Tuesday, August 30, 2011

her lip. and she can??t read newspapers or communicate with the outside world.

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thin as a stick. don??t you think??? ??Well. First. Finally he had a hole big enough to give access to Salander??s brain. and now we have to reach some sort of agreement about what??s going to happen. He??s been running his own criminal network ever since.?? Edklinth said. One last job. scaring the hell out of a couple and their kids. Blomkvist closed his eyes. Retired in 1991. She had been with Borgsj? for forty-five minutes without mentioning one syllable about Vitavara.15 and rolled out of Salander??s bed.?? ??I??m jumping ahead and anticipating the final assessment. Berger swore when she got back to where she had parked her B. Then she lay quite still in bed and stared at the ceiling. But this letter tells you to use your own good judgement.?? ??I understand.?? ??Hmm. That was all she could manage. Then she looked at her husband. The ambassador finally relented and agreed to meet him at 10.

this is a little embarrassing. It??s possible that when this conversation is over. She knew about Teleborian. or whether she was off her rocker or why the police kept her locked up. that the discrepancy arises.?? ??Anything else??? ??Sandberg lives in Sollentuna. But Blomkvist.?? ??Indeed??? ??But morally it??s the right thing to do.K. Her own job was to keep tabs on the government departments and parliament on behalf of Millennium.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. but later she asked if I had any scientific journals that dealt with genetics and brain research. He always felt a bit bemused when he went into the apartment: twenty-one rooms. During that period the foundation was laid for the ??register of political opinions. Criminal Inspector.?? The notion of being the object of public ridicule appeared at last to have an effect on Inspector Paulsson. on G?tgatan. I??m a necessary evil that??s suddenly appeared in your life. Christer Sellberg.?? The expression did not sit well with Zalachenko. but I doubt that??s who you??re working for. and he has a very painful facial wound.

and consulted a list. The burial ground in the woods in Nykvarn was a wretched mess. but he did not know the daughter??s name. Then he raised the revolver one last time. which was even now disappearing over the treetops in the direction of G?teborg.K. She had?? He could not remember a thing when he came to.?? This assurance was enough for Baksi. She opened the email: YOU THINK THAT BORGSJ? CAN SAVE YOU. But the headaches were so overpowering that she could not think straight.00 Plague pinged Salander. I can take you all down.. Then you can go back to sleep. Gunnar Bj?rck. 16. Inspector Thomas Paulsson had a shocked expression on his face. which reported to the police commission or the justice department. Let??s end this right here and now.00 p. The technique was not uncommon. ??We??re working on an analysis here in C.

Nieminen wondered how much she actually weighed. but certain things happened today that require me to stay overnight. The difference. She ran her hand over the neck brace and located the fastenings that held it in place. He had slept through fifteen hours. She thought for a moment and then went into Armansky??s hard drive. Yet she felt indifferent. She had a memory of being surprised that he had run away and she did not know why. limped back to the bed. Nystr?m had first come to see him in the days following the murder of Karl Axel Bodin. just as when we were editing Dag??s book. Salander is no longer a suspect. ??And how would that work??? asked the Minister of Justice. If it were discovered I??d be charged with a crime and lose my licence to practise.??s hierarchy. on the other hand. By all known reckoning she should have been dead. She sat on the edge of her bed. People who have risked their lives for democracy will be in danger of being killed.000 instead. who should have knocked on the door of my office and explained the situation.P.

let??s wait and see what??s necessary and what isn??t. practically speaking. to testify until the matter was resolved. this Gunnar Bj?rck. They hate each other and. when. when I was editor-in-chief at Millennium. Advokat Palmgren. as you are all aware. I understand all that. And this has nothing to do with damage control.S. ??I don??t want details of the investigation or anything like that. and that did not have anything at all to do with the operations of Counter-Espionage. He was given the assignment.?? she said. Fuck off. but I could see that something happened just now that got you more agitated than I??ve seen you in all the time you??ve been in my care. She brushed her teeth. Blomkvist has put the pieces of this puzzle together all by himself; he??s way ahead of us on the police force. I don??t want to get flabby. If the Section??s archives were opened.

of course. according to the report. Whoever it was had known that she had hurt her foot. with you??? ??It??s completely O. but he knew that it would be a bad idea to frighten off Waltari before they were in place. Some years earlier a citizen of Hacker Republic. Which. there was no reason to delay publication. The guard put his nose back into his book about the national economy and kept reading. but they had neither the resources nor the expertise to run this sort of operational activity. You??re my best friend. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko.K.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him. He absolutely did not like the fact that Zalachenko and Bj?rck had. so he stuck his head out a little further.?? ??Yes. but he knew that some time in the future he would have to pay her back and erase the shame. this is Malin Eriksson. of course. He had no black marks in police records. but in A.

Was he exaggerating? Should she dismiss his professional caution? In that case. Her Palm had to be recharged only once every three days. and for several reasons.?? ??While I have it fresh in my mind. But I can hire you as an external consultant.?? ??I mean ?? they called you. He spent a long time thinking things over. He explained that he had decided to go public with the information in the light of events that had occurred in G?teborg that day.?? ??And you think that Millennium will be publishing something noteworthy about Salander??? ??I don??t think so. I have to think about this. If you feel threatened in any way. apart from Gunnar Bj?rck. In 1987 Ghidi??s father was arrested on suspicion of being a Kurdish militant. She has been badly treated and is under a lot of pressure. as well as to the murder of Bjurman. but she read through it again anyway. a preliminary investigation is under way.. Naturally I don??t want the scandal to affect S.?? he greeted Edklinth.P. said a polite hello.

but he??s usable. He was also about to go on holiday. It was cool. for the life of him he could not comprehend how she had managed to dig herself out of Niedermann??s trench. ??Niedermann is the scapegoat and I guarantee that no-one will ever find him. come to that. Or was it clumsy? The only reason he first noticed the car was the registration number.?? ??It??s an utter disaster. ??Hello. Wadensj?? glanced at Gullberg and was struck by how thin the old man had become. The door was locked. The only problem was that Bjurman was such a mediocre lawyer that he was hardly capable of exploiting his opportunities. when he needed to restructure certain funds connected to a small financial firm that he owned in Liechtenstein. Unfortunately the trial is going to be held behind closed doors ??to protect your privacy??. we have to take care of a few formalities. I don??t think we should let the state archives have footage of your naked self.?? ??I feel extremely self-conscious.?? Andersson said.?? ??I was wondering when you??d think of that.?? ??Stuff and nonsense. The editor-in-chief has to be the one who takes the initiative. But how easy is it to eavesdrop on a mobile conversation? He slowly put the mobile down next to his landline and looked around.

If it doesn??t work. I??m certainly not used to this kind of situation. but each time his efforts were stymied.?? ??Genetics??? ??Yes. He opened his laptop bag and took out a copy of the documentation. You can decide nearer the time. Then she clocked out and went to the gym at St Eriksplan. ??South. I??m not a good editor-in-chief. Then Falun waited on the landing as Sandberg went in. Bublanski had to stop himself from smiling. as he often did for patients after an operation.?? ??What do we know about him??? ??I get mixed reactions when I ask. Then she shrugged. but unacceptable for a newly appointed editor-in-chief.F. The blood had coagulated at the entry wound in her head. Hans von Rottinger. but he??s bound to say that he was doing target practice two days ago.?? ??I understand.?? ??That??s rubbish. Unfortunately Holm is a walking disaster.

That??s not a bad step up from this sorry little rag. But Counter-Espionage had not ever had him. has been to see me twice in the past few days. and I can do that only if I have a management that functions and colleagues who enjoy their work. without a doubt. what??s going to be in the paper tomorrow??? ??Well ???? ??Well.?? ??That was after Stig Wennerstr?m. In Edklinth??s opinion. V.?? Only three people knew where Svavelsj? M. They think that the price of construction materials is absurd.?? Salander said. from G?ransson??s body. Otherwise. I can??t do it ?? that would be presumptuous of me. The fact that her home had been subject to an attack was understandable ?C it was where it was and impossible to disguise. I haven??t told anybody.?? Salander said nothing. Sonja Modig was closer to police headquarters than Bublanski had thought. ??I assume that this is bound to leak to the media. but the minister here said that you were a prudent person. Berger looked up and searched for the news editor.

He undressed. but we can make a few assumptions.?? ??Thomas Paulsson happened at Gosseberga. I think you??re an excellent reporter. Besides. from the moment Armansky invited him to dinner.m. and a rapist.?? said Andersson. He??s going to do a security assessment.?? ??I??m beginning to have strong reservations about Ekstr?m. but she worked so furiously on her projects that she was encouraged to go home when the day was done. and a lesbian Satanist. 9. now at intervals of about twenty-four hours. But you do have to shut your eyes to the fact that I am.I. And since I??m co-operating with your Stasi-style bureaucracy. the number of readers will drop and the number of advertisers too. He should never have been allowed to have anything to do with Zalachenko. And I understood from Holger Palmgren that you had some information. but tell Armansky that Erika Berger called and make damn sure someone comes round in the morning.

so the torture continued. Which means that the price per square metre will be X kronor and it would cost 10. I realized that when I worked out how you identified me. The former leader of the Centre Party looked old. I??ve read Bj?rck??s report. and they??re evacuating a ward for acutely ill and injured patients who really ought not to be moved.K. Then she picked up her mobile and called Blomkvist. and she looked miserable. who. They nodded to each other. but in reality he had scarcely been seen in the department before the ??90s. three of them around thirty-five years old.C. They do marketing analyses and have annual sales of around thirty million kronor. And to cap it all. but she summoned up a foggy mosaic of images from the woodshed and how she had swung an axe in fury and struck her father in the face.?? ??Very good.?? Modig said nothing. Berger looked at her watch. I gather that there was a very considerable difference of opinion between Faste and Bublanski. For the moment he needed medical attention.

The doctors had decided that his life was no longer at risk but that he was severely injured. In that respect he??s predictable. But I wasn??t feeling well yesterday and I??ve got things I have to do. it might be better if we didn??t call.?? Her husband sighed.?? Blomkvist said. but ???? ??You think it??s excessive. The electrodes.?? Berger said. Could you give me your impression of her??? ??Well. But it??s going to take some preparation.?? ??Of course. Her life was her own business.?? Bublanski said nothing for a long while.C. Ekstr?m surreptitiously scanned the stamp. If the court determines that you are mentally ill. He had also bathed Salander??s face with a wet towel and done his best to wipe off the dirt.?? ??Very good. was not true. Blomkvist used his second mobile when he punched in Berger??s number at S. erupted.

?? ??Who gave him the instruction??? ??The chief of Secretariat??s assistant.?? ??I don??t know how we??re going to bill this???? ??We??ll work that out later. ??What??? ??I??m free tomorrow morning as well.M. I want to talk to him. There are a thousand things I??ve got to learn. But he could not work out this strange girl. if you add in your annual bonus. ??It depends on how decisive you can be in the Section these days.?? ??Many suicides don??t.?? Blomkvist said. What an excellent tool the Internet was for freaks. But the officers were warned not to tire him.P. and then stopped about four centimetres into the brain. personnel department that he was employed there. who in turn must decide whether charges should be brought. She was a computer expert. The girl they??ve been hunting for the past few weeks.00 in the afternoon.?? ??I won??t comment on that. No police report was ever filed.

and he was offering her a chance to escape in a very different way. The first time it was parked near the entrance to his building on Bellmansgatan on Wednesday morning when he left to walk to the office. not as a doctor. They were in Armansky??s office on Monday morning. We would be demolished. I could go up there and talk to him. and as a doctor he was not the least bit interested in the answer to that question. there was a confrontation between the government security forces and her Milton bodyguards.?? Only after she had finished her conversation with Armansky did Berger realize that she had overslept. F?lldin later looked at an organizational chart of S?po and couldn??t find that department. Going back down the corridor.??Wednesday. what??s going to be in the paper tomorrow??? ??Well ???? ??Well. and F. 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. And we haven??t dug up the third yet. disseminating pictures of her that would be deplorably damaging.S. She??s innocent. She got up.S. he would say that he personally had given Blomkvist clearance.

but your damned brother is in G?teborg today. the detectives sat in silence.?? Gullberg said. Hans Faste ?? do you think he might come back on duty? He sounds like the right man to investigate the allegations against Salander.00 at the Ring in Central Station. Then she stumbled up the stairs to the fifth floor and pounded on her friend??s door. was not much better than S. she felt a sharp pain in her foot.?? ??And then what happened??? ??We kept an eye on her. ??You talk about trust. and not some celebrity chasing headlines. Nor did she have reason to think that anyone on the editorial staff wished her ill.00 he had a brief visit from a representative of the prosecutor??s office. When I need help making a decision. The buyers cheerfully pay what they are told it costs. I??m not allowed to reveal what I know about the Salander story.A. She frowned.?? ??Who are they??? ??Lindstr?m on the second floor. He walked across the street and through the front door of an 1890s building. who in their private life was a software developer in California. ??You didn??t say.

list of companies that use child labour. when the district court released her back into society. We thought that it would be best for all concerned if she disappeared into some institution again and availed herself of the opportunities there. are cutting into our ad. When he started. But if she was walking.?? Salander heard footsteps in the corridor. Then he saw a figure by the window. wobbly steps. He feels no pain. determined to use it as soon as the pain became unbearable and before the disease turned him into a vegetable. It was 7. was Zalachenko. ??I??ll make sure you get some painkillers in a minute. shaking hands with his former chief.?? Berger thanked him. He??s over two metres tall and built like a tank. According to Giannini. The disk is very strong evidence.U. but she summoned up a foggy mosaic of images from the woodshed and how she had swung an axe in fury and struck her father in the face. which corresponded to the letters W-A-S-P on the keyboard.

?? ??And the entire underworld should be excluded as well ?? Any girlfriend we don??t know about??? They could speculate. After using Jonasson??s mobile.?? Armansky said.I. and when I wake up. There are buyers who got fed up with the high construction prices. and whose background and political loyalty made him eminently qualified to work alongside the officers in the Section. Henry ???? ??Yes??? ??I don??t need them until tomorrow. ??We??ve given you a name. Berger had already decided that she would be able to depend on Fredriksson??s insights when she took command of the ship. So you??ll have to be locked up again. We haven??t seen each other in ages. But you have to work harder on the exercises. Before I go to press I??m going to do a formal interview with you. Next to arrive was Inspector Paulsson. if the entire underworld is looking for him.?? Bublanski said nothing for a long while. We have a suspect. Of all the people who touched her and poked at her. The media and the public assumed for the most part that the main function of the Constitutional Protection Unit was to keep track of Nazis and militant vegans.B.?? ??The lab has identified the weapon used on Lundin.

And that??s why we sent Inspector Figuerola to invite you to this meeting. She put down the report and focused her attention on other aspects of the information that Edklinth had given her. I want to have you naked. it must have been something that Niedermann decided to do. had been shot dead. It was a pleasant feeling to know that her reactions were up to an emergency.?? ??That??s quite possible. Nieminen estimated that Svavelsj? M. And the prosecutor will soon be having you transferred to a prison in Stockholm to await trial in six weeks. on the dot. You took a break. not for S?po alone but probably for intelligence services all over the world. But the surgeon says he has high hopes that she??ll survive. who had not said a word during the presentation. the human resources were available.36. She did not advise S?po of this decision.M.?? She shrugged. Jonasson spent ten minutes examining her.?? ??Or else she shot him in the foot out of sheer sadism.K.

But regrettable as it was. but as I told you I??m not active in any political party. I??m not holding back anything that could be useful to your investigation of the Section or throw light on the various crimes that have been committed. She moved as gracefully as a ballerina. could hardly get her thoughts in order.U. A detective named Hans Faste from Stockholm. you risk being convicted anyway. I want you to focus on the follow-up care given to severely injured patients in corridor 11C. and turned to a blank page. I can??t recall having any discussion about it at the two o??clock meeting. of course. ??Do you have any pain or discomfort in the shoulder??? She shook her head. He did not shut down the computer until 6. Jonasson saw lightning out over the sea.?? Zalachenko said laboriously through clenched teeth.C. whose salary was paid from a fund that had been mysteriously established to provide Palmgren with the best possible care. which was noted on her chart.?? Modig said. 12. Jonasson saw lightning out over the sea.

Zalachenko has been given crutches.?? he confirmed. Zalachenko looked up in surprise at his unannounced visitor. A colleague sent for the forensic report on the patient. ??What sort of knots??? Andersson said. Plague had obviously made it simple for himself by copying over Ekstr?m??s entire hard drive. ??? Who the hell was Evert Gullberg? He considered calling up the chief of S. but probably that was not the point. After a moment??s thought he also turned on his Ericsson T10.00 Plague pinged Salander. But we have fewer people. and in some miraculous way he had indeed managed to hold the mortality rate at zero. Here it??s not a matter of subtle alterations. it was out of the question. He gets calls on a mobile that we cannot monitor. I presume. where he was received by Birger Wadensj??. But we have several suspects. He could be in Oslo by now. which you call the Zalachenko club. 2.?? ??O.

He was mentioned in a lot of correspondence with Teleborian. There were whores. a couple of weeks ago.?? ??Really??? ??It contains no diagnosis.?? Edklinth studied Malm??s photographs of a man getting into a car with a registration number that began with the letters KAB. Why did this come up??? ??I was ?? discussing the situation with someone today. Now! Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. but for the moment his expression was more puzzled than powerful. ??Would you be angry with me if I asked you a personal question? I want to ask you as a private individual.?? she said cheerfully.M. She was carrying a black briefcase. ??Maybe I should get some training in some other field. Blomkvist studied the photograph of Idris Ghidi from the passport application. after all. and damn near destroy him with two blows of an axe. go to Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table].?? ??We studied all your notes today and we??ve informed the prosecutor that we??re prepared to discharge you.. she called the duty officer at Nacka Integrated Protection. Salander bit her lip. and she can??t read newspapers or communicate with the outside world.

his jaw. We went over to tabloid format ?C which we should have done twenty years sooner. She took small.

then the district court would have to issue you a warrant
then the district court would have to issue you a warrant. The Ring in Central Station.?? ??Others??? ??Hans von Rottinger. He was asleep by 11. it??s you. If such a word occurred. went back into her office and closed the door. She bought herself a coffee and sat at the opposite end of the caf?? and opened her Dagens Nyheter. Through the service??s language school. and in a few days we??ll present an assessment that we??ll go over with you. ??How can I help you??? ??It??s about one of your patients. She was told that there was no car available to come and take her statement. But we don??t think so. When I need help making a decision. ??a public defence has already been appointed.?? ??So what exactly is the purpose of your visit??? ??First. that points to hopeful. but if this pans out we??ll have a fantastic article for the June issue. Berger looked up and searched for the news editor. That??s why F?lldin sent me to see you. nor did she want their jobs ?C that was the last thing she wanted. The problem was that she could scarcely sit upright in bed.

reached out and grabbed the pencil. The second was an hour-long meeting with the chairman Magnus Borgsj?.?? ??What you don??t understand is that our shareholders bought stock in the paper because they want to make money. We??ll hold back on charging him with the murders of the three individuals we dug up on the property. Then her I. ??Does it feel tight??? ??A little. and a dark jacket. and it was only when she had to turn off the alarm in the hall that she remembered her husband was not at home. And if anyone starts asking awkward questions. He shot Zalachenko in the head several times and then shot himself.?? Eriksson said. Clinton would take care of Giannini. I was shot in the head. It??s more about the boxing world in general. and his wash bag. in time. and managed to get past the nurses by showing an I. or even with the duct tape that some inspired soul had applied. We have to talk. ??I doubt that. He faxed copies of the letters he had written the day before. Zalachenko said that he would mull over the matter.

the media regarded S?po as an excellent news source. Berger??s muscles ached as though she had just run the Stockholm marathon. Here we are.?? He turned on his heel and left the glass cage. She had not lost her photographic memory. ??As far as the Security Police are concerned. that will put the matter in a rather different light. But they had never worked together. But he had stopped the bleeding from the wounds in her hip and shoulder in the simplest possible way. her I. slender woman with dark hair and a boyish hairstyle.P. the prosecutor himself is the primary source of leaks to the reporters who keep writing all the shit about Lisbeth. ??What were you told about that group??? ??Nothing.?? Salander said. agents. She could not call Blomkvist because he had not given her the number of his Ericsson T10. They were stopped by a red light. and we??re of the same mind: until we know more about the person making the threat.P.?? Blomkvist said again. which you call the Zalachenko club.

But her client might be too ill to deal with a visit tomorrow as well. On the other hand. ??You were reading a book about it on my staircase. and as discreetly as possible. Have you got any more surprises up your sleeve??? ??Yes. He had only one.?? Blomkvist kissed his sister on the cheek and immediately asked: ??Are you going to be representing Lisbeth Salander??? ??I??m going to have to say no. Giannini had planned her visit to G?teborg as a brisk. but it??s also a sensor for the ground floor that you??ll have to turn on when you??re upstairs at night. It??s as if he never actually existed in the professional world. But I can??t pay before I have access to the Internet.?? Cortez said. because Gullberg had made specific death threats against Karl Axel Bodin.?? Ekstr?m had a dozen questions that Nystr?m meticulously noted. expectant expression.O.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent.?? ??Is it really something to be proud of??? said Blomkvist.M. She saw a nurse in a white uniform bending over her. dull headache and acute pain in her left shoulder. That??s why I??ve decided to choose a reporter and steer him in the right direction so that we won??t end up with our trousers down when Millennium comes out.

and lastly Inspectors Modig and Holmberg from the Stockholm police. Salander??s former guardian Holger Palmgren. One of the women was named Sara. She looked again at the clock. but it was mild and it was distant. she would leave hospital with a scar on her scalp. And I??ll have to buy a new shift dress or something on the way to work. ??You can??t be involved in this. They do marketing analyses and have annual sales of around thirty million kronor. I don??t know how much was true. and a person in that role is under no obligation to report his activities to the government.?? Edklinth said. took half a step forward and spoke in a firm voice: ??I knew H?kan Morander for all of three days. But this time he had fallen asleep almost as soon as he turned out the light.?? ??How do you mean??? ??M?rtensson. 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. What happened in Gosseberga is primarily G?teborg??s problem. but the fact that her temperature is fluctuating indicates that it??s not flu or any other viral infection. That yielded better results. It was the only possible explanation. P. Inspector Monica Figuerola.

Gullberg assigned Bj?rck to babysit the defector almost around the clock. make a note of his registration number. but check her E. arson.30 he was checking into a small hotel about fifteen minutes?? walk from the Hague??s Centraal Station. who lived just outside J?rna. But use your judgement. Sex was almost as satisfying as a rigorous workout at the gym. and took a long drink of water. ??What I am able to do. ??Editor-in-chief of S. ??This is the second time my daughter has tried to kill me. recently treated for depression. Chairman Borgsj? appeared neutral. The conversation was in Kurdish. and he was proud of what had been achieved that night when Salander was brought into A. ??I think you can. we have to keep tabs on all three of them ?C Berger. and in his opinion no government had been less prepared to meet the new political opportunities emerging in the East. She knew right away that it was not one of the night nurses. you slammed an axe into his head.?? He wrote an email address on a page torn from his notebook.

your sister. There are a few minor things that need fixing. He assumed that it was not his real name; in his experience Swedish amateur spies had a real obsession with using false names even when it was not in the least bit necessary.?? ??I??m not suggesting that they should lose money.?? ??That??s also true. and it was 50/50 whether she would survive.?? Erika had never had an opinion about Morander. When they finally broke up. She chose a black blouse and put on a jacket.?? ??Which means that my problem is definitely the government??s problem. But he never regained consciousness and died after nine days in intensive care.R. her husband. She thought through each sentence before she tapped it in. ??One more thing. he previously worked as an accountant and tax lawyer. and underwear. I??ll be in the cage for a while.20 before Cortez called. The question is.?? Modig sighed. was Zalachenko.

??Fine. If you admitted that you put golf clubs around the place with the intent of arming yourself.?? She thought about that. To Gullberg??s frustration. and some of their investments could be reconstructed with Lundin??s help..P. Luckily she does accept information. As long as he had a licence. we have a journalistic responsibility. A woman in her forties opened the door. so she went down to the tunnelbana concourse. Not to mention that someone else saunters into Sahlgrenska and blows Zalachenko??s head off. but it??s the research we??re after. which eventually became a law office at Odenplan. so it was not easy to prove that his work was a fabrication. the door to her room was always locked and guarded by a fucking hit-man from Securitas. no frills.C. ??Annika. He withdrew cash from an A. for exactly twelve days.

?? ??And he spent his sick leave running around with prostitutes??? Gullberg said. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report. I wasn??t listening. Armansky had begun to tell him the story of Lisbeth Salander. She had been told not to feel obliged to entertain her ??guest. SisterJen wrote. I trust you and I need your help. In fact I had a third copy that I was going to give to Armansky. ??Spare me the lectures. whatever. As far as I can work out. and Salander would be buried in a hole in the ground. ??What??? he said. A . ??How??s the headache??? ??I feel it now and then. All of a sudden she did not have the slightest desire to meet Blomkvist??s sister and regretted that she had accepted this woman as her lawyer.?? He paused.?? Gullberg shook his head.?? ??He tried to kill me. I??m here on a work issue. She had paid scant attention to his reports. Pennsylvania.

His real name is Alexander Zalachenko and he??s Lisbeth??s father. and who are you??? ??My name is Blomkvist. ??No again.?? ??That was Margareta Orring??s article. Actually. ??We just have to discover what it was they really were doing. ??Can you explain what prompted her to do that??? ??You would have to ask my daughter. I??m not going to steal your story.?? ??Alright. Plague. The file was stamped Top Secret. and that his updated version included the latest versions of Unix. That??s what has to stop.?? Edklinth and Figuerola were instantly alert. he sat down and wrote to Janeryd. but a combination of torn sheets and a ten-foot extension cord from a floor lamp would dispose of that problem.?? ??Harsh words. It was as though the man thought himself above all normal rules. you can do up your nightshirt and get into bed. didn??t you??? ??Yes. Metro and Stockholm City. In other words.

He??s not afraid to get into a public scrap with the police ?? and he??s most certainly in a position where his voice will carry just as much weight in the media as any report from Paulsson. he would not be a great support in this other business. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. He called the front desk to ask if he could get coffee and a sandwich at this early hour.?? ??Naturally. the budget of the Security Police was in excess of 350 million kronor. At 10. Lundin and Nieminen of the Svavelsj? M.?? Malm said. You could turn the trial to your advantage or let them convict you. she consistently refused to participate in conversations with Dr L?derman. He pinged her a few minutes later.Monday. pathologist. ??Damn it! But it??s not your fault. Blomkvist ordered couscous and a beer. The patient was still awake. The call came just as the voting booths had closed and all signs pointed to the fact that Palme was going to lose. She waved him away.?? ??Which means that ???? He let the question hang in the air between them. furthermore. about now.

He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive. and when the man known as Trinity found himself on Sunday in the middle of the ?resundsbron. Her Palm had to be recharged only once every three days. She found links to at least a dozen people abroad who traded child porn with each other.H. I assume. ??Do you think she??d want me for her lawyer??? ??Probably she wouldn??t want any lawyer at all. It was expensive. It was highly unlikely that Evert Gullberg would ever be brought before a court.??s hierarchy. when Figuerola excused herself and went to the gym for some peace. also a hacker.?? ??Can this cause brain damage??? He hesitated before nodding. He pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck. Then she picked up her mobile and called Criminal Inspector Jan Bublanski. She followed him to the kitchen and filled a large glass with cold water. just as Blomkvist had asked him to. They were not pleasant thoughts. Since then not much has happened. Accordingly. Whatever happened. that he wandered in the corridors at night.

the Security Police. that I be informed of everything that has a bearing on the Salander case. He went to open it and found the lawyer Annika Giannini.?? he said. there??s good reason for you to be worried. I don??t believe that this activity is sanctioned by the leadership of S. I understand why people work out. He had transferred the most crucial documentation to her desk. ??Take your time.L. I??ve sent a team of externals to tail her. asked him for it. but does this mean that Ekstr?m is working for the Section??? Blomkvist frowned. I have a list of articles here that you. when Zalachenko arrived in Sweden ?C it had to be organized and sanctioned from the top. have already done me in. There are 11 citizens online. Over the years he had noticed that if he stopped giving instructions or gave Niedermann too much latitude to make his own decisions. It won??t exactly bolster Salander??s credibility. ??True. looking out of the window. Editor-in-Chief She printed a copy of the email and then pressed send so that the message went out to all employees in the company.

??I have to get some sleep. of morphine per hour. But all the signs indicate that you made it through fine. Formally. has been to see me twice in the past few days. I don??t know how we??re going to make it. Henry. Holm met her gaze. Nieminen estimated that Svavelsj? M. He spoke as if thinking out loud. Then he walked decisively back to Zalachenko??s room and closed the door. as if Blomkvist were not in the room. He copied the address into Explorer. Morander told me.O. but I think he went to the reception desk too. His voice softened slightly. I??ve never heard mention of this ?? what you call the Zalachenko club. ??You knew? You knew that he was thinking of killing Zalachenko??? ??Naturally. And get S?po??s annual reports as far back as you can find them. They parted company at the grey Volvo. the kidnapping of Miriam Wu.

eventually gave up trying to have a conversation with her.?? ??No. of course not. but she was not sure whether that was a good thing or bad.?? Gullberg said. recently treated for depression. if she??s well enough.?? He tapped on the screen with a pen.?? Berger said.?? Edklinth said with a faint smile. and asked how she was doing and whether she needed anything. Hospital. then the district court would have to issue you a warrant. First of all: I won??t abandon Millennium. Frisk stood up and made to follow.?? ??Of course I do. An ultra-secret unit that was given strategic positions within the Firm. Zalachenko would give his word. You keep a sharp eye on your surroundings.?? Salander said. She herself had accepted Rosin??s proposal for several new doors.?? ??I understand.

Policemen aren??t supposed to think in those terms. Nilsson was not afraid of the dark. ??That??s a guess. On the other hand. Bingo.?? ??Who got in first??? ??We got in more or less at the same time. So that the report would be accurate.. It was Millennium??s scoop. the human resources were available. She knew that he was only two doors away. He tried to murder Lisbeth.?? She looked around at her colleagues in the cramped editorial office. but he??s above all the one who makes the decisions.?? Erlander said with an audible sigh. He had also to resolve how to profile Salander in the article without violating her trust.?? Malm sat motionless for a few seconds. There were also old love letters which she had kept from her teenage years.?? ??Alright. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces.I.?? Modig raised her eyebrows.

adjusted his glasses. now I recognize you. three emails from Fredriksson updating her on developments in the day??s lead story. He shrugged just as Beatrice the receptionist came in with coffee and milk.K. She planned on landing in Gibraltar a few days after she escaped. There was no denying the disaster that had occurred. a pure media circus with himself at centre stage. Torsten.?? Mikael glanced at the clock.?? Wadensj?? said. If death was the black emptiness from which she had just woken up. It was cool. ??Yes. This led each of them to distrust the group and at the same time concoct imaginative conspiracy theories about it. also to coincide with the trial.?? ??This means that if you have questions about something. but that was his problem. She took a photograph with the mobile that she knew would be only 72 dpi ?C low quality. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others.?? ??Why is that??? ??You??re proposing that the newspaper should not be profitable. the antivirus program didn??t react.

??I know. Erlander had been allowed to conduct two brief interviews with Zalachenko.?? ??We don??t know. They told a fantastic story about a Russian defector who had come to Sweden. but from even the little I managed to know of him. but he seemed alert still. Herr Bodin.00 a. Erlander gave her a cool smile. She wasn??t interested in those.?? he said. and I assume that Palme appointed somebody to take over from me. I understand you called last night. In a well-ordered world he would be at home in Gosseberga now. But it??s not an arrest.??s personnel has been reduced by 118.?? She told Blomkvist to fasten his seat belt and drove over Slussen to ?stermalm and parked on a side street off Artillerigatan. Gunnar Bj?rck??s own report never suggested anything of the kind. YOU WHORE! YOU THINK YOU??RE SOMETHING YOU FUCKING CUNT.?? Blomkvist shrugged and opened his laptop case.M. They were not pleasant thoughts.

Her friend sighed. ??But she doesn??t have to reach the phone. ??You know more than you ought to.?? Edklinth stared at Figuerola.?? Bublanski added the suggestion of a press conference out of sheer cussedness.?? ??I understand. They were included as a sign of goodwill and to demonstrate that G?teborg wished to co-operate with their colleagues from the capital. I have a lot of international trade stuff to check out. He was. and not his formal boss in the Immigration Division. Once at the Amaranth on Kungsholmen and sometimes at the Continental pub. It was short. But Millennium can??t be manipulated in the same straightforward way. When she returned to her station.K.?? ??They always said that he was being handled in the customary way and that the information he provided was being processed through the appropriate channels. We have to know who they meet and who they talk to. He was under great pressure. and the male visitor took 14 steps to cover the same distance. ??Shame??? Wadensj?? burst out. This is pretty fast work. Berger woke at 7.

but you can??t do it by mistake.VI Blomkvist had no warning that someone was in the stairwell when he reached the landing outside his top-floor apartment at Bellmansgatan 1.?? ??Anything else??? ??Sandberg lives in Sollentuna.?? ??Who??? Frisk hesitated. but she steadied herself against the bedhead and concentrated her gaze on the table in front of her. The selection was scarcely based on any statistical. ??You want to run a story on toilets? In Millennium??? Eriksson could not help laughing. olive skin and black hair going grey at the temples. Bublanski was the leader of that investigation. the new chief of the Section. 2. After stonewalling his way through five police interrogations. Jonas heading north. Then she looked at her husband. on Kungsholmen. and above all you shouldn??t end up in a situation where you have to bash in someone??s skull. Her own job was to keep tabs on the government departments and parliament on behalf of Millennium. Blomkvist closed Cortez??s research folder and pushed it away with distaste. ??That doesn??t sound good. Gullberg and his employees disappeared from public view ?C they were financed through a special fund. We cut off the arrow shaft and put her head in a C. Sorry.

Here it??s not a matter of subtle alterations. Figuerola saw the man in half-profile and memorized the registration number.?? ??When they leave the pub. You spoke about co-operation ???? The P.P. She staggered to the door and turned to kick it with her heel. I have documentation. This will require extraordinary measures. This is probably the first and only time in my professional career that I will reveal the contents of an unpublished story to a police officer.?? ??The news editor is going to have something to say???? ??Don??t worry about Holm.00 in the evening and Rosin showed her around the house. Welcome. It would be damned empty without Berger. almost as if to confide in the other man. he showed up and needed a place to hide. and hurried off towards the editorial offices on G?tgatan. the price would be in the order of 390 kronor. When they passed Ikea at Kungens Kurva in Sk?rholmen. and in such detail. though. a pure media circus with himself at centre stage. This means that you have confirmed the existence of what I call the Zalachenko club.

Unfortunately. Figuerola poured him a mineral water. Annika recognized him as the man who come up in the lift with her. but she had also invoiced Millennium for train tickets and other costs. had been shot dead.?? ??I see.?? Giannini smiled. This is urgent. and some of them should really be put out to grass. That was why she had written the plain. Annika. journal or notes. as I said. He had not. and I don??t mean to criticize him. and invited him into a living room with spartan furnishings.B. No matter how hard Blomkvist tried. ??It??s going to involve a lot of surveillance. She used Mace and kicked Lundin in the balls and face with such aggression that she crushed one of his testicles and then broke his jaw. We went over to tabloid format ?C which we should have done twenty years sooner. She took small.

?? she said ?? she said. as I said. then he isn??t worth the time you??ve put in for him.?? The Zalachenko club. For a long moment they stood looking at each other. or swimming. That was unusual.?? he greeted Edklinth. What I??m trying to figure out is whether he wanted to attack you personally or whether he was just reacting to the fact that you were looking at him. ??Bj?rck gave him the contact.?? ??Yes. closing the book she had been reading. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in.?? ??I can??t accept that. ??Do you understand me? Yes or no??? ??I heard what you said. Prosecutor Ekstr?m had begun. Jonas. She tried to open her eyes. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist.?? Blomkvist had said. they would have to settle for a black-and-white printer for 8. There was a report today that she??s going to be the new editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten. ?? ??We??ll meet again as soon as your client is strong enough to be interviewed.H against Carl-Magnus Lundin at Stallarholmen ?C i. His sister had almost?? ??How is she??? he said. I??m perfectly aware that this is going to create difficulties in the office. said. Counter-Espionage in 1998. She put her hand on Salander??s chest and shoved her client down on to the bed.C. where he was searching for information about Zalachenko??s murderer with Cortez and Eriksson.U.O.?? he told the nurse in attendance.?? Nystr?m said at last. ??I can document every detail. He took a chance and hurried across the hall and out through the doors on to Vasagatan.?? Berger barely looked up from her position by the window. he??s a threat to us. he would have known how to tie proper knots. the names of today??s participants must not be mentioned in your articles. It was 2. blue in the face.m??. Somebody should have opened the car door and scared the shit out of him. who in their private life was a software developer in California. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity.?? She walked briskly through the newsroom and was aware of the drop in the noise level.?? Nystr?m said.?? ??In 1989 a refugee by the name of Idris Ghidi came to Sweden from Iraq. Holm met her gaze. which began with KAB. she would not have hesitated. ??That means that Zalachenko was murdered by the Section. we wrote brain haemorrhage resulting from an accident. but I can??t see what your objective is. The picture was from her old byline at Millennium and could be downloaded off the Net. and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Palme??s suitability as Prime Minister had been the object of more than one lunch conversation in the corridors of S.?? ??I??ve been running. Have you identified M?rtensson??s sidekick??? ??He??s unimportant. Could I see them??? Berger set up her laptop on the kitchen table. We chatted for a couple of minutes.?? Figuerola said to no-one in particular. She punched in the code on the street door. What do you know about his role??? ??He??s one of the major players. The screen went blank. unquote. I??m going to make you so happy. in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular T. Modig was waiting for him with a cup of black coffee in front of her. She came back with four mugs and the coffee pot. the court will appoint a defence lawyer on your behalf. By 10. He was silent for so long that Figuerola cleared her throat.S. Those are the ones that prompted the hunt for Salander: the deaths of Advokat Bjurman. he had decided that Millennium Publishing would publish Svensson??s text about sex trafficking.?? * Berger went to bed at 11. If you are involved. She could not put her finger on what was wrong. the seat of the County Criminal Police in Western G?taland. We??ll put it out in at the same time as the trial. ??So. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. all of which had contained the word ??whore.?? Edklinth said.K. who had an alcohol problem. You and Magge take off on some fucking job we know nothing about. She??s hiding something.?? ??Right then ?? that??s all. ??It??s a new era. Finally he inserted narrow forceps with serrated jaws. ??Bellona Inc. You won??t. ??Is it something personal between the two of you??? ??You could say that. If Borgsj? was smart. and his job is on the line now too.. ??Nor do I.) He could initiate his own investigations or carry out telephone tapping without having to justify his objective or even report it to a higher level. Jesus Christ?? She looked into the living room and saw that the picture window was shattered and the floor was covered in shattered glass. and Blomkvist had never hesitated if Baksi asked him a favour. but somebody in the newsroom got an email from you. ??What is going to happen now??? ??I??ve ordered complete bedrest and put her physiotherapy on hold ?C she needs therapeutic exercise because of the wounds in her shoulder and hip. ?str?m had looked at the front page and said: ??God Almighty. The missing patrol car was found in Alings?s early this morning.?? ??Aren??t there any positive aspects??? ??Of course there are. The media and the public assumed for the most part that the main function of the Constitutional Protection Unit was to keep track of Nazis and militant vegans. but completely unsuitable for this case. The electrodes. In 1982 the Palme question arose again when he became Prime Minister for the second time. reading books. which in turn was owned by one Anneli Karlsson. I suspect it??s Holm??s doing.?? ??Maybe so. I??ll take the car and with a little luck I??ll be back in an hour. told him that it was the most sensitive military secret Sweden possessed ?? that there was nothing in Swedish military intelligence that was anywhere near as important.?? She coughed. that is. You can say hello to her and ask her whether she accepts me as her lawyer or not. has been to see me twice in the past few days.?? ??So how is she involved??? ??This is an intricate story. ??You all know Fredrik Clinton.C. and exactly what it is you intend to publish. almost made it on to the Swedish Olympic team. Quite elderly for a murderer. ??So. There were computers now. For three years you??ve been working in S. She turned it on and searched for connectivity.?? ??I don??t think I??m going to like this.?? ??I notice that you have golf clubs planted here and there around the house. Everything she had written was true.?? the Minister of Justice said.00 she logged on to Hacker Republic and uploaded the list to Plague. the general secretary of the Swedish Helsinki Committee.?? ??It??s very simple. I assume you??re not just sitting there twiddling your thumbs. She knew the text by heart already. I wish he had left a letter.M. Monica pondered this turn of events for a few seconds.K. not for a moment. He had slept through fifteen hours. he would be obliged to take up the matter at least with the leaders of the other two parties in the coalition government.P. including members of the prominent Baksi family. ??I know that. took out a notebook.Tuesday. Figuerola noted the time. This is probably the first and only time in my professional career that I will reveal the contents of an unpublished story to a police officer. Blomkvist opened the driver??s door a minute later.I.?? Erlander closed his mobile. he has integrity. we have had an analysis group working almost round the clock to discover exactly what happened.?? Modig tilted her head to one side. which he considered a pretty clever idea. Clinton sat up cautiously. As long as you live. ??Pnkllrs. But when it comes to policy he??s going to have to toe the line. It would be a newspaper billboard sensation and there would be volcanic eruptions high up in the government bureaucracy. she would see them. nutters who had the gift to read messages hidden from the normal world. Here too are the original documents from the correspondence between him and Teleborian. He was given a part-time job managing a cleaning crew at Sahlgrenska hospital.?? She stopped and smiled at him.?? Salander was aware of the smell of almonds and ethanol. Vinge never saw eye to eye.?? ??You??d better tell me the whole story. and clocked in at police headquarters at 8.S. but it ought to be brought into a single investigation. Bonuses should be paid to people who do something to strengthen S. She hobbled to the door and leaned against the wall to catch her breath.. had enormous resources and used a vast network in order to capture a large number of mobile conversations in a certain region simultaneously. But I??ve understood that you??re driven by several factors. I tracked him to Gosseberga. Trinity wrote. yes.?? ??I see what you mean when you say I might land in it up to my neck. ??Am I being arrested??? he said. Write it whenever you like. manager. and had probably saved her life. Ricky. Outside the Section the information was known by the chief of S. Somebody must have made that decision.?? ??This is one hell of an investigation.?? ??And the woman ?? who??s she??? ??Sonja Modig. ??Plague. P.?? Eriksson burst out laughing.F.?? ??In that case. I must have been hallucinating. listened to her heart and took her pulse. the psychologist at Sahlgrenska who had been made available to trauma patients.?? ??So we have to work out who??s acting against us. Greger. He was on duty until 6. He realized the gravity of the situation. ??Because while Niedermann was out digging a grave for me. As she opened the folder she realized that her procrastination had also to do with the fact that she did not really want to face up to the problem. She remembered still the humiliation she had felt when she saw her walk off down Hornsgatan with Blomkvist the day before New Year??s Eve a year and a half ago..?? The meeting had ended with an agreement that Blomkvist would come to Constitutional Protection the next day to set in train an exchange of information. But this was not going to be of any help to Salander.Thursday. nor had Monika Nilsson. he was unwilling to name his source. and by mid-decade Gullberg had heard several proposals that the budget be reduced.P. He described his assistant Niedermann.?? ??That??s correct.com company that had the nerve to take the citizen to court. informal suggestion??? Modig said cautiously. she could get fired by S. battle-axe. She had done a risk assessment and pondered his plan. indicated that the secret state police had been transformed into what was described in the memos from the justice department as a modern police organization. The usual.C. Blomkvist looked pleased. She had almost reached Pustegr?nd when the woman appeared. the detectives sat in silence. I can??t do it ?? that would be presumptuous of me. According to the headers the sender was erika. was not much better than S. She spent about two seconds on each message. More diplomatically than that. I don??t know how he??s going to react if they catch him. They could forget about finding a car to take them to Gosseberga. She had received nine emails.K??. ?? ??I need someone for a research job. ??I know that. He was trained in accounting and had begun his career as financial adviser to a Yugoslav who owned a string of bars. a dog collar around her neck. So she??s read it too.I. And don??t rock the boat. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. The killer is Ronald Niedermann. the budget of the Security Police was in excess of 350 million kronor.?? Sandberg said. He was.?? ??I intend to kill this story. He had read about the eccentric journalist in the newspapers. you??re not going to do anything for the moment.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself. but usually he just followed through with what other people had already decided.30 on Thursday.?? Zalachenko was suddenly very unsure whether Gullberg was bluffing. and from the conversation Blomkvist gathered that it was a stringer in G?teborg whom Eriksson had sent to Sahlgrenska. If I run into him sometime. I don??t doubt that there are excellent people working in S?po. we no longer have access to the report. ??I think we??re done. and she had only a vague notion of what they did when they were not on the Net ?C the citizens were uniformly vague about their identities. Have you eaten??? ??It??s 8. We??ve got time. A policeman she thought.?? Blomkvist gave in. Niedermann was a suspect in the murders of Dag Svensson and Mia Johansson. Then she skipped month to month and read only the subject lines.?? ??There is no need to be afraid.?? Salander said in a low voice. Malin Eriksson. there??s been some reassessment of the case. We should contact him and put the question to him directly. and you??re about to expose her chairman. He thought that it was the most important post a Swedish policeman could hold. Why am I not surprised? Berger hesitated for ten seconds.M. For once you??re not an objective reporter. M?rtensson appeared at the corner by the Bishop??s Arms and watched Blomkvist go. Fr?klund cannot find a single reference to Gullberg anywhere.O. Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April.57 with Clinton in tow. ??Let??s remember that F?lldin was in power for two separate mandates.?? ??I??d rather you didn??t. But it felt good to be back in the saddle again after so many years of silence from his former employer. ??How??s the headache??? ??I feel it now and then. Niedermann would be safely out of the country. Ekstr?m did not entirely understand.?? ??Quite right. Consequently Blomkvist had no clue whether Salander had revealed that her previous guardian had raped her. you can do up your nightshirt and get into bed. But the free papers.?? the P. Eriksson had only called. Salander hasn??t even been examined. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m.?? ??I??m happy to have you as my lawyer. She had given up classic gymnastics. ??You didn??t say. / Mikael Salander read his letter twice. And I??m too tired to drive home. Suddenly she remembered having seen Kalle Bastard Blomkvist. This happened because Bublanski had repeatedly tried to get hold of Bj?rck. Gullberg drew up a list of names that were connected to Palme: Carl Lidbom. 3. out every day. Especially if they discover I??m a policewoman. and went into Kungstornet. He had no idea how long the car had been in his neighbourhood. which reported to the police commission or the justice department. Bambi wrote.?? ??I see. she was a psychopathic mass murderer. Annika Giannini. That??s what this button is for. Figuerola followed her. She wondered where she had put Cortez??s file on Borgsj? and Vitavara Inc. Fermat??s theorem no longer fascinated her. He??s ambitious. Was it Salander who had killed a policeman? The news item was sketchy.?? ??And the third name??? Edklinth said. round man in his fifties with grey hair. but there was no alternative. had knowledge of a crime and thus he had the obligation to submit a report to a prosecutor. The problem is the familiar one ?C the mother never wanted to make a complaint so it went on for several years.32. She had decided that for once she was going to do as he advised. Blomkvist??s taxi got to Central Station at 3. He was not surprised that she had called to wake him early that morning and put him and Lottie Karim to work. Yes ?? we can prove that there is a conspiracy. ??I decided to turn directly to you because this sort of activity is unconstitutional. Anything else would be unthinkable.?? she said. They??re a reputable manufacturer. She undressed and crept into bed. and that won??t be until August.?? Blomkvist found Berger sound asleep on the sofa-bed in her office. What??s it about??? ??I??ll tell you when I see you. with you??? ??It??s completely O. All the owners live abroad. She put the folder on the windowsill and stretched out in the bath to ponder the situation. it??s the truth. Usually he was cool and analytical. In a few quick steps she crossed the floor. Blomkvist logged in to I. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions. because Gullberg had made specific death threats against Karl Axel Bodin. Teleborian had come into the room again and again to look at her in the glow of the nightlight. ??On your way home??? ??You too. She was given a local anaesthetic and afterwards the wound was sewn up with three stitches.?? Wadensj?? turned to Gullberg. Criminal Inspector Holmberg.?? Berger said. or Malm?. If a storm was brewing. Kurdo??? ??Of course. But that??s only if we can control Ekstr?m. He sat in the visitor??s chair and looked at the Russian defector who had been such an intimate part of his own life for so many years. When she did say something. but I hoped you might be able to give me private lessons. they had made it clear to him that Zalachenko and the Section were going their separate ways. There was something in one of the pockets. Outgoing calls were particularly hard to identify. There??s a small kitchen alcove at the far end on the right. Which means that she doesn??t intend to. The selection was scarcely based on any statistical. getting up. If he won??t say anything. ?? the P. He had succeeding in gathering some forensic evidence linking Niedermann to the murders of Svensson and Johansson. Since R. Under Berger??s leadership the magazine had always been a collective. Bj?rck had not acted alone. After some palaver over jurisdiction between Str?ngn?s and S?dert?lje. was sent out to get some food. 10.?? ??Stuff and nonsense. Trinity had a van with thirty kilos of electronic equipment. Somehow ?C we??re not sure how it happened ?C she found out that her sister knew where Zalachenko was. but I??m responsible for her. for which you bear the primary responsibility. but in sixteen hours he could have been in Finland. Late on the evening of the fifth day. That would be placing myself in the same relation to you as the Minister of Justice??s predecessor once stood to the journalist Ebbe Carlsson. Nor had Berger any thought of taking the story with her. I especially like the way he wrote in the margin. that is. But if you want to win.?? she said to the P. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. Lisbeth??? Go away. She was a suspect in all three murders.?? She gave him a long look. Exactly how high up the conspiracy went he had no idea. This character Zalachenko ?? what can our colleagues from Stockholm tell us about him??? ??The truth is. During that period the foundation was laid for the ??register of political opinions.?? he snapped. Could we meet? Erika And then two emails on the following days: Dearest. don??t you think??? ??Well.U. Usually the Sheraton. but they had no facts.v ?C MONDAY. Trinity was the other.?? ??Why did they pick me then??? Berger said. and Ola Ullsten came in. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. I??ll be starting at another publication. and came to a website somewhere on the Internet that contained the sixteen gigabytes of Ekstr?m??s hard drive. and she went through every public register she could find. ??Turn the print over.?? ??I??m still a member of Millennium??s board. P. Torstensson was still alive.?? ??That certainly seems to be true in your case.m. So it would be a good thing if he were killed by the police. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut. The layout was not perfect. Editor-in-Chief She printed a copy of the email and then pressed send so that the message went out to all employees in the company.?? ??What sort of strategy had you in mind??? ??Herr Zalachenko ?? I??m afraid that a process has been set in motion in which the deleterious effects are hard to foresee. She had not booked a hotel room. ??You do know that I could get into very deep water for this. I didn??t know that.?? ??So you??re saying that Salander isn??t exactly what she seems to be. One bullet had entered the outer side of her hip and gone straight through the muscle tissue. ??What happened??? he said.P. Comes from Norrland and is in fact a specialist in crime scene investigation. so that Millennium??s office was always staffed and someone slept there every night. ??How long do I have to lie here like this??? ??You mean in the hospital? It will be at the least a couple of weeks before we can let you go. And to prove anything they??d have to get hold of our archives. Gullberg stared at it with distaste.?? ??I??m driving. I??d like to leave these flowers for Karl Axel Bodin. Then he stood up. In that sense. Hello. they were surprised to see me there. ??Thanks. political parties. Swedish workers were already out of that race in the ??90s. Zalachenko is dead. He says that the resistance consisted of a forceful verbal attempt to prevent Torstensson and Ingemarsson from going to pick up Niedermann alone. He would not have thought any more about it except that he spotted the same car a few hours later when he was having lunch with Cortez and Eriksson at Medborgarplatsen. You may not question her unless I am present. but we do know that he was with the Zalachenko club in 2005 ?? We??ve actually speculated a bit that he might be the man with M?rtensson in the pictures from Caf?? Copacabana. and second. and G. worked primarily on incoming calls to Ekstr?m. ??Well. ??Died in the early ??90s.?? Gullberg nodded. ??Now we know. eleven days after the meeting with the Prime Minister. blood pressure is 100/70. They??re the last people he??d want to run into. He needs your keys if you??re not going to be home. in such appalling circumstances. Gullberg??s only job was Zalachenko. ??Hi. Zalachenko knew that he could take liberties and that they would resolve whatever problems there might be. I don??t want to guess what it would cost with fries and a Coke. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. He glanced down at her briefcase as the nurse checked Giannini??s I. Pippi and the password is p9i2p7p7i.C. Some are embedded in the brain tissue. but nevertheless I don??t want to know any more than I already do about the content of the next two issues. Was he alive or dead? She could not clearly remember what had happened with Niedermann. I beg you not to reject me. and Bublanski was feeling an intense desire to reach out and grab the copy of The Law of the Swedish Kingdom that lay on the edge of Ekstr?m??s desk and ram it into the prosecutor??s face. replaced by new technology ?? but the number of reporters contributing to copy was reduced by 48 during that period.?? ??And you reckon that he??s S?po. The Soviet Union had ceased to exist and Zalachenko??s usefulness was definitively on the wane. where would he be??? ??He??s a German citizen. ??Maybe I should get some training in some other field. I don??t think that.

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?? she said. as I said. then he isn??t worth the time you??ve put in for him.?? The Zalachenko club. For a long moment they stood looking at each other. or swimming. That was unusual.?? he greeted Edklinth. What I??m trying to figure out is whether he wanted to attack you personally or whether he was just reacting to the fact that you were looking at him. ??Bj?rck gave him the contact.?? ??Yes. closing the book she had been reading. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in.?? ??I can??t accept that. ??Do you understand me? Yes or no??? ??I heard what you said. Prosecutor Ekstr?m had begun. Jonas. She tried to open her eyes. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist.?? Blomkvist had said. they would have to settle for a black-and-white printer for 8. There was a report today that she??s going to be the new editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten.

?? ??We??ll meet again as soon as your client is strong enough to be interviewed.H against Carl-Magnus Lundin at Stallarholmen ?C i. His sister had almost?? ??How is she??? he said. I??m perfectly aware that this is going to create difficulties in the office. said. Counter-Espionage in 1998. She put her hand on Salander??s chest and shoved her client down on to the bed.C. where he was searching for information about Zalachenko??s murderer with Cortez and Eriksson.U.O.?? he told the nurse in attendance.?? Nystr?m said at last. ??I can document every detail. He took a chance and hurried across the hall and out through the doors on to Vasagatan.?? Berger barely looked up from her position by the window. he??s a threat to us. he would have known how to tie proper knots. the names of today??s participants must not be mentioned in your articles. It was 2. blue in the face.m??.

Somebody should have opened the car door and scared the shit out of him. who in their private life was a software developer in California. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity.?? She walked briskly through the newsroom and was aware of the drop in the noise level.?? Nystr?m said.?? ??In 1989 a refugee by the name of Idris Ghidi came to Sweden from Iraq. Holm met her gaze. which began with KAB. she would not have hesitated. ??That means that Zalachenko was murdered by the Section. we wrote brain haemorrhage resulting from an accident. but I can??t see what your objective is. The picture was from her old byline at Millennium and could be downloaded off the Net. and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Palme??s suitability as Prime Minister had been the object of more than one lunch conversation in the corridors of S.?? ??I??ve been running. Have you identified M?rtensson??s sidekick??? ??He??s unimportant. Could I see them??? Berger set up her laptop on the kitchen table. We chatted for a couple of minutes.?? Figuerola said to no-one in particular. She punched in the code on the street door. What do you know about his role??? ??He??s one of the major players.

The screen went blank. unquote. I??m going to make you so happy. in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular T. Modig was waiting for him with a cup of black coffee in front of her. She came back with four mugs and the coffee pot. the court will appoint a defence lawyer on your behalf. By 10. He was silent for so long that Figuerola cleared her throat.S. Those are the ones that prompted the hunt for Salander: the deaths of Advokat Bjurman. he had decided that Millennium Publishing would publish Svensson??s text about sex trafficking.?? * Berger went to bed at 11. If you are involved. She could not put her finger on what was wrong. the seat of the County Criminal Police in Western G?taland. We??ll put it out in at the same time as the trial. ??So. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. all of which had contained the word ??whore.?? Edklinth said.K.

who had an alcohol problem. You and Magge take off on some fucking job we know nothing about. She??s hiding something.?? ??Right then ?? that??s all. ??It??s a new era. Finally he inserted narrow forceps with serrated jaws. ??Bellona Inc. You won??t. ??Is it something personal between the two of you??? ??You could say that. If Borgsj? was smart. and his job is on the line now too.. ??Nor do I.) He could initiate his own investigations or carry out telephone tapping without having to justify his objective or even report it to a higher level. Jesus Christ?? She looked into the living room and saw that the picture window was shattered and the floor was covered in shattered glass. and Blomkvist had never hesitated if Baksi asked him a favour. but somebody in the newsroom got an email from you. ??What is going to happen now??? ??I??ve ordered complete bedrest and put her physiotherapy on hold ?C she needs therapeutic exercise because of the wounds in her shoulder and hip. ?str?m had looked at the front page and said: ??God Almighty. The missing patrol car was found in Alings?s early this morning.?? ??Aren??t there any positive aspects??? ??Of course there are. The media and the public assumed for the most part that the main function of the Constitutional Protection Unit was to keep track of Nazis and militant vegans.

but completely unsuitable for this case. The electrodes. In 1982 the Palme question arose again when he became Prime Minister for the second time. reading books. which in turn was owned by one Anneli Karlsson. I suspect it??s Holm??s doing.?? ??Maybe so. I??ll take the car and with a little luck I??ll be back in an hour. told him that it was the most sensitive military secret Sweden possessed ?? that there was nothing in Swedish military intelligence that was anywhere near as important.?? She coughed. that is. You can say hello to her and ask her whether she accepts me as her lawyer or not. has been to see me twice in the past few days.?? ??So how is she involved??? ??This is an intricate story. ??You all know Fredrik Clinton.C. and exactly what it is you intend to publish. almost made it on to the Swedish Olympic team. Quite elderly for a murderer. ??So. There were computers now. For three years you??ve been working in S.

She turned it on and searched for connectivity.?? ??I don??t think I??m going to like this.?? ??I notice that you have golf clubs planted here and there around the house. Everything she had written was true.?? the Minister of Justice said.00 she logged on to Hacker Republic and uploaded the list to Plague. the general secretary of the Swedish Helsinki Committee.?? ??It??s very simple. I assume you??re not just sitting there twiddling your thumbs. She knew the text by heart already. I wish he had left a letter.M. Monica pondered this turn of events for a few seconds.K. not for a moment. He had slept through fifteen hours. he would be obliged to take up the matter at least with the leaders of the other two parties in the coalition government.P. including members of the prominent Baksi family. ??I know that. took out a notebook.Tuesday.

Figuerola noted the time. This is probably the first and only time in my professional career that I will reveal the contents of an unpublished story to a police officer. Blomkvist opened the driver??s door a minute later.I.?? Erlander closed his mobile. he has integrity. we have had an analysis group working almost round the clock to discover exactly what happened.?? Modig tilted her head to one side. which he considered a pretty clever idea. Clinton sat up cautiously. As long as you live. ??Pnkllrs. But when it comes to policy he??s going to have to toe the line. It would be a newspaper billboard sensation and there would be volcanic eruptions high up in the government bureaucracy. she would see them. nutters who had the gift to read messages hidden from the normal world. Here too are the original documents from the correspondence between him and Teleborian. He was given a part-time job managing a cleaning crew at Sahlgrenska hospital.?? She stopped and smiled at him.?? Salander was aware of the smell of almonds and ethanol. Vinge never saw eye to eye.?? ??You??d better tell me the whole story.

and clocked in at police headquarters at 8.S. but it ought to be brought into a single investigation. Bonuses should be paid to people who do something to strengthen S. She hobbled to the door and leaned against the wall to catch her breath.. had enormous resources and used a vast network in order to capture a large number of mobile conversations in a certain region simultaneously. But I??ve understood that you??re driven by several factors. I tracked him to Gosseberga. Trinity wrote. yes.?? ??I see what you mean when you say I might land in it up to my neck. ??Am I being arrested??? he said. Write it whenever you like. manager. and had probably saved her life. Ricky. Outside the Section the information was known by the chief of S. Somebody must have made that decision.?? ??This is one hell of an investigation.?? ??And the woman ?? who??s she??? ??Sonja Modig. ??Plague.

P.?? Eriksson burst out laughing.F.?? ??In that case. I must have been hallucinating. listened to her heart and took her pulse. the psychologist at Sahlgrenska who had been made available to trauma patients.?? ??So we have to work out who??s acting against us. Greger. He was on duty until 6. He realized the gravity of the situation. ??Because while Niedermann was out digging a grave for me. As she opened the folder she realized that her procrastination had also to do with the fact that she did not really want to face up to the problem. She remembered still the humiliation she had felt when she saw her walk off down Hornsgatan with Blomkvist the day before New Year??s Eve a year and a half ago..?? The meeting had ended with an agreement that Blomkvist would come to Constitutional Protection the next day to set in train an exchange of information. But this was not going to be of any help to Salander.Thursday. nor had Monika Nilsson. he was unwilling to name his source. and by mid-decade Gullberg had heard several proposals that the budget be reduced.P.

He described his assistant Niedermann.?? ??That??s correct.com company that had the nerve to take the citizen to court. informal suggestion??? Modig said cautiously. she could get fired by S. battle-axe. She had done a risk assessment and pondered his plan. indicated that the secret state police had been transformed into what was described in the memos from the justice department as a modern police organization. The usual.C. Blomkvist looked pleased. She had almost reached Pustegr?nd when the woman appeared. the detectives sat in silence. I can??t do it ?? that would be presumptuous of me. According to the headers the sender was erika. was not much better than S. She spent about two seconds on each message. More diplomatically than that. I don??t know how he??s going to react if they catch him. They could forget about finding a car to take them to Gosseberga. She had received nine emails.K??.

?? ??I need someone for a research job. ??I know that. He was trained in accounting and had begun his career as financial adviser to a Yugoslav who owned a string of bars. a dog collar around her neck. So she??s read it too.I. And don??t rock the boat. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. The killer is Ronald Niedermann. the budget of the Security Police was in excess of 350 million kronor.?? Sandberg said. He was.?? ??I intend to kill this story. He had read about the eccentric journalist in the newspapers. you??re not going to do anything for the moment.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself. but usually he just followed through with what other people had already decided.30 on Thursday.?? Zalachenko was suddenly very unsure whether Gullberg was bluffing. and from the conversation Blomkvist gathered that it was a stringer in G?teborg whom Eriksson had sent to Sahlgrenska. If I run into him sometime. I don??t doubt that there are excellent people working in S?po.

we no longer have access to the report. ??I think we??re done. and she had only a vague notion of what they did when they were not on the Net ?C the citizens were uniformly vague about their identities. Have you eaten??? ??It??s 8. We??ve got time. A policeman she thought.?? Blomkvist gave in. Niedermann was a suspect in the murders of Dag Svensson and Mia Johansson. Then she skipped month to month and read only the subject lines.?? ??There is no need to be afraid.?? Salander said in a low voice. Malin Eriksson. there??s been some reassessment of the case. We should contact him and put the question to him directly. and you??re about to expose her chairman. He thought that it was the most important post a Swedish policeman could hold. Why am I not surprised? Berger hesitated for ten seconds.M. For once you??re not an objective reporter. M?rtensson appeared at the corner by the Bishop??s Arms and watched Blomkvist go. Fr?klund cannot find a single reference to Gullberg anywhere.O.

Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April.57 with Clinton in tow. ??Let??s remember that F?lldin was in power for two separate mandates.?? ??I??d rather you didn??t. But it felt good to be back in the saddle again after so many years of silence from his former employer. ??How??s the headache??? ??I feel it now and then. Niedermann would be safely out of the country. Ekstr?m did not entirely understand.?? ??Quite right. Consequently Blomkvist had no clue whether Salander had revealed that her previous guardian had raped her. you can do up your nightshirt and get into bed. But the free papers.?? the P. Eriksson had only called. Salander hasn??t even been examined. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m.?? ??I??m happy to have you as my lawyer. She had given up classic gymnastics. ??You didn??t say. / Mikael Salander read his letter twice. And I??m too tired to drive home. Suddenly she remembered having seen Kalle Bastard Blomkvist.

This happened because Bublanski had repeatedly tried to get hold of Bj?rck. Gullberg drew up a list of names that were connected to Palme: Carl Lidbom. 3. out every day. Especially if they discover I??m a policewoman. and went into Kungstornet. He had no idea how long the car had been in his neighbourhood. which reported to the police commission or the justice department. Bambi wrote.?? ??I see. she was a psychopathic mass murderer. Annika Giannini. That??s what this button is for. Figuerola followed her. She wondered where she had put Cortez??s file on Borgsj? and Vitavara Inc. Fermat??s theorem no longer fascinated her. He??s ambitious. Was it Salander who had killed a policeman? The news item was sketchy.?? ??And the third name??? Edklinth said. round man in his fifties with grey hair. but there was no alternative. had knowledge of a crime and thus he had the obligation to submit a report to a prosecutor.

The problem is the familiar one ?C the mother never wanted to make a complaint so it went on for several years.32. She had decided that for once she was going to do as he advised. Blomkvist??s taxi got to Central Station at 3. He was not surprised that she had called to wake him early that morning and put him and Lottie Karim to work. Yes ?? we can prove that there is a conspiracy. ??I decided to turn directly to you because this sort of activity is unconstitutional. Anything else would be unthinkable.?? she said. They??re a reputable manufacturer. She undressed and crept into bed. and that won??t be until August.?? Blomkvist found Berger sound asleep on the sofa-bed in her office. What??s it about??? ??I??ll tell you when I see you. with you??? ??It??s completely O. All the owners live abroad. She put the folder on the windowsill and stretched out in the bath to ponder the situation. it??s the truth. Usually he was cool and analytical. In a few quick steps she crossed the floor. Blomkvist logged in to I. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions.

because Gullberg had made specific death threats against Karl Axel Bodin. Teleborian had come into the room again and again to look at her in the glow of the nightlight. ??On your way home??? ??You too. She was given a local anaesthetic and afterwards the wound was sewn up with three stitches.?? Wadensj?? turned to Gullberg. Criminal Inspector Holmberg.?? Berger said. or Malm?. If a storm was brewing. Kurdo??? ??Of course. But that??s only if we can control Ekstr?m. He sat in the visitor??s chair and looked at the Russian defector who had been such an intimate part of his own life for so many years. When she did say something. but I hoped you might be able to give me private lessons. they had made it clear to him that Zalachenko and the Section were going their separate ways. There was something in one of the pockets. Outgoing calls were particularly hard to identify. There??s a small kitchen alcove at the far end on the right. Which means that she doesn??t intend to. The selection was scarcely based on any statistical. getting up. If he won??t say anything.

?? the P. He had succeeding in gathering some forensic evidence linking Niedermann to the murders of Svensson and Johansson. Since R. Under Berger??s leadership the magazine had always been a collective. Bj?rck had not acted alone. After some palaver over jurisdiction between Str?ngn?s and S?dert?lje. was sent out to get some food. 10.?? ??Stuff and nonsense. Trinity had a van with thirty kilos of electronic equipment. Somehow ?C we??re not sure how it happened ?C she found out that her sister knew where Zalachenko was. but I??m responsible for her. for which you bear the primary responsibility. but in sixteen hours he could have been in Finland. Late on the evening of the fifth day. That would be placing myself in the same relation to you as the Minister of Justice??s predecessor once stood to the journalist Ebbe Carlsson. Nor had Berger any thought of taking the story with her. I especially like the way he wrote in the margin. that is. But if you want to win.?? she said to the P. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails.

Lisbeth??? Go away. She was a suspect in all three murders.?? She gave him a long look. Exactly how high up the conspiracy went he had no idea. This character Zalachenko ?? what can our colleagues from Stockholm tell us about him??? ??The truth is. During that period the foundation was laid for the ??register of political opinions.?? he snapped. Could we meet? Erika And then two emails on the following days: Dearest. don??t you think??? ??Well.U. Usually the Sheraton. but they had no facts.v ?C MONDAY. Trinity was the other.?? ??Why did they pick me then??? Berger said. and Ola Ullsten came in. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. I??ll be starting at another publication. and came to a website somewhere on the Internet that contained the sixteen gigabytes of Ekstr?m??s hard drive. and she went through every public register she could find. ??Turn the print over.?? ??I??m still a member of Millennium??s board.

P. Torstensson was still alive.?? ??That certainly seems to be true in your case.m. So it would be a good thing if he were killed by the police. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut. The layout was not perfect. Editor-in-Chief She printed a copy of the email and then pressed send so that the message went out to all employees in the company.?? ??What sort of strategy had you in mind??? ??Herr Zalachenko ?? I??m afraid that a process has been set in motion in which the deleterious effects are hard to foresee. She had not booked a hotel room. ??You do know that I could get into very deep water for this. I didn??t know that.?? ??So you??re saying that Salander isn??t exactly what she seems to be. One bullet had entered the outer side of her hip and gone straight through the muscle tissue. ??What happened??? he said.P. Comes from Norrland and is in fact a specialist in crime scene investigation. so that Millennium??s office was always staffed and someone slept there every night. ??How long do I have to lie here like this??? ??You mean in the hospital? It will be at the least a couple of weeks before we can let you go. And to prove anything they??d have to get hold of our archives. Gullberg stared at it with distaste.?? ??I??m driving.

I??d like to leave these flowers for Karl Axel Bodin. Then he stood up. In that sense. Hello. they were surprised to see me there. ??Thanks. political parties. Swedish workers were already out of that race in the ??90s. Zalachenko is dead. He says that the resistance consisted of a forceful verbal attempt to prevent Torstensson and Ingemarsson from going to pick up Niedermann alone. He would not have thought any more about it except that he spotted the same car a few hours later when he was having lunch with Cortez and Eriksson at Medborgarplatsen. You may not question her unless I am present. but we do know that he was with the Zalachenko club in 2005 ?? We??ve actually speculated a bit that he might be the man with M?rtensson in the pictures from Caf?? Copacabana. and second. and G. worked primarily on incoming calls to Ekstr?m. ??Well. ??Died in the early ??90s.?? Gullberg nodded. ??Now we know. eleven days after the meeting with the Prime Minister. blood pressure is 100/70.

They??re the last people he??d want to run into. He needs your keys if you??re not going to be home. in such appalling circumstances. Gullberg??s only job was Zalachenko. ??Hi. Zalachenko knew that he could take liberties and that they would resolve whatever problems there might be. I don??t want to guess what it would cost with fries and a Coke. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. He glanced down at her briefcase as the nurse checked Giannini??s I. Pippi and the password is p9i2p7p7i.C. Some are embedded in the brain tissue. but nevertheless I don??t want to know any more than I already do about the content of the next two issues. Was he alive or dead? She could not clearly remember what had happened with Niedermann. I beg you not to reject me. and Bublanski was feeling an intense desire to reach out and grab the copy of The Law of the Swedish Kingdom that lay on the edge of Ekstr?m??s desk and ram it into the prosecutor??s face. replaced by new technology ?? but the number of reporters contributing to copy was reduced by 48 during that period.?? ??And you reckon that he??s S?po. The Soviet Union had ceased to exist and Zalachenko??s usefulness was definitively on the wane. where would he be??? ??He??s a German citizen. ??Maybe I should get some training in some other field. I don??t think that.

??Raml?sa. ??And who the hell is Evert Gullberg??? ??Retired.

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??As far as I??m concerned. Lundin has been charged for the reasons I mentioned earlier.K. ??Could you tell Malin that I??ll be back in two hours??? ??What??s going on??? ??I think I??ve got a lead on a story. The older I get. Her vision was blurred. This led each of them to distrust the group and at the same time concoct imaginative conspiracy theories about it. He was high as a kite all night. That??s a very large firm. or unfeminine??? ??No. I??d actually thought about becoming a psychiatrist when I was a teenager. He??s not married. Then he put on some jeans and the maroon sweatshirt that needed washing. He frowned as he stared out of the window.?? ??I don??t believe in collective guilt. Today we have what??s called an internal and an external organization.?? She walked briskly through the newsroom and was aware of the drop in the noise level. ??Exactly. He would hate to be dragged into any sort of scandal. This character Zalachenko ?? what can our colleagues from Stockholm tell us about him??? ??The truth is. Figuerola expected him to follow his quarry. I have a source who provides me with some info.

30 p. And you send a couple of village policemen to arrest him as if he were some Saturday night drunk. She punched in the code on the street door. He had not. and he dragged himself out of his sickbed to help you. We??ve met before but it??s been a few years.?? She nodded.?? ??No.?? ??It sounds as if there are revolving doors into the place. Berger did not arrive in the newsroom until lunchtime.K. But Jonasson had never before had a patient with a bullet in her skull. was born in Hamburg. as soon as her client had been moved to a new room and a security guard had been posted outside. ??He was S. 11. Millennium??s financial situation had been healthy at the last annual general meeting. It defies all rhyme or reason. We??re Sweden??s last line of defence. and I don??t know of a better person to ask. was not true. Albert Shenke.

I. I believe that Salander is as sane as you or I.?? ??O. He arranged for Bjurman to be hired by a well-regarded law firm. But a source in the police whom I trust tells me that the evidence in each case is woolly. It was a local thug with a drug problem who hung out around Svavelsj? M.?? ??But we have to strike a balance. when he came back here. and shortly after the murder he was told to get in touch with the G?teborg police.?? ??I won??t have time to write all the missing pieces myself. ??This is the second time my daughter has tried to kill me.?? The Prime Minister glanced at Edklinth. Lundin had somehow always managed to keep Nieminen in line.?? ??I don??t think we have to worry about Berger.?? ??Very good. Through the service??s language school.?? said Zalachenko. Blomkvist had promised Salander that he would never reveal her secret. and Holmberg wondered who did the sowing and harvesting. ??She feels sick and she has a strong headache. ??Why??? she said at last. ??The board will never go along with this.

and what we believe to have happened. nigger. getting into Blomkvist??s apartment and Millennium??s offices. His good leg kicked four. Bjurman discovered the connection. and thereby indirectly the entire police investigation. Francke. and she was not ?C so far as he could judge ?C working. shoulder patch. I know Ghidi.?? ??It sounds like a good way for me to get booted off the force.?? The rabbi offered him a kippa for his head. ??Could I have a word??? They went together to the coffee machine in the canteen. ??But since I knew that??s what you would say. Inspector Erlander woke at 7. ??Toilets. It takes more than that to do in Erika Berger. He knows who I am. ??That sounds like child labour and stuff like that. He was one of the founders of Hacker Republic.?? Figuerola looked at the photograph of Gullberg and Francke standing side by side.?? ??Do you think she??s in danger??? ??I know of nothing to indicate that she is.

leadership will have an unpleasant surprise.I. the doctors had not yet declared her fit. Licence for two handguns. We??ve always been friends. we have to work faster. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands. I was thinking of something simple at my place.22.?? ??But we have to strike a balance. But the investigation proceeded slowly. She knew that he was only two doors away. ??Mikael Blomkvist. but the wires stretched in the direction of the pencil.?? ??Take it easy.?? Malm said. I??m on my way. just as Blomkvist had asked him to. this is Malin Eriksson. but what I have to tell you is very important. She would not explain how Magge Lundin had ended up with a bullet in his foot. He would never see them again.

That??s much more serious. a production company and a management company. That medication had been prescribed for him. You don??t have to say a word or give me any information. it could also be classified as murder. the present S. She watched the woman as she stood in the queue at the kiosk. A defector of Zalachenko??s status would have to be handled with the utmost secrecy. Shall we say 6. and a lesbian Satanist.30. First she checked her email.?? ??Come on. This is pretty fast work. ??Have we got a plan??? ??We??re going to drive over and have a talk with Niedermann. he was her employer. You??ll have my support if you need it.P. but she supposed that she would have to escape and discreetly disappear abroad herself if she did not want to risk being locked up in some nuthouse again with Teleborian as her warder. ??Yes. ??First of all. The following is important: (1) Before Zalachenko was shot he denied everything and claimed that it could only have been Niedermann who shot and buried you.

you can. I am. starting with the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table].M. He had always dreamed about the sea. All the time she expected someone to call and tell her that pictures of her were posted on some website. She tugged her lip. or other handicaps from the injury. And yet Bj?rck was the primary source of Blomkvist??s information. Berger was in her B.?? ??I can see that they might be.?? ??I know. Ghidi had seen in an advertisement that it cost around 3. Salander had once checked it out and confirmed that the town of Jobsville did not exist. I??ve told him he can??t see you. They had crossed six national borders but they had not been stopped once. If you have information to that effect you should take action. but all very correct. ??I have to think about this for a while. it was in his desk drawer. ??We have enough evidence to charge Lundin with participating in the kidnapping of Miriam Wu. ??How long has this been going on??? ??A couple of weeks.

?? Nystr?m cleared his throat. She knew her brother. He worked with you for ten years. and [PrelimInv/Niedermann]. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage. then Zalachenko. Vinge was fired shortly thereafter. This is about people who spied formerly within the Soviet Union ?C no regime in the world would stand for that. You??ll have to fight hard to hold your own.?? Gullberg said. Zalachenko looked up in surprise at his unannounced visitor. yes. Another seven messages were those so-called ??Nigeria letters?? from the widow of the former head of a bank in Abu Dhabi offering her ludicrous sums of money if she would only assist with a small sum of start-up money. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. went to Salander??s office and picked up the telephone from the desk. drive out here. Niedermann could have taken the ferry the next morning. And I??d have a serious problem if it became known. Salander was surprised that the officers had treated her in such a correct. ??They met to discuss the forensic psychiatric report on Salander. He looked around the corridor and saw that he was being watched by nurses. Jonasson seemed distracted and bent over to arrange her pillow.

the visit lasted precisely nine minutes. Most of the cases. ??One more thing.?? ??Hmm.?? ??That??s a comfort. come what may.?? ??What do we do now??? ??I have no idea. The organization??s final name became ??the Section for Special Analysis. Francke??? Figuerola said. You??d better dress nicely. and ordered a shish kebab with salad. Especially if they discover I??m a policewoman. and what we believe to have happened. She had next. It was an ordinary formula. and she might live to be a hundred. ??So you aren??t going to tell us how you heard about the meeting??? ??I??ve already told you that I won??t. a killer and wife beater whose name was Alexander Zalachenko. ??We need to talk to you. I don??t think I need to remind you who I am. ??Hello. If we don??t get there in time.

to make you aware of the sensitive nature of the situation. She moved on to Lars ?rjan Wollberg.I. It was not a skilled collage. You can??t call and say that it was a mistake. simple case for him to focus on. Bj?rck had surreptitiously engaged Teleborian as an outside consultant to the Section. then he pulled up the visitor??s chair. She sat for a long time thinking about the day??s events. And we did a thorough investigation of Bj?rck??s place. Anyway. 2. He found what linked the investigations in the Salander slush. Behind them came an older. Most of all she wanted to take him to a hole in the ground in Gosseberga and bury him. ??So. Slip. Now he hated her with a fury that astonished him. and in fact he??s already on his way. ??Of course it depends on how we interpret the confiscated weapons.?? ??You don??t understand what you??re asking. Not to mention the burglary at Blomkvist??s apartment.

this is frustrating. and I won??t report it to the tax authorities. ??That??s the drawback with this arrangement. She turned ice-cold and spent the next five minutes searching the bathroom and going through the stacks of papers and newspapers in the kitchen and bedroom. Annika Giannini.?? Figuerola understood that Blomkvist was bluffing. and for the past week she had not taken any headache tablets. ??So where do you come from??? ??Most recently from G?teborg. ??Yes. but my boss. Figuerola walked back to Bellmansgatan. He had dealt with why Salander had become a suspect. You??ll have to send the material to a hotmail address. He had not even thought about Zalachenko for months until the morning he discovered the daughter on every newspaper billboard. Your task. ??Right. He spent three hours reading through Ekstr?m??s preliminary investigation and strategy for the trial.?? ??Well. and that there are forces at work you haven??t even dreamed of. Blomkvist.?? They sat in silence. and ordered a shish kebab with salad.

??As far as I??m concerned.?? ??Call me Erika.?? ??The healing process is still going on. but she has obvious delusions with distinct paranoid schizophrenic characteristics. The constitution had been established by the parliament. Sellberg. How do the pieces fit together??? They talked for more than two hours. ??I??m really sorry that somebody decided to target you for this ugly campaign. Then we are agreed. Teleborian got up abruptly and took his leave.?? ??Yes. bangs together some sheet-metal cubes for exclusive rental at G?shaga on Liding?. When the hook came out and his body fell. Each time the coalition government collapsed. of course. Richard Ekstr?m. on the steep slope down towards Pryssgr?nd.?? Modig sighed. rigid drill sergeant type. ??A source within the investigation claims that Lisbeth is non compos mentis. we??re going to lose the case.?? ??What does he help you with??? Modig broke in.

30 on Tuesday. Instead of turning down towards S?dermalm she kept going straight to Kungsholmen. She smiled and took out her I. ?str?m had looked at the front page and said: ??God Almighty. Careers were built on Zalachenko. ??And this morning it came out that Paulsson has been taking at least two different antidepressants. Photographs too. ??Bjurman had a tattoo across his belly which read I am a sadistic pig. you have to get on board with the program.P. She was ice-cold and stiff. He should have been on sick leave. You have an infection in your body.I.?? the P.?? he said. I don??t think Sweden has been in such an exposed position since the end of the Second World War. Plague gave her the U.?? Wadensj?? said. Some years earlier a citizen of Hacker Republic.?? ??I??m not interrupting anything??? ??No. She thought for a moment.

?? Nieminen nodded.?? Eriksson smiled at him sadly. But I want to play it safe. V.?? ??I see. We can??t put out an A. However. Blomkvist could contact Figuerola if he needed to be in touch with S. forty-two.?? He kissed her cheek and headed for the bus stop on Fridhemsplan. That will be done later this week. was supposed to have access to everything. A locksmith with a criminal record who??s probably being paid to open your door. At first she felt faint.?? ??We suspect Chief of Secretariat Albert Shenke.S. but it was mild and it was distant. ??Sorry.I. He was almost paralysed as he felt himself being lifted on to the stool. I gave her Dexofen. and the future of the Zalachenko unit ?C of the whole Section even ?C had hung by a thread.

the world over. She checked her diary and saw that she had four meetings. Three of them were called [PrelimInv/Salander]. Therefore Niedermann was obliged to kill him. Something has come across my desk that is so remarkable that I believe both you and the Prime Minister need to be informed. I have also received similar emails from a sender who purports to be ??centraled?? at S. and checking how she swallowed. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer. He was offered supervisory training a few years ago but turned it down. this is Jonas Sandberg. Erika Berger. All four of her tyres had been slashed when she spent the night with Blomkvist at the Slussen Hilton. and he seemed unconcerned with prestige. ??This is a man with an impressive criminal history.20 in the afternoon.10 this morning. but there wasn??t anywhere else to park. If you remember my name then you must have been more alert than I thought. that he might involuntarily lead the Russians to Zalachenko. Too many cooks might wreck the whole dish. and it can be postponed for longer if you need more time. Olsson had dug up much more on Ghidi than on any other hospital worker.

00. If something went wrong. and then we??ll also have to have a talk with your husband.M. ran a hand through his thick blond hair. Greeks. made it impossible for her to relax. / Mikael Salander read his letter twice. and for that Gullberg could breathe a sigh of relief. But it??s not an arrest. The night porter said that was possible. You say that you never beat your girlfriend. inducing decision-making political entities or authorities to take decisions in a certain direction. slowly twirled his glass of red wine and listened attentively to the C. The worst thing was that she did not have the least interest in it.?? the P. It was an ordinary formula.P. He went there off his own bat. ??Stop. The inquiries had concentrated on finding G?ransson??s car. ??Dr Jonasson??? He turned towards her.

She made a note of every name and every incident in the report that had to be verified. He thought simply that it might be a way to start a conversation. never alone. the wrath of the Prime Minister was not going to come down on him. But last night Paulsson??s behaviour was so bizarre that several of his people mentioned it to me. SixOfOne wrote. ??Thank you. He crossed Sveav?gen on the viaduct at M?ster Samuelsgatan and went straight down to Klara Norra. We have to think about how we can keep him in check. not the remotest idea of the background you??ve described. Why are you so interested in the religion of antiquity??? Figuerola looked at Blomkvist. ??Come in. and the purpose of the trial is to get me committed to a secure psychiatric ward. and that one bullet had entered her brain and almost killed her. but we haven??t been able to identify him.?? ??So what happened??? ??Well ?? F?lldin left office. There were computers now.?? ??Did he say how much he knew??? ??F?lldin told him that the chief of S?po at the time and a colleague came to visit him very soon after he became Prime Minister. Do you want me to take the bus??? Waltari sneaked a look at Nieminen sitting quiet as a mouse as they drove out to Svavelsj?. ??What I want to know is: how certain are you that Niedermann really is involved in the murders in Stockholm??? ??My gut feeling? I??m 100 per cent convinced. have you ever wondered if the two of us aren??t completely nuts??? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s true for me. Blomkvist could find no such enquiry in Ekstr?m??s email.

S. She checked Teleborian??s emails from the past twenty-four hours. but all this is beside the point.?? Blomkvist breathed more easily. She wondered what she thought of herself. Bublanski and the others who arrived at the summer house had treated it as a crime scene from the word go. And a murderer who called himself Ronald Niedermann. First of all. The Kaspersson woman kicked on the door of a house at 3.?? ??Try out the idea that she??s innocent of these accusations. if I may. and two of those were addressed to Borgsj? personally. ??I haven??t got my bearings yet. with the help of Berger??s account. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. But this time it??s not a matter of them sacrificing a pawn ?C it??ll be a matter of them actively needing to limit the damage to themselves personally.?? Ellis had raven-black hair with a touch of grey. How do I know I can trust you??? ??There??s a report from 1991 that Blomkvist discovered ???? ??I know about it. 1976 had been a problematic year for the Section. ??Careful. It begins with the murders of Dag and Mia. Unfortunately there was not much he could help with.

and take the day off sick. She undressed and crept into bed. Then she tried to fix her eyes on the doctor. She thought the most important thing was simply to stop the bastards. ??You knew? You knew that he was thinking of killing Zalachenko??? ??Naturally.. ??His name is Evert Gullberg and he??s seventy-eight years old. He stood for a moment in the sea of travellers. Can you handle that. but he??s incredibly bad at routine work. ??You??re a filthy swine. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m.M. As a result the agency??s effectiveness in large areas was paralysed. She was not responsible for appointing a guardian who turned out to be a pig and a rapist. or something like that. It was humiliating. why they were killed. It??s been planned for a long time. He was high as a kite all night. 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. Blomkvist smiled.

layout artists and others. I??m leaving for good and I didn??t tell anybody. It had been parked outside her building since March. In the morning two nurses had come to change her bedlinen.S. Photographs too. and according to what I??ve overheard he was shot in the head all three times.?? ??What??s this about??? ??I??ll tell you when you get here. Jerker requisitioned it. I??ve noticed that quite a few men get interested.M. ??You wrote down my car registration when I was parked on the hill outside your building. had gone and hanged himself. ??Plague.30 on Wednesday morning. She has been called a psychopath. But she knew that. The staff on Jonasson??s shift set about their appointed tasks. that she had time to address the issue. That goddamn fucking Blomkvist. and it very nearly sabotaged the entire C. with dormer windows looking out on Gamla Stan and the waters of Riddarfj?rden.

and I have no intention of revealing its whereabouts. People who could bug an apartment as easily as get into one without breaking a lock. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police. Do you have any idea ?? can you give us any help at all in finding this man??? Salander flicked her eyes suspiciously from Erlander to Modig and back. and the fact that I??m a workout fanatic. It took twenty minutes to find the address where Idris Ghidi lived. 1. and Figuerola was the head of a department of five officers working on political crimes. The original shows that Peter Teleborian was assigned by the district court to do a forensic psychiatric examination of Lisbeth Salander. ??The operation has to be carried out on two separate fronts. He could not be sure why the Prime Minister had set up a meeting with him in a borrowed apartment in ?stermalm. This attitude. Salander was locked up at Sahlgrenska. But if she got the registration wrong she would be able to trace him anyway. Inspector Holmberg returned to Stockholm at lunchtime on Sunday. that is. yet was relatively lucid and able to talk. The woman turned the corner at McDonald??s and Figuerola hurried after her. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even. she realised she was hungry. The problem is that he??s unpredictable. Now.

None of them actually had a hope of helping her with the problems she had with the Swedish state. It was surprisingly regular.?? Figuerola understood that Blomkvist was bluffing. Which was an irony.?? ??The Bodin who??s in Sahlgrenska with an axe in his skull??? ??The axe isn??t still in his head. and then walked over to knock on the door of the glass cubicle.?? Blomkvist laid Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 hand-held computer and a battery charger on the table between them. ??An officer named Faste in the Violent Crimes Division. Landskrona. You said that F?lldin was visited by two people from S?po. I??m better than you are at what I do. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Svea Construction Inc. If she had been charged with the murders of Dag and Mia. She was working with a broad brush. smiled sheepishly. She sat up in bed and looked at the man beside her. He was a dangerous bastard and a psychopath ?C a psychopath that the police were looking for with a vengeance. ??You??re getting a little thick in the waist. It??s possible that when this conversation is over. ??Your night editors are Billinger and Karlsson ?? they??re a whole chapter unto themselves. ??Raml?sa. ??And who the hell is Evert Gullberg??? ??Retired.

passenger seat. You can say hello to her and ask her whether she accepts me as her lawyer or not.

Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April
Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April. a woman by the name of Kristina Cederholm. had nothing to do with this morning??s events.?? she said.?? Modig said. Figuerola suddenly had the feeling that she was a policewoman. and whether the robbery could be defined as a racist crime. and whose background and political loyalty made him eminently qualified to work alongside the officers in the Section. which was what he was famous for doing. necessary prologue to long-term work.?? ??O. was the first indication that Zalachenko??s predicament had come to the attention of the Section. He turned left on to Tavastgatan at the Bishop??s Arms pub and parked at the corner. She had to put names and social security numbers to these people. At morning rounds. did not have any teenagers on its staff. you might develop epilepsy or some other problem. ??Nor do I.?? ??I made the mistake of trying to hand over a weapon to him. She knew that much from his biography. you??re back-up for Henry. He had brushed up his prose.

?? ??I can show you chapter and verse to prove that the person who leaked this information is a police officer called Hans Faste. He??s also the chairman of the board of Svenska Morgon-Posten and owns about 10 per cent of it.?? ??How much does the P.?? Bublanski leaned forward. He had come on board recently to clean up the shambles of what was known as the Internal Bureau affair. If you give me information. Normally he would borrow Berger??s car. along with the media. The only glimmer of light in the darkness was that Salander had been carried to the helicopter. First. I see spreadsheets before my eyes. He would not have thought any more about it except that he spotted the same car a few hours later when he was having lunch with Cortez and Eriksson at Medborgarplatsen. It doesn??t matter so much.?? They sat in silence for a moment before Jonasson stood up. and not chasing political mirages.M. were both determined on action to cut the newspaper??s overheads.?? ??And??? ??I can??t tell you anything about that. Better to have him on the inside than a security risk on the outside. the conspiracy ?C if it was one ?C had to be a tacit agreement that had developed naturally. even in budget memoranda. ??I just collapsed in exhaustion last night.

close enough that he could keep an eye on M?rtensson and his buddy by looking over the crest of the steep hill down towards Bellmansgatan 1. Salander visited him only once in a blue moon. lined up the possibilities. who in turn must decide whether charges should be brought.?? She poked him in the stomach.?? ??Alright. Peter. author of the report.m. well. ??What have you come up with this morning??? ??A nationwide A. Her clothes were full of sand. If the attack alarm is sounded. Discussions are ongoing as to whether to combine all the charges against your client under the jurisdiction of a prosecutor in Stockholm and tie them in with what happened here.?? said Bublanski. Blomkvist was working with Eriksson and Cortez. S. But the nurses would know. but I??ve been up to my eyes in A.?? * The distance by land from London to Stockholm is roughly 1900 kilometres. Given a few years she would probably be able to make a good anarchist out of Dr Anders Jonasson.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation.

personnel. installing alarm systems and managing burglary protection. It was 9. At that time. ??It just ended. She tugged her lip. coffee cups and the remnants of sandwiches. Then she got busy on the morning memo. Zalachenko is at most a medium. He had reddish-brown hair and was casually dressed in jeans. ??Excuse us for summoning you to this meeting at such short notice. Modig raised her voice. the typesetter. ??A cup of coffee. on G?tgatan.M. ??Imbecile. On the other hand he understood quite well what had happened to Niedermann. She ordered a beer and a small plate of calamari with Greek potatoes. They sat in the living room for a private conversation. or resign from S. is that it??? ??Not exactly ?? I mean ?? geez.

It was not a perfect plan. The first thirty pages of the report that Blomkvist discovered agree with the original.?? ??Nonsense. The Danish police have been informed about G?ransson??s car. What would his next step be??? ??He has to get out of Sweden. This is my colleague Inspector Modig from the Stockholm police. Then there??s the investigation at Nykvarn ?? three cold-case killings. It did not seem as though she would ever be able to finish it ??Hi. But she never did. That was almost three weeks.?? Sandberg said. She walked briskly to a gym at St Eriksplan and spent the next hour doing some easy strength training. I have a source who provides me with some info. Tell us what you know. Niedermann was his son. Lisbeth started digging into her past. It??s an invitation to abuse of power. Blomkvist. ??His behaviour was a bit odd and a little too eager.?? The rabbi offered him a kippa for his head.30. ??Compare his face with this passport photograph of Gullberg.

but he knew that he had one hell of a story.?? ??But I probably won??t be at S.?? ??You??re welcome at Milton. Edklinth thought long and hard about how to proceed. he walked south one street and rang the doorbell of a small. informal suggestion??? Modig said cautiously.?? ??I don??t think we have to worry about Berger. She looked at her husband and her friend. in the hall. ??I??m sorry I missed your lecture.00 in the afternoon he turned on his iBook and took up the thread of the text he had begun writing at the hotel in G?teborg. After a while the P. Lundin. the company that makes the 1700 kronor toilets in Vietnam.. other people can. Seven individuals who over the coming years would constitute a special Section within the Section. doesn??t know I??m here.?? said Sandberg.?? ??I need you.00 p. would have to be informed.

It dawned on him that he had not been worried about her. you do what you do because you??re evil and rotten. The discussion had gone back and forth. I??m sending you a picture. Even so. then we have a constitutional crisis on our hands. She prepared a memorandum on the conclusions she had arrived at the day before. and then your career will be over. She clicked on image after image of children aged about fifteen or younger. whenever that might be.00 and gathered the employees for a brief memorial to Morander. There was a period in which he spent every waking minute in front of his computer screen. and because she probably thought you had your hands full with the Salander story..K??.A. frowning when Wadensj?? lit a cigarillo.. ??What was he like??? ??Much as he is today. Ekstr?m hated press conferences.?? Blomkvist said. One of these is a well-known and respected person.

?? ??If you want to keep working at S. there??ll still be a scandal.?? ??Peter.?? ??And who is your superior??? ??I regret it.?? ??O. and I won??t report it to the tax authorities. regardless of how artistic the originator believes the depiction to be. A theatre nurse was applying bandages to the gunshot wound on Salander??s hip.?? ??I see ???? ??The problem is that a number of sentences were altered in a very subtle way. She was surprised to be alive. but I??ve been worried sick all night. and in 1987 he started his own company. When he got out of prison in 1984 he kept his nose clean ?C or at least he did not pull any jobs that got him arrested and convicted again. Press freedom has also been enshrined by parliament and is based on the socially and democratically acceptable restrictions of society. She would be taking the weekend off. had spent twelve years in the glass cage. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist. She had not. agent who defected from the Soviet Union seems impossible to verify. During the holiday Berger had discovered that her husband had a definite bisexual tendency. This too touched on the core of the responsibility delegated to the Constitutional Protection Unit. Criminal Inspector.

She found the letters that had been sent to the Minister of Justice and discovered that alongside the diatribe and the insulting personal attacks were also the words nigger-lover and traitor.?? ??Yes. Seconds later Blomkvist could also see Cortez.?? Figuerola said.?? ??Fourth. But he could not keep a trace of incredulity out of his voice. you have a number of loyal idiots working on your behalf. he knew that this was the room I was in.?? ??If a doctor were mixed up in something like this. Embarrassing. She actually asked him how many copies there were in circulation. Which means that there was some degree of contact between the two of them while Salander was on the run. probably just after 3. on paper at least. You??ll have to send the material to a hotmail address. he had openly discussed the matter with County Governor Lassinanti on a visit to Norrbotten. As soon as she was a little way down the hill. He had slept through fifteen hours. I should have published the report the day I got it.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians. Let me look at the documentation you have. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88.

What do you want me to do??? ??Meet Jerker Holmberg at Central Station. ??What I??m thinking of asking you is unethical. He was not looking at her. But it??s very simple to fake an apparently legitimate address.. but it could have been longer. every i dotted. He??s been working here for four years and is in charge of operations. then Zalachenko. I don??t think so. ??Then I??ll have to start by thanking you for coming to me with this matter as soon as you did. At that time he was regarded as ??up and coming?? in criminal circles and had been questioned as a suspect in three other burglaries. even messages that had long since been deleted from individual accounts. naturally curly hair. At G?teborg Central Station he tracked down a photocopier and made copies of the letters. I thought we might be able to come to an understanding here. And she had the Borgsj? problem.?? Gullberg drew a series of concentric circles on his notepad. also Lisbeth Salander??s guardian.30 this morning. He had never before seen a psychiatrist land like a flying saucer and more or less demand to be given access to a patient. I don??t want you underfoot if there??s any trouble.

She did not expect anyone to be her friend. ??You??re here on a temporary basis. She looked in the bathroom. extracting a full-metal-jacketed bullet from human brain tissue.M. Foolish to think otherwise. ??Hello. but she quickly regained her composure.M. Zalachenko patiently explained that. When he was dropped off. Salander stared for a long time at the locked door. If he made the wrong decision.?? ??Precisely. It took him an hour to make up his mind. you have to realize that Salander is not only not guilty of these murders. But you??re Lisbeth??s doctor and you have access to her.P. she realised she was hungry. The Danish police have been informed about G?ransson??s car. and paused to watch two Muslim women in veils hurry past him. Bj?rck was a sailor.

that there was no-one with much experience in government. Then he spoke in a lighter tone of voice. In one of the rooms between his own and the exit was Lisbeth Salander. and no questions should be asked. Lassinanti had been astonished and had informed the government chancellor. Documentation to the hilt.?? ??I??ll take my chances. Conscientious and a teetotaller. I wanted to have the chance to tell you myself so that you??d understand what happened and not think anyone was doing anything behind your back. that??s how it is.?? Just before noon there was a knock on the door and a uniformed officer delivered a document to Sp?ngberg.?? ??I find you incredibly attractive. Giannini was asked. You can decide nearer the time.A. C. I??m not going to haggle with you.?? ??O.?? ??Or else she shot him in the foot out of sheer sadism. I??ll ask you for 500 kronor a night to sleep here the rest of the week.?? Frisk scratched his head.?? Holmberg said.

F. ??I??d never even heard that Sweden had taken in and protected a Russian defector of such importance.?? she said cheerfully.M. Lisbeth??s mother. though it might come to that.I. he has a plan. But he had seen M?rtensson go in through the front door of his building. In recent months they had also had sex as friends.?? Silence.?? ??So what should we do??? Bublanski said. that is. ??If any of you need a little personal time. She was wearing a short-sleeved summer dress and had laid a brick-red leather jacket over the top stair. Someone decides that a certain person should be given a particular level of clearance. for example. ??I??m sorry. But you already live in a one-bedroom apartment by Danvikstull which your father bought for you twenty years ago. She made her daily sweep. but in fact I forgot to deliver it to his office before I left.?? she called.

the most highly classified in this country. had made some damaging discovery about Millennium??s chairman of the board (who happened to be herself) ?C they would not have hesitated either.Friday. ??Dag??s book went to the printer yesterday. During the next hour. Modig went back to Bublanski??s office and knocked on the door jamb.?? ??Sure.?? to differentiate it from ??the Division?? or ??the Firm. She knew that on Walpurgis Night she had had her twenty-seventh birthday. I already know that. but there did not seem to be any single institution. and in this case it??s regrettable since it shouldn??t be necessary.?? Figuerola was on her feet and reaching for her car keys. He had been tracking Salander. ??Who??s going to take over the investigation of Salander??? ??I don??t know. S.??Saturday. It could be if someone is trying to break in or turns up in the garden or something like that. they would have to settle for a black-and-white printer for 8.35 when she heard the key in the lock and Nurse Agneta looked in on her. some squiggles on a piece of paper. but that??s the way things are.

I met them about twice a year during the time I worked for the government.?? ??Rosin has a lot of experience. We have to publish. ??So we??ve got a month before the next issue. After his suicide attempt he sustained such severe brain damage that he is to all intents and purposes a vegetable. In short. I??m also going to charge him with probable involvement in arson.00 on Tuesday night. She did survive and her prognosis has been exceedingly satisfactory ?? so much so that my colleagues and I were getting ready to discharge her. Berger jumped as though someone had fired a shot in her living room. and the consequences are there for all to see today. and around two kilos of explosives. looking around in desperation. She wondered what she thought of herself. the way you do when you haven??t seen someone for some time. ??Before we begin to discuss anything. As the situation now stood. He would have to cancel the 10. ??Thanks. to give a second example. and if you were to sell it you??d probably get a million and a half for it.?? Edklinth turned to Blomkvist.

??I??m going to do everything I can to counter any such claims. with his unfinished editorial to the left and a frieze of photographs along the bottom edge. in your opinion. As it says in the report. narcotics and sex trafficking. He??s thirty-eight and comes from the gangs unit in S?der.?? ??It??s in the daily memo.?? Edklinth said. If I understand the matter correctly. Which is why she??s still alive. or that it has government approval. In 1984 he was a teacher at the College of Construction Technology in Mosul. He was not at his desk.?? Sellberg rolled his eyes and sighed. with a thousand policemen. The Salander affair had cracked wide open. During the night the fever subsided; she was almost back down to normal and I thought the episode had passed. His companion. Blomkvist. but he could get out of his bed and begin to make himself mobile. I??m looking for Fredrik Clinton. wondering what else could go wrong that night.

He wore a hound??s-tooth jacket and dark-grey trousers.V. no question. He had not been known as a political activist. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. He found another set of keys to the apartment in Mosebacke and a passport in the name of Irene Nesser. but Lisbeth tracked down her father whom she hadn??t seen for fifteen years. You??ll make your decisions. it must have been something that Niedermann decided to do. ??What was he like??? ??Much as he is today. Figuerola escorted Blomkvist out of police headquarters at 10. He crossed the German border at Aachen and then took the Autobahn north towards Hamburg and on to Denmark.??s glasses.K. and few people would look for him there. but she had also invoiced Millennium for train tickets and other costs. His body was sent to the pathologist. that is. walking into the hallway to keep a close eye on Bj?rck as he turned off the coffee machine and picked up his coat. It was 1.?? Blomkvist raised a finger and pointed as Jonas flashed past them on Vasagatan. I repeat.

V.S.?? Ellis said. But he had stopped the bleeding from the wounds in her hip and shoulder in the simplest possible way. and I??m afraid she??s going to get the same medicine when the trial begins.37. These were still in the early stages and there would need to be another hundred pages of detailed work before they were ready to go to trial. we sent for a copy of her file from St Stefan??s. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. on Kungsholmen. He had ridden over there with Lundin to burn the damned summer cabin down.I. Waltari followed him.?? ??A picture? I??m in your debt. If you need to talk.?? ??Aha what??? ??Nothing. She put her police revolver in her shoulder bag and picked out a dark-red leather coat. and carry a heavier load than usual.?? Modig said in apology. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being. But then she got restless and put on her running kit. Blomkvist hesitated.

?? ??The type of email Eva Carlsson got??? ??Right. but now she??s really going to need a lawyer.P.S. In his opinion. and the future of the Zalachenko unit ?C of the whole Section even ?C had hung by a thread. He must have. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police. or skinhead. There were two kinds of injury that he hated. She remembered the nights when.?? ??Yes. shaking hands with his former chief.K. or nigger-lover. a white polo neck.?? he said and shook hands. ??Have we heard anything from Faste. He had enough text already for 150 pages.?? The lights were out at G?ransson??s place when Nieminen and Waltari drove up in the twilight. somewhere near Nossebro. a white blouse.

You can use it if you have anything to tell me. Psychiatry. There??s the world of difference. I went to the reception desk and showed my I. then you??ll have to call Milton??s alarm centre immediately to cancel the emergency vehicle. Then he backed out and headed across Liljeholmsbron towards the E4. She requisitioned the report. dollars.F. ??Anders ?C I need a mobile. How in God??s name could he have been so bloody stupid? She wondered whether there might be an alternative explanation or some mitigating circumstances.?? ??Well. when he came back here.?? ??Oh. Waltari may be an idiot. not as a doctor. a dental nurse who lived in Alings?s. All democracy has its limits. cybersex with ??The Sexiest Lolitas on the Net?? for only $4.?? Holmberg said. consultant at the Trades Union Federation ?C his only venture into the I. A speech bubble materialized with the text [WHO GOES THERE?].

But why doesn??t he react? A normal person would react.?? ??Then what??? ??We kept close track of Lisbeth during those months. a small group of dormant Cold-Warmongers who hide out in some dark corridor at S?po. Yet it was not a particularly good place because any alert observer would see her in her car. V. Clinton said: ??Whatever happens. The legal desk does not even in practice exist ?? there we have a chief editor who borrows reporters from the news desk for each of his features. It doesn??t matter how hard Annika works for you. ??Have we got a plan??? ??We??re going to drive over and have a talk with Niedermann. four hours later than usual. some unknown lawyer appointed by the court would probably be worse. There were whores.?? ??But Blomkvist has already been warned ?? they stole Bj?rck??s report from there. you should set off the alarm.?? Gullberg could not think of anything more to say.?? sent apparently by someone at a well-known media outlet in Sweden. I don??t know why. ??Would you be angry with me if I asked you a personal question? I want to ask you as a private individual.A. At 2. He is to gather information that can be turned over to the Prosecutor General.??.

the court will appoint a defence lawyer on your behalf. Check the masthead. ??It feels to us as though the score between the private investigators and the police investigators is about 3?C0.?? ??What about her??? ??She has to disappear. there??ll still be a scandal.?? At 8. There had to be a budget. I operated on you.D. she could get fired by S. Foreign guests. Erika Eva. He was offered supervisory training a few years ago but turned it down. Berger glanced at him and saw that he was just as tired as she was. was going to spy on the spies? In August 1964 Gullberg was summoned to an afternoon meeting with the assistant chief of the Security Police.?? ??Next question. Instead.?? said Holmberg. They agreed that the situation might be more serious than S?po had at first assumed. started up the I. She had been talking on her mobile and looking at a map that was unfolded on the passenger seat. You can say hello to her and ask her whether she accepts me as her lawyer or not.