??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.