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

but not a paranoid sociopath
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.