Tuesday, August 30, 2011

circulated in the media. You can??t call and say that it was a mistake.?? Eriksson said.

We??re the ones who have to make the decisions that nobody else wants to make
We??re the ones who have to make the decisions that nobody else wants to make. during the time when the impeccably mannered Georg Thulin was head of the third division of S?po. list everything that??s been said about her. and she wondered if she were imagining things.?? said Sp?ngberg emphatically. It??s a Polish P-83 Wanad using Makarova ammo.S. After a period of computer celibacy. And who knows? Maybe he??ll catch Niedermann. and he would have to take control of the situation. 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. He was never going to be able to tell anyone about his triumphs. A trial during the peak holiday season would attract less attention than one at any other time of the year. He told me to follow up on it. and if he made mistakes he would end up in prison. then we can take a taxi. You don??t have to be afraid.?? Erlander and Modig both looked at their wristwatches. or the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He was completely exhausted and realized that he had eaten only two slices of bread all day.50. unquote. Gullberg thought. let alone both of them. but he could not remember his name ?C some sort of foreign name ?C but Adamsson did not feel the need to check his I. that??s how it is. ??This is great. And she was exceptionally fit.

Sonja. I??m in. She had done her best to find a formula for working with him. It was a delicate task requiring great wisdom and judicial restraint. He braced himself against the wall and limped over to the door. He could not see anything remarkable. He thought about calling reception and ordering coffee.?? Three inspectors gave Holmberg an astonished look. Peter. and contained an improved version of her program Asphyxia 1. it could be ruined. I??m here to deliver it. There had to be a budget. At a stroke she eliminated all employees in distribution. and would value the chance to gauge how much deterioration has occurred over the past ten years. I consider this office of central importance to Swedish democracy. She had not had access to ongoing editorial work at Millennium since early April.M. I don??t really know. Karim had parked herself at police headquarters and was doing her best to get some solid information out of someone.?? ??I gather that S. It??s in direct line-of-sight of the reception desk and the nurses?? station.?? ??A . Bublanski and the others who arrived at the summer house had treated it as a crime scene from the word go. ??I don??t know. and he had never been formally taken into custody and searched. But we have him in the system and can call him in again for questioning. She was no longer limping.

which was one of the most beautiful places in the world. ??I mean I??ve glanced at it. Perhaps she had dreamed the whole thing. Modig shrugged. It was cool to outdo S?po in their own field of expertise. You said it yourself: we have to trust each other. So we want everything to be legitimate and in keeping with the constitution. I assume you??re not just sitting there twiddling your thumbs. ??I can see that.00 a. He??ll have to be as safety-conscious as you are. But I??m not going to ask. But it ended.?? ??So ?? what should we do??? Silence settled over the table.P.?? Edklinth said at last.?? ??This conversation is over. Under the circumstances neither of these epithets could be considered wide of the mark. it??s like the old days. I assume you??re not just sitting there twiddling your thumbs. so that she will not be believed if anyone should start asking questions about Zalachenko. You will have to be something of a mentor to me for the time being. ??You misunderstand me. and turned on the T. My orders. From the moment I sat down in that glass cage.?? ??Where??? ??Outside Seglora. Hans Wilhelm Francke.

He needed to talk to Berger. According to the doctors. She had been working fifteen hours a day since May 1. switched on the night light and looked around the room. Only then did she begin to think rationally again.. I repeat. ??Your editor-in-chief??s untimely departure will create problems in the newsroom. Now it??s this German who??s being sought in connection with the murders. We can??t just dump it on Erika??s desk as a newspaper billboard. In which case Sandberg. Finally Berger heard a voice from the left side of the room. and then the clock clicked over to 2.K??. And that would have to mean that locking you up in 1991 was illegal. It??s all about patching up things. Her client was in much worse shape than she had been led to believe.?? ??How do you mean??? Sandberg looked so nervous for a second that Zalachenko had to smile. you??re back-up for Henry. The problem. I??m on my way. The secret we both protected during my administration is now the subject of some very serious questions. but she remembered a kitchen ?C it must have been the kitchen in the Gosseberga farmhouse ?C and she thought she remembered seeing him coming towards her. The pathologist was unable to supply the exact time of death. and when he was sixteen he had advanced to the extent that he could compete with the best in the world. She blinked hard a few times and got up to turn on the coffeemaker before she took her shower.?? ??What??s the killer??s name??? ??We will not give out that information until his next of kin have been notified. but I know an excellent Bosnian place at Fridhemsplan.

but there was never very much to report. She noticed that some people were nodding their approval. In other words. but in any case she was in no condition to be questioned. I want to have you naked.?? He tied a sheet around his waist. At least Morander understood the necessity of the reductions. Who??s to know? But how did she deal with Nieminen? He has no visible injuries. Things did not change until 1977. so you could let me have the opportunity to visit her on medical grounds.?? she said at last. he??s going to survive and he??s been up walking around on crutches. In Gullberg??s eyes this did not mean that Palme might be innocent. there were periods of excessive drinking. 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.?? ??Thank you.?? Gullberg drew a series of concentric circles on his notepad. I can??t determine what it is. And to cap it all.?? ??Yes??? ??Well ?? er ?? good instincts. When they got to the room they undressed. Behind this conclusion lay no exaggerated trust in government. And if problems crop up along the way. Lundin was formally charged in connection with Nykvarn. He shot Zalachenko in the head several times and then shot himself.?? ??Where are you??? ??Nyk?ping. She shook her head. has no idea that you have access to this computer.

Why are you talking to me??? ??You asked me a question. I??ve been here five months ?C this is my last week.K. Before his release. This is the worst thing that could have happened. In point of fact. As far as I can work out.?? ??Three. that??s not how a magazine is supposed to look. You??re soaked to the skin already. ??This is the most important weapon Lisbeth has in her arsenal ?C she has to have it. From now on Blomkvist would be allowed only into the temporary office at Fridhemsplan. When Salander was twelve. She pushed away a plate of the health authority??s vegetable stew.?? The expression did not sit well with Zalachenko.?? ??A little too fast. This time he had left that bloody Modig woman behind and instead was accompanied by Inspector Holmberg. ??Here we are again. which had a photograph of Niedermann and the headline POLICE KILLER HUNTED IN DENMARK.00 tonight you have to report for duty.P. and then ?? I need about a fortnight off to recharge my batteries.I. Lisbeth Salander. but rather his faith in human nature. The other doctor on duty.?? he said. who will decide on the charges.

00 Jonasson came up to the ward just as Dr Endrin was about to go home.?? ??There was a ?? Clinton. Lisbeth Salander got in touch with me and took control of my computer. Only four people in the world knew how he had come by that scar.?? Salander felt an icy chill run down her spine. and she went through every public register she could find. It would be as it was in the ??80s. ??How am I doing??? she said. There??s one apartment that raises a question mark though. She clenched her teeth and stifled an impulse to ask Blomkvist to sit on the story. coupled with the suicide of a man who was dying of cancer.?? ??Then it would probably be a good idea to spend the day moving in there. I don??t know how we??re going to make it. we??re going to have to send them the camera-ready copy by the end of this month ?C at the latest. One of the women was named Sara. The house was well kept and neat. Edklinth did not believe in coincidence on such a grand scale. but she quickly pulled herself together when she saw who it was.?? ??It??s possible. She thought the most important thing was simply to stop the bastards.M. There??s a room in the connecting corridor to the right of the reception area that would be better from a security point of view. She took another pace forward. Alexander Zalachenko ?C otherwise known as Karl Axel Bodin. for example. journal or notes.C. ??This letter is referring to Holmberg??? ??No.

?? ??You??ll get only one guarantee from me. Then a crooked grin spread across her face. Do you have any suggestions??? ??Perhaps.00 on Tuesday night.?? ??In this case ??nothing?? could be quite a lot. It depends on her rate of recovery. Ownership implies responsibility.?? ??Plus the seven here. And they??re going to get it a few days before the trial. ??Let her sleep a while. Berger made coffee. I know that you??ve worked together for twenty years or so and you??ve had your ups and downs. was supposed to have access to everything.?? ??It??s a hell of a dilemma. could wander into a hospital with a bunch of flowers in one hand and a pistol in the other. She sat on the edge of her bed. ?C the major increase in personnel began.?? Cortez said.Tuesday. stamped top secret.?? ??As things now stand. He didn??t go into any detail.?? ??I need someone for a research job. The company went under in six months.M. Malm??s boyfriend. Holm was off that day.?? Armansky told her.

from the crazy neo-Nazi living in the woods to the rock-throwing anarchist ?C and everyone in between. She??s innocent.30 on Friday night. Sonja.?? ??Two??? ??And I??m not Erika. ??So. ??What day is it today??? she said.?? ??I??m jumping ahead and anticipating the final assessment. ??Hello.?? Berger suddenly felt an enormous wave of relief.?? Figuerola said. which Armansky hesitantly put on.?? ??But those journals contain mostly scholarly papers and pure research. Salander opened her eyes and saw a light in the ceiling. She??s the one who makes the decisions on these things. ??Yes. and then you have a month off. but the crucial question was: how would security control within S. Zalachenko??s room was sealed off. He doesn??t know who they are. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking. He was a bodyguard. the article is nonsense. It contained no lies that could entangle her. What could I say? If I asked what it meant.?? After Cortez left. ??How many killings do you reckon this case involves??? Holmberg rubbed his eyes wearily. and a lightweight grey linen jacket.

?? ??I apologize for putting you in the middle of a duel between me and Holm. I??ve worked at Constitutional Protection for three years. The constitution had been established by the parliament. and she had severe headaches. As far as we can determine at the moment. Finally he called for a minute??s silence. But she had no reason to sympathize with Berger.?? Giannini went pale. She opened the document that he had called [Central questions].?? ??I can tell you in general terms what it??s about and you can come to your own conclusions. If the pinkos want to start a war with Denmark. to help??? ??I??d already decided that Milton ought to hire a lawyer for her???? ??Is that a yes or a no? I know what happened to her. He stopped at a rubbish bin and tore up the photocopies of his letters. She sat paralysed and tried to work out from which direction the sharp reports had come. Gullberg began to believe that Zalachenko was not quite right in the head. lifted him off the ground. He was shown to Zalachenko??s room. At 1. They agreed that the situation might be more serious than S?po had at first assumed.. For trying to kill me. He spent three hours reading through Ekstr?m??s preliminary investigation and strategy for the trial. but I have to be here until 8. unfortunately. I looked over the budget of the Security Police and found nothing resembling an allocation for the Zalachenko club.?? They saw a tall man with a narrow moustache who was wearing a hat. He stopped at a rubbish bin and tore up the photocopies of his letters. it still took five minutes to force the lock to Blomkvist??s apartment.

Edklinth nodded. Over the following years Gullberg kept Bjurman under discreet but regular surveillance. and access to cutting-edge technology in I. Plague decided to make an exceptional effort and washed the dishes. If you forget the password. She had her breakfast at the kitchen table.?? ??Please tell me how I??m doing.?? ??O. It depends on her rate of recovery. She noticed that some people were nodding their approval. The first year??s budget amounted to 52. That did not help either.?? ??Precisely. was that the Constitutional Protection Unit had only an analytical and investigative function. It is almost entirely fabricated. Some years earlier that post had been occupied by the notorious Colonel Wennerstr?m. You will be paid by me. The legendary double agent Colonel Stig Wennerstr?m. On the other hand. They told a fantastic story about a Russian defector who had come to Sweden. eliminated all the men in the twenty-six to fifty-four age group who were married. and there??s no-one who can tell us who his clients were. the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent.?? ??I appreciate that. very dirty and bloody. People greeted her as she limped past the central desk. Furthermore..

Blomkvist had heard of the place for the first time less than twelve hours earlier. ??What in the world ???? Wadensj?? said. One bullet had entered the outer side of her hip and gone straight through the muscle tissue. In his editorials he came across as boring and conservative. You can use it if you have anything to tell me. He might also be a man who worked in maintenance.com>. ??Hardly. They went to the bar with Niedermann. and his job is on the line now too. Fransson closed the folder that held all the preliminary investigation papers. ??As far as the G?teborg police are concerned. to take over as editor-inchief. He??s ambitious and on the lookout for anything that will benefit his career. and she has to live with that.000 Swedish kronor. On the other hand. On the other hand. on the other hand. One part concerns Zalachenko. ??Either you or Svantesson will have to take over her case.?? he said. If you can??t rejuvenate this paper. how you came to be in possession of the Top Secret S?po report on Zalachenko. you??re not going to do anything for the moment.?? he said in a gloomy voice. I???? She interrupted him. It??s owned by a company called Bellona Inc.

And not one of us had noticed a thing. making an illegal turn on to Klara Norra and heading towards Olof Palmes Gata.?? ??But your proposal is off the wall. especially in the leftist-radical ??70s when a number of constitutional blunders had certainly occurred. 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. including an AK5. Remember what it was like during the Wennerstr?m affair. with the result that Zalachenko was alive and tucked up in bed barely ten metres from where she was. Right now we have about thirty officers working directly on the investigation. but Berger was not the kind of person who liked to be threatened. He was hungry and exhausted. newly sharpened. ??Goddamnit. Not tonight. By the time Mikael had finished his account. and she named some standard works that I??d never heard of.30 p. He ate a piece of bread and drank some mineral water. She was the one who got in touch with us after Lisbeth??s unexpected visit. commission on child labour had added Fong Soo Industries to its list of companies that exploit child labour. if I understood correctly ?C is to clean corridor 11C. who had such difficulty talking about herself with people of flesh and blood. Blomkvist??s problem was that the account still had gaping holes in it.A. the youngest person at the meeting. I??m furious at the state and the government and S?po and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent. The call came just as the voting booths had closed and all signs pointed to the fact that Palme was going to lose.?? he said.

Let??s take it as a working hypothesis that Bjurman raped her and that she somehow took her revenge. Unfortunately. hangs himself.?? Modig pushed an envelope across the table. Figuerola walked back to Bellmansgatan. According to the newspapers. He aimed the revolver at her and took a step forward. Nowadays there are alarms and other devices everywhere.?? ??Rubbish. The thieves were eventually caught.?? ??It??s not the same thing.P. is to investigate the truth of this story. which was what he was famous for doing. But now they want me to start asap.?? ??And in what context did the name Jonas crop up??? Salander hacked Teleborian??s computer. The public register listed eighteen Susanne Linders in Stockholm county. Come over to my place and I??ll make you something more substantial. I only know that I had him neatly trussed. Berger turned and looked out over the landscape of the newsroom. If she won??t trust me. And here we can??t go through the Prosecutor General. and a patient. If such a keyword cropped up. but his colleagues had learned that Ekstr?m was planning for a trial in July. and the fact that the girl was shot three times. and the rest of them were somehow excluded..

?? ??But I???? ??Give it a try. there was a possibility that the Section would be subjected to official scrutiny. some sort of authority is needed to guarantee the observance of these laws. I don??t like it. She went back to bed and pulled the covers over her. He??s the one you take your orders from. I would hesitate to confine myself to an exact diagnosis.?? ??Cancer??? ??He??s been carrying that gun around for the past six months. But this trial is going to be about entirely different things. Zalachenko had at first been thought of as a potential breakthrough in the Palme mystery. ??But we have more urgent issues to talk about. I hate to say this. Why had Bublanski called her? What was this meeting about? She glanced across the corridor. I won??t.?? ??That??s pretty vague.?? ??I??m sorry. ??I??m going to???? ??You??re not going to do anything at all. refugee camps had been attacked. subcontracts the work to an outfit called Fong Soo Industries. Thank you. it does. She started to scroll past these. not to discuss the topic in his office without taking special precautions. The son-of-a-bitch is probably out screwing around with some bimbo with big boobs. I can??t find Zalachenko in any public register.?? ??He works at Sahlgrenska hospital as a cleaner. Just then he was sober. He asked her to lean forward and placed the stethoscope on her back to listen to her lungs.

as a result of which Wu was rescued from certain death. When she was alone she said: ??Hello. Figuerola went implacably on.00. His voice softened slightly. Georg. He had not.?? Berger nodded and turned on a light.?? Nystr?m said.?? ??Don??t call me crazy. work it out! / Kalle B. back to the case.?? ??I??m sorry.K.R. Only when Salander had logged out of Hacker Republic did she go into Yahoo and log on to the private newsgroup [Idiotic_Table]. ??Dr Jonasson??? ??Yes??? ??My name is Peter Teleborian. ??Cough. the realm was ruled by a Queen Myrina.?? ??I can do complicated. It??s about Lisbeth Salander. cleared her desk. I talked to Teleborian. she could always widen the net again. You??ll have to think about this possibility when you plan your strategy.?? Gullberg said. Counter-Espionage in 1998. She undressed and crept into bed.

His ill health had taken a heavy toll. But when the discussion was over.?? She handed Carlsson the printout. ??In the kitchen. He??s a very approachable person. When the name Zalachenko turned up in the preliminary investigation. Zalachenko??s room was sealed off. He??s acting on an official request from S. A pistol would compensate for her physique. ??For those of you who haven??t met her before.?? ??It sounds like the bedroom won??t be such a romantic place in the future.?? Wadensj?? looked so startled that Gullberg quickly explained that he was joking.?? ??Fourth. I know. After Salander??s attack on Zalachenko. Right now I just feel like shit. The same bathtub from the same manufacturer retails at 2.?? ??It??s a family-owned business. yes. Then I might as well tell you that I??ve already received a formal commission from Prosecutor Ekstr?m in Stockholm to do a forensic psychiatric report. The autopsy revealed that she died as a result of a staggeringly vicious assault. The immediate reason for calling the press conference was that he wanted to deny the rumours already being circulated in the media. He had no knowledge of the circles Niedermann moved in. Do you have any suggestions??? ??Perhaps. and Holger. The younger blond man here.?? Blomkvist said. and not some celebrity chasing headlines.

respectable operation producing appliances and plumbing goods. I??m so tired. At first she felt faint. A trick? Poison Pen? Berger stared at the screen. the social contract that makes up the framework of a civilized society.C.K. but not without having serious problems. what??? ??Holm and the head of the legal section are on the warpath. Jan.Q. lifted him off the ground. which Armansky hesitantly put on.?? ??Right.?? ??What about it??? ??Couldn??t you get me a pizza??? ??Sorry. and especially around his neighbourhood. She raised her right hand and felt her head. but now they??re working for us. but I??d be grateful if we could meet tomorrow night. I see. importantly. Come with me. Erlander told him that Salander was officially under arrest and that the prosecutor would not allow any visitors. where Figuerola had parked. Things might be a bit rocky at first.?? she said. I just wanted to hear how you??re doing and if everything is going well. ??We??ve borrowed the place for tonight??s meeting.

??May I say something??? ??Please do. Accordingly she had the right to involve herself in the investigation of Zalachenko??s murder. ??I??ve decided that Salander should be moved to a different room. Nine times out of ten. But that??s the angle the police are taking. was involved in Zalachenko??s murder.S. Edklinth had told her: no rings in the water. But first I??d like to examine you. Dr Endrin could tell that there was infection in her body.?? Gullberg leaned forward. Perhaps the murder of Zalachenko is a part of it too. He??s going to be right up there with the directors of Skandia.?? ??I see. she has been throughout a victim in the whole affair. ??Not for the moment. In the course of the next five minutes he emptied his bucket. and spontaneously gave Berger a hug and a kiss on the cheek.?? ??And the answer is ????? ??We don??t know. an elite force that any defence organization in the world would have paid enormous sums to use for cyber-military purposes.?? Figuerola said. Daniel. The Zalachenko matter was now constitutionally secured. about his conversation with Giannini.?? ??Come on.?? ??Indeed. The news neither pleased Nieminen nor made him any calmer. If this was the case.

??You got that right.S. So that the report would be accurate. ??There are a few things we have to get straight. Wadensj?? glanced at Gullberg and was struck by how thin the old man had become. but Blomkvist got lucky and caught Karim. We don??t need to hide the fact that they concern playing down the Zalachenko affair in the media and so forth. These linguistic skills were one of the reasons he was recruited by the Security Police in 1950. 1991); Power Struggle for S?po by Erik Magnusson (Corona. Ekstr?m surreptitiously scanned the stamp. She had been incredibly lucky.N.?? Blomkvist said. All the company??s secrets and emails ?C along with some fake documents that might lead people to think that its C. this was made out to be a conspiracy. The activity may for all I know be legitimate and sanctioned by the government. you get withdrawal symptoms after a while. Not tonight. I??m a damn good assistant editor ?C it??s a piece of cake with Erika as your boss. It??s no secret that some of my predecessors at S. as a twelve-year-old.?? ??You mean the Security Police. Then he left her in peace and sat down to watch a repeat of C. When he passed ?rstabron he took out a ballpoint pen and a plain paper pad. ??They met to finalize their strategy for nailing Salander at her trial. Monica. Jan Bublanski was the leader of the investigation concerning Ronald Niedermann. ??We think we know what happened in broad outline.

?? she said without greeting. and they had both ended up in bed with Torkel. starting from now. but she suspected that Dakota was a woman. We have to arrive at a common strategy. He had interrupted her planning how to break out of Sahlgrenska hospital. Nor did Giannini tell him anything of what she and her client discussed. and there is no satisfactory forensic evidence. Gullberg chose from the beginning to inform only one person in S. Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm. and was built into an unknown number of satellites that performed pinpoint monitoring of capitals around the world as well as flashpoints of special interest. There??s a darker area here. and appeared in several articles. but Cortez had solid evidence.?? ??O. When he had worked for seven straight hours. ??This is a great sleazy story. I gave her Dexofen. I??m a doctor. BuckRogers. It took all of Linder??s powers of persuasion to send her to bed. Do you know what this means? It means that S.S. but rather his faith in human nature. Blomkvist looked at the Director of Constitutional Protection.M.?? She hesitated for a while before she met his gaze.?? ??I??ve been running.

Not until Monday evening did Dr Endrin decide. and at no time during either had he been swayed by the man??s protest ations of innocence. Edklinth walked into police headquarters at 7. now I recognize you. until the whole gang ended up in the slammer for fraud. That will be done later this week.O. As we know. For a moment there was only silence.K. ??I had a cranial X-ray done. Carl-Magnus Lundin of the Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club was a key player in the whole thing. When Lisbeth was twelve. sweeping up the floor.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??Hmm.?? Ghidi was to do this every day until Blomkvist told him it was no longer necessary. Or if he felt betrayed and wanted to get even. I don??t even believe S?po has the expertise to do anything like this. Serial number unknown. ??She was obviously hired by Blomkvist. ??Exactly. Then she got confirmation from the S. and began to check them off.?? He fixed his gaze on Wadensj??. They might not have been best friends. Berger was furious. neither could he.

Ping. Then she typed in 74774.10.44 she heard steps in the corridor and the rattle of the Securitas guard??s key ring. He had slept most of the day and then drove back to the hospital at around 7. ??It hurt.?? ??What do you mean??? ??I sent Andersson to bring in Bj?rck for a formal interrogation.?? he said in a gloomy voice.?? ??That works for me. had butterflies in his stomach as he asked his team leader Inspector Bublanski to take a seat opposite him. We have no idea what went wrong. The headache will eventually go away altogether. So you use the attack alarm. in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular T.M. ??No. Blomkvist had his arm around her shoulders. It was as dark as coal. When he got back to ?stermalm he sat at his desk and wrote down a list of the people who knew about Zalachenko: himself.V.?? ??Third.B. Set up a meeting with legal at 3. Not one of them had heard of Hans von Rottinger.I. ??How do I get out of here??? he asked. but to him she looked more like an injured sparrow.?? ??Why? I mean.

What could I say? If I asked what it meant. We have Borgsj? ready for the slaughter. But it??s not good. ??Hello. They will do everything they can to reduce the damage to themselves and their group. He would grieve for his son. with dormer windows looking out on Gamla Stan and the waters of Riddarfj?rden. anything else we pull off is useless. Berger realized that several of her new colleagues were looking at her. then we??ll decide what to do. that answer was simple.M. it was not a good idea to start boasting that he actually knew something on a mobile less than two hundred metres from a police station.?? ??That??s me. When she was finished she went home to her one-bedroom apartment on Pontonj?rgatan. but that there was a boundary and it could not be infringed.S.?? ??That can be considered a step forward. Falun had been hired from time to time until the mid-??90s. During surgery the night before. but now it was time to take care of the matter. But the warehouse is owned by a relative of the president of Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club. Magnusson had put together a four-column article about Morander??s life and career.?? ??Naturally. Then he sat on the edge of the bed and untied the strings of her nightshirt. With rare exceptions.??? ??Nieminen has taken over as club president while Lundin remains in custody. He was Prime Minister at the time.

Before his release. In came Jonasson.I. Falun did not know exactly what interests Clinton represented.?? Gullberg took a deep breath.?? ??Nor do I.?? ??I still have the report. ??Someone might see us together and start to wonder.M. and lastly Inspectors Modig and Holmberg from the Stockholm police.P. if a little stupid.?? was Paulsson??s immediate response. Vinge??s memoir as propaganda. Payment to an Idris Ghidi went into the budget under fees to sources who could not be named. Without moving her head she glanced at the digital clock: 3. ??I don??t want to be quoted. ??Zalachenko was a defector from a foreign power. We haven??t laid anyone off since 2002. She put down her pen and looked at the totals. ??An employee of S. He??s also the chairman of the board of Svenska Morgon-Posten and owns about 10 per cent of it.?? Berger slept until 2. went back into her office and closed the door.?? She wondered if he were pulling her leg. Shenke was rather short. While he waited for the helicopter.?? ??What??s that??? ??Well.

has really fouled his nest this time. She had been extraordinarily lucky. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police. Figuerola nodded and thought for a few seconds.m. so long as its objective was to safeguard the security of the nation. as you know. Blomkvist emerged at 9. If the government was involved. ??It depends on how decisive you can be in the Section these days. It was not until he was in the taxi that he reached into his jacket pocket and stopped the tape recorder. Paolo Roberto and his pals. could blithely reveal her most intimate secrets to a bunch of completely unknown freaks on the Internet. The former leader of the Centre Party looked old. ??You wouldn??t happen to have a cigarette. Thanks. vi Berger??s mobile was ringing. There was something in one of the pockets. and the like. the nigger was not allowed to clean inside the prisoner??s room ?C that was done by two cleaning women in the morning ?C and besides. Her constitutional rights are being violated by the very people who ought to be protecting her. indicated that the secret state police had been transformed into what was described in the memos from the justice department as a modern police organization. but you??re an intelligent and sensible person. You were the one F?lldin assigned to be the go-between with those who were protecting Zalachenko.?? Silence. Three of them were hunting rifles. She had verified something that could be known only to a very restricted group of people. He left the firm after ten years and opened his own practice.

I would never. ??No. did he not??? Prosecutor Jervas said. to testify until the matter was resolved. As you yourself have pointed out.?? ??You got him in one. Salander??s story was pretty much done. Zalachenko is there too with an axe wound to his skull. The shot in Lundin??s foot must have happened after she kicked him. There were bloody-minded individuals who harped on and on about real or imaginary injustices and who sometimes turned to threatening behaviour.iv By 1. even though his motives were not to harm her. but Palmgren himself had insisted. for exactly twelve days. I have also received similar emails from a sender who purports to be ??centraled?? at S. even though she may have felt a certain frustration that she was not going to be the editor of that particular issue. I mean.?? ??I read the article. and then would always break it. As soon as she was a little way down the hill. Whatever happens. It would make a passable weapon ?C for stabbing a face or an eye. And any applications for visits must also be referred in advance to Salander??s lawyer. I was stronger than he was and he couldn??t bear it. ??That doesn??t sound good.T. he had a rough draft of two articles totalling twenty-one pages. have already done me in.

The day before. ??I??ll make sure you get some painkillers in a minute. Berger had reluctantly agreed and then fallen asleep on the living-room sofa in front of the boarded-up picture window. Linder spread a blanket over her. ??Never seen them before. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking. You have no idea. I don??t have time to give special treatment to specific articles. ??It??s a police killing and the press is out in force.?? said Andersson.?? Clinton shook his head again. then what Prosecutor Ekstr?m had claimed. It was rare for her to close the door to her office. ??Please explain what the government has directed. she fumed. ??I??m looking for Gunnar Bj?rck. She turned the computer off at once and shoved it under her pillow. 11. Edklinth had a sense that cogs were whirring at high speed behind the P. not 250 metres from the hotel room where he found himself today. In that sense. ??We??re the ones nobody will ever thank. Two had a background in the Fraud Division.?? Edklinth said.?? Modig said. The immediate reason for calling the press conference was that he wanted to deny the rumours already being circulated in the media. You can??t call and say that it was a mistake.?? Eriksson said.

pasta salad with tuna and bacon from the leftovers in her fridge. She could give a good description of the woman.C.

even though he is a journalist
even though he is a journalist. and suddenly there isn??t much time left. You shouldn??t do that. a stack of ammunition. three of them around thirty-five years old. or whatever he was. He walked slowly through the station. a pure media circus with himself at centre stage. The first email ?C which was also the most crude and intimidating with its suggestion that she would be fucked with a screwdriver ?C had come on May 16. but in sixteen hours he could have been in Finland. Then Figuerola called the assistant chief of Counter-Espionage. That??s not the way we do things at Millennium. The advantages are obvious. He had first come as an exchange researcher in the late ??70s and stayed for two years.?? ??I said that we probably didn??t have any more advanced books in the patient library ?C we have more Philip Marlowe than scientific literature ?C but that I??d see what I could dig up. not really. as Mikael Blomkvist claimed from the very beginning. I??m only interested in the Zalachenko club. But he could not keep a trace of incredulity out of his voice.?? ??Tell me. Which was not very likely. But M?rtensson was still there.?? ??This is a disastrous coincidence. I??m saying that some people within the Security Police are involved in such activity. Bublanski??s face clouded over.?? ??No.?? ??But in this case you already have. That was almost three weeks.

She opened it and stared in amazement at a Palm Tungsten T3 hand-held computer and battery charger. ??Now we just have to decide how we??re going to handle it. She found the letters that had been sent to the Minister of Justice and discovered that alongside the diatribe and the insulting personal attacks were also the words nigger-lover and traitor.I. even though in reality he was not her problem. ??Rapes should always be reported to the police.00 in the evening. but he was taken to St G?ran??s hospital and the group had more of a mop-up job to do than ever.?? Salander said. Which will be in about an hour. Peter Teleborian. It would only be natural to mention that. we??ll just cruise up to wherever he lives and ask the former Prime Minister if he faked identity documents for a defecting Russian spy. This is one cold bastard.??s assets were in the form of bonds that he could access. He carefully closed the door.?? ??Do you have any weaknesses??? ??I don??t read fiction. Nykvarn may be a cemetery in the woods for people who crossed them.?? Blomkvist said. The departing editor-in-chief. I just have to pick up a few things from my office.P.?? ??That??s what he says. I??m just bringing him in for questioning.?? ??I??d like to take you home and undress you. Hallberg is in charge of training.?? ??So the sister was your informant??? ??Camilla was mortally afraid of her sister. Someone had been in his apartment.

?? Clinton said in surprise.?? Dr Endrin said. the new chief of the Section. It will be to our advantage to stay on good terms with him and ensure his co-operation. and you can either suspend our co-operation or you can live with that.M. He looked like a bit player in E. Berger jumped as though someone had fired a shot in her living room.?? she said in a cheerful voice. Berger had parked two hundred metres from the restaurant and was halfway to her car when she felt such strong heart palpitations that she had to stop and lean against a wall. and that there was good reason to offer him a false identity and anonymity. stopped at the desk of the new assistant chief of Secretariat.?? ??Did you make eye contact??? ??No. I was the victim of attempted murder myself last night. was shaking all over as she stumbled through the woods. He seems to be pleasant enough. ??We??ve got a positive I. Then he vanishes.?? The officers nodded. which contradicted all law and justice and which would result in a disastrous scandal if it were ever discovered. The Zalachenko folder.?? ??I don??t even know which colleague you??re talking about. personnel department that he was employed there. Sandberg. Then he turned to F?lldin. She lay on her back with the brace around her neck.?? ??That??s a comfort. Gullberg would come back again and again to that list.

was not much better than S. He wrote three names on a pad: G?ran M?rtensson.?? the P. ??What do you intend to do??? ??I was hoping you would tell me.?? Modig said. If you want to publish tomorrow morning. Zalachenko abused her mother so viciously that she spent most of her life in hospital. SisterJen. but the figure kept slipping away. This minute. Poison Pen might easily be a married man with five children and a dog. Drama last night as triple murderer Lisbeth Salander is finally captured. He can be surly sometimes.M. ??O.?? ??Well. has eaten into a great many old consolidated assets. The woman??s face had been replaced with Berger??s. ??How did you find out about the meeting??? ??Blomkvist called me at around 4. getting to his feet. such a revelation would be a political disaster for the Prime Minister. and then they??d all come trooping out in silence. One evening paper reported that.?? ??O.?? ??We studied all your notes today and we??ve informed the prosecutor that we??re prepared to discharge you. They take care of their normal jobs and do some discreet moonlighting for us should the need or opportunity arise. it could be a major step forward in your career.?? ??Do you have anything on Zalachenko or Bodin in your records??? Holmberg said.

and a typical libertarian when it came to freedom of the press.?? ??A little too fast. Then her eyes fell on a nurses?? table by the wall three metres from her bed. It was already 4. Then. Then the two old agents embraced.?? The fourth visitor of the day arrived at 11. other people can. He shrugged just as Beatrice the receptionist came in with coffee and milk.?? Eriksson said. the world over. She went back to the front door and put on the outdoor shoes she had kicked off as she came home. He had no idea what he did in his free time. Out of this somewhat esoteric bureaucratic debate. Even if you meet us in the driveway and say it was a mistake. It dawned on her that she had not been part of such a parade in more than twenty years. What am I doing here? She felt exhausted. she had refused to say a single word to the police. ??Allow me to manufacture a scenario. of course.?? ??Let me give you one very good reason why you should. We??ve reorganized. He was mentioned in a lot of correspondence with Teleborian. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know. They drove to Nieminen??s place.?? ??Good. Every time she accessed Teleborian??s hard drive she felt as if her body temperature dropped a few degrees.I.

I??m a survivor. Tell me what you see. We live in a democracy and naturally we cannot influence what is written in the press.?? ??Run that by me again. So why are you talking to me? Should I take it to mean that you have a certain amount of trust in me??? She did not reply. which Blomkvist studied. ??That??s a guess. he did not feel that the cripple was any sort of threat. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment. The cost of all that work would be almost 50.?? ??It??s a family-owned business.?? Salander actually smiled. There are buyers who got fed up with the high construction prices. and went into the newly created Yahoo group [The_Knights]. probably in some car park in Stockholm.?? ??I understand. Again. I want to have something that shows that Prosecutor Ekstr?m is today working with Teleborian in some inappropriate manner. ??I??m sorry for chasing you down. where Clinton rose slowly from the sofa. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths. He thanked the nurse and followed the sign to the staircase. What have you got??? ??Three names. which helped them turn the informer so that he could become a double agent. to every word I say. and taped hours and hours of conversations of no interest whatsoever.S.?? ??I get it.

?? ??But here comes my point.?? ??And if that were the case. He found what linked the investigations in the Salander slush. It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry. He had come by special transport for the disabled. was being sought for the killing of a policeman. despite the fact that he poked at her and fussed over her fever chart. Alexander Zalachenko.C.?? ??Something along those lines. But the living-room window was so big that they did not have the glass in stock.K.?? ??Which means that if problems arise. ??I just spoke to a nurse at Sahlgrenska. regarded as a rising star. Blomkvist??s magazine was intending to expose him. What mattered to her was that he was the board chairman of S. which is utter insanity for a newspaper that can??t add a job to its sports desk. ??How am I doing??? she said. he actually slept in the car coming down from Nossebro.?? * Borgsj? received Berger in his office next to the boardroom.?? ??According to Blomkvist. Stage two is Millennium and Mikael Blomkvist. Then there were a hundred other details. Unfortunately.?? ??I can??t move anywhere else. ??I never knew Zalachenko. She picked up her mobile to call Fredriksson and explained that she had hurt herself.

he did learn Russian and Polish. before Millennium was founded and when they worked in separate offices. Whoops.S. She knew that Blomkvist??s apartment was on the top floor. I have to tell you too that I will receive advice and support during any trial from your former guardian. No elaboration was forthcoming. ??Jerker asked what he knew about the defection. But Nurse Agneta had noticed that Dr Jonasson had spent time with the patient who was under arrest and otherwise seemed withdrawn from the world. Even so. said.?? Blomkvist said.?? The woman came to the living-room doorway and asked if Gullberg would like anything. and had become one of its trusted veterans.?? ??Did he say how much he knew??? ??F?lldin told him that the chief of S?po at the time and a colleague came to visit him very soon after he became Prime Minister. But what was going to happen now? Erika had always been a crucial part of Millennium. She could see nothing that would serve her purpose. ??No. But she had unconsciously glanced to her left.?? he said. Since he did not know Swedish. Clinton looked like ?? a skeleton. Dr Peter Teleborian was mentioned to me. He had no local knowledge of the streets in Stockholm county. Blomkvist smiled. she did not intend to back out.?? ??She sort of halfway believed the first email although she was quite surprised by it. According to the P.

Even if you meet us in the driveway and say it was a mistake.?? Modig said.P. She reached for a notebook. ??Good evening. slowly. ??Kurdo Baksi sends his greetings. Efficiency was valued more highly than background. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage. Some of them concerned how he should present Salander in the articles.?? Blomkvist found Berger sound asleep on the sofa-bed in her office. He quoted the newspaper headlines about lesbian Satanists and the media??s apparent hope that the murders might have involved S.?? Clinton propped his elbow on the arm of the sofa and rested his head on his hand. Modig stood up. This he had not for a moment expected. He put these swiftly into a side pocket of his laptop case. She turned off the Palm and put it under the covers between her thighs. I thought we might be able to come to an understanding here. Peter Teleborian. And now she has attacked him with an axe. She had to find a hiding place.?? she said. this was the first can of worms. May 20. The section took up nineteen lines in her account. ??As I said ?? all I want is the research you come up with. Don??t misunderstand me ?? I??ll tell the truth as I see it in what I publish.?? ??How many in the Section are still here from my day??? ??Apart from me ?? only Otto Hallberg and Georg Nystr?m are still here.

She hasn??t regained consciousness yet. but first let me say that under normal circumstances I would not have dreamed of asking a journalist to come to such a meeting. our job is still to find the killer. Eleven rooms and apparently a bit of a snazzy joint. and he??s probably been trying to protect him. Not surprisingly. ??The most obvious thing would be to take one of the ferries across the Baltic. He was Salander??s friend. ??You don??t like the Security Police. Since he did not know Swedish.?? ??I couldn??t help reading in the papers that you??re mixed up in this Salander story. This was not very informative. He smiled. that??s how it is. inevitably. then he isn??t worth the time you??ve put in for him. he saw that he had forty-two messages and texts. names and organizational charts. orange marmalade and a sliced avocado. He did not want to do it at the hotel where he had been staying.?? ??Which means???? ??First of all. ??Three weeks at S.?? ??How are you feeling??? ??I??m not finished yet. The technology of R. She had not tackled the Peter Fleming account because she did not need to have full administrator rights.?? ??You??re at the Sahlgrenska in G?teborg. On more than one occasion Edklinth and Figuerola considered bringing M?rtensson in for questioning. rather.

But I want to play it safe. It would make a passable weapon ?C for stabbing a face or an eye. the I. The only thing that had gone right was that he had persuaded them to send a helicopter to take the girl to Sahlgrenska hospital.T. the investigation and registration of Swedish citizens who might be suspected of harbouring communist or subversive views.Q. I thought you were taking today off. of course. ??I??m ready. He remembers Sandberg quite well. but I??d be grateful if we could meet tomorrow night. while others flutter around. ??Erika isn??t the villain. a feeling that had grown stronger with every visit he made since his retirement. was just fine.Saturday. and then a brief and. Bublanski is the investigative leader for the murders of Bjurman and the couple in Enskede. but his sick leave was extended and now it??s a question of waiting for an operation. and then he produced rolls and coffee from a thermos.?? ??If he has gone. She went on to report how at one point during the rape he had wound a piece of clothing ?C her own T-shirt ?C around her neck and strangled her for such a long time that she temporarily lost consciousness.?? ??There??s a great probability that you will have to do just that. She introduced herself and her colleague. what??s going on with you??? ??I??m about to resign from Millennium. The best thing would be for you to think of me as a temporary work colleague. and an older gentleman we didn??t recognize.

Cortez exhaled in relief. In other words. shoulder patch. Figuerola reckoned that she was in her mid-thirties. Personal Protection had the smallest budget of any unit in the Security Police. I??ll come. Lillian had cleaned it with alcohol and put a bandage on it. She followed him to the kitchen and filled a large glass with cold water.?? ??But your proposal is off the wall. Jan. Don??t use my email. The discussion was about the slump in advertising and the downturn in single-copy sales. am I someone who has a problem with the fact that you??re fitter and physically stronger than I am? No. Nothing out of the ordinary there. you can write an article on the subject if you want and we??ll publish it.500 kronor and had all the latest features.?? ??Lisbeth???? ??Wait. and had probably saved her life.?? Malmberg said. and part-time student. furthermore. That should be enough of an explanation. Since then she has been allowed to drift aimlessly. No visitors will be permitted other than you.S.?? ??What the fuck are you doing in Nyk?ping??? ??We decided to lay low when you and Magge were busted ?C until we knew the lay of the land. I spoke to Margareta and she said that she clearly explained to you what her interview was going to focus on. I suppose my answer to that is the same one you gave me: I believe in a constitutional democracy and sometimes it has to be protected.

And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience.?? ??So somebody here at S. As always. But you could do it. I came to G?teborg for two reasons: to interview her and to get her ready to be transferred to a cell in Stockholm. ??Twenty-two what??? said Holm. ??Can I ask you what you think of Wadensj??.?? ??I understand. underlining. she thought. They contained data. ??There??s always a choice. I??m something as old-fashioned as a democrat. Before he scrubbed up and put on his operating clothes he sent for Nurse Nicander. She had been at Constitutional Protection for less than three years. There was a period in which he spent every waking minute in front of his computer screen. So you have to pay the going rate. Bj?rck messed around with teenage prostitutes and Millennium were going to expose him. ??Listen ?? I??m terribly sorry that it had to be this way. As soon as you see him approach a car. and he had never been in prison. Figuerola parked seven cars behind M?rtensson??s Volvo on Luntmakargatan. Nor do I ask you to tell me a single military secret that Zalachenko may have revealed. ??Good morning.?? ??I understand. Salander was sulky and often just silent. How did this get here? Then she discovered more glass on the hall floor. I mean.

If you say no. ??In other words. ??Do as I say and the Section might survive. I repeat. but in fact I forgot to deliver it to his office before I left. You can only do your best. ??Thanks.?? she said. Kurdo Baksi. In what way has he become harder to handle??? ??The police chief up there is an old friend of Paulsson??s.?? Sandberg said. When she was alone she said: ??Hello. It??s possible that Zalachenko really was a Russian spy who defected and was granted political asylum. He did not need a master??s degree in psychology to know that she was not doing very well emotionally. To Modig??s great frustration the meeting in Ekstr?m??s office was lasting a long time. They took the lift to the fifth floor. if that had been possible. For a moment she stood. S. From a medical standpoint. In such serious instances the investigation was also assumed to come under the authority of the Prosecutor General. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it.?? ??Do you think she??s in danger??? ??I know of nothing to indicate that she is. Counter-Espionage in 1998. and the fact that the girl was shot three times. ??There are a few things we have to get straight. She was carrying a black briefcase. one of whose drivers punched his windscreen in fury.

there??s been some reassessment of the case. She checked the sender and then picked up the telephone and called Peter Fleming. She was grown-up now. He reached for his prosthesis stored in the cabinet next to his bed and attached it to the stump of his leg. She did not expect that he would be quite so interested now that the Svensson murder was solved and he had got his story. we have had an analysis group working almost round the clock to discover exactly what happened. then crossed Belgium by way of Liege. She saw a nurse in a white uniform bending over her.Q. ??Bj?rck.M. The organization??s final name became ??the Section for Special Analysis.. She heard the faint scraping of the crutches as he quietly retreated down the corridor. Jerker asked F?lldin not to put a name. ??I hear what you??re saying. and take the day off sick. when the district court released her back into society. He got abuse from five directions at once. but completely unsuitable for this case. On the other hand. What we??re going to do in this book is to state what happened. He felt inadequate but all of a sudden realized that he might be luckier than he deserved. and then you have a month off.I. and that her still-extant declaration of incompetence is revoked. He opened his eyes in bewilderment. I would also emphasize that under no circumstances can you make public the information I give you.

30. But when I examined her this morning her temperature had gone up to almost 39.?? When she hung up she called the office and left a message for Fredriksson.?? Figuerola said. She wondered how Holger Palmgren viewed the situation. She was walking to the university when someone shot her with a crossbow. Actually I don??t want to talk about it.M.?? ??I don??t??? ??There are some people who need to have a talk with you in peace and quiet. but there are questions that still have to be answered. She made coffee and poured it into a thermos and then made sandwiches.I. but she supposed that she would have to escape and discreetly disappear abroad herself if she did not want to risk being locked up in some nuthouse again with Teleborian as her warder.?? ??You??d think he and Lundin were themselves the victims of a crime in Stallarholmen. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. He was sent to a refugee camp in Upplands V?sby. names and organizational charts. She thought for a moment.I.?? ??O. say. You were the one who met them. What happens now??? Waltari said. He wondered how things would unfold now with Lundin out of the way. The night nurses were at their station about twenty metres down on the other side of the corridor. It made you so nervous that you knew you had to take the matter further. I have to know whether you really do want me to be your lawyer. she thinks it??s embarrassing and doesn??t quite know what to do.

v ?C Monday.?? Blomkvist said. both as a kid and as an adult. the Top Secret classification means that the report may not be disseminated or copied. Comes from Norrland and is in fact a specialist in crime scene investigation. The burek was fantastic. who arrived with flowers for Zalachenko minutes before the murder. ??Granny knots.?? ??I know. but probably that was not the point.?? ??He tried to kill me. but it resurfaced whenever she tried to move.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight. living on Pontonj?rgatan on Kungsholmen.?? ??And you reckon that he??s S?po. Counter-Espionage said that they definitely had not borrowed him. But the rest is guesswork. If we can verify all the claims Blomkvist is making. My guarantee is this ?? if you don??t wave your magic wand and make all this disappear.?? ??O. His arms were bent in impossible directions. ??First of all. They engaged the psychiatrist Teleborian again and through a representative filed a request in the district court to get her institutionalized for a second time. That??s not a bad step up from this sorry little rag. Then he picked up the telephone. it??s pretty slow today. But somehow.?? ??My colleague is Jerker Holmberg.

They had both left S. It was late afternoon by the time Figuerola was able to convey to Edklinth with some certainty the discovery that Clinton??s and von Rottinger??s careers after they left S. Erlander glanced at Salander and then back to her lawyer.?? ??Something along those lines. we will. The reason why Ghidi had appeared so frequently in the press archives was that at the eleventh hour he came by a new lawyer who went directly to the press. It was 2. The two men discovered that they liked each other a good deal. Armansky was working with Blomkvist. memorized.M. ??I can see that.?? Cortez said. At 4. Magnusson had put together a four-column article about Morander??s life and career. She had no idea where he was giving the lectures. Danielsson. yes. We??ll work out the final contract later ?C it depends what services we agree on ?C but this is an agreement saying that you??ve commissioned Milton Security to install the alarm we put in today. An agent already connected to the most secret of the secret. the psychologist at Sahlgrenska who had been made available to trauma patients.?? ??I need a guarantee of anonymity for both of us. Instinctual. of the server where he kept Teleborian??s hard drive. When she closed the door he arduously sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. It takes more than that to do in Erika Berger. Jonas heading north.?? ??How do you know it was his room??? ??Well.

?? ??Yes.?? She started to say something. but she could not remember how. ??Come in. shook his head.?? ??I see.P.?? Gullberg had been completely exhausted after all his efforts on Monday. According to the newspapers. But regrettable as it was. A locksmith with a criminal record who??s probably being paid to open your door.?? ??No. ??Since I was a teenager.?? He smiled at her. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. Why should it cost 10. I??m terribly. I??ll report the facts. Then he turned to the Minister of Justice.?? ??I didn??t give anyone permission to arrest Bj?rck. He had a late lunch at the first caf?? he saw. was freelancing at Millennium. It felt as if she had alcohol in her mouth and she tried to swallow. ??How many killings do you reckon this case involves??? Holmberg rubbed his eyes wearily. Even small movements of his facial muscles caused sharp pains in his jaw and cheekbone. You and your husband live in a detached house. above. The blinds were down.

It??s beautiful weather and Saturday afternoon.C. and she left.?? ??You??ll have to get permission from the prosecutor. He logged on to her broadband connection. ??Yes??? ??Erika. The arrow entered at the outside edge of her left eyebrow and went straight through her head. That was her intention.?? ??The whole thing has to do with my contract with Millennium.?? ??Yes.T. And things similar. He did not think that Advokat Thomasson??s visit earlier in the day had been particularly reassuring. He could see two particular gaps that needed attention. That could not have been chance. They make toilets at a factory in Vietnam which has been condemned by the U.?? It took ten minutes for Giannini to give him her account. The face was grotesquely swollen.?? Nystr?m said.m. no great fortune.?? Modig said.?? her senior officer said without bothering to greet her or apologize.?? ??Calculating what??? ??I mean. But exactly how it was done I don??t know. Not that there were not warnings. Bj?rck??s prints were on the handle and the blade. and nobody became a member of this exclusive club without very strong recommendations.

S. It was not until Wednesday night. and Nieminen. a white top. of course not. A large portion of these funds were used for investments in I. ??Is that what awaits us??? he said.000 kronor.?? she said. That??s a normal phenomenon among people who do extreme training. She was told that there was no car available to come and take her statement. Just before 6. ??It depends on how decisive you can be in the Section these days. I never would have dreamed that???? ??Where??s the sister today? Camilla Salander. what we can document. Both were dressed in jeans and leather jackets. who was frequently the lone woman in a male landscape.T. I??m going to bulldoze anyone who is obstructive or who tries to damage S. and now Millennium??s laboriously reconstructed stability was suddenly hanging once again in the balance.vi Salander finished her autobiography at 4. but that was because Berger had always managed to balance an extremely tight budget.?? ??O. The only thing they can do now is to stonewall and go on claiming that Salander is mentally ill. Last time he turned up on the ward unannounced and tried to persuade a nurse to let him in. He??s one of the nastiest people I??ve ever met. to the local leader of the Ba??ath Party. The last time she had been locked up she was scarcely into her teens.

She complained of severe headaches and developed a fever that has been fluctuating up and down. Jabba. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. had nothing to do with this morning??s events. but saw no-one who seemed to be paying him any attention. and she wondered if she were imagining things. weighing her chances. It did not seem as though she would ever be able to finish it ??Hi. was a real person. ??You want my co-operation.?? ??O. but asked questions until he was satisfied. really bad bastard. she now has a lawyer named Annika Giannini.?? Janeryd blinked and pressed his lips together. was born in Hamburg. and in his opinion no government had been less prepared to meet the new political opportunities emerging in the East. She was careful to express herself precisely. ??I??d never even heard that Sweden had taken in and protected a Russian defector of such importance. gentlemen. You don??t need any more weeks of rehab.N. It took him several minutes. and in such detail. She was pleased and thanked me for taking the trouble. At least.?? He walked away down Hantverkargatan. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on.

Anything more would be just too painful. or that the interview would be focused on Magge Lundin and Stallarholmen. sent on May 15. if the citizens could be persuaded to feel any kind of loyalty to any state.?? ??Could he have recognized you from the papers? You??ve had a lot of publicity over several widely reported cases. But she had never met him in person.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians. He turned to Wadensj??. I??ll be in the cage for a while.P. Sweden had voted for a conservative government. ??This is impossible. that person could not have known in advance that he was on his way to meet Jonas Sandberg. Anybody who could keep up surveillance inside the bustling N. I??d give a lot of money to find out what they talked about. He asked her to please ?C on overtime ?C hurry over to the pub as back-up for Cortez. Bathroom on the left. Then the assassin??s shots rang out on Sveav?gen and the matter became irrelevant. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko. journal or notes. but the dramatic events at Sahlgrenska had meant that she still had not had a real conversation with Salander. ??Where are you guys??? ??You said to call when we passed Ikea.V.?? ??I know. What??s your take on this??? Wadensj?? said. It begins with the murders of Dag and Mia. SixOfOne had once claimed that he was a black.

Which he had no intention of doing.?? ??I didn??t have much choice. We don??t know his last name. No time to explain.P. stood a dark-haired woman with a digital camera filming M?rtensson and his companion. Then her daughter was locked up in a mental hospital on the basis of a fabricated diagnosis. This is just an extra job for me.T. Teleborian got up abruptly and took his leave.?? ??If you leak that report. It took twenty minutes to find the address where Idris Ghidi lived. She was dressed in a T-shirt and jeans and had no other injuries that Nieminen could see. furthermore. The copies that Blomkvist and his sister ?C now Salander??s lawyer ?C had in their possession have both disappeared. nor did she want their jobs ?C that was the last thing she wanted. Policemen aren??t supposed to think in those terms. and had probably saved her life. a pure media circus with himself at centre stage.?? ??If you??re a good leader then you??ll discuss any concerns with the others.?? ??I know all about Paulsson. Blomkvist assumed it was Figuerola herself. ??But she doesn??t have to reach the phone. don??t do it. Millennium had paid a fee to Advokat Giannini which was supposed to come out of the general fund. It is almost entirely fabricated. Violation of the prostitution laws. It was the reorganization of 1964 that had shaped Gullberg??s future career.

and nobody else at S. Just tell us. I won??t get involved in any horse-trading that might be constitutionally dubious. The crossroads of Bellmansgatan and Tavastgatan. He had a serious talk with Giannini and explained that she could have access to Salander for one hour a day. Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout.?? ??You mean the Security Police. Jonasson ordered tomography with the new and improved C. never alone. Salander gratefully accepted two cigarettes. Henry. Nor do I ask you to tell me a single military secret that Zalachenko may have revealed. but it??s the research we??re after. and was assistant chief before that.?? ??And??? ??There are seven full-timers. ??Lisbeth is the one who??s in real danger. That is serious. And it was even more sensible of you to carry your client to the bathroom. informal suggestion??? Modig said cautiously.?? ??No. and they might not be the same ones Erika would have made. Ultimately Zalachenko decided to restructure his entire operation in a new corporation that would be owned by Niedermann and himself. Greger Beckman. It was a slow process. Zalachenko??s cover was at risk. She lifted the pillow and saw to her surprise a small cloth bag that had definitely not been there before.?? The next morning Edklinth was in his office at police headquarters.?? Gullberg said.

V. editor-in-chief.?? ??Fine. Never Mikael. We don??t have the resources for what you??d think of as an operations unit. There was a report today that she??s going to be the new editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten. Who??s to know? But how did she deal with Nieminen? He has no visible injuries. And then we??ll track down Niedermann. The best thing would be if he was found with a bullet in his head.?? Holm said. at 8. as it turned out. That??s why F?lldin sent me to see you. I assume you??re not just sitting there twiddling your thumbs.?? ??I see. Inspector Erlander woke at 7. Naturally I??d want to assist my colleagues in the police force. either by customs or by passport control.?? * Figuerola spent her lunch hour pumping iron in the police gym.?? Modig and Holmberg exchanged an anxious look. Vinge never saw eye to eye.?? Blomkvist finished for him. Dr Peter Teleborian was mentioned to me.39. ??Hello. That??s where they should be aired ?? not in the news section. I??m assuming you??ve already left for the day. I??m sorry.

. but as soon as she had solved it. studied to become a police officer at twenty.?? She told him that a nationwide manhunt was under way for Ronald Niedermann.?? Jonasson frowned. She doesn??t discuss Lisbeth with me. mostly so that the wound would not be exposed to bacteria or dirt.?? ??I can??t. where he asked to used the fax machine. None of it is directed at you. ??Zalachenko??s daughter is supposed to have given him that??? ??It??s hard to find another explanation. She looked on the verge of tears. Zalachenko came here in 1976. That folder is your most important evidence. holding out a hand that Zalachenko ignored. ??And what do I get in return ?C if I do co-operate??? ??Nothing.?? Figuerola said.?? Erlander rubbed the back of his neck. the assistant chief. both as a kid and as an adult. He drank a glass of mineral water. He was completely exhausted and realized that he had eaten only two slices of bread all day. and it??ll take me at least half an hour to put on my face. Keep in mind that he shot someone dead. and the Section had in fact been instrumental in the very formation of the group. Your turn. Through the service??s language school. She did not understand what it was about.

Henry. shaking hands with his former chief. By the time she felt sufficiently entrenched it was 1. Not tonight. I won??t ask him to do anything illegal.?? Sandberg said. you may regard me as her legal representative. After a moment??s thought he also turned on his Ericsson T10. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. Three were messages to call Berger. He would have to hurry to make the last ferry. the I. Niedermann is a murderer who has no grain of conscience.Monday. But she was an oddly resourceful young woman. ??And who do you think is going to investigate Salander??? Bublanski said.?? ??Who got in first??? ??We got in more or less at the same time. Neither Teleborian nor Faulsson ?C especially not Faulsson ?C had any position inside S. and that committing her in 1991 was justified. and I can??t say no. but that was exactly why you hired me. Nor did Giannini tell him anything of what she and her client discussed. and he would not exchange his appointment for any other position in the entire Swedish legal system or police force.?? Modig said. and he had saved the life of a four-year-old boy who arrived at the hospital with respiratory failure after swallowing the wheel of a toy car. that Figuerola and Blomkvist wrapped sheets around themselves and went to her kitchen to make a cold pasta salad with tuna and bacon from the leftovers in her fridge. She could give a good description of the woman.C.

woman walked quickly and purposefully without once looking round. Fuck you.M.I. it??s not O. there is Torstensson.

I can get rid of the dead meat and recruit new blood from outside if I choose
I can get rid of the dead meat and recruit new blood from outside if I choose. this is an extreme state of affairs.?? ??How are you doing? Are you able to have a conversation??? ??I want to report a serious crime.?? Berger looked up. but I anticipate we??ll have grounds for charging him with the three murders here in Stockholm.?? ??In 1989 a refugee by the name of Idris Ghidi came to Sweden from Iraq. made a late snack. presumably.?? he said. If he could have kicked Figuerola in the shin he would have done so.iv By 1. But if she was walking. How hard is it to hack into my email? Salander can do it in five minutes. four police officers and one prosecutor. She bent down and bit him on the ear. Now thirty-two years old. He spent a chapter debunking first what the press had written about Salander. That was unusual. Berglund put a dog-eared. do you know anything at all about the murderer??? ??Not a thing. and he could not sit still for more than an hour before the pain in his hip became unbearable. It??s just that I didn??t want to track you down at work. They had discussed the psychology that causes certain men to stalk women. now knew about the existence of the Section. Later that day the forensic team found the lamp hook. In Sweden the task is that of the Prosecutor General or the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Security Police officers in senior positions had looked the other way when a series of savage assaults were committed against a Swedish woman. How should I deal with it??? ??I don??t have the energy to think that through right now.

?? ??With regard to this girl Salander ???? the Minister of Justice began. She recognized him as the other man Malm had photographed outside the Copacabana on May Day. I??ll take the car and with a little luck I??ll be back in an hour. assistant chief of Immigration Division. From a practical point of view she could see why her lawyer kept going on and on about details from her past. with all the advantages and drawbacks. He did this after studying a video from Ekstr?m??s press conference.M. was freelancing at Millennium. She had not. I??m willing to pay him. She dialled the number and explained where she was and why she had not come home.vi Blomkvist spent twenty-five minutes on the tunnelbana changing lines and going in different directions.?? ??In this case ??nothing?? could be quite a lot. Do you have any suggestions??? ??Perhaps. Give me information and I won??t try to compromise you. He rehearsed the psychiatric report of 1991 and explained why Salander had become a threat to certain unknown civil servants who had taken it upon themselves to protect the Russian defector. There was no exit wound: the round was still inside her shoulder.?? ??I don??t think???? ??It??s up to you.?? He nodded.?? Salander??s heart sank.?? ??Micke. Doctors had tried resuscitation immediately after the shooting. You see. The tone she used with him was polite. Since the murder of Zalachenko. it means that someone is acting against us. And at the same time.

Possibly also to show them how a real police investigation should be run. I do what I have to do to survive. Then he said hello to Salander and asked her how she was feeling. ??So I wish to press charges against my daughter. your only task. ??No. and that it might be two weeks before you can move her to Stockholm.Friday. I gather that there was a very considerable difference of opinion between Faste and Bublanski. The noose had cut so deeply into his flesh that the rope itself was hidden in the skin of his neck. that she could watch to relax. you??re not to say a single word to the police. But she did not want to leave the car and start walking around the area.?? ??Same here. we??re going to have a discussion about the state of your health tomorrow???? ??Understood. They??re always sent to your computer. It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry. Espionage in Sweden by Mikael Rosquist (Tempus. After a dozen failed relationships since her teens.?? she said.. who was sleeping peacefully and probably would not be awake before 8.. This is a unique situation and applies only to Salander. She got back into her car and wrote down both the registration and telephone numbers for Lars Faulsson. Magnusson had put together a four-column article about Morander??s life and career. And if so. which would ensure that the exchange was common knowledge in no time.

It was just before 1. And when that happens. When we get to that courtroom the prosecutor won??t have a single syllable from any interrogation to fall back on.K. How was Kaspersson found??? ??She turned up at a house on the outskirts of Seglora.?? ??I??ll come to your place at 8.?? ??All food is decent. and that over the years this conspiracy has committed what could be categorized as serious criminal acts. But I do know that no psychiatric evaluations have been done. which she had hardly even thought about for fifteen years. Bye. so we have to solve the problem of who??s going to be in charge of the editorial section. Blomkvist looked in surprise at the cigarette he had extracted from his jacket.?? ??I??m driving. and masturbated in her bed.?? ??I know.?? Zalachenko said laboriously through clenched teeth. but it had a strong moral and emotional impact.?? He thought for a second and then asked one more question.?? ??The basic story was an interview with Martina Fransson about the confiscation of anabolic steroids. intimidated many of her male colleagues. Thereafter the story became more sluggish. I regard the information that I receive here as source-protected.. just a rumour??? ??It??s no rumour that the police are looking into the possibility. It was never referred to in writing.?? ??She??s Zalachenko??s daughter. did he arrest Mikael Blomkvist last night??? ??He wrote a report citing offensive behaviour.

B. which tonight she seemed to be doing about every half hour. which was understood to be essential to the nation??s security. It??s Mikael. You??ll have to accept what I??m saying. and the male visitor took 14 steps to cover the same distance. Zalachenko admits that it??s his. I have to admit that in all my years on the force I??ve never seen anything like it. night shift. ??That??s not what I asked.?? Sandberg looked around the room. out and we??ve alerted the police in Norway and Denmark. along with the kidnapping and assault of Salander??s friend Miriam Wu. Someone.?? ??You what??? ??I was rather hoping to have the pleasure of driving out to Sm?dalar? myself. There was a photocopy of a passport application form for one Idris Ghidi. You??ll report directly to me. He issued instructions that required even the chief of S. ??You can??t be involved in this. they are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible. We have him in the Secret State Police from the early ??50s to 1964.?? ??I??m sorry. we??re going to install surveillance cameras. I wasn??t the one who found him.?? ??That may not be such a bright idea. Well. who was under suspicion for a long list of crimes. but she lacked experience and the gravitas of Berger.

I??ve missed you. working at the Karolinska hospital in Stockholm.?? ??Any safe??? ??No ?? not that I can see.iv At 5. I??m not going to quote you or mention you even in anything I write. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity.?? Sellberg looked rather startled. both died on the same day.?? ??I know. She isn??t the type to ask anyone for help. don??t try to move. and he had saved the life of a four-year-old boy who arrived at the hospital with respiratory failure after swallowing the wheel of a toy car. had imported goods from a company on the United Nations blacklist of companies using child labour ?C and in this case slave labour too. and film roles. The girl looked terrible. I was ignominiously ditched earlier today.01. who informs me that it is very easy to fake a sender??s address.?? She turned to Borgsj?. She knew that he was only two doors away. And when it came down to it. sidetracking them into the search for Niedermann. and this feels exactly like the time you disappeared to Hedestad two years ago.?? ??Fredrik. and a prosecutor intended to charge her with attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.?? ??Yes. I suppose??? ??You decide that for yourself. picked up his laptop case.

That means there??s something in the story that all the other reporters have missed. writing his own programs and planting insidious tendrils on the Internet.?? ??I was afraid of that. and that had to be prevented at all costs.?? ??Drottninggatan heading north.?? ??O.?? ??Then who was the murderer??? a reporter from Dagens Eko shouted. According to the green numerals on the digital clock on her bedside cabinet. They exchanged only silent glances in the lift. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking. ??I think it??s time we had another talk with Justice. it is sick.?? ??I understand. ??Hello. All contacts with S. but I have to be here until 8. The storm that had ravaged G?teborg earlier in the night had obviously passed to the south of the Nossebro area. And there??s a connection to Niedermann there too. we do have Modig and Holmberg on the scene in G?teborg.?? Edklinth was careful to use the word ??we??. ??I think you??re awake. the paper would have folded long since.?? Figuerola said.?? ??I need you. ??What have you come up with this morning??? ??A nationwide A. You won??t win any points with the Trades Union Federation.?? Wadensj?? said. She did not exclude women on the grounds of their being incapable of such folly.

At first he could not grasp what he was seeing. When they got back to the news desk they saw Morander get up and come over to the door of the glass cage. If the Section??s archives were opened. She was once more without a weapon.?? ??I??m going to keep an eye on her overnight. Prime Minister Erlander signed a directive that guaranteed the setting aside of funds for the Section for Special Analysis.?? ??As far as I know.?? Blomkvist handed the mobile across the table. Anders Jonasson. one of whose drivers punched his windscreen in fury. unless he had given clear instructions to Lundin. Plague. they??ve set the trial date for July 13.?? Malm threw up his hands. When the hook came out and his body fell. Something had come up and she would be in a little later than usual. It turned out that whoever had installed the alarm several years before had neglected to connect the leads from the windows in the living room. isn??t just hiring Erika Berger. It was the most horrendous thing I??ve ever experienced.I. 1990); and ?C somewhat surprisingly ?C An Agent in Place by Thomas Whiteside (Ballantine. the price would be in the order of 390 kronor. 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. I had a late lunch and was going to make a pasta when I got home. He saw me in my car on Bellmansgatan.?? ??Sit down.?? He fixed his gaze on Wadensj??.B.

??Let??s remember that F?lldin was in power for two separate mandates.?? ??He was once one of the very best we had here in the Section.?? ??Do I have a say in this??? ??No. the woman who had been shot. In the area around the warehouse in Nykvarn we have so far found three graves. He spent a long time thinking things over. ??Bellona Inc. Our operations chief Johan Fr?klund has been looking into his background.30 the steady flow of emergency cases had eased off. But every time she had decided to sleep at Blomkvist??s.?? ??The question is. but a combination of torn sheets and a ten-foot extension cord from a floor lamp would dispose of that problem.37. O. I have never been charged. 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. He decided to include Bj?rck in the Zalachenko unit. The only question is: who??? ??The chief of Secretariat ???? ??Yes. She clicked on the bubble and wrote Wasp. ??What in the world ???? Wadensj?? said. and he had saved the life of a four-year-old boy who arrived at the hospital with respiratory failure after swallowing the wheel of a toy car. If it benefits him to talk to the media ?? if he thought he could get an amnesty or a reduced sentence. ??The older one is G?ran M?rtensson. it??s not certain that anyone would believe him. The layout was not perfect. had a certain opinion of Palme???? ??You??re suggesting that somebody forgot to inform the social democratic government??? Edklinth nodded. I??ll show you the way. she had stabbed Zalachenko.

failing to understand. a de facto coup has taken place in Sweden. She had several run-ins with people from the social welfare agency. He talked for a good thirty minutes. his left hip was smashed with a sledgehammer to discourage any mischief in the future. hasn??t done any serious coverage of the civil service and government agencies for at least eight years. ??Not you. accompanied by his personal nurse.?? ??You want me to spy on a prosecutor who happens to be my superior??? Figuerola raised her eyebrows. You??re my best friend.?? ??Thailand.?? Inspector Modig woke with a start when her mobile rang at the other end of the bedroom.?? Sandberg nodded his agreement. and appeared in several articles. he had done his military service with the coast guard. Sandberg. should either be shut down immediately. newspaper and government offices received letters in which he threatened to kill Karl Axel Bodin. and we??re in the middle of an investigation in which I??m involved ???? ??You mean it was unprofessional of me. ??Hi. When it came to Agneta Sofia Salander. Policemen aren??t supposed to think in those terms.?? ??Paolo Roberto uses steroids??? ??What? No. This also had geographical consequences.?? ??I don??t know any secrets.?? Berger??s life had been filled with meetings and work around the clock the minute she had stepped into Morander??s shoes. Blomkvist called from Caf?? Madeleine on his anonymous mobile to book a flight to Amsterdam. 31.

He contributed to our investigation by profiling Lisbeth Salander. and besides. but Jesus.?? he said. No answer. Or was it clumsy? The only reason he first noticed the car was the registration number.?? ??I understand you. He pulled open the door and went into the corridor. She was imprisoned. I know Ghidi. which meant that he would be able to control the flow of information.?? ??You??ve been pretty busy these last few months. and the younger one followed Blomkvist towards Hornstull tunnelbana station. who had picked up Zalachenko??s trail. He took her left elbow and raised the arm. ??The important thing is that. I could go up there and talk to him.P.?? ??I don??t even know which colleague you??re talking about. She had a fever that would not abate. He had heart and artery problems. ??We??ve borrowed the place for tonight??s meeting.M. Some time after 4. ??I know what we??re supposed to be doing. There was a recess where a radio had been removed. ??My name is Jonas Sandberg. And then Dr Teleborian.

He had a limp. I??m saying that some people within the Security Police are involved in such activity.m. electing to remove the bullet.00 on Saturday morning to the ringing of his telephone. ??I want to know who Evert Gullberg was. The man is a tragic figure who evidently acted alone. had been told in a private conversation with the head of Secretariat that the Section was a secret unit appointed by the government. showered. ??A scandal to bring down the government??? ??The survival of the government isn??t my concern. She was breathing hard and felt wretchedly out of shape. ??Bring some coffee. ??Could I give you a piece of advice??? ??Of course. has no idea that you have access to this computer. ??Good.?? ??Second. I do recall that he needed a little rest and wanted to expand his horizons. ??This is probably the craziest thing I??ve ever been involved with.?? the assistant chief of the Violent Crimes Division concluded. as you know.?? ??But you??re still withholding key material.?? ??The two have nothing to do with each other. but instead of following the man in the overalls.?? Erlander said. said. was asleep in the back. He explained step by step how she had been targeted by a gang of Cold-Warmongers at S. The real problem is here.

?? Berglund said. ??Perhaps we haven??t found the car because Niedermann drove out of the country to the north via Haparanda? A big detour around the Gulf of Bothnia. but if he uses an account that he set up at hotmail. but she suggested that threats from a real stalker would be different.??Friday. said. Yes ?? we can prove that there is a conspiracy.?? ??No. after all. in your opinion.M.?? Wadensj?? said. It was parked on a side street 350 metres from the railway station. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson. ??She feels sick and she has a strong headache. It??s just that I didn??t want to track you down at work.?? He waved his hand. out and we??ve alerted the police in Norway and Denmark. logically organized. She was feeling guilty because she had not contacted Blomkvist even once since the day she had walked into S. Blomkvist and Giannini ?C until further notice.?? ??We don??t know how this story??s going to turn out.?? ??For what possible reason??? ??This happened in 1991. you listen here???? ??Imbecile. We??ll hold back on charging him with the murders of the three individuals we dug up on the property. Starting now.?? ??How did you find out Niedermann was in Gosseberga??? Blomkvist shrugged. ??I know.

The chief of S. She also decided that since her brother and her client had not so far communicated with each other. but his clients were for the most part corporations with head offices in Switzerland or Liechtenstein. Bingo. ??My dear Mikael. But he had eventually come to the conclusion that the unlawful treatment of Salander would not have been sanctioned by the government or the bosses of the Security Police. ??I see. where Figuerola had parked. Trinity sent a signal which a digital display instantly identified as Ekstr?m??s mobile number.?? Gullberg put his briefcase on to his lap.?? Sandberg said into a handsfree mobile. but which was invisible.Monday. Holmberg??s father was a city councillor for the Centre Party in the ??70s. His murderer had shown interest also in Salander.?? ??Are you hurt??? ??No. I know roughly what??s behind it all. The story was under control. and present documentation that annihilates the prosecution??s game. however.10. Finally his uneasiness took the upper hand.?? He pulled down the powerful magnifying glass hanging overhead and focused on the exposed area. Salander had no idea who the citizens of Hacker Republic were. 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 knows that I have a photographic memory ?? and that I??m a hacker. Jonasson slowed his pace when he saw a man with a briefcase leaning on the wrought-iron gates outside his housing association apartment on Hagagatan.?? ??Zalachenko ?? let me repeat that to see if I??ve understood you correctly.

deceased ?C a suicide. Where was the boundary? And was Ekstr?m aware that there was a boundary? Could it be that someone was deliberately supplying Ekstr?m with believable but misleading information? Finally Blomkvist logged into hotmail and spent ten minutes checking the half-dozen anonymous email accounts he had created. I want to have sex with you and I??m going to reward you handsomely. migraines. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. that points to hopeful.?? Blomkvist waited. It almost certainly won??t be published before the trial. He spoke of how Morander had dedicated the past fifteen years of his life to the newspaper. He had had the feeling before and had trained himself to interpret it as an alarm triggered by instinct. and then your career will be over. that??s gratitude for you.?? Cortez repeated. Gullberg was transported at top speed to the hospital??s trauma unit.?? Blomkvist gave in. ??I can prove my assertions. But I may stumble a bit before I really get going. He was shown to Zalachenko??s room. Zalachenko??s case should have ended up in Counter-Espionage. Everything pointed to the conclusion that Gunnar Bj?rck.000 Swedish citizens who were held to harbour undesirable political sympathies. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths. none of this looks like much fun. ??I heard that you hurt yourself. It took him forty-five seconds. She was not allowed visitors and could not even read the newspapers. When she returned to her station. Most likely it??s S?po ?C they would have an interest in suppressing Bj?rck??s report.

She was in a cold sweat. We have to suppose that he switched vehicles. Its task was to watch over national security.?? ??I know.?? Berger drove to the office on Saturday morning still feeling queasy. ??You don??t have any pain in your neck??? he said. he actually slept in the car coming down from Nossebro. And then he remembered that she had left Millennium.?? She coughed. She was no longer limping. Behind this chain of events there had to be a larger group with resources and political influence. the woman turned 180 degrees and went down the steep hill towards Bellmansgatan 1.m.?? Berger nodded. Inspector Bublanski did not believe in such coincidence either.?? Modig said. what have you got??? Blomkvist said. Its mandate put it outside regular operations.?? Gullberg leaned forward.?? She looked at Blomkvist. ??Salander is still suspected of G. or Swedish Internal Security ?C S. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. Back in Sweden. It was entirely up to him to decide whether he would talk to her or not.?? ??It??s an excellent system. ??I??m Karl Axel Bodin now. She began to have doubts about the ability of the Security Police to protect her.

In the course of the next five minutes he emptied his bucket. Then she steeled herself and took hold of the shard and pulled it out. But he??s tricky to deal with. a killer and wife beater whose name was Alexander Zalachenko. Foolish to think otherwise. ??I think it??s time we had another talk with Justice. But he had no idea how to go about identifying these people. He remembers Sandberg quite well. Stefan went to chase someone up from the city building office. Don??t worry ?? it??s painted white and looks just like a normal bedroom door. but each time his efforts were stymied. Berger??s boss is a bloody crook. not at all. you??re just about recovered.m.I.000 Swedish citizens who were held to harbour undesirable political sympathies. But not one of us wants to hurt you. According to the green numerals on the digital clock on her bedside cabinet. So she??s read it too. or that she had taken revenge by tattooing a shocking message on his stomach. Bj?rck had hired Teleborian effectively to lock Salander up in a psychiatric hospital for children on the ?C false ?C pretext that she was mentally deranged. She had a taser. and together we would have decided what to do.?? ??There. The woman has a gunshot wound. She looked at her husband and her friend. and showed Zalachenko his I.

who sat on his chair in the corridor.000 Swedish kronor. She had scarcely sent the message before she heard that Berger was up and moving about again. This is probably the first and only time in my professional career that I will reveal the contents of an unpublished story to a police officer. But he was bothered by the fact that they had to dress like that in the middle of Stockholm. Gullberg took a taxi to City Hotel on Lorensbergsgatan. shit. rigid drill sergeant type.. where the contacts were made through personal friendship and trust. He didn??t seem comfortable in front of the cameras. but it ought to be brought into a single investigation. and appeared in several articles. if I??ve understood correctly. The document must not state that you are conducting a preliminary investigation ?C I may be wrong. The meeting did not end until 7. 4. She pulled up a chair and sat down.. who normally wore a jacket and tie. ??Hang on. if I understood correctly ?C is to clean corridor 11C. He had then returned to his home town of Laholm and done some work from there. God knows what they??re playing at.I. in the hall. for example. trying to get down every word that was said from the podium at the police press office at Kungsholmen.

Three women and six men: the head of the Violent Crimes Division and his assistant head; three criminal inspectors including Erlander and the G?teborg police press officers; preliminary investigation leader Agneta Jervas from the prosecutor??s office. The May issue is done ?C we??ve already worked hard on it. Then the older of the two receptionists noticed who had just come into the office. wanted for the murder of a policeman.?? Her hair was still so short that he hardly needed to push aside the tufts to feel the scar above her ear. Zalachenko. one of whose drivers punched his windscreen in fury. of course. His wounds had not been life-threatening.I. She thought the most important thing was simply to stop the bastards. but first let me say that under normal circumstances I would not have dreamed of asking a journalist to come to such a meeting. What she wanted more than anything was a weapon. ??That??s not what I asked.?? ??Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3.?? Figuerola went to the gym at St Eriksplan. that gave him a status that was beyond most people??s wildest dreams. She had no idea where he was giving the lectures. ??I hear what you??re saying. ??May I come in??? Salander studied her without expression. and in daily parlance ??the Section. Jonasson spent ten minutes examining her. Not surprisingly. An operation of that type could never have been kept secret if it were politically motivated. but soon after he would have had to abandon the car in Finland. ??It??s going to involve a lot of surveillance.?? ??You mean ???? ??We don??t know where Bj?rck wrote the report. the attack on Salander??s lawyer ?C which Edklinth could not bring himself to accept was a part of the same pattern ?C and possible involvement in the murder of Zalachenko.

You didn??t say a word about it at the two o??clock meeting. to quote you ?? I honestly don??t know how I should be managing this. Officially he had held a post in the Immigration Division since the ??70s. ??Tell me. To her surprise she found the visits of Dr Jonasson pleasant. Let??s meet tonight at 9. I do. She??ll have to choose between selling her share of Millennium and leaving our board ?? or in the worst case.?? ??Right. But I??m beginning to suspect that this Zalachenko club is out of house.Q. for the life of him he could not comprehend how she had managed to dig herself out of Niedermann??s trench. Niedermann is my priority at the moment.?? He paused.?? ??I need a guarantee of anonymity for both of us.S. But G?ransson and his girlfriend were murdered late on the night of April 9. If we don??t lift all the copies simultaneously.?? ??The basic story was an interview with Martina Fransson about the confiscation of anabolic steroids.E. He??s under pressure from every direction. He sat naked on the bed and took Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 from the inside pocket of his jacket. First of all. Accordingly. He issued a directive putting S?po in sole charge of the defector. he was unwilling to name his source.?? ??I??m on the way in. and was gone.

?? It was not until after 10.?? ??Mostly to do with women who are threatened??? ??I work with all kinds of things. A brilliant administrator who balanced the budget.K. scanner. When the X-rays came through he studied them intently. He tried to reconcile the picture that Teleborian was painting with his own image of Salander. You??ve been hurt and had surgery. If she??s sentenced to a secure psychiatric facility. M?rtensson worked in Personal Protection. there were periods of excessive drinking. Take the documentation and go home and think it over. Cortez. The first year??s budget amounted to 52. I have to be able to construct a completely new media image of you.v ?C Tuesday.A. She then related how he had repeatedly committed acts of sexual violence against her.S. But I??m only talking about a couple of days until we have all the installations ready. but ???? ??You think it??s excessive. editor-in-chief. stark raving mad. The customer??s going to have to pay.?? ??That??s nice to hear. not exactly. She would be taking the weekend off.?? Modig said.

of course.?? ??Please explain. a veteran reporter at fifty-one who was on the legal desk. It begins with the murders of Dag and Mia. It would take half a second to shove the broken edge into Zalachenko??s throat if he leaned over her. He had mentioned her in an email. Finally. 10. Magnusson was getting on in years and as advertising manager had nothing to do with the editorial side. ??Gullberg was presumably for many years the chief of that division within S. of course. Gullberg was subordinate to a line of people in the hierarchy under the head of Secretariat of the Security Police. This situation makes the Prime Minister both angry and uneasy. alias Karl Axel Bodin. one in Stockholm. Find out the registration number. I assume we still have relevant media contacts. Salander would just stare at her and smile her crooked smile.?? ??It??s about a man named Alexander Zalachenko.T. erupted. Then she peeled an orange and sucked each segment to extinction. We had a hole we needed to fill so I had to put in something.?? She glanced at her watch. she risked being seen by the woman. I don??t understand how it??s done.?? Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor. There was a photocopy of a passport application form for one Idris Ghidi.

The constitution had been established by the parliament. Mikael Blomkvist here. ??We think we should have a party and give you a real send-off in due course.?? ??Doing what??? ??I??m guessing ?C since she was filming M?rtensson and Faulsson on the street ?C that she??s documenting their activities. ??Her behaviour was exemplary. When he tried to resist. And now we come to another stumbling block.?? Armansky laughed. we won??t be finished with the installations here for a couple of days. was found in abundant quantities on the remains of Svavelsj? M. of course. and through Niedermann he was the architect of the murders of Svensson and Johansson.?? ??I see.?? ??There are holes in my story.?? Ellis went on.?? Blomkvist turned and looked at her profile. in such appalling circumstances. little girl. Thereafter the story became more sluggish.?? ??The two have nothing to do with each other. The woman walked quickly and purposefully without once looking round. And if they want to convict me. I??m not a good editor-in-chief. I want you to know this: you are my patient. He found that the first train to Stockholm left at 5. He did not know whom he could trust. He was not particularly interested in why she had decorated herself in such a way. He had been in the glass cage all morning.

??Thanks for letting me borrow your kitchen today. ??Erika. She estimated that the width of her room was about five metres. if he walked into the corner of a table or a bench.?? ??And Zalachenko is dead. Somalia was a much better place for that sort of attire. The girl on the gurney could live with a piece of lead in her hip and a piece of lead in her shoulder. a stack of ammunition. From the government. nodded all of a sudden. she felt helpless and paralysed. Let??s take it as a working hypothesis that Bjurman raped her and that she somehow took her revenge. Each mobile has its own unique signature ?C a fingerprint ?C in the form of the telephone number. When he was dropped off. we??ll talk it through. She started with Ernst Teodor Billing. ??Idris lives in Angered. I was given a dressing down because I jumped the gun and brought him in. which Giannini viewed as being to Salander??s advantage.?? ??You can arrest whoever you want. She has secrets I happen to know about.00. ??Can you lift it by yourself??? She lifted her arm. Blomkvist regarded P. According to my source.?? she said in a low voice. by the way??? ??He took some time off. That??s not the way we do things at Millennium.

But the offer came like a bolt from the blue. He sat down again. She was irritated with Giannini. This was enough for Figuerola??s team to initiate the preliminary investigation and to set about enquiring whether the robbers had a connection to the neo-Nazi gang in V?rmland. Borgsj? went to Vietnam twice more. It rang three times before Berger answered.?? ??You mean ???? ??We don??t know where Bj?rck wrote the report.00 the next morning. I hope you know what you??re doing. am I someone who has a problem with the fact that you??re fitter and physically stronger than I am? No. She walked out of the front door just as the taxi drew up. which means the transmitter substance in his nerve synapses doesn??t function. That could not have been chance. Bublanski still had the report. I can??t determine what it is. How could I have been so bloody stupid? On the bottom of the drawer someone had spray-painted the familiar five-letter word. the logical thing for Ekstr?m to do would have been to contact the general director of the Security Police to determine who Zalachenko actually was. At 4. ??Wouldn??t you like to come and work for us??? ??Not on your life. She had purple bruises around her bloodshot eyes. He did not know a word of Swedish.?? They talked for almost two hours over sandwiches and coffee. As she stood there she asked herself whether the whole thing was not a hideous mistake. What happens now??? Waltari said. but no idea how to find him. He smiled. Having lived so long with a prosthesis he was used enough to crutches. If this Zalachenko club exists.

It??s just that I didn??t want to track you down at work. Everybody??s off work.?? Figuerola said.A. Thorbj?rn. ??I??m not quite sure. alone and invisible. He rubbed his eyes. that??s not necessarily the same thing as saying that she??s my friend.?? ??Sure. Annika. but there was still a small scab. She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even. First of all.M. She went back to bed and pulled the covers over her. ??Rapes should always be reported to the police. on the grounds that it was Top Secret. so that she will not be believed if anyone should start asking questions about Zalachenko. And Inspector Erlander in G?teborg has been focusing his search in that direction from day one. She kept an eye on the clock. Bublanski was also wearing a kippa. and if you were to sell it you??d probably get a million and a half for it. She reached out and rang for a nurse. ??I had a cranial X-ray done. She signalled and headed off a couple of pedestrians who tried to sneak across even though their light was red. has eaten into a great many old consolidated assets.

Keep me posted by mobile. said: ??Yes.00 and no doubt I have an impressive blood alcohol content. but she summoned up a foggy mosaic of images from the woodshed and how she had swung an axe in fury and struck her father in the face.?? Silence.P.?? ??She has been shot three times. on the other hand.57 with Clinton in tow. Bj?rck was moved from his post within the Immigration Division to a desk in the apartment in ?stermalm. He??s going to do a security assessment. that Bjurman had been Salander??s guardian; on the other hand he could not see why the old Zalachenko story should surface. I??ll come back tomorrow or the day after.?? ??I don??t. ??Hello. ??No. It was Giannini. on the other hand.00 on Saturday night. made a late snack.?? He pulled down the powerful magnifying glass hanging overhead and focused on the exposed area. slept in her bed. The problem is that he??s unpredictable. I had to read them the riot act.?? ??Revelations that are largely lies and distortions. But.?? ??Me??? Eriksson said. She thought for a moment and then went into Armansky??s hard drive.

Foolish to think otherwise. ??Lisbeth ?? I??m wondering ???? He then said nothing for such a long time that Salander almost asked what it was he wanted. He defected in the ??70s. At 10. If it were discovered I??d be charged with a crime and lose my licence to practise. of course. ??With the result that Bjurman made contact with Zalachenko.M. copies of Bj?rck??s strange report dating from 1991 were stolen. I didn??t even know that his name was Zalachenko.?? ??Henry. She was alive. I??m a lawyer and I??d like to see my client again. of whom four were female.?? It took ten minutes for Giannini to give him her account.?? ??Hmm. my last week at Millennium.?? ??There??s forensic evidence that???? ??Fuck the forensic evidence.?? ??It??s Mikael. At all other times either Berger or David were in the house until the theft was discovered.Q. and what we believe to have happened. The woman walked quickly and purposefully without once looking round. Fuck you.M.I. it??s not O. there is Torstensson.