Tuesday, August 30, 2011

professional caution? In that case.??s owners want to make a profit.G.

I??m going to have to face up to the Borgsj? problem
I??m going to have to face up to the Borgsj? problem. but he did not answer. and a key player in the Russians?? offensive against western Europe in the ??70s. ??Yes. he did a brief examination of her. Nor did she have reason to think that anyone on the editorial staff wished her ill. On the other hand. Don??t misunderstand me ?? I??ll tell the truth as I see it in what I publish. It??s also possible that he worked for S?po as an expert or source or whatever title you want to give him. ??I??m getting to that. I thought we might be able to come to an understanding here. That??s why I??m here.I.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. There would certainly be headlines in the evening papers and it would probably result in an assault charge. ??Congrats. That meant that Blomkvist had about a month to finish writing and patching up all the holes in his text. ??He defected during the F?lldin administration.

I??m a survivor. She looked at her husband and her friend. He explained that it had been decided that the investigation into the police killing in Gosseberga ?C for which Ronald Niedermann was being sought ?C would be placed under the jurisdiction of a prosecutor in G?teborg. and we don??t know yet whether it is connected to any known crime in Sweden. He did this after studying a video from Ekstr?m??s press conference. It appears to be older than the others. Two important details are still needed: (1) First of all. He must have. and she was instead put under guardianship.S. You know you have to call and tell me if you??re not coming home. 19. whom he did not know. the fate of Sweden rests in your hands. Armansky hesitated.47. But he was bothered by the fact that they had to dress like that in the middle of Stockholm. The source is protected.

He saw immediately the need to create a new structure around the defector. ??Hardly.Q. Annika.?? ??I know. We deal more with computer hacking and electronic surveillance and such like. What??s on your mind??? he said at last. If we had to arrange for bodyguard protection that would be a different matter ?C and it would be rather expensive. Eriksson signed an invoice from Daniel Olsson in G?teborg.?? Edklinth frowned. No matter what happened. Exactly how high up the conspiracy went he had no idea. He had not been to Stockholm for two years. ??I??ve got them. That was her intention. He downloaded four folders. to defend Swedish democracy against real or presumed anti-democratic threats. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7.

??What was he like??? ??Much as he is today. O. She immediately hired Milton Security to take over her personal protection. he did a brief examination of her. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others. The matter-of-fact tone gave the text such a surreal touch that it sounded like an absurd fantasy. who boxed with him. had found out ?? then it should have leaked years ago. and Blomkvist freely admitted that he himself had put him there. At present he??s being sought only for the murder of Officer Gunnar Ingemarsson.?? Edklinth swallowed and nodded. Accordingly she had the right to involve herself in the investigation of Zalachenko??s murder. Gullberg had no doubt that Zalachenko was a sick bastard. and Paolo Roberto??s intervention. ??Mikael. the names of today??s participants must not be mentioned in your articles. She stopped outside Ekstr?m??s closed door. sociological or scientific rationale.

She looked at the officers in sullen silence as they came into her room and pulled up chairs.M. Von Rottinger died five years ago.?? ??What kind of weapon is it??? Jervas said. ??I doubt that. Pierre Schori.?? ??I didn??t ask you to give special treatment to specific articles. It would take a very few seconds to stretch out her arm and break off the rim of the glass with a firm rap against the hard edge of the table. and invited him into a living room with spartan furnishings. of which the first concerns the skills he discovered in Hedestad. It is forbidden to incite or exhort someone to crime. You came from Borl?nge and you??ve worked with the Uppsala police. He was convinced that. At first he had been almost hostile. ??This is impossible.?? Jonasson said. ??In the first instance.?? ??The police suspect that I am involved.

He checked her chart and saw that she was free of her fever. Slowly she put down her coffee cup. ??The operation has to be carried out on two separate fronts. but she had not had any particular need to read what he was up to. He did not really need permission to publish the book in Svensson??s name. Sweden had voted for a conservative government. He logged on to her broadband connection.?? ??I know. The pain in her left shoulder had subsided a bit. ??Are you going to do anything??? ??I??m not going to discuss that with you. and therefore the investigation of Salander.?? ??Calculating what??? ??I mean. ??I cut my foot. But for it to be legal. She risks being charged with grievous bodily harm or attempted murder. Fuck you. she was a person who stubbornly kept her distance from those around her and showed no emotion at all. there isn??t a single news desk in Sweden covering the civil service and the government agencies.

He opened the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table] and found the final version of Salander??s autobiographical statement. and then your career will be over. Add to this the unforgivably absurd bonuses that will cost S. Erika shrugged.?? ??So you??re suggesting in all seriousness that the board should decide to abolish dividends and bonuses.C. Edklinth and Figuerola looked at the picture. Those were the words she had said to him when he moved to Hedeby. If you arrange that they??re going to lose money.?? ??Paulsson arrested you for insulting a police officer ???? ??I will dispute that.?? ??Why do you ask??? ??Out of curiosity. In the drama that followed. extracting a full-metal-jacketed bullet from human brain tissue..U. Events had been rapid and unpredictable.?? Holmberg said at last. to buy every book which in any way dealt with the Security Police.

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.R.V. He needs your keys if you??re not going to be home. Now it was time to express herself more clearly. ??It makes no difference to me who you appoint. He booked in for the night for 800 kronor and went straight to his room and undressed. He got into his Volvo and drove towards the city but turned off to go across Stora Essingen and Gr?ndal into S?dermalm.?? ??I didn??t have much choice. a developer calls up Skanska Construction and says that they want a hundred apartments and asks what it will cost. He opened his mobile and called Cortez. He??s actually in worse shape than you are. Georg. and the like.?? Blomkvist said.m. Malm??s boyfriend.?? ??We??ll meet again as soon as your client is strong enough to be interviewed.

?? He nodded curtly once before he went out and locked the door. the total budget of the secret police was 2. and right now I??m caught between two loyalties. But can anyone explain to me what actually happened??? ??As far as we can tell. she was his patient. expecting that he would be asked to smuggle something in for her. It contained no lies that could entangle her.I.?? said Bublanski. but this was the first time she had seen him in person.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians. but heard nothing. some squiggles on a piece of paper. overtook the unit. ??And how would that work??? asked the Minister of Justice.?? They sat in silence. Has advanced rather quickly in her career. He had not yet been brought up to date with all the details.

??O.??s assets were in the form of bonds that he could access. between 37 and 37. I understand why people work out. expressionless. Just get me out of this mess. but what is new is that the construction industry is a couple of light-years ahead of all other Swedish industries when it comes to competition and efficiency. He had stayed in Stockholm for another three years and worked almost daily at the Section. It simply could not have been the government.00 in the morning. Vitavara Inc. who arrived with flowers for Zalachenko minutes before the murder. The next moment he passed Figuerola??s car. ??You sent Figuerola to find out what was going on. Then she tried to fix her eyes on the doctor. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. The woman turned the corner at McDonald??s and Figuerola hurried after her. She scrolled back and read through the text of a section where she told how Advokat Bjurman had violently and sadistically raped her.

O. Blomkvist described him as an Olympic-class idiot. 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. I am. and she had not used the program since starting at S. But when the discussion was over. I told her that there were some popular science books on the subject in our library.?? ??How are you doing? Are you able to have a conversation??? ??I want to report a serious crime. ??What do you mean??? ??I have discovered that he can be a violent person ?? I am actually afraid of him. ??I??m going to need somebody on the inside I can trust. Her expression did not change. I don??t want you underfoot if there??s any trouble. She did not advise S?po of this decision. You should be able to call for help. She wasn??t interested in those. And I said I??d talk to you about it. ??I can find my way. His became the worst scandal in the history of the Swedish Security Police.

S. of course. But this time he had fallen asleep almost as soon as he turned out the light. show him the document. And to prove anything they??d have to get hold of our archives.I. He was. It??s complicated.?? Edklinth nodded. She seemed to have sharp pain in her left shoulder when she tried to move her arm.?? ??I will if you come over.?? Sandberg said into a handsfree mobile. She signalled and headed off a couple of pedestrians who tried to sneak across even though their light was red. ??I??m Karl Axel Bodin now. There was a lot of mysterious traffic around Blomkvist??s address that morning.C.R.?? ??Very well written too.

and who has a reputation for being the toughest. I think we could assume her actions were on some level self-defence. It was not a skilled collage. That was why she was locked up.R. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it.?? ??That??s my husband??s studio.?? Andersson said. ??Lesbian Satanist gang?? ?? where the hell do you get this stuff? Not to mention her being sought in connection with three murders she had nothing to do with. But how easy is it to eavesdrop on a mobile conversation? He slowly put the mobile down next to his landline and looked around. her eyes wide. He was snoring. Jonasson leaned forward. so they won??t be publishing it tomorrow. It was not until the end of the ??80s that he stopped monitoring Bjurman. Lives in Laholm.?? She paused.?? ??So ?? what else? Illegal tapping or something??? Edklinth said.

But she isn??t Zalachenko. He has a slipped disc.?? ??How the hell can he know Zalachenko??s daughter ?? that sounds like too big a coincidence. 2.?? ??Your apartment is compromised. It must be done each day. ??They??ll twist what I say and use it against me. ??I heard that you hurt yourself. listened in vain to a vast number of calls to and from police headquarters and the surrounding buildings.?? ??And who are his superiors??? ??He won??t say. I??m here for Bj?rck??s S?po report. ??How are you??? she said. But intelligence officers never really retire. In this issue. with a petrol bomb.I. So let??s move on.S.

but now they??re working for us. The customer??s going to have to pay. intended for page five under national news.?? Nystr?m said at last.?? ??Of course. The visitors?? log of the government Secretariat.?? Jonasson said.M.?? ??This doesn??t mean that I distrust you. H?kan Morander. There had been no doubt in his mind that Salander was guilty of three murders. She had her breakfast at the kitchen table. ??We also have Peter Teleborian.?? ??I was wondering when you??d think of that. For them costcutting was what counted. I might be able to use some leverage if I need to.?? ??And you??re saying that it??s an invention. ??I have today off.

Formally. or if you prefer. You??ll have to send the material to a hotmail address. O. a rough dildo. But the warehouse is owned by a relative of the president of Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club. ??We??ve given you a name. She was taken completely by surprise when the door opened and Faste came out. I??m all ears. Let??s stick to that. He approved a directive that was immediately entered into the secret protocol. All the owners live abroad. she told him. Then she tried to reach Berger.?? ??Think like a reporter. that will put the matter in a rather different light.C. He had worked like a fiend with Zalachenko.

where she also sits on the board. Kurdo. All except for one thing. took a folder from her desk and handed it to Giannini. Improbable??? ??Doesn??t it? One might think it??s the stuff of a spy novel. He knows he??s being watched. Modig stood up. the news editor ?C you??ll be working with him a lot. In that sense. He thought about the fact that his daughter was very close by. He thought doctors often drew conclusions that they could not substantiate. but she learned nothing more about what had happened. ??Do you understand me? Yes or no??? ??I heard what you said. ??The only option is cutbacks. and throw a brick through the window. beforehand that is. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. come what may.

Clinton sank silently on to the chair that was offered.?? ??Yes.?? As soon as Blomkvist disconnected. obviously I don??t know what??s wrong with him ?C patient??s confidentiality and all that ?C but the drugs he??s taking are strong ataractics on the one hand.?? ??You misunderstand me. You??ll have to speak to the P. It had sounded logical at the time.?? ??The question is. Her office is empty. She picked up her mobile to call Fredriksson and explained that she had hurt herself. This involved recruiting new personnel and continual problems breaking them in.?? He grunted. ??There are two problems remaining. Their children were away with her parents who had taken them on a week??s holiday. When he had finished he made some observations. Was he exaggerating? Should she dismiss his professional caution? In that case.??s owners want to make a profit.G.

??Thanks for letting me borrow your kitchen today. He used the probe cautiously to prise at the edge of the bullet. Cortez.

That will be Nystr?m??s task
That will be Nystr?m??s task. a coup has taken place. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on. of being a Russian agent. Jonasson made two deep incisions all the way down to the cranium and peeled back the skin round the entry wound.?? Berger smiled. walked to police headquarters on Bergsgatan. It was an almost shocking feeling when the hand-held suddenly showed that it had established a connection.?? Blomkvist weighed the situation for a moment. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. He recognized her straightaway as Monica Figuerola of S. he has integrity. Teleborian had done a strikingly good analysis.?? ??I understand.?? ??I heard that you had a disagreement about a headline with Anders Holm. You keep a sharp eye on your surroundings. ??I??m thinking of doing just that.?? ??That??s pretty vague.

??The Section?? was Francke??s idea.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??I??ve been keeping it under wraps all this time ?C Mikael??s going to???? ??Micke??s going to go through the roof. chief talked us into it. ??We??re really putting Erika on the spot. but in reality he had scarcely been seen in the department before the ??90s.?? All of a sudden Zalachenko looked uncertain. I??ve seldom had a healthier patient. She had been thinking for so long that the bathwater was now cold. the officer who had worked with the financial police. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces. She has to keep her conversations with Lisbeth confidential. Luckily she does accept information.?? He paused for a moment. For a moment he considered turning to the regular police. Consequently. he exploited his hold over them to the maximum. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were.

wire service. His injuries seem to be similar to those of a car crash victim ?C it??s hardly credible that anyone could do such damage with his bare hands: a broken leg. unfortunately. you say??? ??I don??t believe F?lldin would have covered up something like this.?? ??He was referring to the fact that I??m extremely good with computers. We??ve been wondering what that was about. Berger did not arrive in the newsroom until lunchtime. whether I resign or not. That was almost three weeks. who is being held for the attempted murder of her father. a pervert and a rapist. her boyfriend. and had managed only by holding a gun on him the whole time.000 Swedish kronor. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her. That??s much more serious.?? ??And you??re perfectly sure about that? It??s not difficult to imagine things when you??re scared or excited. as you can appreciate.

Constitutional Protection. It looked as though she might have been buried during the night.?? ??What are you suggesting??? ??I??m only asking you to let me know if you discover that Salander is being subjected to another miscarriage of justice. It made sense. could focus on a specific area to separate out and monitor mobile calls. That could not have been chance. Bublanski pursed his lips.?? ??But he refuses to give the police any information about Salander. arson.?? ??He??s not allowed visitors. He glanced down at her briefcase as the nurse checked Giannini??s I.nu.?? ??I can??t accept that.com>. a lot of jobs and good money for several years. or to move his belongings aside. He packed his bag and went down to the front desk. She took hold of his shirtsleeve.

That was why it was generally either the regular police or other divisions within the Security Police who stepped in when Nazis were to be arrested. He asked her what her business was. But that??s only if we can control Ekstr?m. She had not moved it anywhere else. I??m looking for Fredrik Clinton. You??re going to look like a paranoid. His parents were Marianne and Georg Bodin. If she had a car parked down on Pryssgr?nd. Salander herself was critically injured and at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg.P.?? ??Giannini works in women??s rights. everything was under control.?? ??He??s not allowed visitors. We haven??t had any tip-offs. It is forbidden to incite or exhort someone to crime.P. I think I??m trying to understand something. and which he wants S.

M?rtensson worked in Personal Protection. After a while she pinged Blomkvist on I. The computer started up. No response.?? ??It??s very simple. you have to admit.?? ??Annika ?? this isn??t the way I had planned to end my time at Millennium. The technology was not perfect. But I advise that you wait for the report from forensics. things look good. And you don??t have to answer if you don??t want to. Robbery.P. and that there would still be time to tell everyone. The only two books with any real ambition to portray the work of the Security Police were Power Struggle for S?po and Espionage in Sweden. It??s happened.?? ??Exactly. and Mia Johansson.

Which he had no intention of doing. He inserted an opinion into the headline in the news section.?? ??I see. It was a slow process. It was only when he heard the details and studied Malm??s photographs that he reluctantly admitted that Blomkvist had good reason to be suspicious. I asked her to be here because what we??re going to discuss will also affect her job. Camilla. But you didn??t see that??? ??No. grey-haired man Modig had never seen before. Jonas Shit. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7. of course.?? ??With regard to this girl Salander ???? the Minister of Justice began.?? she said. are laws. and blood gushed from the wound. You go home. And fucking Salander.

since he had faithfully voted for the moderates in one election after another.?? ??Thanks.?? ??Do you want to see it??? He looked surprised. They could not do anything to solve her private problems. I??ll be in the cage for a while. Then a series of notes claiming that Salander was paranoid and a schizophrenic. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist. I won??t. now retrained as a locksmith.C. She raised her right hand and felt her head.I. Then she stumbled up the stairs to the fifth floor and pounded on her friend??s door. Nilsson frowned. Niedermann is of no importance. ??I don??t know anything about that. who??s responsible??? the P. ??I??ve a difficult assignment for you.

was a seriously big mistake. If it hasn??t already happened. ??You know what? I??m incredibly hungry. He did not want to do it at the hotel where he had been staying.P. The door was locked. marked ??Bjurman. or he can do something else. ??Would you be angry with me if I asked you a personal question? I want to ask you as a private individual.?? ??I??m on the way in. But not at 7. How much would all that stuff weigh? No. He had used the signature Kalle. but I??m inclined to think he??s right. reached out and grabbed the pencil. What??s happened??? ??News. He had come by special transport for the disabled. She had electrodes taped to her body to record her pulse and breathing.

R.I. Two hours after the murder there was still chaos in the corridor.?? he said. or whatever problem arose. And yet his liver. ??there is one record that neither F?lldin nor his visitors thought of. of course. and she got it at St Stefan??s. who already had an overview of the activities of the Section.m. and the fact that the girl was shot three times.?? ??Which means that ???? He let the question hang in the air between them. ??I understand that your daughter threw a Molotov cocktail into your car in the early ??90s.?? she said. She always had plenty of warning to put away her Palm when she heard the rattling of a key ring or a key being put in the lock.H. He bathed too seldom and his apartment smelled like a monkey house.

??That was my first thought too. He also had traces of alcohol. Millennium is going to publish a story that I am contractually bound not to reveal to S. and Blomkvist had never hesitated if Baksi asked him a favour. The body produces a pain-suppressing chemical and you become addicted to it. If the plan failed. He focused his gaze on the computer screen. Don??t ever forget that. Cortez exhaled in relief. A colleague sent for the forensic report on the patient. Anyway ???? ??Yes??? ??She had no good reason to trust the police. Talk with doctors.?? Blomkvist laughed.P. a father. I??m assuming you??ve already left for the day. but she was not sure whether that was a good thing or bad.?? Blomkvist woke up at 10.

He opened his mobile and called Cortez. ??It??s me. Kurdo Baksi. ??His behaviour was a bit odd and a little too eager. who took charge immediately. but they never argued either. and then within the Constitutional Protection Unit as an analyst and administrator. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson. Can you hear me??? ??Mmm. We??ve discussed how we can help you.?? or merely ??the Division?? ?C but never ??S?po??. Figuerola walked back to Bellmansgatan. you have to enter a three-digit code on a plate on the door handle. it??s a reasonable speculation. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini. and he had never supposed that she would be able to call him from her isolation. He also says that the forgery is a good one and that the content is a clever blend of truth and fantasy. The second was an hour-long meeting with the chairman Magnus Borgsj?.

In March 1989. Blomkvist had heard of the place for the first time less than twelve hours earlier. At least.?? ??Who should I say is here??? ??An old colleague. She looked at the officers in sullen silence as they came into her room and pulled up chairs. Berger was editor-in-chief and therefore one of the few people who could demand that information from him.M. And above all it was important that he make the arrest. He interrupted a discussion she was having with her editors about what angle to give an article on international terrorism. eliminated all the men in the twenty-six to fifty-four age group who were married. They??ll try to create a situation where they can say that ??certainly Zalachenko was a fiend. coming and going as he pleased.?? ??I??m having trouble digesting it myself.K. Now go. She did notice improvements. But it??s been utter chaos here. How did this get here??? one of them said.

G. A yes or no will be fine. But it??s a good question. two from Eriksson. but a participant in unfolding events. but I won??t mention how or where I got them. But he was able to do one last favour for the Section.?? Berger smiled. female and Lutheran. and then to India.M. ??My name is Annika Giannini and I??ve been taken on to represent Lisbeth Salander. and then he paused for a moment. He was still in the kitchen with Paulsson when the armed response team sent to relieve Torstensson and Ingemarsson reported back. In theory that would be about twenty hours?? driving. Anything else would be unthinkable. Then the two old agents embraced. her father.

Accordingly he had to contrive some cause that would legitimize what he was doing. If the plan failed. She calculated the distance. The incident in Stallarholmen was connected with the discoveries at Nykvarn. Torsten.?? Silence descended in Bublanski??s office as the four criminal inspectors considered these implications. he had.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have.M.M.Monday. That was one of the things he liked best about his office.. In January 1992 he left Upplands V?sby a free man. would have to be informed. The woman had been shot in the head and there was no exit wound there either. It was agreed that Zalachenko would be handled by the Section for Special Analysis. so that no outsider will have knowledge of or be able to weigh the evidence against Lisbeth.

??We think we know what happened in broad outline. You won??t. She saw him in the wing mirror on the passenger side as he went on down towards Hornsgatan. ??One more thing. ??Mikael. Are you in pain??? ??Yes.?? the P. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning.P. Putting a mobile telephone into an air vent inside a locked cleaning supplies room.?? ??Oh. Criminal Inspector Faste was the investigative leader in all matters dealing with Salander. and what the routines are in that section. And that leads to one or two disagreeable conclusions. She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team. a doorman. chief talked us into it.?? ??I see.

S. Alias Falun. one. that she had time to address the issue. After a while he said to Blomkvist: ??When do you want to meet him??? ??Friday afternoon.M. He noticed that over the course of the evening her fever had again risen dramatically. And now the murderer herself had been shot. He has an exemplary record with no real criticisms. Then he stood up and put the muzzle to Zalachenko??s temple and squeezed the trigger twice. But I??ve moved. We??ve come across a story that will sink your chairman. I won??t forget it. whom he did not know. ??There are two problems remaining.?? She glanced at her watch.?? He flipped his mobile shut and crawled into bed. ??He knew that the whole Zalachenko affair was in danger of being exposed and that he risked a prison sentence for sex-trade crimes.

the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were.?? ??But why would the K. and on top of it all. Since your apartment and mobile seem to be bugged and we have reason to be discreet. ??Why didn??t she tell anyone before??? he said at last. but it wouldn??t take much for us to be regarded as a second-class paper. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep. sending a fax of a threatening letter that hadn??t yet reached its addressee. How was Kaspersson found??? ??She turned up at a house on the outskirts of Seglora. She could not see the blue overalls. Figuerola thought long and hard as to what she should do about Gullberg. Edklinth felt the floor sway slightly beneath his chair. According to the doctors. I??m terribly. I??m thinking of the ferry to the east. ??Thanks for letting me borrow your kitchen today. He used the probe cautiously to prise at the edge of the bullet. Cortez.

Gullberg. As soon as he entered the apartment he saw that the folder he had left on the kitchen table was gone. with a thousand policemen.

the car was in the visitors?? car park
the car was in the visitors?? car park. ??I never knew Zalachenko. The original shows that Peter Teleborian was assigned by the district court to do a forensic psychiatric examination of Lisbeth Salander. This one was obviously referring to her new job as editor-in-chief. And as far as I??m concerned this conversation never took place. the Ministry of Defence and Scotland Yard. First. I looked over the budget of the Security Police and found nothing resembling an allocation for the Zalachenko club. She pondered for a moment her suspicion that the person threatening her had something to do with S. How would she feel after three years? Was that how Morander had felt before he dropped dead in the newsroom? After ten minutes she went back to Samir??s Cauldron and ran into Blomkvist as he was coming out of the door. The Zalachenko matter was now constitutionally secured. ??Fredrik Clinton. I don??t like it.P. so the torture continued.?? Blomkvist went on asking questions for another few minutes. For him the point is to be seen to be tougher than all of us. but the news that she had been injured had spread fast from the second she appeared in the newsroom on crutches.

??Look. Instead she clicked on the [O] in [ERROR]. was founded. that she could watch to relax. But we still haven??t received it. and it can be postponed for longer if you need more time. He opened his iBook again and read through his text. took a folder from her desk and handed it to Giannini. But I can??t pay before I have access to the Internet. ??Assault with a deadly weapon.?? ??What sort of background does he have??? ??As far as I understand.U. Their service weapons and the marked police car were gone. You??re in a hospital. We??ve met before but it??s been a few years. Probably thanks to Kalle Bastard Blomkvist. not to mention their years of investigations of Palme and other prominent Social Democrats.?? ??Amazing.

In the United States you can cross-examine members of the government in a normal court of law.?? Berger said. but it was only a matter of time before the rain came. Torstensson and Ingemarsson. 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.00 p. ??I think you can. but a Karl Axel Bodin seems to have been born in 1942 in Uddevalla. and apart from a couple of hour-long stops along the way. If such a word occurred. Not that there were not warnings.?? ??I follow your reasoning. She considered the doctor??s words. Malm put down the printout of his article.P. ??The investigation has already reached a sensitive stage. taken when he was sixty-six. but the dramatic events at Sahlgrenska had meant that she still had not had a real conversation with Salander.

??One more thing. I have reason to believe that you know his story. It??s more serious than that. ??May I help you??? ??Thank you. to listen to the news. He had a very deep gash across his face and another just below one kneecap. is losing its readers. He was a bodyguard. She consulted the vehicle register and found that G?ran M?rtensson was the owner of a grey Volvo with the registration number legible in the photographs. blue in the face. he had ?C literally ?C rootled around in her brain. We have no witnesses to the murders. T. He??s going to take pictures of the entire property and the immediate surroundings. daubed sexually explicit epithets on her living-room walls.?? ??But you two ?? he??ll publish it??? Armansky gave a curt nod. Why Aftonbladet? The address was another fake. the intensive care unit.

??May I come in??? Salander studied her without expression.?? ??This is a bit difficult to digest. doesn??t know I??m here. And since I??m co-operating with your Stasi-style bureaucracy.?? Salander said in a low voice. several cars will arrive at the scene within a short time. Magnusson was often onstage at the Dramaten. that I won??t take the job if it??s illegal.M.?? Blomkvist breathed more easily. Could you get the number??? While Jonasson was still waiting for the X-rays. A yes or no will be fine. or whether this would go on being the preserve of the Immigration Division. 35-year-old Ronald Niedermann. At that time. and she limped into the kitchen and sank on to the nearest chair.?? ??Or else she shot him in the foot out of sheer sadism. ??Well ?? what is it that??s so urgent??? ??Alexander Zalachenko.

There must be chiefs. Gunnar Bj?rck.?? Salander said.M. not for S?po alone but probably for intelligence services all over the world. He thought about the fact that his daughter was very close by.00 in the morning.M.10 a. In a broader sense. He could be in Oslo by now. but they chose to protect Zalachenko because he was a source of valuable information. but you weren??t very hard to convince. But three hours after she had taken the helm of S. Giannini had only been there for a few minutes. That would be against the law. The story was beginning at last to take shape.?? ??That was a smart thing to have done.

??And what do I get in return ?C if I do co-operate??? ??Nothing. Even if we count you in. Nieminen was never very easy to deal with. If he dug in his heels. And yet his liver. ??As far as the G?teborg police are concerned. ??Will do. An Agent in Place contained so much inaccurate information about Sweden in the first chapter that he threw the book into the wastepaper basket. Instead.?? ??Lisbeth. The only spot from which the entrance door to the building could be observed directly was from the promenade and footbridge on upper Bellmansgatan near the Maria lift and the Laurinska building. He looked through the crack in the doorway at Adamsson. Erlander kindly arranged for a crime scene tech to take the car back on his way home. Extremely good at puzzles. She thought for a moment. If we don??t lift all the copies simultaneously. We don??t know his last name. She scrolled back and read through the text of a section where she told how Advokat Bjurman had violently and sadistically raped her.

?? ??Is that really so??? ??This story. She had 37. In January 1992 he left Upplands V?sby a free man. Salander saw at once that she had the same eyes as Blomkvist. V. but were asked instead to wait on the landings if they were meeting their partner. can you help me out??? ??I spent the evening in the company of good friends. But Millennium can??t be manipulated in the same straightforward way. Then Gullberg turned to Sandberg. I should think. ??I can prove my assertions.00. ??I established it this morning. on the other hand. What??s happened??? ??News. We are now close to the point where we can draw conclusions.?? Modig said in apology. execute someone who was the object of a police investigation ?C his investigation.

A pro. She was barefoot and suffering from severe hypothermia.F. turned on but not uplinked. It was as if everything outside the Section were sacred. we need to have clear documentation of all the measures we have taken. He went back to the cabin as fast as his aching back would permit.?? ??I see. and there is no satisfactory forensic evidence. ??He hung there for something like twenty-four hours before the hook gave way. Cortez sat on the sofa in Eriksson??s office looking guilty.?? ??I know that. You approved it and gave her the assignment at 11.?? ??And??? ??I can??t tell you anything about that. He pushed away the sheet of paper with the nine succinct points that Berger had presented at the weekly meeting of the budget committee. He was a senior official in the immigration unit. If he claimed not to have known that many of the workers there were only twelve or thirteen years old. if I do an examination??? She nodded.

Straight ahead of her.?? ??I get it.?? ??You??ve talked to Blomkvist??? ??Apparently he??s been arrested and cuffed. The reason was simple.?? Flodin said.?? Wadensj?? sounded doubtful. It??s about terrorism. Berger??s muscles ached as though she had just run the Stockholm marathon. He works for Karl Axel Bodin.?? ??Thirty-one employees. Lisbeth??? Go away. Salander knew it was no empty threat. His arms were bent in impossible directions. Blomkvist went with Inspector Erlander. We??ll take care of Giannini??s and the Millennium office telephones today. the way you do when you haven??t seen someone for some time.?? Blomkvist said to Edklinth with a smile.?? she said.

It was an improbable stroke of luck that when Alexander Zalachenko walked into Norrmalm police station on Election Day 1976 and requested asylum.?? ??That??s what it was always about. ??I have to think about this for a while. Or that he could. The helicopter crew and two paramedics had proceeded in a routine and professional manner. Well.?? Berger looked at the clock and sighed. He watched the flow of people on G?tgatan. You??ve done a great deal more. She asked me to smuggle in a pack of cigarettes. She pulled her head back in and slammed the door shut.?? ??Understood. He had no local knowledge of the streets in Stockholm county. They had found the pencil. I??m not going to tell anybody that we got together.?? ??In that case.M.3.

Then she turned icy with rage. She was on all fours and being mounted from the rear. I??m thinking of moving you to the Constitutional Protection operations unit. He had no knowledge of the circles Niedermann moved in.?? ??That??s correct.?? She handed Carlsson the printout.. she called the duty officer at Nacka Integrated Protection.?? This time it was Jonasson??s turn to wait patiently for Salander??s reply.?? the nurse said. that is. We had a hole we needed to fill so I had to put in something.?? Zalachenko gestured towards his feet. He became aware that his ears were ringing after the shot and he rubbed his left one with his free hand. black-and-white photograph on the desk.?? Modig said. Annika has obeyed the rules. He had read about the eccentric journalist in the newspapers.

They??re on the U. ??Do you think she??d want me for her lawyer??? ??Probably she wouldn??t want any lawyer at all. But that??s not why I called.T. He did not need a psychiatrist to tell him that she was not normal. So.?? ??This is serious. A nurses?? table stood right next to her. What the hell does he think he??s doing? Then Figuerola raised her eyes to the rear-view mirror and gave a start when she saw Blomkvist again. Your task. She suddenly felt in a much better mood. At 1. Lisbeth??s mother. They came from the same batch as the weapon that Salander had taken from him at Stallarholmen. turned to the Minister of Justice. or send someone to sort out his things. ??The older one is G?ran M?rtensson. If Salander was shot in Gosseberga.

It took him several minutes. I took certain measures. Clinton said: ??Whatever happens. He was embarrassed to be discussing flaws in their organization in front of the visitors from Stockholm. 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.M. then she signalled yes. ??Hello.K??. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor.?? ??She has been shot three times. who is considered the queen of investigative journalism. frowning when Wadensj?? lit a cigarillo. she undressed and climbed into bed.30. Salander opened her eyes and saw a light in the ceiling. Nilsson frowned. Everything was running as usual in her head.

Fredriksson looked up from his desk and she waved him in. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. Erika Berger has a stalker. We??ve been friends so long ?C nothing can destroy that.?? Salander??s heart sank.?? ??No friend of yours.?? ??Yes. She heard a movement and turned to see Salander just starting to clamber out of bed again. We have not yet identified exactly who is involved. ??I??m taking a big risk here. took half a step forward and spoke in a firm voice: ??I knew H?kan Morander for all of three days. There??s just one problem. Gullberg had approved the operation. Anders Pehrzon.M.00 p. She clicked on the bubble and wrote Wasp.S.

It was never referred to in writing. 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. ??Good.?? Flodin shrugged.??s mail server. especially when the violence was directed at full-grown men. I??ve told him he can??t see you. so I??m going to see who owns Vitavara Inc. Everything was classified.00. Who took your place??? ??I don??t know.2 an hour ago. She made a snap decision. Did anyone ask Lisbeth Salander her opinion??? ??Quite frankly ?? we haven??t had the opportunity to speak with her yet. Blomkvist described him as an Olympic-class idiot. S. 11. looking out of the window.

The headache was still there. I don??t have any idea what we can prove. according to the report.P. You don??t have to say anything before your lawyer gets here.?? Sellberg said. and force the board to dismiss Borgsj?. blue eyed. But she was not someone who went in for one-night stands. His name was Jonas. This is just the way it was in his day. He packed away his laptop and stood up. or a fourteen-year-old boy whose left lung had been pierced by a screwdriver. Then he drove down to the Continental. So I want to know what you think of him. My job is to produce a good newspaper. the visit lasted precisely nine minutes. There was no exit wound: the round was still inside her shoulder.

She prepared a memorandum on the conclusions she had arrived at the day before. But he had not anticipated Armansky lobbing a bomb with a sizzling fuse into his lap. and undressed. affect you or your welfare. nor had Monika Nilsson. ??I wouldn??t be able to swear it??s the same person???? ??But it is. since he did not want to use a credit card.?? Berger put her hand over the mouthpiece. Annika is doing her best to prepare for your trial. and it was only when she had to turn off the alarm in the hall that she remembered her husband was not at home. To include Bjurman in the special Section would be out of the question. The other participants at the meeting were two individuals from the top echelon of the Firm. ??A better question would be why did I become a police officer in the first place. switched on the night light and looked around the room. Bublanski was working only on Niedermann. ??This morning S?po got calls from several newspapers who had received letters from Gullberg. As soon as he entered the apartment he saw that the folder he had left on the kitchen table was gone. with a thousand policemen.

had the compartment to himself. Berger limped back to the glass cage.?? The rabbi offered him a kippa for his head.

He had then returned to his home town of Laholm and done some work from there
He had then returned to his home town of Laholm and done some work from there.S. The editor-in-chief has to be the one who takes the initiative. and this time in front of Frisk. Dakota. I can??t give you the name. But it??s like this: not everyone who works there is your enemy. I??m into my third day with hardly any sleep. There??ll be opportunities later. Bj?rck??s original doesn??t match Blomkvist??s version. And this evening Edklinth has been reporting on how the investigation is proceeding. It would be a newspaper billboard sensation and there would be volcanic eruptions high up in the government bureaucracy. Actually.?? ??First thing is to locate all the copies ???? ??I??ve already done that. They had set a table with cake and Friday afternoon coffee. Jan.V. She had to find a hiding place.?? ??Armansky. but during the night some bastard had punctured all four tyres. Do you understand what I mean? She opened the archive in [Idiotic_Table]. I can??t determine what it is. You are going to have some painful times ahead while your body heals.

and the double theft of the Salander report. More or less.. Blomkvist did not move when she came out. She clicked hesitantly on Answer. but with no success.??Friday. ??Hardly. That was unusual. Most regrettably it was Thorbj?rn F?lldin who became Prime Minister. now our editor-in-chief Malin Eriksson who managed to dig him up through the corporate records. She was famished. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking. which she had not done since she got the hand-held. ??So that??s our strategy??? ??Herr Zalachenko.I. But today is my last day of work. Hans von Rottinger was always a pleasant chap.O. Why don??t you reply? Don??t be afraid of me. but I know an excellent Bosnian place at Fridhemsplan.?? ??Maybe you aren??t aware of this ?C though I doubt that ?C but you give off the most incredible sexual vibrations. ??and get a couple of hours?? sleep yourself.

one. Salander switched on her Palm Tungsten T3. As the situation developed. For the moment he needed medical attention. as one doctor to another. My guarantee is this ?? if you don??t wave your magic wand and make all this disappear. That could be the only explanation. I??ll go over the details with you. shrink-wrapped and sent out with the special summer issue. He wondered how Niedermann would get along on his own. but nevertheless I don??t want to know any more than I already do about the content of the next two issues. The other seemed a bit older. no matter how highly placed the sources in the bureaucracy. But she did not want to leave the car and start walking around the area. He had seen me and pointed his pistol at me. The daughter would sooner or later be captured and that would be the end of it.?? She glanced to her right and met the eye of the pictures editor. so you could let me have the opportunity to visit her on medical grounds. She radiated a cheerful confidence.?? ??It??s a matter of intuition. after all. by the way??? ??He took some time off. He knew he was being watched and he must have seen M?rtensson??s Volvo.

The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. The night nurse had been gone ten minutes. ??What??s happened??? he said. ??There are a few things we have to get straight. and the watcher would stand exposed on the footbridge like a swallow perched on an old telephone wire in the country. Her vision was blurred. back-up alarm systems and everything else without blinking. worrying. Ping. was involved in tax fraud ?C were gleefully posted on the Net. No answer. If I run into him sometime. He was a bit of a legend. Before you take one single positive action I want to be informed. of course.L. ??The whole thing stinks. And then there had been the visit of Jonas Sandberg. She logged out and went to the U. She simply did not grasp or did not care that the only way Giannini could provide her with an effective defence would be if she had access to all the facts. ??If any of you need a little personal time. I would consider some form of autism. If it were a fake.

That is serious. She recognized him as the other man Malm had photographed outside the Copacabana on May Day.D. You??re an errand boy. ??Where are you guys??? ??You said to call when we passed Ikea. she undressed and climbed into bed.?? ??But let??s save the secrets till we meet again tomorrow. This was where the cleaning supplies were kept.?? ??Exactly. But this letter tells you to use your own good judgement. two titanium screws had been fixed into his jawbone. He ordered a cup of black coffee and sat at a corner table near the entrance. upper level. but this question does not. which Blomkvist studied.?? she said. Thank you. Palmgren stood up for Salander. From the government. It had never come up.?? She nodded.?? ??Do you think she??s in danger??? ??I know of nothing to indicate that she is. 11.

In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone. including in the military. who had been silent for almost half an hour. So Salander was locked up in an asylum because she tried to kill her father ?? this Zalachenko. Or did he? Blomkvist got up and went to the telephone. ??One flight up. First of all. but she became acquainted with a lawyer.?? ??Such as??? ??While you were concentrating on the Zalachenko story. There had to be a budget. We won??t see you for three months while you hop from one T.?? ??If anything should happen. we??re caught between the proverbial rock and hard place. who was murdered in your hospital ?C was a Soviet defector.G. and a mentally ill lesbian mass murderer.?? * Jonasson left Salander??s room somewhat confused. was to be that of Olof Palme. and when the man known as Trinity found himself on Sunday in the middle of the ?resundsbron. ??I think you??re awake.?? ??I know that. Things did not change until 1977. Two men stood there.

?? ??Not necessarily. modern. And Paulsson arrested Blomkvist when he was trying to hand in the weapon to the police. Between the time when she had stepped on the shard of glass and Rosin??s arrival that morning. of course. When it came to Agneta Sofia Salander. and he was offering her a chance to escape in a very different way. He was still in the kitchen with Paulsson when the armed response team sent to relieve Torstensson and Ingemarsson reported back. ??I ?? I can??t discuss this matter. Where did he get the weapon??? ??Blomkvist won??t discuss it without his lawyer being there. particularly after Robert H?rdh.?? ??Lisbeth. ??I have to go in to H. So he spent the whole of Friday brooding alone in his office.?? Blomkvist said. Honestly. Dr Endrin could tell that there was infection in her body. He opened the entrance door using the code and took the stairs to the top-floor apartment. The women of Anatolia took to the sword to crush an invasion from the Caucasus.S. go on ???? ??I have a man in the regular police who has spoken with Prosecutor Ekstr?m. But that??s just the problem. The killer is Ronald Niedermann.

?? ??Good grief. I get it. he appreciated flattery. but they had no choice. but riddled with suspicion.?? Blomkvist breathed more easily. The Security Police was an institution in Sweden that all parties (well.?? ??That??s insane. Then she clenched her teeth and concentrated on breathing. And it??s only temporary. ??Find out which room she??s in.?? he confirmed. By then it was 5. and was then on the books of S?po until the collapse of the Soviet Union. agents.?? Faste said. His sister had almost?? ??How is she??? he said.G. Ideally he should have come under the auspices of the military intelligence service. He listened with increasing dismay to Giannini??s account of what had happened. Yet she felt uncomfortable. as far as Nieminen could judge..

so finally he called Inspector Erlander. unzipped the outside pocket of his case. So what do we have??? ??She was shot with a Browning. with the help of Berger??s account. and he had kept his promise.G. was involved in tax fraud ?C were gleefully posted on the Net. since 1970. The focus has shifted to Niedermann.?? ??It??s a hell of a dilemma. The public register listed eighteen Susanne Linders in Stockholm county. ??What sort of knots??? Andersson said.00 that I can??t postpone. but for everything else to do with the magazine. I??ve got a young woman here who??s been shot in the head. Then he left her in peace and sat down to watch a repeat of C. During that time Carlsson on the culture pages had received an ugly email purportedly sent by Berger. We have to work together. ??Precisely.?? ??Such as??? ??While you were concentrating on the Zalachenko story. If you have to work. ??An employee of S. but there??s no sign of him.

Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy. That would explain her inability to relate to social conventions. the intensive care unit.?? Blomkvist said. It was a question only of how the case was presented. Bj?rck??s prints were on the handle and the blade. And this is the document that proves me right. For a long moment they stood looking at each other. That would be placing myself in the same relation to you as the Minister of Justice??s predecessor once stood to the journalist Ebbe Carlsson.?? ??No. and I??m proud of it.?? Salander??s heart sank. He had often described his job as being like that of a goalkeeper. She was a problem in the making. Figuerola. Is there anything you want us to do??? ??No.C.?? Blomkvist told her the details of the story that Cortez had compiled. male American of Catholic origin living in Toronto.?? ??What? What? What??? ??Teleborian???? ??I heard you. Cortez wrote feverishly.P. She instantly got a pop-up dialog box that asked for her I.

My name is Anders Jonasson. either by customs or by passport control.?? ??Precisely. After long deliberation he had toned down his criticism of Bublanski and his team. and Blomkvist freely admitted that he himself had put him there. But I need your help for an introduction ?C so that Idris will listen to me. ??I??ll hobble in as soon as I??ve pulled myself together. Not surprisingly.S. You were the one who created the system. At Armansky??s instruction Bohman had been following the Salander investigation from the very start. 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. The guard put his nose back into his book about the national economy and kept reading. This he had not for a moment expected.?? ??I think it??s probably longer than that. How did this get here??? one of them said. He??s been dying for several months. He put on his sports jacket and went downstairs. My prints are all over the house. But not one of us wants to hurt you.?? ??Why do you think that is??? ??Sorry. wondering what else could go wrong that night. Objectively.

What??s happened to him since I retired??? ??Bj?rck is probably one of the very few internal colleagues who left the Section and went back to external operations. I have to look presentable. ??That??s not what I asked. There are buyers who got fed up with the high construction prices. ??We could start by having some coffee ?? Monica??? Edklinth said.?? ??I just got an email from that address. for God??s sake. She looked up and down the block. The thieves were eventually caught. A police dog followed the trail to a narrow trench in a clearing in a wood about four hundred metres north-east of the farmhouse. He saw a dining-room table of dark wood that was cluttered with glasses. Then he smiled. S.?? ??Tell me. ??Do we have the name of the assailant??? Eriksson shook her head as the telephone rang again.?? ??And??? Modig hesitated once again. The electrodes. M?rtensson ?C he works as a bodyguard in S. It had sounded logical at the time. while Berger and assistant editor Peter Fredriksson met the sports editors so that she could get to know her colleagues and find out how they worked. Don??t misunderstand me. Your client says that she doesn??t know where he??s hiding.S.

??Where is he now??? Blomkvist said as they turned on to Kungsgatan. there??s only one person he could have got that information from. we??ve already discussed the police. everything related to the Zalachenko case is Top Secret. come what may.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself. He ate a piece of bread and drank some mineral water. The problem was that she did not know what she should do. And now here we all are. Palmgren stood up for Salander. Could you find Johannes Frisk and bring him to my office asap??? She waited patiently until Holm sauntered into the glass cage with the reporter Frisk in tow. seventy-eight years old. she was the one who would have to live with herself. First. We??ll be going in as soon as it can be done. is Bjurman. Lisbeth. ??We want to hear everything Janeryd tells you.P. 1. but he supposed that since she had chosen such a striking tattoo. He had not. She checked her diary and saw that she had four meetings.

But what is worse ?? Because the prosecutor has isolated Lisbeth. ??Since this report surfaced. I only knew him by his cover name. and from the conversation Blomkvist gathered that it was a stringer in G?teborg whom Eriksson had sent to Sahlgrenska. and he has backing from higher up in the bureaucracy. In 1987 Ghidi??s father was arrested on suspicion of being a Kurdish militant. ??The situation is complicated by the fact that we in Constitutional Protection are being forced to conduct an operation which is itself against regulations in order to investigate this matter. ??I can see as much.P. in the late ??60s. but it could have been longer. She pondered for a moment her suspicion that the person threatening her had something to do with S. How now to handle the situation? Technically.?? Nurse Agneta frowned.?? Wadensj?? said. ??As Prime Minister you may not influence the judicial process in any way. An industrious investigative journalist could get paranoid on less than this.?? ??I will if you come over. By all known reckoning she should have been dead. Seven letters had been sent to Vitavara Inc. Worse.P. hoping to get rid of the daughter.

He was an anonymous power figure among the elite of editors-in-chief. Figuerola giggled. Nilsson was pissed off.00 a. He??s calculating.A. and opened the windows in anticipation of his guests?? arrival. He would need crutches. Then.?? he said. We found the weapon. the journalist Dag Svensson.?? She walked off down the corridor. Jonas parked a block away from the Arm??museum. I??d like to spend some more time with you. She clicked on New Document. not Blomkvist??s own much more recent Wennerstr?m affair.?? ??The special issue is going to be called The Lisbeth Salander Story.

only too aware of how odd his story sounded. But we have several suspects. we can agree on what the consequences would be if Zalachenko talked. He had first met Jonasson at a seminar in Stockholm fourteen years earlier and discovered that they were both fly-fishing enthusiasts.?? ??I??m not trying to evade your question. She had fourteen stitches in her face and would need two new front teeth. She tried to call Blomkvist to tell him that the Borgsj? folder had been stolen. which was a factor since he was paying for the journey himself. ??What??? He explained that he had come home to find that the blue folder on his kitchen table was gone. He would never surrender voluntarily. ??She??s not hurt.00. That was a surprise. One was from Malm. Some of these are in the Security Police.?? Eriksson said.?? ??But this thing with Erika is a real fly in the ointment. ??You??ll pull through.

?? ??And in what context did the name Jonas crop up??? Salander hacked Teleborian??s computer. she has been throughout a victim in the whole affair. He had also bathed Salander??s face with a wet towel and done his best to wipe off the dirt. Mikael Blomkvist. She had nineteen new messages. Salander was surprised that the officers had treated her in such a correct. But we??ll think of something. Or else the falsification was done for a completely different purpose by someone inside the Security Police.?? ??True.?? ??Right. If these very unpleasant pranks continue we will have to consider reporting them to the police.?? After they had settled in. I know nothing about Niedermann??s affairs. On the instructions of that goddamned blond monster.Thursday.?? He stood up and gave her a kiss on the cheek. His became the worst scandal in the history of the Swedish Security Police. they knew what had provoked Lisbeth to do what she did.

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. had to be added to the list: Peter Teleborian.K. Her heart skipped a beat. which added to her mistrust of him. We think it??s an organization inside the organization.??s department of Counter-Espionage in a quite different case. The same bathtub from the same manufacturer retails at 2. pulled a comb through her hair.?? ??I see.?? Gullberg said. ??As you no doubt know. 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. He would never be able to tell anyone what had happened in Stallarholmen. but he knew that he had one hell of a story. He had not. This request was turned down in a firm but friendly tone. Two patients.

?? ??I get it. At first he was sceptical about the information that the excited young officer was telling him. I can??t get a sensible answer from anyone.?? Edklinth stared at Figuerola. And Inspector Erlander in G?teborg has been focusing his search in that direction from day one. ??That doesn??t sound like an official line. There has been almost no limit to the fantasies that have been circulated about her. ??So you??re sure that he came to the door of this room??? ??I heard him trying to push down the door handle. He left the firm after ten years and opened his own practice. Why would he do that??? ??I reckon he hired Zalachenko to get rid of Salander. I was vaguely aware of him for just a few seconds. which he never did.?? ??What??s that??? ??Jonas has put his wallet and mobile on the table. Ghidi was aware of the guard in the corridor.?? ??It??s a family-owned business. So simple. He sank on to a chair at the kitchen table as thoughts whirled through his head. She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story.

Jonas heading north. but rather that he was an especially cunning and intelligent spy who was not tempted to make the same mistakes that other Soviet spies had made. Yes ?? we can prove that there is a conspiracy. Two masked men had robbed at gunpoint a shop owned by an immigrant. The first patrol car with Torstensson and Ingemarsson from the station in Trollh?ttan arrived a few minutes after the helicopter landed. Press freedom has also been enshrined by parliament and is based on the socially and democratically acceptable restrictions of society. That would be placing myself in the same relation to you as the Minister of Justice??s predecessor once stood to the journalist Ebbe Carlsson. He was angry. When the X-rays came through he studied them intently. where I work. who??s leading the investigation into Zalachenko??s murder. Frisk stood up and made to follow. But I got the offer just before Dag and Mia were shot.?? Gullberg pulled on his earlobe. It??s also possible that knowledge of Zalachenko was confined to so small a circle that Prime Minister F?lldin had no real oversight. Berger was editor-in-chief and therefore one of the few people who could demand that information from him.. All three of our names will be on the cover and title page.

) So. Other Kurds in Sweden got involved. ??No. The conversation was in Kurdish. He was asleep within thirty seconds. There??s one apartment that raises a question mark though. Is he alive??? ??You must mean Karl Axel Bodin. I wouldn??t say that. feel the need to get in touch with the police ?C of their own accord. They??ve committed serious criminal acts and they??ll be the object of a preliminary investigation.com company that had the nerve to take the citizen to court. * Giannini was with Prosecutor Jervas for fifteen minutes. And then the key witness. And at the same time. I??m editorial assistant now. no matter how noble the intentions. The same bathtub from the same manufacturer retails at 2.?? ??Who are they??? ??Lindstr?m on the second floor.

he had become the father of Camilla and Lisbeth Salander. and it has to be done immediately and cannot be mentioned outside this room. Gullberg was pleased as well. I cannot have a news editor that I can??t trust or work with and who devotes his precious time to undermining my decisions. please do. During that time Carlsson on the culture pages had received an ugly email purportedly sent by Berger. and she can??t read newspapers or communicate with the outside world. the very time when she was obviously more vulnerable. I??m not expressing myself clearly enough. Eriksson and Malm. The difference is that it locks automatically when you close it. It was 1.S. Have you eaten??? ??It??s 8.?? ??Lisbeth. She went to her study and turned on the light. He came back with a needle which he pushed through my right nipple. I want you to lock yourself in your bedroom and let me handle the situation.

Who was also the reason why she was feeling tired and irritated. but we have no proof. There are 11 citizens online. She sent him the access codes for S. So you went to the justice minister..?? Blomkvist told her the details of the story that Cortez had compiled. If Armansky??s information was correct. for G.?? Sellberg looked rather startled. i. There was a pile of unopened post that he shoved firmly to one side. and S. She??s Blomkvist??s sister. Keep your eyes peeled ?? So tell me. He chose first class and had the compartment to himself. Berger limped back to the glass cage.?? The rabbi offered him a kippa for his head.

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.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

amused him. he proved to be a perfect match for Ethan??s description. He wasn??t greedy.

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Most of the time. but the totally scary [98] chef. the laws against murder remained in effect. the garage gate was already rising with a steely clack and clatter. tweedled. ??For who???When the hand came out of the bag. as though you were a giant vacationing in the land of Lilliput.?? Ethan admitted. Sometimes three. he proved to be a perfect match for Ethan??s description. sizzled. Two of his partners had sustained injuries more serious than Hazard??s. featuring advanced night-vision technology.As it turned out. then agreed with it in such a charming fashion that he seemed both erudite and every bit a kindred spirit.

??I??m such a good detective. His cell phone might not work in here.Meals could be taken in the large and comfortably furnished dayroom. tape his lips shut. his attention was drawn again to the movement of his vague and distorted reflection in the clouded mirror above the sinks. referring to Blonde in the Pond.. cooked hours ago.??I??m a homicide cop. ??Says Reynerd??s a little paranoid. ??Have some respect. A clockwork mechanism in his heart and soul. last year he gets himself thrown out of a car at like ninety miles an hour.An elevator carried him from subterranean realms to the highest of two floors of shops. No chest wound.

Ming du Lac. the household chef. ??Yeah.After a couple seconds. Hazard stared at him. there were competing theories. smiled. in an instant. he couldn??t. in truth.?? which had first been used to describe wise and clever actions. six or seven. The [25] hollow sound suggested they were empty. this curve of lips and bared teeth suggested a lunatic glee that required a full moon and medication. he could prepare meals in his apartment kitchen if he preferred.

Illiterate punks defacing public property with spray-painted graffiti.??It??s hard to picture Mrs. Criminals routinely grab big money. terribly.Flanking the crank were two curious items that appeared to be valves of some kind. emitted scraps of bombastic music. including one that must have punched significant scraps of his heart muscle through an exit wound in his back. Reynerd returned to the car. however. Hazard said. listening. I??m sure. Both delivered readable shots of the rear license plate. but the line went dead.If somehow Corky could have carried the black plague without risking his own life.

The death-blinded blue of the actor??s shock-widened eyes seemed [145] less cold than they had been in life. drop leaves.Studying the photo of the jar full of foreskins. but Reynerd had not followed him to the lower floor. or that a detective could occasionally become so attached to a victim that the loss felt personal. Five bodyguards travel with him. two sheets of folded paper certain to instill fear and stoke anger.None of the restroom sinks had stoppers. A publicity firm reviews it and responds. when he inquired as to where he might find Duncan Whistler. and his darkest expectations were undiminished. to move fast while scanning left-right-left. he was drawn into a melancholy consideration of what might have been.Ethan was alone. Instead of passing by as the infrequent other traffic had done throughout the night.

three telephones were not always sufficient to deal with the event designer.Then the narrow street lay deserted. A celebrity of Channing??s magnitude enjoyed little privacy and was always under scrutiny.??Is there magic in what??? Ethan asked. driving the darkness of the universe into the universally coveted Bel Air real estate. I??ll jot this down and be gone. so he considers her filthy. At the nearer end. and they would explode simultaneously.The twelve-inch diameter door of the safe stood open. anger pinched his throat as tight as if he??d squeezed his sixteen-inch neck into a fifteen-inch collar. Stars were stars in those days. He would have been too thin for the medium.?? Ethan said. but two cadavers on gurneys made an immediate impression.

two out of four doesn??t mean you deserve your name. he had [137] been a psychotic personal trainer who killed himself and his wife near the end of the first act. A wickedly powerful chemical defoliant. He shook his head. as breath came more easily.Although his explosive breathing had quieted. Corky was forty-two. Aelfric would probably now be Hannibal Manheim. which I??m not saying I did or didn??t. He thought the shortened version sounded like an insult. a reporter from Entertainment Weekly. Water cascaded to the floor. leaving the final three to serve as hinges.While Ethan fished a credit card from his wallet.????So then tell me??how big??s his charlie?????Isn??t that in the DMV file?????I don??t mean Rolf??s charlie.

The same experiences had made Dunny yearn for buckets of money and for power sufficient to ensure that no one would ever again dare to tell him what to do or ever again make him live by rules other than his own. the flap and rustle of pigeons taking flight. even the most insignificant things. how to bedazzle them so they wouldn??t realize they were being screwed.Actively seeking that phantom suddenly seemed to be a bad idea. constant. seemingly reasonable people surrounding him were in fact all BIG-TIME CRAZY. under the drizzling trees. with stupid purpose. tolled. He could feel the tension of their wings frozen in flight. poured down. Universe before that.????Who??d want to steal a stiff??? Pomp asked.?? Ethan admitted.

the apartment house waited. in a moment of toxic psychosis.?? Reynerd said as he returned to the kitchen. Between occasional multi-episode supporting roles as a bad boy on one cheesy soap opera or another. A desk plaque identified him as VIN TOLEDANO. or clank of chains: Even a ghost ought to make a sound.?? Reynerd assured him.[35] Halfway down the stairs. however.An actor unlucky enough to be typecast usually didn??t fall into that career trap until he??d experienced great success in a memorable role.[56] Logic didn??t offer immediate answers. as well. if you insisted that life always proceed according to some this-because-that system of logic. Broadway had been her favorite. ??Those nuns are jokers.

arriving at last in the kitchen. one armchair. but she??s been here forever.??You??ve hardly touched your salmon. after a murder.??Hazard??s shrewd expression spoke clearly enough without words.He had nothing against the furniture and artworks of distant times.ETHAN HAD TOLD PALOMAR LABORATORIES to analyze his blood for traces of illicit chemicals.Except for Monday and Thursday. The florist had wrapped them in a cone of stiff cellophane that partly protected the blooms from the pelting rain. no one in the business had a sense of humor anymore. Ethan didn??t merely want Hannah; he cherished her. in an old black-and-white movie. not him and other people. the Face of the new millennium.

Especially not Mr. On videotapes recorded elsewhere in the mall. ??Looks cold out there. this dragon. He remained certain that eventually he would learn Duncan Whistler had fallen back into old habits??or had never truly forsaken them.He suspected that the subtle scent of death had saturated his clothing. to the single control. however. He seldom received calls.In retrospect.At last Reynerd rose from the sofa. he felt as if he were balanced on one foot on a high wire. He wrenched it away from the assailant. but he cautioned himself to remain wary. Ghost Dad would come on the line.

He did not wish to grow old with no comfort but his favorite premium brand of coconut fudge. The kitchen was open to this front room.After pressing the button for the main garage level. but he recognized it. the movie star had long been known as Ghost Dad because he was usually only here in spirit. Only once before in the past year had he presumed upon their friendship in this way. Corky was committed to long-term effect.Not a good place to have a severe asthma attack. but it??s got to be the answer.[34] He withdrew his hand from under his jacket. rides in theirs. Without the ardor of a wind.[104] Ethan became aware of a background sizzle. which opened a door.[131] When he??d first heard in loco parentis.

a reporter from Entertainment Weekly. Fric had been so severely deprived of air that his skin had taken on a bluish tint.Beyond the hard-washed glass. however. two layers of socks kept his feet pleasantly warm. this one disturbs me most of all.. ??An apple might symbolize dangerous or forbidden knowledge.Dwindling into the night. fields. attorneys specializing in tort law and filing massive class-action suits with the express intention of destroying major corporations and age-old institutions. In contemporary California. Full toxicological results wouldn??t be ready until Wednesday afternoon. and lots of other voices. He signed no name at all.

Why you?????The apple??s the most crafted of the six. say let??s go back to our place.????Yeah. Keeping his head down.?? Reynerd told him.. Hepplewhite.Unless Rolf Reynerd had loaned his car to a friend. Considering the resources at his command for the game. I??d rather have one hate-filled teacher subtly propagandizing in a schoolroom. In place of ersatz music. or in the unlikely event that Reynerd revealed an intent to harm the movie star. watching the parade of humanity in all its absurdity. Water cascaded to the floor. and dress in clean clothes? Absurd.

working at different levels. the woman waited. McBee provided a ring-bound notebook titled Standards and Practices. he endured long periods of unemployment. even before he started the engine.?? he corrected. he was known as Hazard because working a case in tandem with him could be as hazardous as driving a dynamite truck. which she herself had composed and assembled.??At approximately ten-forty. then Camera 02. not six feet away. I??ll jot this down and be gone. but which amused him. he proved to be a perfect match for Ethan??s description. He wasn??t greedy.