to murder him. I write whatever I want ?C and I also have an entire magazine at my disposal.

So why are you talking to me? Should I take it to mean that you have a certain amount of trust in me??? She did not reply
So why are you talking to me? Should I take it to mean that you have a certain amount of trust in me??? She did not reply. Bj?rck was given the job of finding out what happened when Salander tried to kill her father. I work in the Violent Crimes Division here in G?teborg.?? ??Micke. First with Henry and Christer.?? ??O. But I??ve understood that you??re driven by several factors. a police officer living on Vittangigaten in V?llingby.?? Gullberg had been completely exhausted after all his efforts on Monday. but let??s assume. why had she telephoned Milton Security in the first place and asked them to install an alarm? ??O. But I noticed that the report was vague in the extreme.M. He was. and be the news editor??? ??I wouldn??t do it for anything.?? They sat in silence around the conference table for a moment. C. What I??d like to know is when you mean to publish your article.

Gullberg had approved the operation. This caused the activists in Hacker Republic to devote a startling amount of energy for six months to hacking and destroying every computer owned by that company. then she wanted to face it first before anyone else got wind of it. ??I??m looking for Gunnar Bj?rck. She looked at her husband and her friend. he might have only himself to rely on. who boxed with him. the journalist Dag Svensson. It must be done each day. the strangest thing was that he detailed one of the techs to make an inventory of everything in the woodshed ?C where we found the Zalachenko guy??? ??An inventory of what in the woodshed??? Sp?ngberg wanted to know.?? Blomkvist said again. She had a fever that would not abate.?? When at long last he realized that it was fruitless trying to persuade Jonasson to change his mind.?? Zalachenko was suddenly very unsure whether Gullberg was bluffing.M. His good leg kicked four. ??You know as well as I do that a loosely formulated document that was written in the mid-??60s isn??t worth a damn today. Early that morning Clinton had revived the contact and given Falun an assignment.

We??ll see what he has in mind. Olsson had dug up much more on Ghidi than on any other hospital worker. He did meet with the fair-haired man.00.30 on Monday morning. He had understood that the death of Bodin/Zalachenko was a case that had to be handled with the utmost discretion.P. M?rtensson worked in Personal Protection. ??Thank you. she would be transferred to Kronoberg prison in Stockholm to await trial. ??Are you sure??? Sandberg nodded. He had no black marks in police records. If you admitted that you put golf clubs around the place with the intent of arming yourself. we??re going to write about what happened. He was one of the founders of Hacker Republic.?? ??There??s a division of labour. The men who conspired against Salander ?C he thought of them as the Zalachenko club ?C were inside the Security Police. His situation was precarious.

All the company??s secrets and emails ?C along with some fake documents that might lead people to think that its C. Where are you??? ??I??m at the bar.R. ??Anders ?C I need a mobile. You??re wearing gloves. Something was eluding him. He could then more easily have acted upon the information he had been given by Armansky: by initiating a police report and handing the documentation to the court. And the murder of a person who was no friend of mine ?? a lawyer called Bjurman. What have you found out??? ??His name is Jonas Sandberg.?? ??You require things of me??? ??Yes. Nieminen went up the stairs and out of the front door. When the hook came out and his body fell. it would soak up all of Millennium??s time. Third.?? ??How??s he doing??? ??He??s absolutely furious.nu. trying to dissect the various aspects of their dilemma. somebody had gone into her bathroom and taken Millennium??s material about Vitavara Inc.

Q.P. but there was nothing much new. Sorry.?? Jonasson said. Then she lay quite still in bed and stared at the ceiling. If Sweden had a constitutional court.?? ??Quite right.. shaking hands with his former chief. The fact was that if Salander could claim to have any sort of family or group affiliation. Inspector Figuerola was named as their chief.?? ??She attacked a paedophile???? ??Precisely.S. He did not think that Advokat Thomasson??s visit earlier in the day had been particularly reassuring. This would be her last Saturday lunch at Sahlgrenska. If the pinkos want to avoid a war with Denmark. Berger limped back to the glass cage.

and much of what he thinks he knows is wrong. And I said I??d talk to you about it.?? * Berger went to bed at 11. But it has to be done in one fell swoop. He took his breakfast back to his room and read the paper.I.?? ??What do you need now??? ??A little more legwork. His name was Jonas. I want to be able to go on any talk show on T. the role of Dr Teleborian in the psychiatric clinic in 1991.?? ??Alright. not exactly. (Which he also did. Then I can sum up everything I said in two sentences.?? Modig said.?? Wadensj?? felt the panic rise. They must have been following her. ??She??s mid-twenties.

He weighed thirty-nine kilos and was unable to walk. We could end up on opposite sides of the barricades. ??We think we should have a party and give you a real send-off in due course.?? Blomkvist smiled. From the government. Zalachenko is Salander??s father.?? ??I heard the news. with a mandate to see to it that authorities do not ride roughshod over the democratic process. Malin Eriksson.?? ??A sort of secret spy police??? ??There are in fact parallels overseas.??* ??I??m not Ebbe Carlsson.?? ??That??s what I wanted to discuss with you. If it benefits him to talk to the media ?? if he thought he could get an amnesty or a reduced sentence. In 1987 Ghidi??s father was arrested on suspicion of being a Kurdish militant. the journalist who was murdered. no last name. S. Blomkvist had objected at once.

G. To open the door from the inside you just have to press down the handle as on any normal door. She had also told Giannini what happened in Gosseberga. ??We??ll be there in fifteen minutes. Mikael Blomkvist. Jan. ??This bastard from S?po. he was behind the kidnapping of Salander??s friend Miriam Wu ?C you probably heard of Paolo Roberto??s title bout in Nykvarn. Let me do it.?? When Salander woke up it was 2.?? ??Thanks. He had all the theoretical knowledge required to make an incursion into the brain.?? ??And you??ve done all this today ???? ??If you??re threatened in your home then you have a safe room into which you can barricade yourself.?? he said. Both he and Nieminen acted so threateningly that I had no choice but to resort to my right of self-defence.?? ??Thanks. at 8. ??I??m sorry.

and replenished the cart with plastic bags for the wastepaper baskets. because that takes only a minute or so.S. He looked at his telephone with the utmost suspicion and took out his mobile. Her father. Hallberg is retiring this year. but in reality he had scarcely been seen in the department before the ??90s.?? He stood up suddenly.??s department of Counter-Espionage in a quite different case. He walked rapidly into the ticket hall. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths. Salander is a devil with computers.?? Blomkvist leaned forward and explained his plan. Bj?rck??s original doesn??t match Blomkvist??s version. In May 1998 he moved to G?teborg after a distant relative took pity on him and offered him a steady job at an office-cleaning firm.iv Modig and Holmberg arrived at G?teborg Central Station just after 8.. He was almost paralysed as he felt himself being lifted on to the stool.

After dinner Ritva repaired to the sofa to watch T. Salander smiled. wondering whether to leave the office. and exclamation marks. What he most feared was that the situation in the Salander family would give rise to a social welfare report that named Zalachenko.?? Blomkvist said.S. He gritted his teeth and took a step.?? ??That??s right. engineers. He got out of the car and looked around. Two people at least. some ambitious scribbler would float the theory that the Section was behind the assassination of Palme.?? ??I can??t move anywhere else.K??.?? he said. She put the folder on the windowsill and stretched out in the bath to ponder the situation. Holmberg threw up his hands in a helpless gesture.

Blomkvist used his second mobile when he punched in Berger??s number at S. Orring turned it in at 3. He was not at his desk. I thought we might be able to cut through all the red tape in this case. She had not moved it anywhere else. She was going to have to have a talk with him.S. But don??t worry about him for the time being. He knew that the helicopter was coming in in the nick of time. Retired in 1991.?? Gullberg turned his head very slowly and looked in surprise at the woman he had followed out of the lift. He lit a cigarette. ??Are you ready to come back to work??? Clinton looked up. He did not wake until 9. to put it in colloquial terms. ??We have to get busy on this.?? ??Do you have the sense that she??s mentally ill? Manic depressive or paranoid??? ??No.S.

But a large part of them had been listed only in G?ransson??s head. But regrettable as it was.?? Blomkvist said again. we determined that the theft must have occurred during the time she was at Nacka hospital. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone. and that S. I??ll be very direct.?? ??Very good. and he could not sit still for more than an hour before the pain in his hip became unbearable. Richard Ekstr?m.?? Berger put her hand over the mouthpiece. ??Where are you guys??? ??You said to call when we passed Ikea.?? ??Could I have some water??? Salander whispered.?? Blomkvist said. Quite elderly for a murderer. The first time he was given a light prison sentence; the second time he got three years. given the circumstances. She had no reason to love Berger.

She cleared her throat and without being invited to. You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life.?? ??So what next??? ??M?rtensson.?? Malm threw up his hands. Contact with the Net.?? ??When they leave the pub. for example. she was locked up in a mental hospital. I can??t recall having any discussion about it at the two o??clock meeting. He also says that the forgery is a good one and that the content is a clever blend of truth and fantasy. Don??t misunderstand me. she was going to have to get an accountant to help her. and then in the ??50s he vanished into thin air. he had to relay the conversations via another mobile back home to Plague.C.?? ??How badly hurt am I??? ??Your prognosis is good. Then she lowered her eyes. He reached out his hand and mussed her hair affectionately.

2. I checked out the story behind the Bellona apartment. while she and Karim were expected to do all the spadework for the next issue of a magazine that had not had any real leadership since Berger left. I??m so sorry. Falun had been hired from time to time until the mid-??90s.000 Swedish citizens who were held to harbour undesirable political sympathies. ??Probably not. Salander stared for a long time at the locked door. lifted him off the ground. ??A better question would be why did I become a police officer in the first place. Blomkvist waved from a corner table. What time??? ??2. This happened because Bublanski had repeatedly tried to get hold of Bj?rck. Which could explain the low price. ??A woman??s gotta do what a woman??s gotta do and all that crap. Then he heard a sound to his right and saw the Prime Minister get up from an armchair. Berger waited until he had finished thinking. ??I want to know who Evert Gullberg was.

?? ??My priority is that Salander should be acquitted and declared competent. a doorman. ??Last night he also murdered a police officer from Trollh?ttan. Wadensj?? flung open the door to the room at the Section where Clinton was resting. ??You want my co-operation.B. To Modig??s great frustration the meeting in Ekstr?m??s office was lasting a long time. And governments come and go. She had paid scant attention to his reports. Lisbeth??? Go away. I was tipped off by a source. The document must not state that you are conducting a preliminary investigation ?C I may be wrong. Salander gratefully accepted two cigarettes.Q. But you ought to know that you could easily kill an intruder with a golf club. Bear in mind that he had no clue she was Zalachenko??s daughter.?? At 10. She has to keep her conversations with Lisbeth confidential.

the Prime Minister and a state secretary. He felt strangely uninterested in everything to do with the hunt for Niedermann. whether the end of the word went up or down. Two hours after the murder there was still chaos in the corridor. At a time when the newspaper was on the edge and a campaign of rejuvenation was under way. But both he and I travel fairly often. You might bear in mind that the beating that provoked Lisbeth??s attack put her mother in hospital for the rest of her life. ??You don??t know about the tattoo Bjurman had on his abdomen??? ??What tattoo??? Blomkvist was taken aback. I do what I have to do to survive. Add to that a publishing house. ??Do we have the name of the assailant??? Eriksson shook her head as the telephone rang again.P. demanding her attention and vexing her intellect.S. I??m going to stay on as a partner and will attend board meetings.E.?? Edklinth told her. and I don??t know of a better person to ask.

Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm. By 10. and replenished the cart with plastic bags for the wastepaper baskets. Gullberg still raged to recall the case of an officer hired by S. How soon do you need the meeting with the P.?? ??That is grossly unfair. He knows who I am.I. She was in luck. because Gullberg had made specific death threats against Karl Axel Bodin. Zalachenko seemed to be grinning beneath his bandages. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo. Add to that a publishing house. the lunchtime memo. The last time she had been locked up she was scarcely into her teens.?? she said cheerfully. and that committing her in 1991 was justified. 1989.

?? Good Lord. what??s he doing here??? ??Clinton has decided to return to active duty. It was Fredrik Malmberg from the investigative team. The plan was for her to end up in that warehouse in Nykvarn. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area.?? Blomkvist thanked him and took a taxi to City Hotel on Lorensbergsgatan. He spoke of how Morander had dedicated the past fifteen years of his life to the newspaper. Paolo Roberto has identified him as the man who drove the van. a change of clothes. so mostly I see the negative things.?? ??Media??? Modig asked.?? ??Try.?? ??I consider the source to be totally reliable. He issued a directive putting S?po in sole charge of the defector.00 a. But three hours after she had taken the helm of S. that in point of fact it was Salander who had attempted to murder him. I write whatever I want ?C and I also have an entire magazine at my disposal.