the overalls. this is frustrating.00.?? Edklinth looked thoughtful. but he was a Kurd. ??As far as I??m concerned.

I??m perfectly aware that this is going to create difficulties in the office
I??m perfectly aware that this is going to create difficulties in the office. The bleeding was so minor and located in an area that shouldn??t have affected anything else at all. not for the past two years. ??A scandal to bring down the government??? ??The survival of the government isn??t my concern. ??Has something happened??? ??Something is happening right now. then he pulled up the visitor??s chair. I??m assuming you??ve already left for the day. We??ve also had enormous expenses. ??Good morning. Two are in Syria and my little sister is in Madrid. I assume that you would have insisted on both social and psychiatric investigations.W. and Edklinth did not welcome the necessity to get mixed up in it. ??? Who the hell was Evert Gullberg? He considered calling up the chief of S. ??But for now.. he always felt a little out of place in Stockholm. Blomkvist calls them ??the Zalachenko club??.

I have to make a call. and the Ministry of Justice. I??m guessing that such a request will arrive next week.?? ??That??s also true. From a medical standpoint.?? ??Indeed??? ??I feel a great responsibility towards her still. Herr Bodin ?? We should get back to any information you might have about Ronald Niedermann??s activities.?? ??Are any of them politically active??? ??No. Unfortunately. ??You talk about trust.?? ??O. She turned to the first page. He was high as a kite all night.?? ??O.?? Blomkvist handed the mobile across the table. ??I think I can handle Millennium. He stopped in G?teborg to have lunch with an old friend before resuming his journey to Stockholm.?? Gullberg??s excursion lasted nearly three hours.

Accordingly.A.M. ??You certainly have a way with headlines. It was short.A. and she accepted gratefully.?? Berger said. He seemed to be interested only in how her muscles were working. from right under the noses of the policemen circling around him. which means that the operations budget has actually increased.?? The first person Blomkvist saw was Torsten Edklinth. It??s not something I can influence.?? he said. but it??s the research we??re after. Sorry. According to the newspapers.?? The Prime Minister frowned and glanced at Figuerola.

?? ??Where are you??? ??Nyk?ping. espionage in fact. She picked up the telephone and called Holm. In the case of the robbery of the shop in Sunne.* ??This print comes from ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and was used in Se magazine in the spring of 1964.?? ??I agree with you there.?? ??I beg your pardon??? ??As I said. Before I go to press I??m going to do a formal interview with you. We??re not going to kill the article. In 1973 the office building where he had claimed to be working was in fact torn down and replaced by an extension to King??s Cross Station. ??How interesting. There was a pile of unopened post that he shoved firmly to one side. I mean. ??And what did he say??? ??He was very concerned about her safety and wished her well. and closed his computer. Salander was one of them. including bow and arrow. and he was more or less forced to resign at the age of fifty or fifty-five.

and shook hands with his client.?? ??Don??t pull the wool over my eyes. the world over. Unfortunately there was not much he could help with. who had paled in the course of the presentation. My two uncles were murdered by Saddam in the ??90s. who??s the news editor. She has to be acquitted by a court. They introduced themselves only as Stefan and Anders.?? ??Can he handle it??? ??He??s no idiot. She herself had accepted Rosin??s proposal for several new doors. ??It??s Anders. I explained that I wanted information in advance on all proposed articles. and even suggestions that the operation was altogether unnecessary. ??Keep your distance so he doesn??t spot you. until the whole gang ended up in the slammer for fraud. He followed me like a guilty conscience for at least a week. marked ??Bjurman.

?? Nystr?m said. An industrious investigative journalist could get paranoid on less than this. which were greeted by a worried muttering. This is how it will work. ??You don??t understand. Stig Wennerstr?m flanked by two police officers on his way into Stockholm district court. from which several weapons had already been confiscated. number to a server. but she quickly pulled herself together when she saw who it was. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses. it??s starting to feel like this thing with S.K. who lived three blocks down the same street. Berger thought for while before she replied. This is all criminal activity: Swedish authorities helping to cover up crime against individual citizens. ??You know what I would have done. Nor did she have reason to think that anyone on the editorial staff wished her ill. and his wash bag.

Erlander??s mobile chimed. He answered on the run. The board is going to???? ??The board is going to do as I say. who had such difficulty talking about herself with people of flesh and blood. Sten Andersson. It was Blomkvist??s front door.?? Blomkvist smiled. ??Doing things that you can??t do yourself??? Zalachenko gave Modig a long look with his only visible eye. You have the option to remove me as leader of the investigation ?? but if you did that I would be forced to write a harsh memo about the matter. Blomkvist was at the Kaffebar on Hornsgatan when he heard on the radio that a 66-year-old unnamed man. A genuine scoop for Millennium. But this will be O.00 a. Monica??? ??We??re following up on the robbery of the grocer??s in Sunne.M. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net. Someone would have called in a favour and got someone to talk. and you??re not telling me anything.

She had tried friendly reasoning and direct orders. with the result that Zalachenko was alive and tucked up in bed barely ten metres from where she was. My task here is to rejuvenate the newspaper. n??e Sj?lander. was that an organization assigned to spy on citizens must remain under strict public scrutiny. but we haven??t been able to identify him. but really that seems his most logical course. but I??m responsible for her.?? ??No. This is pretty fast work. You approved it and gave her the assignment at 11. He shaved and took a long shower. and she knew it inside out. The majority were of girls. whom he did not know. It would be damned empty without Berger. ??Can you hear me. as well as to the murder of Bjurman.

has really fouled his nest this time. But you didn??t see that??? ??No. Furthermore. She looked as if she had been beaten to death. And this has nothing to do with damage control. Do you feel like an afternoon on the town??? ??Not particularly. pain shot like a knife through his back. we??ve already discussed the police. And it was now in Blomkvist??s keeping. and the Ministry of Justice.?? Silence. In any case. My guess is that several employees of the Section would go to prison. ??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago. but she steadied herself against the bedhead and concentrated her gaze on the table in front of her. Edklinth was wondering what was on Armansky??s mind. and spontaneously gave Berger a hug and a kiss on the cheek. We have a stock portfolio that has dropped in value by about 30 per cent compared to ten years ago.

to the point. It was inconvenient because the police intranet was at headquarters. The person referred to in the matter is now deceased and can no longer come to harm. This was all conceivable in practice. The question was: what was he going to do in the future? In August he learned that his two brothers had been arrested. He knocked at the front door. scanner. and generally she had done everything she could think of to make him understand how she wanted the newspaper to be shaped. Ellis liked living in Sweden.?? The Minister of Justice called back ten minutes later and said that the Prime Minister would meet with Edklinth at his residence at 9. ??I think we??re done. There??s a whisper that Nieminen has offered a big reward to anyone who could provide information as to Niedermann??s whereabouts. I??ve decided. then. In due course the matter came to the attention of the Security Police.?? Bublanski said nothing for a long while. It??s not until page thirty-three. How??s the Salander stuff going??? ??Good.

?? ??It??s up to Salander to decide. K. Over the years he had noticed that if he stopped giving instructions or gave Niedermann too much latitude to make his own decisions. ??Borgsj? is chairman and majority shareholder of a company called Svea Construction. you??re worryingly habit-forming. ??Waltari.iv ?C Saturday. I don??t want to turn it over to Annika without your approval.P. Could you give me your impression of her??? ??Well.P. has been to see me twice in the past few days. In 1983. Occasionally he would jot down notes in a pocket diary. I especially like the way he wrote in the margin. He smiled to himself. and obviously he would be interested in any related information. and I??m the one paying her to defend Salander.

The bleeding was so minor and located in an area that shouldn??t have affected anything else at all. called Jonas Sandberg.?? ??Tell me how I??m supposed to do that if I have a stalker after me??? ??You see to it that he never has a chance to get close to you. The only question is: who??? ??The chief of Secretariat ???? ??Yes. when he needed to restructure certain funds connected to a small financial firm that he owned in Liechtenstein.00 on Wednesday morning and went for an unusually short run before she showered and dressed in black jeans. Annoyed. but rather indicated that the conspiracy that had tried to eliminate Salander fifteen years earlier was not a thing of the past.?? ??When they leave the pub. which was no surprise since S?po was deeply involved in what had happened.?? ??But those journals contain mostly scholarly papers and pure research. Why am I not surprised? Berger hesitated for ten seconds. no??? ??I??ll pay your fee myself. dried herself. Then Gullberg turned to Sandberg. she thought it odd that a man would consistently address his girlfriend with the words fucking fatty.000 kronor on the Salander story. She bought a coffee in the restaurant car.

?? ??And??? ??He did his military service in Karlskrona in the ??40s. By your reasoning. which Blomkvist knew but Giannini did not. Salander was locked up at Sahlgrenska.?? ??Good Lord. ??Are you going to examine me??? Salander said. so she followed him. They??re not supposed to interfere with the content. We??ve also had enormous expenses. really bad bastard. Who else? ??Everything has gone to hell down in Trollh?ttan. YOU LITTLE WHORE. ??And here we are at our first stumbling block. But I??ve moved. He??s ambitious. He made his way to the end of the corridor. Under the circumstances neither of these epithets could be considered wide of the mark. But he could not work out this strange girl.

After the war. ??She was operated on during the night. You took a break. but these were the things that Salander would no doubt prefer not to have fall into the wrong hands.W. He seemed surprised that she was saying anything at all. He seems ready to let bygones be bygones. There was nothing wrong with the arrangement.?? Figuerola had been right. is mixed up in several kinds of criminal activity. who lived just outside J?rna. and fumbled for the talk button. But this trial is going to be about entirely different things. He had heart and artery problems. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff.?? After a few seconds. He went to the bathroom to shower and brush his teeth.?? ??I??m afraid there might be a third copy.

she armed herself with the canister of Mace. Hans von Rottinger was always a pleasant chap. Which do you prefer??? Salander considered the choice. so that no outsider will have knowledge of or be able to weigh the evidence against Lisbeth. Well. He bought the G?teborgs-Posten. Jonas heading north. It was too early to go to bed. She was wearing running shoes.?? ??The news editor is going to have something to say???? ??Don??t worry about Holm. ??Where are you guys??? ??You said to call when we passed Ikea.B. She made her way cautiously through the house and switched on the coffeemaker. I??m into my third day with hardly any sleep. You can??t discuss this with anyone except me. There were easier ways of getting from London to Stockholm.m.00 p.

A man in advanced old age.A.?? Gullberg leaned forward.?? ??I don??t like the sound of this. Kurdo. When he was finished. You will be paid by me. and Holger.?? ??Again. Gullberg was subordinate to a line of people in the hierarchy under the head of Secretariat of the Security Police.T.?? ??If a doctor were mixed up in something like this. So that the report would be accurate. Early that morning Clinton had revived the contact and given Falun an assignment. I??ll ask your advice and I??ll depend on your skill and experience.?? Janeryd had by this time been talking about it for several minutes. Her gaze fell on Holm.??s owners want to make a profit.

M. At morning rounds. 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. That??s eleven rooms on two floors. Now thirty-two years old. heart and lungs shut down one after the other. but you??ve given your word not to take any initiatives that could interfere with the investigation. Blomkvist had been one of the people who gave Baksi practical help when he started the magazine Black/White with an issue that he produced secretly at night at the Trades Union Federation offices. Two strong men will be here in ten to twelve minutes. Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout. I took down your registration and ran a routine check. had climbed on to a stool. He had sent for the police and the Rescue Service. but it was completely off the record.?? Salander gave Giannini a sharp look. That??s where I met him.?? ??Let??s hear your diagnosis. He has a slipped disc.

?? ??Oh. on the other hand.M. Carl-Magnus Lundin of the Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club was a key player in the whole thing. I??ll get the spare room ready. Instead of going back up the hill to Tavastgatan. did he not??? Prosecutor Jervas said. She instantly got a pop-up dialog box that asked for her I.?? ??Thank you. She was about one metre seventy and looked to be in pretty good shape.00 on Friday afternoon. But I got the offer just before Dag and Mia were shot. but instead of following the man in the overalls. this is frustrating.00.?? Edklinth looked thoughtful. but he was a Kurd. ??As far as I??m concerned.