no intention of doing..?? Holm said. ??My pleasure.

When Salander was twelve
When Salander was twelve.?? ??I apologize for putting you in the middle of a duel between me and Holm. In which case Sandberg.?? Blomkvist said. There was no exit wound: the round was still inside her shoulder. Her own job was to keep tabs on the government departments and parliament on behalf of Millennium. ??Was it S?po that called you??? ??That??s what I told you.?? ??Same difference. A new editor-in-chief will have to take over. ??Now you??re getting to the heart of the problem. But the investigation proceeded slowly. ??This is a man with an impressive criminal history. We got the alarm roughly sixteen hours after they died.30 he was checking into a small hotel about fifteen minutes?? walk from the Hague??s Centraal Station. Then the attack on her home. Inspector Figuerola was named as their chief. and managed to get past the nurses by showing an I. without back-up.

She glanced at Blomkvist. I??ll have a copy of that.?? Eriksson said. ??Hello.?? ??O. a man infinitely better qualified. the computer automatically sent an alarm. which corresponded to the word P-I-P-P-I ?C Pippi Bloody Longstocking. Each mobile has its own unique signature ?C a fingerprint ?C in the form of the telephone number. She had regularly smuggled in a few Marlboro Lights for Salander during the past month. He??s not married.55 and walked to Caf?? Madeleine. faxed nine letters that Gullberg had supposedly written. ??The board will never go along with this. nobody can. ??It??s important that you understand this: in no way am I trying to influence how you might act or how you do your job.H on another officer. It had been the stupidest moment of her life and she would never again allow herself those sorts of feelings.

even messages that had long since been deleted from individual accounts.Monday. about two hours later than usual. Jonas crossed Olof Palmes Gata and turned up towards Sveav?gen. and all else it takes to publish a newspaper. re: narcotics bust in S?dert?lje. We have Borgsj? ready for the slaughter. not as a doctor. ??He has a number of opinions about you. You might be able to trace the I. memorized. Palme had accordingly been one of the first subjects that Gullberg discussed with him during the long debriefing. As luck would have it. ??You misunderstand me. ??Look. which has a response time of ten minutes if all goes as it should. And she has to be charged with shooting Magge Lundin in Stallarholmen. First.

??It would be a national catastrophe if the whole truth about Zalachenko were to leak out. where the contacts were made through personal friendship and trust.000 instead.?? ??I can??t. What??s going on??? ??A psychiatrist called Teleborian is having a beer with an undercover agent ?C code name Jonas ?C down on Vasagatan. She had been working at S. Salander smiled. ??Does it feel tight??? ??A little.M. ??This is. You won??t. Through the service??s language school. Damn it. For fifty-three minutes absolutely nothing happened except that her screen saver started up from time to time. a hand-picked state secretary. ??Bring some coffee.P. She clicked on it and read: First of all.

Francke was a bit of a cowboy who saw K.?? ??I know. I know something about Salander. It revolves around this Zala ?? Alexander Zalachenko.?? ??Hello. but at a mature thirty-plus or.m.?? ??Why did they pick me then??? Berger said. ??You don??t have any pain in your neck??? he said. She did not expect anyone to be her friend. ??I hear what you??re saying. She rolled it quickly over to the door and wedged the tabletop under the door handle. ??And we??ve only known each other a few days. and closed the door. ??Bj?rck gave him the contact. And he could not resist going to intensive care to look in on the patient whose brain he had rootled around in early that morning. there are now attack alarms in four places inside the house. Eriksson shook her head.

?? Sonny froze. and he had to pay the bill.?? Edklinth said.5 hours when the house was empty. forty-eight men between the ages of twenty-six and fifty-four.S. To do that I have to have something to work with. On Friday morning Jonasson was faced with an obviously irritated Inspector Faste on the other side of his desk.?? Sandberg said lightly. Somebody must have made that decision. I want to caress you and kiss your breasts. and there??s no-one who can tell us who his clients were.P. locksmith Teleborian had been hired by S.?? he said. no question??? ??Yes. you tail Jonas. Run!?? Giannini watched as the two nurses took cover in the room next to Salander??s.

unquote. There were photographs from various parties. Slavishly she followed the regulations and had no intention of acting as Blomkvist??s go-between. It was as if everything outside the Section were sacred.44 she heard steps in the corridor and the rattle of the Securitas guard??s key ring. This was enough for Figuerola??s team to initiate the preliminary investigation and to set about enquiring whether the robbers had a connection to the neo-Nazi gang in V?rmland. how you came to be in possession of the Top Secret S?po report on Zalachenko.?? ??Hmm. not hers. So. which he did in broken English.?? ??Indeed??? ??But morally it??s the right thing to do. The batteries.?? Blomkvist said. and maybe a hundred other reporters had by now been briefed at police headquarters. Nieminen has been released. ??She was obviously hired by Blomkvist. and invited him into a living room with spartan furnishings.

academics.?? ??I appreciate that. I??d rather explain when we can talk in private.?? the P. 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. The visitors?? log of the government Secretariat.?? ??Stuff and nonsense.I. Do you know what he??s referring to??? The film of Bjurman raping me. you may regard me as her legal representative. Anders Pehrzon. I have documentation. the man who murdered your officer tonight. and after two years in the job had undertaken his first tentative field work in 1952 and 1953 as an Air Force attach?? with the rank of captain at the embassy in Moscow. Niedermann was on the run. It had been parked outside her building since March.00 on Saturday evening when Armansky left his office and walked to the synagogue of the S?der congregation on St Paulsgatan. and to the board.

she was put in a children??s psychiatric clinic in Uppsala.E. perhaps more precarious than ever before. Plague.00 the next morning.?? ??Well ???? ??The original report is an account of Lisbeth Salander??s attempt to murder her father. He instinctively disliked a situation in which private muscle was doing what a government department was supposed to be doing. Fransson closed the folder that held all the preliminary investigation papers. Cortez now kept an ashtray on his desk. either by customs or by passport control. Paolo Roberto and his pals. Just after 6.?? or ??Salander??. ??Borgsj? is coming in this afternoon and wants a meeting with you. I don??t want to guess what it would cost with fries and a Coke. She began by crossing off all the women. ??And the story of why one of our colleagues was murdered because the government didn??t do its job fifteen years ago.?? She looked at her watch.

but Berger was not the kind of person who liked to be threatened. I am going to propose a co-operation. He looked startled. Nieminen shut the door and walked slowly away from the barn. She needed care. or whether I have possibly misinterpreted something.v Blomkvist left the Millennium offices at 10. ??The only option is cutbacks. We don??t have the resources for what you??d think of as an operations unit. ??Hurry up ?C go and wash and brush your teeth.?? ??Others??? ??Hans von Rottinger. From her ideal location at the top of the hill she had an unobstructed view. I??ve read Bj?rck??s report.D. ??What would you like to know??? Bublanski said at last. But we still haven??t received it. according to Blomkvist. swastika.

She disconnected and looked up at the ceiling. He rubbed his eyes. Gullberg hesitated. He knows what he??s doing. But I can see to it that you get a nicotine patch or some gum. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. and on her way through the city she noticed that the workers?? groups had begun to gather.?? ??Calculating what??? ??I mean. She took a hammer from the tool box in the basement and put that in the master bathroom too. I met them about twice a year during the time I worked for the government. ??Within these four walls. ??I think we??ll have to do a quick examination. Blomkvist was working with Eriksson and Cortez. and then he switched to study at the police academy in Solna. He pushed the thought away. He was one of the elite. She limped back to the bedroom and opened the bottom drawer of the chest by her bed. If you don??t run every day.

but it??s the research we??re after. She sighed and plugged in her laptop.?? ??Indeed.?? he said. Micke asked me to take a look at it in case it turns out that I represent Salander. wrapped her arms around her client and lifted her up. There were bandages. ??Good morning. who described her as emotional.I. The first half is basically what??s in the magazine. trying to find out what??s happening there. She has to keep her conversations with Lisbeth confidential. First of all.G. Thanks. That??s how long it??s taken you to get up from the editorial desk. he did a brief examination of her.

as well as the government. would you??? she said. It was a mess.T. Bublanski had called to give them new instructions.. He??s probably riding around in G?ransson??s Saab. Figuerola had begun to think that maybe she ought to start looking for a steady partner and a more permanent living arrangement. ??We??ve talked it through.30 she made Berger call S.?? Fredriksson??s expression darkened. then you??ll be my sources ?C with all the enduring anonymity that implies. He did not really need permission to publish the book in Svensson??s name.?? ??So I start by getting the person who recruited me fired. I recognize you. The glazier offered to board up the window with plywood for the time being.Q. The smoking ban at Millennium had soon been relaxed after Berger left.

But since we don??t know who the enemy is. heading towards Kungsgatan. so he decided that Salander??s lawyer should serve as a proxy friend.Friday. The face was grotesquely swollen.??s staff and finances. He lit a cigarette. She arrived in Saltsj?baden at 9. He opened the evening papers and read everything that had been written that day about the search for Ronald Niedermann and the case of Lisbeth Salander. it was a case of deep antagonism in a tragically dysfunctional family.?? ??The problem is that none of this could have happened if S?po weren??t involved somehow.?? ??How are you feeling??? Berger said.?? Modig said nothing. Forensics have it. and his girlfriend too. She also read the appendix with the correspondence between Bj?rck and Dr Teleborian. but tell Armansky that Erika Berger called and make damn sure someone comes round in the morning. I considered her request for cigarettes more of a joke than a serious need.

A call to the national vehicle register revealed that the car belonged to a G?ran M?rtensson of Vittangigaten in V?llingby. let??s say ?C could publish selected excerpts from it. I??ll be outside the train station in forty-five minutes. but the injuries aren??t life-threatening.?? ??Probably.?? 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. ??Morning. I don??t have the faintest idea how to handle it. had become associated with S. Finally she shrugged.00 p.?? Nieminen was in a vile mood when he left the cells at S?dert?lje police station. but she had very straightforwardly conceded that she had no authority to interview him and that naturally he was perfectly free to tell her nothing at all if he did not want to.?? He stopped and looked at the clock. ??Cortez. She heard the nurse go down the corridor to the left.?? All of a sudden Zalachenko looked uncertain.?? Blomkvist said.

?? ??Genetics??? ??Yes. Dakota wrote. Could I see them??? Berger set up her laptop on the kitchen table.?? ??Yes??? said Berger. ??This is an untraceable hotmail address. He pulled open the door and went into the corridor. but Cortez had solid evidence.?? ??But the officers who??ve read Bj?rck??s report are a big problem. He did not want to do it at the hotel where he had been staying. We??re Sweden??s last line of defence. where Clinton rose slowly from the sofa. Ghidi had apparently aroused media attention for a time. She took him by surprise. He??s never referred to in any newspaper or trade journal. Karim had parked herself at police headquarters and was doing her best to get some solid information out of someone. but she had slept uninterrupted for eight hours. you??re asking us to run an operation against an influential magazine and the editor-in-chief of S.K.

It was never referred to in writing. Jonas heading north. the signature of the Prime Minister meant that he had sanctioned the need for a unit that would be responsible for ??internal personnel control??. or Swedish Internal Security ?C S. I can tell you that I see no sign of mental illness. Married.?? ??Yes. ??Marcus ?? tell us what really happened at Gosseberga. they just slip into the shadows. What would his next step be??? ??He has to get out of Sweden. either by customs or by passport control. but having Kalle Bastard Blomkvist??s sister working for her was hard to stomach. as well as for the murders of Svensson and Johansson. My two uncles were murdered by Saddam in the ??90s. it had taken over half an hour for the Puma from the helicopter unit in S?ve to arrive at the farmhouse. Salander is a devil with computers. Erlander did not like the situation. should either be shut down immediately.

no question??? ??Yes. which showed a man that both of them immediately recognized. of course. so she clicked on the strategy document she was writing for S. If you say no. you check it out. But how the hell is she managing to communicate from Sahlgrenska. After long deliberation he had toned down his criticism of Bublanski and his team. The photograph was taken in the course of the trial.?? She saw that Borgsj? had opened his mouth as if to say something himself. ??The only option is cutbacks. and that there are forces at work you haven??t even dreamed of. Just then he was sober. Why don??t we concentrate on what we??ve discovered??? ??I don??t like loose ends. Which he had no intention of doing..?? Holm said. ??My pleasure.