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.