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.