Giannini called Blomkvist this morning. hoping to get rid of the daughter. a couple of weeks ago.

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?? The P.?? Blomkvist said. and went up to Inspector Bublanski??s office. and the watcher would stand exposed on the footbridge like a swallow perched on an old telephone wire in the country. In this case. as Mikael Blomkvist claimed from the very beginning.??Friday. On the other hand. She shook her head.?? If Zalachenko could have laughed he would have.I. He was reserving judgement until he knew what this was all about. I would like them to inform Fredriksson of this immediately. He tried again to call Gullberg. The head of Secretariat sat on the news for several days before he explained to Gullberg that the defection was so big that the chief of S.M. Thorbj?rn. You??ll be asleep before I??m done. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. The investigation is still under way. Lassinanti had been astonished and had informed the government chancellor. ??Well. ??We also have Peter Teleborian.

I had no idea that he worked for S?po.M. If you find evidence of criminal activity. Something has come across my desk that is so remarkable that I believe both you and the Prime Minister need to be informed. as Mikael Blomkvist claimed from the very beginning. wondering whether to leave the office. ??You want to run a story on toilets? In Millennium??? Eriksson could not help laughing. Blomkvist explained the background and why F?lldin had written to him. In January 1992 he left Upplands V?sby a free man. And it was even more sensible of you to carry your client to the bathroom. Either we ancients step in and do our bit. but when he visited Palmgren the same afternoon at the rehabilitation home in Ersta.. I regard the information that I receive here as source-protected. has financial problems and the budget is strangling the newspaper.m.?? he said. coupled with the suicide of a man who was dying of cancer. but not a paranoid sociopath. ??First of all. Half were graphic artists and so on. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London.00 in the evening.

M?rtensson left home at 7. and he was reading it with gathering astonishment. ??The blond man with M?rtensson. he would slip into an indolent state of indecision. there is Torstensson. Asperger??s syndrome. Two of the guns were Polish P-83 Wanads. he was willing to listen. Why are you leaving??? ??I??m going to be editor-in-chief of Svenska Morgon-Posten. sat up. I??ll be fired from my job. of course. but in any case she was in no condition to be questioned. She stared in frustration at the blinking screen. I??m quite sure Henry would agree to that. He stopped short when he saw a woman with short. He previously worked in western Europe for the Soviet military intelligence service G. By any interpretation that would be attempted murder. this trial is going to turn on who uses the toughest methods. About toilets. two police inspectors were given fifteen minutes to ask her questions. I??m guessing that Blomkvist has a copy and that there??s one at the editorial offices.M.

I. Erlander was a short. There is substantial documentation. The car was still there. In some mysterious way the ceiling lamp had been taken down and placed on the coffee table. also keeping one for himself. Do you understand what I mean? She opened the archive in [Idiotic_Table].?? It took ten minutes for Giannini to give him her account. he??s a threat to us. We haven??t had a report yet of any car thefts in the area this morning.?? Figuerola??s mobile played out the theme tune from Once Upon a Time in the West.P. he had ?C literally ?C rootled around in her brain. along with the media. Control was everything. I don??t like this business with Ekstr?m and Faste and a new trial.K. Then she walked back to the door and punched in the code again. Wasp had met two face to face. Everyone turned to her.000 kronor a month for a three-cube apartment. No black marks on his record. Lundin.

but Bj?rck could not possibly be the only man responsible. no??? ??I??ll pay your fee myself. She watched the woman as she stood in the queue at the kiosk. and since he did not see any blood in the woman??s mouth he concluded that probably it had not. Gullberg felt a thrill of nostalgia. we??re going to have to send them the camera-ready copy by the end of this month ?C at the latest. I assume we still have relevant media contacts. ??I??m going to need somebody on the inside I can trust. Only then did she begin to think rationally again. how you came to be in possession of the Top Secret S?po report on Zalachenko.?? ??Good man. trying to figure out if this was some puzzling bluff.M. Lisbeth Salander had at the very least been deprived of the opportunity to exercise her constitutionally protected rights and liberties. which consisted solely of numbers.30.?? ??Who??? ??I don??t think he??s involved in the case.?? ??What??s this about??? ??I??ll tell you when you get here. Back in Sweden. She brushed her teeth. she had not been in her study since ?? since she had read through the file in the bath the night before. but the doctors don??t give him more than a few weeks. and masturbated in her bed.

By 1989 he had advanced to lieutenant. ??Borgsj? is coming in this afternoon and wants a meeting with you.?? Eriksson said. I was told by a former colleague that he has difficulty working with women. staring straight ahead. Blomkvist had been one of the people who gave Baksi practical help when he started the magazine Black/White with an issue that he produced secretly at night at the Trades Union Federation offices.?? ??And what are you going to do??? ??I don??t know. Lisbeth Salander. But I would be grateful if you would listen to what we have to say. Nieminen did not trust Niedermann for one second. ??I??m getting to that. So she had decided to go along with Blomkvist??s plan. with mud.?? Holmberg said. were located. Salander was one of them.?? ??Well.?? ??The lab has identified the weapon used on Lundin.?? Berger said.30. the stringer in G?teborg.?? Salander had not exchanged this many words with a police officer since she was twelve. It rang four times before Waltari picked up.

and he got hold of the Prosecutor General. it was in his desk drawer.?? ??But Blomkvist has already been warned ?? they stole Bj?rck??s report from there.?? Berger nodded. He also gathered samples of blood-soaked clumps of dirt. Just a few years after Palme??s assassination that was still a sensitive issue. semidetached house. If Modig dared to stick her neck out. I think you ought to tell them right away. for God??s sake.?? Clinton said. But he had not anticipated Armansky lobbing a bomb with a sizzling fuse into his lap.?? ??Beatrice.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation.V. quote.D.?? ??Then that??s how it??ll have to be. ??Do you have the address??? Blomkvist nodded.?? ??If anything should happen. There had to be a high level of constitutional oversight.V. The picture was from her old byline at Millennium and could be downloaded off the Net.

It??s an invitation to abuse of power. He also gathered samples of blood-soaked clumps of dirt. ??I suggest we don??t decide anything now. but she knew he had broken completely with people who had previously been close friends because they had done something that he regarded as beyond the pale. he opened the door to the room next to Salander??s. but really that seems his most logical course. The letters landed on his desk in the morning. where he would seek protection among contacts in Zalachenko??s criminal empire. Until now he had sounded perfectly rational. But why not smuggle in the mobile too? Ah.?? ??No need to apologize. ??There??s nothing whatsoever to suggest a crime. It wasn??t good.?? ??Uh ?? there must be some sort of misunderstanding. He shaved and took a long shower. but he was in hospital in S?dert?lje with one foot in a cast and his jaw wired shut. but the source was a fake. He would have to hurry to make the last ferry.?? ??What sort of odd??? ??I??m afraid some idiot is sending really vile emails and he seems to have targeted me. He thanked the nurse and followed the sign to the staircase. Impossible. The K. The job itself will last for a couple of weeks.

so I can??t even see his lips move. at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg. I spoke to Margareta and she said that she clearly explained to you what her interview was going to focus on. dark-green English felt hat. I??ve got the story.?? ??Did he threaten anyone else??? ??I have been advised that he did. Plus. She sat still. but it wouldn??t take much for us to be regarded as a second-class paper. 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. Berger got some coffee and watched the screen. No. Anyway.?? Sandberg said.?? ??O. She was even more impressed by her lawyer??s way of keeping cool under stress. But you??re Lisbeth??s doctor and you have access to her. ??Hello. He was meticulously cleaning his glasses. he has to be treated as a madman. For the rest of his life. I??m not allowed to reveal what I know about the Salander story. my mother knew the von Rottinger family.

?? ??I know. but this whole story has so many different threads and connections ?? It seems to me that it would be wise to get Bublanski and Modig away from Salander.K??. she knew. Palme was defeated. cutting prices is the constant challenge.?? ??Better quality maybe. Various assignments had been given to Cortez and Eriksson. Here in the kitchen. Anybody who could keep up surveillance inside the bustling N. If the pinkos want to avoid a war with Denmark.?? ??Nevertheless. Annika.D. disseminating pictures of her that would be deplorably damaging. Three were messages to call Berger.?? ??I didn??t give anyone permission to arrest Bj?rck. but as you can appreciate from the letters he sent. I??ve been considering bringing him in here. so finally he called Inspector Erlander.?? This assurance was enough for Baksi. what??s the situation??? Andersson shook his head. She was once more without a weapon.

There were whores. His official duties took up a great deal of his time. ??Careful. Nine people were seated around the conference table in her office at police headquarters. and a lightweight grey linen jacket. but he had been told to go to the passport police and immediately to ask for political asylum. his uncle took him to a farm well away from Mosul and there. She opened her laptop and summarized the situation in an email to Armansky. Clinton would take care of Giannini. how are you all doing??? ??Sandberg is brighter than we thought. But he was absolutely not a friend. that would have been against the law.Saturday. And she had the Borgsj? problem.?? ??I??m not afraid of the dark. He realized at once that Nurse Nicander was right. but a combination of torn sheets and a ten-foot extension cord from a floor lamp would dispose of that problem. ??One more thing. The written record was meagre in the extreme. Unremarkable.?? ??Car. She wondered how she would have reacted if someone had broken into her place and stolen the D. nor did he have the feeling that he was being watched or followed.

Counter-Espionage in 1998. Giannini had planned her visit to G?teborg as a brisk. we have to be decisive and resort to tough measures.??s treasurer??? ??Viktor G?ransson ?C and his girlfriend. Then identify the other person in the pictures taken by Blomkvist??s photographer. He had a serious talk with Giannini and explained that she could have access to Salander for one hour a day. on the idea of God in the ancient world.?? ??I understand. and his dealings with whores appear to have been going on for many years. there might be a case for that. ??I don??t want details of the investigation or anything like that. But unlike the McDonald??s example.?? A brief silence settled over the table. semidetached house. To this day I have no idea why he died. we had a hell of a lot of work to do here???? ??You??re saying I wasn??t available??? Eriksson nodded.?? ??I can??t give you that insight. ??Child labour exists mostly in the textile and souvenir industries in Thailand. ??Our work has to be done by July 13. Gullberg had just come home and was watching the election coverage on T. ignoring all the protocols. The next morning. The copies that Blomkvist and his sister ?C now Salander??s lawyer ?C had in their possession have both disappeared.

a rough dildo. ??A defection like this would have been given the highest priority.?? There was impatient muttering around the table.?? Figuerola said. He??s a prick who plays people off against each other.K.?? He looked at the silent girl. A doctor had explained that the axe blow had crushed his cheekbone and damaged his forehead. (who is regarded as an unreliable source by other historians). silent partner to handle the financial side of the business. is not an exact science.?? Janeryd said at last.M. I cannot help you. What do you know about this Niedermann??? ??He??s a murderer. ??Thank you. It cannot be ruled out that there is a minor bleed that is not visible on the images.?? ??No. we??re talking about at least eight murders.B.B. He was pleased with the text.?? ??He is forbidden to talk about it.

?? ??There I agree with you. but it had a strong moral and emotional impact. She seemed to have sharp pain in her left shoulder when she tried to move her arm.?? Fredriksson??s expression darkened. is no longer profitable. The woman??s face had been replaced with Berger??s. She stepped into the stairwell and was looking for a light switch when the attack came out of the blue. ??What do you mean??? ??I have discovered that he can be a violent person ?? I am actually afraid of him. At the same moment she felt intense pain in her left shoulder. ??I promised to give him an update on Niedermann yesterday.?? Nystr?m said. can you help me out??? ??I spent the evening in the company of good friends. Malm was the other current part-owner. we now have a situation in which nine positions at S.K. ??This is most assuredly a matter of life or death. O.?? Blomkvist looked at Malm intently.D.?? ??That poor girl. Finally Prosecutor Ekstr?m.?? ??I mean ?? they called you. that Salander??s condition was stable enough for her to have visitors.

the better. Palmgren stood up for Salander. She was pleased and thanked me for taking the trouble.?? ??I see ?? yes. And if need be you can always come to me or Christer. he needs a new kidney and spends a lot of his time in dialysis or some other treatment. In 1997 he was no longer on the official roster of the external service. ??There are several parts to this problem. close enough that he could keep an eye on M?rtensson and his buddy by looking over the crest of the steep hill down towards Bellmansgatan 1. 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. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record. is still one of the big papers. So let??s move on. She reached for a notebook. and that was annoying. You??re going to need a specialist. Was he alive or dead? She could not clearly remember what had happened with Niedermann. and did not seem to lead a fast life. ??Hans Wilhelm Francke.?? ??Understood. Inspector Bublanski did not believe in such coincidence either. What mattered was her head. but you weren??t very hard to convince.

It was nothing to him if people wanted to dress up in costume. suspected of attempting to murder the fugitive Lisbeth Salander. The defection could only be known to a small group without risking that the information might leak back to the Russians and ?? How small a group? An operations department? An unknown operations department? If the affair had been appropriately handled. Opinions should be reserved for the editorial page.K.?? ??I understand. He was also an excellent and cold-blooded organizer.?? ??I can??t.?? ??And what if I make a wrong decision??? ??If I see or hear anything out of the ordinary. but my source believes there to be a connection between him and the Security Police.?? ??Revelations that are largely lies and distortions. ??I??ve extended your assignment by three months.?? Sandberg said. but as I told you I??m not active in any political party. ??Not as far as we know. ??Right.?? ??Apart from the two nurses. Jonasson sat in the visitor??s chair. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. Then he went to the hall to get his bag. were masters of forgery and disinformation. a car from Milton will come down from Nacka.?? said Berger with a smile.

He was satisfied with the progress of her physical rehabilitation. ??Dragan ?? this isn??t a practical joke??? ??I wish it were.?? ??The type of email Eva Carlsson got??? ??Right. More than 230 people.?? ??I think it??s probably longer than that.S. And thank God nobody yet knew that he was her brother. we??ll publish it. Berger stared at the screen in frustration. His mind was spinning as he tried to digest the catastrophe.M. even if he was beginning to get an idea of what he was up against. and a dozen other markers.?? ??That may not be such a bright idea. Since he did not know Swedish. If she had still been there. She needed care. would have to be superhuman.M. But it was almost impossible for Members of Parliament to have oversight of S?po. which he did not have.?? Gullberg repeated.?? he said to Edklinth.

She took out the Palm and connected to the Net. She suddenly sat up in bed and frowned. profitable again. ??You don??t like the Security Police. Modig and Andersson had already arrived. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. He was looking straight ahead. Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April. That??s why I??m here. Could we meet? Erika And then two emails on the following days: Dearest. If he??s planning to get out of the country as fast as hell then we could help him on his way.?? ??Do you think she??s in danger??? ??I know of nothing to indicate that she is. but he had a short fuse and was a dangerous man. There was only a jpeg that she opened in Photoshop. none of this looks like much fun. ??Phenomenally intelligent. You??re healing. the balcony at the back. You??ll have to prepare him for the fact that probably I won??t be in a position to make a decision in the coming week. but I have to be here until 8. as a matter of fact. Micke. assigned to prosecute crimes against F.

00 on Wednesday morning and went for an unusually short run before she showered and dressed in black jeans. You wanted a message from the Section.30 a. But he??s going to go to prison for the murder of Officer Ingemarsson. There really was a conspiracy inside S. because you guaranteed a dividend each year. She had brought a green military bag containing her laptop.?? ??I hope she will. the way you do when you haven??t seen someone for some time. looking down at the girl. he??ll only tell me what he feels like telling me. ??Based on current information. of course. have been devoting themselves to criminal activity for a long time. such as terrorist or Kalashnikov. It was led by a James Jesus Angleton. When they got to the room they undressed. Jonas Sandberg had entered a building that was only a block away from the apartment the Prime Minister had borrowed for their private meeting. a checked shirt and a leather jacket. and added very little water.?? Salander closed her eyes. She felt far from rested. He gripped the base of the bullet.

He was not at his desk. She said she??d read books on the subject before.?? ??But you??re still withholding key material. Finally he inserted narrow forceps with serrated jaws. She had heard the man explain to a nurse right outside her door that he had to see Herr Karl Axel Bodin on an urgent matter. Have you eaten??? ??It??s 8. ??One more thing. out of the blue. I have found him quite likeable. I can??t do it ?? that would be presumptuous of me. Which means that Holm and the legal editor are up in arms. which had a range of ten to twelve metres. If a storm was brewing. It was always a matter of details. she should be on her feet well before then. Each time the coalition government collapsed. All four of her tyres had been slashed when she spent the night with Blomkvist at the Slussen Hilton.?? ??Do you have the sense that she??s mentally ill? Manic depressive or paranoid??? ??No. ??Excuse me.?? ??That??s no excuse. The Prime Minister needed something from him and presumably had no idea how much Blomkvist knew or did not know. I don??t want to get flabby. and it was as silent as the grave in the conference room.

and if we make a smaller newspaper.?? Gullberg drew a series of concentric circles on his notepad. but roughly half of all the calls that Ekstr?m made on his mobile from anywhere near police headquarters were monitored and recorded. But the visit did confirm that his predicament was a matter of anxiety to them. Sellberg.I.P. he flipped open his mobile and saw that he had twenty unread messages. is he out of the country? What do we think??? ??We have nothing to tell us that he has left the country. It felt as if she had alcohol in her mouth and she tried to swallow. The next moment she heard quick heels clacking in the corridor. on Monday Blomkvist closed the lid on his iBook and got up from the kitchen table in his apartment on Bellmansgatan. And that particular murder was no longer one of the charges against her. and finally the preliminary investigation leader.?? Gullberg said. he had to relay the conversations via another mobile back home to Plague. ??What in God??s name are you doing up??? the night nurse said.?? She nodded. The woman??s face had been replaced with Berger??s. I can??t believe this would be something sanctioned by S?po. Berger spent the evening not on her sofa watching T.?? ??I don??t??? ??There are some people who need to have a talk with you in peace and quiet.?? ??As far as I know.

??Editor-in-chief of S. ??Yes??? ??Apologies for bothering you on the street outside your home. ??You don??t understand. Not only that; she was terribly frightened. You can bill us for five days. ??But we have other urgent problems. advertising.?? ??Or else she shot him in the foot out of sheer sadism. I have to look presentable. It was no accident.S. They settled themselves again around the table in Wadensj????s office.P. they ask 10?C 12. You may not question her unless I am present. Blomkvist was working on the Salander story and would not share any part of it. She chose an iron that she thought had a certain heft to it and laid it within easy reach of her bed. ??One was Evert Gullberg ?? he was the top man. That??s what has to stop.?? ??Such as who??? ??The Minister of Justice. Is that a clear enough answer??? She shut her eyes to say yes. One of the big costs is building materials.30 Linder managed to talk Berger into getting into bed to rest.

but no words were exchanged that gave her any clue as to who he was or what sort of I. ??So. was basically the only place where she could sit in her car and have a view of the whole. but I would tread carefully if I were you. This is just the way it was in his day. She only got his voicemail. one had been with the financial police. no question. who formally advised him that he was a suspect in the grievous bodily harm or attempted murder of Lisbeth Salander. Jonas and Teleborian had an unhealthy interest in seeing that Salander did not thrive. Jonas??? Sandberg glanced at Wadensj??. She radiated a cheerful confidence. ??I??ve got a meeting at 11. but he had finally realized that there was so much material that not even an issue devoted entirely to the topic would be sufficient. and how empty it was going to seem without Berger. You can??t wear both hats. As long as Giannini did not mention the matter.?? ??Is that the truth??? Berger nodded. but she quickly pulled herself together when she saw who it was. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning. hoping to get rid of the daughter. a couple of weeks ago.