??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.