Tuesday, August 30, 2011

investigation. They continued the discussion over their meal.

at least until each of them has been identified
at least until each of them has been identified. sharp-witted and charming. She was almost certain the woman had not seen her. ??Welcome. with his unfinished editorial to the left and a frieze of photographs along the bottom edge. If you have information to that effect you should take action. In point of fact. for the first time in a long time. where he was received by Birger Wadensj??. Personal Protection had the smallest budget of any unit in the Security Police. so he was mildly surprised when he opened the inbox and found an email from ressallskap9april@hotmail. But Salander was gone from her I. the defected G. In Sweden you have to do it through a constitutional committee.?? Modig sat in silence for a moment and looked at her superior. That could be the only explanation. Blomkvist suspected that he would not pass the language test recommended by the People??s Party of Sweden.?? ??Could you explain your relationship to Niedermann??? ??I??m disabled. And not a word in the daily memo about Svavelsj? M.

I was going out with a guy this spring.?? ??But I don??t think???? ??Shut the door. Clinton looked like ?? a skeleton. ??What you have to understand is that the Section functions as the spear head for the total defence of the nation.?? ??Sounds good. because you shot him in the foot and broke his jaw when you kicked him. explain the situation.?? ??Yes. He looked at her for a while from the doorway before he went in and sat down on the edge of the sofa and woke her. that Bjurman had been Salander??s guardian; on the other hand he could not see why the old Zalachenko story should surface. right above a stool that was usually in the kitchen.M.?? ??Send out an A. But then she realized that this isn??t exactly your style and then ???? ??Then??? ??Well. and the Violent Crimes Division had racked up a vast amount of overtime since Wednesday. In Edklinth??s opinion. given to her by Giannini and hardly used. ??I think she??s coming round. the incident might be included in that year??s statistical compilation.

G.?? ??The culture section has three unfilled positions. Your job is to press the attack alarm.?? ??How will you proceed??? ??To use your terminology ?C get some forceps and extract the bullet by the same route it went in.00. he insisted.?? ??As far as I know. The patient should be confined to bedrest and kept under strict observation until further notice.. That was where he had stayed on previous visits. My guess is that several employees of the Section would go to prison. and a functioning Niedermann was invincible. That was the custom in the village. As soon as the trial begins???? ??No. The blinds were down. I have a list of articles here that you.?? ??I??m in the hall with a wardrobe and hat-rack on my right. This is probably the first and only time in my professional career that I will reveal the contents of an unpublished story to a police officer. You have to concentrate on getting well.

She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel.?? said Bublanski. which you call the Zalachenko club.G. I??m not going to haggle with you. Her headache was unbearable and she was given strong painkillers. ??Kurdo Baksi sends his greetings. but the preliminary investigation against Salander for the murder of your friends seems to have been shelved. Hans Faste is one of the key sources for the claims that Salander is a paranoid and violence-prone lesbian devoted to Satanism and S. He stopped short when he saw a woman with short.?? Nystr?m said with a slight smile. He looked concerned. attempting to eavesdrop could be measured in economic terms. But he found it dull and uninteresting. ??I know.?? Gullberg said. A colleague sent for the forensic report on the patient. he would be steadily annihilated. It arrived with a later delivery.

If they don??t have the copies.?? ??There I agree with you.?? ??Fredrik. ??Hang on. ??Goddamnit. an academic.?? ??Could we talk to the prosecutor??? ??No. and his wash bag. Mikael. But instead of the usual assignment at sea that he had anticipated. I just wanted to confirm that you really do want me to be your lawyer.S. The old comrades shook hands. On one occasion when I still had my mouth taped shut. This is really great. She looked up at her police colleagues.?? Sandberg said at last. and nigger. Just then Karim called and told them that Teleborian had gone up on to Klarabergsgatan via the escalators in Central Station and from there to police headquarters on Kungsholmen.

to buy every book which in any way dealt with the Security Police.?? They sat in silence. ??One flight up. moving away. Hallberg is in charge of training. But that sort of temporary reassignment was not unusual ?C covering a shortage of personnel here or there in an emergency situation. ??How do I get out of here??? he asked. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her. He poured himself the miniature Glenfiddich. cleared her desk. I didn??t want it to. And then you dropped that bombshell about Borgsj?. ??That sounds good.?? ??I see. Then it??s a medical matter.O. regardless of how belligerently an opponent might behave. Her heart sank like a stone. Instinctual.

?? ??And Faste has replaced us. He seemed to be interested only in how her muscles were working. ??It feels to us as though the score between the private investigators and the police investigators is about 3?C0. ??Svensson. he received help from your family until he was granted a residency permit. ??Evert ?? you have to understand that ?? we don??t do things like that any more. That was when he started making calls and decided it was time to go to Stockholm. A nationwide alert had gone out for a man in his mid-thirties. with thin reddish-blond hair. He stood for a long time looking at his face in the mirror before he turned off the light and went to get dressed.. What I??d like to know is when you mean to publish your article. ??Rapes should always be reported to the police. ??The operation has to be carried out on two separate fronts. And I??ve decided not to come back here to put in any days during the transition period. but there??s no sign of him. Inspector Monica Figuerola. but I was waylaid by you. including members of the prominent Baksi family.

who examined her patient briskly and prescribed a powerful painkiller.?? Blomkvist waited.00 yesterday morning. He got out of the car and looked around. 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. He weighed the pros and cons. on the other hand.. And Micke is hiding something too. How else can we explain the report from 1991 ending up in the hands of Advokat Bjurman??? ??Another man who spends his time with prostitutes??? Gullberg said. when relations would once again worsen ?C which according to Gullberg was inevitable ?C absurd demands would be made on the Security Police and the military intelligence service; they would be expected to wave their magic wand and summon up well-placed agents out of a bottle. 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. ribs crushed. He turned back into the station. who now worked for Milton Security. ??Listen ?? I??m terribly sorry that it had to be this way.?? He rubbed his chest. Through all these storms Berger had been the rock that nothing seemed capable of shifting. The second part has to be handled from here.

The arrest of Lisbeth Salander was front-page news. Who would do it ?? you? But she has to disappear. ??I??m getting to that. That??s why you asked about your credibility.?? ??What sort of background does he have??? ??As far as I understand. ??First of all. So. Twice since midnight the duty nurse had put her head around the door. After she was gone Blomkvist called the hospital in Sahlgrenska and tried to get some information about Salander??s condition. The night nurse had been gone ten minutes. She had missed her chance to kill Zalachenko. ??Sorry. He looked at Giannini. All of a sudden a heavy downpour lashed at the window. ??It hurt. who now worked for Milton Security. But Millennium can??t be manipulated in the same straightforward way. Her own job was to keep tabs on the government departments and parliament on behalf of Millennium. Jonasson had no idea whether she was guilty or innocent.

A. and masturbated in her bed. She took him by surprise. I realized that when I worked out how you identified me. They had kept in touch and had gone on fishing trips to Norway and elsewhere. He thought of the Zalachenko club as small and anonymous. Then Dr Jonasson and Blomkvist had upset her plans by smuggling in her Palm. and the consequences are there for all to see today. Then identify the people who are allegedly tailing this guy Blomkvist.?? ??Tough ?? by all means.?? ??Henry. He could not see anything remarkable.?? Gullberg looked at Sandberg with blank astonishment.?? Malm said. Then she saw Cortez putting on his corduroy jacket. Salander fumbled with the clumsy stylus and wished she had a keyboard.R. The Security Police had been modernized and the Constitutional Protection Unit in particular had taken on a new. ??That I don??t know.

I??m thinking of the ferry to the east.?? ??We don??t think it is a coincidence. but does this mean that Ekstr?m is working for the Section??? Blomkvist frowned.M. which was mostly figuring out what was going on on the other side of the Baltic. But the police do have the rucksack you had in Gosseberga. Hans Wilhelm Francke. it must have a special meaning for her. ??I can see that. Berger looked at her watch. She heard footsteps outside the door and saw a nurse open it to admit a woman wearing black trousers. But it was.M. She had a headache again.D. Then she checked the hard drives of Ekstr?m (some routine correspondence about the trial) and Teleborian. it was that she was certainly not manipulative. regardless of how belligerently an opponent might behave. The burial ground in the woods in Nykvarn was a wretched mess.

She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko.?? ??Is that so??? Figuerola said. you have to enter a three-digit code on a plate on the door handle. As he talked to Berger. I got a message that you were looking for me.?? Erlander said. in 1968 whom he had personally evaluated as unsuitable. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone. He listened with increasing dismay to Giannini??s account of what had happened. With which esoteric thought she closed her eyes and fell asleep again.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself.?? ??Good.?? ??Ekstr?m is going to seek to have the trial take place behind closed doors. in that case. could wander into a hospital with a bunch of flowers in one hand and a pistol in the other. At first she could not make any sense of it.iv Dr Jonasson was woken by Nurse Nicander five minutes before the helicopter was expected to land. Figuerola.?? ??Ekstr?m says Bj?rck refused to discuss it.

The burek was fantastic. you risk being convicted anyway. or Handy Harrys. and the events that led to her being locked away in St Stefan??s in Uppsala. There was no way in the world she was going to be able to work in the dark. Take the documentation and go home and think it over. He had not even thought about Zalachenko for months until the morning he discovered the daughter on every newspaper billboard.?? Jonasson looked over his shoulder at the door. The written record was meagre in the extreme. I was going out with a guy this spring. She looked around. ??I never thought I??d see you again. He had Salander??s keys to her burgundy Honda.?? ??Why? I mean.A. she certainly isn??t easy to deal with. Giannini had planned her visit to G?teborg as a brisk. Whatever he had expected. He was handcuffed and increasingly uncomfortable.

Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout. and severely wounded. It is forbidden to engage in the persecution of an ethnic group. That medication had been prescribed for him. ??This is not your little joke. She saw no-one who showed any interest in her. ??Yes. According to Erlander. How many of you are paying that much??? ??I couldn??t afford it. replaced by new technology ?? but the number of reporters contributing to copy was reduced by 48 during that period. ??What decision do you think I should make??? ??I believe we have common interests. assistant editor of the front page who had worked on the paper for thirty-five years. I especially like the way he wrote in the margin.?? ??O. She actually asked him how many copies there were in circulation. That was good.C. Her heart was pounding hard when she started up the hand-held for the first time in two months and ventured on to the Internet. The nurse gave her a beaker with a straw to drink water through.

Ordinarily you couldn??t get a word out of them. practically around the clock from 1976 on. Do you want to (a) Browse the Forum (b) Send a Message (c) Search the Archive (d) Talk (e) Get Laid?] She clicked on [(d) Talk] and then went to the menu selection [Who??s online?] and got a list with the names Andy. She bought herself a coffee and sat at the opposite end of the caf?? and opened her Dagens Nyheter. The P. underlining. Figuerola and Blomkvist were waiting for him. Bublanski was also wearing a kippa. a role that took on added significance in the wake of Wennerstr?m??s exposure as a double agent. which supplies the only reliable statistics on political crime. and smelled coffee from the kitchen where his wife was already about her morning chores. Figuerola walked back to Bellmansgatan.?? Figuerola said. but she knew he had broken completely with people who had previously been close friends because they had done something that he regarded as beyond the pale. In any case he had a penchant for civil disobedience on a private level.M. Seeing her with both feet planted firmly as she stood by the window of the kiosk. I have ordered an investigation. Her clothes were full of sand.

?? She told him that a nationwide manhunt was under way for Ronald Niedermann. And that was enough. a little sense of responsibility would not hurt.?? ??What sort of background does he have??? ??As far as I understand.?? ??And how are we supposed to give her the proper care here if we can??t have access to her records? The medical responsibility for her right now is ours. ever since Giannini had stormed out and slammed the door behind her.?? ??There must have been some other purpose ?? a secret organization within the organization. Nor had Berger any thought of taking the story with her. She walked slowly past the entrances to the buildings.I. from the moment Armansky invited him to dinner. I??m a damn good assistant editor ?C it??s a piece of cake with Erika as your boss. and a rapist. On the contrary. Which meant that Sonja had to relinquish the copy she had too. So let??s move on. a madman. I mean. He seemed surprised that she was saying anything at all.

Q. She was suffering from acute headaches and a high fever. He had packed his van on Friday morning and taken the ferry from Dover to Calais.?? Armansky said. If he could have kicked Figuerola in the shin he would have done so. of all places.?? She studied the group thoughtfully.?? ??And you were the one who operated to remove the bullet??? ??That??s right.?? * Berger went to bed at 11. In September 1964.00. Ronald Niedermann. She has secrets I happen to know about. if I do an examination??? She nodded. which right now is a nightmare. He leafed rapidly through the hundred or so pages.I. As the situation now stood. But we don??t think so.

SixOfOne wrote. he did learn Russian and Polish. The roster included himself. For the security to work.?? Waltari said. in H?rn?sand. He was supposed to start work again at new year. Zalachenko is at most a medium.D. ??I don??t want details of the investigation or anything like that. Before the day was over. Salander looked at her with murder in her eyes. He used the threat of imprisonment for life. where he was searching for information about Zalachenko??s murderer with Cortez and Eriksson. who took charge immediately. A working group had been formed to explore the matter. and how empty it was going to seem without Berger. or a teenage girl who had taken ecstasy and danced for eighteen hours straight before collapsing. ??I??m sorry.

daubed sexually explicit epithets on her living-room walls.?? ??Fine.00 in the morning. She signalled and headed off a couple of pedestrians who tried to sneak across even though their light was red. I??ve been at it since dawn.?? ??You mean you felt threatened by Niedermann??? Erlander said. thin as a stick. Nor do I ask you to tell me a single military secret that Zalachenko may have revealed. ??They met to finalize their strategy for nailing Salander at her trial. The next moment she froze when she realized that she could add another attack to the list. but if he uses an account that he set up at hotmail. I??m on my way to Kungsholmen right now. At 2. But he found it dull and uninteresting. My job is to produce a good newspaper. ??That sounds good.?? ??I understand.?? ??This is one hell of an investigation. They continued the discussion over their meal.

Blomkvist called from Caf?? Madeleine on his anonymous mobile to book a flight to Amsterdam.

In this way Plague could also monitor outgoing calls from Ekstr?m
In this way Plague could also monitor outgoing calls from Ekstr?m.?? The Prime Minister looked at the Minister of Justice. He wondered how Niedermann would get along on his own.?? ??But if the K. Anita Kaspersson. Jonasson visited Salander during her lunch. That??s the only reasonable explanation. because no matter what measures he took it would almost inevitably result in a lifetime of suffering. One quick look around told him that they were there too late.?? He let that sink in. He was looking straight ahead.?? Cortez said. She doesn??t look as though she has the tonnage to take on either Nieminen or Lundin. He interrupted a discussion she was having with her editors about what angle to give an article on international terrorism. thrown her on to her stomach on the bed. ??Mikael Blomkvist. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan. who took charge immediately. These doors are so thin that the bullets would have gone clean through them if he had fired.

What??s happened??? ??News.?? Jonasson said. That would be against the law. She felt an intense desire to move.?? She poked him in the stomach. He waited until she nodded.I. Blomkvist emerged at 9. She shook her head. ??Then he has a four-hour head start.?? ??And??? ??I asked what sort of medical expertise he thought he had to assess your condition and then I told him to go to hell.?? ??Second. He??s acting on orders from the government. They had taken 2. She sounded shocked.000 other mobile telephones within a kilometre of police headquarters.?? Figuerola held up a diplomatic finger. The problem would then unfold in two parts. He booked the room for two weeks.

?? ??Which makes it even stranger that he hasn??t been found. capitalism is what matters here.?? ??Fine. 11. He was high as a kite all night. at which time the Soviet Union was heading for collapse and Zalachenko had ceased to be a priority. A nurses?? table stood right next to her. The Salander case demonstrated that something was out of joint inside the organization. and clocked out. was freelancing at Millennium. Blomkvist frowned.?? ??And how does he explain the fact that Salander was buried in a trench on his property in Gosseberga??? ??He says he had a cold and was asleep most of the day.?? he said.?? ??Lisbeth Salander has become a government matter.?? ??That??s me. He glanced one last time at the door to Salander??s room. ??We??ll introduce ourselves properly in a while. would burn out its batteries in much less time.R.

Gullberg squeezed the trigger and put the bullet right in the centre of Zalachenko??s forehead just as the patient was starting to swing his prosthesis over the edge of the bed. My orders. She began to have doubts about the ability of the Security Police to protect her.?? ??I thought you were busy looking for a lesbian Satanist gang in Stockholm. Blomkvist used his second mobile when he punched in Berger??s number at S.M. ??Police headquarters at 5.Monday. Of all the people who touched her and poked at her.?? He paused and looked around the room.I.F. & E.?? ??We understand that. ??It also tells us something about the character of our adversary. but that he was not expected back before late that night. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something. as far as I can see. My father??s a member of the Centre Party and knows F?lldin well.

Over the years he had noticed that if he stopped giving instructions or gave Niedermann too much latitude to make his own decisions. As her friend. He spent fifteen minutes walking down the alleys and boulevards around Mosebacke before he headed for Fiskargatan 9. ??You don??t like the Security Police. Faste is grossly unsuited to investigate anything at all to do with Salander. when there was less demand for this type of operation. ??Evert Gullberg. That??s where they should be aired ?? not in the news section. According to the headers the sender was erika. ??On the train. From his tax returns it was clear that he made good money. The patrol car that Niedermann is thought to have driven away was found in Alings?s this morning. Hmm. possibly three. He got into his Volvo and drove towards the city but turned off to go across Stora Essingen and Gr?ndal into S?dermalm. You and I and perhaps a few other people might need to sit down for a chat. But here??s the bad news: Assistant County Police Chief Sp?ngberg has been here since 5. We??ll deal with any problems as and when they crop up.00.

?? Elderly. ??I mean I??ve glanced at it. We have not yet identified exactly who is involved.??s newsroom and then logged off from I.?? Wadensj?? said.M. it??s a reasonable speculation. Blomkvist calls them ??the Zalachenko club??. you??re going to be celebrated as the dumbest policeman in Sweden on every newspaper billboard in the country. ??F?lldin??s conservative government was succeeded by Olof Palme??s. 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. and until we??re able to identify the remains. Anita Kaspersson. Henry ?? you??ll have to go full-time and take Malin??s place as assistant editor. and illegal possession of a weapon. but if this pans out we??ll have a fantastic article for the June issue.?? ??It??s in ?hlen??s archive. He asked her to lean forward and placed the stethoscope on her back to listen to her lungs.V.

he does wear a size XXL. and he got to drink whisky at a discreet club in London with the chief of M. I have to fight dirty. Every day people came to his place of work in varying conditions but with one objective: to get help. the day the Salander trial begins. Convicted of insurance fraud in the ??70s. so be it.?? ??That was Margareta Orring??s article. Carefully she wrote the password MonkeyBusiness. You know I??m not a criminal lawyer. I was going out with a guy this spring.?? He was already at the door when she spoke. ??I think you??re awake. his left hip was smashed with a sledgehammer to discourage any mischief in the future. Her clinical status also includes periods of manic depression and she lacks empathy. P. she had not been in her study since ?? since she had read through the file in the bath the night before. Do you want to (a) Browse the Forum (b) Send a Message (c) Search the Archive (d) Talk (e) Get Laid?] She clicked on [(d) Talk] and then went to the menu selection [Who??s online?] and got a list with the names Andy. Eriksson had only called.

?? Ekstr?m looked pleased.?? ??That shouldn??t be such a big problem. ??You sent Figuerola to find out what was going on. now I recognize you. Believe me ?C it??s going to cause uproar. But I advise that you wait for the report from forensics. however. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands. What general impression did you get of her nature. now Swedish ambassador in the Hague. and my superiors really want to talk to you. and Trinity. He glanced one last time at the door to Salander??s room.?? ??That was after Stig Wennerstr?m.v ?C Sunday. Figuerola spent the afternoon gathering information. Armansky had contributed this information. I trust you and I need your help.??s G?ransson.

Then he saw a figure by the window. Her name is Lisbeth Salander. We??re looking at a conflict of interest. ??Good morning. He says it??s all classified and that he can??t discuss anything without permission from his superiors.00 she drove her white Saab 9-5 to Vittangigatan in V?llingby. It??s on my desk. If you remember my name then you must have been more alert than I thought. Then her daughter was locked up in a mental hospital on the basis of a fabricated diagnosis.35 when she heard the key in the lock and Nurse Agneta looked in on her. He chose first class and had the compartment to himself. 17. ??Teleborian??? Jonasson could not help overhearing the name. ??She??s mid-twenties. By tomorrow morning I want a document drawn up granting the Constitutional Protection Unit extraordinary authority to act in this matter. Berger could not believe she was asking this question.P. She was seventeen when I was born. After a period of computer celibacy.

I think I??m trying to understand something. and she took it from them. she knew. Among them. He opened the entrance door using the code and took the stairs to the top-floor apartment. She punched in the door code her friend had given her. also a hacker. I can??t handle it right now. Not identified. She had cut the badge out of his leather jacket ?C the very symbol that made people step aside in the queue at the bar. Much more blood had obviously been shed in and around the trench. Well. ??He??s lodging a complaint with the police against Salander ?C for G. He asked her to please ?C on overtime ?C hurry over to the pub as back-up for Cortez.?? ??Precisely. He was expert at breaking and entering. Alexander. You come back having found that anything is as my source describes it. Unfortunately.

The same rules apply as in your day. She brushed her teeth. he would not be a great support in this other business. Berger sat at her desk in the glass cage.?? ??Well ???? ??The original report is an account of Lisbeth Salander??s attempt to murder her father. He also beat up Lisbeth??s mother year after year. Spain. the head of the police forces responsible for the defence of Swedish democracy. He had met Lundin at Kumla prison in the early nineties.S. Blomkvist noticed that the chief of the Constitutional Protection Unit hesitated for only a second before he got up and brought the thermos over to the conference table. Giannini understood what went on in her brother??s head. This worried Zalachenko.M. Through its global satellite monitoring the N.?? ??That was Margareta Orring??s article. and I??ve spent the last three evenings with you instead of getting on with it. My assignment is to be your guide in this labyrinth.?? ??Right.

??M?rtensson works for S?po. There was nowhere there to park a car. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even. Then she shrugged. With the result that he was bound to express himself rather imprecisely. or at least in her lawyer.?? ??Sounds promising. but after weighing all the options he concluded that the problem called for a drastic solution.L. At morning rounds. I am personally very upset over what happened to her. By then Gullberg had worked at the Security Police for fourteen years. and by mid-decade Gullberg had heard several proposals that the budget be reduced.I. He asked her to please ?C on overtime ?C hurry over to the pub as back-up for Cortez. Henry. ??My pleasure. According to my source.?? he said.

??Do you understand me? Yes or no??? ??I heard what you said. If he decided to fight. Keep your eyes peeled ?? So tell me. Find out the registration number. even if that. Bj?rck messed around with teenage prostitutes and Millennium were going to expose him. She put the folder on the windowsill and stretched out in the bath to ponder the situation.?? Erlander said.?? Edklinth said. Did she go there expressly to murder him ?C as the prosecutor claimed ?C or was it to make him listen to reason? When Giannini raised the subject of her former guardian. 11. It??s not over. drive out here.?? ??Could I make a small. Karl Axel Bodin Inc.M. and a grey jacket. starting with one lasting fifteen minutes in which Assistant Editor Fredriksson presented the guidelines for the day??s work. year after year.

now at intervals of about twenty-four hours.?? ??So I heard.?? ??Tip off the police??? ??Yes. We have to check their email. or he can do something else. Unlike Lundin. She seemed to have sharp pain in her left shoulder when she tried to move her arm. But Dragan ?? we??re talking about the Swedish Security Police.?? ??And the entire underworld should be excluded as well ?? Any girlfriend we don??t know about??? They could speculate. Instead she called the duty officer at Milton Security and explained her situation. He undertook never to discuss the matter with anyone. but he was in hospital in S?dert?lje with one foot in a cast and his jaw wired shut. That was when he started making calls and decided it was time to go to Stockholm. ??Kurdo Baksi sends his greetings. He was bright red in the face and looked as if he was about to have a stroke. he called Berger himself. which included a short whip. Those were the words she had said to him when he moved to Hedeby. but that had nothing to do with the decision to lock up his daughter.

or to make use of the art of espionage. She had to find a hiding place.P. as a matter of fact. They had arranged for him to have the best rehabilitative care. ??Monday. He just gave a lecture on brain research. ??He shot himself. who had such difficulty talking about herself with people of flesh and blood.?? ??Fourth. He suffers from a disease called congenital analgesia.780 kronor and a carton of cigarettes.?? There was impatient muttering around the table. It has to stay that way. the same in every A.?? Figuerola said.?? When Blomkvist left Caf?? Copacabana next to the Kvarter cinema at Hornstull. or something else to drink??? Blomkvist looked around. ??Hello.

?? ??Any safe??? ??No ?? not that I can see. ??Do as I say and the Section might survive.?? ??Because we??re facing a conflict of loyalties too. Unfortunately there was not much he could help with. Giannini came in. if she??s well enough. But I got the offer just before Dag and Mia were shot. I have no problem with you taking safety precautions on your own. If Sweden had a constitutional court. She also knew that he could accept any number of idiocies from his friends. I??ll be back in Stockholm tomorrow if nothing else comes up. you??re worryingly habit-forming. I have never been charged.?? ??I still have the report.?? Modig said nothing. ??Mine too. or the advertising manager Magnusson. ??A constant guilty conscience.?? Jonasson laughed.

He had first met Jonasson at a seminar in Stockholm fourteen years earlier and discovered that they were both fly-fishing enthusiasts. Then he went to the hotel lobby and called Clinton??s mobile from the public telephone. It??s a matter of how the investigation is carried out and how the facts are presented. The problem with him was that he persistently ignored the decisions Berger made. But there??s no proof yet. a delegate for the Centre in the ??70s and ??80s. taking her pulse. I can pay part of her fee out of my own pocket. Lisbeth ?C seriously ?C this battle is going to be decided in the mass media and not in the courtroom.?? ??Ah ?? yes. who owns the Volvo. Salander never talked to the authorities. but there was still a small scab. Even small movements of his facial muscles caused sharp pains in his jaw and cheekbone. You were shot in the head. I??ll have to call Prosecutor Ekstr?m in Stockholm. ??That was the crucial part of the evidence. That means that Milton Security is working with Blomkvist and has placed surveillance cameras in his apartment or in the stairwell. and hopped into the living room to take stock of the damage.

there??s a risk that a woman??s rights will be shockingly violated. Lottie will follow Teleborian. The only problem was that Bjurman was such a mediocre lawyer that he was hardly capable of exploiting his opportunities. She gave him twenty minutes to deal with his post. He worked as a newspaper boy. adjusted his glasses. but with no success. That was a shattering misfortune.?? ??Mikael ?? I don??t think you really appreciate what this involves. That report alleges that the Security Police and the psychiatrist Peter Teleborian co-operated to place Lisbeth Salander in psychiatric care. ??So. It was a brief report.?? ??I can??t. They went straight to the front desk. But I hadn??t thought of telling my boss. it was Bj?rck who set this whole mess rolling. When Gullberg formally retired in 1992.?? She glanced to her right and met the eye of the pictures editor. and since she was feeling irritated in general she decided not to take it out on him.

The fact was that if Salander could claim to have any sort of family or group affiliation. Last time he turned up on the ward unannounced and tried to persuade a nurse to let him in. Anders Pehrzon.?? ??And you??d never seen him before??? ??I??d seen him in the lift. Figuerola apologized and said she must have dialled the wrong number. He got into his Volvo and drove towards the city but turned off to go across Stora Essingen and Gr?ndal into S?dermalm. The same is true of S?po.30 on Tuesday. You know. We live in a democracy and naturally we cannot influence what is written in the press. In which case Sandberg. The plan was for her to end up in that warehouse in Nykvarn. ??The officer running the investigation. She was seventeen when I was born. He was gasping as if he had just run a marathon. unusually early. More diplomatically than that. It contained twenty-six documents. Blomkvist called from Caf?? Madeleine on his anonymous mobile to book a flight to Amsterdam.

do. The source is protected. Acquitted of all charges.

And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in
And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in. and it might also be illegal. He??s on sick leave for a slipped disc and lives in Sm?dalar? at present. But it would have to be something very unusual. Three were messages to call Berger. She wondered whether she was mad.?? ??O.?? ??You amaze me.?? ??I??m jumping ahead and anticipating the final assessment.?? ??The chief of Budget??? ??Maybe. She was in a bad way. Trinity had no trouble locating the cable to Prosecutor Ekstr?m??s home telephone. I do have secrets. I want them on my desk when I get back to H. You??re an exercise fanatic and you were once a top-class athlete. ??Maybe I should get some training in some other field. It??s a typical pre-emptive retaliation to undermine potential complaints from Blomkvist. Officially moved to a place where he doesn??t exist. of course I??ll come with you.

?? ??I can see this is a difficult situation. but my apartment is unsuitable for the time being. ??Right. I have been the victim of attempted murder by my daughter. She clicked on New Document. Hello. When she wore a sleeveless T-shirt or a summer dress. As they started up the hill towards her. The solution to the problem had been very simple. ??I assume that this is bound to leak to the media. He ignored the system files. ??If any of you need a little personal time. ??You know??? Wadensj?? yelled. I??m at home. She left out all the details that could be used against her. Gullberg had approved the operation. it is sick. Her friend sighed. you and I.

?? the Minister of Justice said. County Criminal Police. there is Torstensson. So we have about two weeks left for the text. The body had been discovered on April 19 by none other than Inspector Andersson. On the contrary ?C the book would never be able to attract the same attention at any other time. unquote. Clinton had succeeded Gullberg and was the chief of the Section until 2002. But it??s a good question.?? Figuerola said. and put the key in the exhaust pipe.?? Eriksson burst out laughing. She gave him a quick look and turned on to Grev Turegatan. The story had Millennium??s stamp on it from beginning to end. It??s classified material and the P.K. What you call the Zalachenko club cannot exist without the support of key people in this building.V. We could end up on opposite sides of the barricades.

and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings. Figuerola reckoned that she was in her mid-thirties. she thinks it??s embarrassing and doesn??t quite know what to do. of course. You??ll have to prepare him for the fact that probably I won??t be in a position to make a decision in the coming week. went back into her office and closed the door. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. She was content to confine her dealings with him to the Net. he??s the one who gets S. names and organizational charts.?? ??Where??? ??Outside Seglora. ??Erika ???? ??Mikael. If he dug in his heels. ??An analysis of the blood will probably establish that Salander was buried here.?? she said. want to plant such a forgery??? ??We don??t know that either. They found a damaged cigarette case that seemed to have been used as a scoop. I can??t give you her name.

?? ??As I said. Above all they needed the cash to take care of day-to-day expenses. but again in vain. it??s the truth. But that sort of temporary reassignment was not unusual ?C covering a shortage of personnel here or there in an emergency situation.I. Salander opened her eyes and saw a light in the ceiling. Finally Modig spoke up.?? ??We??? ??I mean the staff and the board. ??Hello. This time he had left that bloody Modig woman behind and instead was accompanied by Inspector Holmberg. You were the one who created the system. he was her employer. There was an envelope with photographs that had been cool at the time.?? ??First thing is to locate all the copies ???? ??I??ve already done that. Before he turned up out of the blue at a meeting with Gullberg. At any rate Holmberg thought so. ??This bastard from S?po. My problem is that I don??t believe it.

Do you understand??? ??Yes. But he had not anticipated Armansky lobbing a bomb with a sizzling fuse into his lap. but asked questions until he was satisfied. She opened the document that he had called [Central questions]. She followed him to the kitchen and filled a large glass with cold water. replaced by new technology ?? but the number of reporters contributing to copy was reduced by 48 during that period. schedules and other uninteresting stuff. although she did think that sex was an underrated therapy for just about all ailments. He had not even thought about Zalachenko for months until the morning he discovered the daughter on every newspaper billboard. Zalachenko had been shot by a 78-year-old tax specialist. he also got voiceprints that Plague could process.?? Giannini said. ??Yes??? ??It??s just that when we talked to Teleborian. who was looking more and more hollow-eyed. The first thirty pages of the report that Blomkvist discovered agree with the original.M. but he was right out of his depth when it came to planning a magazine. ??I??m just dead tired. the day the Salander trial begins.

O. Why had Bublanski called her? What was this meeting about? She glanced across the corridor. What you call the Zalachenko club cannot exist without the support of key people in this building.?? They exchanged hotmail addresses. and those responsible must be held accountable. and clocked in at police headquarters at 8. He had transferred the most crucial documentation to her desk. and it was only when she had to turn off the alarm in the hall that she remembered her husband was not at home. I was pretty busy. The murderer had been identified as Evert Gullberg. and she kept trying to call her husband or Blomkvist. He had undergone a rather extensive operation in which a significant section of his jaw was realigned and fixed with titanium screws. two from Eriksson.?? ??That??s correct. ??Rikardsson. Mikael also has a tendency to bury himself in his own stories and be totally off the radar for weeks at a time. He pulled open the door and went into the corridor. even if he happens to be her boss. As they started up the hill towards her.

4. and the fact that the girl was shot three times. Modig and Andersson walked together down to the garage. She pulled up a chair and sat down. She did not need anyone to tell her that. ??By God.S. it??s not my problem. ??Have you got anybody on duty this weekend??? ??Modig. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson. She hobbled restlessly back and forth while Linder kept a watchful eye on her. despite the fact that he poked at her and fussed over her fever chart. He had terrible pain in his back.?? ??Good.?? Sandberg nodded his agreement. ??When you came to see me the first time. Clinton sank silently on to the chair that was offered.?? ??I get it. academics.

but later she asked if I had any scientific journals that dealt with genetics and brain research. He was sick. the world over. ??Thanks. I??ve been deliberately keeping quiet about my decision for weeks now. the previous day.?? ??Nor do I. but there were periods when she had.?? ??And if Ekstr?m is worried.?? Bublanski said. Licence for two handguns. Then he sat on the edge of the bed and untied the strings of her nightshirt. a member of the police. She went back to her inbox and opened the message that had arrived two days before. Erlander had been allowed to conduct two brief interviews with Zalachenko.?? ??I understand. ever since a woman Member of Parliament had received death threats. Berger had received twenty-three emails by the time she arrived at S. who??s just here for the bus fare.

this was the first can of worms. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty.?? ??Which means that my problem is definitely the government??s problem. The girl they??ve been hunting for the past few weeks. department.G. since Dr Endrin was assigned to her case. ??What have you come up with this morning??? ??A nationwide A.?? ??I don??t know anything about that. ??Call Christer in. They hate each other and. I just need to know if he has a meeting with anybody right now. Fr?klund cannot find a single reference to Gullberg anywhere. He had been brought up in a Muslim family and he felt foolish wearing it. if I??ve understood correctly. during which they copulated with randomly selected males from nearby towns. My assignment is to be your guide in this labyrinth. in other words. The Prosecutor General usually replied that the principle of democracy was so important that it was only in an extreme emergency that he should step in and bring a charge.

The last time she tried explaining what a pig Zalachenko was. I??ve read Bj?rck??s report.nu. 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. You are going to have some painful times ahead while your body heals.?? ??Yes??? ??Well ?? er ?? good instincts. I gather. If the situation had been reversed ?C if S. She asked him to cancel a meeting she had arranged with the culture editor. (2) They have to separate the ??Salander affair?? from the ??Zalachenko affair??.?? Armansky said. part of the routine at S. You are going to have some painful times ahead while your body heals. She was feeling guilty because she had not contacted Blomkvist even once since the day she had walked into S. inducing decision-making political entities or authorities to take decisions in a certain direction.?? Jonasson frowned. said. She started by checking whether Fleming was online and at work. causing deep bruising there.

And I??m too tired to drive home.I. For the life of her. Berger told him not to bother. Sellberg. was to uncover and prevent threats to the internal security of the nation. On that point we would be in agreement.?? he said.?? ??That??s the story I??m going to publish. But that doesn??t mean he has to behave like an idiot. She was then placed with a foster family.?? ??It??s up to Salander to decide. so she could not see the front door itself. M?rtensson appeared at the corner by the Bishop??s Arms and watched Blomkvist go. It involves big beasts who are either retired now or close to retirement. The glazier offered to board up the window with plywood for the time being. He got up and went to the bathroom. goes into Blomkvist??s building with an ex-safebreaker. the computer automatically sent an alarm.

and a dark five-o??clock shadow. Or that he could. what??s going to be in the paper tomorrow??? ??Well ???? ??Well. and she might live to be a hundred.?? he said and shook hands. and they??re evacuating a ward for acutely ill and injured patients who really ought not to be moved. Hello. True. His real name is Alexander Zalachenko and he??s Lisbeth??s father. Day-to-day stuff they could and should do on their own mobiles. There was a pile of unopened post that he shoved firmly to one side. She was on all fours and being mounted from the rear. Criminal Inspector Holmberg. he??s a threat to us. whatever it said. Every time she declined in a friendly but firm way.?? ??There are quite a few girls working there nowadays.?? ??Precisely. ??I see that you milksops are too sensitive to kill her.

?? (3) The problem is that if you??re acquitted. There was no denying the disaster that had occurred. ??I??m O.?? Modig said. All except Figuerola shook their heads. She saw at once that he was not being funny.?? She smiled sweetly. and a functioning Niedermann was invincible. She got up from the bed and went to the bathroom where she looked in the mirror. Ekstr?m had also to investigate and bring charges against Lisbeth Salander. Have you got a mobile on you??? ??A what??? ??A mobile. We have an agreement with a local security company. It??s not a casual question ?C he??s concerned that you??re going to spring something that could result in repercussions ?? in the media. ??I??m so linked to Millennium that no-one will believe I didn??t have a finger in this.?? ??We??re ready.M. ??I??ve just changed into jogging things to work off a little of my surplus energy. The drawer was empty.?? Blomkvist gave him a wan smile.

She is twenty-seven years old and one metre fifty centimetres tall. (2) Neither Lundin or Sonny Nieminen has said a word about what happened at Stallarholmen.?? ??But you??re still withholding key material.S.??? ??Is Dr Jonasson on duty??? ??Aren??t you feeling well??? ??I feel fine. Blomkvist had told her once how Salander had put paid to the serial killer Martin Vanger with a golf club. Salander glanced at the digital clock on her bedside table. His murderer had shown interest also in Salander. Unfortunately. He says he absolutely won??t discuss a person who is not only innocent but who also has had her rights so severely violated. but he assumed it had something to do with the military. Salander tapped her way. and that this had then been the subject of magazine articles.?? Salander??s heart sank.M. it??s my job to do the same. Inspector Monica Figuerola. She bought a coffee in the restaurant car. 14.

?? Blomkvist looked at her. Only a woman who had killed a man in battle was allowed to give up her virginity. was founded.?? which referred to the Security Police as a whole. Plague decided to make an exceptional effort and washed the dishes.??* ??I??m not Ebbe Carlsson. Bj?rck was a sailor. It dawned on him that he had not been worried about her. and Superintendent Edklinth took on this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. managers or middle managers aged thirty-five or older. shut down its civil service desk some years ago. I don??t intend to interrogate them.I. or who he might go to for protection. sending a fax of a threatening letter that hadn??t yet reached its addressee. Guess how you can explain the price difference between Thailand and Vietnam??? ??Don??t tell me that???? ??Oh.?? ??That was fast.. It was a code that Kalle Bloody Blomkvist had been forced to work out when he got into her apartment on Fiskargatan uninvited and tripped the burglar alarm.

And Karlskrona. We??ll take care of Giannini??s and the Millennium office telephones today.?? She glanced at her watch. as you can see.?? Jonasson nodded. ??Get on to the Undersecretary of State and the head of the legal department.I. I am. 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. With all good intentions. He also recommends that Salander should be offered the best conceivable psychiatric care.M.berger@smpost. You??ll have my support if you need it. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??m thinking that Edklinth would be a little bit disturbed if he saw us right now. trying to find out what??s happening there. I??m on my way.I. if I??ve understood correctly.

She had a brace on her neck.??Friday.?? the P. possession of illegal weapons.?? Blomkvist said. that I won??t take the job if it??s illegal. Then she looked at him. Then she clocked out and went to the gym at St Eriksplan. all ready to be arrested.S.?? ??It??s all hypothetical. 4. Figuerola decided to leave her car behind and turned left in the direction of Slussen on Br?nnkyrkagatan. Three names.?? ??I understand. Someone wanted to sell her Viagra. but after everything that was in the media about her it seems a bit hard to swallow that Salander could be completely innocent. ??In the kitchen.S.

He had met Lundin at Kumla prison in the early nineties. Blomkvist gave him a succinct account. ??So what??s this all about??? he said when they had got their coffee.?? ??I??ve got you.?? Erlander rubbed the back of his neck. She would go to Borgsj?. then Zalachenko.?? Clinton sighed.G. when she was sent to the psychiatric hospital. but he was right out of his depth when it came to planning a magazine.?? ??So how do we counter that??? Borgsj? said.?? ??That??s what Blomkvist at Millennium is evidently alleging. You??ve spoken to our notorious patient. I refer to the fact that Salander hit her father with an axe. As a prosecutor I would be uneasy about the lack of unassailable evidence. please do. The source is protected. Acquitted of all charges.

??And what are you going to do??? ??I don??t know.

?? ??But while we??re going backwards and forwards with bureaucracy
?? ??But while we??re going backwards and forwards with bureaucracy.?? Salander heard footsteps in the corridor.?? ??Well. More than once Zalachenko had had to intervene when Niedermann began acting irrationally or lay curled up in terror. whore.?? he said and hung up. Inspector Figuerola was named as their chief. Paulsson finally asked how Niedermann had come to be in that ditch. We still flag Salander for monitoring whenever she turns up in any database. He drove down Hornsgatan and across to Bellmansgatan via Br?nnkyrkagatan. Considering the media attention. That was a crime. Whoever it was had known that she had hurt her foot. He alone controlled Zalachenko. Blomkvist could not be absolutely sure. She had not lost her photographic memory. She had no idea where she was. You all know that. and then answered as best he could.

V. Most of all she wanted to take him to a hole in the ground in Gosseberga and bury him.?? It was not until after 10. The secret we both protected during my administration is now the subject of some very serious questions. Take a break. In real life he was a severely overweight and socially challenged thirty-year-old living on disability benefit in Sundbyberg.?? ??O. And one last question. right next to the gate to the Maria lift.?? Figuerola said. Let??s end this right here and now. part of the routine at S. ??No. Zalachenko. means invading your privacy ?C preferably with your approval. Malm wanted to know what had happened in Gosseberga. Malm put down the printout of his article. The prosecutor has also pushed through a prohibition of disclosure for her lawyer. and because she probably thought you had your hands full with the Salander story.

She had some general conversations with Salander and hinted at the outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had planned. writing his own programs and planting insidious tendrils on the Internet. Or that he could. where everyone was surprised to see him up so early. This was the ninth anonymous message she had received containing the word ??whore.?? Eriksson burst out laughing. have already done me in. My job is to produce a good newspaper. What you are doing is therefore an official public report. and damn near destroy him with two blows of an axe. Why Aftonbladet? The address was another fake. We??ll take care of Giannini??s and the Millennium office telephones today.?? He thought for a second and then asked one more question. Even though it did not offer any answers to his immediate questions. On more than one occasion Edklinth and Figuerola considered bringing M?rtensson in for questioning. He listened at the door.?? ??First name??? ??Fredrik.?? Blomkvist gave him a wan smile. on the murderer.

Whatever happens.?? ??Margareta called me with the proposal at 11. She was home by 9. That part of the story focused on the deaths of Svensson and Johansson ?C what they were working on. Then she saw Cortez putting on his corduroy jacket. Andersson??s expression was neutral.?? ??What should we do??? Jervas thought for a moment. and which might provide some protection if he ended up in political hot water. which she sprayed in Lundin??s face.?? ??Sure. and [PrelimInv/Niedermann]. but he lost sight him on L?ngholmsgatan. It was a question only of how the case was presented. ??Believe it or not. I??m worried there might be swelling or bleeding in the brain. who is considered the queen of investigative journalism. ??You??re right.?? ??Indeed. Her heart sank again.

but when she got to the corner. SixOfOne had once claimed that he was a black. and in fact he??s already on his way. ??Our number one objective is to discover if she has any information as to where Ronald Niedermann might be. He had no difficulty with the work. a folder on the kitchen table. ??They??ve been making toilets there for at least ten years. M?rtensson went back to his car on Tavastgatan. If I understand the matter correctly. since this afternoon. I??ve never understood why I??m attracted to one woman and totally uninterested in another. this isn??t about you and Micke. ??I thought we could have a few words first. you listen here???? ??Imbecile.?? ??I was afraid of that. A locksmith with a criminal record who??s probably being paid to open your door. and a taxi driver. An operation of that type could never have been kept secret if it were politically motivated. She felt uneasy.

then dialled the number of Hans-?ke Waltari. she was put in a children??s psychiatric clinic in Uppsala. where Clinton rose slowly from the sofa.?? He looked at her and mumbled something. Is there anything you want us to do??? ??No. What actually convinced her to decide to play the game Blomkvist??s way was her desire for revenge.P. not hers. I??ve read your file from S?po. But Malm had not participated in any parade ?C apart from Gay Pride ?C in at least ten years. But no amount of speculating could change the fact that the crime scene investigation offered no grain of support to the theory that a third party had helped Bj?rck on his way. and throw a brick through the window. blue in the face. M?rtensson??s C.?? ??If we have to arrange full bodyguard protection. Wadensj??. Jerker.?? Malm said. The inevitable media storm could lead only to one thing.

??Peter. S.?? The fourth visitor of the day arrived at 11. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue.?? ??Could it be that Blomkvist made some of it up??? Nystr?m laughed. ??I??d like to examine you for a moment.?? Figuerola said. She met his gaze. So simple. Teleborian had offered concrete. He??s going to get away again.?? ??If you had been the prosecutor. ??Are you livid??? ??Insanely. She had knickers. Their burek is fantastic. She looked as if she had been beaten to death. But I understand making newspapers. She could give a good description of the woman. Salander had a canister of Mace.

Then their colleague Dag Svensson was murdered. A total of twelve.M. Arresting him would reveal the existence of the investigation.-savvy. Since your apartment and mobile seem to be bugged and we have reason to be discreet. He saw an unusually tall and muscular woman looking back at him with a polite. He booked in for the night for 800 kronor and went straight to his room and undressed.?? ??Please tell me how I??m doing. and then Carl Bildt. ??I??m going to???? ??You??re not going to do anything at all. In that case. and we all have to adapt to them. He had never touched her. Thanks. It??s about terrorism. ??We??ll have to postpone the meeting a bit longer. Well. Personal Protection had the smallest budget of any unit in the Security Police.

nothing else matters. without his father there to guide him. The message consisted of a single line: Caf?? Madeleine. we changed your bedroom door today. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko. ??Bjurman had a tattoo across his belly which read I am a sadistic pig. Salander was unlawfully committed in 1991 and Ekstr?m knows it. She took another pace forward. At a critical stage of the investigation they needed to know how the person in question might react if subjected to a great deal of stress. ??we??re sitting here with P. of course. When he had worked for seven straight hours.?? ??Armansky??s detailed her to keep an eye on what goes on around my apartment. the lunchtime memo. Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277. She took a photograph with the mobile that she knew would be only 72 dpi ?C low quality. Berger had not even known of his existence. and squeezed the trigger. cleared her desk.

Once he had understood how the telephone network functioned and realized how hopelessly antiquated it was. we??re going to install surveillance cameras. In those days she was spending two hours a day pumping iron.?? ??Have you???? ??No. But I need to have a few words with him.?? he explained. ??Why haven??t we heard anything about this??? ??Blomkvist put it like this: there??s only one right time to publish a story. there was a possibility that the Section would be subjected to official scrutiny. The Security Police was an institution in Sweden that all parties (well. This was where the cleaning supplies were kept. where I work. He had then returned to his home town of Laholm and done some work from there.?? ??Could you explain your relationship to Niedermann??? ??I??m disabled. I think you ought to see a doctor. It was several years since he had slept through a whole night.G. At morning rounds. Assistant County Police Chief Carina Sp?ngberg tapped her pen against her glass of water and asked for quiet. He had read Jan Guillou??s books.

reading books.?? ??I can well imagine.S.?? ??What are you suggesting??? ??I??m only asking you to let me know if you discover that Salander is being subjected to another miscarriage of justice.?? Figuerola said. Absentmindedly she read his email.M.?? Salander gave Jonasson a lopsided smile. Hallberg is in charge of training. ??Gullberg has cancer of the stomach. He tried to reconcile the picture that Teleborian was painting with his own image of Salander. a refugee from Iraq.?? Cortez said. I became a police officer because I thought. and I can do that only by changing the organization and the work routines. or Handy Harrys. 9. Unfortunately I won??t now be able to discharge you for at least two more weeks. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know.

I was stronger than he was and he couldn??t bear it. the exhaustion of the day made him reckless. And he put his car keys on top of the wallet. ??How??s the headache??? ??I feel it now and then. the leader of the preliminary investigation.?? Berger smiled.?? ??I didn??t know that.?? ??You don??t have to break any law. He explained step by step how she had been targeted by a gang of Cold-Warmongers at S. there was a confrontation between the government security forces and her Milton bodyguards. She could see the building on the other side of the car park. When she was alone she gathered her strength.-savvy.?? the P.?? ??I asked if you understood.?? Berger said in a dry voice. She saw a reporter and a photographer heading for the lift. the better to represent you. ??Do you have the address??? Blomkvist nodded.

round man in his fifties with grey hair. Paolo Roberto has identified him as the man who drove the van. and those responsible must be held accountable. that. Keep me posted by mobile. His injuries seem to be similar to those of a car crash victim ?C it??s hardly credible that anyone could do such damage with his bare hands: a broken leg. he??s going to survive and he??s been up walking around on crutches. let alone that he was the focus of intense speculation both at S?po and Millennium. We deal more with computer hacking and electronic surveillance and such like.M.P.?? ??Not necessarily. ??The government cannot interfere in an ongoing prosecution case. She saw at once that he was not being funny.?? He stopped and looked at the clock. he picked up the telephone to call Berger and update her. had not known anything either.M. Only when that has happened can she begin to confront her legal problems.

??Do you have the address??? Blomkvist nodded. but strangely enough (despite your personality). Figuerola sat motionless for thirty seconds.?? ??What is it??? ??Out here. a hand-picked state secretary. But after what happened today I??m more than ever persuaded that you were the ideal choice. The Prime Minister certainly looked uneasy now. But Trinity and Bob the Dog devoted the best part of a week to identifying and separating out Ekstr?m??s mobile from the background noise of about 200. She pulled out her mobile and pretended to be talking. And so is Lottie. She had heard him offering his I.?? Teleborian said. and the rest of them were somehow excluded. Within the Section this was no obstacle. and he was looking forward to that assignment. 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.?? ??Maybe so.?? he said. she was a person who stubbornly kept her distance from those around her and showed no emotion at all.

which builds houses less expensively than anyone else by buying the materials themselves. 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. Then. beforehand that is.?? Jonasson sat for a while. if I came after 9. She wondered how she would have reacted if someone had broken into her place and stolen the D. Each mobile has its own unique signature ?C a fingerprint ?C in the form of the telephone number.?? ??Micke ?? I??m so sorry. There were not many ways it could have come about. Or that he could. I had no idea that he worked for S?po. which was understandable enough from the point of view of a budget chief and a C. Benny was nowhere to be seen. said. That was how she felt about Fermat. a professional board member.?? ??I??m not suggesting that they should lose money. Then I visited her about a week ago.

Then it??s a medical matter. at which time the Soviet Union was heading for collapse and Zalachenko had ceased to be a priority. ??Teleborian is a really. had been cheated out of a patent by a hot dot. But then she took him too. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were. ??But our supposition is that Bjurman assaulted Salander and that she struck back and did that ???? He pointed at the tattoo in the autopsy photograph.?? ??Understood.?? ??This will be our only meeting here. He was given asylum and began to work for S?po. She had read Blomkvist??s articles and brooded over what he had to say. She knew the text by heart already. Blomkvist got out his anonymous mobile and called Daniel Olsson.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight.00 p. ??Salander.?? he said.R. Blomkvist went straight to the dining car and ordered more coffee and sandwiches.

He looked around.?? Jonasson looked so sceptical that Blomkvist had to laugh. I have special knowledge of the subject that no-one else at S. but the doctors don??t give him more than a few weeks. ??Do you understand me? Yes or no??? ??I heard what you said. ??Would you be angry with me if I asked you a personal question? I want to ask you as a private individual. He thought of them as the Inner Circle. ??Right. he has to be treated as a madman. ??His behaviour was a bit odd and a little too eager. Could we isolate them somehow??? ??There??s a fifth officer involved. and opened the folder of notes from her last conversation with Salander. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. What bothered her was that something had happened at the office.?? Sandberg said. There were stalkers who travelled from Germany or Italy to follow a 21-year-old lead singer in a pop band from gig to gig.?? ??What do you have in mind??? Wadensj?? said.?? ??Peter.?? ??The Bodin who??s in Sahlgrenska with an axe in his skull??? ??The axe isn??t still in his head.

correct??? Blomkvist nodded.I. She might develop epilepsy. he already had enough material to set off a landslide of headlines. on Monday Blomkvist closed the lid on his iBook and got up from the kitchen table in his apartment on Bellmansgatan. and by now rather stout. But I can see to it that you get a nicotine patch or some gum. but the chairman of the board was intently studying Berger??s nine-point program. ??Mumbo jumbo. The unknown quantity. was but she seldom chatted. or to interviews with some old.B Import. are you still there??? ??Sorry. ??Stop. We have more serious issues to discuss. There aren??t many people who are as stubborn as Mikael about not being available when you need him. ??Dr Jonasson??? He turned towards her. the Ministry of Defence and Scotland Yard.

?? Blomkvist found Berger sound asleep on the sofa-bed in her office. And they are most unpleasant. There were still some holes that he would have to fill. the Lock and Key Service. and I??ve found out the truth about what happened to her. ??This can all be solved quite simply. The problem with him was that he persistently ignored the decisions Berger made. Even if you meet us in the driveway and say it was a mistake.00 a. He takes divide-and-rule as his job description. She took another pace forward. and the room was at the end of an L-shaped corridor.?? ??I understand. written in self-defence by a severely criticized S?po chief who was eventually fired. anarchist. ??And how did you know that this meeting was going to take place??? ??I have to protect my source. I looked up the tenants. Blomkvist had no reason to believe that she had anything to do with the Zalachenko club.?? ??And what are you going to do??? ??I don??t know.

Adam Security in Fisks?tra. I??m all ears. I??m a police officer myself. now Swedish ambassador in the Hague.

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but not a paranoid sociopath.?? ??Amazing. On one occasion when I still had my mouth taped shut. Gullberg looked up to see a smartly dressed man of about sixty and a younger man in jeans and a tweed jacket. apparently with a serious wound to the face.?? Ellis said. a hand-picked state secretary.?? Andersson said. He looked somehow familiar. but he did not answer.?? She wondered if he were pulling her leg. That was the part she had spent the most time on. quite firmly.?? ??Yes ???? ??Look at the man on the left behind Danielsson. I won??t take it to S. claimed that he sexually harassed her. An article she had rejected in the afternoon would appear in the newspaper sometime after she had gone home. I want to check a few things. What I??d like to know is when you mean to publish your article. Malin. has eaten into a great many old consolidated assets. Lisbeth is an extraordinary person. she knew.

frankly.?? Jonasson said when the call was finally answered.I. He made sure he had left clear fingerprints on each sheet. Ekstr?m met with Dr Peter Teleborian and my former colleague Criminal Inspector Faste. It??s a typical pre-emptive retaliation to undermine potential complaints from Blomkvist.S. but he was also known for winning his cases. The list was made up largely of the better-known reporters. Then her eyes fell on a nurses?? table by the wall three metres from her bed. He had at first worked in the field in the Personal Protection Unit. She created a new folder called [MediaFool] and saved both messages. Eriksson and Malm. Anybody who could keep up surveillance inside the bustling N. ??Police headquarters at 5. She was incredibly lucky.?? she said at last.00. At first she said no. ??I??ll make sure you get some painkillers in a minute. Then the two old agents embraced.S. She heard a movement and turned to see Salander just starting to clamber out of bed again.

??So you??re sure that he came to the door of this room??? ??I heard him trying to push down the door handle. You know him. This arrangement involves cooperation. ??Thanks for the coffee. Jonasson sat for a while. or maybe even Stockholm. but it turned into a wearisome sort of arm-wrestling contest. An hour passed before it dawned on Paulsson that Torstensson and Ingemarsson had not yet returned from their mission to retrieve Niedermann. unvarnished truth about her life in a cracklingly terse autobiography of forty pages. ??Can I buy you breakfast??? ??Can one get pancakes and jam anywhere round here??? ??Waffles.I. polite. he did a brief examination of her. So she can??t tell me what the two of you discuss. made it impossible for her to relax.?? ??And you were the one who operated to remove the bullet??? ??That??s right. ??You??ll pull through.?? Giannini understood Dr Jonasson??s reasoning.?? ??So. You won??t.?? ??This is all temporary. year after year.com>.

Ghidi opened the door.?? ??So you??ve discovered Salander??s hideout??? Modig said. You will choose the assistants you require. For the Section. She sat in silence for two minutes. That was one of the things he liked best about his office. Do some more checks on Bellona. The rear is screened by your hedge. I have to tell you too that I will receive advice and support during any trial from your former guardian.?? ??Kurdo said you wanted to hire me for a job.?? ??I didn??t think you were or you wouldn??t have slept here last night. She sounded surprised. and even suggestions that the operation was altogether unnecessary. When he had finished he made some observations. where Dr Jonasson received him and immediately initiated a battery of measures to maintain his vital functions. His voice took on a confidential tone.?? Nieminen was in a vile mood when he left the cells at S?dert?lje police station. Run!?? Giannini watched as the two nurses took cover in the room next to Salander??s. Which indeed you quite often did. But before that there are one or two things we ought to discuss.?? ??But those journals contain mostly scholarly papers and pure research. She twisted her arms and stretched her left shoulder back and forth. but he did not want to seem very unclever by asking questions.

??Congrats. Annika won??t be able to go out and do a media campaign in the same way that the prosecution can (and does). But the serial number shows that the pistol was stolen four years ago in the robbery of a gun shop in ?rebro. ??I??m sorry. O. He made plain that the investigation was being carried out at the express order of the Prime Minister. He always felt a bit bemused when he went into the apartment: twenty-one rooms. But I??ve understood that you??re driven by several factors. He asked if he would be able to visit her. Berger had already decided that she would be able to depend on Fredriksson??s insights when she took command of the ship.?? ??Which means???? ??First of all.G. he would have regained his strength. but he stopped himself. They spoke in low voices for a few minutes before Gullberg stood up. that is. The question was: what was he going to do in the future? In August he learned that his two brothers had been arrested. fifteen years before when he had burned like a torch in his car. nobody can. ??Spare me the lectures.?? Figuerola said. She picked up the telephone and called Holm.?? ??And in this instance Blomkvist is quite correct.

??s G?ransson.?? Jonasson unlocked the door and ushered the visitor in. ??Bullshit. She followed her past the Hilton on S?dermalmstorg and past the Stadsmuseum at Slussen. We??ll try to isolate them in a lengthy investigation. but rather indicated that the conspiracy that had tried to eliminate Salander fifteen years earlier was not a thing of the past. Salander glanced at the digital clock on her bedside table. looking out of the window.?? ??What is it??? ??Out here.?? ??So the rumours might be true after all. all known to each other.?? He rubbed his chest. But what do we do if a threat to the constitution comes from within our own organization??? For the next half hour he told her what Armansky had told him the night before.. ??He??s taking the back roads. contacted the G?teborg police just two hours after the murder and gave them information about Gullberg??s threatening letters. Would Milton Security be willing to contribute??? ??That girl is going to need a damned good criminal lawyer. a black leather jacket and running shoes. the loose cannon who quarrelled with P. If she had been charged with the murders of Dag and Mia. who is being held for the attempted murder of her father. It was supposed to be left on for a few more days until the wound in her head began to heal. Then we??ll need to hire a new employee.

I slept here alone last night. ??I imagine we??ll have to book appointments with each other. she very steadily raised her Nikon with its 300mm telephoto lens and took two pictures. my superior. And things similar. But he never regained consciousness and died after nine days in intensive care. Berger glanced at him and saw that he was just as tired as she was. ??Mikael ?? this is a murder investigation. But Salander??s being isolated presented one other acute problem. Leaving the restaurant she had stuffed it into her pocket instead of putting it back in her briefcase.M. I??ve met him several times. but there are strong indications that he did indeed attempt to kill her. of whom two were administrative secretaries of the old school and the remainder were professional spy hunters. He was without doubt a most competent news editor. He drove down Hornsgatan and across to Bellmansgatan via Br?nnkyrkagatan. How hard is it to hack into my email? Salander can do it in five minutes. had begun his criminal career stealing cars at seventeen.?? Mikael Blomkvist looked up at the clock and saw that it was just after 3. Day-to-day stuff they could and should do on their own mobiles. she felt a sharp pain in her foot. I asked if she wanted something to read. A whole bunch of experienced professionals who know how to do their jobs.

?? ??I see. slept in her bed.M. are cutting into our ad. She had failed. but she could sense Blomkvist looking at her as he passed.?? ??That??s quite possible.10 this morning. she easily decoded the correspondence. I??m going to remove him as news editor. It was the same hotel Blomkvist had spent the night in several days before. How do you like being editor-inchief??? ??It??s not exactly Millennium. After a moment he nodded.?? ??Credibility? That??s a peculiar question. but use your good judgement.?? ??I was following M?rtensson. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being. almost all) agreed had an indispensable value.?? he said at last. Blomkvist had apparently reached the point in his story at which Paulsson had decided to ignore everything else he might say. and to make matters worse. That meant they had been dead maybe twenty-four hours.?? ??You don??t quite understand the hard economic facts.

She sat on the edge of her bed. Zalachenko was technically an immigrant. but that talent is completely worthless if you forget your job description.K. Gullberg took a taxi to City Hotel on Lorensbergsgatan. She had to put names and social security numbers to these people. no.I. and throw a brick through the window. He had given them a clear description of her injuries and the bullet wound in her head. ??Evert Gullberg. we can agree on what the consequences would be if Zalachenko talked. have you got anything new??? ??Nothing I haven??t already told you on the phone. Jonas Sandberg had entered a building that was only a block away from the apartment the Prime Minister had borrowed for their private meeting. peeling off a large part of the flesh on the right side of his face and tugging at his eye socket.?? Modig held up a photograph of Bj?rck??s distorted face.?? Berger got up and went to the door. Then she nodded slowly. She arranged for Magnusson to talk to Morander??s family so that the widow could come herself when it was convenient. And after a while she had completely lost interest in her shower and pulled him back to bed. She had brought a book with her. But what do we do if a threat to the constitution comes from within our own organization??? For the next half hour he told her what Armansky had told him the night before. You all know our deadlines.

and then would always break it. A summer romance? A love affair? Was she in love? She went to the bathroom and washed her face and brushed her teeth.?? ??Why? I mean.?? Nystr?m said. It is of the utmost importance that answers are provided to certain questions that must be answered.S.?? but she had spent two hours with Linder at the kitchen table. (2) They have to separate the ??Salander affair?? from the ??Zalachenko affair??. She reached for the telephone to call him. Her heart skipped a beat. She says that the murderer was a man in his seventies. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres.?? Wadensj?? said.?? ??Not a problem. She was in a bad way.?? ??They always said that he was being handled in the customary way and that the information he provided was being processed through the appropriate channels. She raised her right hand and felt her head. he called Berger himself. ??I haven??t got my bearings yet. there did not seem to be any intelligible basic overview of the activities of the Swedish secret police over the years.?? ??Tell me. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment. where she had written: She had spent several weeks in the Caribbean last winter working herself into a frenzy over Fermat??s theorem.

As we know. Have you eaten??? ??A while ago. And you??re better than I am at what you do. but that was no longer possible. both died on the same day. he must have chosen a simple password.?? ??I see. ??that until yesterday afternoon we had never heard of either Zalachenko or Niedermann.I. During the night the fever subsided; she was almost back down to normal and I thought the episode had passed.?? Blomkvist nodded. Our opponents ?C who include several high-powered figures and certain psychiatrists ?C are of course also preparing for the trial together with Prosecutor Ekstr?m. ??We??re really putting Erika on the spot. For the construction industry it??s the opposite. Then he went to the hotel lobby and called Clinton??s mobile from the public telephone. It should have been obvious that everything was not going well. and it??ll take me at least half an hour to put on my face. Do you know what this means? It means that S.?? ??Holm is not best pleased???? ??I??m not best pleased with Holm.?? Edklinth said. I??ll show you how it works in a minute. His job was to save his patient??s life.I.

?? ??Good God. When he was faced with the prospect of deportation. everything related to the Zalachenko case is Top Secret. The girl they??ve been hunting for the past few weeks. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. There was something in one of the pockets. Blomkvist could contact Figuerola if he needed to be in touch with S. Later that day the forensic team found the lamp hook. have any influence in editorial matters. I would hesitate to confine myself to an exact diagnosis. The police in S?dert?lje have found two graves in the place that??s owned by Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club.?? Erlander said with an audible sigh. even when the Prime Minister appointed a special investigator who.?? the P. On the other hand. Zalachenko. After a minute she turned her head and became aware that she had a neck brace. showered. He had Blomkvist brought into the kitchen. and he??s an ace. Tell him that I have copies of ?? everything. She had nineteen new messages. he called Berger himself.

??How did you know who Inspector Figuerola was??? Edklinth said. chief talked us into it. She has to be committed to a mental institution for life. and he did not know whether he dared to put a bandage on it or not. and together we would have decided what to do. Could I see them??? Berger set up her laptop on the kitchen table. and turned down the volume so that he would not have to hear it. and about evaluating the political suitability of individuals in sensitive positions. Can you hear me??? ??Mmm. But he??s going to go to prison for the murder of Officer Ingemarsson. should also be informed. In came Jonasson.P.C. ??But she doesn??t have to reach the phone. he could do the same. He had kept his mouth shut through the entire series of police interrogations.. There has been almost no limit to the fantasies that have been circulated about her.T. testing his sense of balance. He was no longer a demon riding on her shoulder. and with that role came responsibility for the budget.

?? Janeryd said at last. it??s Malin. You have only to do the first check. Edklinth can decide for himself what he can share with you within the framework of his assignment.?? Giannini was suddenly hesitant.?? ??So I do need to visit her to do a first-hand evaluation of her condition. Bear in mind that he had no clue she was Zalachenko??s daughter. He walked slowly through the station. and throw a brick through the window. Have you eaten??? ??It??s 8. She tried to open her eyes. are wrong. unplugged her mobile from the charger. Henry. came out to look at the damage. ??Teleborian has a link to a person I know only as Jonas. Transfers of that kind had to be approved by the chief of Secretariat. But apparently he had a habit of sending crazy and threatening letters to people in government. I understand that you don??t have many reasons to trust anyone who comes from S. One nurse had merely said in a neutral tone that her condition was stable. These were still in the early stages and there would need to be another hundred pages of detailed work before they were ready to go to trial. And it was inexpensive. He remembered him as thin with a narrow moustache.

?? ??And what did you tell her??? ??I said that someone had faked your address and is obviously harassing her. In that case. and he perfectly understood that this was. ??I doubt that. I am personally very upset over what happened to her. I actually met him a couple of times. I???? She interrupted him. He drank a glass of mineral water. but she knew he had broken completely with people who had previously been close friends because they had done something that he regarded as beyond the pale. The tape kept bacteria out and the blood in. Whether they??re right or wrong. then she signalled yes. while the Security Police took care of the criminal investigation and paid the bill.?? ??I??m not interrupting anything??? ??No. Her office is empty. Danielsson.?? ??Exactly. Most of all she wanted to crawl back into bed and take a month??s holiday. ??Hi. A nationwide alert had gone out for a man in his mid-thirties. Finally he lit upon the obvious solution. and I??m afraid she??s going to get the same medicine when the trial begins. but instead of going out on to the street he turned left and went through the basement.

But the rest is guesswork. ??You don??t understand. can you help me out??? ??I spent the evening in the company of good friends. He filled half the page before he stopped and tore the sheet off the pad. 1988); S?po Chief 1962?C1970 by P. She sat still for a moment and looked at him. she continued down the hill and turned right at the corner of Pryssgr?nd.?? Holmberg said.?? Blomkvist explained how F?lldin had reacted to the information about Zalachenko and how he had travelled to the Hague to interview Janeryd. but it wouldn??t take much for us to be regarded as a second-class paper. In September 1964. Wittfelt on the fourth floor.?? ??A picture? I??m in your debt. the Ministry of Defence and Scotland Yard. such as the Prime Minister himself. and carried him to the stool.?? ??Who??? ??I don??t think he??s involved in the case.?? ??We??ll see how it goes. But they decided to wait. because Gullberg had made specific death threats against Karl Axel Bodin. According to my source. She radiated a cheerful confidence. ??We??re putting out a newspaper.

and we??ll raise any awkward problems at the editorial meetings. It had been parked outside her building since March. where everyone was surprised to see him up so early. Danielsson. She knew her brother.O. Blomkvist was thinking. I want to know who goes in and who comes out. The board especially.S. looking down at the girl. ??When Lisbeth was twelve. All of a sudden she did not have the slightest desire to meet Blomkvist??s sister and regretted that she had accepted this woman as her lawyer.?? ??Correct.00 in the morning. I??m sure you??re going to be a journalist when you grow up. The result was a graph. personnel. Lisbeth??? Go away.?? It took ten minutes for Giannini to give him her account. The folder from Bjurman??s summer cabin with Bj?rck??s report was taken. ??His behaviour was a bit odd and a little too eager. Jonasson sat for a while.

?? Dr Endrin said. He was not going to make it.?? he said. If possible. Status report??? ??Rather unsettled. stretches and sit-ups on the recommendation of her physiotherapist. ??Maybe we???? ??What if we???? Edklinth and Figuerola had started talking at the same time before falling silent. and some very senior officers began to wonder whether the Section was not run by paranoid conspiracy theorists. and that there was good reason to offer him a false identity and anonymity. Figuerola most definitely had no right to invite him here on her own authority. Hans Wilhelm Francke. spear. He feels no pain. could you get into his computer and see whether he finished it? Even if it??s not quite rounded out. the king or the commander-in-chief would very swiftly come under observation by the Constitutional Protection Unit.?? ??And since she went into your building I assume that Milton has put in some sort of hidden surveillance of your flat. a man she knew and had worked for during her short time in that department. Salander??s clothes were cut away. Which part of these instructions do you not understand??? ??All the articles that are planned or in production are on the daily memo on our intranet. It??s possible that when this conversation is over.00 she logged on to Hacker Republic and uploaded the list to Plague. M?rtensson reports that Blomkvist is still at the office.?? Wadensj?? looked so startled that Gullberg quickly explained that he was joking.

but he wasn??t. you??re going to be celebrated as the dumbest policeman in Sweden on every newspaper billboard in the country. Fire the Swedish workers and close the factories here. It took him forty-five seconds. Metro and Stockholm City. Then he burst out laughing. assistant editor of the front page who had worked on the paper for thirty-five years. He had then returned to his home town of Laholm and done some work from there. Returning to his office he discovered a man in a dark suit leaning against the wall outside his door. it could also be classified as murder. Slip wrote. Edklinth walked into police headquarters at 7. When she went into Slussen tunnelbana Figuerola picked up her pace. ??Forceps.?? Blomkvist laughed. He was better at planning operations than I.?? ??But I have to remind you right from the start that I??m not a criminal lawyer. He did not have anything against the existence of S?po. He lives out in Sm?dalar?. hardly anyone socialized with each other in their free time. The file was stamped Top Secret. on the contrary. Her father.

He bought the G?teborgs-Posten. It had happened at the same time that both Blomkvist and Giannini were robbed of the document that was the cornerstone in the burden of proof. She did not want to draw attention to herself by leaving so soon after his unidentified companion. Yet Gullberg??s injuries were considerably more serious than those that Salander had sustained. So.?? Eriksson said. I got in at the same time he did.?? ??It??s called the Hilton now. If you have to work. and he had not yet acted on what had to be a treasure trove of opportunities. ??We??re working on an analysis here in C. uncontested decision in a district court. ??Yes. And this is the document that proves me right. Three of them were called [PrelimInv/Salander]. Pred. but ???? ??Yes??? ??This young prostitute who was murdered in S?dert?lje ?? her name is Irina Petrova. weighing her chances. ??He has almost a 24-hour head start now. abandoned by everyone. She thought. ??I think you??re right. At G?teborg Central Station he tracked down a photocopier and made copies of the letters.

They didn??t find anything.?? said Bublanski. Since then she has been allowed to drift aimlessly. The story was under control. Edklinth is as straight as a die. he??s turned up Drottninggatan heading north.B. ??I was the one who woke you after surgery. It takes more than that to do in Erika Berger. V. Salander was lying on her back on the floor when Nurse Marianne came in. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo.G. Not tonight. and he did not ask any questions. He turned left on to Tavastgatan at the Bishop??s Arms pub and parked at the corner. She could not see the blue overalls. whose task it was to handle the most sensitive of the sensitive. He arranged for Bjurman to be hired by a well-regarded law firm. but no name was given. Someone who was trying to cover Zalachenko??s tracks. at least. from top to bottom.

and in the best case he had only a few months left. But not at 7. All the owners live abroad. But first he had to get a grip on the chaos that Svavelsj? M. but he could not remember his name ?C some sort of foreign name ?C but Adamsson did not feel the need to check his I. But there??s something else I need to tell you. Then he cut away the bandage that the emergency team had wrapped round her skull.000 kronor in Sweden. the prosecutor here in G?teborg will contact Advokat Giannini. I??m clearing my desk tonight. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net. cutting prices is the constant challenge.m.?? ??Thank you for your trust in me. It had always been this way on his other visits to Black/White Publishing. but since I had already filed a report. and around two kilos of explosives. ??If his plan was to go to Germany ?? Why would he drive to Stockholm? Shouldn??t he have made for Malm? and the bridge to Copenhagen. Lundin had been shot in the foot and then the police showed up. Hmm. he might have only himself to rely on.?? Gullberg looked at Sandberg with blank astonishment. I??ve been deliberately keeping quiet about my decision for weeks now.

semidetached house.K.K. were located. ??That was a serious mistake. and in this case it??s regrettable since it shouldn??t be necessary. registering how exhausted she felt. It meant that the creation of the Section appeared to be just another routine matter. He??s acting on orders from the government. I don??t think so. She probably went in to collect the film. the price would be in the order of 390 kronor. ever since Giannini had stormed out and slammed the door behind her. and if that were to happen a number of operations put in place across Europe over the past fifteen years might have to be dismantled. I??m probably not looking for a steady boyfriend either. The closest car will come from Adam Security in Fisks?tra. I??m all ears. I??m a police officer myself. now Swedish ambassador in the Hague.

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it??ll be you. So persistently did it twitch upward inch by inch that it seemed to believe all its needs could be satisfied and all its injuries healed by some power at the summit. He had spent enough money on the collection to purchase the entire nation of Tuvalu. maybe something. slamming the door.Otherwise.??Is that advisable language for a wise and clever person??? Ethan asked. with two connecting [90] hallways. or by Mr. Anybody with that many kills isn??t the kind to taunt his victims first with freaky gifts in-black boxes. He had wanted to withdraw. ??These geeks are always coming around selling Jesus. you can??t.??With me it??s ice cream.Jose Ramirez said. It??d be useful to know.????Maybe so. eliciting from her a flush of erotic interest and a nervous laugh. no matter what we might wish to be. ??She lit a candle in your name. He rocked back in the chair and gaped at the gush of blood. where both the service staff and the customers enjoyed the fantasy that any guy or gal ferrying plates of overpriced swordfish from kitchen to table during the Tuesday dinner shift might be offered.

Exposure to the elements promoted a handsome mottled-green patina on exterior surfaces. But there??s this . there were competing theories.He had nothing against the furniture and artworks of distant times. Reynerd had been mistaken about the purpose of the caller.He ached for lightning. I remember hearing about that. his hair. and motion foils the law. hundreds. The buttery-yellow glow struck iridescent colors from the border of mother-of-pearl inlays. In the central rotunda.Two dozen roses found on a grave would not be admitted as evidence in a court of law. an official chain of custody for the cadaver had to be maintained.Reynerd closed the door and started toward the front of the car.On the chinoiserie desk stood a bronze lamp with an alabaster shade.When he rapped on Keesner??s box. Yuch. fresh. occurring in the same morning. who had been born with a compulsive need to know the truth. and dread.

Full toxicological results wouldn??t be ready until Wednesday afternoon. So don??t jive me.Both bags were open. he stooped to retrieve the device. dog to dog to mailbox. expressing a sincere desire to cooperate.Left at the threshold. Jimmy Stewart. the guards unwrapped it. The black box in which the apple had been packed also stood on the desk.More than two-thirds of the collection had come with the house.At 8:35 this morning. he seldom bothered to strap on his piece.Dripping. the staff didn??t have an opportunity to notice him. read it. the woman waited.Trailers of bougainvillea lashed the air. and villainous SS officers in black uniforms herding Jews into the boxcars of a third train stopped at a station.Also on the floor lay the silver picture frame missing from the desk in the study. He liked knowing things. Truman.

Fric pushed two transformer switches to kill power to the trains.Lunatics.Set in the wall.Fric wondered if all that effort and expense was worthwhile. and a television set. like a free Xbox from Microsoft and a lifetime pass to Disneyland. his eyes weren??t entirely familiar to him. something about Ethan Truman was so right. a bedroom. and they don??t make anything together. assuming I heard anything at all. each a different size. never in words. We??ve got a foolproof system.He recognized the effective limits of anarchic rage. McBee served in loco parentis. What I think is he works with stiffs. didn??t linger here. Ethan was surprised that he had managed to sound entirely normal. Moonves could get firearm registrations for you. Corky had stolen one pound. Rolf Reynerd was grinning.

[91] He could break heads when he needed to break them.Of the two of them.When he saw that the patient??s chart was missing.Only the north wall of the estate abutted public property. In the storm gloom. McBee???The boy nodded. in case I??ve been drugged without my knowledge. drove him across the hallway.He did not dance..In an earthquake. ??Thanks.Stopping beside the sofa. rails. to report that he??d be out most of the day. two black ceramic sinks were served by brushed-gold spouts and faucets.?? the boy said in a tone of worldly wisdom.If the first Ferrari had been a figment of a dream. Joe had held down a second job as a night janitor. They rattled off the paint work and surely marred it. Fric left the dirty Nazis to their evil schemes. brought them together otherwise.

????Yeah. The device squirted between his suddenly sweaty fingers and rattled farther across the floor.Indicating the black-and-white movie on the TV.Now on the bathroom floor lay two rumpled. terribly. Hazard returned them to Ethan and again addressed the seafood tagine with gusto. Rolf had been unable to resist the temptation to deliver the sixth box in person. quicker than Ethan??s hand. and obviously proud about having kept all his hair.The entire estate staff.????Then eat the evidence.A faint unpleasant odor lingered in the elevator from a recent passenger. ??Six dozen?????I like cookies. Doctors would poke him and prod him. A clockwork mechanism in his heart and soul. Now he moves from threats to action. He didn??t hate anyone. frequented the hottest nightclubs with young actresses who had a taste for Dom Perignon.The apple man answered the bell almost at once. the objects had revealed no telltale luminous whorls. considering the vile nature of humanity.Giant drooping cedars mourned with the weeping day.

No one rented here on a welfare check.Large trees would not be affected by the quantities that Corky could scatter.Because he preferred not to draw the attention of a neighbor and didn??t want to facilitate any exit but his own. four inches above the floor. he heard that Dunny had returned to the Church. too. his wardrobe required only a quarter of the closet. He put the droopy yellow rain hat on the front passenger??s seat. Several packages of peanut-butter-and-cracker sandwiches. they don??t. which opened a door.Ethan said. couldn??t think. A red gift bow. Some would throw it away or give it away. and dealing drugs. under the eye. ??cept when I??m overseeing a dispatch. .Mr.Of course he wasn??t a cop anymore.Reynerd sat with his hands palms-down on his thighs.

and that their character arcs were too complex to be portrayed in ninety-eight minutes. Mrs.?? Reynerd replied. of the need to stay sufficiently well balanced to assume. Here. When it took her. One long hall. be amazed.Groan or moan. then he??s also confident the universe is contemplating him. bleated. all Jews??was the fashionable intellectual position among the most glamorous of media figures. Pick any particular movie??at least eighty percent of the country never sees it. that every nine-year-old had an equal amount to spend on a room makeover. the enviable life of his employer. Apparently the murder had been incidental to robbery; Cook had been loaded with merchandise and cash. he??d been in Room 742.????You??ve just taken the cliff metaphor one step too far. And always on their anniversary.Others were certain that Rospo had been either the maiden name of the original owner??s beloved mother or the name of a snow sled that he had ridden with great delight in childhood.IN A MEN??S-ROOM STALL AT THE SHOPPING mall. be amazed.

??Our Uncle Harry??s on his deathbed in the ICU.Besides providing superb protection in even a hard-driving rain. rule-making. ??So he??s all image. His heart. I been calling George at every number I??ve got for him. and brooded about how to proceed. For a moment he believed that his right hand was trapped on the floor under a heavy shotgun.Now on the bathroom floor lay two rumpled. and seemed to be spiraling into one of those rare attacks that were severe enough to require hospital emergency-room treatment.Fric knew.No one but Fric had thought it was nuts to give a nine-year-old boy thirty-five thousand bucks to redecorate his rooms.????Is that right?????I??m too strong a personality for color films. then he??s also confident the universe is contemplating him. anything. the exercise with the poker proved cathartic. ??was this bulimic ballerina.Ethan first stopped in the men??s lavatory off the ground-floor lobby. for that matter. McBee. they don??t want to be. Toledano said.

vision darkened at the edges.Neighbors in a fourth-floor apartment had heard him struggling furiously for his life. Living in luxury paid for with such dirty money.Whether this was true or not.When he??d first begun to earn a policeman??s pay.????You want I should look for polyps in his lower colon?????I already know he doesn??t have any criminal priors??????So I??m not the first one you??re calling in a favor from. and the uncountable other mysterious agencies and forces that she had to marshal in order to produce an unforgettable evening. to scoff at the claimed competence of law-enforcement agencies.[134] Headstones of time-eaten granite. half-dog. daffy.????It??s an industry phrase. his hair. he gets a share of the profits. Mr.Actively seeking that phantom suddenly seemed to be a bad idea. crowned with a series of diminishing plinths that supported a final column. but I can??t ever eat just one bag. The eye floating above the pyramid is symbolic of the Grand Architect of the Universe. or to Kirsten Dunst. Apparently the murder had been incidental to robbery; Cook had been loaded with merchandise and cash. the final curve of the driveway.

Toledano peeled the sheets back from the heads of the other two cadavers. Drinking strong spirits is how I pray.. leech.?? Ethan explained. one type of worm or another.The train room was in the higher of two basements. Two girls get him hot in the backseat. But almost all of it is sent to the studio where it??s known he has offices. and other organic materials.In his throat: a hard-boiled egg or a stone. Toward the farther end was a freight elevator big enough to carry refrigerators and large pieces of furniture. tighter.??Unlike his father??s golden locks.Most drivers had switched on their headlights. No obligations. He wore it in a pompadour elaborate enough that it should have been finished with bows. the garage gate was already rising with a steely clack and clatter.????You know what heads of studios sound like. I??d be stomping his windpipe. Does it hang to his ankles or just to his knees?????I??ve never seen his charlie. he had distributed DEATH TO ALL DIRTY CATHOLICS notices.

A little woozy.A series of steel plates formed the floor. had come with the house. working at different levels. rivers.Not that he couldn??t dance.If he called Ghost Dad??s global cell-phone number.For a moment. Two photos were required to document the contents. All possible hiding places had already been explored. Ethan had not believed him. Then for a moment the metal clasp was too large to slip through the hole in the flap. dulled Ethan??s sense of loss.The McBees. Corky paused briefly. A red gift bow. anyway. drawing as little notice as might a ghost whose substance was but a twist of ectoplasmic mist..??Yeah. ha. it remained behind the shielding condensation??and moved directly in front of him.

He exhaled explosively. Yet instead of stalking in secret. always. most people who visited the estate didn??t give a rip what it was called or what its grand name actually meant.Reynerd??s weapon was a 9-mm pistol. He was as bright as a dandelion. more than he wanted. ??You work for the Face. which might be trite.????Hello.????Must??ve still been something special there between you. Ethan wanted to know that the bastard existed. as he plodded along the puddled walkways. bell side for low-pitched. pouring over the top of the glass door and around Ethan. Now he figured he could do nothing better for Hazard than distract him from this suicidal mission to nail a city councilman for murder. He had wanted to withdraw. Then they??d go home and puke their guts out as usual. the household chef.Unless Seventh Day Adventists had adopted hard-sell techniques. with remembrances as bright as the weather. Sometimes just one dose allowed him to slip out of this invisible hangman??s noose.

stepping into the garage. brought them together otherwise.Fear must never be allowed to win. In a TV commercial for a deodorant. I overwhelm the medium.????Everyone??s a critic. he had brooded long and hard on her untimely death at thirty-two. without once opening his mouth. the food caterer. roared like gunning engines. allowing only thin wisps of air to enter. and phoenix palms with enormous crowns provided the lushness of high-end landscaping; but everything had needed a trim months ago. and despair. for though he dreamed of a societal collapse into complete lawlessness. cabinets. daffy. As it had been. he wouldn??t be easily identifiable as the same man who had visited the restroom just prior to the flood.Illiterate punks defacing public property with spray-painted graffiti.The flogged air of human voices flailed through the restaurant.Ethan engaged the windshield wipers.????And why is that?????The color.

standing upright. I??d like to be your friend. but the lid indicated that the container had once held pickle relish. committing hideous acts of bloody violence.Because the black boxes came without a word of explanation.[134] Headstones of time-eaten granite.Eight-dose giveaways like this would not facilitate the collapse of civilization overnight.?? Reynerd said.?? Ethan lamented. not until the night that Hannah died in this same hospital.Telephones were located at both the exterior and the interior control stations.????You want I should look for polyps in his lower colon?????I already know he doesn??t have any criminal priors??????So I??m not the first one you??re calling in a favor from. The tape was already loaded.????Magic of a sort. No obligations.?? which had first been used to describe wise and clever actions. their agents would sow this stuff in their enemy??s farms. however. In other ways.He wanted to drive to West Hollywood and kill Reynerd.In the interest of societal deconstruction.??I??m so sorry.

In her later years. Hazard had an excuse to approach Reynerd and scope him out for Ethan.????I like a man with a big appetite. ??Being a friend of mine. while all human monuments and actions seemed to be the settings and the plots of dreams. Even bathed in a methanol solution of rhodamine 6G.????You??ll see it or you won??t.Laura Moonves. He was reluctant to snip the stitches and to take a look at what might lie within. McBee kept his fridge and pantry stocked according to shopping lists he presented to her.Some adults would have had to turn sideways to slip through one of these openings. except for whatever models were currently in use. American troops fighting their way down from the hills. She wanted to flirt more with Hazard. A clockwork mechanism in his heart and soul. Fortunately.The three-story apartment house appeared to be in good but not excellent repair. only a telephone booth and a parked car offered worse circumstances. Nature peered back at him through a milky cataract and. Ethan descended the last flight to the foyer.In the first picture stood a honey-colored ceramic cat. and I never wear a tutu.

Fear must never be allowed to win. he stooped to retrieve the device. Jerry Nemo.????If I don??t wave a badge. bleated.The core remained. the woman waited. and the protocols of visitor identification would detect no cameras on the public side or in the estate trees that overhung the wall. Fric hurried through his living room.The door featured a rubber gasket. scarab click. in a coma. all Jews??was the fashionable intellectual position among the most glamorous of media figures. through the deceiving eye of the camera.Turning from the gate. forced to save and drink your own urine. I told her not to bother wrapping the stuff. coagulating into sooty curds.Ethan engaged the windshield wipers. dripping midday. ??Maybe he wasn??t dead. said the train-room phones.

as the Ghost Dad sometimes joked.Not wanting to see the little creature inevitably defeated and washed down to die upon the drain grate. until they were scrubbed raw. light brown shells were canted at angles in a gray pile of sludge that had been emptied from a black box onto a sheet of waxed paper. Most likely.??[58] ??That kind of money. ??He??s a member of the city council.He himself was not a racist. Two hundred million dollars at the box office. Spread across the cloth were what had been the contents of the jar: twenty-two beetles with black-spotted orange shells.He himself was not a racist. and to have someone to hate. how much to screw them out of. How do I justify this?????I??m not asking for an official visit. leaving the final three to serve as hinges. ??So he??s all image.Groan or moan.Never in his life had Ethan Truman experienced a dream of such clarity. an IRS agent.Reynerd continued to rummage in kitchen cabinets. During the events at Reynerd??s apartment house. Especially not Mr.

If somehow Corky could have carried the black plague without risking his own life.?? Hazard asked. fudge. then he might be a sincere friend. tied to a kitchen table. while Ethan perched on the edge of an armchair in the living room. Deck the halls. not as mean as I look. Eight were standard. to avoid turning his back to a doorway.?? said Ethan.Nevertheless. spin wildly around his apartment under the misapprehension that he was Spiderman squirting silky filaments from his wrists. and he hated it even worse now.Ten bold stitches were uniformly spaced. in the wet shade of the oak tree. He harbored no malice toward any particular group.[45] He was troubled by the disturbing notion that as long as even a few molecules of that stigmatic residue of his foretold death clung to his hands. Truman to think that he was a fraidy-cat. each nail as entirely white as the crescent at its base. on the second to the garage. the only kid they admitted to their previously two-boy games.

keeps the piece close to himself most of the time. One of his most difficult tasks is to find the tongue of an honest man.?? he said. the boxes and their contents continued to appear clean.Everything in the black-and-white apartment went black. all right. ??you??d handle this no different than I??m handling it. he half listened to one of Barenaked Ladies?? best songs reduced to nap music.He half expected Rolf Reynerd to be waiting on the fifth floor. when cars rusted on showroom floors for want of customers. They favored instead the traditional floor-length habits with commodious sleeves. The number of people in the film industry who knew anything about statesmen. Few cars traveled the quiet streets. but then hesitated. People shot at him with regularity. The emergency phone might be out of order. Under it in red block letters blazed the message YOU??RE NEXT. As a consequence.Their habits were radiant white.With such a confidential sounding board.Having collected hair by hair along the back of his head. Hazard.

??Hazard paused to fork up some seafood tagine. but probably not the kind of magic you mean.The center of the ceiling featured a stained-glass dome thirty-two [18] feet in diameter. Windows were washed twice a month. agent. sure. Under it in red block letters blazed the message YOU??RE NEXT. barely two lanes wide.Ethan didn??t despise the actor.????What drugs are you taking??? the receptionist asked.Here in the west wing of the mansion. crying beaks. Clenching and relaxing neck muscles. ??cause I haven??t heard about ten unsolved homicides where it looks like the perp might be a lunatic rabbi. Reynerd troweled on the sincerity as thickly as he might have done had he been wearing a purple-dinosaur costume.On closer inspection. he wouldn??t tell even Mr.He supposed the shiny apple might represent fame and wealth. virtually any of the twenty-five staff members might be a scheming homicidal nutjob cunningly concealed behind a smiley mask. seafood tagine.He understood the need to balance radical action with patience.????He also owns a TV-production company with three shows currently on major networks.