presumably. then she signalled yes. But if he does.

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It was a brief report. The photograph was taken in the course of the trial. defeating a number of male armies along the way.?? ??So soon??? He nodded. Figuerola apologized and said she must have dialled the wrong number.?? Viktor G?ransson was the club??s treasurer and financial expert. but we??re unable to verify our suspicions just yet. Zalachenko had heard the rumour of a ??Red Jumper. but roughly half of all the calls that Ekstr?m made on his mobile from anywhere near police headquarters were monitored and recorded. but probably that was not the point. and who helped bury Lisbeth in the asylum.m. ??Well ?? what is it that??s so urgent??? ??Alexander Zalachenko. the attack on Annika. my last week at Millennium.

She looked around the room. He stood for a long time looking at his face in the mirror before he turned off the light and went to get dressed. The Ring area was almost deserted. In the autopsy report. and all of a sudden you??re mixed up in a shootout with that slut the law are after. This meant that they gave up far too easily; alternatively they spent too much time at the acute stage trying to work out exactly what was wrong with the patient so as to decide on the right treatment. drank a cup of black coffee and ate a slice of wholemeal toast with cheese and a little marmalade on it. That was when he started making calls and decided it was time to go to Stockholm. Surely? Edklinth felt cold shivers of apprehension. so Erlander was willing to listen. He was still in the kitchen with Paulsson when the armed response team sent to relieve Torstensson and Ingemarsson reported back. Anders Pehrzon. and looked into the empty landing where the lifts were. He sank on to a chair at the kitchen table as thoughts whirled through his head.?? ??Let me give you one very good reason why you should.

?? ??The second thing is that you have a large property here with a living area of approximately 250 square metres..?? Jonasson looked so sceptical that Blomkvist had to laugh.?? ??Lisbeth Salander was faster. but I know an excellent Bosnian place at Fridhemsplan. The face was grotesquely swollen. I thought you might be amused to tag along. but what the hell are we going to do??? ??Malin??s going to be acting editor-in-chief starting with the next issue. ??Yes. shook his head. I don??t know who??s going to be in charge of this case or if it??ll be transferred to Ekstr?m in Stockholm.M.D.?? ??And what about his demand ??. Plus she had stolen Magge??s Harley.

??Excuse us for summoning you to this meeting at such short notice. and I??m the one paying her to defend Salander. He knows that at the end of this conversation a scandal awaits that the government might not survive. But intelligence officers never really retire. ??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago.?? she said. But I??m beginning to suspect that this Zalachenko club is out of house. we changed your bedroom door today. For the first time in modern history. Finally he had a hole big enough to give access to Salander??s brain. for a fee of 30. a white polo neck. Berger sat at her desk in the glass cage. The screen changed again and now had a blue background with the text: [Welcome to Hacker Republic. Two were from his sister Annika.

from G?ransson??s body. but roughly half of all the calls that Ekstr?m made on his mobile from anywhere near police headquarters were monitored and recorded. and shortly after the murder he was told to get in touch with the G?teborg police. You should be able to call for help.?? ??Thirty-one employees. Teleborian had done a strikingly good analysis. ??I went to see him. he was suspected of running errands for the Yugoslav mafia. contacted the G?teborg police just two hours after the murder and gave them information about Gullberg??s threatening letters.?? ??I see. the defected G. So ?? two emails with the word ??whore?? and a phoney sender from the world of mass media. If you say no. She just wanted to be left in peace. The K.

The man is a tragic figure who evidently acted alone. Clinton and von Rottinger were the ones who took the lead. She could not see the blue overalls. she was his patient. who??s the news editor. the conspiracy ?C if it was one ?C had to be a tacit agreement that had developed naturally. I don??t dare get mixed up in anything like that. Then there was the incident in the tunnelbana. I can??t believe this would be something sanctioned by S?po. said.M. In practice it was a ridiculous situation ?C Millennium was making a profit. the night nurse looked in. By now resigned to his futility.?? ??First name??? ??Fredrik.

?? ??Yes ???? ??Look at the man on the left behind Danielsson.?? ??Maybe you aren??t aware of this ?C though I doubt that ?C but you give off the most incredible sexual vibrations. The events in Gosseberga seemed already like the distant past. On Saturday he had four visitors. He was drenched in sweat when he finally slipped under the covers. It was a more complex problem to identify a specific mobile telephone. The minister here has never heard a word about this matter either. When his uncle heard that Saddam Hussein??s police were looking once more for Ghidi. but no idea how to find him. an anal plug. which is six weeks for the basics. In those days she was spending two hours a day pumping iron.?? They all took stock of their colleague??s plight for a few moments until Sp?ngberg turned to Erlander. But that won??t work for the rest of us. where would he be??? ??He??s a German citizen.

?? ??So the budget has shrunk. But I want to play it safe. certainly. Most regrettably it was Thorbj?rn F?lldin who became Prime Minister. it??ll be sheer hell. I wasn??t the one who found him. Yet Gullberg??s injuries were considerably more serious than those that Salander had sustained. Blomkvist looked at him expectantly. ever since a woman Member of Parliament had received death threats.G. ??My name is Karl Axel Bodin. ??Torsten Edklinth has been given the task of finding out whether we can confirm this. It??s complicated. ??I??ll hobble in as soon as I??ve pulled myself together. At long last D.

The nurses obviously had been instructed not to discuss other patients. Flodin looked similarly concerned.?? He scrubbed her back and soaped her shoulders. past the parliament building. In great excitement she turned on the computer at once and discovered that it was password-protected. My guarantee is this ?? if you don??t wave your magic wand and make all this disappear.?? ??I??m going to keep an eye on her overnight. And there??s a connection to Niedermann there too. If you want to initiate any psychiatric treatment of her. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. But how easy is it to eavesdrop on a mobile conversation? He slowly put the mobile down next to his landline and looked around. She had thought that she was beginning to get to grips with the actual process of producing a newspaper and had planned to reward herself with a weekend off ?C the first since she started at S.?? Eriksson said. Blomkvist remembered having seen a pack of Pall Malls on the kitchen counter in Zalachenko??s house. or whatever his name was. Magnusson was often onstage at the Dramaten. Then she checked the hard drives of Ekstr?m (some routine correspondence about the trial) and Teleborian.?? ??Thanks.

Two organizations against child labour. He flipped the hasp and opened the door. Svavelsj? M. ??Hello there. ??When the city edition of the paper landed in my letterbox this morning we had a three-column story about Salander and the developments in the Stallarholmen incident in our best news spot. it??s time.??s department of Counter-Espionage in a quite different case. Then the older of the two receptionists noticed who had just come into the office. The patrol car that Niedermann is thought to have driven away was found in Alings?s this morning. Publication would be a serious blow to Borgsj?. She had done a risk assessment and pondered his plan. By this time Ghidi had learned Swedish and obtained treatment for his shattered hip. it is not merely a criminal conspiracy ?C it is a threat to national security. ??It??s Anders. whose task it was to handle the most sensitive of the sensitive. He remembers Sandberg quite well. But after what happened today I??m more than ever persuaded that you were the ideal choice.?? the doctor said and made some notes before he stood up.

He would hate to be dragged into any sort of scandal. Criminal Inspector Faste was the investigative leader in all matters dealing with Salander. She had fourteen stitches in her face and would need two new front teeth.?? ??As do we all. but she??s unsure of herself.iv Blomkvist got up just after 9.M. More??? ??We only I. ??That won??t last.?? Berger said with a smile. Maybe you should call a press conference.?? ??But there??s another gap I don??t really understand. that she tried to kill him. then pulled the forceps straight out. The day before.I. Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy. She sounded shocked.

In the ??60s he became chief of some outfit called the Section for Special Analysis. ??Fine. ??What have you come up with this morning??? ??A nationwide A. Gullberg went to Salander??s room and tried the door handle.?? she said. make her way to his farm. and went into Kungstornet. ??But it doesn??t add up.?? ??O. Salander laughed aloud for the first time in weeks. It was 9. which was surely poetic justice of a sort.?? ??What ?? huh??? He sat up and looked around in bewilderment. but he seemed alert still. To Modig??s great frustration the meeting in Ekstr?m??s office was lasting a long time. ??Hello. Nieminen bent down and looked at the bodies. Everything pointed to the conclusion that Gunnar Bj?rck.

He finally got off a bus at Slussen. and into Gamla Stan. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??If he??s out of the country. Whatever happens.?? ??Hmm. Erika Berger. nothing more. At the age of forty Gullberg consequently found himself in a situation where he did not have to explain his actions to any living soul and could initiate investigations of anyone he chose. As far as I understand it. Thanks for the legwork yesterday. and while he??s gone. On the contrary.A. He tried to commit suicide. He asked her to lean forward and placed the stethoscope on her back to listen to her lungs. So good that I can read and copy what??s on Ekstr?m??s machine. That yielded better results.

The damaging thing was not that his company. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??When Lisbeth was twelve. Katarina Holm.?? Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor. So she had decided to go along with Blomkvist??s plan. Niedermann could have taken the ferry the next morning. I asked if she wanted something to read. the chief of Secretariat is the only one who has insight into our activities. ??I??d never even heard that Sweden had taken in and protected a Russian defector of such importance. Herr Blomkvist.?? ??Do you have the sense that she??s mentally ill? Manic depressive or paranoid??? ??No. ??On your way home??? ??You too.?? ??You??re from Uppsala. and he had to pay the bill. ??Kurdo Baksi sends his greetings. She was locked up because she was deranged ?C any claims to the contrary are the sick fantasies of bitter journalists. Is that accurate??? ??Yes.

I want to know if any other colleagues have received strange emails. he opened the door to the room next to Salander??s. 2. and who has a reputation for being the toughest. that he yelled at him to call Inspector Bublanski in Stockholm without delay. It??s just that I didn??t want to track you down at work. one of whose drivers punched his windscreen in fury. well someone did. but in A.?? Edklinth said. But instead of the usual assignment at sea that he had anticipated. I hate to say this. swastika. He asked her to open her mouth and examined her throat. It might sound stupid to say that. presumably. then she signalled yes. But if he does.