private level. But it was.P. No matter how many questions remained unanswered.

along with a video of a personal nature
along with a video of a personal nature. but I assure you it??s in no way illegal. Our work is less and less about identifying spies. But I??m beginning to suspect that this Zalachenko club is out of house.Saturday. She felt uneasy. ??First of all. She turned the computer off at once and shoved it under her pillow.?? ??And since she went into your building I assume that Milton has put in some sort of hidden surveillance of your flat. got the address and door code. who??s in the neighbouring rooms. He drank a glass of mineral water. Malm lowered the camera. but I have a big problem. But when the discussion was over. ??You should have the answer to that question quite soon. Blomkvist printed out the 220 pages of the manuscript that were finished. Since your apartment and mobile seem to be bugged and we have reason to be discreet.?? * Berger went to bed at 11.00. She changed the ring to silent and leaned back in her chair. ??Sure. He??s acting on an official request from S.P. the operations chief of the Section Hans von Rottinger. He did not want to do it at the hotel where he had been staying.

Edklinth nodded and the Minister of Justice poured coffee from a thermos jug. He had sent for the police and the Rescue Service. and other such drivel. no matter how many times she tried to block it. ??And the Zalachenko report is gone. the police will be alerted automatically. sharp-witted and charming. established cover companies outside the building in the ??50s and ??60s.?? ??Why did you become a police officer??? ??Because when I was seventeen a close friend of mine was mugged and raped in a car by three utter bastards. but he knew that he had one hell of a story. Blomkvist remembered having seen a pack of Pall Malls on the kitchen counter in Zalachenko??s house. the car was in the visitors?? car park. loose stride.?? She thought for a moment before she looked at him again.?? ??Who??? ??I don??t think he??s involved in the case. He became aware that his ears were ringing after the shot and he rubbed his left one with his free hand. It was parked on a side street 350 metres from the railway station. then Sweden was not one iota better than any dictatorship in the entire world. But that won??t work for the rest of us. you control the operation. The Minister of Justice. Do you understand??? ??Yes. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses.V. Could it really be possible??? ??I??m afraid it is. this is an extreme state of affairs.

?? ??I don??t doubt that. is a real problem here. key. Gullberg had spent his life on his majesty??s secret service.?? ??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. Have we alerted Malm???? ??Yes. and we??ll make you a proposal. and he has a very painful facial wound. ??Believe it or not. He spent two hours trying to locate the Swedish ambassador and made contact by telephone at around 9. It??s an invitation to abuse of power. Then her I. One advantage of working at Constitutional Protection was that she had authority to access almost any police report in Sweden that might have any connection to racially or politically motivated crimes. and you don??t have to produce an article at the end of it.?? Nystr?m said at last.I. But the investigation proceeded slowly. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. The Constitutional Protection Unit publishes an annual report.30 that evening. and he had heedlessly told her his real name ?C Zalachenko. in the hall. It did not bode well. It can only be someone at S. He chose first class and had the compartment to himself. He has a three-year-old daughter.

Niedermann must have bloodied his knuckles pretty badly during the beating.D. With exceptionally sensitive equipment the N. If this was the case.3. 10. I??ll see you on Monday. But more precisely. even if she had no say over the magazine??s contents. When the cleaner had finished in the corridor. but it??s almost unusable. It was the weapon he had used to disarm and disable Niedermann ?C not a straightforward matter with that giant of a man. But as yet I have no reason to believe that is the case. ??It??ll pass. No mention was made of Advokat Bjurman. she was going to have to get an accountant to help her.?? ??Very well written too. Her foot was hurting so badly that she could not put any weight on it. we??re caught between the proverbial rock and hard place. still relatively unsure in his role. It could be if someone is trying to break in or turns up in the garden or something like that. If this were the United States a dozen or so senior S?po hands would have been arrested for obstruction of justice and forced to appear before a public committee in Congress. If so. Neither chose to answer the telephone. Not at mine.M.

for example when we need to arrange a telephone tap or enter an apartment.?? Malm said. You all know our deadlines. have already done me in. Criminal Inspector.?? ??But how on earth did she handle Niedermann??? Blomkvist shrugged. I hate to say this.?? ??Yes. injure any vital areas. He made a call to his sister.?? ??I assume it came up during the interview???? ??Anders. took a folder from her desk and handed it to Giannini. He was taciturn but pleasant. But unlike the McDonald??s example.?? He clicked on an image on his computer and turned the screen towards Faste. I need his help to do a simple job. because that takes only a minute or so. and I won??t report it to the tax authorities. He needed the Budget chief and the Secretariat chief to create the hidden substructure. He was not looking at her. a madman. as far as his eyes could see. He was Inspector Bergling. No-one voiced any objections. For fifteen years he was protected. This right embraces all Swedish citizens.

Holm was off that day.?? ??That??s nice to hear. We??ve noticed it only because we??re specifically looking for it. He looked back at the clock. ??So the Zalachenko club is somewhere in this building. ??Now we know. and that over the years this conspiracy has committed what could be categorized as serious criminal acts. ??They met to discuss the forensic psychiatric report on Salander. and Holmberg wondered who did the sowing and harvesting. He took a pinch of snuff. He seemed to find it amusing to beat her just to provoke his minders in the Zalachenko group. Then he went to the hotel lobby and called Clinton??s mobile from the public telephone. I might be able to use some leverage if I need to. by the way. the woman had vanished without a trace.?? ??I know that. a government agency. but Figuerola harboured a deep scepticism about anyone who collected weapons on such a scale. ??Thanks.M. ??Focus on the information. reading books. make her way to his farm. one in Stockholm.?? He went back to her bedside and looked her in the eye..

??You don??t have much of a headache or any fever.??s administration. I think you surprised us all. walking into the hallway to keep a close eye on Bj?rck as he turned off the coffee machine and picked up his coat. If the pinkos want to start a war with Denmark. She went upstairs. That yielded better results. No matter what. told him that it was the most sensitive military secret Sweden possessed ?? that there was nothing in Swedish military intelligence that was anywhere near as important. ??Can I ask you what you think of Wadensj??.?? ??I intend to kill this story. eliminated all the men in the twenty-six to fifty-four age group who were married. Which must have been Edklinth. after all. so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and pulled the electrodes off her arms and chest.?? said the detective responsible for Stallarholmen on behalf of the S?dert?lje police. has a huge amount of dead meat in the newsroom. She knew what I. It was 3. He went straight to his room and sat on the bed. She went downstairs to put on some coffee and for the first time since she had started at S. Finally. She resigned abruptly. also keeping one for himself.?? ??I??ve taken care of her since she was twelve.

??Child labour exists mostly in the textile and souvenir industries in Thailand. In due course the matter came to the attention of the Security Police.?? Nystr?m said. Blomkvist described him as an Olympic-class idiot.?? Edklinth took off his glasses and polished them thoroughly with paper napkin. Blomkvist spent the night at Salander??s apartment on Fiskargatan. Forged documents had never been his department or his expertise. however. He sat down again. I hired Niedermann as an assistant a number of years ago. but she became acquainted with a lawyer. But you didn??t see that??? ??No.?? ??Yes. diminished bodily function.M. if a group of police officers decided to stretch the laws so that an individual??s constitutionally guaranteed rights were infringed. The evening papers and a morning paper had reported a person being badly injured in a car fire on Lundagatan on the date in question in 1991. Good God. Thanks.?? ??Are you kidding??? ??No. This was enough for Figuerola??s team to initiate the preliminary investigation and to set about enquiring whether the robbers had a connection to the neo-Nazi gang in V?rmland.00 and discovered Blomkvist still asleep. ??Erika ???? ??Mikael. ??Hi. and it was 50/50 whether she would survive. ??Toilets.

where he used Salander??s keys to get in. ??No. I??ve also gone over every inch of your house from the basement to the attic and studied the area around it.M. This situation makes the Prime Minister both angry and uneasy. But I??m extremely worried about her mental state. what would you do with the golf clubs if an intruder had a gun? The key to good security is all about staying one step ahead of anyone who means you harm. lately on sick leave and now. could not afford to keep him as chairman. I want you to lock yourself in your bedroom and let me handle the situation. generally cleaned up. This isn??t the first time I??ve handled Top Secret information. of course. Figuerola noted the time. ??Evert Gullberg. Criminal Inspector. It??s on my desk. One of the first things he did was to have Blomkvist released from his handcuffs.00 p. You could take it for granted that the Security Police invariably made fools of themselves. but he had some paperwork to catch up on.?? ??So what should we do??? Bublanski said.00. Zalachenko. He got out at Birger Jarlsgatan at 10. and Vinge was a bureaucrat of the old school.

so Salander is in intensive care.?? ??How many in the Section are still here from my day??? ??Apart from me ?? only Otto Hallberg and Georg Nystr?m are still here.R. Those within the Zalachenko unit thought they had plenty of time before they had to plan his future. A mobile that was connected. of course they did.I. Do you know if she??s at headquarters??? ??I doubt it. Thanks for warning me. and the consequences are there for all to see today. I??ve already talked to Milton??s chief lawyer and he??s looking into it. He thought about it for two minutes. ??There??s always a choice.C. Blomkvist was not answering his telephone.?? ??No friend of yours. ??True. and they know that sooner or later I??m going to publish it. and living on Pontonj?rgatan in Kungsholmen. the police have been looking for Salander since Easter.T. we no longer have access to the report. She was a woman who people usually paid attention to.M.P. Blomkvist told him to position himself where he could photograph whoever got into the car.

If I were to make the decisions they would be different again. Who is he??? ??We have photographs.00 at the Ring in Central Station. 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.?? Blomkvist said to himself.?? ??Again. 27. The problem with Niedermann was that he had no friends. All except Figuerola shook their heads. Blomkvist did not speculate about Bjurman??s motives. There was a recess where a radio had been removed. He closed his iBook. Or did he? Blomkvist got up and went to the telephone.I.?? ??Why did Helena ask you to visit her??? ??Salander is starting to recover.?? ??How are you doing? Are you able to have a conversation??? ??I want to report a serious crime. Since they had been searching for me in vain for a while on behalf of Zalachenko and Niedermann.?? ??First name??? ??Fredrik. studied to become a police officer at twenty. It??s clear that there must have been financing. then pulled the forceps straight out. Now!?? When he heard the desperation in her voice he dug into his inside pocket and handed her his Motorola. Teleborian to the south.?? He grunted.?? ??It??s a small monitor.?? he said.

a relic from the Cold War.?? ??How do you know it was his room??? ??Well. whatever.?? ??That??s true.?? ??Henry. just as he was about to leave early. Plague. He took the lift up to the reception on the fourth floor and was immediately shown into a conference room. It was Gullberg who took up the thread. A promise he kept for more than six months before he turned up at Agneta Sofia Salander??s place and beat her so savagely that she ended up in a nursing home where she would be for the rest of her life.I. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres.?? Sandberg said. He had never touched her. but it could have come about in a dozen different ways ?? for instance. and nobody else at S. I??m not a criminal defence lawyer. of course. He was advised that he alone had to make the decisions. ??Dr Jonasson??? ??Yes??? ??My name is Peter Teleborian. I have not killed any policeman.v Figuerola got up at 5. He saw me in my car on Bellmansgatan. ??Three weeks at S. He was living on a disability pension. some of it.

who arrived with flowers for Zalachenko minutes before the murder. Holmberg??s father was a city councillor for the Centre Party in the ??70s.?? ??That??s what Blomkvist at Millennium is evidently alleging. especially during the period when Blomkvist was serving a three-month sentence for libel and the magazine almost went under. The lawyer had her mobile pressed to her ear. but I have reason to suspect that I??m not the only one reading it. She was then placed with a foster family.?? Blomkvist sat in silence. He was only sixty-eight. He??s charming. What??s on your mind??? he said at last.P.N. She staggered to the door and turned to kick it with her heel. He had walked for only about ten minutes before he found a caf?? that served many unfamiliar types of coffee. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88. unless she had a screwdriver and a ladder. And if need be you can always come to me or Christer. ??There are a few holes in your account. If we don??t have a source for something. ??Millennium is a monthly.?? Blomkvist had said. ??I have to confer with Bublanski. He looked around. He comes and goes as he pleases ?? I have nothing more to say about it. which reported to the police commission or the justice department.

G. ??Why the hell is it that the first thing Millennium does after I leave is to start running background checks on S. And he was inflexible..?? ??Quite a few people out. Hans von Rottinger. No Jonas. Isn??t there a friend you could stay with??? Berger thought for a moment about Blomkvist??s apartment but remembered that just now it was not such a good idea. She??s the one who has to decide what she is willing to tell you. By now resigned to his futility. grabbed the back of a chair and held on to it for a few seconds before he collapsed to the floor. What??s on your mind??? he said at last. We based a lot of our thinking on what he told us. ??Hans von Rottinger and Fredrik Clinton. He had only one. He landed in the spotlight when he shot dead some hooligan a couple of years ago. He had never before seen a psychiatrist land like a flying saucer and more or less demand to be given access to a patient. the man who murdered your officer tonight.?? ??If someone attacks me then the chances are that I do intend to bash in that person??s skull.?? ??You had a thing with Lisbeth Salander too. You can only do your best. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery.00 in the evening and Giannini did not usually appear this late. He was English and lived in London. There are sites on the Net that you can use to send anonymous mail.?? Edklinth said.

It will be my final issue. ??No. keeping her head bent so that the hand holding her telephone hid part of her face. That??s why S. And yet his liver.?? Modig said. Erlander glanced at Salander and then back to her lawyer. He could just as easily be white.?? ??Bjurman was an idiot. or who he might go to for protection. The sides of the van advertised Lars Faulsson Lock and Key Service ?C with a telephone number. The bleeding was so minor and located in an area that shouldn??t have affected anything else at all.?? Ekstr?m looked pleased. She is no longer part of the preliminary investigation so far as we??re concerned.?? ??How??s he doing??? ??He??s absolutely furious.?? Armansky sat down opposite Bublanski. he exploited his hold over them to the maximum. He told Paulsson he was an incompetent fool and yelled at him that Torstensson and Ingemarsson should fucking forget about untying Niedermann until they had called for back-up. ??Good evening. I??d really like to read the infamous report. Bublanski??s face clouded over. They went from room to room. ??You should start working out yourself.S. but was assistant chief of the Secret State Police in the late ??50s and early ??60s. I don??t want to say anything more about that until I talk to my lawyer.

Vinge??s view was not even controversial in the climate prevailing inside the Firm.M. Zalachenko admits that it??s his. Figuerola decided to leave her car behind and turned left in the direction of Slussen on Br?nnkyrkagatan.?? ??What did you do??? ??Well. and he could not sit still for more than an hour before the pain in his hip became unbearable. But that leads us to the second part ?C damage control. ??Dr Teleborian has been an external consultant for S.?? he said. she had been strapped down in a stimulus-free room at St Stefan??s. Henry.?? ??Tell me.?? ??I will if you come over. But he could not get into the room and he did not have the strength to force the door.VI The historian Diodorus from Sicily. was everything quiet again in her room. In his day plans of Kronan and Wasa had hung on the walls. a narrow-brimmed. of course. Who were his friends? Who had he been in prison with? Where does his girlfriend live? Who did he drink with? In what area was his mobile last used? Where is his vehicle? At the end of that sequence the fugitive would generally be found. It looks like the original.?? ??You??re from Uppsala.?? Figuerola said. reached for the glass. assistant chief of the Immigration Division of the Security Police. opening the message only if it was something that caught her attention.

?? Salander felt an icy chill run down her spine.P. 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. not for S?po alone but probably for intelligence services all over the world. Blomkvist could find no such enquiry in Ekstr?m??s email. ??I think it??s time we had another talk with Justice. ??If any of you need a little personal time. He looked at her dragon. He had called on his way to G?teborg. As the nurse was closing the door Salander glimpsed the guard on his chair out in the corridor.?? he said. But Millennium can??t be manipulated in the same straightforward way. But Nurse Agneta had noticed that Dr Jonasson had spent time with the patient who was under arrest and otherwise seemed withdrawn from the world.R. ??He played a key role in the Zalachenko affair. For a moment he stood indecisively outside the door. not news reporting.00.?? Blomkvist said in a tone that indicated he had scant trust in the Prime Minister??s assurances. But you??re going to owe me one. and even suggestions that the operation was altogether unnecessary. He was no longer a demon riding on her shoulder. Then he vanishes.?? Zalachenko said laboriously through clenched teeth. Borgsj? was a good man. In my considered view you??re precisely the lawyer she needs.

Has a shop at Norrtull.?? Gullberg said. have you ever wondered if the two of us aren??t completely nuts??? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s true for me. Nieminen called him twice on his mobile. she had assembled everything that could be found out about him in the public archives.?? ??Meanwhile.00 in the morning. who boxed with him. and he got to drink whisky at a discreet club in London with the chief of M. Salander fumbled with the clumsy stylus and wished she had a keyboard. So far. I didn??t want it to.?? Gullberg nodded. but that did not mean that he might not be living with someone. ??Find out which room she??s in. The men who conspired against Salander ?C he thought of them as the Zalachenko club ?C were inside the Security Police. stood a dark-haired woman with a digital camera filming M?rtensson and his companion.?? ??Listen.?? They spent the next two hours discussing their options. In every instance there??s good forensic evidence. came out to look at the damage.?? ??So that??s why I??m sending you back to your desk with a proposal for a new story. purchase of research material. She assumed that she really would need a lawyer.?? ??Tell me.?? ??I understand that.

a white polo neck. He explained in a low voice that. and that he had come to her room at 3. Then she stumbled up the stairs to the fifth floor and pounded on her friend??s door. he opened the door to the room next to Salander??s. you should set off the alarm. probably just after 3. She looked in the bathroom. Somebody must have made that decision. which was understood to be essential to the nation??s security. I??d really like to read the infamous report. We want to be sure that nobody??s holding a gun to your husband??s head or anything like that. 1989); An Assignment by Carl Lidbom (Wahlstr?m & Widstrand. Salander was lying on her back on the floor when Nurse Marianne came in.M.?? ??It doesn??t have to be a physical attack. he had decided that Millennium Publishing would publish Svensson??s text about sex trafficking. ??Phenomenally intelligent.??s personnel files. Third.?? ??Just like M?rtensson.?? When Blomkvist left Caf?? Copacabana next to the Kvarter cinema at Hornstull.B.?? ??And if that were the case.?? ??Yes.?? ??So how do we proceed??? Sp?ngberg wondered.

?? Erlander said.?? Then he added in English. They rejected marriage as subjugation. lined up the possibilities.S. He had first met Jonasson at a seminar in Stockholm fourteen years earlier and discovered that they were both fly-fishing enthusiasts. She put her police revolver in her shoulder bag and picked out a dark-red leather coat. building. but what I meant was that you pretended to know a lot more than you actually do. Start by reading the Bj?rck report.?? The challenge hung like a cloud over the table. Von Rottinger came originally from the military intelligence service and worked for several years in the office that coordinated military defence with the Security Police. and sat for three minutes staring at the blank screen. You make 112.?? ??That??s rubbish. I can pay part of her fee out of my own pocket. and into Gamla Stan. two from Eriksson. ??Why the hell is it that the first thing Millennium does after I leave is to start running background checks on S. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. Gullberg was pleased as well. Gullberg assigned Bj?rck to babysit the defector almost around the clock. and carried him to the stool.?? ??I??ll come to your place at 8.O. By all known reckoning she should have been dead.

Eriksson??s office. Thank God. She had tested herself by going on the Net and picking out random H. You??re a terrific writer. he did learn Russian and Polish.?? Edklinth said. If you remember my name then you must have been more alert than I thought. I transferred to the foreign ministry and became a diplomat.?? Salander was aware of the smell of almonds and ethanol. Stage two is Millennium and Mikael Blomkvist. ??You??ll pull through. Salander summed up her situation in five lines. He had met Chief of Secretariat Albert Shenke at meetings and internal conferences on countless occasions. I get it. ??Christer will need a couple of days for the layout. Eriksson??s office. Asperger??s syndrome. The smoking ban at Millennium had soon been relaxed after Berger left. You and Magge take off on some fucking job we know nothing about. ??I don??t know.?? ??I see. It was as if everything outside the Section were sacred.?? ??Why did they pick me then??? Berger said. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo. He glanced down at her briefcase as the nurse checked Giannini??s I. ??Nieminen refuses to say anything about what happened.

?? When she hung up she called the office and left a message for Fredriksson. You met him down in G?teborg. He spent fifteen minutes walking down the alleys and boulevards around Mosebacke before he headed for Fiskargatan 9. In this photograph he was still with the Secret State Police.?? He got up and stood next to her to look through the glass at the newsroom.?? she said.?? ??I didn??t ask you to give special treatment to specific articles. As far as I understand it. Last time he turned up on the ward unannounced and tried to persuade a nurse to let him in.?? Figuerola said. He got out at Birger Jarlsgatan at 10. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. Greeks. A third goes to salaries.B. When he was gone she stared at the ceiling. But I should point out that I myself am a former prosecutor. that will put the matter in a rather different light. And she wondered which big toe Blomkvist had been thinking with when he smuggled her a computer but forgot that she needed a mobile to connect to the Net. The second half will be everything that we know about the Section. It had also contributed a small part of its funding. First of all. But I??m going to report you for dereliction of duty and you won??t even know what hit you. whom he did not know. ??The Section?? was Francke??s idea. And he??s fifty-eight with six years to go before retirement.

But it??s absurd that you should think I would discuss it with a journalist. I??ve reminded you about this at least half a dozen times. sixty-five employees from within the Security Police had been dismissed from the organization on the grounds of presumed political unreliability. She picked up her mobile to call Fredriksson and explained that she had hurt herself. But he was still alive.U. And it would have to be done. especially in the leftist-radical ??70s when a number of constitutional blunders had certainly occurred. Blomkvist. She had done a risk assessment and pondered his plan.?? Erlander said. Cortez left the Academy bookshop running like a madman. and G.?? ??Thanks for being honest.?? ??That??s what Blomkvist at Millennium is evidently alleging. Response time would be about thirty minutes.?? said Sp?ngberg emphatically.?? Bublanski added the suggestion of a press conference out of sheer cussedness. ??Not a thing. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. As the situation developed.B. ??Teleborian meets with the Section and then goes directly to see Prosecutor Ekstr?m. The plane landed at Schiphol airport at 4. not 250 metres from the hotel room where he found himself today.?? she said with a satisfied smile.

Blomkvist had observed their comings and goings from his vantage point in Paulsson??s vehicle.?? Berger said. drank a cup of black coffee and ate a slice of wholemeal toast with cheese and a little marmalade on it. he said that she was lethally dangerous and might well resist arrest.?? ??I see. lost in thought.?? ??Armansky. Nieminen estimated that Svavelsj? M. Next to arrive was Inspector Paulsson. ??O. ??It just ended.000 kronor on the Salander story.?? Clinton shook his head again. She was too easily noticeable. I took it for granted that S?po knew what they were doing and had the appropriate routines and experience. On this law democracy stands or falls. Prosecutor Ekstr?m had begun.?? ??I??m sorry.00 on Saturday morning to the ringing of his telephone. That was why she was locked up. ??Borgsj? is coming in this afternoon and wants a meeting with you. The missing patrol car was found in Alings?s early this morning. He reached for his prosthesis stored in the cabinet next to his bed and attached it to the stump of his leg. ??You could turn out to be a bad habit. She was amazed to be still alive. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment.

means invading your privacy ?C preferably with your approval. My relationship with Lisbeth is none of anyone??s business. and one was from the Violent Crimes Division. After an hour the headache had grown worse. You all know that. we will. As far as I understand it. all these questions depend on the decision you make in the next few minutes. He was still amazed that it had not been confiscated when Paulsson frisked him.?? ??A whole bunch of crimes.00 a. ??Then I??ll have to start by thanking you for coming to me with this matter as soon as you did. But I???? ??You left the material with Holm. Alias Falun.T. She drove to G?tgatan where the offices of Millennium were and spent the next half hour walking around the streets in the area. Morander was writing his editorial this morning. especially during the period when Blomkvist was serving a three-month sentence for libel and the magazine almost went under.?? ??And you never briefed your successor??? ??No. he would be obliged to take up the matter at least with the leaders of the other two parties in the coalition government. well someone did. She broke out in a big smile. Better to have him on the inside than a security risk on the outside. They don??t know that he??s my brother. then we will assist each other in finding solutions.K.

?? Janeryd nodded.?? ??Fair warning. Borgsj? was not much help. ??What decision do you think I should make??? ??I believe we have common interests. and this Niedermann that he hangs out with. But intelligence officers never really retire. He was without doubt a most competent news editor.M.?? He looked at her and mumbled something. A defector of Zalachenko??s status would have to be handled with the utmost secrecy. ran a hand through his thick blond hair. They were sitting at the same conference table at which Blomkvist had sat the day before. they would have at the very least questioned me. but Jesus. When he was finished with him. was to uncover and prevent threats to the internal security of the nation. Nieminen grimaced.m. train at Stockholm Central Station. Edklinth thought him taciturn. but this question does not. ??I??ve been told that you don??t generally communicate much with the authorities. In any case he had a penchant for civil disobedience on a private level. But it was.P. No matter how many questions remained unanswered.

groggy although he had slept for only half an hour.

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M. Anything new??? You can say that again.?? ??She what??? ??She knocked???? ??You mean she??s alive??? ??I??m sorry. that the picture painted of her on the billboards is nonsense. The outgoing Prime Minister was certainly not to be informed. for Christ??s sake. on the first of May. ??Hello. And so is Lottie. that she had time to address the issue. Gullberg pronounced the name with displeasure. ??but he vehemently denies being involved in any crime. Late on the evening of the fifth day. Her second check was to consult a media archive. But there was still a gigantic gaping hole. The Firm??s most important task for many years was so-called personnel control. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson. But if she was walking. and Zalachenko could not predict how he would react under interrogation. When she was admitted to Sahlgrenska hospital I performed a comprehensive medical examination on her.?? Wadensj?? said. His job was to save his patient??s life. If so. He realized at once that Nurse Nicander was right. and then a brief and.?? ??I??m not going to compete with you.

?? Edklinth exhaled a little. Nykvarn may be a cemetery in the woods for people who crossed them. He logged on to her broadband connection. We??re the ones who have to make the decisions that nobody else wants to make. We thought that it would be best for all concerned if she disappeared into some institution again and availed herself of the opportunities there.?? The Prime Minister said: ??And my job is to run the country in accordance with the constitution. coming up towards her.M. I can??t go up stairs without gasping for breath. I??m not going to steal your story. ??I??ll gladly listen to other suggestions. and closed the door. By tomorrow morning my career could be over. But let??s analyse your article.?? Berger said. That was what F?lldin??s administration must have decided too. the front page went to press. ??Can you open your eyes??? Who was this bloody idiot harping on at her? Finally she did open her eyes. He reached out his hand and mussed her hair affectionately. S.?? ??What do we know about him??? ??I get mixed reactions when I ask. He had been given large doses of painkillers.V.?? ??I need someone for a research job.?? ??Credibility? That??s a peculiar question. So that??s the background for this tactic.

but my apartment is unsuitable for the time being.I.U. and much of what he thinks he knows is wrong. In short. But their proposal to shut down the Swedish government was not an idle threat. We have to be a single-level organization. and some of their investments could be reconstructed with Lundin??s help. whether I resign or not.?? Gullberg said. And then we need a bad guy for the story.?? Berger felt weariness settling over her. As he ran he called Cortez on his T10. Daniel. Then she was allowed to go back to sleep.K??. He may himself be behind half of the rumours. They were tiny children savaged by dogs on Vasaplatsen. ??We??ll probably close out the present quarter with a small deficit. ??What I??m thinking of asking you is unethical. right??? ??Of course. We suggest that you share your knowledge. and after a few unsuccessful attempts he managed to lift it very slightly so that he could turn it in the right direction. ??Goddamnit. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone..

I mean. the assistant head of Secretariat and the head of Budget. The next moment she heard footsteps moving swiftly away and then the front door opening and closing.A. Same registration. He thought about calling reception and ordering coffee. ??So.00 in the morning having being on duty for twenty-two hours. No-one can go into her room without permission except for doctors or nurses who work here at Sahlgrenska. of course.20. 12. It did not bode well.?? the P.?? Gullberg said. He had reserved the room the day before and presented himself as Evert Gullberg. The pinkos. But she also felt tremendously depressed. Checking the backgrounds of Swedish citizens was one thing.?? Erlander said. diminished bodily function. The night porter said that was possible. And Edklinth had decided that if criticism were raised. or the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He has security clearance and you can discuss classified information with him in general terms. at any rate.

you control the operation. It had also contributed a small part of its funding. It might be some sort of flu ???? ??Does she have a fever??? asked Jonasson. That bastard Zalachenko. But you were also arrested for possession of an illegal weapon. according to the report. ??My role is to expose shit like the Zalachenko club. He thought for a long time before he went back to the landline and called his sister.?? ??How about management??? ??Magnus Borgsj? is chairman of the board. and with all the wisdom of hindsight. ??May I help you??? ??Thank you. A bit old school and yet at the same time a bit of a reformer.?? Ghidi was to do this every day until Blomkvist told him it was no longer necessary. They were the only colleagues available to him that afternoon as Holmberg had regrettably opted to take a two-week holiday. Zalachenko doesn??t make empty threats. We deal more with computer hacking and electronic surveillance and such like. A housing association block since the 1890s. The second part has to be handled from here.?? she said.?? Figuerola held up a diplomatic finger. but he had lived in north London since childhood. He carefully closed the door. whore.P. I said asap.?? Figuerola said.

But you have already been placed under arrest on a charge of grievous bodily harm.?? ??Mikael ?? I don??t think you really appreciate what this involves. Gullberg had a bunch of flowers in his hand when he got into the lift at Sahlgrenska hospital at the same time as a short-haired woman in a dark jacket. as a result of which Wu was rescued from certain death. The fact that the Director of Constitutional Protection had gone to the trouble of bringing him in said that somebody was nervous. But not one of us wants to hurt you. said. Advokat Giannini. that is. He turned his head to the right and saw the exit at the other end. To Modig??s great frustration the meeting in Ekstr?m??s office was lasting a long time.?? ??How about management??? ??Magnus Borgsj? is chairman of the board. so long as its objective was to safeguard the security of the nation. You can??t call and say that it was a mistake.I. but at a mature thirty-plus or.?? He squeezed and poked and fingered her lacerated body. You were shot in the head.?? She acknowledged as much with her eyes. is it??? ??Hardly.10 on Tuesday morning. but they chose to protect Zalachenko because he was a source of valuable information.?? Baksi knew that Blomkvist was busy planning some sort of mischief. But???? ??Could she be faking??? Jonasson smiled politely. He deleted all the messages from reporters and called his sister. He had interrupted her planning how to break out of Sahlgrenska hospital.

?? she said. but I??ve been up to my eyes in A. Erika ?? that may be true. In the area around the warehouse in Nykvarn we have so far found three graves.00 in the morning. a hospital nightshirt and a pair of plastic flip-flops that she had managed to borrow. She needed a holiday. especially when he had been drinking. Careerist. of course. But that won??t work for the rest of us. I shouldn??t have picked that spot. but he had finally realized that there was so much material that not even an issue devoted entirely to the topic would be sufficient. But I see no evidence whatsoever that she is schizophrenic or suffering from paranoid delusions. He must have. ??My name is Benny Svantesson. but she had a body like ?? hmm. the human resources were available. who examined her patient briskly and prescribed a powerful painkiller.?? ??I should also say that Annika Giannini. anything else we pull off is useless. The missing patrol car was found in Alings?s early this morning. His voice was steady.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. I want you to go to the hospital and observe the work in the emergency ward and the intensive care unit for a couple of days. Blomkvist heard his mobile beeping.

As soon as the trial begins???? ??No. he would not have given the car a second glance. Someone had sprayed in metre-high letters on the back wall: WHORE It was just after 9. He felt groggy although he had slept for only half an hour. The list was made up largely of the better-known reporters. That was just the way she usually functioned.P. Karl Axel Bodin Inc. even though according to Personal Protection that??s where he is. and then you have a month off. as one doctor to another. ??? Who the hell was Evert Gullberg? He considered calling up the chief of S. A Sig Sauer that had been dismantled and was being oiled on the kitchen table.?? ??You don??t need to do that.?? He pointed at the screen. He had tried to get into her room.C. The face was grotesquely swollen. First.45 p. who was murdered in your hospital ?C was a Soviet defector. My sense is that he??s more a useful fool being used by the Section.?? The Prime Minister frowned and glanced at Figuerola. She was on the telephone and writing furiously on a yellow Post-it. Slowly she sat down on the staircase. She has secrets I happen to know about.

These statistics are based on reports filed with local police authorities. She took Cortez??s folder with her and spent the next half hour reading through the whole story. She changed the ring to silent and leaned back in her chair. Why should it cost 10. Zalachenko??s activities since then have nothing whatsoever to do with national security. ??The lamp??? ??The ceiling lamp has fingerprints from the owner of the cabin ?C who put it up two years ago ?C and Bj?rck himself. But I can give you the authority to conduct a one-man investigation. Henry. ??What have we got? Sonja??? She smiled weakly. defeating a number of male armies along the way. He studied Gullberg. ??I thought you were starting Monday. he could move around his room. ??My colleague is staying another day. He did not need a master??s degree in psychology to know that she was not doing very well emotionally. what??s going to be in the paper tomorrow??? ??Well ???? ??Well. And thank God nobody yet knew that he was her brother. There??s no smoking allowed in the hospital. Jonasson spent ten minutes examining her. Trinity flipped open his mobile and dialled a number he had memorized. He undressed.I. Every time she declined in a friendly but firm way. Zalachenko seemed to be grinning beneath his bandages. Eventually he put the folder aside. Bublanski pursed his lips.

Figuerola was of the view that the chief of Secretariat at least must have been calling the shots when M?rtensson in Personal Protection was supposedly moved to Counter-Espionage.??? Gullberg went down to Stureplan and hailed a taxi. ??I had to ?? go ?? to the toilet. and had probably saved her life. But this will be O. clicking through one after another. and the Borgsj? report too.??Friday. She opened the document that he had called [Central questions]. He hoped it had not penetrated her lung.?? ??I know.?? ??What about her??? ??She has to disappear. things look good.M. And you??re better than I am at what you do. If you don??t run every day. So that they might have children they were granted a leave of absence. Her constitutional rights are being violated by the very people who ought to be protecting her. The plan was for her to end up in that warehouse in Nykvarn. There would certainly be headlines in the evening papers and it would probably result in an assault charge. but I suspect that you might have a better chance of finding out the relevant information.P. exiting from almost the middle of the back of her neck. why should it be any different? Except that of course they would not be meeting so often. 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. not counting the attic and basement.

Why is that??? Salander??s eyes darkened. and had become one of its trusted veterans.E. To raise the matter with the chief of Secretariat might be to chuck a very large stone into a pond. He??s asleep and has turned off his mobile. If this Zalachenko club exists. There are sites on the Net that you can use to send anonymous mail. What do we know about them??? ??Prosecutor Ekstr?m.??s now not-so-secret mistress and pictures from a party in Hollywood in which he could be seen snorting cocaine.00 p. She has secrets I happen to know about. and Zalachenko had given his promise. had been a dream and she might suddenly wake up on the sofa at Millennium. Take a break.. But you??re going to have to make up your mind whether to take on the assignment or not.?? ??And he spent his sick leave running around with prostitutes??? Gullberg said. You shouldn??t do that. Then Salander came into the picture. She turned to the first page.?? ??Then I have something to tell you too. When they had finished there was a long silence around the table. they??ve set the trial date for July 13. Most likely it??s S?po ?C they would have an interest in suppressing Bj?rck??s report. Finally she turned off the computer and went out to find a caf?? where she could sit and think. ??Promising??? ??If somebody has a bullet in their head and they??re still alive.

S.?? Sp?ngberg interrupted.?? Wadensj?? sounded doubtful. I assume it was Salander who nailed him. doesn??t know I??m here. I??m sure you??re going to be a journalist when you grow up.?? Figuerola said. which he took to be a good sign. the door to her room was always locked and guarded by a fucking hit-man from Securitas.?? ??O. engineers. Which meant that they all had to carry two mobiles with them.?? ??Maybe you aren??t aware of this ?C though I doubt that ?C but you give off the most incredible sexual vibrations. and the like.?? Nieminen nodded. If I understand the matter correctly. ??I??ve extended your assignment by three months. so that you??ll be able to see what??s going on in the garden and on the ground floor when you??re in the bedroom.?? ??You??d better tell me the whole story. I do. Give me information and I won??t try to compromise you. Blomkvist had apparently reached the point in his story at which Paulsson had decided to ignore everything else he might say. But let??s analyse your article. For the moment he needed medical attention. He scanned every face of every person standing or walking near the Ring. She did not like him.

He went down to the hotel??s breakfast room. one.v Blomkvist made sure that he was not being watched when he walked from the Millennium offices early on Friday morning to Salander??s old apartment block on Lundagatan. I??ll see you on Monday. 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. who is being held for the attempted murder of her father.?? Ekstr?m said. Most of the cases.Thursday. but Thomasson??s skill had been exceptional. He put on a jacket and walked to Milton Security??s offices at Slussen.K. Blomkvist then opened some anonymous cash-card accounts on Comviq and distributed the mobiles to Eriksson.P. She??s finished with Millennium. Salander did not need a thermometer to work that out.?? he said at last. The roster included himself.?? ??That??s what he says. who was much more agreeable. and masturbated in her bed. But Dragan ?? we??re talking about the Swedish Security Police.I. execute someone who was the object of a police investigation ?C his investigation. You were the one who created the system. Blomkvist.

not for the past two years. who was at his home in Liding?. It was dark. He had succeeding in gathering some forensic evidence linking Niedermann to the murders of Svensson and Johansson.?? Edklinth said. Is that alright with you two??? ??That??s fine. and he was sure that the hospital would offer him some soon.?? she said. there was a possibility that the Section would be subjected to official scrutiny. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request.00 the next morning. but the blond man was gone. 3. ??In the first instance. Henry ???? ??Yes??? ??I don??t need them until tomorrow. it??s a blot on the entire profession. And I??m going to write a full account in time for Lisbeth??s trial. He found that the first train to Stockholm left at 5. and it??s important that we see to it at once that this is the image presented to the press. Her foot was hurting so badly that she could not put any weight on it. There??s a room in the connecting corridor to the right of the reception area that would be better from a security point of view. One of the robbers had a mid-length jacket with a Swedish flag shoulder patch.?? Glum silence. The revolver was a present he had received from British Intelligence twenty-five years earlier as a reward for an invaluable piece of information: the name of a clerical officer at M.000 kronor.K.

not tonight or next week or whenever you feel like getting your arse out of your chair. She asks questions non-stop. train at Stockholm Central Station. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor. He froze when he saw another entry wound. that is. on the first of May.00 p. If you arrange that they??re going to lose money. In Gullberg??s day the Section had a small operations unit consisting of four people under the command of the shrewd Hans von Rottinger.. He was English and lived in London. His voice took on a confidential tone. He stopped short when he saw a woman with short.?? ??I??m Dr Helena Endrin. I??m thinking of the ferry to the east.?? ??But I??m not a lawyer. ??I was the one who woke you after surgery.K. Clinton??s career was hard to follow. Unfortunately there was not much he could help with. been particularly straight or honest with him.) He could initiate his own investigations or carry out telephone tapping without having to justify his objective or even report it to a higher level.I. ??How many killings do you reckon this case involves??? Holmberg rubbed his eyes wearily. Millennium functioned without him precisely the way the magazine is going to have to function without me now.

Trinity was an ardent fan of the E. conducted a normal investigation. Who was also the reason why she was feeling tired and irritated. Jan.?? She walked off down the corridor. but it??s almost unusable. who examined her patient briskly and prescribed a powerful painkiller. one of whose drivers punched his windscreen in fury. don??t try to move. He refers to it as the Zalachenko club. were still haunting the former C.?? ??I understand. He spent three hours reading through Ekstr?m??s preliminary investigation and strategy for the trial. But that sort of temporary reassignment was not unusual ?C covering a shortage of personnel here or there in an emergency situation.?? Nilsson muttered. and I can do that only if I have a management that functions and colleagues who enjoy their work. Then he put on some jeans and the maroon sweatshirt that needed washing. ??This morning S?po got calls from several newspapers who had received letters from Gullberg. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise. I can??t tell you how glad I am that you??re taking over. He was mentioned in a lot of correspondence with Teleborian. as yet unnamed. and Zalachenko had given his promise. I??m asking you to be my adviser. The night nurse had been gone ten minutes. It would be impossible for Borgsj? to claim ignorance.

The man from N. But it??s very simple to fake an apparently legitimate address. they would have to settle for a black-and-white printer for 8. without his father there to guide him. Salander had sat in utter silence. I??m only interested in the Zalachenko club. Blomkvist printed out the 220 pages of the manuscript that were finished. She first worked in Counter-Espionage. By now he was not thinking of anything in particular. I would very much like to discover how you came by all this information. I??m sorry ?? in the rush I forgot to let you know. He had ended up in the same situation as during the Wennerstr?m affair. Quite apart from her injuries. I??ve sent a team of externals to tail her.?? ??Sounds promising. I have found him quite likeable. ??She feels sick and she has a strong headache. But he never regained consciousness and died after nine days in intensive care. For trying to kill me. That??s why you asked about your credibility. but stopped and held the door for me.?? ??I agree with you there.?? said Berger with a smile. Sorry. ??Hello. When they arrived in G?teborg he had twelve letters he was satisfied with.

She ran. ??I can see that.?? Salander looked at him with sudden alertness as soon as he mentioned the word ??psychiatrist??.K. Ingela Oscarsson. or to make use of the art of espionage. who was looking more and more hollow-eyed.??s mail server. and stared for a moment into the distance. Before that I studied both philosophy and the history of ideas.K. Her skin itched under the neck brace. but a great many institutions and phenomena also fell within the bailiwick of the division. I??ll put on some coffee???? ??No. She had done a risk assessment and pondered his plan. It was several years since he had slept through a whole night. If the worst came to the worst. It??s complicated. He himself had grown up in H?lledal outside Ramvik. Niedermann must have bloodied his knuckles pretty badly during the beating. Salander??s childhood. of whom two were administrative secretaries of the old school and the remainder were professional spy hunters. who had a similar position in the C. The N. and she has big problems and is under stress. Two of the people living in the building have police records.

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.?? ??But what about a budget? An operation like this has to be financed. of course. She had a routine that I can??t compete with. Herr Zalachenko.?? He thought for a second and then asked one more question. He did not want Niedermann to die. ??Where do we start??? he said. ??Forgive me for pointing this out. The person who bears this letter is working unofficially and has my trust. Well. Criticism of the Section had increased during the first half of the seventies.?? ??Who??s H. he exploited his hold over them to the maximum. He had patched up a girl who had ridden her bike into a ditch that the road-repair department had chosen to dig close to the end of a bike path; the warning barriers had been tipped into the hole. the chief of Secretariat is the only one who has insight into our activities. 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. which reported to the police commission or the justice department. If something went wrong.?? ??Ekstr?m is going to seek to have the trial take place behind closed doors. you tail Jonas. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. for the first time in a long time. a murderer. Worse still. The rear is screened by your hedge.

but he did not by any means consider himself a brain surgeon. was involved in Zalachenko??s murder. Berger thought for while before she replied. It??s as if he never actually existed in the professional world. An article she had rejected in the afternoon would appear in the newspaper sometime after she had gone home. Then he inserted a thinner probe and located the bullet. With rare exceptions. At the same time he was supposed to keep his eyes peeled for anyone who might follow Blomkvist. He knew he was being watched and he must have seen M?rtensson??s Volvo. and import everything from Thailand.?? Figuerola had been right. Gullberg went to Salander??s room and tried the door handle. not vice versa??? ??Exactly. but for security reasons almost the whole team was moved out of police headquarters to an eleven-room apartment in ?stermalm that had been discreetly remodelled into a fortified office. but to her surprise he crossed the street right in front of her car and turned down the hill towards Blomkvist??s building. I assume. Monica. On the same day. energy and resources. the man who murdered your officer tonight. But you ought to know that you could easily kill an intruder with a golf club. we have to be decisive and resort to tough measures. & E. ??I think she??s out of danger. small burn marks on his chest. there??s only one person he could have got that information from.

?? Gullberg looked at Wadensj??. He thought about the fact that his daughter was very close by. After long deliberation he had toned down his criticism of Bublanski and his team. we have to know who they are. who then provided him with a steady stream of assignments to keep him busy.?? she said at last.?? Malm nodded thoughtfully. And then she lay back and stared up at the ceiling.?? ??Our activity is completely legal ?? we??re actually working under the auspices of the government. She would be taking the weekend off. But that??s the angle the police are taking. ??I assume that we??re going to tell him in a subtle way what he has to do to avoid an abrupt end to his career. It was short. this is how things really are. I removed a bullet from her brain. some years ago. And that was enough. ??I hear what you??re saying. and the fact that I??m a workout fanatic. He looked at Giannini. You were the one who met them.?? ??I wish I could. he was following in the footsteps of another well-known spy. she could get fired by S. She gave him a quick look and turned on to Grev Turegatan. the first at 10.

?? ??It??s very simple. and a person in that role is under no obligation to report his activities to the government. How??s the Salander stuff going??? ??Good. What worried him in the short term was that he could never predict when Niedermann might be struck by his mental paralysis. It was an almost shocking feeling when the hand-held suddenly showed that it had established a connection. He knew that something was not quite right in Niedermann??s head. until the immigration authorities decided that Ghidi did not have sufficient grounds for a residency permit. but I??ve been up to my eyes in A. ??Such a shame. or the board should find a way to take an aggressive stance.?? Edklinth frowned. Salander began by deciding where to keep the hand-held.?? Giannini repeated. Her name is Lisbeth Salander.?? ??She attacked a paedophile???? ??Precisely.Q.I. and pulled out a 9 mm Smith & Wesson with a gold-plated butt. ??No. He spent a long time thinking things over.?? ??Yes??? ??It??s this: if I??m not present. ??How are you feeling??? ??Like a sack of shit. Finally Berger heard a voice from the left side of the room. At last he looked up.?? Baksi gave Blomkvist a searching look. and which he wants S.

The doctors think she??ll make a full recovery. V. he sat down and wrote to Janeryd. The first thing she did was to check the protocol number. I don??t know exactly what happened here tonight. He did not wake until 9. and the defective alarm from N. As long as he had a licence. ??As far as the G?teborg police are concerned. ??And there??s going to be war when we publish it. As a result the agency??s effectiveness in large areas was paralysed. Blomkvist took it as a sign that the Prime Minister had just broken the law ?C if only of the more academic specie ?C by giving his consent to the sharing of classified information with a journalist. ??You can??t be involved in this. a man she knew and had worked for during her short time in that department. What do we do with Zalachenko? If he talks. According to my source. cares about it. and we??ll make you a proposal. so he was never a major factor for security policy. Your career might be ruined. ??He??s got us over a barrel. or preventing individual citizens from exercising their constitutionally protected rights and liberties.?? ??I see. I??m here on a work issue. He happened to read the registration number. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo.

?? The Prime Minister nodded grimly.I. I??ve already talked to Milton??s chief lawyer and he??s looking into it. He hoped it had not penetrated her lung. Are you with me? All of this she had already worked out for herself. ??One was Evert Gullberg ?? he was the top man. Then she looked more closely at the computer and saw the little scratch on the top left corner. has no alternative. There??ll be opportunities later. They were sitting at the same conference table at which Blomkvist had sat the day before. and it very nearly sabotaged the entire C.?? They said goodbye. a de facto coup has taken place in Sweden. But she isn??t Zalachenko. alias Karl Axel Bodin.K.U. In its place hung a rope from a hook. The only glimmer of light in the darkness was that Salander had been carried to the helicopter. we??re going to install surveillance cameras. Instead she clicked on the [O] in [ERROR]. and some of their investments could be reconstructed with Lundin??s help.?? ??Thanks. She had managed to free herself from the barn where the man had tied her up. in point of fact. but that did not mean that he might not be living with someone.

had been shot and killed at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg. but then it was to do with my work. she??s under arrest. She clicked on the bubble and wrote Wasp. I blockaded the door and locked us in the bathroom. His other two reports had involved less significant evaluations: one was of an employee inside S. I want to have sex with you and I??m going to reward you handsomely.?? Jonasson sat speechless for a moment. With such cretinous leadership it was no wonder that scandals occurred. He is correctly quoted. ??Should I call her??? ??No. But there was one policeman dead and another severely wounded on the road to Nossebro. At least.?? ??Social Democrat??? Gullberg said. Fourteen were from reporters at various newspapers who wanted to talk to him.I. Dragan. It??s not a wholly inaccurate description. He gripped the base of the bullet. You and I and perhaps a few other people might need to sit down for a chat.M. ??I??d be glad to discharge her because we certainly don??t have any beds to spare here.?? ??Please explain. Going back down the corridor. where everyone was surprised to see him up so early. Which.

??Nothing today. What you call the Zalachenko club cannot exist without the support of key people in this building. Lisbeth. not vice versa??? ??Exactly. The meeting had lasted forty minutes. and I think I know how I??m going to do it. Giannini decided. ??Stockholm is making noises. at all costs. are aware of the contents. But someone with Niedermann??s distinctive appearance is not going to go unnoticed for long. When he had five separate examples of a word.?? ??I??m Dr Helena Endrin.. ??Since the newspapers have already written about a lesbian gang.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside. ??Give me a few years at the daily and then. I??ll go over the details with you.?? Bublanski leaned forward.O. What have you got??? ??Three names. Then he called Cortez. It did not work. Between the time when she had stepped on the shard of glass and Rosin??s arrival that morning. If people in government are mixed up in this. He felt groggy although he had slept for only half an hour.

the telephone number of the prosecutor.?? ??You??re contracted to do investigative work outside the normal editorial job..B.

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He issued instructions that required even the chief of S. Trinity had an antenna constructed by Bob the Dog which had an effective range of about five hundred metres. I don??t think any one of us could even imagine what would happen if Zalachenko talked.?? Gullberg drew a series of concentric circles on his notepad. Nieminen grimaced. And one thing you really don??t want to do is drill into her skull and then operate a year from now when the wound itself has healed. For the moment he needed medical attention. of that she was perfectly aware.?? Blomkvist ran into Cortez at the entrance to the Millennium offices. and he wondered if a copy of Bj?rck??s report might be in her briefcase. On the contrary.T. practically speaking.?? Giannini repeated. S. I don??t know how we??re going to make it. but there??s no sign of him. ??I cut my foot.?? ??I??ll give him one month to sort out his attitude. He crossed Sveav?gen on the viaduct at M?ster Samuelsgatan and went straight down to Klara Norra. he regained his strength and was eventually able to walk again with crutches. That??s why F?lldin sent me to see you. ??Mikael. She needed care. as far as Nieminen could judge. and that it might be two weeks before you can move her to Stockholm.

Presumably because of the threat of revelations about his sexual deviations. ??No. Petrova had injuries that could very well have been inflicted by a man??s bare hands ???? ??Niedermann??? ??It??s a reasonable assumption. It is forbidden to defame or slander another person. He tried again to call Gullberg. He very seldom called in sick. He picked up her chart and studied her temperature graph and the record of medications. no matter how improbable it might seem. When the Security Police was reorganized under Per Gunnar Vinge in 1964 and became the Security Division of the National Police Board. she easily decoded the correspondence. or running.?? he said. You can decide nearer the time. ??And this morning it came out that Paulsson has been taking at least two different antidepressants. 2. when the district court released her back into society. Ekstr?m is the head of the preliminary investigation ???? ??But Bublanski??s leading it. engineers. the intensive care unit.?? he said. Blomkvist did not see the grey Volvo on Monday.?? ??A woman??? ??Not just any woman. obviously. Many of them were sadistic. Jonasson gave her an inquisitive glance and stopped in his tracks when he saw her desperate look.500 kronor and had all the latest features.

Then a shot was fired accidentally that hit him in the foot. After his suicide attempt he sustained such severe brain damage that he is to all intents and purposes a vegetable.Q. On three occasions Zalachenko was arrested by the Swedish police for drunkenness and twice more in connection with fights in bars. Frank. Let??s say the price curve for hamburgers had been the same since the ??70s ?C so a Big Mac would cost about 150 kronor or more. Henry ?? I agree with Mikael that we should publish the story. and you don??t have to produce an article at the end of it.S.?? Erlander said. and large parts of it will seem preposterous. We??ve had him under surveillance round the clock for the past week. and any drivel can be posted on a billboard.?? Edklinth gave Blomkvist a look of surprise. but she could not understand the words. They had set a table with cake and Friday afternoon coffee.?? he said at last. We deal more with computer hacking and electronic surveillance and such like. I??m the one you hired to run the paper. He??s the fixer. was supposed to have access to everything. Edklinth and Figuerola looked at him..?? Figuerola said to no-one in particular. Do we suspect this Niedermann of all of them? If so.?? ??What??s this about.

and pretty strongly at that ?? He must have something up his sleeve. 15.00. ??You could turn out to be a bad habit. She had just poured a second cup of coffee when there was a firm knock on the front door. Then the older of the two receptionists noticed who had just come into the office. a little sense of responsibility would not hurt.?? ??Can you prove that??? ??I can. They were southern European. and at the offices. but Berger was not the kind of person who liked to be threatened. if she surfed it hard. They nodded to each other. and was actually located within the Str?ngn?s police district in S?dermanland county.?? ??Our activity is completely legal ?? we??re actually working under the auspices of the government. K. Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout. I badly need a second opinion. She noticed that some people were nodding their approval. drank a cup of black coffee and ate a slice of wholemeal toast with cheese and a little marmalade on it.I. Because this had been going on for many years ?C at least since 1976. I should think. Morander put a great deal of trust in you. ??So you aren??t going to tell us how you heard about the meeting??? ??I??ve already told you that I won??t. A yes or no will be fine.

When she looked up she saw Jonasson closing the door. holding out a hand that Zalachenko ignored. She has to keep her conversations with Lisbeth confidential. but with no other visible damage.M. Erika Berger. and he in turn went to the Prime Minister. took out a notebook. and called a taxi to pick him up outside S?dra theatre. You operate. Magge gets shot and you??re busted. He says that he already mentioned her name to you in connection with something else.?? Ekstr?m flinched at the mention of the name Blomkvist. We thought that it would be best for all concerned if she disappeared into some institution again and availed herself of the opportunities there. On Friday the court hearing was held. of course. The woman had been shot in the head and there was no exit wound there either.?? She stopped and smiled at him.?? Baksi said. ??So why did you resign from the police force??? Berger said.P. Don??t misunderstand me.00 in the morning and reported Berger??s discovery that diaries. Welcome.S. She was home by 7.

00.?? ??Oh yes??? ??And then I want to go home and go to bed with my husband. Blomkvist spent the night at Salander??s apartment on Fiskargatan. Never before had a secret of this magnitude been known to such a very small group. She had filled five packing crates. and he got to drink whisky at a discreet club in London with the chief of M. After a while she turned her head.?? ??So Blomkvist had a gun. no question. but rather his faith in human nature. the visit lasted precisely nine minutes. That would have been unnecessary.?? Janeryd blinked and pressed his lips together. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. What an excellent tool the Internet was for freaks.?? ??Yes??? said Berger. itself be implemented? The Wennerstr?m debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police. But the work is often to do with people who have been threatened.?? Edklinth said with a faint smile. From the moment I sat down in that glass cage. gloves and hats. Why had Bublanski called her? What was this meeting about? She glanced across the corridor. The woman walked quickly and purposefully without once looking round. I hope you??re not thinking of taking the story with you to S. Both IB and S. The house itself is spartan.

??What is it??? ??Well. I urge you to listen to his story and answer his questions. and hurried off towards the editorial offices on G?tgatan. and the crime scene investigation proceeded as best it could under the circumstances. had enormous resources and used a vast network in order to capture a large number of mobile conversations in a certain region simultaneously. he walked south one street and rang the doorbell of a small. Careers were built on Zalachenko. And she has to be charged with shooting Magge Lundin in Stallarholmen. that the government might want to do so. We have to find allies within the bureaucracy if this is not going to end in calamity. was one. not 250 metres from the hotel room where he found himself today.?? ??Extraordinary. and one or other of us has to be here alone from time to time. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. Zalachenko was watching her in the light that came from the corridor. He walked to Dressman on Kungsgatan and bought a shirt and a change of underwear. It almost certainly won??t be published before the trial. Salander will have to take her chances in court.S. He would not have thought any more about it except that he spotted the same car a few hours later when he was having lunch with Cortez and Eriksson at Medborgarplatsen. She??s been doing so well lately. There was a pile of unopened post that he shoved firmly to one side. ??Coffee. drumming her fingertips in annoyance. from top to bottom.

?? ??The special issue is going to be called The Lisbeth Salander Story.?? ??First name??? ??Fredrik. why they were killed.?? ??I didn??t know that. she undressed and climbed into bed. ??Can you hear me. whom he obviously had not been treating for several years.?? ??Thank you. It had been the stupidest moment of her life and she would never again allow herself those sorts of feelings. ??Is it O. a hospital nightshirt and a pair of plastic flip-flops that she had managed to borrow. but she summoned up a foggy mosaic of images from the woodshed and how she had swung an axe in fury and struck her father in the face. ??The investigation has already reached a sensitive stage. but certain things happened today that require me to stay overnight. One of the men looked to be in his late thirties or early forties and had blond hair. ??That??s possible. But M?rtensson was not at Counter-Espionage.?? Cortez said. was not much better than S. but I anticipate we??ll have grounds for charging him with the three murders here in Stockholm.?? ??O. She hobbled to the door and leaned against the wall to catch her breath. He was on the ground floor talking to a blond man who looked to be in very good shape. Francke was a bit of a cowboy who saw K.S. Henry ?? I agree with Mikael that we should publish the story.

of whom four were female.?? ??North on Kungsgatan. That gave an average of 15.?? The Security Police did not normally spend time investigating robberies of groceries. Her skin itched under the neck brace.?? ??And you think that Millennium will be publishing something noteworthy about Salander??? ??I don??t think so. He??s innocent of everything and has nothing to say. When they finally broke up. for example. He had dealt with why Salander had become a suspect.?? ??A picture? I??m in your debt. But then she got restless and put on her running kit. Salander??s clothes were cut away. He ordered a cup of black coffee and sat at a corner table near the entrance. and he had no idea how many employees the Firm had. we??ll deal with them.S. ??But I don??t think we could manage that even if we had a whole year. Then the two old agents embraced. She had not been given any details about the incoming cases. although she realized that her hopes of getting help from her were most likely in vain.?? ??I understand. Those within the Zalachenko unit thought they had plenty of time before they had to plan his future. and she told him that she had been assigned by her boss to form an unofficial picture of what was true and what not true in the so-called Zalachenko case. What bothered her was that something had happened at the office. slender woman with dark hair and a boyish hairstyle.

of course. Next week I??ll be on a trip.?? Ghidi nodded. not for S?po alone but probably for intelligence services all over the world.?? ??He was referring to the fact that I??m extremely good with computers. ??This is a complete mess.?? ??So what??s going to happen to him??? ??I arrested him for violation of the prostitution laws. As a result of this outburst. ??Evert ?? I spend nine hours every other day on a dialysis machine at the hospital. ??Mikael isn??t here today. When they had finished there was a long silence around the table. Plague decided to make an exceptional effort and washed the dishes. he called Berger himself. But he??s going to go to prison for the murder of Officer Ingemarsson. You were the one F?lldin assigned to be the go-between with those who were protecting Zalachenko. Constitutional Protection is a small and more or less self-sufficient unit.?? ??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.?? ??Denmark??? ??Correct. Eriksson worked at her kitchen table at home in ?rsta until the small hours. He was mentioned in a lot of correspondence with Teleborian. The next moment she froze when she realized that she could add another attack to the list. that answer was simple. with thinning reddish-blond hair and sunglasses. Which meant that his was being monitored too. and Nieminen.00.

but I could see that something happened just now that got you more agitated than I??ve seen you in all the time you??ve been in my care. she continued down the hill and turned right at the corner of Pryssgr?nd. but I would tread carefully if I were you. list of companies that use child labour.m. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. She was dressed in a T-shirt and jeans and had no other injuries that Nieminen could see. The text was written in pencil. Bj?rck was moved from his post within the Immigration Division to a desk in the apartment in ?stermalm. of course he is. and it definitely doesn??t work for me.?? ??Let me call you back. Salander said only that she was not the one who shot him. But then she realized that this isn??t exactly your style and then ???? ??Then??? ??Well. manoeuvring back and forth around his bed. He worked as a newspaper boy. But we have no trace of the car he took. He stopped at a rubbish bin and tore up the photocopies of his letters. The helicopter crew and two paramedics had proceeded in a routine and professional manner. That??s the question our analytical group is working very hard to answer. with a few exceptions. Stig Wennerstr?m flanked by two police officers on his way into Stockholm district court.?? ??I??m on the way in. In a well-ordered world he would be at home in Gosseberga now. and two officers whose job it was to compile and analyse any intelligence information that Zalachenko might contribute. But I need an opportunity to question the girl.

Then he picked up the telephone and tried to call his old protector in Laholm. I gather that there was a very considerable difference of opinion between Faste and Bublanski. ??How did you know who Inspector Figuerola was??? Edklinth said. the more I think it??s like a game of roulette. At first she said no. She also strapped on a shoulder holster and took her Sig Sauer from the gun cabinet. Blomkvist looked in surprise at the cigarette he had extracted from his jacket. Blomkvist studied the photograph of Idris Ghidi from the passport application.?? ??Exactly. But Counter-Espionage had not ever had him. there isn??t a single news desk in Sweden covering the civil service and the government agencies. Anything else of interest on the table??? ??Books. She??ll have to choose between selling her share of Millennium and leaving our board ?? or in the worst case. on the other hand.?? ??So you??ve discovered Salander??s hideout??? Modig said.v Figuerola got up at 5. He had Blomkvist brought into the kitchen. taller than he was. He ordered a coffee and a cheese and liver pat?? sandwich. That was how he lit upon Zalachenko. but he??s putting in an equal amount of time on your story. When Andersson had left for the day.?? ??Why do you think he called you??? ??I interviewed him a couple of times during the hunt for Salander. What do we have to do??? ??The alarm we installed today is temporary. On page thirty-four there is a paragraph in which Bj?rck appears to suggest that Salander be branded psychotic.000 instead.

??He??s got us over a barrel. She might develop epilepsy. Actually. I??m running the club. That way she could look at all the activity in the email system. Decision-making political bodies had been induced to take decisions in a certain direction. ??Yes. a narrow-brimmed.K. It was as well that Trinity belonged to the inquisitive rather than the malicious type of computer marauder. How about that??? ??This hypothetical computer is soon going to send you a hypothetical email. Here too are the original documents from the correspondence between him and Teleborian. She might develop epilepsy. ??Take a break and come back around 9. ??Are we agreed that I pass this on to my contact??? Armansky said. such as terrorist or Kalashnikov. ??Well. and import everything from Thailand. It was the seventh time he had seen the same car in four days. the trail will fizzle out.30. After a moment he nodded. She has to be committed to a mental institution for life. 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. Since the murder of Zalachenko. known locally as Karl Axel Bodin.

??Trained as a navy frogman and then attended the police academy in the early ??90s. the woman who had been shot. Ricky. Sandberg looked at Zalachenko for a moment.R. He read attentively. I write whatever I want ?C and I also have an entire magazine at my disposal.10 this morning.?? He smiled at her. Figuerola suddenly had the feeling that she was a policewoman. But Erika. The list was made up largely of the better-known reporters. Everyone has secrets. as you all know. ??The book states only that the Prime Minister met with the chief of S?po along with a colleague to discuss general questions. ??Dr Endrin is your doctor. Adamsson glanced his way. He would hate to be dragged into any sort of scandal. Her uneasiness grew.?? ??It??s in the daily memo.?? ??Do you know anything about how Salander is? I??ve been sound asleep since I last saw you. How could he find the remainder of the Section? Eriksson might be right: it might be impossible. That was Bj?rck??s job. Then she stumbled up the stairs to the fifth floor and pounded on her friend??s door. In his old age he became a gangster. I presume that the report now exists in two places.

??I have to tell you that your father has made a formal accusation to the police stating that you tried to murder him. It must have been done with the consent of the authorities. Having lived so long with a prosthesis he was used enough to crutches. A real breakthrough. Armansky??s wife Ritva had made a delicious casserole. even fear. He had managed to create a quarantine. This led each of them to distrust the group and at the same time concoct imaginative conspiracy theories about it. made some coffee. to help??? ??I??d already decided that Milton ought to hire a lawyer for her???? ??Is that a yes or a no? I know what happened to her. as a result of which Wu was rescued from certain death. was Zalachenko. who should have knocked on the door of my office and explained the situation. He had undergone a rather extensive operation in which a significant section of his jaw was realigned and fixed with titanium screws.00 Jonasson discovered that Salander had developed a temperature of 37. Her foot was hurting so badly that she could not put any weight on it. ??Yes??? ??It??s just that when we talked to Teleborian. It had also contributed a small part of its funding.?? Bublanski cast a sceptical glance at the muscular woman on other side of the table. shook his head. was a real person. and took a long drink of water.?? She stopped and smiled at him. The next moment she heard footsteps moving swiftly away and then the front door opening and closing. On Sunday she had a temperature of 102. but I??m not that sexy.

but she was definitely not normal. She could not see him anywhere.R.?? Edklinth said tentatively. It??s Mikael. If anyone opened the door she would have quite a problem explaining what she was doing there. I would hesitate to confine myself to an exact diagnosis. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. It dawned on him that he had not been worried about her.?? Armansky said. Let??s meet tonight at 9. ??We have a team working under the auspices of the County Criminal Police. ??You know who I am ?C so you don??t have to be afraid of me. Shit. or whether he was overheard making racist remarks at the time of the murder.?? ??Good.?? ??Very chivalrous. He was supposed to start work again at new year.U.?? ??On the other hand I??m afraid that if I don??t do something. He was without doubt a most competent news editor. and it turned out that Blomkvist only has one. We??re the ones who will decide what we can tell you.S. When I got to him he was unconscious.?? Blomkvist said.

P.?? ??I hear you. Torsten. She felt depressed. Nilsson frowned. ??Police headquarters at 5. And that particular murder was no longer one of the charges against her. however. Just before 6. uninvited. That??s where I met him. So he filled out a ??no visitors?? form that had no connection whatsoever to the one that was set in place by the prosecutor. There??s also a possibility that you??ll develop scar tissue in your brain.?? he said at last. But I??m only talking about a couple of days until we have all the installations ready. and all that stuff about a lesbian Satanist gang is probably a smokescreen originating mainly from him. He picked four colleagues. They were in Armansky??s office on Monday morning.?? ??Check her out anyway. She hesitated a tenth of a second and punched in Berger??s number. staring at the ceiling above Figuerola??s bed.M. We don??t know who this person is. Everyone agrees that you??re the best choice. regardless of how artistic the originator believes the depiction to be. She got back into her car and wrote down both the registration and telephone numbers for Lars Faulsson.

He thought of them as the Inner Circle. You have a beach at the back of the house and a few large houses in the immediate vicinity. First.?? ??North on Kungsgatan. Curt. The fact that her home had been subject to an attack was understandable ?C it was where it was and impossible to disguise. ??I have today off. She had not tackled the Peter Fleming account because she did not need to have full administrator rights. She set out her day??s work in a memo and went in to see Edklinth. It??s like this.K. He opened his iBook again and read through his text. On Friday KAB was conspicuous by its absence. You??ve awarded yourself a bonus of 400. but riddled with suspicion. that extreme variant of bodily glorification. Ulla something. Second. They??re sitting in the Tre Remmare pub on Vasagatan by the stairs down to the Akalla line. He works for Prosecutor Ekstr?m. had no responsibility for the budget and was not at all helpful when it came to making decisions about how much a freelancer should be paid or whether they could afford to buy a new laser printer that was not already included in the sum earmarked for capital investments or I.?? she said. people in high places within S?po will be exposed as accomplices in criminal and immoral activities. something he might not enjoy in any case. there was a possibility that the Section would be subjected to official scrutiny. even though in reality he was not her problem.

Vitavara Inc. ??Salander.?? Cortez said into his mobile. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something. Finally he inserted narrow forceps with serrated jaws.?? Jonasson said.?? ??O. ??Well. I??m still on the Salander story. His job was to save his patient??s life. She had a brace on her neck. In the midst of all this mess he??s like a hand grenade with the pin pulled. 11..?? Inspector Modig woke with a start when her mobile rang at the other end of the bedroom. she lost interest. had been suffering chronic pain for a long time ?? I don??t know. probably in some car park in Stockholm. even when the Prime Minister appointed a special investigator who. Zalachenko abused her mother so viciously that she spent most of her life in hospital. I can tell you that we have our equivalent of Inspector Paulsson. I owe you one. Malin Eriksson. He was snoring. A policeman she thought. We??ll take care of Giannini??s and the Millennium office telephones today.

I can honestly say that I would have wanted very much to know him better.?? Eriksson said.?? he snapped. The company went under in six months. Faste is grossly unsuited to investigate anything at all to do with Salander. or skinhead. What do you want with me??? She was surprised. She was out of a job for several months before she was hired by Milton Security. I don??t have the faintest idea how to handle it. I need his help to do a simple job. Ronald Niedermann. The result was a graph. He got out of the car and looked around.?? ??That??s good. She resigned abruptly. ??Zalachenko??s daughter is supposed to have given him that??? ??It??s hard to find another explanation. Figuerola went implacably on. Since then she has been allowed to drift aimlessly. No matter what happened. In 1969. I have. Salander told her that she was doing fine and that she wanted a pack of cigarettes. She remembered the terrible hatred she had felt. damn it.?? ??I talked with Dragan today.v ?C Tuesday.

00 Jonasson came up to the ward just as Dr Endrin was about to go home. For one thing. on Kungsholmen. He had not. He weighed the pros and cons. Nieminen grimaced. The two men discovered that they liked each other a good deal.?? Modig sat in silence for a moment and looked at her superior. They relied heavily on computers connected to the incident reporting network of the regular police. asked him for it. After she was gone Blomkvist called the hospital in Sahlgrenska and tried to get some information about Salander??s condition. not for the past two years. He was on duty until 6. I wish we had the leisure to stay in touch with faithful old colleagues. She reached out and slid the bag under the covers and pressed the coil of cord into her crotch. Bublanski explained why he was calling. But he??s greedy. ??Always so cynical??? ??Welcome to S. He was still amazed that it had not been confiscated when Paulsson frisked him. He sat still for almost ten minutes before he heard movement in the corridor and was aware that the police had arrived. Zalachenko was watching her in the light that came from the corridor. dark-green English felt hat. ??Just what the bloody hell is going on??? Wadensj?? shrieked. but stopped with his hand on the receiver. ??This is probably the craziest thing I??ve ever been involved with. On the contrary.

.?? She fell silent. Instead of exacerbating the issue. with all the advantages and drawbacks. There was more than a trace of admiration in his voice. she would call an emergency board meeting. I??m perfectly aware that this is going to create difficulties in the office.?? ??We know.K. He would never see them again. In short. formerly Senior Administrative Officer at the Security Police. I just want to leave the flowers. If Blomkvist wanted a way of communicating with the patient. to foreign intelligence services. He got abuse from five directions at once.P. unless Trinity knew where he was and could park his van in the immediate vicinity. orange marmalade and a sliced avocado. Their affair was carried on with his assent. This is just the way it was in his day. I??m on my way. but they never argued either. She began by crossing off all the women.?? ??As Prime Minister I??m not in a position to deliver any such information.P.

?? Modig said.m.?? ??Isn??t that part of the brain associated with numbers and mathematical capacity??? Jonasson said. It??s just that I didn??t want to track you down at work. where she had written: She had spent several weeks in the Caribbean last winter working herself into a frenzy over Fermat??s theorem. of course.?? ??What is it??? ??Out here. She sat bent over spreadsheets of Millennium??s budget and was so engrossed that Anton. He was so absorbed that he did not notice Inspector Modig until she cleared her throat and asked if she could join him. Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout.P. but the source was a fake. I??ve worked in the media for twenty-five years and I have never met a person like him in a management position.I. I know something about Salander. ??And between us. He had the face of a model and looked weak.iv Modig and Holmberg arrived at G?teborg Central Station just after 8.?? Ghidi nodded. ??Phenomenally intelligent.?? ??That??s what it was always about.. Blomkvist thought. ??But you??re the leader of the preliminary investigation.?? ??There??s a division of labour. He looked like a bit player in E.

S. National Security Agency. Otherwise. Wasp had met two face to face. and Nystr?m is turning sixty.?? ??Bodin ?? Zalachenko is as slippery as an eel and he has an answer to all our questions. ??Mmm. but he seemed alert still. interview sofa to another.?? ??Of course I do.?? ??But we may have a problem. He needed time and space to think. The Salander affair had cracked wide open. She was attractive and dressed in a way that she knew made her more so. for as long as she kept trying. She had brought a green military bag containing her laptop. An injured man and a younger woman. where the contacts were made through personal friendship and trust. ??Which way is he facing??? Figuerola said.?? ??I??ll get back to you. but she lacked experience and the gravitas of Berger. the police and hospital administration had agreed that Salander should remain in room eighteen for the time being. even though his motives were not to harm her. Mandrake wrote.?? the girl said. even if she had no say over the magazine??s contents.

Then he went to the hall to get his bag. In the trial. If she did not find anything of interest in that group. you??re not to say a single word to the police. he was a good person. She forgave nothing. and exactly what it is you intend to publish. so they won??t be publishing it tomorrow. I don??t want you underfoot if there??s any trouble. but they had no facts.?? Berger said. had butterflies in his stomach as he asked his team leader Inspector Bublanski to take a seat opposite him. I mean. fire security. Twice since midnight the duty nurse had put her head around the door. He had no local knowledge of the streets in Stockholm county.?? ??So we no longer have the report??? ??No. He approached Thomasson and proposed that the lawyer come in as a third.O.?? ??He seems not to have had any contact with his old friends in Hamburg.?? They paid a short visit to Salander??s sickbed. She parked on Bergsgatan. you??re released from all other duties. expecting that he would be asked to smuggle something in for her. He and the whole of Sweden had seen her passport photograph on billboards outside every newspaper kiosk for weeks. Not at mine.

frowning when Wadensj?? lit a cigarillo.?? ??But if the K. The cost of all that work would be almost 50. I??m going to have to face up to the Borgsj? problem.?? Modig said. Stage two is Millennium and Mikael Blomkvist. She gave him a quick look and turned on to Grev Turegatan. and exactly what it is you intend to publish. ??Evert ?? you have to understand that ?? we don??t do things like that any more. 3. The second half will be everything that we know about the Section. On the one hand. and put her through. He took a clean sheet from a linen cupboard and cut it up to make bandages. But every time she had decided to sleep at Blomkvist??s.?? ??Witnesses??? ??Well. But there are three problems.?? ??Where are you??? ??At the hospital. although the pain drilled into his jaw. the lawyer Annika Giannini.?? Edklinth said by way of apology. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even. And I need the telephone number of the prosecutor.?? ??You??re contracted to do investigative work outside the normal editorial job..B.

to apply to Prosecutor Jervas here in G?teborg. was but she seldom chatted. It was inconvenient because the police intranet was at headquarters.

It took twenty minutes to find the address where Idris Ghidi lived
It took twenty minutes to find the address where Idris Ghidi lived. Can you tell me your name??? ??Pshalandr. This was enough for Figuerola??s team to initiate the preliminary investigation and to set about enquiring whether the robbers had a connection to the neo-Nazi gang in V?rmland. but just before the trial begins we might be able to publish a whole feature that examines the accuracy of all the statements that have been made about Salander. She had seen him on T.?? ??Good. was to be that of Olof Palme. When he had finished he made some observations. She would hardly notice the difference.?? ??That??s true.?? ??And you were the one who operated to remove the bullet??? ??That??s right. ??Do you have anything against a Milton employee staying here? I could call and find out if my colleague Susanne Linder is free tonight. Erlander glanced at Salander and then back to her lawyer. which Niedermann was presumed to be using. and in daily parlance ??the Section. Asperger??s syndrome. and suddenly there isn??t much time left. and then within the Constitutional Protection Unit as an analyst and administrator.

for at least twenty-five years. had to be considered a toy. Who was also the reason why she was feeling tired and irritated.?? ??Yes. and his dealings with whores appear to have been going on for many years.?? Wadensj?? regarded Clinton with doubt in his eyes. I repeat.?? the P.?? ??He seems not to have had any contact with his old friends in Hamburg. department at Sahlgrenska. She waited until the woman reached the crossing in front of her. or hostile??? ??No. ??Should I call her??? ??No.M. we had a hell of a lot of work to do here???? ??You??re saying I wasn??t available??? Eriksson nodded. But that??s now your third lie in about the same number of minutes. Their successes were never reported. but I think he went to the reception desk too.

?? ??But I am. But I??m only talking about a couple of days until we have all the installations ready. or how much Armansky and Palmgren and I. was going to spy on the spies? In August 1964 Gullberg was summoned to an afternoon meeting with the assistant chief of the Security Police. More than once Zalachenko had had to intervene when Niedermann began acting irrationally or lay curled up in terror. I was never privy to the details. he would have known how to tie proper knots. At 9. ??Why so??? Berger said. ??He started at S?po in the ??50s.?? ??Did you disturb a robbery. But it seems you were far ahead of us. Wasp downloaded mail that had been sent to her private mailbox at Hacker Republic.?? ??Then who was the murderer??? a reporter from Dagens Eko shouted. If a colonel on the defence staff could work for the Russians ?C he was also the government??s adviser on matters involving nuclear weapons and security policy ?C it followed that the Russians might have an equally senior agent within the Security Police. But Lisbeth has enemies. 27. I said I had a number of final tests to run on you tomorrow and that I couldn??t discharge you until Sunday.

He turned left on to Tavastgatan at the Bishop??s Arms pub and parked at the corner. After about fifteen minutes the blond man stood up and left the caf??. and then within the Constitutional Protection Unit as an analyst and administrator. The nurse gave her a beaker with a straw to drink water through.. She planned on landing in Gibraltar a few days after she escaped. Gullberg took a taxi to Frey??s. What??s the problem??? ??To tell you the truth ?? I think I??m calling to check how much credibility I have with you. and then follows the hunt for Salander first. By tomorrow morning my career could be over. But it definitely does mean that some individuals within S. ??I don??t know.?? ??Fine.?? Blomkvist suggested. After his suicide attempt he sustained such severe brain damage that he is to all intents and purposes a vegetable. And this has nothing to do with damage control. and then follows the hunt for Salander first.P.

?? Salander said nothing. I took it for granted that S?po knew what they were doing and had the appropriate routines and experience. It was a reasonable decision.?? Berger sighed.?? ??You mean ???? ??Jerker and I have discussed it. He very soon realized that Paulsson was a pompous. ??The killing of the police officer is the main thing right now. He then walked on to Sveav?gen. You will have to be something of a mentor to me for the time being. ??Worst of all. And at the same time. he knew that this was the room I was in. It is forbidden to incite or exhort someone to crime. Having lived so long with a prosthesis he was used enough to crutches. Dakota wrote. I??ve never had a confrontation with a prime minister before. He sent over a U. and we can follow the correspondence that shows how Teleborian is conspiring with Jonas in the same way he conspired with Bj?rck in 1991.

she would like a cup of tea.?? Blomkvist said in a tone that indicated he had scant trust in the Prime Minister??s assurances. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. and was actually located within the Str?ngn?s police district in S?dermanland county. ??The district court is going to appoint him to do a forensic psychiatric assessment of you. only women were allowed to hold high office. and blood gushed from the wound. * Giannini was with Prosecutor Jervas for fifteen minutes. ??My office.. On the one hand. It was just our bad luck that he happened to be on rotation. Not only that; she was terribly frightened. It??s about the police investigating the possibility that Lisbeth Salander was mixed up in the sale of anabolic steroids.?? ??Lisbeth. ??Bellona Inc. He met Angleton. a lot of jobs and good money for several years.

She felt the alarm spreading up from her diaphragm. I have a source who provides me with some info. Do we know who the killer was??? ??Not yet.P. That??s my father in the middle. She heard voices and all of a sudden her courage deserted her. Then Gullberg??s expression darkened. the incident might be included in that year??s statistical compilation. He bought the G?teborgs-Posten.K. There was nowhere there to park a car. Then a week went by before the emails started coming again. He??s going to do a security assessment. That held for a few minutes until the head of Budget pointed out that S.?? ??No. ??What time is good??? They agreed that Giannini should turn up at around 6. Yet she felt indifferent. If you arrange that they??re going to lose money.

). A defector of Zalachenko??s status would have to be handled with the utmost secrecy. You make 112. He took the stairs down to the ground floor. She had put it on the windowsill. the supplementary information that the prosecutor considered irrelevant to the preliminary investigation. ??You??ll probably be transferred pretty soon. and hurried off towards the editorial offices on G?tgatan. He felt that the situation was chaotic and ominous. and put on long black trousers. and Edklinth was Figuerola??s boss. Some of the reporters are prize primadonnas. In its place is an exchange between Bj?rck and Teleborian. getting to his feet. I don??t really know. but he restrained himself. scanner that the hospital had lately acquired. and they had both ended up in bed with Torkel.

S. The first thing she did was to call Blomkvist. she put on one shoe and stuck the toes of her injured foot into the other. of course. in such appalling circumstances. she had kept on playing with the equations.?? He burst out laughing. and I can do that only if I have a management that functions and colleagues who enjoy their work. ??He??ll be home by 5. had been a dream and she might suddenly wake up on the sofa at Millennium. and by 6. and shook hands with Holmberg. he watched as Torstensson and Ingemarsson drove off in their patrol car. In addition. At first she said no. She calculated the distance. and replenished the cart with plastic bags for the wastepaper baskets. She ran.

Cortez. 1988); S?po Chief 1962?C1970 by P. He saw a lined face framed by short grey hair. They waited for almost an hour before Inspector Erlander arrived from Gosseberga with Blomkvist. but I??ll probably be following him pretty soon.?? ??No. and Armansky did not think a little discreet surveillance was such a bad thing. We would be demolished. If these very unpleasant pranks continue we will have to consider reporting them to the police. Then he burst out laughing. He was the only policeman in Sweden whose official job description was to function as a political police officer. at the request of Helena Endrin.?? Beckman was completely O.?? ??We can ask why the source might want this information to get out. Ownership implies responsibility. The older man got in. ??Well ?? that??s good. For fun.

Bj?rck had been accompanied at Zalachenko??s original reception by a lawyer. She was given crutches and took a taxi home. The police had released nothing about Salander??s condition. Salander lapsed into such inexhaustible silence that it seemed she might never utter a word again. He thought that it was the most important post a Swedish policeman could hold. during the time when the impeccably mannered Georg Thulin was head of the third division of S?po. He did not seem to take in anything that Blomkvist said. They??re not supposed to interfere with the content. What the hell? Is there some sort of spy convention on Bellmansgatan today? The two men parted at the top of the hill without exchanging a word. And there??s a connection to Niedermann there too. In one of the rooms between his own and the exit was Lisbeth Salander. ??Hello. Figuerola nodded and started the engine.I. She had done her best to find a formula for working with him. She took a chance and hurried to the corner of Sveav?gen. which included a short whip. only women were allowed to hold high office.

?? Figuerola said. She had experienced the same thing at St Stefan??s. he would have known how to tie proper knots. She watched the woman as she stood in the queue at the kiosk. but during the night some bastard had punctured all four tyres. ??Animal Sex. in accordance with his own paranoid delusions.T. She hobbled restlessly back and forth while Linder kept a watchful eye on her. It sounds a little cryptic. The first email ?C which was also the most crude and intimidating with its suggestion that she would be fucked with a screwdriver ?C had come on May 16.?? ??And she lived to tell the tale??? ??Obviously her condition was critical. ??I??ve extended your assignment by three months.I. But what I??m asking is whether or not you??re willing to put yourself in her corner and get into a pitched battle with her enemies.I.?? she said. As he ran he called Cortez on his T10.

These pages. did not have any teenagers on its staff. If he claimed not to have known that many of the workers there were only twelve or thirteen years old.?? ??It??s a hell of a dilemma. who did not easily forget an enemy. He had offered credentials to indicate that he worked for S. The most disturbing was the attack on her house. Francke. She had decided that for once she was going to do as he advised. Gullberg began to believe that Zalachenko was not quite right in the head. So you went to the justice minister. I have no idea where he is or where he might go.?? The detectives stood up. not through official channels and bureaucratic regulations.?? ??Probably. clicking through one after another. ??But for now. and that committing her in 1991 was justified.

He could not move it even a millimetre.M.?? the P. What I??d like to know is when you mean to publish your article. He looked back at the clock. working at the Karolinska hospital in Stockholm. Just tell us.?? ??Yes. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??m thinking that Edklinth would be a little bit disturbed if he saw us right now. All such matters should be discussed with Malin.?? Bublanski cast a sceptical glance at the muscular woman on other side of the table. Blomkvist was at the Kaffebar on Hornsgatan when he heard on the radio that a 66-year-old unnamed man. if the citizens could be persuaded to feel any kind of loyalty to any state. and clocked in at police headquarters at 8. The activity may for all I know be legitimate and sanctioned by the government. frowning when Wadensj?? lit a cigarillo. stood on tiptoe and unscrewed the three screws in the round white cover of a vent in the wall of Salander??s room. and he doesn??t have a criminal record.

??Say that again??? ????diot.R. She signalled and headed off a couple of pedestrians who tried to sneak across even though their light was red. Lisbeth??s mother. Part-time guard. Salander was in rehabilitation at Sahlgrenska and was up to her neck in her own problems. Touch??. and carried her breakfast into the living room in time for the 6.?? ??Of course. this is going to be tough. It was chaotic. somewhere along the way. and Blomkvist freely admitted that he himself had put him there. and I can??t tell the others before I tell him. She looked up and down the block. For the Section.?? ??I understand.?? ??O.

she needs this. yet was relatively lucid and able to talk. Salander opened her eyes and saw a light in the ceiling. Security Police matters were going to have to wait until the next day. shit. and he had to stop after each step to deal with the pain. Can we keep it on a friendly level??? ??I think that would be best. It was just our bad luck that he happened to be on rotation. Figuerola noted the time.?? ??We want the legal process to take its course even though this is a difficult situation.?? Ellis said. but a Karl Axel Bodin seems to have been born in 1942 in Uddevalla.?? ??I hope she will.?? The Zalachenko club. We will be holding an annual dinner at which we??ll have fun talking crap about you. We??re not going to lift a finger to help you this time. and it was only when she had to turn off the alarm in the hall that she remembered her husband was not at home. without knowing what she would say.

I was tipped off by a source. The sports desk is dangerously understaffed. not hers. Cortez had the weekend shift and Blomkvist found him again in the office in the evening.?? ??I??d rather you didn??t.?? ??And who else was at the meetings??? ??It was a long time ago ?? I don??t remember. 1991); Power Struggle for S?po by Erik Magnusson (Corona.I. Vinge never saw eye to eye. She had decided to stay in G?teborg at 4. She had not moved it anywhere else. It was frustrating. but Bj?rck could not possibly be the only man responsible. and I don??t think there is any other doctor in Sweden with the same insight into her clinical condition. We just don??t have the editorial capacity for what we??re trying to do. She explained what she needed to have done. Plus she had stolen Magge??s Harley. I don??t believe that this activity is sanctioned by the leadership of S.

?? Blomkvist said again.C. She walked calmly back to the top of the hill just in time to see the woman disappear through the entrance door of Blomkvist??s building. Cortez wrote feverishly. When she was alone she gathered her strength. It was 7. what??s the situation??? Andersson shook his head. But she was connected. ??We??ve talked it through. ??Do you have the address??? Blomkvist nodded. Hmm. come what may. when Gullberg was nineteen years old. Everybody??s off work. ??Why not give it to her lawyer??? ??Because Lisbeth is the only one who knows how to get at the evidence. you??ll have to apply to Prosecutor Jervas here in G?teborg. was but she seldom chatted. It was inconvenient because the police intranet was at headquarters.