charger were still in view on the bedside table. What??s the problem??? Blomkvist said.?? ??I don??t know any secrets.

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As always.?? Inspector Erlander got up from his desk and went upstairs to tell the preliminary investigation leader. She saw Blomkvist glance down Tavastgatan.?? Faste said. Then a crooked grin spread across her face. in short. was alive and healthy. You??re soaked to the skin already. Do you have a girlfriend??? ??No-one steady.?? ??Zalachenko??? Sandberg nodded. Blomkvist was happy.I. As long as you live.?? Bublanski said. Lisbeth??? Go away. and which he wants S. on the grounds that it was Top Secret.?? ??Could I see it??? Bublanski pushed across the desk a folder containing a police report dated 1991.?? ??That would be an improvement on N. He went out in grand style. He called the front desk to ask if he could get coffee and a sandwich at this early hour. but Thomasson??s skill had been exceptional. ??But for now.?? Sp?ngberg interrupted. His situation was precarious. They had crossed six national borders but they had not been stopped once. Figuerola stared at her receiver for two minutes. Salander grabbed it from him. and he had saved the life of a four-year-old boy who arrived at the hospital with respiratory failure after swallowing the wheel of a toy car.

?? he snapped.?? ??You??d better tell me the whole story. In any normal situation she would have knocked on the door. Then I can tell you that I like neither your tone nor your evasions nor your lies. ??Exactly. which he had read four times.D. He would not be able to get back to sleep. along with Gullberg. Bj?rck had not acted alone. We??ve always been friends. Figuerola. He took the escalator three steps at a time down to the main ticket hall. Maybe not even twenty-four hours.?? Malm was serving up freshly made waffles with cloudberry jam and coffee. She immediately hired Milton Security to take over her personal protection. as he often did for patients after an operation. ??To your right.?? he said.?? ??What??s the killer??s name??? ??We will not give out that information until his next of kin have been notified. He was one of the new team. but there are questions that still have to be answered. We think it??s an organization inside the organization.?? ??What is it you want??? ??Over the years there have been a number of public reports on S?po. ??We want to hear everything Janeryd tells you. He would need a hideout.M. The document must not state that you are conducting a preliminary investigation ?C I may be wrong. to a certain extent.

F?lldin was never told Zalachenko??s name.?? Blomkvist went on asking questions for another few minutes. getting his bearings.?? ??He tried to kill me.00 and no doubt I have an impressive blood alcohol content. there??ll be a massive scandal. But she had not said anything about why she had run her father to ground.?? ??But Blomkvist managed to overpower Niedermann all by himself. retrained as a locksmith.?? ??Which means that if problems arise. Hello. ??I??m ready. It??s an excellent story. She only got his voicemail. had decided to harass her. and he paid attention because those were the initials of Zalachenko??s holding company. ??I have met Mikael Blomkvist on several occasions in the course of this investigation. I have a list of articles here that you. From a practical point of view she could see why her lawyer kept going on and on about details from her past.?? ??And??? ??I can??t tell you anything about that. in co-operation with her lawyer. 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.?? After that ?str?m had designed the logo that was on Black/White??s masthead for fifteen years before Black/White magazine went to its grave and became the book publishing house Black/White. She took a photograph with the mobile that she knew would be only 72 dpi ?C low quality. She would lose him if she went to the machine and back.?? ??No. It was supposed to be left on for a few more days until the wound in her head began to heal. But I can??t talk about this.00.

What I wanted to say was that you??ll probably have to give Holm some concessions. it would make sense to continue promoting that story. How can this have gone on for so long? How could this activity have been both concealed and financed??? ??Go on. I don??t understand what??s going on with her. ??What do you intend to do??? ??I was hoping you would tell me. If the newspaper were stable and bringing in a tremendous profit.?? ??Good enough. In the autopsy report.?? ??It all sounds a bit ?? I don??t know. ??We could start by having some coffee ?? Monica??? Edklinth said. ??Good idea. coming up towards her. Lisbeth. An awkward situation. And I soon found out that some crimes are never even investigated. a local paper in Norway bought it. His job was to save his patient??s life. When Lisbeth was twelve. What should have happened is that you should have taken the information to Holm. who had been silent for almost half an hour. unusually early. But it??s not an arrest.Q. had stood his ground ?C it was constitutionally indefensible not to inform the Prime Minister. Actually I don??t want to talk about it.?? ??Henry. ??It??s me. ??I just want to say that we on the police force don??t put much faith in Zalachenko??s story. a car from Milton will come down from Nacka.

She clicked on image after image of children aged about fifteen or younger. it would soak up all of Millennium??s time. nigger.?? ??Umm-hmm. I wonder which scared him more. was Bellmansgatan 1. I was tipped off by a source. holding the flowers. Bj?rck had traces of a strong painkiller in his blood. But don??t worry about him for the time being. but she had also to deal with her own problems. Counter-Espionage in 1998.?? ??It??s a fake. given the circumstances. He was suddenly aware of Nurse Nicander saying something. had acquiesced.D.?? ??I asked if you understood. I don??t want to see any rings on the water or hear of a single ruffled feather. She had tested herself by going on the Net and picking out random H. If the pinkos want to avoid a war with Denmark. ??? Who the hell was Evert Gullberg? He considered calling up the chief of S. It seemed to be challenging her. disseminating pictures of her that would be deplorably damaging. A third goes to salaries. that requires evaluating a person??s credibility and general mental health. the front page went to press. but her head was immobilized by the brace. which sells genuine Swedish toilets for 1700 kronor apiece.

She was obviously trying to find an address on the map while she talked on the telephone. It was his last editorial and it would be a crying shame not to print it. ??I can understand why you??d want to quit this madhouse ?? but to be the head of Sweden??s most turgid old-boy newspaper ?? that??s going to take some time to sink in. We don??t know what number it is. ??It was an operational decision.00. but she became acquainted with a lawyer. And now here we all are.M. where she works ?? and anything else you can find. ??Where do we start??? he said.?? Salander had in the end described to her lawyer almost everything that had happened at Stallarholmen. I can??t poke around in her skull and extract bullets. She started to scroll past these. her stalker must have been somewhere nearby when she parked it. The software scanned every report and reacted to 310 keywords. This is just an extra job for me. My prints are all over the house. The only thing that doesn??t quite fit is that he seems to be an evangelical and was a member of the Word of Life in the ??90s.?? ??Ekstr?m is going to seek to have the trial take place behind closed doors. He carefully closed the door. on the other hand. She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story. He??s at his best when things heat up.?? Sellberg said. ??Listen ?? I??m not an open book for everyone to read. looking at her pupils. On the other hand.S.

I??m going to have to face up to the Borgsj? problem.R. you do what you do because you??re evil and rotten. a lawyer colleague who was a member of the Women??s Network and an old friend from law school. There had to be a group ?? a division or unit of some sort. One of them had the address editorial-sr@swedishradio. and shook hands with his client. ??Can you hear me. when Bergling became the object of suspicion outside the Section as well.?? ??Sure.S.I. highly paid employees retired at the beginning of the year. We??ve identified a known dealer and petty thief who was found dismembered in one trench. mostly seem to sit and kill time. I. given to her by Giannini and hardly used. In the United States you can cross-examine members of the government in a normal court of law.?? Blomkvist said. along with a video of a personal nature.M. five times before he was still. From the government.?? ??How about management??? ??Magnus Borgsj? is chairman of the board. awaiting trial for the kidnapping of Miriam Wu.N. He pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck.?? Flodin shrugged. A trial during the peak holiday season would attract less attention than one at any other time of the year.

The file was stamped Top Secret. Whoever had stolen the report already knew that his copy too had been stolen. ??She feels sick and she has a strong headache. Something was eluding him. Do you know if she??s at headquarters??? ??I doubt it. and so a potential criminal in Saddam Hussein??s Iraq. It sounds a little cryptic.?? ??The old bastard had a pistol. I assume you??ve read about Lisbeth in the newspapers.S. have already done me in. ??I take it that we??re in agreement. Do you see what I mean??? ??Yes. was just fine. ??And how did you find out about the meeting??? ??Tipped off by a source. retrained as a locksmith.?? ??Thank you. said a polite hello. But I want to play it safe.?? ??If Zalachenko were to talk. She could not help but smile. It was Friday. After completing his law degree. He spent several nights a week at the apartment. She felt depressed.?? ??He seems not to have had any contact with his old friends in Hamburg. These statistics are based on reports filed with local police authorities. It??s also possible that knowledge of Zalachenko was confined to so small a circle that Prime Minister F?lldin had no real oversight. claimed that he sexually harassed her.

?? ??So. Whore. From the moment in mid-April when Bj?rck??s report was stolen and Blomkvist realized that he was under surveillance.?? He looked at her. But right now she had to make decisions on several matters. O. the human resources were available. She limped over to the balcony door and went out to the garden.K. so that she will not be believed if anyone should start asking questions about Zalachenko. leaned her crutches against the bookshelves. She had been an outstanding gymnast in her teens and almost qualified for the Olympic team when she was seventeen. She was just reaching out to shut down her computer when her I. He had assumed that she would survive. It was not until an hour later that Eriksson knocked on Berger??s door. Right now. Inspector Erlander woke at 7. can you handle this??? ??Yes.?? Gullberg said. He had not. ??Hello. The screen changed again and now had a blue background with the text: [Welcome to Hacker Republic. until the immigration authorities decided that Ghidi did not have sufficient grounds for a residency permit. He had been in the glass cage all morning. Lisbeth??s lawyer ?C you??ve met her I think ?C is my sister. Falun had been hired from time to time until the mid-??90s. Your career might be ruined. Annika Giannini. but she can??t work for nothing.

but as you can appreciate from the letters he sent. a Mace canister and a pistol. There were whores. and turned to a blank page.?? Malm said. H?kan Morander.?? ??But F?lldin is alive and willing to talk about the matter. Under Berger??s leadership the magazine had always been a collective.?? ??He seems not to have had any contact with his old friends in Hamburg.?? ??Sure. But he had not anticipated Armansky lobbing a bomb with a sizzling fuse into his lap.?? ??I was following M?rtensson. Consequently. Right now we have about thirty officers working directly on the investigation. Lisbeth had aroused attention in other quarters as well. which multiplied by 15.00 she had her foot wrapped in a thick bandage. The storm that had ravaged G?teborg earlier in the night had obviously passed to the south of the Nossebro area. It would be as it was in the ??80s. We said that we were going to try this over the summer ?? well. ??I can understand why you??d want to quit this madhouse ?? but to be the head of Sweden??s most turgid old-boy newspaper ?? that??s going to take some time to sink in.?? Faste said. Right now we??re examining a large number of old personnel files. This one was obviously referring to her new job as editor-in-chief. It??s complicated.?? Nurse Agneta frowned. M?rtensson ?C he works as a bodyguard in S. got the address and door code. ??How are you feeling??? ??Like a sack of shit.

??Good morning. but you sat in your office for a while and didn??t know in which direction to go. Figuerola walked to Bergsgatan and summoned her four colleagues for an early morning conference.?? he said. Zalachenko had heard the rumour of a ??Red Jumper. Foreign guests.W. not to clean up after scandals. I??m calling it The Section. She did not like him. A colleague sent for the forensic report on the patient. if you add in your annual bonus.I. so be it. She made two slices of toast with cheese. almost too close. ??It??s about Vitavara Inc. after careful consideration.?? he said. you might develop epilepsy or some other problem. ??You??re an excellent surgeon. but very painful. I wonder which scared him more.?? ??You still haven??t answered the question. ??An employee of S. ??Call Christer in. M?rtensson and his companion were talking in low voices. She put her police revolver in her shoulder bag and picked out a dark-red leather coat. There are buyers who got fed up with the high construction prices.

Yet Blomkvist was right: behind the conspiracy there had to be others not known to her who had contributed to the shaping of her life. we want you and your husband to be aware of certain things and to take certain routine measures.?? Inspector Erlander saw Giannini through the doorway to Salander??s room. ??Keep your distance so he doesn??t spot you. that the police existed to prevent crimes like that. For one thing. I??m not going to quote you or mention you even in anything I write.?? Ellis had raven-black hair with a touch of grey. he had ?C literally ?C rootled around in her brain. Blomkvist had convinced her that she had nothing to lose. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut.00.M. ??He was S.??s treasurer??? ??Viktor G?ransson ?C and his girlfriend. ??Evert. which was no surprise since S?po was deeply involved in what had happened. when Gullberg was nineteen years old. The plane would take off from Arlanda at 2.M. Through this network she could also find herself hideouts abroad.?? ??I hope she will. plainly irritated.?? Her voice took on a bitter tone. In other words. she was his patient.S. a number of practices would be revealed that were not always consistent with the dictates of the constitution. and Vinge was a bureaucrat of the old school.

??The X2000 to G?teborg leaves at 5. She then glanced at the bedside table and saw the water glass. As a lawyer who mainly represented abused women without any great financial resources. ??What do you suggest??? ??If we??re going to run Millennium effectively during the autumn. and then he paused for a moment. ??Imbecile. Drive up to Stockholm and pick them up in person if necessary. whom they believed to be Jonas. And finally a .Q.?? ??The basic story was an interview with Martina Fransson about the confiscation of anabolic steroids. I got a call from S.?? ??But while we??re going backwards and forwards with bureaucracy. Who were his friends? Who had he been in prison with? Where does his girlfriend live? Who did he drink with? In what area was his mobile last used? Where is his vehicle? At the end of that sequence the fugitive would generally be found.?? ??Call me Erika. She exercised so often that the endorphins her body produced functioned as a drug that made it tough for her if she had to stop training.?? ??I think it??s probably longer than that. but he thought he had been tailed by a red Audi that day. in other words.8. We??ve been friends so long ?C nothing can destroy that. Assistant Chief Fredrik Clinton. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her. and his wash bag. ??Where??? ??This afternoon I found out that Salander has taken on a lawyer.K??. Blomkvist thought.?? ??Bjurman was an idiot. ??Such a shame.

At the age of seventy-nine. I??m on my way to Kungsholmen right now. He liked being a taxi driver except for two things. The visitors?? log of the government Secretariat.?? ??Understood. Erika. A fanatic. Fredriksson was the acting news editor.?? Gullberg turned his head very slowly and looked in surprise at the woman he had followed out of the lift.M. Then she tried to fix her eyes on the doctor. If death was the black emptiness from which she had just woken up. Trinity was the other.?? ??Run that by me again. All he found was a link from Plague to an anonymous U. Thorbj?rn. But now he had a great need for her skills in that field. Gullberg had never used the designation ??S?po?? for S?kerhetspolisen. and I watch only the news on T. Her heart sank like a stone. He looked about for a taxi.?? ??I??m not sure that what you propose is legal. dollars. took on the first patient who was wheeled in ?C an elderly man with his head bandaged. ??Do you know why I became a doctor??? he said. I??m not allowed to reveal what I know about the Salander story. for having struck Zalachenko on the head with an axe. coming up towards her. I want you to go to the hospital and observe the work in the emergency ward and the intensive care unit for a couple of days.

but he stopped himself. He??s on sick leave for a slipped disc and lives in Sm?dalar? at present. Why are you leaving??? ??I??m going to be editor-in-chief of Svenska Morgon-Posten. ??My last editorial. bodyguard protection. I??m running the club.?? Berger looked at the clock and sighed. that is. Finally he had a hole big enough to give access to Salander??s brain. reached out and grabbed the pencil.?? ??And what was her condition??? ??She was conscious the whole time. and around two kilos of explosives. On the other hand. but my salary at Millennium might not cover it. He was trained in accounting and had begun his career as financial adviser to a Yugoslav who owned a string of bars. you should set off the alarm.?? ??O. and we all have to adapt to them. It was 2.S. But then she got restless and put on her running kit. Over the years Edklinth had been an impassioned advocate of the establishment of a constitutional court. and a dark jacket. We??ve reorganized.?? ??How are you doing? Are you able to have a conversation??? ??I want to report a serious crime. He checked carefully to see that he was not being followed and hurried to catch the Arlanda Express. and during that time the team had weathered some phenomenal storms.C. They were detailed by Paulsson to secure forensic evidence in the woodshed and to do a thorough examination of the farmhouse.

That meant they had been dead maybe twenty-four hours. It was a local thug with a drug problem who hung out around Svavelsj? M. Thomasson knew that the money came from criminal activity. And Criminal Inspector Faste is an unadulterated idiot who believes that Salander is a lesbian Satanist.?? ??If he took the morning ferry. reading books. So how do you intend to proceed??? ??I can??t publish a name without proof. Albert Shenke. they smiled and said that it was outside my security clearance level. What do you know about this Niedermann??? ??He??s a murderer. Borgsj? is going to be fired. In the ??60s he became chief of some outfit called the Section for Special Analysis. Fredriksson looked up from his desk and she waved him in. 1989); An Assignment by Carl Lidbom (Wahlstr?m & Widstrand. I might be able to use some leverage if I need to. I??ll even arrange for somebody to carry you back and forth on a stretcher if necessary. And he gave the contract to Svavelsj? M.?? ??Which makes it even stranger that he hasn??t been found. In the course of the day Figuerola??s team had interviewed a number of people now retired from the Swedish Atomic Energy Agency. but she quickly regained her composure. And then M?rtensson went to the toilet. But???? ??Could she be faking??? Jonasson smiled politely. or whatever problem arose. and he did not ask any questions.iv By 1. dealing as they were mainly with confused youths flirting with Arab or pro-Palestinian elements. He waited until she nodded. But I do have a spare room. After a while she pinged Blomkvist on I.

?? Jonasson laughed. which is six weeks for the basics. What about the defence leadership and the government??? ??We cut off the defence leadership some ten years ago. Zalachenko acknowledged for the umpteenth time that it was a shame and a crime that his son did not possess certain qualities.?? ??You changed the whole door??? ??Yes. n??e Sj?lander.?? ??You??ve got to let things settle down.?? ??You mean the Security Police. A whole lot of stuff.?? she shouted. Gullberg stared at it with distaste. of course.?? Nieminen nodded. series. that there was no-one with much experience in government. but Jonas had not come into the picture until May. Henry ?? I agree with Mikael that we should publish the story. Neither of them had noticed the man in the lobby who had been watching them as they stepped into the lift. He??s been an investigator at Justice and has handled a number of cases that got a fair bit of attention.?? ??You can arrest whoever you want. but it did not look so good now. It is a very clear instruction.?? ??I know. This caused the activists in Hacker Republic to devote a startling amount of energy for six months to hacking and destroying every computer owned by that company. But first he had to get a grip on the chaos that Svavelsj? M. for God??s sake. but the injuries aren??t life-threatening. 9. 13.

No visitors will be permitted other than you.v Blomkvist made sure that he was not being watched when he walked from the Millennium offices early on Friday morning to Salander??s old apartment block on Lundagatan. When Salander logged off. Straight ahead of her. We??ll deal with any problems as and when they crop up.P.K.M.?? Figuerola went to the gym at St Eriksplan. I thought I wouldn??t be starting at S. Now it turns out that you??re the last one in the office to find out. I have to tell you too that I will receive advice and support during any trial from your former guardian. The revolver was a present he had received from British Intelligence twenty-five years earlier as a reward for an invaluable piece of information: the name of a clerical officer at M. we sent for a copy of her file from St Stefan??s. We don??t know what number it is. We??re already out on ice so thin that we??ll need paddles rather than ice picks. We??ll work out the final contract later ?C it depends what services we agree on ?C but this is an agreement saying that you??ve commissioned Milton Security to install the alarm we put in today. They drank water with their dinner. It arrived with a later delivery. and he??s one of the chief reasons why it??s almost impossible to get the staff to work as a team. ??Rikardsson. He chose the only clean shirt he had left in the brown briefcase and put on a brown-patterned tie. County Criminal Police. but were asked instead to wait on the landings if they were meeting their partner. Shit. I don??t have your disgusting eating habits. I actually met him a couple of times. And then the key witness.?? ??I understand.

Instinctively she wanted as little as possible to do with the hospital staff. whoever did it had access to the very typewriter that Bj?rck used.?? ??The news editor is going to have something to say???? ??Don??t worry about Holm. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn.?? Ekstr?m had a dozen questions that Nystr?m meticulously noted. a number of practices would be revealed that were not always consistent with the dictates of the constitution. so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. I have no idea what these particular grey cells are for. to push through their own headlines and angles. ??I have met Mikael Blomkvist on several occasions in the course of this investigation.vi Blomkvist spent twenty-five minutes on the tunnelbana changing lines and going in different directions. It??s up to you. and it should have been found by now. Clinton would take care of Giannini. But he could not keep a trace of incredulity out of his voice. Erlander kindly arranged for a crime scene tech to take the car back on his way home. the antivirus program didn??t react. PART III DISK CRASH 27. But among the notes Blomkvist found several cryptic sentences. She felt uneasy.?? ??If you have a long list of requirements. He was almost at the door when he heard Zalachenko??s voice again. The nurse gave her a beaker with a straw to drink water through. that he yelled at him to call Inspector Bublanski in Stockholm without delay. She had just poured a second cup of coffee when there was a firm knock on the front door. At least not when this picture was taken. or who he might go to for protection. 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. There??s something very sick about this whole story.

she would get the same dialog box again ?C for years and years. in the hall. ??Do you mind if I check??? He made his usual examination.?? he said heartily. because you guaranteed a dividend each year. on the idea of God in the ancient world.?? ??A little. Then we??ll need to hire a new employee. which dealt with the Wennerstr?m affair. Wadensj?? had been one of the latest recruits to the Section around the time Gullberg retired. are aware of the contents. Gullberg chose from the beginning to inform only one person in S.?? ??Alright. and put the key in the exhaust pipe. I??m a survivor. ??Come in. ??And the Zalachenko report is gone. She had some general conversations with Salander and hinted at the outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had planned. underlining.?? He pointed at the screen. He??s a gofer. In the late morning it dawned on Blomkvist that his rental car was still at the Gosseberga farm. and a grey jacket. you??re going to have to sort out some resources pretty damn fast. It??s an invitation to abuse of power.000 a month to live in those crappy dumps in Hammarbyhamnen? Because the construction companies don??t give a damn about keeping prices down. But they were every one of them computer wizards. It was a job she enjoyed. Which said.

a Mace canister.?? ??I see. Malin. I??d fall asleep at the wheel and die in a crash. The prosecutor is going to try to get you locked up in the psychiatric ward. ??It??s me. The risk you are running is that you could have bleeding in your brain. ??Not a thing. of course. who was engaged. He had treated a waitress whose legs had been scalded in an accident at a restaurant on Avenyn.?? ??Yes. She was irritated with Giannini.?? ??No. I??ve thought about it. That would have required extensive access to the Swedish cable network. So he must know that M?rtensson is not at Counter-Espionage. And he could keep the mobile when the job was over.?? ??This means that if you have questions about something. Millennium did not have the resources to keep any employee on an open-ended budget with all sorts of expenses in the form of rental cars.?? ??Thanks for everything. T. Then she heard the rattle of a set of keys. ??Now you??re getting to the heart of the problem. Blomkvist had no reason to believe that she had anything to do with the Zalachenko club. Berger got some coffee and watched the screen. That??s why I??m proud to be working at Constitutional Protection. I blockaded the door and locked us in the bathroom. the Social Democrats having been in power for more than forty years.

who had been silent for almost half an hour. given to her by Giannini and hardly used. according to Blomkvist. She isn??t the type to ask anyone for help. She found the assessment Rosin had carried out of Berger??s house. But he had seen M?rtensson go in through the front door of his building. ??Yes. ??Yes. He downloaded four folders. They know that they can??t keep the lid on the Zalachenko secret for long. Have you eaten??? ??It??s 8.?? ??Good. As Blomkvist tried in frustration to manoeuvre his mobile out of the breast pocket of his jacket ?C it proved to be an impossible task with his hands cuffed behind his back. and they agreed to have another meeting the following week.?? Gullberg repeated. ??You know more than you ought to. Foreign guests. ??Teleborian is a really.?? Nurse Agneta said gently.H.?? He got up and stood next to her to look through the glass at the newsroom. Modig and Andersson walked together down to the garage. and when I wake up. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery. Chairman Borgsj? appeared neutral. They had expected the car to turn up in a matter of days.?? The first person Blomkvist saw was Torsten Edklinth. He had interrupted her planning how to break out of Sahlgrenska hospital. In Gullberg??s eyes this did not mean that Palme might be innocent.

I didn??t make all this mess. Micke. The cost of all that work would be almost 50. but after weighing all the options he concluded that the problem called for a drastic solution. To do that I have to have something to work with. but stopped short. I don??t believe he intended for me to go to bed with you when he told me to keep a close eye on you.?? She seemed stressed. Of course she could have tracked him down with a bit of effort. He and Malm had thought of a paperback edition. a rough dildo. Bambi wrote.m. Cortez bought a job lot of Ericsson T10s for a song. How do you know about that??? ??Stop arguing and make it snappy. We should cut that to five full-timers. scaring the hell out of a couple and their kids. where even to start.T. I hate to say this. and she knew how he had been able to surprise her by knowing her name and shoe size. ??O. The victim of the incident was a middle-aged man. But I got the offer just before Dag and Mia were shot. And he gave the contract to Svavelsj? M. be able to work undisturbed for a while. Dr Jonasson burst out laughing and shook his head.?? ??And you??re perfectly sure about that? It??s not difficult to imagine things when you??re scared or excited. the assistant head of Secretariat and the head of Budget.

Blomkvist had no reason to believe that she had anything to do with the Zalachenko club. There was no time to act. there??s good reason for you to be worried. alias Karl Axel Bodin. For the Section. Lisbeth. ??First of all. She looked up and down the block.?? ??Right then ?? that??s all.?? They talked for almost two hours over sandwiches and coffee. rather idealistically. Nieminen switched on an overhead light. I wanted to tell you so many weeks ago. And to cap it all.?? The Prime Minister looked at the Minister of Justice. ?C but the discovery that her most personal and intimate possessions had been stolen. Blomkvist did not move when she came out. when Bergling became the object of suspicion outside the Section as well. please. I??d have sounded the alarm. and until we??re able to identify the remains. He was one of the officers responsible on formal occasions for the safety of the Prime Minister. with an apologetic glance at Blomkvist. Come and have breakfast if you can make it. we??re sure that Niedermann switched vehicles. Shall we say 6. Because Trinity could record the calls from Ekstr?m. ??Budget??? ??We have about eleven million a year total. A housing association block since the 1890s.

and she told him that she had been assigned by her boss to form an unofficial picture of what was true and what not true in the so-called Zalachenko case. Now it??s this German who??s being sought in connection with the murders. ??Evert ?? I spend nine hours every other day on a dialysis machine at the hospital. The second institution was the Security Police division for Constitutional Protection. He stifled the impulse to call and wake someone up at 3. But I hadn??t thought of telling my boss. plus there??s a risk that he may be paralysed. or what they were about. and the car was empty. To her surprise she found the visits of Dr Jonasson pleasant.. then everything is fine. I can tell you that he is a defector. but he could get out of his bed and begin to make himself mobile. Sonja. She probably went in to collect the film. She had not moved it anywhere else. we??ve already discussed the police. And when it came down to it. She took a photograph with the mobile that she knew would be only 72 dpi ?C low quality. while she and Karim were expected to do all the spadework for the next issue of a magazine that had not had any real leadership since Berger left. Thorbj?rn. in your opinion. heading towards Kungsgatan. No police report was ever filed.I. At last he looked up.?? ??Good. was possibly that in his day there was nobody who would have come up with the wild idea of ordering raw fish.

The body had been discovered on April 19 by none other than Inspector Andersson. after all. so she went down to the tunnelbana concourse. He warmly recommended that she be given the care she quite clearly needed. were located. He normally keeps in a tool drawer underneath the draining board. She said that she didn??t. ??Everyone??s here. I??m happy to listen. He knew that his guesswork was on the mark when Edklinth??s eyes widened. As it says in the report.?? ??Sometimes you can be surprised. colliding with the second nurse. 3. I already know that. and he has backing from higher up in the bureaucracy.?? ??Which means that my problem is definitely the government??s problem. ??In other words. ??What on earth?? you were there??? ??Yes. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings. until one day he was offered a permanent position at the Karolinska in Stockholm. What irritated her most was that they kept brushing off her arguments with patronizing smiles. Edklinth had probably meant for her to serve the coffee.?? * Richard Ekstr?m. in your opinion. He had understood that the death of Bodin/Zalachenko was a case that had to be handled with the utmost discretion.M. ??I know. He walked the three hundred metres to Frey??s Hotel next to the old post office on Vasagatan.

??Hello. The Danish police have been informed about G?ransson??s car. ??The Security Police are pulling on my leash. her patient??s only exercise space. How many of you are paying that much??? ??I couldn??t afford it. I left the scene on Lundin??s motorbike which I then abandoned at the shopping centre in ?lvsj?.?? ??Alright. When he heard the approaching helicopter he stuffed it into the inside pocket of his jacket and then went through all her other pockets. Jonasson accompanied Blomkvist to a caf?? nearby. He did not want Niedermann to die. copies of Bj?rck??s strange report dating from 1991 were stolen. It sounded like the prelude to a typical Blomkvist adventure. She logged out and went to the U. There was only one option left that was constitutionally correct. you might develop epilepsy or some other problem. She tugged her lip. She stopped outside Ekstr?m??s closed door.?? A brief silence settled over the table.00 on Friday afternoon. Infernal bastard piss rats. not even in posthumous memoirs.S. During the holiday Berger had discovered that her husband had a definite bisexual tendency. They took the lift to the fifth floor. and at the offices.?? Blomkvist turned and looked at her profile. He liked being a taxi driver except for two things. HOW DOES YOUR FOOT FEEL? She raised her eyes involuntarily and looked out across the newsroom. At the same time I??m editor-in-chief of a newspaper that??s in danger of skidding because the newsroom doesn??t have the information that I have.

?? ??Micke ?? I??m so sorry. but it was the professional friendship of a professional person who was her lawyer.?? Wadensj?? said. for using child labour. Let me give you an example.H. In these sections at least.?? ??I??m sorry. They??re a reputable manufacturer. Niedermann is linked to the site through the kidnapping of Salander??s friend Miriam Wu.?? Baksi said.?? ??I know. or skinhead.?? ??Alright.?? ??A whole bunch of crimes.?? Niklas Adamsson. Accordingly. affect you or your welfare. what tone of voice and frequency range it had.S. Then she got a bedpan. So she went to the garage and spent several minutes looking for her golf bag. Salander got up from the edge of the bed and went to the window. He pointed to the front page of the evening paper. Once at the Amaranth on Kungsholmen and sometimes at the Continental pub. The other seemed a bit older. He would have decided as much himself. And here we can??t go through the Prosecutor General. ??I??m ready.

?? ??Take us to a restaurant where we can get some decent food. No such address exists.V. Perfect dramaturgy with a bad guy who swindles Swedish tenants through the system ?C which is legal ?C but who is so greedy and so bloody stupid that he outsources to this company in Vietnam.?? ??Very chivalrous. In her role as undercover officer her looks worked against her. He bought a pack of Lucky Strike and a tin of G?teborg??s Rap?? snuff. but the alternative was worse. He had crossed Mariatorget and was just turning up St Paulsgatan when his mobile beeped.K.D.?? ??What do we do now??? ??I have no idea. He wondered how things would unfold now with Lundin out of the way. If Niedermann were ever apprehended.?? Blomkvist said. but it??s the research we??re after. which right now is a nightmare. for God??s sake. at any rate. She stood up. blue in the face. I??m not some temp.?? ??The trial has been set for July. And if M?rtensson was loaned out to some department that was tailing journalists. Half an hour had passed before she had recovered enough to call her brother. He started up the hill straight towards her. As she heard the key in the door she realized that the cloth bag and charger were still in view on the bedside table. What??s the problem??? Blomkvist said.?? ??I don??t know any secrets.