropriate routines and experience.?? The notion of being the object of public ridicule appeared at last to have an effect on Inspector Paulsson. but the principle is this: if we cut personnel. She held her breath until they were some distance from the conference room in which she was trapped. but Salander was simply so drugged and exhausted that she would fall asleep while Giannini was speaking. We have a man in the external organization. He would need crutches.

Convicted of insurance fraud in the ??70s. He opened them again and gave the policeman an angry glare. ??A constant guilty conscience. She??ll have to choose between selling her share of Millennium and leaving our board ?? or in the worst case. But what is worse ?? Because the prosecutor has isolated Lisbeth. with a damn near photographic memory. I have to be able to construct a completely new media image of you. In three years. Hardly an apprentice any longer. Shit. and he got hold of the Prosecutor General.Monday.B.?? said Berger. She could scarcely believe what she was reading. Criminal Inspector Jan Bublanski of the Violent Crimes Division in Stockholm.?? ??It??s not our case any more.?? ??Goddamnit. now retrained as a locksmith.00 she had her foot wrapped in a thick bandage. the journalist Dag Svensson. ??Fair enough. Modig went back to Bublanski??s office and knocked on the door jamb.

?? ??Oh. a freelance journalist in G?teborg. this is a fine mess we??ve landed in. Quite apart from her injuries. And I understood from Holger Palmgren that you had some information. Your task. Borgsj? was a good man. and invited him into a living room with spartan furnishings. The Section was not a criminal enterprise. you??re worryingly habit-forming. where she works ?? and anything else you can find. She was in a cold sweat.?? ??He??s not allowed visitors. I??m going to kiss every inch of your naked skin. ??Hi.10 this morning. however. In any normal situation she would have knocked on the door. ??In the first instance. since experience from far too many countries has shown that a political police department could easily transform itself into the principal threat to democracy.?? ??Thank you. and that did not have anything at all to do with the operations of Counter-Espionage.D.

whom they believed to be Jonas.P.?? ??How many in the Section are still here from my day??? ??Apart from me ?? only Otto Hallberg and Georg Nystr?m are still here. Blomkvist had devised a 24/7 roster.?? Erlander rubbed the back of his neck. ??He hung there for something like twenty-four hours before the hook gave way.?? ??Which means that if problems arise. He was satisfied with the progress of her physical rehabilitation. and for possession of an illegal weapon. and Jerker has known Prime Minister F?lldin since he was a child. She went into the room and closed the door. he had been head-hunted from outside the company ?C so he had once taken that very same first walk to his office. Landskrona. and if we make a smaller newspaper. he received help from your family until he was granted a residency permit. He stood for a moment in the sea of travellers. thin as a stick. but riddled with suspicion. He??ll be leading the Section??s operations department until the present crisis is over. He lifted the blanket that the Rescue Service had wrapped round her body and saw that the wounds to her hip and shoulder were bandaged with duct tape. which was one of the most beautiful places in the world. I??ve borrowed a room from the rabbi so we can speak undisturbed. Nieminen grimaced.

either by customs or by passport control.I. Dakota wrote. He had had the feeling before and had trained himself to interpret it as an alarm triggered by instinct. even in budget memoranda. Instead he booted up his iBook and plugged the cable into the broadband jack.?? said Bublanski.?? ??He was referring to the fact that I??m extremely good with computers. Sorry. He had bought bread. Instead of turning down towards S?dermalm she kept going straight to Kungsholmen. Do you have any idea where he might hide??? ??I am not aware of the circles he moves in. but she worked so furiously on her projects that she was encouraged to go home when the day was done. or nigger-lover.?? Beckman was completely O. I??m persuaded that things are more or less as you told us yesterday.M. The man is a tragic figure who evidently acted alone. some unknown lawyer appointed by the court would probably be worse. He opened a new Word document.?? ??O. They contained data. He tried again to call Gullberg.

He stifled the impulse to call and wake someone up at 3. and a key player in the Russians?? offensive against western Europe in the ??70s.??s assets were in the form of bonds that he could access. and she had not used the program since starting at S.C. to an apartment with the name Martinsson on the door.?? ??It is.?? Holm said. the news editor??? ??Yes.?? ??Nor do I. painkillers. five times before he was still. 4. This is my last week.U. ??You played your cards very well. as Mikael Blomkvist claimed from the very beginning. What am I doing here? She felt exhausted.I. The police in S?dert?lje have found two graves in the place that??s owned by Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club. Vinge??s view was not even controversial in the climate prevailing inside the Firm. I repeat. The storm had moved in over G?teborg.

?? Annika Giannini woke with a start. Dr Jonasson paused for a second. a week. Lisbeth ?C seriously ?C this battle is going to be decided in the mass media and not in the courtroom. ??Certainly.?? Edklinth nodded.S.?? Blomkvist gave her a wan smile. Gullberg??s only job was Zalachenko. A third goes to salaries. He was without doubt a most competent news editor. The problem was that she could scarcely sit upright in bed.?? ??And??? ??I don??t like the man. He considered himself a democrat. ??He??ll be home by 5.?? ??Car. 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. Figuerola giggled. It??s Mikael. She sat on the edge of the bed and tried Cortez next and then Eriksson. In point of fact. She had chosen to ignore his existence.M.

von Rottinger had been associated with the Security Police in the ??60s and early ??70s.

I??m sorry I??ve not come to see you the past few days
I??m sorry I??ve not come to see you the past few days. That was one thing.?? ??You don??t have to apologize for the actions of some idiot. we??ll see.000 kronor.?? ??A little too fast. I have the keys to your apartment and a passport in name of Nesser.v ?C Thursday. ??Nor do I. and he??s agreed to comply with every request that may have a bearing on national security. She had some general conversations with Salander and hinted at the outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had planned. K.?? ??How the hell do we make something disappear that??s been plastered all over the media??? Nystr?m said. As things stood. Gullberg and H. Late on the evening of the fifth day. male American of Catholic origin living in Toronto. He was an anonymous power figure among the elite of editors-in-chief.T. ??I??ve got a meeting at 11.?? ??Armansky.iv Dr Jonasson was woken by Nurse Nicander five minutes before the helicopter was expected to land. ??She was obviously hired by Blomkvist.

I??m swamped too. That was where he had stayed on previous visits. Mikael. She saw no-one who showed any interest in her.??? ??Are you bullshitting me??? Ellis had lived in Sweden for many years and was fluent in Swedish ?C albeit with an American accent ?C but when Jonasson spoke to him in Swedish. and as a doctor he was not the least bit interested in the answer to that question.A.?? she said. that will put the matter in a rather different light. Blomkvist did not move when she came out. ??The killing of the police officer is the main thing right now.?? ??Again. as you are all aware.?? ??Umm-hmm. he flipped open his mobile and saw that he had twenty unread messages. as always. That??s where I met him. Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout. He had offered credentials to indicate that he worked for S.?? Malm said.?? Sonny froze. but they both act as if they??re publishers and editors-in-chief.?? ??I??m writing the story now.

You??re to contact an Inspector Thomas Paulsson at the Trollh?ttan police. and a taxi driver. He wondered what would happen if he acted on his impulse.?? Malm said. At last they exchanged glances and then looked at Blomkvist. she was the one who would have to live with herself. who nodded. She sat there for some time.?? Blomkvist said.M.?? ??She sort of halfway believed the first email although she was quite surprised by it. Good grief ?? a video of me shagging my husband and another man ?C I??m going to end up on half the websites in the world. He had been key as a consultant in connection with Counter-Espionage??s surveillance of a suspected industrial spy. of course. maybe a week. We hope to be able to do so tomorrow.P. Lisbeth. ??Do you understand me? Yes or no??? ??I heard what you said. She checked her diary and saw that she had four meetings. A Polish P-83 Wanad on the floor next to the bench in the kitchen.?? She turned to Borgsj?. To Gullberg??s frustration.

?? ??Quite so. Figuerola walked back to Bellmansgatan. T. In his editorials he came across as boring and conservative. She took out her stylus and wrote the word Remarkable on the screen as her I. I assume.?? Gullberg repeated.00. Vinge (Wahlstr?m & Widstrand. or he can do something else.00 this morning. ??This is probably the craziest thing I??ve ever been involved with. but statistics showed that the absolute majority of people who harassed women were men.?? ??Peter. But she never did. but Jonas had not come into the picture until May. along with a laboriously crafted personal history ?C a fictitious but verifiable background in Swedish records.30 a. ??The police didn??t get hold of Bj?rck??s report by themselves ?? they got it from a journalist. Each mobile has its own unique signature ?C a fingerprint ?C in the form of the telephone number.?? ??He says he??s never been to the Nykvarn warehouse and that he just happened to be out with Lundin on a motorcycle ride. It suits you somehow. ??You know what I would have done.

stood a dark-haired woman with a digital camera filming M?rtensson and his companion. She had purple bruises around her bloodshot eyes. He had a late lunch at the first caf?? he saw. ??A former Russian agent.?? She fell silent.P.?? They said goodbye.G. Lisbeth Salander. Which means that she doesn??t intend to.?? Berger said. handing him the letter from F?lldin. ???? that Curt Andersson and Jerker Holmberg at least.?? the P. it??s time. and that if he discussed it with his government colleagues then S?po would wash their hands of it. we have to be able to offer him something substantial. Herr Zalachenko. But I wasn??t feeling well yesterday and I??ve got things I have to do. Then a week went by before the emails started coming again. but he knew that some time in the future he would have to pay her back and erase the shame. she now has a lawyer named Annika Giannini. She chose an iron that she thought had a certain heft to it and laid it within easy reach of her bed.

?? ??Let??s hear it. She sent him the access codes for S. They??re checking the apartment. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini.30 on Thursday. Improbable??? ??Doesn??t it? One might think it??s the stuff of a spy novel. He did not know where he was. But he could not get into the room and he did not have the strength to force the door. He himself had proclaimed her far and wide to be mentally imbalanced. ??My name is Annika Giannini and I??ve been taken on to represent Lisbeth Salander. Berger??s heart beat furiously. PART III DISK CRASH 27. You don??t need any more weeks of rehab. which meant that some operator would go in manually and listen to the conversation to decide whether it was of interest or not.?? he said. Which part of these instructions do you not understand??? ??All the articles that are planned or in production are on the daily memo on our intranet.?? They made their way to the police canteen to have breakfast. Cortez had the weekend shift and Blomkvist found him again in the office in the evening. During surgery the night before.?? Modig said. Sex was almost as satisfying as a rigorous workout at the gym. ??We??ve got a deadline now. Zalachenko patiently explained that.

I thought he looked rather bewildered.K. and appropriated its secrets. V. you have to enter a three-digit code on a plate on the door handle. and for possession of an illegal weapon. Despite her isolation she had managed to contact Berger on I. HOW DOES YOUR FOOT FEEL? She raised her eyes involuntarily and looked out across the newsroom. stamped top secret. He was executed in January 1988. but it was not.00. Yet it was not a particularly good place because any alert observer would see her in her car. She watched him disappear into the editorial sea in the direction of the canteen. On the other hand.?? ??So you??re suggesting in all seriousness that the board should decide to abolish dividends and bonuses. She was a problem in the making. but it ought to be brought into a single investigation. had not known anything either. But Counter-Espionage had not ever had him. When I got to him he was unconscious. Blomkvist was irresponsible and kept vanishing on another of his mysterious trips.?? she said.

??It??s Jonasson. if that would work. ??Erika isn??t the villain. Salander is a devil with computers.?? ??You??re from Uppsala. there??s good reason for you to be worried. Gullberg did not have a clear sense of what Wadensj?? was made of. ??I never thought I??d see you again. She was twelve and had threatened to blow Zalachenko??s identity. She started to scroll past these. Dragan. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. I can??t believe Salander knows anything about it. joining Holmberg at the kitchen table. and for that Gullberg could breathe a sigh of relief.M. You should know that you are no longer a suspect in those cases. In that case I should say how grateful I am that you and your colleagues are willing to facilitate matters for me. or did you call them??? ??Neither.?? ??That??s what he says. ??He??s driving me nuts. There??s one apartment that raises a question mark though. I??m a doctor.

A colleague sent for the forensic report on the patient.P.Q. You report directly and only to me. By 10. ??I??m getting to that.?? ??It sounds as if there are revolving doors into the place. Your client says that she doesn??t know where he??s hiding. I??ll be in the cage for a while. assistant editor of the front page who had worked on the paper for thirty-five years. and that committing her in 1991 was justified. She was left to her own devices at the end of the working day.00 in the morning. and why he had run for his life instead of staying to finish Salander off. but that was no longer possible. A policeman she thought. and then you have a month off. We suggest that you share your knowledge. where Dr Jonasson received him and immediately initiated a battery of measures to maintain his vital functions. And it was inexpensive.?? He felt oddly exhilarated as he left by the main entrance of Sahlgrenska.S. Let??s say the price curve for hamburgers had been the same since the ??70s ?C so a Big Mac would cost about 150 kronor or more.

She??s under arrest and all visitors are prohibited.I. In June 1997 Borgsj? had gone to Vietnam to sign the first contracts. Jonasson was left with the second patient. 3. In the background O. Before I??m through with you. I cannot have a news editor that I can??t trust or work with and who devotes his precious time to undermining my decisions.I. the so-called Ronald Niedermann.?? He paused. She happened to identify him and track him down to Gosseberga. we will. forty-seven years old and known by the nickname Falun. possibly three.?? ??What condition??? Sp?ngberg said sharply. he wasn??t. packed his briefcase and checked out. We??ll see what he has in mind. If there??s any reason to cast doubt on Bublanski??s group.D. If anyone can inject life into that dying body. Sandberg.

?? Nystr?m said. He and the whole of Sweden had seen her passport photograph on billboards outside every newspaper kiosk for weeks. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. there??s good reason for you to be worried. He pressed his stethoscope against his wrist for a moment to warm it. Late on the evening of the fifth day. But that will be up to all of you. Blomkvist had got two cars out of the barn. as it turned out.?? ??But those journals contain mostly scholarly papers and pure research. The book Secret Forces was fascinating but largely dealt with the time before and during the Second World War. But she had unconsciously glanced to her left. means invading your privacy ?C preferably with your approval.?? Salander said. I couldn??t turn it down. ??We??re working on an analysis here in C. ??Since the early ??90s S. He slowed and turned on his windscreen wipers. She had almost reached Pustegr?nd when the woman appeared. But it should be somebody who clearly stands for the newspaper??s views. And Cortez was just a young whippersnapper. It was 1.?? Berger??s life had been filled with meetings and work around the clock the minute she had stepped into Morander??s shoes.

I made several copies of that one and have tucked them away in safe places.P. It??s almost as powerful as good sex.?? Blomkvist??s whole world suddenly felt off balance. You won??t.?? ??I see. a refugee from Iraq.?? Malm was serving up freshly made waffles with cloudberry jam and coffee. Landsort was the end of the world. ??My name is Karl Axel Bodin.32.??d him about three hours ago.?? * Figuerola spent her lunch hour pumping iron in the police gym. Some time after 4.M. This is my last week. The murderer is just about alive and in surgery. Figuerola slept late on Friday morning; she did not have time for her morning run. Henry. Two are in Syria and my little sister is in Madrid. ??This is a complete mess. There are sites on the Net that you can use to send anonymous mail. That was a surprise.

academics.?? ??O. I??m going to have to face up to the Borgsj? problem. By this time Ghidi had learned Swedish and obtained treatment for his shattered hip. He had an office on Stureplan. but it had been a long day and a long journey. ??Yes.?? Jonasson looked suspiciously at the Palm.?? Modig said. The text was sent at 7.R. You will choose the assistants you require. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses. Efficiency was valued more highly than background. and the purpose of the trial is to get me committed to a secure psychiatric ward. you??re not going to do anything for the moment.?? Mikael glanced at the clock.?? ??Mikael ?? I don??t think you really appreciate what this involves.?? ??But if someone else got one in ?? would you report it to the police??? Giannini raised her eyebrows. then Sweden was not one iota better than any dictatorship in the entire world. I would consider some form of autism. even though he was obviously not supposed to write it until after he had been given the opportunity to examine her. Retired in 1991.

but his colleagues had learned that Ekstr?m was planning for a trial in July. And as for their own complicated relationship.P. ??I must admit ?? just between us ?? that sometimes I worry about Niedermann. As far as he could see she had no complications in the form of memory lapses. The next moment she froze when she realized that she could add another attack to the list. one in Stockholm. The problem was that she could scarcely sit upright in bed. this is a matter for the G?teborg police. The chairman of the board is Magnus Borgsj?. 19.?? ??I know.?? ??Of course. She put her cursor on the spire of the church tower and clicked. He was biding his time and letting the other participants at the meeting say their piece.?? ??Aren??t there any positive aspects??? ??Of course there are. If I thought that. and my superiors really want to talk to you.00 in the evening. and present documentation that annihilates the prosecution??s game. and in 1999 he had registered his own company.?? but she had spent two hours with Linder at the kitchen table.10 a.

He reminded Edklinth vaguely of the writer Dashiell Hammett. P. I mean. When Salander logged off. The police could probably work that out for themselves. Blomkvist did not see the grey Volvo on Monday. He wiped the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand and set off in pursuit of the two men. He hasn??t had contact with anyone within S. I??m going for a walk. was everything quiet again in her room.??s board. I have a number of opinions about him too. which builds houses less expensively than anyone else by buying the materials themselves. of course. ??I can find my way. Could you get the number??? While Jonasson was still waiting for the X-rays. feels like a dying body. ??Nothing??? Bublanski said. It was ten days after the shooting in Gosseberga before Dr Jonasson gave permission for the police to conduct their first real interview. ??But he seemed the right choice at the time. She was taken completely by surprise when the door opened and Faste came out. This time of year every cabin owner is out checking their property. Every day people came to his place of work in varying conditions but with one objective: to get help.

he charted it with respect to the time it took to speak the word. Gullberg had spent his life on his majesty??s secret service. we??re going to have a discussion about the state of your health tomorrow???? ??Understood. No.?? ??As do we all. ??Fru Berger. The noose was so thin that it pinched deep and stopped the blood flow. and that there are forces at work you haven??t even dreamed of. but I??m putting what I know in mothballs. That gives us only two hours to make up for a whole lot of lost time. ??Not a thing. Hans von Rottinger had first hired Falun for the Section in 1986 for an operation that involved forcing entry into the home of the leader of an anarchist group. Figuerola accompanied him up to the offices of the Constitutional Protection Unit. and clocked out. Hello?? Car. Erlander told him that Salander was officially under arrest and that the prosecutor would not allow any visitors. In view of his age. even though this time there was no strap holding her down.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face. Salander??s former guardian Holger Palmgren. Ekstr?m was leading two separate preliminary investigations. ??That is ?? unfortunate to hear. as well as the government.

How else to explain the fact that he had been so fucking stupid. it is not merely a criminal conspiracy ?C it is a threat to national security. of course. We haven??t had any tip-offs.M. It had been a pretty wonderful holiday.?? It was Gunnar Magnusson. It??s a Polish P-83 Wanad using Makarova ammo. Magnusson was often onstage at the Dramaten. It??s my Palm.?? ??Alright. ??Satisfied??? ??It??s beautiful. Jonas. and no operations arm.?? ??I had a patient a number of years ago. She turned it on and searched for connectivity.A. she armed herself with the canister of Mace. We??ll put Bj?rck to one side for now. They followed the red Audi via Hamngatan to Strandv?gen and then straight up to Artillerigatan. When her lawyer spoke to her she had listened with only half an ear. but my apartment is unsuitable for the time being. Who else? ??Everything has gone to hell down in Trollh?ttan.

?? ??I can assure you that it??s quite true. Now it seemed all wrong. ??Yes.K. practically around the clock from 1976 on. He had an office on Stureplan. ??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. rather idealistically. You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life.B. or whatever problem arose. I have to meet my husband and kids at the Sturegalleria in ten minutes. We??ll work side by side for two months. And governments come and go. and I??ve checked out this company.?? ??Fredrik. Anything else would be unthinkable. the strangest thing was that he detailed one of the techs to make an inventory of everything in the woodshed ?C where we found the Zalachenko guy??? ??An inventory of what in the woodshed??? Sp?ngberg wanted to know. They died in an accident in 1946. I assume you will ignore it.O. if so. ??Is it O.

But she never did.?? Salander actually smiled. and we can follow the correspondence that shows how Teleborian is conspiring with Jonas in the same way he conspired with Bj?rck in 1991. where Plague had uploaded all the administrator rights for S.M. S.P. ??Please hear me out. But the serial number shows that the pistol was stolen four years ago in the robbery of a gun shop in ?rebro. it is a tragedy that could have been prevented if there had been more support within society. She requisitioned the report. He put these swiftly into a side pocket of his laptop case. That was unusual. Ghidi was aware of the guard in the corridor. Clinton looked like ?? a skeleton. I take it??? ??That??s right.?? Modig nodded. He took a hasty swallow of his tea and set down the cup. When she was gone he turned to Clinton. that is. I will expose you and do everything I can to ensure that you are never re-elected. and [PrelimInv/Niedermann].00 on Saturday afternoon.

She had 200 kronor in cash from Annika Giannini to pay for sweets from the hospital snack shop. By then Gullberg had worked at the Security Police for fourteen years. even if the person in question is so stupid that he sends it from his home computer. ??And how would that work??? asked the Minister of Justice. It was rare for her to close the door to her office. Bj?rck and Bjurman were dead. and by now rather stout. I should probably also mention that there are some individuals in the police force who are actually on Lisbeth??s side in all this. the ball??s in your court.00 he ordered a cranial X-ray. But Jonasson also realized that isolation was an inhumane way of punishing people; in fact it bordered on torture. and not some celebrity chasing headlines. I??ve met him several times. Berger had been a boss she could always rely on. but instead of going out on to the street he turned left and went through the basement. Gullberg considered various alternatives and then chose to steer Bjurman carefully out of the picture. A man carrying a brown briefcase stepped carefully down from the 7. She knew the text by heart already. taped her mouth and handcuffed her. And he gave the contract to Svavelsj? M.?? he said. So she had decided to go along with Blomkvist??s plan.?? ??Mikael.

T. ??Shame??? Wadensj?? burst out. At the same time Blomkvist had been suffering through an appalling period as I.?? ??Nevertheless. and according to what I??ve overheard he was shot in the head all three times. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??ve always wondered what she did to get her revenge. She caught herself thinking over and over about Salander. Holm was off today.00 on Saturday evening when Armansky left his office and walked to the synagogue of the S?der congregation on St Paulsgatan. ??Can I buy you breakfast??? ??Can one get pancakes and jam anywhere round here??? ??Waffles. I want you to know this: you are my patient. At the last moment she changed her mind.C. and what the routines are in that section. Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed. ??I think I can handle Millennium. and Edklinth realized that Armansky??s people not only had the skills for the job. ??I just spoke to a nurse at Sahlgrenska.?? ??What Blomkvist doesn??t grasp is that if the truth about Zalachenko comes out. and Mia Johansson. she told him. Even though it did not offer any answers to his immediate questions. how the healing in her brain was progressing.

was sent out to get some food.L. Edklinth had told her: no rings in the water. ??I have to call Erika and???? ??No. That will take time. Blomkvist hesitated. Then she shook enough life into her husband to explain where she was off to. She has to be committed to a mental institution for life. It??s more serious than that. promises of future assignments. Nurse Nicander came back with the number of the Radisson. A man whose name in the public register was Karl Axel Bodin but whose real name. The first thirty pages of the report that Blomkvist discovered agree with the original. after careful consideration. She spent a while limping around the living room. that you really were mentally ill. and spontaneously gave Berger a hug and a kiss on the cheek. They know that they can??t keep the lid on the Zalachenko secret for long. She had mixed feelings. abandoned by everyone. Dr Anders Jonasson was blond and blue-eyed. And. That was a crime.

According to the P. My prints are all over the house. the company that makes the 1700 kronor toilets in Vietnam. then we will assist each other in finding solutions.?? ??I can see this is a difficult situation. Annika had been persuaded. and he had already written that section. You??ll discover positive things and negative things.?? Wadensj?? said. She had not tackled the Peter Fleming account because she did not need to have full administrator rights. to defend Swedish democracy against real or presumed anti-democratic threats. That??s not what I??m saying. the role of Dr Teleborian in the psychiatric clinic in 1991. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko. There were not many ways it could have come about. He would never see them again.?? ??O. Lisbeth knew that if she clicked on [OK ?C Try again] and tried a different password. which sells genuine Swedish toilets for 1700 kronor apiece. He looked around. After a while she pinged Blomkvist on I. Palme??s suitability as Prime Minister had been the object of more than one lunch conversation in the corridors of S. By lunchtime they already had extensive documentation of the fact that both Fredrik Clinton and Hans von Rottinger had been associated with the Security Police in the ??60s and early ??70s.

??You don??t have a choice..I.. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise.

??My name is Jonas Sandberg
??My name is Jonas Sandberg. who in turn must decide whether charges should be brought. if I understood correctly ?C is to clean corridor 11C. but have you ever considered a significantly simpler diagnosis??? ??Such as??? ??For example.?? ??Please tell me how I??m doing. That??s what this button is for. Blomkvist had given him no good reason for insisting that he patrol the neighbourhood near the Copacabana on Sunday afternoon looking for a grey Volvo with a registration beginning KAB.00 on Sunday morning. or Handy Harrys. ??Thanks.?? Gullberg said.?? ??As Prime Minister I??m not in a position to deliver any such information. There should be nine employees there.?? ??Is that the truth??? Berger nodded. She is twenty-seven years old and one metre fifty centimetres tall. so he limped to the telephone booth at the grocer??s to call Landsort and book himself a room in the old ships?? pilot lookout. Prosecutor Ekstr?m took stock of his visitor.?? Blomkvist finished for him. S?po was necessary. for which you bear the primary responsibility. An operation of that type could never have been kept secret if it were politically motivated. What??s the problem??? ??To tell you the truth ?? I think I??m calling to check how much credibility I have with you.40.

She took a sip of coffee and had just opened her mouth to take a bite of toast when she heard the headlines. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her. he began to recover. She limped over to the balcony door and went out to the garden. pointing at the photograph. He??s going to get away again. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. who was at his home in Liding?. He??s asleep and has turned off his mobile. But we can arrange for that if you like. ??It??s all about getting Ekstr?m to split the two cases. putting the pencil in her pocket. he graduated as an engineer and had been part of the ??great economic leap forward?? in the ??70s. whom they believed to be Jonas. we have to be able to offer him something substantial.00 in the evening when Figuerola held the car door open for Blomkvist. What are you up to??? ??I??m sitting at home sorting through my collection of photographs of old lovers. She was exhausted. but Berger was not the kind of person who liked to be threatened.?? Bublanski closed the preliminary report with distaste. But I can??t swallow the scenario that says she was the one who was armed. There??s a darker area here.B.

The roster included himself.. Trinity had a van with thirty kilos of electronic equipment.?? ??When and why??? ??I don??t know when. Zalachenko patiently explained that. So she??s read it too. ??You??ll discover that ?C it comes with the job ?C you??re going to have a number of adversaries out there ?C daily editors and veterans among the editors who have created their own little empires.?? Sonny froze. He realized at once that Nurse Nicander was right.?? ??Social Democrat??? Gullberg said. At the same time it could be interpreted as the Prime Minister giving his approval to the establishment of a body that would also monitor particularly sensitive individuals outside S. Many of them were sadistic.?? ??Alright. The legendary double agent Colonel Stig Wennerstr?m.?? Inspector Modig woke with a start when her mobile rang at the other end of the bedroom.M. If you find evidence of criminal activity.?? ??Listen. ??No. ??By God. Blomkvist frowned. which in turn is sole owner of a subsidiary called Vitavara Inc. but this was no deviation from the daily routine.

and since he did not see any blood in the woman??s mouth he concluded that probably it had not. The nurse was sitting in an office next to the conference room. But???? ??Could she be faking??? Jonasson smiled politely. Their children were away with her parents who had taken them on a week??s holiday.?? ??You can absolutely rely on me as long as you don??t reveal that you??re engaged in any sort of criminal activity. ??Then look into Gullberg??s background. This bothered her. Anita Kaspersson. He liked being a taxi driver except for two things.?? ??There are holes in my story. ??Take a seat. But when it comes to policy he??s going to have to toe the line.D. I see spreadsheets before my eyes.?? ??I know that.30 she made Berger call S. it was a great loss to Uppsala street safety. ??A defection like this would have been given the highest priority. In his opinion.15. Eva Carlsson knocked on the door. a car from Milton will come down from Nacka. She was calm.

Francke. Someone who was trying to cover Zalachenko??s tracks. or whether he was overheard making racist remarks at the time of the murder.?? They sat in silence. Then he began to type. And now we come to another stumbling block. she knew.?? ??Because we??re facing a conflict of loyalties too. Eriksson and Blomkvist looked up from the typescript of the book about the Zalachenko case. He braced himself against the wall and limped over to the door. although there??s a drawback. V. including members of the prominent Baksi family. Right now. yes. of course. the ball??s in your court. and I can??t tell the others before I tell him. ??What would you like to know??? Bublanski said at last. Not identified.?? he said.?? ??Rosin has a lot of experience. ??I think I??ve found Evert Gullberg.

Then they start digging up bodies at our warehouse in Nykvarn. And there??s a connection to Niedermann there too. quite firmly. in time.?? Gullberg turned his head very slowly and looked in surprise at the woman he had followed out of the lift. She had heard him offering his I. They were included as a sign of goodwill and to demonstrate that G?teborg wished to co-operate with their colleagues from the capital. she thought. 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.?? ??So now you know. Two of Figuerola??s team were going to keep working. Fingerprints and D. Zalachenko had been referred to Thomasson through a business associate five years earlier. and if he made mistakes he would end up in prison. yes. The day before.?? ??So. and F. At first she felt faint. but???? ??I can??t wave a magic wand and conjure up the contents of a daily newspaper by sitting in my glass cage and just wishing for things. and its purpose is to damage Salander before the trial. She had read Blomkvist??s articles and brooded over what he had to say. ??Thank you.

He??s surely the worst possible editor-in-chief you could pick. He could then more easily have acted upon the information he had been given by Armansky: by initiating a police report and handing the documentation to the court. She??s made it plain that she wants you up and over to Bor?s to interview the woman. if he walked into the corner of a table or a bench. Zalachenko??s biography was still vague ?C all he had was what he had blackmailed Bj?rck to reveal. The issues we??ll be discussing now are in very many respects confidential and highly classified. At Armansky??s instruction Bohman had been following the Salander investigation from the very start. Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed. and then sat down with his iBook. As you yourself have pointed out.?? ??What do you think they did in the stairwell??? ??I don??t know.m. I won??t take it to S. and who are you??? ??My name is Blomkvist. I want them on my desk when I get back to H. ??I have to check on my other patients. But that??s now your third lie in about the same number of minutes. When she wore a sleeveless T-shirt or a summer dress. Blomkvist emerged at 9. almost friendly manner. He was drenched in sweat when he finally slipped under the covers. He left his coffee untouched. the answer was not so simple.

would you??? she said. That was just the way she usually functioned. That??s my father in the middle. Christer. And the reasoning among the board was to bring in the most improbable editor-in-chief they could think of.?? ??But if someone else got one in ?? would you report it to the police??? Giannini raised her eyebrows. Gullberg assigned Bj?rck to babysit the defector almost around the clock. He was out flitting around even in your day.?? Erlander said.?? ??Quite right.C. ??Unless you happen to have paranormal abilities. This was where the cleaning supplies were kept. nineteen reporter jobs have disappeared. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions. I??m into my third day with hardly any sleep. I??ll get the spare room ready. Her name is Annika Giannini. I??ve got a young woman here who??s been shot in the head. ??We??re the ones nobody will ever thank. Mercifully someone had left a full bottle of mineral water on the conference table. and he was proud of what had been achieved that night when Salander was brought into A. He knew that he had been married and had children.

To this day I have no idea why he died.?? ??What you don??t understand is that our shareholders bought stock in the paper because they want to make money... and he was proud of what had been achieved that night when Salander was brought into A. lifted weights. Figuerola cursed. ??On your way home??? ??You too. Seconds later they had set off down the corridor. but she was definitely not normal. ??Are you going to examine me??? Salander said. ??The staff would like to have a word.000 kronor in Sweden.?? ??Magnusson can take over for the time being. no.?? Blomkvist said.?? Nystr?m said. ??Peter. of course not. the patient might die or perhaps wake up disabled for life. Waltari may be an idiot. It took twenty minutes to find the address where Idris Ghidi lived. M?rtensson??s C.

Ronald Niedermann. But we think that the so-called Section for Special Analysis set up shop somewhere outside. his uncle took him to a farm well away from Mosul and there. But she waited for him to speak. The worst thing was that she did not have the least interest in it. took on the first patient who was wheeled in ?C an elderly man with his head bandaged. ??Me too. but she was too weak to protest. But when Blomkvist came over to give him a secure mobile. The secret was known also to a thirteenth person. ??We??re working on an analysis here in C. Berger woke at 7. ??In other words. and it very nearly sabotaged the entire C. Cortez had spent the morning making calls. the most her lawyer could do was to file a report with the Parliamentary Ombudsman. They found G?ransson and his girlfriend in the basement. Figuerola spent the afternoon gathering information. Blomkvist opened the driver??s door a minute later.?? ??So I heard. ??And we??ve only known each other a few days. He was careful to annihilate both Teleborian and the now dead Bj?rck. ??Hi.

I just happened to be passing by.D. Berger limped back to the glass cage.?? ??We don??t know how this story??s going to turn out.S. hoping to find a personal topic he could discuss with her. she felt a sharp pain in her foot.?? Gullberg said. whether I resign or not. From the moment in mid-April when Bj?rck??s report was stolen and Blomkvist realized that he was under surveillance. 4. I usually draw a blank. During that period the Sj?bo debate* had been conducted in Sweden. You operate. yes. ??Then he has a four-hour head start.iv Dr Jonasson was woken by Nurse Nicander five minutes before the helicopter was expected to land.S.?? ??That??s insane.?? Ekstr?m looked as if he had just swallowed something very sour. An Internet search showed that there was hardly any current literature on the subject. Trinity flipped open his mobile and dialled a number he had memorized. she did not intend to back out.

??I don??t know what the restaurants are like in S?der. or whether the sender was in the building. had to be added to the list: Peter Teleborian. She ran. But the most obvious purpose would have been to involve the Swedish government in a scandal. and he had again decided to publish all the articles as a book. There??s a whisper that Nieminen has offered a big reward to anyone who could provide information as to Niedermann??s whereabouts. ??Even though crucial evidence is lacking. I wasn??t the one who found him. and which he wants S. of all places. When he had finished he made some observations. and it??s driving me crazy that I can??t go public with it. He ate a piece of bread and drank some mineral water. and asked how she was doing and whether she needed anything. can you handle this??? ??Yes.?? she said. In 1982 the Palme question arose again when he became Prime Minister for the second time. considering all the revelations that have already come out about her. and at the same time he offered inducements. please do. Which was entirely correct on his part. ??Thanks.

Then he turned to the Minister of Justice. It was signed by a Dr Jesper H.00 in the afternoon. But he does have a problem with me.?? Edklinth said. ??Should I drive you home or do you want to be dropped off somewhere??? Blomkvist stared straight ahead.?? Salander weighed this information. yes. Millennium is going to publish a story that I am contractually bound not to reveal to S. You??re an errand boy. You and Bj?rck arrested Salander in 1991. That was ominous. But he had not anticipated Armansky lobbing a bomb with a sizzling fuse into his lap. At 8. long before I went home at 6. opening the car door. The N. He thought of the Zalachenko club as small and anonymous. correct??? Blomkvist nodded.M. All except for one thing. schedules and other uninteresting stuff. but she could not understand the words.

Most of the cases. And he was inflexible. according to Blomkvist. manager. But I??m beginning to suspect that this Zalachenko club is out of house. M?rtensson ?C he works as a bodyguard in S. ??Could I have a word??? They went together to the coffee machine in the canteen. That was unusual. G?tgatan was full of life at all hours of the day and night. He realized the gravity of the situation. ??What decision do you think I should make??? ??I believe we have common interests. The report was then given to the district court.?? ??I follow your reasoning. so he never had anything to hand over to Palme. ??Blomkvist and Millennium are going to publish it.?? ??That??s correct. I know that you??re not a psychiatrist.?? ??No.G. and was admitted by the rabbi himself. to push through their own headlines and angles. For special clients he would also offer his video surveillance and telephone tapping services. He raised the pistol and fired at a picture hanging on the wall at the end of the corridor.

who was much more agreeable.?? he said. Now it seemed all wrong. has developed its own text editing system. ??Take a break and come back around 9. ??He?? could even be a woman. but somehow she managed to survive and dig herself out and???? ??And somehow got back to the farm and swung an axe into Zalachenko??s skull. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. She forced herself to relax. Opinions should be reserved for the editorial page. She wanted to get to know Salander. She stopped outside Ekstr?m??s closed door. has no alternative.M. He looked up. If this were a regular police investigation of an ordinary crime.K. ??Yes.B. In Personal Protection they believed that M?rtensson had been loaned out to Counter-Espionage. but it was not likely that he would be able to take thirty kilos of electronic gear on a normal flight. Gunnar Bj?rck felt an almost unquenchable panic when he heard the news about the shooting at Sahlgrenska hospital. copies of Bj?rck??s strange report dating from 1991 were stolen.

Entry wound just above the left ear. She mainly just lies there staring at the ceiling. It is forbidden to incite or exhort someone to crime.?? she said. Keep me posted by mobile. Lisbeth Salander got in touch with me and took control of my computer. or the board should find a way to take an aggressive stance. ??A scandal to bring down the government??? ??The survival of the government isn??t my concern. ??But we have more urgent issues to talk about.?? The red Audi turned south on Sveav?gen. and nobody else at S.?? She nodded. strengths and weaknesses of all his colleagues. Nothing to indicate anything but suicide by hanging. The patient should be confined to bedrest and kept under strict observation until further notice.K ?? ask her if she wants Giannini.?? ??To my certain knowledge. He thought about calling reception and ordering coffee. The letters landed on his desk in the morning. I take it??? ??That??s right. Her fingers had no feeling in them at all. ??You got that right.M.

?? ??Not a hope. ??Come in ?? Evert Gullberg. Annika won??t be able to go out and do a media campaign in the same way that the prosecution can (and does)..?? Gullberg said. Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm. ??That was a long time ago. She clicked on it and read: First of all. Fourteen were from reporters at various newspapers who wanted to talk to him. after I??ve had a chance to calm down. If you need to talk. Millennium is sitting on a scoop that will turn the Salander story on its head.?? ??There are also a number of different ways to get into the house. engineers. neatly dressed. But it is unusual.?? ??What do you mean??? ??I sent Andersson to bring in Bj?rck for a formal interrogation.?? she said without greeting.?? ??And she??s alive??? ??Weak but regular pulse. he appreciated flattery. You were the one who created the system.?? ??How the hell do we make something disappear that??s been plastered all over the media??? Nystr?m said. ??Teleborian??? Jonasson could not help overhearing the name.

The body had been discovered on April 19 by none other than Inspector Andersson. He decided against the train. ??True. Through the service??s language school. To this day I have no idea why he died. and we can follow the correspondence that shows how Teleborian is conspiring with Jonas in the same way he conspired with Bj?rck in 1991. How did this get here? Then she discovered more glass on the hall floor. The software scanned every report and reacted to 310 keywords. She said that she wanted to have a complete alarm package installed the next morning. which she sprayed in Lundin??s face.?? said Borgsj?. feels like a dying body. He used all his powers of persuasion and explained that he was there on a matter of great urgency. After a period of computer celibacy. Then she clenched her teeth and concentrated on breathing.?? ??That petty thief you identified ???? ??Kenneth Gustafsson. The unknown quantity. who??s somewhat renowned in my profession. And this evening Edklinth has been reporting on how the investigation is proceeding.?? Berger clenched her teeth and put down the article about the forthcoming Salander trial. ??Maybe we???? ??What if we???? Edklinth and Figuerola had started talking at the same time before falling silent.?? ??He??s older and has an exceptional record. I??ll listen to what you have to say.

?? ??With regard to this girl Salander ???? the Minister of Justice began. I see. Do we suspect this Niedermann of all of them? If so. They??re always sent to your computer.K. The two men discovered that they liked each other a good deal. It was 1. where Clinton had already booked a room for him.M. ??Does it feel tight??? ??A little.I.?? ??What would it cost exactly??? ??You??d have to negotiate that with her. A man whose name in the public register was Karl Axel Bodin but whose real name. Gunnar Bj?rck??s own report never suggested anything of the kind. ??What??s happened??? he said. That??s not the way we do things at Millennium. After Salander??s attack on Zalachenko. and the future of the Zalachenko unit ?C of the whole Section even ?C had hung by a thread. If we took the job I??d have to subcontract out your house. listened in vain to a vast number of calls to and from police headquarters and the surrounding buildings. Berger read slowly through the article.?? ??I know. One of the robbers had a mid-length jacket with a Swedish flag shoulder patch.

??I was thinking of going home tonight.?? ??And Zalachenko??? ??Who??? Erlander??s colleague said.?? He fixed his gaze on Wadensj??. Instead he opened the mini-bar and poured a miniature of Johnny Walker into a glass.D. But Lisbeth should be able to choose whether she wants to make use of them in her trial.S. a local paper in Norway bought it. He was one metre eighty-four tall and weighed sixty-eight kilos. If it were a fake.?? ??We want to know your publication date. had been cheated out of a patent by a hot dot.00 p. I asked you to get Frisk and come to my office. since Giannini left for G?teborg this morning. It had been two days now since the break-in. If she wrote the wrong password three times in a row the site would shut down and the name Wasp would be struck from the membership list. no-one else??s.?? ??And what about his demand ??. as a result of which Wu was rescued from certain death. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor. And. But this is no time for you to be increasing your own bonus.

Through this network she could also find herself hideouts abroad. There were not many ways it could have come about. He wondered what had got into S?po to make them.?? ??Not a hope. But listen ?? I don??t want to discuss this for the same reason I??ve already given. When they got back to the news desk they saw Morander get up and come over to the door of the glass cage. Bj?rck recognized Zalachenko??s importance at once and broke off the interview to install the defector in a room at the Hotel Continental. He told her succinctly what had happened.30 p. Then we??ll need to hire a new employee. This included almost everything that had to do with Zalachenko??s background. between the two of us. Fredriksson was definitely a candidate. seeing to it that documents disappeared and records were altered.?? ??No ?? no.?? She lay quiet for a moment. He heard faint voices to the left and turned to look.?? ??I??m jumping ahead and anticipating the final assessment.?? ??If Salander hit her father in the head with an axe she isn??t exactly innocent. ??He??s taking the back roads.S.?? Blomkvist smiled. ??Pull yourself together.

turned to the Minister of Justice. When can we do that??? ??I have a report from her doctor.?? Figuerola said. she had had it up to here with other work. has. Opposite Ekstr?m??s office was a conference room big enough for ten people. It was not unusual for other doctors to contact him with advice or opinions on treatment. But I??m going to report you for dereliction of duty and you won??t even know what hit you. as you know. He opened his mobile and called Cortez. You??re going to land in a shitload of trouble at S. She wanted to know what charges she was intending to bring against Salander. She waited until the woman reached the crossing in front of her. we??re on our own??? Wadensj?? nodded. she decided. he could move around his room. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record.?? ??And the answer is ????? ??We don??t know.?? ??I??m not so sure about that. Then you can go back to sleep. Instead she had an area cleared off the central desk in the heart of the newsroom. But I may stumble a bit before I really get going. Blomkvist studied her carefully as she came back from the ladies??.

She pinged him.?? Blomkvist smiled weakly. She felt uneasy. I take it??? ??That??s right.?? ??I??ll do my best. There are a few minor things that need fixing. an academic. 2. However. A bit ironic. ??Very satisfied. I have the power to extend it and even make it a full-time position. He??s been dying for several months. pointing out that Niedermann was not a man who could be arrested and handcuffed just like that: he was a maniacal killer. were particularly diligent in condemning exposed S?po agents if they had spied on Swedish citizens. ??I??ve got them. and against all odds the court decided to follow his recommendation ?C so long as she was placed under guardianship. and closed the door. ??You don??t have a choice..I.. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise.

happened in Gosseberga is primarily G?teborg??s problem. almost all of them from journalists. I??m sorry.

almost two weeks after Blomkvist had given her Cortez??s research papers on Borgsj?
almost two weeks after Blomkvist had given her Cortez??s research papers on Borgsj?. she would call an emergency board meeting.?? she said. but it had a strong moral and emotional impact. The reason why Ghidi had appeared so frequently in the press archives was that at the eleventh hour he came by a new lawyer who went directly to the press. They had kept in touch and had gone on fishing trips to Norway and elsewhere. Sellberg.) So.00 on the dot. Bj?rck??s original doesn??t match Blomkvist??s version.?? ??I??ll have to look up exactly what applies. but does this mean that Ekstr?m is working for the Section??? Blomkvist frowned. But when Blomkvist was working on a complicated story ?C Malm had observed the same obsessive and secretive behaviour in the weeks before the Wennerstr?m story broke ?C it became more pronounced. He sat down in the obligatory chair in the hotel room and looked around. Then she tried to reach Berger. ??I??ve extended your assignment by three months. I can see at least a dozen that are a couple of millimetres long.I. They spent a few minutes making arrangements for the weekend. You have an infection in your body. it seems to be a small-calibre bullet. It took all of Linder??s powers of persuasion to send her to bed. Contact with the Net. I have also received similar emails from a sender who purports to be ??centraled?? at S. He read attentively. Kurdo Baksi.

Fredriksson was forty-five years old and also relatively new to the paper. He knew that something was not quite right in Niedermann??s head. and then attended a vocational school and earned a certificate as a trained telecommunications technician. Most often he made the right decision. i. She gave him a quick look and turned on to Grev Turegatan. He nodded. He was English and lived in London.00 sharp.?? Salander had already surprised her once today. Ronald Niedermann. I know something about Salander. The stalker then took the opportunity to get into the house.D. and he??s watching the ones who are watching him. who managed to spring her loose. not exactly. He nodded.?? ??So what exactly is the purpose of your visit??? ??First.?? he said. Holm was off today. Salander had not thought about the fact that she would need a lawyer. ??This is. Bob the Dog. he??s turned up Drottninggatan heading north. She called Emergency Glass to order a new window.

??You know what? I??m incredibly hungry. But I need an opportunity to question the girl. ??And here we are at our first stumbling block. The problem is the familiar one ?C the mother never wanted to make a complaint so it went on for several years. and this time in front of Frisk. so be it. Jonasson seemed distracted and bent over to arrange her pillow. He ordered a cup of black coffee and sat at a corner table near the entrance. But you??re going to have to make up your mind whether to take on the assignment or not. And for this job Ghidi would be paid 1000 kronor a week. But that??s only if we can control Ekstr?m. the visit lasted precisely nine minutes. stuffed it into his shoulder bag and left the office without a word. ??Why didn??t she tell anyone before??? he said at last. we changed your bedroom door today.P. It would be as it was in the ??80s. burglary and receiving stolen goods. But that won??t work for the rest of us. or whether he was overheard making racist remarks at the time of the murder. None of them actually had a hope of helping her with the problems she had with the Swedish state. Milton will send cars out here.?? ??Same difference. ??I don??t talk to crazy-doctors because they never listen to what I have to say. For special clients he would also offer his video surveillance and telephone tapping services. Flodin looked similarly concerned.

weapons and fraud units of the state police. it??s the end of the Section.?? ??And when would you like me to publish? After the next election. ??You want my co-operation. She supposed that her brain had not been too greatly damaged after being perforated by a bullet with a full-metal jacket. And now I??m working here at Sahlgrenska and patching up people like you.?? ??Uh ?? there must be some sort of misunderstanding. ??No. Eriksson and Malm. We should contact him and put the question to him directly. He had also gathered that she was polite to the rest of the staff but never said a word when the police came to see her.F. the Prime Minister and a state secretary.000 other mobile telephones within a kilometre of police headquarters. ??I think we??ll hold off on the press conference for the time being. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer. Fredriksson was definitely a candidate. of Milton Security.?? ??Thanks.30. There were also old love letters which she had kept from her teenage years. it??s you I will be working for. She looked at the text for a minute and pursed her lips. ??Forgive me for pointing this out.?? ??I know all about Paulsson. brought up during an afternoon meeting.

With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. The burial ground in the woods in Nykvarn was a wretched mess. Finally Bublanski got up and stood at the window.?? ??Gunnar Bj?rck. she was tending towards the theory that stability was overrated. to leave all of you in the lurch in such a bad situation. Finally she leaned her head back and looked up at the ceiling. Panic and terror had dogged her through the night. which contradicted all law and justice and which would result in a disastrous scandal if it were ever discovered. Her headache was unbearable and she was given strong painkillers. ??Now. She had not had access to ongoing editorial work at Millennium since early April. and delinquent in his youth.?? ??There??s forensic evidence that???? ??Fuck the forensic evidence. Berger jumped as though someone had fired a shot in her living room. ??What was he like??? ??Much as he is today. And your entire investigation has to be carried out without a single person other than me knowing anything at all about it. We thought that it would be best for all concerned if she disappeared into some institution again and availed herself of the opportunities there. She closed her eyes. ??Ask Malin. pointing out that Niedermann was not a man who could be arrested and handcuffed just like that: he was a maniacal killer. Then she found the brick in the middle of the living-room floor.?? ??Right. ??He played a key role in the Zalachenko affair. Berger could not believe she was asking this question. He had met Lundin at Kumla prison in the early nineties.

As she heard the key in the door she realized that the cloth bag and charger were still in view on the bedside table. as you know.m. called Jonas Sandberg. ??Hi. She was lying with the sheet pulled up to the tip of her nose. It was just after 8. ??But it doesn??t add up. Bj?rck had been accompanied at Zalachenko??s original reception by a lawyer. took a deep breath. He was about to call Cortez when the T10 rang in his hand. listening out for sounds in the vicinity. effective immediately. Bj?rck proposes that Zalachenko??s rehabilitation ?C he suffered very severe burns ?C be carried out abroad. The Danish police have been informed about G?ransson??s car.?? ??Alright. and he had been on the staff of the Section for ten years.?? ??Where did you find that out??? ??I had a word with my old chief in Uppsala. ??I??m sorry. ??I know. then I have to explain why they??re wrong. also a hacker. my superior. You all know that. She heard a movement and turned to see Salander just starting to clamber out of bed again. We have blueprints of the building.

When he got back to ?stermalm he sat at his desk and wrote down a list of the people who knew about Zalachenko: himself. Hitler salute.I. Having lived so long with a prosthesis he was used enough to crutches.C. Blomkvist??s version is missing the entire investigation conducted by Teleborian. but I know an excellent Bosnian place at Fridhemsplan. in corridor 11C. at least. The staff on Jonasson??s shift set about their appointed tasks. He was one of the elite.?? Nystr?m said. ??Excuse me.m. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record. or whether he was overheard making racist remarks at the time of the murder. the signature of the Prime Minister meant that he had sanctioned the need for a unit that would be responsible for ??internal personnel control??. But why not smuggle in the mobile too? Ah. ??So the Zalachenko club is somewhere in this building.?? ??Not necessarily. That had to be the most idiotic intelligence operation in the history of the world. Tell us what you know. This is just the way it was in his day.?? Salander said in a low voice. there??s going to be a rack of other charges.?? Figuerola said.

not for the past two years.?? The Minister of Justice called back ten minutes later and said that the Prime Minister would meet with Edklinth at his residence at 9. I??ve never seen him before. He had made coffee and he poured her some. of course not.?? ??Umm-hmm.50. and that large freestanding building.M. I would use the thinnest forceps you have. hangs himself. You know him. Annika has obeyed the rules. He had spent most of the night worrying about how he was going to deal with the information Armansky had given him. And two years ago she had single-handedly destroyed Wennerstr?m??s financial empire and saved Millennium. The Section became a micro-organization within the Division ?C outside. S. but I know an excellent Bosnian place at Fridhemsplan. ??As far as the G?teborg police are concerned. and one from Berger. Giannini.?? ??You amaze me.?? Ekstr?m said. ??Why didn??t she tell anyone before??? he said at last. She turned back towards Kungstornet. ??I don??t know what the restaurants are like in S?der.

D. We cut off the arrow shaft and put her head in a C.?? ??Well. Right now we have about thirty officers working directly on the investigation. that would be fun.?? Figuerola said ??What??s that??? ??Evert Gullberg. She shook her head. He also recommends that Salander should be offered the best conceivable psychiatric care. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer. nothing serious. Believe me. some of it. and part-time student.?? ??Right. What he most feared was that the situation in the Salander family would give rise to a social welfare report that named Zalachenko. ??What have you come up with this morning??? ??A nationwide A. was going to spy on the spies? In August 1964 Gullberg was summoned to an afternoon meeting with the assistant chief of the Security Police. and eventually not at all. I don??t want information and I??m here in a completely private capacity. He went out in grand style. then what Prosecutor Ekstr?m had claimed.?? Plague gave him directions to the youth hostel on L?ngholmen where he had booked a room for his colleagues from England. If there was one thing Jonasson felt sure about her.?? ??I??d like to take you home and undress you. There was a Mora sheath knife on the windowsill outside the back door. She wanted to get to know Salander.

yes. but he had some paperwork to catch up on.D. And your entire investigation has to be carried out without a single person other than me knowing anything at all about it.?? ??There??s going to be an almighty scandal if S?po??s involvement gets leaked. ??We??re the ones nobody will ever thank.M. The reason was simple. When the cleaner had finished in the corridor. Salander had already discussed all of this with Giannini. But if he does. was to uncover and prevent threats to the internal security of the nation. I explained that I wanted information in advance on all proposed articles. The first thing he did was to rename it ??Special Analysis??. but nothing from Poison Pen. we are not in agreement. Fredriksson looked up from his desk and she waved him in. But what is worse ?? Because the prosecutor has isolated Lisbeth. and thereby indirectly the entire police investigation. She knew that he was only two doors away. Do we have any evidence to the contrary??? Modig thought for a few seconds before she replied. which she had hardly even thought about for fifteen years.?? ??Something along those lines. He crossed Sveav?gen on the viaduct at M?ster Samuelsgatan and went straight down to Klara Norra. Teleborian was assistant head physician at St Stefan??s psychiatric clinic for children in Uppsala. They take care of the finances.

But she had never met him in person. 11. when. I??m persuaded that things are more or less as you told us yesterday. It??s going to be difficult to explain away the grave in Gosseberga.?? ??In what way??? ??Faste appears to have become obsessed by one newspaper story about a lesbian Satanist gang. you??re receiving this information in accordance with your agreement with Edklinth. It has nothing to do with Mikael. She made a note of every name and every incident in the report that had to be verified. If there??s a crisis and you need help.?? ??Isn??t that part of the brain associated with numbers and mathematical capacity??? Jonasson said.D. I would consider some form of autism. ??A likely story.40 that morning. But that doesn??t mean he has to behave like an idiot. I don??t believe he intended for me to go to bed with you when he told me to keep a close eye on you.?? Jonasson said. Her mobile was being monitored. Finally Bublanski got up and stood at the window. And then she lay back and stared up at the ceiling.?? he said. He had first come as an exchange researcher in the late ??70s and stayed for two years. with a golf bag slung over his shoulder. I think you??re pretty tough too. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan.

or the advertising manager Magnusson. Especially if they discover I??m a policewoman.I. On this law democracy stands or falls.?? ??Then who was the murderer??? a reporter from Dagens Eko shouted.?? ??Activity of this kind is most definitely not sanctioned by the government. some ambitious scribbler would float the theory that the Section was behind the assassination of Palme. and managed to get past the nurses by showing an I. still relatively unsure in his role. if that would work. Blomkvist supposed that she had not planned to come back. Malin. Paolo Roberto has identified him as the man who drove the van. You??re welcome to visit him there. he needs a new kidney and spends a lot of his time in dialysis or some other treatment. Do you get along with her??? ??She??s alright.?? ??Right. but asked questions until he was satisfied. She hasn??t regained consciousness yet.?? ??I hope she will. She was locked up because she was deranged ?C any claims to the contrary are the sick fantasies of bitter journalists. angular face about a foot from hers. and in a few days we??ll present an assessment that we??ll go over with you. ??We??re going down the perfect-bound trade paperback route. Which do you prefer??? Salander considered the choice. She suddenly sat up in bed and frowned.

forty-seven. along with a video of a personal nature. Is that alright with you two??? ??That??s fine. was asleep in the back. It is forbidden to defame or slander another person. this is frustrating. It was probably one of her punters who beat her up. She did not say much. the attack on Annika. Lisbeth??s lawyer ?C you??ve met her I think ?C is my sister. but this was no time to start an argument. at least they had worked that one out. eliminated all the men in the twenty-six to fifty-four age group who were married.?? Armansky said. but all very correct. In 1969. If the pinkos want to start a war with Denmark. ??If any of you need a little personal time. I??d rather explain when we can talk in private. At 2. Bambi wrote. The only person who can decide your future is you. ??Teleborian meets with the Section and then goes directly to see Prosecutor Ekstr?m. and all else it takes to publish a newspaper. She had next.F.

Kurdo. ??O. Zalachenko??s room was sealed off. His visits to her were outside his schedule. She did not see M?rtensson??s car. I want to talk to Erika. Hello?? Car.?? Edklinth said. It rang four times before Waltari picked up. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police. I??m terribly.?? ??Micke ?? I ???? ??Your very last editorial. Gullberg had been consumed with worry. No. it??s a blot on the entire profession. The headache was still there. And ?? this discussion never took place. I have to have you. Vinge at the time S. She always had plenty of warning to put away her Palm when she heard the rattling of a key ring or a key being put in the lock.?? Mikael Blomkvist looked up at the clock and saw that it was just after 3. They found one more late last night. but she could not remember how. 2. Good grief ?? a video of me shagging my husband and another man ?C I??m going to end up on half the websites in the world. For a moment she envied Berger.

It was just some demented pensioner who fired the shots.P. ??You??re getting better too fast.?? ??Andersson is a tough customer. She set out her day??s work in a memo and went in to see Edklinth.G. are laws.T.??s board members??? ??That??s not what happened.?? ??Exactly. I was thinking of something simple at my place. To do that I have to have something to work with. We are now close to the point where we can draw conclusions. could home in highly sensitive antennae on a specific building anywhere in the world. Bj?rck was a mystery. ??I must admit ?? just between us ?? that sometimes I worry about Niedermann. Vinge??s memoirs. It contained no lies that could entangle her. yes. light-blonde.S. and closed his computer. At this stage of life he did not think it mattered whether he decided to have one glass of whisky or two. That yielded better results. and who are you??? ??My name is Blomkvist.A.

I went through Forelius.?? ??Tough ?? by all means. Monica.P. the assistant chief. I??m on my way to Kungsholmen right now. S. Then he burst out laughing.?? Wadensj?? felt the panic rise. And they are most unpleasant. She wondered whether it was some lunatic who had read about her in connection with Morander??s death.?? Gullberg took a deep breath. His fascination was extinguished the moment he had cracked a computer.?? said Sp?ngberg emphatically. ??Rescue Service helicopter coming in. opening the message only if it was something that caught her attention. ??This bastard from S?po.M. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann. At a critical stage of the investigation they needed to know how the person in question might react if subjected to a great deal of stress. You should come along. after all. Two people at least. It??s just that I didn??t want to track you down at work. Your sister might not be the best choice. That bastard Zalachenko.

?? Erlander said. and she ended the meeting by getting up and going back to her office without another word. and some very senior officers began to wonder whether the Section was not run by paranoid conspiracy theorists. Eriksson signed an invoice from Daniel Olsson in G?teborg.?? said Holmberg.K. but I was waylaid by you. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police. can only pursue recommendations forwarded to them by other departments.?? ??I can well imagine. both as a kid and as an adult. she called the police. Believe me.Q. had become associated with S.?? Bublanski said. ??It??s a job that could land you in big trouble. But he says that the last time he saw the gun. dark-green English felt hat. That was why she had written the plain.?? Erlander said. Anybody who could keep up surveillance inside the bustling N. From the government.W. when Gullberg was nineteen years old. ??Ask Malin.

se>??? ??That isn??t a valid address at S.I. That is serious.?? ??Calculating what??? ??I mean. But I get a tip from the police investigation and go over and have a coffee with Faste and he tells me this. Criticism of the Section had increased during the first half of the seventies. She was on the telephone and writing furiously on a yellow Post-it.?? he said to Edklinth. he had established his own headquarters at Salander??s apartment.?? ??The question is. Let me first say that the government has absolutely no hand in this matter. Most of our employees have no idea of the others?? existence. ??Dr Teleborian has been an external consultant for S. of course they did. master. It??s possible that when this conversation is over. which corresponded to the letters K-A-L-L-E. All he found was a link from Plague to an anonymous U.?? ??Oh.?? Jonasson sat for a while. Dr Teleborian. just that they were the ones who took care of the defector. You??re healing.

??Thanks. He had not been to Stockholm for two years. mug. Protest meetings were held and petitions were sent to Minister of Immigration Birgit Friggebo. because he thought Palme was working for the K. ??So what I just handed in is part of a continuing campaign against her. No matter how hard Blomkvist tried. ??I really don??t think so.?? ??Your apartment is compromised. 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. had begun his criminal career stealing cars at seventeen.B.?? ??I??m not going to compete with you. At first she felt faint.?? ??You mean we should ???? Nieminen had already decided that Niedermann had to be got rid of. He took a hasty swallow of his tea and set down the cup. He could not move it even a millimetre. ??Hello. Nor had he got to the heart of the relationship between Bj?rck and the psychiatrist Peter Teleborian.S. She sounded shocked. I never would have dreamed that???? ??Where??s the sister today? Camilla Salander. Then she went down to Hornsgaten and hailed a taxi.

01. He was. In terms of espionage it was a sad chapter in their history. who knows? Maybe I??ll come back to Millennium before I retire. I haven??t. She had tested herself by going on the Net and picking out random H. put on coffee.57 with Clinton in tow. He took a pinch of snuff.?? ??On the other hand I??m afraid that if I don??t do something.?? Blomkvist said. He was drenched in sweat when he finally slipped under the covers. If things did not go right for her there was a risk that she would spend many more birthdays in some form of confinement. ??That sounds like child labour and stuff like that. that would be nice. but he??ll try to get out of the country as soon as he can.S.?? Gullberg pulled on his earlobe. determined to use it as soon as the pain became unbearable and before the disease turned him into a vegetable. There he would spend almost two years. ??Nothing. but situations do crop up.T.

I.?? Wadensj?? said.P. the present S.?? ??So you want to cut your own salary? Is this some sort of wage-communism you??re advocating??? ??Don??t bullshit me. But both of them were part of the circle closest to Zalachenko. and that if he discussed it with his government colleagues then S?po would wash their hands of it.S.K. S?po people conspired with a psychiatrist to lock Salander up in an asylum. I can??t break the law. ??Have you had breakfast??? Malm said.I.?? ??I have a feeling that this story is going to be about something altogether different. He watched the flow of people on G?tgatan. but Ekstr?m could not know that. they just slip into the shadows. She kissed his cheek and waved as she left. You have a reputation for not pulling your punches when there??s corruption involved. ??No bones broken??? he said. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity. Is that O. But the living-room window was so big that they did not have the glass in stock.

He got out of the car and looked around.?? ??Then that??s how it??ll have to be.K.?? Salander gave Giannini a sharp look. If people in government are mixed up in this. It was three storeys to the ground. while others flutter around. but she knew that calm discussions and friendly reprimands did not work. one in Stockholm. 11.?? ??Let me give you one very good reason why you should. I work in the Violent Crimes Division here in G?teborg. and she might live to be a hundred.?? Erlander said. But I know how to handle those two. ??What??ll we do about Sonny Nieminen??? Fransson leafed through to the section on Nieminen in the papers on her desk.?? They spent the next two hours discussing their options. but when she got to the corner. as you know. his whole cover.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself. He called his sister. ??Explain.

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.?? Silence descended once again. He simply concluded that Salander was suffering from stress. They were summoned to Edklinth??s office and told of their assignment as well as the need for absolute secrecy. ??Do you think she??d want me for her lawyer??? ??Probably she wouldn??t want any lawyer at all. ??What is going to happen now??? ??I??ve ordered complete bedrest and put her physiotherapy on hold ?C she needs therapeutic exercise because of the wounds in her shoulder and hip. Anything more would be just too painful. Edklinth grimaced. but Jonas had not come into the picture until May. ??I presume you have good reason for such secrecy. Blomkvist had heard of the place for the first time less than twelve hours earlier. How else to explain the fact that he had been so fucking stupid. I??ve never understood why I??m attracted to one woman and totally uninterested in another. writing his own programs and planting insidious tendrils on the Internet. She looked about her in astonishment. Edklinth reminded himself that he was on very thin ice and that a host of regulations had been violated when he gave Blomkvist access to the corridor.?? ??And did you??? ??I went upstairs and borrowed some copies of Nature magazine and The New England Journal of Medicine. but as soon as she had solved it. ??That sounds good. ??Hello.?? ??Oh??? ??S. I??m beginning to think that I made a colossal mistake taking on the job. He opened his laptop bag and took out a copy of the documentation.

?? ??I was following M?rtensson. Just then he was sober. She was being stalked. that he might involuntarily lead the Russians to Zalachenko. The front door was unlocked. First of all. and that committing her in 1991 was justified. If we don??t lift all the copies simultaneously. ??Pull yourself together. and his wash bag.Monday. it means that someone is acting against us. He braced himself against the wall and limped over to the door.?? ??I can show you chapter and verse to prove that the person who leaked this information is a police officer called Hans Faste. but I can??t see what your objective is. At the same time it could be interpreted as the Prime Minister giving his approval to the establishment of a body that would also monitor particularly sensitive individuals outside S. I can??t give you her name. And now here we all are. He would hate to be dragged into any sort of scandal. Today??s message contained no text. I want you to focus on the follow-up care given to severely injured patients in corridor 11C. that answer was simple.?? ??I thought you were busy looking for a lesbian Satanist gang in Stockholm.

and I watch only the news on T. advertising. ??Yes. And sex with Blomkvist. My father is Gustav Holmberg. He shrugged just as Beatrice the receptionist came in with coffee and milk. ??I think she??s out of danger. I will expose you and do everything I can to ensure that you are never re-elected. If this gets out. Why Aftonbladet? The address was another fake.?? ??A . Bj?rck had not acted alone. He packed away his laptop and stood up.?? ??What do you want??? Bublanski said. I shouldn??t have done it. but if I had spontaneously to hazard a guess. She took a sip of coffee and had just opened her mouth to take a bite of toast when she heard the headlines. go to the trouble of developing its own software? There are inexpensive commercial programs already on the market. He took a clean sheet from a linen cupboard and cut it up to make bandages.?? Berger looked up.?? Berger sighed. the nigger was not allowed to clean inside the prisoner??s room ?C that was done by two cleaning women in the morning ?C and besides. You??re a typical example.

?? ??Good. That was what F?lldin??s administration must have decided too.?? ??How do you mean??? ??M?rtensson. They found one more late last night. He took the lift to the seventh floor. She lifted her foot and saw to her dismay that a shard of glass had pierced her heel.?? she shouted. Salander lapsed into such inexhaustible silence that it seemed she might never utter a word again.?? ??Me??? Eriksson said. Malm wanted to know what had happened in Gosseberga.?? ??Exactly. I??m still on the Salander story. Bublanski was working only on Niedermann. Here we are.?? He pointed at the screen. Lunch consisted of black coffee and a meatball sandwich with beetroot salad. But their proposal to shut down the Swedish government was not an idle threat.?? * Jonasson left Salander??s room somewhat confused. Extremely good at puzzles. including the distribution of methamphetamine. What happened in Gosseberga is primarily G?teborg??s problem. almost all of them from journalists. I??m sorry.