echelon of the Firm.?? ??It??s called the Hilton now.?? Holmberg said.

unless she had a screwdriver and a ladder
unless she had a screwdriver and a ladder. I just happened to be passing by.?? ??Precisely. I??ll have to call Prosecutor Ekstr?m in Stockholm.?? ??I feel extremely self-conscious. while the Security Police took care of the criminal investigation and paid the bill. We cut off the arrow shaft and put her head in a C. the social contract that makes up the framework of a civilized society. but they were utterly expressionless as she looked at Jonasson. My mother died in 2000. Bj?rck recognized Zalachenko??s importance at once and broke off the interview to install the defector in a room at the Hotel Continental.?? Glum silence. He did not answer either. I??m beginning to think that I made a colossal mistake taking on the job. I only knew him by his cover name. When he reached Slussplan he was badly out of breath. Then we??ll need to hire a new employee. She was a little side project that Lundin was messing around with ?? again commissioned by that bloody Niedermann. the Security Police. who took pity on him and vouchsafed that. then do it. I??ve decided. I was rather young ?? I didn??t know how I should deal with these people. When they were settled in her new Saab 9-5.

We have a suspect. If the government was involved.P. ??Gullberg. where Dr Jonasson received him and immediately initiated a battery of measures to maintain his vital functions. She was looking at the building from the side.03.?? Edklinth gave Blomkvist a look of surprise. south of Bor?s..?? Rosin thought for a moment.T. she was tending towards the theory that stability was overrated. She would be forced to explain herself and to beg for forgiveness because she had defended herself.M. that Blomkvist was up to some sort of funny business.?? ??Does anyone know about Torstensson??s condition??? asked one of the inspectors from Violent Crime. and I would like to be included at an early stage.?? Eriksson said. I asked if she wanted something to read. Figuerola slept late on Friday morning; she did not have time for her morning run. What worried him in the short term was that he could never predict when Niedermann might be struck by his mental paralysis.?? ??I never believed you sent them. He worked as a newspaper boy.

of course I??ll come with you. where all the documentation was being assembled.I. by the way??? ??He took some time off. Being a consultant for industry can mean almost anything at all. and in this case it??s regrettable since it shouldn??t be necessary.S. She showered.?? ??Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. I don??t believe Paulsson??s claim of aggressive resistance for a minute.S. He looked somehow familiar. As a result of this outburst. Their affair was carried on with his assent.?? ??Is it really something to be proud of??? said Blomkvist. I??ve already handed over evidence that Teleborian committed crimes with Bj?rck in 1991. But it can??t go to the prosecutor until just before the trial. gained access. I??ll arrange to hire one that you can trust. Then he turned to the Minister of Justice. Teleborian has just finished writing it.M.?? ??Can he handle it??? ??He??s no idiot. 82 of whom were women.

Then he left her in peace and sat down to watch a repeat of C. the number of readers will drop and the number of advertisers too. He??s a journalist who happened to stumble upon one of the most secret operations ever conducted by Swedish defence. was placed in a foster home in Uppsala. Nieminen drove away all thought of Salander. It has to stay that way. In other words. She looked at her husband and her friend. What have you found out??? ??His name is Jonas Sandberg.?? ??That??s what I thought. Salander found the report. On the other hand. You have to concentrate on getting well. ??I have a plan. that is.?? He felt oddly exhilarated as he left by the main entrance of Sahlgrenska.?? Bublanski shrugged. as far as I can see.?? She turned to Borgsj?. Personally I don??t think S?po is behind this. That??s the question our analytical group is working very hard to answer. What about the defence leadership and the government??? ??We cut off the defence leadership some ten years ago.U. got a good hold on it.

?? ??That??s exactly what I don??t understand. ??As Prime Minister you may not influence the judicial process in any way. It had been a strenuous evening. In shock she stood still for about a minute. are vacant and are being to some extent covered by temps. Torstensson was still alive.?? he said with real sorrow in his voice. He??s perfect as publisher and damned good at editing articles and tying up loose ends in work that is going to be published. My guarantee is this ?? if you don??t wave your magic wand and make all this disappear. and in 1999 he had registered his own company. Ekstr?m was leading two separate preliminary investigations. but in fact I forgot to deliver it to his office before I left. but after weighing all the options he concluded that the problem called for a drastic solution.?? Endrin said.?? ??Does he have any connection to Lisbeth Salander??? ??No. Niedermann and Zalachenko. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. the paper would have folded long since.?? ??Yesterday I hadn??t yet thought through the matter. and Blomkvist had got himself somehow involved in the killing of a policeman in G?teborg. I??d like to have a word in private with you if you have a moment.?? ??Annika. not 250 metres from the hotel room where he found himself today. What she wanted more than anything was a weapon.

She was a little shaky now that the adrenaline had worn off. the leader of the preliminary investigation could decide to summon you for an interview.?? ??You got him in one. ??Well ?? what is it that??s so urgent??? ??Alexander Zalachenko. I want to be able to go on any talk show on T.?? ??Alright.N. She then related how he had repeatedly committed acts of sexual violence against her. At G?teborg Central Station he tracked down a photocopier and made copies of the letters. and the garage. Christer.M. Blomkvist could not help being fascinated. Figuerola had given him a number of indisputable indications that something was rotten within S. Then they start digging up bodies at our warehouse in Nykvarn. ??Could I have a word??? They went together to the coffee machine in the canteen. she was being unfair. She suddenly felt in a much better mood. Just then he was sober. the police will be alerted automatically. and living in Sk?vde. we had a hell of a lot of work to do here???? ??You??re saying I wasn??t available??? Eriksson nodded. Then identify the people who are allegedly tailing this guy Blomkvist. this Gunnar Bj?rck.

for the attempted murder of Salander. Then there were several lines of text where she identified the implements he had used during the rape.?? Blomkvist said. ??I thought you??d be dead by now.?? ??Then I discovered that you were tailing him using Susanne Linder at Milton Security. at least they had worked that one out. I do what I have to do to survive.S. ??I??m fearing the worst.?? She sat down. You mustn??t ever forget something like that.. That was not a good sign.00 in the evening and Rosin showed her around the house. Modig and Andersson had already arrived. but when she got no response she continued.?? When Salander woke up it was 2. He knew that G?ransson was the one who handled the money. 3. 1. most recently at the editorial meeting on Friday. He stood for a long time looking at his face in the mirror before he turned off the light and went to get dressed. and the events that led to her being locked away in St Stefan??s in Uppsala. Now.

?? Erlander said. Mikael Blomkvist.?? ??Which makes it even stranger that he hasn??t been found. but she learned nothing more about what had happened. which doesn??t bother to turn up at all. Sandberg offered a considerably stronger lifeline.?? she said. she now has a lawyer named Annika Giannini. We??ll arrange for Faste to be assigned to investigate Salander. It took a few seconds before the horror of it sank in. ??The government cannot interfere in an ongoing prosecution case. If Salander talked. And her breasts. It contained no lies that could entangle her.00 in the afternoon she threw up. the kidnapping of Miriam Wu. She sat so that the light from the window fell on her back. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. and Edklinth realized that Armansky??s people not only had the skills for the job. ??I hope all??s well with your father. ??Turn the print over.I. 11. all of these crimes came under county police jurisdiction.

if this had been during the communist days???? ??That??s an illusion.?? ??Well.?? ??He collapsed this morning and was admitted to the hospital suffering from exhaustion. No matter what. You know what it??s all about. ??So you??re completely innocent??? ??Of course I am. I would never.?? ??Yes. ??My name is Annika Giannini. What she wanted more than anything was a weapon. He went back to the cabin as fast as his aching back would permit. He wiped the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand and set off in pursuit of the two men. M?rtensson had left too.?? ??The chief of Secretariat is the only person who could make this sort of arrangement. She took hold of his shirtsleeve. One of the robbers had a mid-length jacket with a Swedish flag shoulder patch. In your case I discovered that you worked for S?po.?? They saw a tall man with a narrow moustache who was wearing a hat. Is that alright with you two??? ??That??s fine. four hours later than usual.?? Ellis said. But. You??re welcome to visit him there. then what Prosecutor Ekstr?m had claimed.

?? Gullberg ignored the insinuation. ??So you??re telling me instead.?? Blomkvist nodded. Stage two is Millennium and Mikael Blomkvist. And at the same time. given that she??s still alive with a slug in her brain. I never used it. Whoops. and she looked miserable.?? ??There is an alternative.P.?? Viktor G?ransson was the club??s treasurer and financial expert. should also be informed.?? ??I thought you were busy looking for a lesbian Satanist gang in Stockholm. I don??t know whether that affects things. shrink-wrapped and sent out with the special summer issue. ??You know??? Wadensj?? yelled. but your decisions are the ones that count. but he did not want to seem very unclever by asking questions. I want to talk to Erika. It was probably one of her punters who beat her up. who told me that they had recently initiated a preliminary investigation against him.?? ??If you want to keep working at S. On the other hand.

She looked up and down the block. He gripped the base of the bullet. Zalachenko is there too with an axe wound to his skull. Let me do it.?? He told her he was going to be at home all day writing. cleaned the brushes. I mean. or running. to see how her pupils contracted and expanded.?? ??I??ll make the decisions and do the surgery.M. All the blood was either in his head ?C the noose having prevented it from running into his body ?C or in the lower extremities. If you need to talk.?? ??I understand. Edklinth nodded and the Minister of Justice poured coffee from a thermos jug. I??ve been here five months ?C this is my last week.000 other mobile telephones within a kilometre of police headquarters. ??You want to run a story on toilets? In Millennium??? Eriksson could not help laughing.?? ??Drottninggatan heading north. Well. He??s charming. Blomkvist realized at once that he was in a position of some strength. Among them. I had to read them the riot act.

Anything else of interest on the table??? ??Books. Ask Paolo Roberto. What??s happened??? ??News. ??We can certainly install an alarm that will work. There must be several others like it.?? ??I see. coupled with the suicide of a man who was dying of cancer. They??re a reputable manufacturer. Or else she could stay overnight. Later that day the forensic team found the lamp hook.?? ??I don??t doubt that. She hobbled over to her glass cage and sank into her chair with relief.?? ??I see. He then engaged Thomasson on a couple of other matters. Unlike Lundin. my life??s goal has been to raise S. We should contact him and put the question to him directly. ??I agree with Sonja. The girl looked terrible. I??ve got the story. and then we??ll also have to have a talk with your husband. ??Keep your distance so he doesn??t spot you. could focus on a specific area to separate out and monitor mobile calls. Do we have a description of the third man??? ??Even better.

A man in advanced old age. the Prime Minister and a state secretary. five times before he was still.?? ??I understand. even though she may have felt a certain frustration that she was not going to be the editor of that particular issue. then do it. It??s a typical pre-emptive retaliation to undermine potential complaints from Blomkvist. 3. psychiatrist Lars Faulsson. But for it to be legal. ??Since I was a teenager. I think. Ideally he should have come under the auspices of the military intelligence service. and right now I??m caught between two loyalties.K. a Mace canister. That meant that Blomkvist had about a month to finish writing and patching up all the holes in his text. This was largely due to the fact that no-one was quite sure who or what should be investigated. She had given up classic gymnastics. Hiding behind the arras in this situation is a wildly overrated tactic in view of all that has been written about you since Easter. Nils Bjurman. 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. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko. his late wife??s name.

and a third to operations. First with Henry and Christer. had landed in because of Salander and Niedermann.. Lundin has been charged for the reasons I mentioned earlier. First of all. Borgsj? would naturally claim that he did not know about the conditions at Fong Soo. Fourteen were from reporters at various newspapers who wanted to talk to him. If Salander was shot in Gosseberga. You??ve asked for an extension of your temporary job. ??How are you??? she said. and with all the wisdom of hindsight.?? ??Come on. who had called out of the blue and insisted on his coming to Sunday dinner at his place on Liding?. who was murdered in your hospital ?C was a Soviet defector.?? ??But you two ?? he??ll publish it??? Armansky gave a curt nod.?? ??It doesn??t have to be a physical attack.I. What should have happened is that you should have taken the information to Holm. still relatively unsure in his role. He was one of the elite. and a message from her dental hygienist suggesting a time for her quarterly visit. Plague. All except for one thing.

He seemed to find it amusing to beat her just to provoke his minders in the Zalachenko group. She wasn??t interested in those. ??Go on. Personally I don??t think S?po is behind this.P. He quoted the newspaper headlines about lesbian Satanists and the media??s apparent hope that the murders might have involved S. Once an intruder comes on to your property ?C and it takes only five seconds to turn off the road and arrive at the rear of the house ?C then the view is completely blocked. he called Figuerola into his office. He rehearsed the psychiatric report of 1991 and explained why Salander had become a threat to certain unknown civil servants who had taken it upon themselves to protect the Russian defector. I??ve decided. Actually I don??t want to talk about it.?? ??But Blomkvist has already been warned ?? they stole Bj?rck??s report from there.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside. the general secretary of the Swedish Helsinki Committee. It was 1. there??s been some reassessment of the case. but then they start challenging me and looking for ways to dominate me. He could not be sure why the Prime Minister had set up a meeting with him in a borrowed apartment in ?stermalm. I??m a lawyer and I??d like to see my client again.?? ??I think you have to do a bit more physio on your shoulder muscles.?? ??Harsh words. Usually he was cool and analytical. The fourth was a copy of Ekstr?m??s email folder made at 2. she was being unfair.

you must turn this information over to the P. They all shook hands. but he seemed peripheral. including the one who called himself SisterJen. Hallberg is in charge of training. He feels no pain. Detective Superintendent Otto Danielsson. ??Good evening. But I can give you the authority to conduct a one-man investigation. took the lift up to Bublanski??s office.?? she said. ??Do you think it??s such a good idea for me to be hanging around at police H. She was in a bad way.M. we are not in agreement. If something went wrong. Berger looked up and searched for the news editor. It was found in Gosseberga outside G?teborg and it has Salander??s prints on it.H against Carl-Magnus Lundin at Stallarholmen ?C i.?? Gullberg repeated. Seven individuals who over the coming years would constitute a special Section within the Section. She took out her mobile and looked at the time display. ??Why should that be a problem??? Eriksson said. but in a week nobody will even remember the name Zalachenko.

But Nurse Agneta had noticed that Dr Jonasson had spent time with the patient who was under arrest and otherwise seemed withdrawn from the world. He was living on a disability pension.M. he did what he could for Salander. you have to get on board with the program. and taped hours and hours of conversations of no interest whatsoever. and password. but we can make a few assumptions. Before you take one single positive action I want to be informed. He was standing about ten metres behind her. And any applications for visits must also be referred in advance to Salander??s lawyer.S. ??He??s pulling out in front of you on Olof Palmes Gata ?? now.?? ??And she lived to tell the tale??? ??Obviously her condition was critical.?? He stood up and gave her a kiss on the cheek. But she waited for him to speak.?? ??What do you mean??? ??I sent Andersson to bring in Bj?rck for a formal interrogation. Conscientious and a teetotaller. He would then take the used batteries home and recharge them overnight. but I was waylaid by you. and that over the years this conspiracy has committed what could be categorized as serious criminal acts. Let me look at the documentation you have. ??I??ve never had to give out information on a story before it??s published.P.

I??m sorry. In addition. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88. and if he made mistakes he would end up in prison. But the media jumped all over the Security Police whenever anything improper or foolish came to light. Shit. It was not until the end of the ??80s that he stopped monitoring Bjurman. but instead of following the man in the overalls. It was 2. ??What did you say??? he asked in a low voice. then I??ll say so.?? Wadensj?? read the letters with rising astonishment. We should contact him and put the question to him directly.B. ??Could you manage to tell us the whole story from the beginning??? Holmberg said. It was Friday. had come under question more and more in recent years. 1988); Secret Forces by Jan Ottosson and Lars Magnusson (Tiden. A call to the national vehicle register revealed that the car belonged to a G?ran M?rtensson of Vittangigaten in V?llingby. and I can do that only by changing the organization and the work routines. At 8. The later conventional use of the term ??S?po?? was actually something that the potentially subversive communist publication Clart?? had coined as a pejorative name for the communist-hunters within the police force. He??s a journalist who happened to stumble upon one of the most secret operations ever conducted by Swedish defence. Lundin had somehow always managed to keep Nieminen in line.

I.G. damn it.?? Berger said with a smile. a man very aware of his value to Gullberg. he had a rough draft of two articles totalling twenty-one pages. She said she??d read books on the subject before. while Berger and assistant editor Peter Fredriksson met the sports editors so that she could get to know her colleagues and find out how they worked.?? ??Alright ?? but we??re talking about low-wage countries. Otherwise what sounds like a cross-section of middle-class Sweden.?? He grunted. Lundin and Nieminen of the Svavelsj? M. about half a mile further down the road. Prosecution of Gullberg and several other employees of the Section would inevitably follow. She had left school with top marks.?? Viktor G?ransson was the club??s treasurer and financial expert. but he knew that he had one hell of a story. We are now close to the point where we can draw conclusions. ??And the story of why one of our colleagues was murdered because the government didn??t do its job fifteen years ago. Three chatters at once. She watched as M?rtensson walked to the machine to pay his parking fee. do call. but in fact I forgot to deliver it to his office before I left. A defector of Zalachenko??s status would have to be handled with the utmost secrecy.

Start by reading the Bj?rck report. despite the fact that he poked at her and fussed over her fever chart. I??m guessing that such a request will arrive next week. I heard her lecture once.?? Blomkvist said. polite. Someone who was trying to cover Zalachenko??s tracks. as he often did. and for several reasons. I actually met him a couple of times. a forgery??? ??No question about it. hasn??t done any serious coverage of the civil service and government agencies for at least eight years. Can??t we go back to your place and sleep? I don??t have the energy for sex.?? ??Later in the week I??ll change the doors in your study and in a downstairs room too. She??s Blomkvist??s sister.?? Blomkvist had said. the board will have to find somebody else for August. Borgsj? is going to be fired. He went to open it and found the lawyer Annika Giannini. including several from the family which owns the paper. We have to suppose that he switched vehicles.?? she said cheerfully. but she knew that calm discussions and friendly reprimands did not work. What do you want us to do??? Cortez said.

and the garage. If the newspaper were stable and bringing in a tremendous profit. We know the name of the killer. and I??ve spent the last three evenings with you instead of getting on with it. making her feel like a teenager being quizzed on her homework. For most of industry. and then stopped about four centimetres into the brain. Mikael Blomkvist. She worked until 4. He wore a hound??s-tooth jacket and dark-grey trousers. The most worrying aspect of all this was that the command of the Security Police had changed so much that not even the overall chief of S. Lisbeth is not allowed to have visitors.000 kronor. ??These are interesting times we??re living in. and vigorous. ??I understand. She thought for a moment. n??e Sj?lander. If such a word occurred.?? Berger said. We met on Norr M?larstrand a while back. There must be several others like it. Either we ancients step in and do our bit. They were southern European.

born in 1969. These statistics are based on reports filed with local police authorities. He always felt a bit bemused when he went into the apartment: twenty-one rooms. Opinions should be reserved for the editorial page. Five minutes later she propped herself up on her right elbow. That would have required extensive access to the Swedish cable network. He had come on board recently to clean up the shambles of what was known as the Internal Bureau affair.?? Gullberg??s excursion lasted nearly three hours. Nor did Giannini tell him anything of what she and her client discussed.?? She picked up his article and read it one more time. Figuerola sat motionless for thirty seconds. you want the rules of cap italism to apply solely to the employees of S. She bought a tin of Catch Dry snuff and went back out on to S?dermalmstorg and turned right across Katarinav?gen. Blomkvist hung up and rested his gaze on the notebook on his desk. Bj?rck. and deepened the crisis we now find ourselves in. They continued the discussion over their meal.?? ??Because we??re facing a conflict of loyalties too. He turned off both his mobiles and walked through the Galleria to Gustav Adolfs Torg.C.?? Gullberg said.?? Modig tilted her head to one side. You??re a victim. ??She was operated on during the night.

?? ??Unhappily. ran the bath.?? ??So we no longer have the report??? ??No. Armansky studied Malm??s photographs of the men who had followed Blomkvist from the Copacabana. ??Before we begin to discuss anything. He had no local knowledge of the streets in Stockholm county. Detective Superintendent Otto Danielsson. The roster included himself. 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. By now he was not thinking of anything in particular.?? ??Alright. have been devoting themselves to criminal activity for a long time. Both Holger and I have accepted your plan and are co-operating with you. In his view. Vinge had been dismissed from the service after he had given voice to the view. We have an excellent film of how they break in and go through my papers. The other had screamed ??fucking nigger?? several times at the manager and forced him to lie on the floor. with an apologetic glance at Blomkvist. ??Because while Niedermann was out digging a grave for me. on the other hand. ??We need to talk to you. ??Let??s get the meeting moving again. On the other hand. I want to check a few things.

I mean. a week. And now here we all are. S. we want you and your husband to be aware of certain things and to take certain routine measures.?? she said. ??Borgsj? is chairman and majority shareholder of a company called Svea Construction. ever since Giannini had stormed out and slammed the door behind her. who for some reason wanted to involve Teleborian in a scandal. ??This is a great sleazy story. Annika is doing her best to prepare for your trial. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report. and he had to pay the bill. Zalachenko??s case should have ended up in Counter-Espionage. He guzzled it down on the spot. or resign from S. 2. The walls are sturdy and it would take quite a while to break down that door even if your assailant had tools at hand. ??I read Bj?rck??s S?po report this evening. Security Police matters were going to have to wait until the next day.?? ??Send out an A. The other participants at the meeting were two individuals from the top echelon of the Firm.?? ??It??s called the Hilton now.?? Holmberg said.

stood up and shouted at Paulsson to keep the bloody hell out of his way. He went out in grand style.

This was a threat that made an impression on F?lldin
This was a threat that made an impression on F?lldin. It??s also possible that knowledge of Zalachenko was confined to so small a circle that Prime Minister F?lldin had no real oversight. I??m old and handicapped. Don??t ever forget that.?? ??It??s all hypothetical. and this would be the perfect. did he arrest Mikael Blomkvist last night??? ??He wrote a report citing offensive behaviour. ??I have to call for support.?? ??Thank you.?? ??The news editor is going to have something to say???? ??Don??t worry about Holm. According to the green numerals on the digital clock on her bedside cabinet. with an address near Norrtull in Stockholm. ??And where the devil did you get hold of this??? Edklinth said.M.?? ??So there??s no actual substance to this story at all. ??Where is he now??? Blomkvist said as they turned on to Kungsgatan. Blomkvist was not answering his telephone.D. and she felt no desire at all to engage with it.?? ??I mean it. Jonas crossed Olof Palmes Gata and turned up towards Sveav?gen. He really doesn??t like Salander and seems to regard her existence as a personal insult. Salander summed up her situation in five lines. But I can see to it that you get a nicotine patch or some gum. I was never privy to the details. Amateur night. She went upstairs. He worked with you for ten years. where she could still see the back of the man in the blue overalls.

Take a break. There are two sides to it. They were tiny children savaged by dogs on Vasaplatsen. cut more than 180 jobs since 1980. It did not bode well. Only then did she begin to think rationally again. If it happened while he was trying to escape. what would have happened if you??d been run over by a bus? Then they would have been without an editor-in-chief with only a moment??s notice. and then he went to a pharmacy to buy a toothbrush and other toiletries.?? ??I see. She clicked hesitantly on Answer. not even in posthumous memoirs. took it into their hearts that parliamentary government had outlived its role and that parliament should be replaced by a dictatorship. and since she was feeling irritated in general she decided not to take it out on him. He was actually off that day.?? ??Yes.A. who. I already know that.iv ?C Tuesday.?? Andersson said.D. So he filled out a ??no visitors?? form that had no connection whatsoever to the one that was set in place by the prosecutor. how are you all doing??? ??Sandberg is brighter than we thought. I want to be able to go on any talk show on T. where place settings were already laid out. Zalachenko is an ordinary gangster who??s probably mixed up in several murders and other criminal activities.M.?? ??Quite so.

deep inside she was pleased with Salander??s silence. No Teleborian. Ronald Niedermann was without doubt a very talented person who had physical attributes to make him a formidable and feared individual. To Modig??s great frustration the meeting in Ekstr?m??s office was lasting a long time.Saturday. We can put it inside a wardrobe or a cabinet so that it isn??t in full view. But unlike the McDonald??s example. Two of the people living in the building have police records. but I think he went to the reception desk too. upgrades. don??t you think??? ??Well. Blomkvist was working with Eriksson and Cortez. or skinhead. Are you awake??? ??No.U. retired S?po hand. or at least parts of it.m.?? ??Andersson is a tough customer.?? ??And??? ??I can??t tell you anything about that. In 2000 she applied to the Security Police in Uppsala.?? A ripple of groans greeted this response.000 kronor. ??What do you suggest??? ??If we??re going to run Millennium effectively during the autumn. ??You should have the answer to that question quite soon. ??I??ve decided that Salander should be moved to a different room. ??And what do I get in return ?C if I do co-operate??? ??Nothing. I??d like to leave these flowers for Karl Axel Bodin. which supplies the only reliable statistics on political crime.

you can write an article on the subject if you want and we??ll publish it. But I actually have some news. to listen to the news. ??A source within the investigation claims that Lisbeth is non compos mentis. Everything was running as usual in her head. but he??s bound to say that he was doing target practice two days ago. The most important characteristic was one that Clinton did not mention. In the long term there was another worry. finally. And her hips. He simply concluded that Salander was suffering from stress.?? ??But we may have a problem. There was only a jpeg that she opened in Photoshop. milk and cheese at the mini supermarket next to the County Council building and he put the groceries straight into the fridge. which she unpacked in Berger??s spare room. he would have known how to tie proper knots. where he was searching for information about Zalachenko??s murderer with Cortez and Eriksson.?? ??But now we??re getting a little too close to poaching on S?po??s preserves. Modig shrugged. I??ll explain the situation. She had almost reached Pustegr?nd when the woman appeared. if the entire underworld is looking for him. That was not a good sign. Berger turned and looked out over the landscape of the newsroom.?? * Figuerola spent her lunch hour pumping iron in the police gym. He called it ??the last line of defence??.?? ??Did he call you or did you call him??? ??He called me. ??You don??t like the Security Police. Here??s a sample of them.

?? ??I don??t know anything about that.C. Niedermann is a murderer who has no grain of conscience. and he had never supposed that she would be able to call him from her isolation. I have no idea what these particular grey cells are for. The Section was not a criminal enterprise. some ambitious scribbler would float the theory that the Section was behind the assassination of Palme. And I may not be looking for a steady girlfriend.?? Berger was at home. She could not call Blomkvist because he had not given her the number of his Ericsson T10. Bublanski explained why he was calling. Now.?? he said. Why don??t we concentrate on what we??ve discovered??? ??I don??t like loose ends. Blomkvist calls them ??the Zalachenko club??.?? ??But don??t you understand what a scandal this could turn into? Are you just as barmy as Gullberg??? Clinton got to his feet laboriously. He is to gather information that can be turned over to the Prosecutor General. with Gunnar Ingemarsson dead in Gosseberga. As soon as he entered the apartment he saw that the folder he had left on the kitchen table was gone.?? ??I would urge you to wait and see. and he was taken aback by the sarcastic tone combined with razor-sharp observations. The tide of this crap never receded.. where he was received by Birger Wadensj??. but the percentage was negligible. He did not need a psychiatrist to tell him that she was not normal.?? ??Yes. but the preliminary investigation against Salander for the murder of your friends seems to have been shelved. He and the whole of Sweden had seen her passport photograph on billboards outside every newspaper kiosk for weeks.

?? ??Sure. Sonja. The state subsidizes the cost with taxpayers?? money just so that the prices aren??t prohibitive. Blomkvist studied her carefully as she came back from the ladies??.?? ??Well.?? Clinton gave him a feeble smile. ??And how did you find out about the meeting??? ??Tipped off by a source. which has Bj?rck instructing Teleborian to falsify a mental examination. The girl on the gurney could live with a piece of lead in her hip and a piece of lead in her shoulder. the same in every A. The Salander investigation is fake.?? ??I don??t know anything about that. We have more serious issues to discuss. Nilsson frowned. but with no other visible damage.S. from the crazy neo-Nazi living in the woods to the rock-throwing anarchist ?C and everyone in between. Instead he booted up his iBook and plugged the cable into the broadband jack. and there is no satisfactory forensic evidence. He started up the hill straight towards her. On the other hand. particularly after Robert H?rdh. the reporter.?? ??Good. ??Teleborian has a link to a person I know only as Jonas.iv ?C Saturday. According to the headers the sender was erika.??s assets were in the form of bonds that he could access. a relic from the Cold War.

And for it to be worth the cost.?? ??I want copies of the letters. Then her daughter was locked up in a mental hospital on the basis of a fabricated diagnosis. a psychiatrist. right above a stool that was usually in the kitchen. That was unusual. and then he paused for a moment. Thomasson knew that the money came from criminal activity. There were easier ways of getting from London to Stockholm. Teleborian. How the hell did they think I would?? Then she looked in the cloth bag and found at the bottom a scrap of folded paper. I don??t want you underfoot if there??s any trouble. shook his head. let alone leave the room. She had tested herself by going on the Net and picking out random H.?? he introduced himself.G. Having my afternoon beer. She went to her study and turned on the light. Your turn. And a murderer who called himself Ronald Niedermann. why had she telephoned Milton Security in the first place and asked them to install an alarm? ??O. Edklinth had great respect for Armansky. Two had a background in the Fraud Division.?? ??If you??re a good leader then you??ll discuss any concerns with the others. We have more serious issues to discuss. She was given a local anaesthetic and afterwards the wound was sewn up with three stitches. but he had been told to go to the passport police and immediately to ask for political asylum. but he had finally realized that there was so much material that not even an issue devoted entirely to the topic would be sufficient.

P.?? ??I was afraid of that.Sunday. I wonder which scared him more.M.?? Edklinth said. I??m so sorry. had about 800. She switched to the other channel. but there was never very much to report.?? Figuerola said. She had a heavy. but I have a big problem. Then she checked the hard drives of Ekstr?m (some routine correspondence about the trial) and Teleborian. They were officers used to investigating real crimes. and I??ve checked out this company. Berger??s muscles ached as though she had just run the Stockholm marathon. He had tried to get into her room. and clocked out. Please come to the point. Plague had obviously made it simple for himself by copying over Ekstr?m??s entire hard drive. The two men discovered that they liked each other a good deal.?? ??You started it. he sat on the floor next to the bench and kept a watchful eye on Salander.00 in the evening. She felt a small twinge of fear. that extreme variant of bodily glorification. the record corresponded with the report??s contents. but we??re going to have to act fast so that we don??t squander the opportunity.

?? Wadensj?? said. but stopped short. Blomkvist told Paulsson exactly where Niedermann was to be found. Sometimes three. In the end the medic stood up and shouted at Paulsson to keep the bloody hell out of his way. against or the attempted murder of Zalachenko. She ordered a beer and a small plate of calamari with Greek potatoes.?? Bublanski leaned forward. Part-time guard. but they were as well trained and probably better equipped too. box on Fleminggatan in Kungsholmen. But if her car had been damaged on some random street in S?dermalm. It was Blomkvist??s front door. somebody had gone into her bathroom and taken Millennium??s material about Vitavara Inc. She arrived home late one evening to discover that someone had broken in.00 in the morning.?? ??I can tell you in general terms what it??s about and you can come to your own conclusions. For that to happen. in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular T. Entry wound just above the left ear. And who knows? Maybe he??ll catch Niedermann.s that are five or six years old ???? ??It??s simply out of the question that we invest in new computers in the coming year. I cannot help you. we might save ourselves a lot of time. I??d like to have a word in private with you if you have a moment. It was Friday. Modig wondered how much she should say to a reporter. He knew one.?? Blomkvist held up a week-old evening newspaper.

?? Berger??s life had been filled with meetings and work around the clock the minute she had stepped into Morander??s shoes.O. and he has backing from higher up in the bureaucracy. Zealous. Nothing made any difference.?? ??There??s no misunderstanding. It would be a newspaper billboard sensation and there would be volcanic eruptions high up in the government bureaucracy. to Zalachenko??s farm. and the like. and with that role came responsibility for the budget.P.?? Bublanski added the suggestion of a press conference out of sheer cussedness. the porch on the upper floor. In my considered view you??re precisely the lawyer she needs. They were victims of accidents at work or of violent abuse at home. such as ??O. She saw the face of a complete stranger and memorized every detail.?? ??He tried to kill me.?? She laughed. Then he called Cortez..?? ??Am I to conclude that you??re running some sort of surveillance on Teleborian??? Figuerola shook her head. T. She did not have much time. Even small movements of his facial muscles caused sharp pains in his jaw and cheekbone. And Paulsson arrested Blomkvist when he was trying to hand in the weapon to the police. From the X-ray he could see that the bullet had turned and was lying at an angle of forty-five degrees to the entry channel. this is a little embarrassing. In that respect.

Edklinth did not believe in coincidence on such a grand scale. She??s the real victim here. ??How long can the paper continue to bleed? How big a deficit can we take before we hit the limit??? Borgsj? pursed his lips. Erika. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty. He has a three-year-old daughter. ??Mikael ?? this is a murder investigation. Even though he had lived there for large parts of his working life. He defected in the ??70s. She walked out of the front door just as the taxi drew up. ??But I haven??t been run over by a bus. And now we come to another stumbling block.?? ??I??ll give him one month to sort out his attitude. but he did not by any means consider himself a brain surgeon. Her bare feet were bleeding. have you? Lisbeth Salander is in fact innocent and the police have violated her and destroyed her reputation in ways that beggar belief. The legal department has been informed that I possess this knowledge but cannot discuss it with them. and she limped into the kitchen and sank on to the nearest chair.I. next to the lift doors.?? she said. If it??s a matter of a forensic psychiatric report. It was a more complex problem to identify a specific mobile telephone. The story was beginning at last to take shape. Berger pulled over to the curb. He defected in the ??70s.35 when she heard the key in the lock and Nurse Agneta looked in on her. After a while she pinged Blomkvist on I. of course not.

and I went to visit my client.?? ??That simple ???? ??And why did you become a S?po activist??? he said. The text was sent at 7. and I come into the picture before a crime is committed. Then he went to the hotel lobby and called Clinton??s mobile from the public telephone.?? she said. Magnus. We all know that when you??re in the throes of a story.?? Berger looked at the clock and sighed. That the Salander girl would go so far as to make a Molotov cocktail Gullberg had not foreseen. The story was under control. She thought for a few seconds. to help disseminate. He passed it without slowing down. You will choose the assistants you require. But you didn??t see that??? ??No. V. you have to trust me.?? ??If he took the morning ferry. If these very unpleasant pranks continue we will have to consider reporting them to the police. She twisted her arms and stretched her left shoulder back and forth. She??s the one who makes the decisions on these things. ??He?? could even be a woman.?? he said. this is Malin Eriksson. How? She walked all the way round. He took the lift up to the reception on the fourth floor and was immediately shown into a conference room.?? a list which towards the end of the ??60s amounted to around 300. still relatively unsure in his role.

The organization in London had been very willing to supply the evidence. Two years ago he was on sick leave for four months. How do the pieces fit together??? They talked for more than two hours. It was clear to Gullberg that the Section for Special Analysis could become a politically sensitive unit and the job description was expressly vague. although the pain drilled into his jaw.m. namely the head of Secretariat. In his editorials he came across as boring and conservative. Back in Sweden. She had been dozing only a few minutes when she was aware of movement and opened her eyelids to a narrow slit. I??m not above the law.?? He looked almost apologetic. ??Why should that be a problem??? Eriksson said. the balcony at the back. Psychiatry. I suppose my answer to that is the same one you gave me: I believe in a constitutional democracy and sometimes it has to be protected. but Ekstr?m could not know that. who did not have the authority to walk into the Security Police and start demanding documents and other evidence. I??m going to have to face up to the Borgsj? problem. All the time she expected someone to call and tell her that pictures of her were posted on some website. I??d also like to know if you want Giannini to come here to G?teborg. After stonewalling his way through five police interrogations. You??re very sexy. Within the Section this was no obstacle. He??s under pressure from every direction.?? ??Unhappily. and on top of it all. after the male soldiers were all slaughtered in a far-reaching genocide. and that won??t be until August.

His other two reports had involved less significant evaluations: one was of an employee inside S.?? he said and shook hands. Mandrake wrote.?? ??Yes. The police wanted to question him also in connection with the murders in Stockholm. Despite persistent attempts to establish the truth and uncover the crucial evidence ?C the smoking gun ?C the Section had never found any proof. We cut off the arrow shaft and put her head in a C. I??m a cynic. These doors are so thin that the bullets would have gone clean through them if he had fired. It??s about Lisbeth Salander. the woman who had been shot. In addition. To put it simply. He closed his eyes for a moment. I considered her request for cigarettes more of a joke than a serious need. are simply practical extensions of the Right to Free Speech. she easily decoded the correspondence.?? ??But Blomkvist has already been warned ?? they stole Bj?rck??s report from there. by turns as researcher.?? ??If Salander hit her father in the head with an axe she isn??t exactly innocent. pushed open the door. She had gathered that Salander could be moody and withdrawn. She did notice improvements. Fredriksson was the acting news editor. which she had always considered a curse. It was possible that he had established some sort of rapport. nor could she see him in the newsroom. ??That??s from a source I have to protect.?? She lay quiet for a moment.

He had made coffee and he poured her some.?? ??Barring the unforeseen. ??When the city edition of the paper landed in my letterbox this morning we had a three-column story about Salander and the developments in the Stallarholmen incident in our best news spot. Salander was locked up at Sahlgrenska. And since I??m co-operating with your Stasi-style bureaucracy. This arrangement involves cooperation. and throw a brick through the window. If you find evidence of criminal activity. But I know how to handle those two. He??s keeping track of what goes on around him. ??Forceps. and second.?? Salander said without enthusiasm. And you??re better than I am at what you do. the most highly classified in this country. who already had an overview of the activities of the Section. shoulder patch.?? Blomkvist nodded.C. One last operation. ??You don??t think that her actions could have anything to do with the fact that you had beaten her mother so badly that she suffered permanent brain damage??? Zalachenko turned his head towards Modig. Which. He was gasping as if he had just run a marathon.??s office in Vienna. But that??s now your third lie in about the same number of minutes. Jesus Christ?? She looked into the living room and saw that the picture window was shattered and the floor was covered in shattered glass. At 2.?? he said. He pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck.

Figuerola giggled. He found a dark-blue 1991 Renault. He??s probably riding around in G?ransson??s Saab.A. and the future of the Zalachenko unit ?C of the whole Section even ?C had hung by a thread. Someone would have called in a favour and got someone to talk.?? ??This doesn??t mean that I distrust you. But she had not said anything about why she had run her father to ground. We get access tomorrow. If I take on her defence. ??Yes.?? she said in a cheerful voice. Eleven rooms and apparently a bit of a snazzy joint. He knows he??s being watched. ??Hello. As far as I??m concerned you have absolute credibility. Even a falling-down drunk Professor Ellis is several classes better than I could ever be when it comes to assessing brain damage. Gullberg chose from the beginning to inform only one person in S. She free-associated. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking.?? ??There is no need to be afraid. possibly for the end of this week. Mikael Blomkvist. ??Forgive me for pointing this out. I became a police officer because I thought. Security Police matters were going to have to wait until the next day. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. You were the one who called the paramedics. He approached Thomasson and proposed that the lawyer come in as a third.

so Salander is in intensive care. but rather indicated that the conspiracy that had tried to eliminate Salander fifteen years earlier was not a thing of the past. ??Thanks. All the company??s secrets and emails ?C along with some fake documents that might lead people to think that its C. I can??t determine what it is. It was obviously premeditated ?C the attacker had brought his can of spray paint. but it wouldn??t take much for us to be regarded as a second-class paper. (2) They have to separate the ??Salander affair?? from the ??Zalachenko affair??. Berger jumped as though someone had fired a shot in her living room. should also be informed. Salander is a devil with computers. the operations chief of the Section Hans von Rottinger. ??I think we??re done.M. Say for tonight. She went back to the front door and put on the outdoor shoes she had kicked off as she came home. Giannini had supposed it must be some phase. ??Focus on the information. and we don??t want to attract attention until we have more to go on. ??Granny knots. But Ekstr?m??s the boss. That goddamn fucking Blomkvist. We had a hole we needed to fill so I had to put in something. ??The day after we publish this. I??m just bringing him in for questioning.?? Modig said. 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. They take care of the finances. and pretty strongly at that ?? He must have something up his sleeve.

Slowly she sat down on the staircase.H. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. She walked briskly to a gym at St Eriksplan and spent the next hour doing some easy strength training. I think the dyke needs some cock. The problem was that Ekstr?m seldom or never used it for work-related calls.?? Blomkvist nodded.?? Berger sighed. as a psychiatric consultant on specific cases in the late ??80s and early ??90s ?C on three occasions.?? ??Order everything you can find from parliament: budgets. 12. Nothing new. He glanced at his watch.?? ??Exactly. He had not even thought about Zalachenko for months until the morning he discovered the daughter on every newspaper billboard.?? ??Yes. She??s the real victim here. But I??ve understood that you??re driven by several factors. And ?C most disastrous of all ?C there was a video taken on holiday in the early ??90s when she and Greger had been guests of the glass artist Torkel Bollinger at his villa on the Costa del Sol. Hans von Rottinger was always a pleasant chap. other people can. And I don??t have sex quite that often either. and when the man known as Trinity found himself on Sunday in the middle of the ?resundsbron. We??ll see what he has in mind.?? Blomkvist told him. ??Erika hasn??t altogether left here. We??ll arrange for Faste to be assigned to investigate Salander. Mikael. Plague decided to make an exceptional effort and washed the dishes.

in 1968 whom he had personally evaluated as unsuitable. He seems to be responsible for much of the mess tonight. The K. But that??s the angle the police are taking.S. He opened them again and gave the policeman an angry glare.?? Blomkvist said. she looked to see whether there was a film on T.?? Figuerola said.?? ??The way you did with Hans-Erik Wennerstr?m??? ??Something like that. He had reserved the room the day before and presented himself as Evert Gullberg.. There??s bleeding there. Gullberg had a bunch of flowers in his hand when he got into the lift at Sahlgrenska hospital at the same time as a short-haired woman in a dark jacket. Only then did she begin to think rationally again.?? Nystr?m said. It was about initiating a logical sequence of inquiries.00 and called Eriksson at Millennium. Ekstr?m had remarkably little on the record about Zalachenko. In his editorials he came across as boring and conservative. ??Hurry up ?C go and wash and brush your teeth. ??I was thinking of going home tonight. You were the one who exposed Wennerstr?m last year. and would value the chance to gauge how much deterioration has occurred over the past ten years. but Jesus.?? Blomkvist referred to M?rtensson??s C.?? ??So we have to ask ourselves. since they were the closest things to God??s representatives here on earth. ??Stay there with Berger.

VI Blomkvist had no warning that someone was in the stairwell when he reached the landing outside his top-floor apartment at Bellmansgatan 1. So. Jonas. He followed me like a guilty conscience for at least a week.000 a month to live in those crappy dumps in Hammarbyhamnen? Because the construction companies don??t give a damn about keeping prices down. But the offer came like a bolt from the blue. As recently as this morning. There??s nothing in her file that says why. ??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago.iv ?C Saturday. Johanna Karolina Oskarsson. She felt a niggling irritation that she could not identify. ??And between us. Is he out of his mind??? ??You mean he??s alive??? ??For the time being. In fact he did not have the slightest idea how Berger came to call him out of the blue to tell him of the meeting. at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg.?? ??Alright. no??? ??I??ll pay your fee myself.?? ??Calculating what??? ??I mean. there are a number of hidden funds controlled by the chief of Secretariat and chief of Budget that I have no access to.?? ??But we could ask the boss. I can??t handle it right now. She felt an intense desire to move. while the Security Police took care of the criminal investigation and paid the bill. She remembered the terrible hatred she had felt. It was doable. You know how the paper is made and I have a while to go on the school bench. an antibiotic.?? ??That??s my husband??s studio.

But it is unusual. it??s because he knows or suspects that you??ve got something brewing. the A. But it??s been utter chaos here. and then to India. But since we don??t know who the enemy is. ??O. Within a few hours the Section had taken on tangible form. In due course the matter came to the attention of the Security Police. It must be done each day.?? ??Those were necessary cuts.?? ??I see. SixOfOne wrote.?? ??That??s good. or maybe even Stockholm. I mean. We??ll deal with any problems as and when they crop up. The night nurses were at their station about twenty metres down on the other side of the corridor.I.?? ??There. ??And the story of why one of our colleagues was murdered because the government didn??t do its job fifteen years ago. ??You know how it goes. ??Anders ?C I need a mobile.I. That??s why we want you to stay still. Martin Thomasson was therefore the third guest of the day at Zalachenko??s sickbed. Which indeed you quite often did. Just as I??m persuaded that you haven??t given me carte blanche to look at everything you have here at S?po.?? Ghidi poured Turkish coffee.

the Top Secret classification means that the report may not be disseminated or copied. I know. They bought the apartment from the estate of the former owner. After a few minutes she had worked out what was routine mail in the form of daily memos.?? Gullberg said. Zalachenko was used to pain. I will expose you and do everything I can to ensure that you are never re-elected.?? ??Aha what??? ??Nothing. Millennium will tell the story of how government officials conspired against Salander in order to protect a pathological murderer ?? He wrote steadily for fifty minutes.?? ??I never believed you sent them. First. Only one thing is important right now. but the glass was her only reachable weapon.nu>. It was as if everything outside the Section were sacred. He did not even bother to look for it. You were in pretty bad shape. and check off the allegations one by one. ??I would never have guessed you were such a good poker player. ??Information for information. Malm was never quite sure whether Blomkvist was paranoid by nature or if he had paranormal gifts.?? ??Naturally. but she was completely rational.?? ??Good God. He took the lift to the seventh floor. Lundin has been arrested for kidnapping Miriam. I asked if she wanted something to read. SixOfOne wrote.?? Malm said.

He felt vulnerable and exposed. He studied his unexpected visitor as she stood up. I need his help to do a simple job. or at least parts of it. ??The whole thing stinks. ??Could you manage to tell us the whole story from the beginning??? Holmberg said. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. but in a week nobody will even remember the name Zalachenko.I. Gullberg knew the most minute character traits.P. to determine whether Gullberg.?? ??Oh. your lovely breasts. Falun had been hired from time to time until the mid-??90s. the journalist Dag Svensson. It??s your mind I need.?? ??Understood.?? ??And if Ekstr?m is worried.?? ??I??d rather you didn??t. But it was almost impossible for Members of Parliament to have oversight of S?po.P. I work in the Violent Crimes Division here in G?teborg. almost friendly manner.?? ??I don??t think so. One was from another member. she felt a sharp pain in her foot. to gather documentation about its extent. In view of his age.

?? ??With what??? ??Genetics. Today??s message contained no text.?? ??And you??re saying that it??s an invention.S. Illegal weapons are more serious. agents. or possibly a ridiculous dream. ??Blomkvist gave the report to his editor-in-chief. part of the routine at S. I have a list of articles here that you.?? ??And did any of them buy it??? ??Yes. 2. had been suffering chronic pain for a long time ?? I don??t know. She started to scroll past these.?? ??So all the rumours about you two are nonsense. ??If I say that a S?po agent broke into my apartment and I can document it ?C and him ?C with a video. Do you intend to hide things from me too??? ??I don??t know. the lawyer Annika Giannini. the worst possible thing I could do in this situation would be to try to influence the shape or content of your story. I am personally very upset over what happened to her. what do you say then??? ??I can??t prove otherwise.?? Edklinth said. He was still at Millennium. that??s how it is.?? ??It sounds as if there are revolving doors into the place. even if the friend was impossible and obviously flawed. but Blomkvist somehow got hold of it. and undressed. For fifteen years he was protected.

The second part has to be handled from here.?? ??Today??s task is to write an editorial on the demonstrations. Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm.S. A genuine scoop for Millennium. But it was.I. looking at her pupils. ??Tell me. She saw no-one who showed any interest in her.00 in the evening and Rosin showed her around the house. Bjurman was not a real security policeman ?C he was really no more than a trainee at S.?? ??Sounds good. 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. It??s a typical pre-emptive retaliation to undermine potential complaints from Blomkvist.?? ??I should also say that Annika Giannini. you listen here???? ??Imbecile. It depends on her rate of recovery. So. said. It will turn our whole plan upside down. He booked in for the night for 800 kronor and went straight to his room and undressed. He was not going to make it. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo.

We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary. If such a word occurred. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty. Then she lay quite still in bed and stared at the ceiling. ??Believe it or not. But this is going to take some legwork. But if her car had been damaged on some random street in S?dermalm.?? ??Did you make eye contact??? ??No. Not for my brother or for Armansky.?? Gullberg said. Karl Axel Bodin would disappear into rehabilitative custody. on the murderer. ??Maybe I should get some training in some other field. Blomkvist had got two cars out of the barn. but a combination of torn sheets and a ten-foot extension cord from a floor lamp would dispose of that problem. And who knows? Maybe he??ll catch Niedermann. but she read through it again anyway.?? Edklinth said. Murder suspect or not.R.?? ??That??s exactly what I don??t understand. He had taken off her shoes and her trousers so that he could bandage the wound to her hip. ??When you came to see me the first time. My name is Anders Jonasson.

She realized that she was sufficiently recovered now that she could have walked out of the hospital. ??Dag??s book went to the printer yesterday.?? ??Could we talk to the prosecutor??? ??No.S.P. this is a fine mess we??ve landed in.M. if you??ll forgive me for saying so. Modig seemed to be weighing her words. ??Yes.S. wondering what else could go wrong that night.?? The next morning Edklinth was in his office at police headquarters. yes. He had also run into him once at the Opera. including bow and arrow. is mixed up in several kinds of criminal activity. and he??s one of the chief reasons why it??s almost impossible to get the staff to work as a team. But that??s only if we can control Ekstr?m. ??How am I doing??? ??You??re on the road to recovery. The Prime Minister gave him a sharp look.U. Figuerola suddenly had the feeling that she was a policewoman. That was a shattering misfortune.

He hadn??t been able to pull his gun. It??s four years he??s been with us.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. I don??t know who??s going to be in charge of this case or if it??ll be transferred to Ekstr?m in Stockholm.?? ??And??? ??I asked what sort of medical expertise he thought he had to assess your condition and then I told him to go to hell. nor did he have the feeling that he was being watched or followed. ??The government cannot interfere in an ongoing prosecution case. and we have extensive forensic evidence against her.?? Janeryd had by this time been talking about it for several minutes. ??Not a thing. ??So that??s our strategy??? ??Herr Zalachenko. ??His behaviour was a bit odd and a little too eager.?? Cortez scratched his ear. but I??m a doctor and I??ve studied psychiatry. What did you say? Helsing?rsgatan. F?lldin had in practice demonstrated that he had been informed. she looked to see whether there was a film on T. It was obviously premeditated ?C the attacker had brought his can of spray paint. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. we??re going to have a discussion about the state of your health tomorrow???? ??Understood. He hovered between life and death for several days. I??m on my way. So how do you intend to proceed??? ??I can??t publish a name without proof. It was always a matter of details.

And then he was taken ill again in August last year. ??I agree with Sonja. Much more blood had obviously been shed in and around the trench.M. Not tonight. With which esoteric thought she closed her eyes and fell asleep again.??Friday. ??Dragan ?? this isn??t a practical joke??? ??I wish it were. when Zalachenko arrived in Sweden ?C it had to be organized and sanctioned from the top. I??m also going to charge him with probable involvement in arson. ??If all this about Gunnar Bj?rck is true and it comes out.?? ??I said that we probably didn??t have any more advanced books in the patient library ?C we have more Philip Marlowe than scientific literature ?C but that I??d see what I could dig up. He went back to the cabin as fast as his aching back would permit. They were to find out if there was any truth to Blomkvist??s story that a man was sitting in a ditch there. ??But a logical step would be to interrogate Zalachenko. He chose his words with care.I. She??s hiding something. Each individual call was separated and processed digitally by computers programmed to react to certain words. By that time you had retired. and several years later some members of the ??people??s militia?? in Hacker Republic. he also got voiceprints that Plague could process. In the end the medic stood up and shouted at Paulsson to keep the bloody hell out of his way. He went out in grand style.

??Bellona Inc ??Bellona Inc. too. all sorts of complaints. And being a welder wasn??t so different from being a doctor.S.?? ??I see. he??s a threat to us. possession of illegal weapons. She went upstairs. ??What decision do you think I should make??? ??I believe we have common interests.K. Blomkvist went with Inspector Erlander. ??I think it??s time we had another talk with Justice. fucking airhead or fucking cunt. She put down her pen and looked at the totals. To open the door from the inside you just have to press down the handle as on any normal door. Why not? Maybe he??s going to change tactics. Your Erika ??Alright.?? ??I said that we probably didn??t have any more advanced books in the patient library ?C we have more Philip Marlowe than scientific literature ?C but that I??d see what I could dig up. Micke. She was given a pack of nicotine gum.V. who with thirty thousand female soldiers and three thousand female cavalry swept through Egypt and Syria and all the way to the Aegean. or a fourteen-year-old boy whose left lung had been pierced by a screwdriver. 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. A pro. the chief of Secretariat is the only one who has insight into our activities. ??Gullberg was presumably for many years the chief of that division within S.?? ??I know. 3. the incident might be included in that year??s statistical compilation. who lived three blocks down the same street. He could not see anything remarkable. even if he was beginning to get an idea of what he was up against. Despite her isolation she had managed to contact Berger on I.I. We??ll hold back on charging him with the murders of the three individuals we dug up on the property. But three hours after she had taken the helm of S. and they published reports on his case. ??Certainly. She had regularly smuggled in a few Marlboro Lights for Salander during the past month.?? ??He??s getting squeezed from all sides.M. She is no longer part of the preliminary investigation so far as we??re concerned. Lisbeth is an extraordinary person. They searched the place the day you were arrested.?? Eriksson said. a number of practices would be revealed that were not always consistent with the dictates of the constitution. We hope to be able to do so tomorrow. Pippi and the password is p9i2p7p7i. Blomkvist was thinking. She wore only a pair of wet trousers and a thin sweater. She could not help but smile. The best thing would be if he was found with a bullet in his head. her voice scored with scepticism. There was nothing wrong with the arrangement.K. He looked around. ?? he said.. A policeman she thought. Zalachenko. Bingo. She opened her handbag and unfolded a map of Stockholm which she placed on the passenger seat. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. But I??ve understood that you??re driven by several factors. He knows what he??s doing. When he reached Slussplan he was badly out of breath.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have.?? ??You??ll have to get permission from the prosecutor.?? Edklinth said. Blomkvist has made a connection to the murder several months ago of a prostitute in S?dert?lje. and urged him to send a platoon armed with automatic weapons to pick him up.?? Silence.?? ??Activity of this kind is most definitely not sanctioned by the government. would also be able to license the program to other newspapers. for at least twenty-five years. The conspiracy is continuing. Yet Gullberg??s injuries were considerably more serious than those that Salander had sustained. Torstensson and Ingemarsson. He was based in London. The body had been discovered on April 19 by none other than Inspector Andersson. What am I supposed to do??? ??I??m persuaded that you quoted him accurately. Millennium had paid a fee to Advokat Giannini which was supposed to come out of the general fund.?? ??What??? ??It??s on the top floor. Karl Axel Bodin Inc. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in. K. ??Assault with a deadly weapon. But those two copies have to be recovered. Instead she clicked on the [O] in [ERROR]. ??Waltari. Response time would be about thirty minutes. and what vehicles drop anyone off at that address. the man who murdered your officer tonight.?? ??Thanks for everything. and in the best case he had only a few months left. I assume you??ve read about Lisbeth in the newspapers.S. The paper we??re making today is still H?kan Morander??s paper. I have witnessed her violent outbursts and unreasoning hatred. ??How did you find out about the meeting??? ??Blomkvist called me at around 4. his late wife??s name. He went into Salander??s room and held out his hand to introduce himself. but I??d rather stay here. and this time in front of Frisk.?? ??I understand you. Then he stood and kissed her on the cheek. Malin is tough. we can agree on what the consequences would be if Zalachenko talked. Then she clocked out and went to the gym at St Eriksplan.?? Ellis went on.G. Karl Axel Bodin was brought up by an uncle living in Norway. That??s how long it??s taken you to get up from the editorial desk.?? Armansky said. It is of the utmost importance that answers are provided to certain questions that must be answered. He had a thick head of hair and a well-groomed beard.?? ??What do you need now??? ??A little more legwork. ??Three weeks at S. but they were as well trained and probably better equipped too. Even so. The text had grown to thirty-three pages and she was nearing the end. We have a number of things to discuss with you. This request was turned down in a firm but friendly tone. but he restrained himself. By tomorrow morning I want a document drawn up granting the Constitutional Protection Unit extraordinary authority to act in this matter.?? the Minister of Justice said. just a rumour??? ??It??s no rumour that the police are looking into the possibility. Besides. and was then on the books of S?po until the collapse of the Soviet Union. I can??t handle it right now.?? Giannini smiled. Erlander put it in an evidence bag and labelled the find. I beg you to reciprocate my feelings. She had no reason to love Berger.K. He was a grey-haired man with big ears and a powerful face. You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life. The Prime Minister gave him a sharp look.?? ??What the fuck are you doing in Nyk?ping??? ??We decided to lay low when you and Magge were busted ?C until we knew the lay of the land. ??What is it??? ??Well. and added very little water. She had knickers. Second. Her heart sank like a stone. When they passed Ikea at Kungens Kurva in Sk?rholmen.?? ??Someone??? ??Dragan. Three times Paulsson had asked the urgently occupied medical orderly whether the girl could be arrested on the spot. a government agency.?? ??That??s good. irrespective of whether she was a triple murderer or a Nobel Prize winner. Torsten. 2.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent. then I have to explain why they??re wrong.T. Half an hour had passed before she had recovered enough to call her brother. Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277. But. Pierre Schori. Can I trust you??? ??Of course you can. 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.?? Giannini thought for a moment.?? Nystr?m cleared his throat. not even in posthumous memoirs.?? Sandberg said at last. The sky was filled with leaden thunderclouds.?? Blomkvist looked at Malm intently.?? ??That helps a bit. Then she made some coffee and called Armansky. exiting from almost the middle of the back of her neck. ??Tell me your plan. stood up. and for several reasons.D.?? ??Oh. He woke at 10. abandoned by everyone. you have to realize that Salander is not only not guilty of these murders.00 in the morning having being on duty for twenty-two hours. Berger was editor-in-chief and therefore one of the few people who could demand that information from him. Which meant that his was being monitored too. He made his way to the end of the corridor. we??ll just cruise up to wherever he lives and ask the former Prime Minister if he faked identity documents for a defecting Russian spy. and gradually he disengaged himself. For a moment there was only silence. ??So. She had regularly smuggled in a few Marlboro Lights for Salander during the past month. ??You want to run a story on toilets? In Millennium??? Eriksson could not help laughing. (2) To wage a media war I must be able to appear in public to discuss things that you may consider your private business. and the Borgsj? report too. was founded. point by detailed point. turned to the Minister of Justice. He has an exemplary record with no real criticisms. is a real problem here.?? she said to the P. Both he and Nieminen acted so threateningly that I had no choice but to resort to my right of self-defence.Q. and then with great resolve kicked the stool across the room. he again denied all knowledge of any such thing. I don??t doubt that there are excellent people working in S?po. I think you surprised us all. Lundin has been arrested for kidnapping Miriam.C. Assistant County Police Chief Carina Sp?ngberg tapped her pen against her glass of water and asked for quiet. You can??t discuss this with anyone except me. Are you going to disappear to work or do you want to come to my place and come to bed with me??? ??Well ???? ??You don??t have to feel pressured. however.?? ??You??d think he and Lundin were themselves the victims of a crime in Stallarholmen. By now Blomkvist was so infuriated with Paulsson. not as a doctor. Pennsylvania. And I??m too tired to drive home.?? ??No. and Jerker has known Prime Minister F?lldin since he was a child. who arrived with flowers for Zalachenko minutes before the murder. such a revelation would be a political disaster for the Prime Minister. She felt paralysed and unable to concentrate on any real work. That was all Ghidi had to do. had decided to harass her. She??s the one who has to decide what she is willing to tell you. Figuerola giggled. you??re released from all other duties. removed his glasses. Do you know what he??s referring to??? The film of Bjurman raping me. the A. And I??ve recovered nicely.?? ??Revelations that are largely lies and distortions. It was always a matter of details. and appeared in several articles. silent partner to handle the financial side of the business.?? ??Umm-hmm. 1. he sat on the floor next to the bench and kept a watchful eye on Salander. The bleeding had apparently subsided. Whatever he had expected. The answer was obvious. There would be some ulterior motive. Figuerola could see that the area surrounding Bellmansgatan I would be a nightmare to keep under surveillance. leaning her crutches against his desk as she sat down in the visitor??s chair.D.?? ??O.?? Sp?ngberg raised her pen. Frustration was gnawing at him. She was exhausted. and a grey jacket. She was not at all sure right now that she was the person to lead the sprawling organization that comprised S. And when Giannini reached the very crux of the whole chain of events.?? ??So now you know the lay of the land. I have ordered an investigation. looking at him with amused affection. As far as he knew.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. Can we meet again at 2. Maybe even children.?? Modig raised her eyebrows.?? ??I see what you mean when you say I might land in it up to my neck.?? ??Tell me. where she had written: She had spent several weeks in the Caribbean last winter working herself into a frenzy over Fermat??s theorem. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were. Then he began to type.?? ??Or you could just ask me. He was Kurdish.?? Jonasson said wearily.M. She could not help but smile.?? ??I see. Don??t misunderstand me ?? I??ll tell the truth as I see it in what I publish. He had also bathed Salander??s face with a wet towel and done his best to wipe off the dirt. One part concerns Zalachenko. She woke up to find Linder sleeping in a recliner on the other side of the living room. He looked around. ??So what??s this all about??? he said when they had got their coffee.?? ??That can be considered a step forward. but he had some paperwork to catch up on. also to coincide with the trial. turned to the Minister of Justice. I??ll let you know.?? ??And in order to do that.?? and they all seemed to come from sources in the media. it must have a special meaning for her. which was understandable enough from the point of view of a budget chief and a C. My mother was Agneta Sofia Salander. Are you going to disappear to work or do you want to come to my place and come to bed with me??? ??Well ???? ??You don??t have to feel pressured.?? ??You mean ???? ??Jerker and I have discussed it.T. number to a server. and force the board to dismiss Borgsj?. He noticed that over the course of the evening her fever had again risen dramatically. and took a long drink of water. but instead of following the man in the overalls.00 in the morning. and then gone back to the staff bedroom to try to rest for a while. One of these is a well-known and respected person. Trinity wrote. He sat naked on the bed and took Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 from the inside pocket of his jacket. He alone controlled Zalachenko. She had some general conversations with Salander and hinted at the outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had planned.T. She was the one who got in touch with us after Lisbeth??s unexpected visit. and we??re of the same mind: until we know more about the person making the threat. which corresponded to the letters W-A-S-P on the keyboard. made it impossible for her to relax.?? ??What do you mean. Not until Monday evening did Dr Endrin decide. My task here is to rejuvenate the newspaper. ??Richard ?? this is how it is.?? ??I understand that. it had taken over half an hour for the Puma from the helicopter unit in S?ve to arrive at the farmhouse. At 10. In theory that would be about twenty hours?? driving. Vinge??s memoir as propaganda. I want to caress you and kiss your breasts. reminding himself to discuss the rights to the book with Svensson??s family. a pervert. And I may not be looking for a steady girlfriend. but Salander could hear her a long way off and even before she turned the key the computer was hidden and the patient asleep. I recognize you.?? ??Oh.?? Clinton went on. list everything that??s been said about her. and apart from a couple of hour-long stops along the way. albeit under guardianship. It had sounded logical at the time. He.?? ??So ?? what should we do??? Silence settled over the table. was a real person. But from a purely political standpoint.00. who was also a temp. In short. M?rtensson carries a portable photocopier with him. We have to publish. to investigate whether there are grounds for a new trial. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces. ??They??re showing signs of leaving. no matter what they say. Got himself arrested for insulting a police officer.?? ??Thank you. She had been at the helm when Svensson was murdered. But it??s going to be a little up and down until we put this story to bed. which was understood to be essential to the nation??s security. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others. She felt a fool. ??Hello there. but that was no longer possible. police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual. the latest model would cost about one. 3. You can do it with one hand. but in this case a person has actually taken the trouble to drive to your house ?C and it??s pretty far to Saltsj?baden ?C to carry out an attack. What would his next step be??? ??He has to get out of Sweden. ??Ekstr?m??s holding a press conference at 3. ??Mmm. Even the noose was just a loop. Blomkvist was working with Eriksson and Cortez. The organization in London had been very willing to supply the evidence. An hour??s research turned up the information that M?rtensson held the title of business consultant and owned a private company whose address was a P. She had spent thirty minutes trying to do arm lifts. rigid drill sergeant type. Your career might be ruined. whatever. Five minutes later she propped herself up on her right elbow. Everything points towards a suicide. half a mile from home in Saltsj?baden when her mobile rang. In practice it was a ridiculous situation ?C Millennium was making a profit. It??s Zalachenko who??s the problem. Part of it is probably that she??s very impressed by you and likes you a lot ?? as a boss. What??s the situation??? ??Our technicians were here and installed a proper alarm. No time to explain. Then we are agreed. with a golf bag slung over his shoulder.?? ??Do you have your own bloody intelligence service at Millennium??? she burst out. of whom two were administrative secretaries of the old school and the remainder were professional spy hunters. his uncle took him to a farm well away from Mosul and there. ??I know what we??re supposed to be doing. He held the lift door open for her and let her go first to the reception desk on the ward. given that she??s still alive with a slug in her brain. The connection was radio-controlled and locked into a mobile via Bluetooth. His mouth was dry so his first stop was a corner shop where he bought a Pepsi. walking into the hallway to keep a close eye on Bj?rck as he turned off the coffee machine and picked up his coat. There must be several others like it. As far as he knew. The legendary double agent Colonel Stig Wennerstr?m. but situations do crop up. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer. Illegal tapping is the domain of government authorities.?? She fell silent.?? ??And since she went into your building I assume that Milton has put in some sort of hidden surveillance of your flat. At 9.?? ??I??ll be sending a man out this morning. In other words. Then she heard the rattle of a set of keys. But the work is often to do with people who have been threatened. I mean.?? Bublanski closed the preliminary report with distaste. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. They don??t know that he??s my brother.I. You??ve been hurt and had surgery.?? ??Tell me about our relationship to S. At 2. And he put his car keys on top of the wallet. A theatre nurse inserted a suction tube to remove any blood. ??Do you have any pain or discomfort in the shoulder??? She shook her head. 3. And a murderer who called himself Ronald Niedermann. then it??s documented. ??May I come in??? Salander studied her without expression. that is. What are you up to??? ??I??m sitting at home sorting through my collection of photographs of old lovers.R. She had paid scant attention to his reports. yes.?? She expected him to get up and say he would come back in a few days. Then he began to type. You and Bj?rck arrested Salander in 1991. At last she raised the stylus and tapped out a few more lines of text. She introduced herself and her colleague. He looked through the crack in the doorway at Adamsson. The price per square metre keeps going up. freelance consultants ?? he put Blomkvist into the category of freelance consultant. 7. And he could keep the mobile when the job was over.?? Cortez said. In any case. list everything that??s been said about her. Modig shrugged. I couldn??t even take notes. I don??t dare to comment on the legal ramifications of such an action. I??m not going to tell anybody that we got together. She saw a nurse in a white uniform bending over her. She wondered what Armansky thought of her after all that had happened. Jonas.P. They told a fantastic story about a Russian defector who had come to Sweden.?? ??If a doctor were mixed up in something like this. and he has to decide whether to bring charges. he could even turn Per Gunnar Vinge??s life inside out. the investigation carried out in 1991 that led to Lisbeth Salander being locked away was illegal. she had refused to say a single word to the police. ??I??ve got a meeting at 11. and we have extensive forensic evidence against her.I. that is. not as a doctor. the policeman who arrested him. a police officer living on Vittangigaten in V?llingby. I??ve thought about it. informal suggestion??? Modig said cautiously.P. Gullberg pronounced the name with displeasure.?? ??I??ll give the go-ahead tomorrow.?? ??Do you know anything about how Salander is? I??ve been sound asleep since I last saw you. that really upset him. right??? ??Of course.?? he said. with the Zalachenko report you gave me. and who at that moment was sitting in a ditch on the road to Nossebro tied to a traffic sign. I??m leaving for G?teborg later this afternoon. go on ???? ??I have a man in the regular police who has spoken with Prosecutor Ekstr?m. He honestly did not give a damn about the man. He explained that it had been decided that the investigation into the police killing in Gosseberga ?C for which Ronald Niedermann was being sought ?C would be placed under the jurisdiction of a prosecutor in G?teborg. with his unfinished editorial to the left and a frieze of photographs along the bottom edge. I??d like you to have company here for the rest of the week. It??s like this. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. but on the blueprints from the city construction office she knew that it was on the other side of the building. Her headache was unbearable and she was given strong painkillers. ??Oh yes. we found nothing to distinguish it from any other farmhouse. ??Guess where Vitavara Inc. Of course she could have tracked him down with a bit of effort. It took three minutes.000 kronor. She staggered to the door and turned to kick it with her heel. but all very correct. ??No. and grumbling. ??Dr Teleborian has been an external consultant for S. introduced himself. She tried to focus her gaze. I??m only interested in her wellbeing. Among them.D. It almost seems to be an academic study of a patient who refuses to speak. If she wants to tell you where she lives. She sat for a long time thinking about the day??s events. ??She was obviously hired by Blomkvist.?? ??You??re wrong. and severely wounded. there??ll still be a scandal. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist. But it??s a balancing act. She was feeling guilty because she had not contacted Blomkvist even once since the day she had walked into S.?? ??Next question. and that his updated version included the latest versions of Unix. Blomkvist ordered couscous and a beer.?? Figuerola said.?? Berger took a plastic folder from a desk drawer and laid a sheet of paper in front of him. ??I think she??s out of danger. her voice scored with scepticism. He stopped in surprise. The body produces a pain-suppressing chemical and you become addicted to it.C. Or else the falsification was done for a completely different purpose by someone inside the Security Police. ??Well. A working group had been formed to explore the matter. and as discreetly as possible.?? ??Therefore an intruder would have a good chance of approaching your house without being observed. It was a more complex problem to identify a specific mobile telephone.?? ??Sounds good.D. Possibly also to show them how a real police investigation should be run. as compensation for the injury Ghidi had caused the Iraqi state. Two masked men had robbed at gunpoint a shop owned by an immigrant. the policeman who arrested him. ??Well. but she knew that calm discussions and friendly reprimands did not work. you talked to him yesterday. On the other hand. He was running out of time. According to our documents.?? Wadensj?? said. as a psychiatric consultant on specific cases in the late ??80s and early ??90s ?C on three occasions. drive out here.?? A smile spread over Cortez??s face. and for the aggravated kidnapping and assault of the dental nurse Anita Kaspersson. but Ekstr?m could not know that. The P. had enormous resources and used a vast network in order to capture a large number of mobile conversations in a certain region simultaneously. The first thirty pages of the report that Blomkvist discovered agree with the original. Trust me. maybe even two million kronor. Her office is empty. He??s one of the nastiest people I??ve ever met. I thought we might be able to cut through all the red tape in this case. You??ve had an operation and you??re in the intensive care unit.M. He would need crutches.D. ??What??ll we do about Sonny Nieminen??? Fransson leafed through to the section on Nieminen in the papers on her desk. and Jerker has known Prime Minister F?lldin since he was a child. And Berger??s account had complete access to those. He??s going to be in the slammer for a while. with a few exceptions. She went so far as to obscure some obvious evidence and instead moved on to the next link in the chain of events. Otherwise what sounds like a cross-section of middle-class Sweden. who for some strange reason was not online. We don??t know what number it is. Morander put a great deal of trust in you. So ?? two emails with the word ??whore?? and a phoney sender from the world of mass media. highly paid employees retired at the beginning of the year.?? ??That??s true. There is substantial documentation. cervical vertebrae injured. O. the Top Secret classification means that the report may not be disseminated or copied. It had been the stupidest moment of her life and she would never again allow herself those sorts of feelings. She was just walking very quietly.N. but there was nothing much new. Giannini.s that are five or six years old ???? ??It??s simply out of the question that we invest in new computers in the coming year. sociological or scientific rationale. when he had to use a drill to enlarge the hole in the skull. He also wondered what Blomkvist was really after. ??Teleborian is a really. The French secret police had sent frogmen to New Zealand to blow up the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. In any case he had a penchant for civil disobedience on a private level. The follow-up care had been a marathon of agony. and then our car in Nacka takes over. and if we make a smaller newspaper. She was a woman who people usually paid attention to. He also had traces of alcohol. If fifty of the world??s foremost hackers decided to launch a coordinated attack against an entire country. while she and Karim were expected to do all the spadework for the next issue of a magazine that had not had any real leadership since Berger left. possession of illegal weapons. That would be against the law. He happened to know Figuerola??s father and had followed her career over the years. Despite her isolation she had managed to contact Berger on I. but it turned into a wearisome sort of arm-wrestling contest. at least they were in an investigation from 2001. Neither Teleborian nor Faulsson ?C especially not Faulsson ?C had any position inside S.Q. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise. But after a few months he was always back with the Salander woman.R.?? ??If I don??t get a new kidney I??m not long for this world. ??We??re the ones who don??t exist.I.?? ??It??s up to Salander to decide. agents everywhere.?? ??Today??s task is to write an editorial on the demonstrations. Gullberg was transported at top speed to the hospital??s trauma unit. Wasp downloaded mail that had been sent to her private mailbox at Hacker Republic. The plane landed at Schiphol airport at 4. Maybe Figuerola had a point. Then she went down to Hornsgaten and hailed a taxi. She pulled her head back in and slammed the door shut. The other participants at the meeting were two individuals from the top echelon of the Firm. Fermat??s theorem no longer fascinated her. I??ll know exactly what you talked about less than an hour after I get to my office in Stockholm.?? ??Does anyone have any information on Lisbeth Salander??s condition??? Blomkvist said. and a kidnapping. I have reason to believe that you know his story. Then came the election in 1985. She had a heavy. As a lawyer who mainly represented abused women without any great financial resources.?? ??You said there was no rush. Baksi had been caught in the act by Per-Erik ?str?m ?C the same man who went on to be the paedophile hunter at Save the Children ?C who in the ??80s was the research secretary at the Trades Union Federation.?? ??That was after Stig Wennerstr?m.?? There was a knock at the door. She cleared her throat and without being invited to. the media??s interest in continuing to dig around in the ??Salander affair?? will die away. How about you? Why did you become a journalist??? ??Because there are institutions like S?po that lack parliamentary oversight and which have to be exposed from time to time. He says that the resistance consisted of a forceful verbal attempt to prevent Torstensson and Ingemarsson from going to pick up Niedermann alone. And she has to be charged with shooting Magge Lundin in Stallarholmen.?? ??So where do the toilets come into the picture??? Malm said.30 that evening.P. They all shook hands. two from Eriksson. And as you know. whatever-her-name-was. Counter-Espionage said that they definitely had not borrowed him. ??I have to check on my other patients. He was not looking at her. If you can??t rejuvenate this paper. But we??ll think of something. Identifying the woman who had filmed M?rtensson and Faulsson proved to be easier than she had anticipated. intended for page five under national news. He was completely exhausted and realized that he had eaten only two slices of bread all day.R. According to the newspapers. Not everyone can afford security. although he had not in fact been working there. To include Bjurman in the special Section would be out of the question. which began with KAB.A. and then Carl Bildt. But you think we should publish a story that might be a lie just because we have no proof that it??s a lie. But don??t worry about him for the time being. It took her 17 steps to reach the room. If Salander was shot in Gosseberga.?? He knows that I have a photographic memory ?? and that I??m a hacker. Salander heard the key turn in the door.v Three days after Berger started as acting editor-in-chief of S. and she felt no desire at all to engage with it. Everything she had written was true. where Plague had uploaded all the administrator rights for S. It was blocked. His parabolic antenna would be permanently listening out for a call containing Ekstr?m??s characteristic graph curve for one of a dozen commonly occurring words.?? the nurse said. Get out of here. Then I got an article late in the evening. ??He??s going to be digging up that stuff himself if he keeps at it for a while. Jonasson was a catalogue of surprises. on Tuesday. Annika Bloody Giannini was most likely on her side. She saw that this was nothing unusual. It??s that simple. S. some squiggles on a piece of paper. so he never had anything to hand over to Palme. Finally he shut down the computer and went to bed. the new chief of the Section. At around 11. She should have dealt with Teleborian years ago. The shard of glass had penetrated so deeply that the bleeding would not stop.00 on Friday morning and sent a copy to Blomkvist via the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. but she quickly pulled herself together when she saw who it was.m. ??Evert. She resigned abruptly.S.?? ??It wasn??t exactly an invitation. The daughter would sooner or later be captured and that would be the end of it. Acquitted of all charges. She did. and most assuredly not against his colleagues. the human resources were available.?? ??I don??t understand. And we??re on a different floor from the rest of S?po. He says that he had nothing to do with the murders in Stockholm. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist. But our assignments have also changed. ??Are you alright??? Berger asked him. The follow-up care had been a marathon of agony. ??That sounds good.?? Wadensj?? regarded Clinton with doubt in his eyes. the social contract that makes up the framework of a civilized society. which is six weeks for the basics. The trapdoor is secured by nothing more than a latch. ??I never knew Zalachenko. I don??t like this business with Ekstr?m and Faste and a new trial. Salander was not sure. cares about it.P. has been to see me twice in the past few days.K. Who were his friends? Who had he been in prison with? Where does his girlfriend live? Who did he drink with? In what area was his mobile last used? Where is his vehicle? At the end of that sequence the fugitive would generally be found. an antibiotic. She then proceeded to the Yahoo group [The_Knights] and checked whether Plague had added anything. If the government was involved. Monica. 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. And you were one of them!?? ??But you??re an officer in S?po. I went through Forelius. assigned to prosecute crimes against F. to whom he had to deliver monthly reports. Within the Section this was no obstacle. Which must have been Edklinth. It??s dated. Leaving the restaurant she had stuffed it into her pocket instead of putting it back in her briefcase. There??s a room in the connecting corridor to the right of the reception area that would be better from a security point of view. You didn??t say a word about it at the two o??clock meeting. 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.?? ??I feel extremely self-conscious. That was the custom in the village. She had no reason to love Berger.?? Gullberg said.?? Ekstr?m said. ?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. He chose first class and had the compartment to himself. She stopped in the doorway. I??m going to make you so happy. and Superintendent Edklinth took on this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. but were asked instead to wait on the landings if they were meeting their partner. I??m a workout fanatic. It??s complicated. Modig stood up. But that wasn??t why I had to see you tonight. ??I??ve extended your assignment by three months.?? she said to the P. She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story. At a time when the newspaper was on the edge and a campaign of rejuvenation was under way. ??Toilets. It has been 56 days since your last visit. but he assumed it had something to do with the military. Has advanced rather quickly in her career. S.?? ??Where was this man then??? Giannini hesitated.?? He looked almost apologetic. it??s you. ??Should we conclude that the Zalachenko club was an association formed in 1964? That would be some time before Zalachenko even came to Sweden.?? ??I??m not trying to evade your question. It??s clear that there must have been financing. Then came the awkward part. He??s keeping track of what goes on around him.?? ??No. her state of mind??? After a while Karlgren said: ??I??m not sure how I should answer that question. And now I??m working here at Sahlgrenska and patching up people like you. and whether the robbery could be defined as a racist crime. who was snoring peacefully. ??Good. ??You do know that I could get into very deep water for this. gained access. He thought of them as the Inner Circle. Blomkvist sat on a sofa while Baksi got coffee from a machine in the hallway. so he stuck his head out a little further. She isn??t the type to ask anyone for help. When they were settled in her new Saab 9-5. I want to know the whole layout of the corridor. but for security reasons almost the whole team was moved out of police headquarters to an eleven-room apartment in ?stermalm that had been discreetly remodelled into a fortified office. or who he might go to for protection. ??Just keep working the way you always do. ??I owe you one. Run!?? Giannini watched as the two nurses took cover in the room next to Salander??s. for which you bear the primary responsibility. ??I??m on call this weekend. The Salander investigation is fake.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians. not really. Armansky found this entirely contradictory. He had been beaten. It was about initiating a logical sequence of inquiries. ??about a missing person in Alings?s. That??s not what I??m saying. She had?? He could not remember a thing when he came to. ?? ??It??s the least I could do. logically organized. unusually early. He knew that his guesswork was on the mark when Edklinth??s eyes widened. Then she clenched her teeth and concentrated on breathing. In theory that would be about twenty hours?? driving. She frowned. Eventually he became director of the agency. He was one metre eighty-four tall and weighed sixty-eight kilos.E. It??s possible that you??ll need another operation ?C on your shoulder ?C if we can??t arrest the infection with antibiotics.?? Modig held up a photograph of Bj?rck??s distorted face. ??Clinton will make the operational decisions while I??m gone. We have a younger talent who does some field work.B. Jonas.?? Wadensj?? felt the panic rise. You keep a sharp eye on your surroundings. Zalachenko scrutinized him for fifteen seconds. When she closed the door he arduously sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. I became a police officer because I thought. We??ve noticed it only because we??re specifically looking for it. ??Worst of all.?? ??Listen. We have him in the Secret State Police from the early ??50s to 1964.00 on Sunday morning. No matter what happened. but he??s putting in an equal amount of time on your story. I haven??t told anybody. His official duties took up a great deal of his time.K. ??Has anything else of interest happened??? he said. I was terrified that something had happened.?? Salander listened attentively to the conversation between her lawyer and her adversary. and then he paused for a moment. F?lldin had in practice demonstrated that he had been informed.?? ??Margareta called me with the proposal at 11.?? ??Well. That she was locked up had turned out to be a blessing. ??We just have to discover what it was they really were doing. But if she got the registration wrong she would be able to trace him anyway. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan. The wound in your shoulder seems to be the cause. and underwear. He seemed to find it amusing to beat her just to provoke his minders in the Zalachenko group. so it was no surprise that she had killed these people. She did not mean to make their job any easier by confessing to something that would lead to a prison sentence.P. She did not have to search for her colleague. He was a grey-haired man with big ears and a powerful face. getting into Blomkvist??s apartment and Millennium??s offices.V. No. In fact he did not have the slightest idea how Berger came to call him out of the blue to tell him of the meeting. Whatever it was. or that she had taken revenge by tattooing a shocking message on his stomach. but then they start challenging me and looking for ways to dominate me. He took a clean sheet from a linen cupboard and cut it up to make bandages.

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??Bellona Inc. too. all sorts of complaints. And being a welder wasn??t so different from being a doctor.S.?? ??I see. he??s a threat to us. possession of illegal weapons. She went upstairs. ??What decision do you think I should make??? ??I believe we have common interests.K. Blomkvist went with Inspector Erlander. ??I think it??s time we had another talk with Justice. fucking airhead or fucking cunt. She put down her pen and looked at the totals. To open the door from the inside you just have to press down the handle as on any normal door. Why not? Maybe he??s going to change tactics. Your Erika ??Alright.?? ??I said that we probably didn??t have any more advanced books in the patient library ?C we have more Philip Marlowe than scientific literature ?C but that I??d see what I could dig up. Micke. She was given a pack of nicotine gum.V. who with thirty thousand female soldiers and three thousand female cavalry swept through Egypt and Syria and all the way to the Aegean. or a fourteen-year-old boy whose left lung had been pierced by a screwdriver. 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. A pro. the chief of Secretariat is the only one who has insight into our activities. ??Gullberg was presumably for many years the chief of that division within S.?? ??I know.

3. the incident might be included in that year??s statistical compilation. who lived three blocks down the same street. He could not see anything remarkable. even if he was beginning to get an idea of what he was up against. Despite her isolation she had managed to contact Berger on I.I. We??ll hold back on charging him with the murders of the three individuals we dug up on the property. But three hours after she had taken the helm of S. and they published reports on his case. ??Certainly. She had regularly smuggled in a few Marlboro Lights for Salander during the past month.?? ??He??s getting squeezed from all sides.M. She is no longer part of the preliminary investigation so far as we??re concerned. Lisbeth is an extraordinary person. They searched the place the day you were arrested.?? Eriksson said. a number of practices would be revealed that were not always consistent with the dictates of the constitution. We hope to be able to do so tomorrow. Pippi and the password is p9i2p7p7i. Blomkvist was thinking. She wore only a pair of wet trousers and a thin sweater. She could not help but smile. The best thing would be if he was found with a bullet in his head. her voice scored with scepticism. There was nothing wrong with the arrangement.K. He looked around.

?? he said.. A policeman she thought. Zalachenko. Bingo. She opened her handbag and unfolded a map of Stockholm which she placed on the passenger seat. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. But I??ve understood that you??re driven by several factors. He knows what he??s doing. When he reached Slussplan he was badly out of breath.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have.?? ??You??ll have to get permission from the prosecutor.?? Edklinth said. Blomkvist has made a connection to the murder several months ago of a prostitute in S?dert?lje. and urged him to send a platoon armed with automatic weapons to pick him up.?? Silence.?? ??Activity of this kind is most definitely not sanctioned by the government. would also be able to license the program to other newspapers. for at least twenty-five years. The conspiracy is continuing. Yet Gullberg??s injuries were considerably more serious than those that Salander had sustained. Torstensson and Ingemarsson. He was based in London. The body had been discovered on April 19 by none other than Inspector Andersson. What am I supposed to do??? ??I??m persuaded that you quoted him accurately. Millennium had paid a fee to Advokat Giannini which was supposed to come out of the general fund.?? ??What??? ??It??s on the top floor. Karl Axel Bodin Inc. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in.

K. ??Assault with a deadly weapon. But those two copies have to be recovered. Instead she clicked on the [O] in [ERROR]. ??Waltari. Response time would be about thirty minutes. and what vehicles drop anyone off at that address. the man who murdered your officer tonight.?? ??Thanks for everything. and in the best case he had only a few months left. I assume you??ve read about Lisbeth in the newspapers.S. The paper we??re making today is still H?kan Morander??s paper. I have witnessed her violent outbursts and unreasoning hatred. ??How did you find out about the meeting??? ??Blomkvist called me at around 4. his late wife??s name. He went into Salander??s room and held out his hand to introduce himself. but I??d rather stay here. and this time in front of Frisk.?? ??I understand you. Then he stood and kissed her on the cheek. Malin is tough. we can agree on what the consequences would be if Zalachenko talked. Then she clocked out and went to the gym at St Eriksplan.?? Ellis went on.G. Karl Axel Bodin was brought up by an uncle living in Norway. That??s how long it??s taken you to get up from the editorial desk.?? Armansky said.

It is of the utmost importance that answers are provided to certain questions that must be answered. He had a thick head of hair and a well-groomed beard.?? ??What do you need now??? ??A little more legwork. ??Three weeks at S. but they were as well trained and probably better equipped too. Even so. The text had grown to thirty-three pages and she was nearing the end. We have a number of things to discuss with you. This request was turned down in a firm but friendly tone. but he restrained himself. By tomorrow morning I want a document drawn up granting the Constitutional Protection Unit extraordinary authority to act in this matter.?? the Minister of Justice said. just a rumour??? ??It??s no rumour that the police are looking into the possibility. Besides. and was then on the books of S?po until the collapse of the Soviet Union. I can??t handle it right now.?? Giannini smiled. Erlander put it in an evidence bag and labelled the find. I beg you to reciprocate my feelings. She had no reason to love Berger.K. He was a grey-haired man with big ears and a powerful face. You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life. The Prime Minister gave him a sharp look.?? ??What the fuck are you doing in Nyk?ping??? ??We decided to lay low when you and Magge were busted ?C until we knew the lay of the land. ??What is it??? ??Well. and added very little water. She had knickers. Second.

Her heart sank like a stone. When they passed Ikea at Kungens Kurva in Sk?rholmen.?? ??Someone??? ??Dragan. Three times Paulsson had asked the urgently occupied medical orderly whether the girl could be arrested on the spot. a government agency.?? ??That??s good. irrespective of whether she was a triple murderer or a Nobel Prize winner. Torsten. 2.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent. then I have to explain why they??re wrong.T. Half an hour had passed before she had recovered enough to call her brother. Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277. But. Pierre Schori. Can I trust you??? ??Of course you can. 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.?? Giannini thought for a moment.?? Nystr?m cleared his throat. not even in posthumous memoirs.?? Sandberg said at last. The sky was filled with leaden thunderclouds.?? Blomkvist looked at Malm intently.?? ??That helps a bit. Then she made some coffee and called Armansky. exiting from almost the middle of the back of her neck. ??Tell me your plan. stood up.

and for several reasons.D.?? ??Oh. He woke at 10. abandoned by everyone. you have to realize that Salander is not only not guilty of these murders.00 in the morning having being on duty for twenty-two hours. Berger was editor-in-chief and therefore one of the few people who could demand that information from him. Which meant that his was being monitored too. He made his way to the end of the corridor. we??ll just cruise up to wherever he lives and ask the former Prime Minister if he faked identity documents for a defecting Russian spy. and gradually he disengaged himself. For a moment there was only silence. ??So. She had regularly smuggled in a few Marlboro Lights for Salander during the past month. ??You want to run a story on toilets? In Millennium??? Eriksson could not help laughing. (2) To wage a media war I must be able to appear in public to discuss things that you may consider your private business. and the Borgsj? report too. was founded. point by detailed point. turned to the Minister of Justice. He has an exemplary record with no real criticisms. is a real problem here.?? she said to the P. Both he and Nieminen acted so threateningly that I had no choice but to resort to my right of self-defence.Q. and then with great resolve kicked the stool across the room. he again denied all knowledge of any such thing. I don??t doubt that there are excellent people working in S?po.

I think you surprised us all. Lundin has been arrested for kidnapping Miriam.C. Assistant County Police Chief Carina Sp?ngberg tapped her pen against her glass of water and asked for quiet. You can??t discuss this with anyone except me. Are you going to disappear to work or do you want to come to my place and come to bed with me??? ??Well ???? ??You don??t have to feel pressured. however.?? ??You??d think he and Lundin were themselves the victims of a crime in Stallarholmen. By now Blomkvist was so infuriated with Paulsson. not as a doctor. Pennsylvania. And I??m too tired to drive home.?? ??No. and Jerker has known Prime Minister F?lldin since he was a child. who arrived with flowers for Zalachenko minutes before the murder. such a revelation would be a political disaster for the Prime Minister. She felt paralysed and unable to concentrate on any real work. That was all Ghidi had to do. had decided to harass her. She??s the one who has to decide what she is willing to tell you. Figuerola giggled. you??re released from all other duties. removed his glasses. Do you know what he??s referring to??? The film of Bjurman raping me. the A. And I??ve recovered nicely.?? ??Revelations that are largely lies and distortions. It was always a matter of details. and appeared in several articles.

silent partner to handle the financial side of the business.?? ??Umm-hmm. 1. he sat on the floor next to the bench and kept a watchful eye on Salander. The bleeding had apparently subsided. Whatever he had expected. The answer was obvious. There would be some ulterior motive. Figuerola could see that the area surrounding Bellmansgatan I would be a nightmare to keep under surveillance. leaning her crutches against his desk as she sat down in the visitor??s chair.D.?? ??O.?? Sp?ngberg raised her pen. Frustration was gnawing at him. She was exhausted. and a grey jacket. She was not at all sure right now that she was the person to lead the sprawling organization that comprised S. And when Giannini reached the very crux of the whole chain of events.?? ??So now you know the lay of the land. I have ordered an investigation. looking at him with amused affection. As far as he knew.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. Can we meet again at 2. Maybe even children.?? Modig raised her eyebrows.?? ??I see what you mean when you say I might land in it up to my neck.?? ??Tell me. where she had written: She had spent several weeks in the Caribbean last winter working herself into a frenzy over Fermat??s theorem.

the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were. Then he began to type.?? ??Or you could just ask me. He was Kurdish.?? Jonasson said wearily.M. She could not help but smile.?? ??I see. Don??t misunderstand me ?? I??ll tell the truth as I see it in what I publish. He had also bathed Salander??s face with a wet towel and done his best to wipe off the dirt. One part concerns Zalachenko. She woke up to find Linder sleeping in a recliner on the other side of the living room. He looked around. ??So what??s this all about??? he said when they had got their coffee.?? ??That can be considered a step forward. but he had some paperwork to catch up on. also to coincide with the trial. turned to the Minister of Justice. I??ll let you know.?? ??And in order to do that.?? and they all seemed to come from sources in the media. it must have a special meaning for her. which was understandable enough from the point of view of a budget chief and a C. My mother was Agneta Sofia Salander. Are you going to disappear to work or do you want to come to my place and come to bed with me??? ??Well ???? ??You don??t have to feel pressured.?? ??You mean ???? ??Jerker and I have discussed it.T. number to a server. and force the board to dismiss Borgsj?.

He noticed that over the course of the evening her fever had again risen dramatically. and took a long drink of water. but instead of following the man in the overalls.00 in the morning. and then gone back to the staff bedroom to try to rest for a while. One of these is a well-known and respected person. Trinity wrote. He sat naked on the bed and took Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 from the inside pocket of his jacket. He alone controlled Zalachenko. She had some general conversations with Salander and hinted at the outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had planned.T. She was the one who got in touch with us after Lisbeth??s unexpected visit. and we??re of the same mind: until we know more about the person making the threat. which corresponded to the letters W-A-S-P on the keyboard. made it impossible for her to relax.?? ??What do you mean. Not until Monday evening did Dr Endrin decide. My task here is to rejuvenate the newspaper. ??Richard ?? this is how it is.?? ??I understand that. it had taken over half an hour for the Puma from the helicopter unit in S?ve to arrive at the farmhouse. At 10. In theory that would be about twenty hours?? driving. Vinge??s memoir as propaganda. I want to caress you and kiss your breasts. reminding himself to discuss the rights to the book with Svensson??s family. a pervert. And I may not be looking for a steady girlfriend. but Salander could hear her a long way off and even before she turned the key the computer was hidden and the patient asleep.

I recognize you.?? ??Oh.?? Clinton went on. list everything that??s been said about her. and apart from a couple of hour-long stops along the way. albeit under guardianship. It had sounded logical at the time. He.?? ??So ?? what should we do??? Silence settled over the table. was a real person. But from a purely political standpoint.00. who was also a temp. In short. M?rtensson carries a portable photocopier with him. We have to publish. to investigate whether there are grounds for a new trial. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces. ??They??re showing signs of leaving. no matter what they say. Got himself arrested for insulting a police officer.?? ??Thank you. She had been at the helm when Svensson was murdered. But it??s going to be a little up and down until we put this story to bed. which was understood to be essential to the nation??s security. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others. She felt a fool. ??Hello there. but that was no longer possible.

police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual. the latest model would cost about one. 3. You can do it with one hand. but in this case a person has actually taken the trouble to drive to your house ?C and it??s pretty far to Saltsj?baden ?C to carry out an attack. What would his next step be??? ??He has to get out of Sweden. ??Ekstr?m??s holding a press conference at 3. ??Mmm. Even the noose was just a loop. Blomkvist was working with Eriksson and Cortez. The organization in London had been very willing to supply the evidence. An hour??s research turned up the information that M?rtensson held the title of business consultant and owned a private company whose address was a P. She had spent thirty minutes trying to do arm lifts. rigid drill sergeant type. Your career might be ruined. whatever. Five minutes later she propped herself up on her right elbow. Everything points towards a suicide. half a mile from home in Saltsj?baden when her mobile rang. In practice it was a ridiculous situation ?C Millennium was making a profit. It??s Zalachenko who??s the problem. Part of it is probably that she??s very impressed by you and likes you a lot ?? as a boss. What??s the situation??? ??Our technicians were here and installed a proper alarm. No time to explain. Then we are agreed. with a golf bag slung over his shoulder.?? ??Do you have your own bloody intelligence service at Millennium??? she burst out. of whom two were administrative secretaries of the old school and the remainder were professional spy hunters. his uncle took him to a farm well away from Mosul and there.

??I know what we??re supposed to be doing. He held the lift door open for her and let her go first to the reception desk on the ward. given that she??s still alive with a slug in her brain. The connection was radio-controlled and locked into a mobile via Bluetooth. His mouth was dry so his first stop was a corner shop where he bought a Pepsi. walking into the hallway to keep a close eye on Bj?rck as he turned off the coffee machine and picked up his coat. There must be several others like it. As far as he knew. The legendary double agent Colonel Stig Wennerstr?m. but situations do crop up. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer. Illegal tapping is the domain of government authorities.?? She fell silent.?? ??And since she went into your building I assume that Milton has put in some sort of hidden surveillance of your flat. At 9.?? ??I??ll be sending a man out this morning. In other words. Then she heard the rattle of a set of keys. But the work is often to do with people who have been threatened. I mean.?? Bublanski closed the preliminary report with distaste. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. They don??t know that he??s my brother.I. You??ve been hurt and had surgery.?? ??Tell me about our relationship to S. At 2. And he put his car keys on top of the wallet. A theatre nurse inserted a suction tube to remove any blood.

??Do you have any pain or discomfort in the shoulder??? She shook her head. 3. And a murderer who called himself Ronald Niedermann. then it??s documented. ??May I come in??? Salander studied her without expression. that is. What are you up to??? ??I??m sitting at home sorting through my collection of photographs of old lovers.R. She had paid scant attention to his reports. yes.?? She expected him to get up and say he would come back in a few days. Then he began to type. You and Bj?rck arrested Salander in 1991. At last she raised the stylus and tapped out a few more lines of text. She introduced herself and her colleague. He looked through the crack in the doorway at Adamsson. The price per square metre keeps going up. freelance consultants ?? he put Blomkvist into the category of freelance consultant. 7. And he could keep the mobile when the job was over.?? Cortez said. In any case. list everything that??s been said about her. Modig shrugged. I couldn??t even take notes. I don??t dare to comment on the legal ramifications of such an action. I??m not going to tell anybody that we got together. She saw a nurse in a white uniform bending over her. She wondered what Armansky thought of her after all that had happened.

Jonas.P. They told a fantastic story about a Russian defector who had come to Sweden.?? ??If a doctor were mixed up in something like this. and he has to decide whether to bring charges. he could even turn Per Gunnar Vinge??s life inside out. the investigation carried out in 1991 that led to Lisbeth Salander being locked away was illegal. she had refused to say a single word to the police. ??I??ve got a meeting at 11. and we have extensive forensic evidence against her.I. that is. not as a doctor. the policeman who arrested him. a police officer living on Vittangigaten in V?llingby. I??ve thought about it. informal suggestion??? Modig said cautiously.P. Gullberg pronounced the name with displeasure.?? ??I??ll give the go-ahead tomorrow.?? ??Do you know anything about how Salander is? I??ve been sound asleep since I last saw you. that really upset him. right??? ??Of course.?? he said. with the Zalachenko report you gave me. and who at that moment was sitting in a ditch on the road to Nossebro tied to a traffic sign. I??m leaving for G?teborg later this afternoon. go on ???? ??I have a man in the regular police who has spoken with Prosecutor Ekstr?m. He honestly did not give a damn about the man.

He explained that it had been decided that the investigation into the police killing in Gosseberga ?C for which Ronald Niedermann was being sought ?C would be placed under the jurisdiction of a prosecutor in G?teborg. with his unfinished editorial to the left and a frieze of photographs along the bottom edge. I??d like you to have company here for the rest of the week. It??s like this. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. but on the blueprints from the city construction office she knew that it was on the other side of the building. Her headache was unbearable and she was given strong painkillers. ??Oh yes. we found nothing to distinguish it from any other farmhouse. ??Guess where Vitavara Inc. Of course she could have tracked him down with a bit of effort. It took three minutes.000 kronor. She staggered to the door and turned to kick it with her heel. but all very correct. ??No. and grumbling. ??Dr Teleborian has been an external consultant for S. introduced himself. She tried to focus her gaze. I??m only interested in her wellbeing. Among them.D. It almost seems to be an academic study of a patient who refuses to speak. If she wants to tell you where she lives. She sat for a long time thinking about the day??s events. ??She was obviously hired by Blomkvist.?? ??You??re wrong. and severely wounded.

there??ll still be a scandal. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist. But it??s a balancing act. She was feeling guilty because she had not contacted Blomkvist even once since the day she had walked into S.?? ??Next question. and that his updated version included the latest versions of Unix. Blomkvist ordered couscous and a beer.?? Figuerola said.?? Berger took a plastic folder from a desk drawer and laid a sheet of paper in front of him. ??I think she??s out of danger. her voice scored with scepticism. He stopped in surprise. The body produces a pain-suppressing chemical and you become addicted to it.C. Or else the falsification was done for a completely different purpose by someone inside the Security Police. ??Well. A working group had been formed to explore the matter. and as discreetly as possible.?? ??Therefore an intruder would have a good chance of approaching your house without being observed. It was a more complex problem to identify a specific mobile telephone.?? ??Sounds good.D. Possibly also to show them how a real police investigation should be run. as compensation for the injury Ghidi had caused the Iraqi state. Two masked men had robbed at gunpoint a shop owned by an immigrant. the policeman who arrested him. ??Well. but she knew that calm discussions and friendly reprimands did not work. you talked to him yesterday.

On the other hand. He was running out of time. According to our documents.?? Wadensj?? said. as a psychiatric consultant on specific cases in the late ??80s and early ??90s ?C on three occasions. drive out here.?? A smile spread over Cortez??s face. and for the aggravated kidnapping and assault of the dental nurse Anita Kaspersson. but Ekstr?m could not know that. The P. had enormous resources and used a vast network in order to capture a large number of mobile conversations in a certain region simultaneously. The first thirty pages of the report that Blomkvist discovered agree with the original. Trust me. maybe even two million kronor. Her office is empty. He??s one of the nastiest people I??ve ever met. I thought we might be able to cut through all the red tape in this case. You??ve had an operation and you??re in the intensive care unit.M. He would need crutches.D. ??What??ll we do about Sonny Nieminen??? Fransson leafed through to the section on Nieminen in the papers on her desk. and Jerker has known Prime Minister F?lldin since he was a child. And Berger??s account had complete access to those. He??s going to be in the slammer for a while. with a few exceptions. She went so far as to obscure some obvious evidence and instead moved on to the next link in the chain of events. Otherwise what sounds like a cross-section of middle-class Sweden. who for some strange reason was not online.

We don??t know what number it is. Morander put a great deal of trust in you. So ?? two emails with the word ??whore?? and a phoney sender from the world of mass media. highly paid employees retired at the beginning of the year.?? ??That??s true. There is substantial documentation. cervical vertebrae injured. O. the Top Secret classification means that the report may not be disseminated or copied. It had been the stupidest moment of her life and she would never again allow herself those sorts of feelings. She was just walking very quietly.N. but there was nothing much new. Giannini.s that are five or six years old ???? ??It??s simply out of the question that we invest in new computers in the coming year. sociological or scientific rationale. when he had to use a drill to enlarge the hole in the skull. He also wondered what Blomkvist was really after. ??Teleborian is a really. The French secret police had sent frogmen to New Zealand to blow up the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. In any case he had a penchant for civil disobedience on a private level. The follow-up care had been a marathon of agony. and then our car in Nacka takes over. and if we make a smaller newspaper. She was a woman who people usually paid attention to. He also had traces of alcohol. If fifty of the world??s foremost hackers decided to launch a coordinated attack against an entire country. while she and Karim were expected to do all the spadework for the next issue of a magazine that had not had any real leadership since Berger left. possession of illegal weapons.

That would be against the law. He happened to know Figuerola??s father and had followed her career over the years. Despite her isolation she had managed to contact Berger on I. but it turned into a wearisome sort of arm-wrestling contest. at least they were in an investigation from 2001. Neither Teleborian nor Faulsson ?C especially not Faulsson ?C had any position inside S.Q. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise. But after a few months he was always back with the Salander woman.R.?? ??If I don??t get a new kidney I??m not long for this world. ??We??re the ones who don??t exist.I.?? ??It??s up to Salander to decide. agents everywhere.?? ??Today??s task is to write an editorial on the demonstrations. Gullberg was transported at top speed to the hospital??s trauma unit. Wasp downloaded mail that had been sent to her private mailbox at Hacker Republic. The plane landed at Schiphol airport at 4. Maybe Figuerola had a point. Then she went down to Hornsgaten and hailed a taxi. She pulled her head back in and slammed the door shut. The other participants at the meeting were two individuals from the top echelon of the Firm. Fermat??s theorem no longer fascinated her. I??ll know exactly what you talked about less than an hour after I get to my office in Stockholm.?? ??Does anyone have any information on Lisbeth Salander??s condition??? Blomkvist said. and a kidnapping. I have reason to believe that you know his story. Then came the election in 1985.

She had a heavy. As a lawyer who mainly represented abused women without any great financial resources.?? ??You said there was no rush. Baksi had been caught in the act by Per-Erik ?str?m ?C the same man who went on to be the paedophile hunter at Save the Children ?C who in the ??80s was the research secretary at the Trades Union Federation.?? ??That was after Stig Wennerstr?m.?? There was a knock at the door. She cleared her throat and without being invited to. the media??s interest in continuing to dig around in the ??Salander affair?? will die away. How about you? Why did you become a journalist??? ??Because there are institutions like S?po that lack parliamentary oversight and which have to be exposed from time to time. He says that the resistance consisted of a forceful verbal attempt to prevent Torstensson and Ingemarsson from going to pick up Niedermann alone. And she has to be charged with shooting Magge Lundin in Stallarholmen.?? ??So where do the toilets come into the picture??? Malm said.30 that evening.P. They all shook hands. two from Eriksson. And as you know. whatever-her-name-was. Counter-Espionage said that they definitely had not borrowed him. ??I have to check on my other patients. He was not looking at her. If you can??t rejuvenate this paper. But we??ll think of something. Identifying the woman who had filmed M?rtensson and Faulsson proved to be easier than she had anticipated. intended for page five under national news. He was completely exhausted and realized that he had eaten only two slices of bread all day.R. According to the newspapers. Not everyone can afford security.

although he had not in fact been working there. To include Bjurman in the special Section would be out of the question. which began with KAB.A. and then Carl Bildt. But you think we should publish a story that might be a lie just because we have no proof that it??s a lie. But don??t worry about him for the time being. It took her 17 steps to reach the room. If Salander was shot in Gosseberga.?? He knows that I have a photographic memory ?? and that I??m a hacker. Salander heard the key turn in the door.v Three days after Berger started as acting editor-in-chief of S. and she felt no desire at all to engage with it. Everything she had written was true. where Plague had uploaded all the administrator rights for S. It was blocked. His parabolic antenna would be permanently listening out for a call containing Ekstr?m??s characteristic graph curve for one of a dozen commonly occurring words.?? the nurse said. Get out of here. Then I got an article late in the evening. ??He??s going to be digging up that stuff himself if he keeps at it for a while. Jonasson was a catalogue of surprises. on Tuesday. Annika Bloody Giannini was most likely on her side. She saw that this was nothing unusual. It??s that simple. S. some squiggles on a piece of paper. so he never had anything to hand over to Palme.

Finally he shut down the computer and went to bed. the new chief of the Section. At around 11. She should have dealt with Teleborian years ago. The shard of glass had penetrated so deeply that the bleeding would not stop.00 on Friday morning and sent a copy to Blomkvist via the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. but she quickly pulled herself together when she saw who it was.m. ??Evert. She resigned abruptly.S.?? ??It wasn??t exactly an invitation. The daughter would sooner or later be captured and that would be the end of it. Acquitted of all charges. She did. and most assuredly not against his colleagues. the human resources were available.?? ??I don??t understand. And we??re on a different floor from the rest of S?po. He says that he had nothing to do with the murders in Stockholm. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist. But our assignments have also changed. ??Are you alright??? Berger asked him. The follow-up care had been a marathon of agony. ??That sounds good.?? Wadensj?? regarded Clinton with doubt in his eyes. the social contract that makes up the framework of a civilized society. which is six weeks for the basics. The trapdoor is secured by nothing more than a latch.

??I never knew Zalachenko. I don??t like this business with Ekstr?m and Faste and a new trial. Salander was not sure. cares about it.P. has been to see me twice in the past few days.K. Who were his friends? Who had he been in prison with? Where does his girlfriend live? Who did he drink with? In what area was his mobile last used? Where is his vehicle? At the end of that sequence the fugitive would generally be found. an antibiotic. She then proceeded to the Yahoo group [The_Knights] and checked whether Plague had added anything. If the government was involved. Monica. 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. And you were one of them!?? ??But you??re an officer in S?po. I went through Forelius. assigned to prosecute crimes against F. to whom he had to deliver monthly reports. Within the Section this was no obstacle. Which must have been Edklinth. It??s dated. Leaving the restaurant she had stuffed it into her pocket instead of putting it back in her briefcase. There??s a room in the connecting corridor to the right of the reception area that would be better from a security point of view. You didn??t say a word about it at the two o??clock meeting. 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.?? ??I feel extremely self-conscious. That was the custom in the village. She had no reason to love Berger.?? Gullberg said.?? Ekstr?m said.

?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. He chose first class and had the compartment to himself. She stopped in the doorway. I??m going to make you so happy. and Superintendent Edklinth took on this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. but were asked instead to wait on the landings if they were meeting their partner. I??m a workout fanatic. It??s complicated. Modig stood up. But that wasn??t why I had to see you tonight. ??I??ve extended your assignment by three months.?? she said to the P. She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story. At a time when the newspaper was on the edge and a campaign of rejuvenation was under way. ??Toilets. It has been 56 days since your last visit. but he assumed it had something to do with the military. Has advanced rather quickly in her career. S.?? ??Where was this man then??? Giannini hesitated.?? He looked almost apologetic. it??s you. ??Should we conclude that the Zalachenko club was an association formed in 1964? That would be some time before Zalachenko even came to Sweden.?? ??I??m not trying to evade your question. It??s clear that there must have been financing. Then came the awkward part. He??s keeping track of what goes on around him.?? ??No.

her state of mind??? After a while Karlgren said: ??I??m not sure how I should answer that question. And now I??m working here at Sahlgrenska and patching up people like you. and whether the robbery could be defined as a racist crime. who was snoring peacefully. ??Good. ??You do know that I could get into very deep water for this. gained access. He thought of them as the Inner Circle. Blomkvist sat on a sofa while Baksi got coffee from a machine in the hallway. so he stuck his head out a little further. She isn??t the type to ask anyone for help. When they were settled in her new Saab 9-5. I want to know the whole layout of the corridor. but for security reasons almost the whole team was moved out of police headquarters to an eleven-room apartment in ?stermalm that had been discreetly remodelled into a fortified office. or who he might go to for protection. ??Just keep working the way you always do. ??I owe you one. Run!?? Giannini watched as the two nurses took cover in the room next to Salander??s. for which you bear the primary responsibility. ??I??m on call this weekend. The Salander investigation is fake.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians. not really. Armansky found this entirely contradictory. He had been beaten. It was about initiating a logical sequence of inquiries. ??about a missing person in Alings?s. That??s not what I??m saying. She had?? He could not remember a thing when he came to.

?? ??It??s the least I could do. logically organized. unusually early. He knew that his guesswork was on the mark when Edklinth??s eyes widened. Then she clenched her teeth and concentrated on breathing. In theory that would be about twenty hours?? driving. She frowned. Eventually he became director of the agency. He was one metre eighty-four tall and weighed sixty-eight kilos.E. It??s possible that you??ll need another operation ?C on your shoulder ?C if we can??t arrest the infection with antibiotics.?? Modig held up a photograph of Bj?rck??s distorted face. ??Clinton will make the operational decisions while I??m gone. We have a younger talent who does some field work.B. Jonas.?? Wadensj?? felt the panic rise. You keep a sharp eye on your surroundings. Zalachenko scrutinized him for fifteen seconds. When she closed the door he arduously sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. I became a police officer because I thought. We??ve noticed it only because we??re specifically looking for it. ??Worst of all.?? ??Listen. We have him in the Secret State Police from the early ??50s to 1964.00 on Sunday morning. No matter what happened. but he??s putting in an equal amount of time on your story. I haven??t told anybody.

His official duties took up a great deal of his time.K. ??Has anything else of interest happened??? he said. I was terrified that something had happened.?? Salander listened attentively to the conversation between her lawyer and her adversary. and then he paused for a moment. F?lldin had in practice demonstrated that he had been informed.?? ??Margareta called me with the proposal at 11.?? ??Well. That she was locked up had turned out to be a blessing. ??We just have to discover what it was they really were doing. But if she got the registration wrong she would be able to trace him anyway. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan. The wound in your shoulder seems to be the cause. and underwear. He seemed to find it amusing to beat her just to provoke his minders in the Zalachenko group. so it was no surprise that she had killed these people. She did not mean to make their job any easier by confessing to something that would lead to a prison sentence.P. She did not have to search for her colleague. He was a grey-haired man with big ears and a powerful face. getting into Blomkvist??s apartment and Millennium??s offices.V. No. In fact he did not have the slightest idea how Berger came to call him out of the blue to tell him of the meeting. Whatever it was. or that she had taken revenge by tattooing a shocking message on his stomach. but then they start challenging me and looking for ways to dominate me. He took a clean sheet from a linen cupboard and cut it up to make bandages.