recently from G?teborg. He was pleased with the text.?? Eriksson said.

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She moved on to Lars ?rjan Wollberg. I hope you??re not thinking of taking the story with you to S.U.?? He got up and walked once around the table before stopping in front of Edklinth.?? Modig said in apology. but in practice he had been given a unique position with exceptional powers. Of course it??s a long way from being a bonus as huge as the ones that some of the directors of Skandia grabbed.?? ??You don??t quite understand the hard economic facts. Olsson had dug up much more on Ghidi than on any other hospital worker. Perfect dramaturgy with a bad guy who swindles Swedish tenants through the system ?C which is legal ?C but who is so greedy and so bloody stupid that he outsources to this company in Vietnam. Someone. We have a suspect.30 on Monday morning. After an hour the headache had grown worse. You??re going to need a specialist. She instantly switched off her Palm and slipped it under the mattress.P.?? she said. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity. All this happened on the day Zalachenko was murdered.

i. No doubt someone made a blunder when the cover story was devised. He felt a sudden tenderness. a nurse came in and helped Salander with a bedpan.?? ??Kurdo said you wanted to hire me for a job.?? he said. Fr?klund cannot find a single reference to Gullberg anywhere. Svavelsj? M. almost made it on to the Swedish Olympic team.?? ??Thanks.?? ??You could say that he quit the Section in 1994 when he went over to the external organization. But it definitely does mean that some individuals within S. and he went back to his desk to write the midday memo. although endorsed by the highest authorities within the Security Police. No answer. Blomkvist had observed their comings and goings from his vantage point in Paulsson??s vehicle. and she recognized all the signs of a reporter who had a story in the works.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have.?? He smiled at her. For all practical purposes.

a checked shirt and a leather jacket.?? ??A graze over three centimetres long on the outside of his left knee. She herself had accepted Rosin??s proposal for several new doors.?? Blomkvist sat speechless for several seconds before he fully took in what his sister had said.-savvy. He got out at Birger Jarlsgatan at 10. ??Always so cynical??? ??Welcome to S. with a golf bag slung over his shoulder. know??? Gullberg said. She moved on to Lars ?rjan Wollberg.D.?? Erlander made notes between taking sips of his coffee. And now here we all are.?? ??A picture? I??m in your debt. but what I have to tell you is very important. She was even more impressed by her lawyer??s way of keeping cool under stress. In September 1964. She??s been doing so well lately. but the dramatic events at Sahlgrenska had meant that she still had not had a real conversation with Salander. She pinged him.

??Berger. Eriksson realized that he was reporting in to her the way he had with Berger. Then he began to type. ??I??ve read Dag Svensson??s manuscript. And two years ago she had single-handedly destroyed Wennerstr?m??s financial empire and saved Millennium. ??I tried to reach you earlier this week.?? said Holmberg. by the way. The first hours of her workday had been taken up entirely with meetings. fire security. ??You spend a couple of hours a week at the gym.?? Jonasson??s eyes narrowed. ??What do you suggest??? ??If we??re going to run Millennium effectively during the autumn.?? the Minister of Justice said. it was out of the question.?? Nystr?m said with a slight smile. and taped hours and hours of conversations of no interest whatsoever. Where did the tip come from??? ??From a source within the police. Dakota. but he was in no position to pick and choose among defecting G.

or he can do something else. Once an intruder comes on to your property ?C and it takes only five seconds to turn off the road and arrive at the rear of the house ?C then the view is completely blocked. SisterJen wrote.?? ??I??m not sure that??s such a good idea. She was irritated with Giannini. ??We??ll go and tip off the police about what happened here.?? Modig said. but in a week nobody will even remember the name Zalachenko. He looked about for a taxi. But there??s a total of thirty-one employees of the Section within S. injure any vital areas. ??I agree with Sonja. the way you do when you haven??t seen someone for some time.?? ??I was shot in the head. sidetracking them into the search for Niedermann. She did. and he had not yet been caught..M. Her bare feet were bleeding.

Berger??s boss is a bloody crook.?? ??So all the rumours about you two are nonsense. to a certain extent. But our assignments have also changed. [Slush/Salander].I. It was 1. We have blueprints of the building. If she did not find anything of interest in that group. ??Get back into bed at once. ??Careful.?? He was at the door when he heard her voice. I??m not going to tell anybody that we got together. He shook his head. they just slip into the shadows. She asked for a Tylenol. and they agreed to have another meeting the following week.S. And her breasts. She took another pace forward.

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. But what happened in 1991 did not make sense. Edklinth had probably meant for her to serve the coffee.?? Magnusson nodded. I called him an imbecile and an incompetent fool. so I can??t even see his lips move. looking at him with amused affection. Hello. That??s all. Don??t ever forget that. Now it turns out that you??re the last one in the office to find out. And she has to be charged with shooting Magge Lundin in Stallarholmen. The second was an injury to the brain. That would have required extensive access to the Swedish cable network.?? ??Alright. She waited while he read her four pages. who.?? ??That??s good. Sonja Modig was closer to police headquarters than Bublanski had thought. ??Good morning.

You??ll make your decisions.?? she said. Dr Teleborian. we will.?? Berger put down her fork and stared at him.?? ??I heard the news. He stood for a long time looking at his face in the mirror before he turned off the light and went to get dressed. What have you found out??? ??His name is Jonas Sandberg.?? Modig said. You??ll never regret it.?? ??Try. In Sweden this function is divided between two institutions. Since he did not know Swedish. Blomkvist looked at the Director of Constitutional Protection. the Lock and Key Service. V. He and Malm had thought of a paperback edition. It was beautiful and well done. Her testimony has to be declared invalid. just a rumour??? ??It??s no rumour that the police are looking into the possibility.

He looked about for a taxi. if I sleep at your place??? ??Oh. was possibly that in his day there was nobody who would have come up with the wild idea of ordering raw fish. But I need to have a few words with him. You don??t have to stress out about it.?? Figuerola promised that she would. She had heard the man explain to a nurse right outside her door that he had to see Herr Karl Axel Bodin on an urgent matter.?? ??Could we stop going round in circles? Why do you think I arranged this meeting??? ??To find out what I know and what I intend to do with it.?? Bublanski said.57 with Clinton in tow. The Minister of Justice.B. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls turn into Br?nnkyrkagatan.?? ??We always owe each other one. one from her accountant who wanted a meeting to check on the implications of her move from Millennium to S.?? ??Not a problem. I??ve never heard mention of this ?? what you call the Zalachenko club. This meant that they gave up far too easily; alternatively they spent too much time at the acute stage trying to work out exactly what was wrong with the patient so as to decide on the right treatment. ??Can you explain what prompted her to do that??? ??You would have to ask my daughter. Is that alright with you two??? ??That??s fine.

They were summoned to Edklinth??s office and told of their assignment as well as the need for absolute secrecy. whether I resign or not. That??s where they should be aired ?? not in the news section.?? ??What do we know??? Blomkvist shouted after him.?? ??What should we do about this Salander story??? Cortez said. which has a response time of ten minutes if all goes as it should.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight.?? Malm was serving up freshly made waffles with cloudberry jam and coffee. but she suspected that Dakota was a woman. but the minister here said that you were a prudent person. ??Because she wanted to tell you first. If it??s a matter of a forensic psychiatric report. Are you the kind of man who??ll want to arm-wrestle me??? ??You mean. A certain Lisbeth Salander. At 2. ??If you light that cigarette I??ll stub it out in your navel.A. above.?? ??Good God. He found Magnusson??s book to be especially worthwhile reading.

In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone. We??ve reorganized. One of the women was named Sara. How soon do you need the meeting with the P. The day before. you check it out. Sorry. ??You??ll probably be transferred pretty soon. I??m all ears. ??Dr Teleborian has been an external consultant for S.?? ??I??ll be going on holiday for three weeks. He always needed somebody to tell him what he was supposed to be organizing. Henry. She studied the pencil. at any rate. ??I??ve got them. But the rest is guesswork. I??m convinced that he??s involved. Holmberg nodded. and the crime scene investigation proceeded as best it could under the circumstances.

joining Holmberg at the kitchen table. She had mixed feelings.?? she said.G. That will be done later this week. He put on his dark glasses and turned up Bergsundsstrand on his way to the tunnelbana. but it turned into a wearisome sort of arm-wrestling contest. Instead she called the duty officer at Milton Security and explained her situation. and any drivel can be posted on a billboard. He was given the assignment.T. 8. Well. I asked how she was feeling and whether she felt the need to have someone to talk to.?? ??I understand. and force the board to dismiss Borgsj?. Right now it??s some seriously unpleasant individual???? ??Who??s got a hang-up about you in particular. but it could have been longer. She was then placed with a foster family. and it was 50/50 whether she would survive.

??It was an operational decision. He bought a pack of Lucky Strike and a tin of G?teborg??s Rap?? snuff. He was in G?teborg being his usual Blomkvist self. plus being hung out to dry in the media. we??ll see.m. with Nilsson as the only available reporter. by the look of them. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88. But after a few months he was always back with the Salander woman.?? ??And did you??? ??I went upstairs and borrowed some copies of Nature magazine and The New England Journal of Medicine. We think it??s an organization inside the organization. I??ve been here five months ?C this is my last week. Blomkvist studied the photograph of Idris Ghidi from the passport application. Slip wrote. Because Trinity could record the calls from Ekstr?m. Was I wrong??? one of the G?teborg policemen said. ??Dragan ?? this isn??t a practical joke??? ??I wish it were. She??s the one who makes the decisions on these things. Thereafter the story became more sluggish.

He was biding his time and letting the other participants at the meeting say their piece.00 Jonasson discovered that Salander had developed a temperature of 37. I can tell you that we have our equivalent of Inspector Paulsson. Blomkvist. ask Annika to do this favour. She did. There would certainly be headlines in the evening papers and it would probably result in an assault charge. ??The pathologist??s final report arrived this morning. who was sleeping peacefully and probably would not be awake before 8. This is all criminal activity: Swedish authorities helping to cover up crime against individual citizens. I??m a lawyer and I??d like to see my client again. although he had not in fact been working there. This time they failed. ??O. Usually he was cool and analytical. Lottie Karim was notoriously afraid of the dark and would never for the life of her have agreed to be by herself overnight at the office. I have a source who provides me with some info. For this I??m willing to pay you a thousand kronor a week. She suddenly sat up in bed and frowned.?? ??O.

?? Edklinth said by way of apology. ??Coffee. The budget chief and the C. Then I get involved in something and don??t get time to do it again for a month or two.I.P. Blomkvist looked at him expectantly. The problem is that there isn??t anyone in the Section who can actually run it. Illegal tapping is the domain of government authorities. and worked on her computer. he was more or less sober. Figuerola had given him a number of indisputable indications that something was rotten within S.M. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. Tell him that I have copies of ?? everything.?? ??I??m hardly the person to criticize you for abandoning ship. Erika ?? that may be true.?? ??So Blomkvist had a gun. ??As you no doubt know. ??May I help you??? ??Thank you.

I think we can handle this matter successfully. ??He turned east???? ??We can see you both. now Swedish ambassador in the Hague. She felt everyone??s eyes upon her. But she could scarcely keep her eyes open. then I??m sure she will. ??Now let me say my piece. ??I??m going to???? ??You??re not going to do anything at all.?? Sellberg said. She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and pulled the electrodes off her arms and chest. she accepted.?? ??Stuff and nonsense.?? she said. She felt uneasy.?? Jonasson??s eyes narrowed. When the cleaner had finished in the corridor. But why not smuggle in the mobile too? Ah. ??I honestly don??t know how I should be managing this. Your task. Salander summed up her situation in five lines.

??I know. Magnusson had put together a four-column article about Morander??s life and career.?? Berger studied the chairman of the board. I had a late lunch and was going to make a pasta when I got home. You didn??t say a word about it at the two o??clock meeting. but what I meant was that you pretended to know a lot more than you actually do.?? ??Well. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings. and where the commonest qualification for a new recruit was that his father was or had been an officer. ??It??s a new era. retrained as a locksmith. Is that what you??re saying??? ??No. That was all he needed to say. She had put it on the windowsill.06 in the evening. ??Explain. and I don??t end up in bed with that many men. What I??m trying to figure out is whether he wanted to attack you personally or whether he was just reacting to the fact that you were looking at him.?? Berger almost blushed. Ricky.

Until that moment Salander had meant nothing to him. He left his coffee untouched. ??I??m really sorry that somebody decided to target you for this ugly campaign. I don??t want to say anything more about that until I talk to my lawyer. the general secretary of the Swedish Helsinki Committee. no matter what they ask you. ??Listen ?? I??m not an open book for everyone to read.M. almost all) agreed had an indispensable value. but you??re closer.S.S.?? ??So how do we counter that??? Borgsj? said. On Friday KAB was conspicuous by its absence. He had never touched her.?? ??I can live with that attitude. He was bright red in the face and looked as if he was about to have a stroke.M. blonde curly hair sitting on the top step. we??ll make that clear.

she had refused to say a single word to the police. It cannot be ruled out that there is a minor bleed that is not visible on the images. If you want to initiate any psychiatric treatment of her. Then he looked up and got a split second??s glimpse of Teleborian??s dishevelled profile and goatee as he came out of Pressbyr?n on the other side of the ticket hall.P. His parents lived in ?rebro and they were his sole heirs. ??Nothing??? Modig said.?? Armansky laughed.N. ??The four of us are just dumb police officers. assistant chief of the Immigration Division of the Security Police. Blomkvist was at the Kaffebar on Hornsgatan when he heard on the radio that a 66-year-old unnamed man. It??s been a long time. To the bathroom with you. Ekstr?m was most upset. Nieminen did not trust Niedermann for one second. Niedermann.P. He knows he??s being watched. which arranged private dating parties for people who were into leather.

?? ??Thailand. we will. And item two: today this piece by Johannes shows up on my desk. Clinton sat up cautiously.?? ??It was my uncle Mahmut. but to her surprise he crossed the street right in front of her car and turned down the hill towards Blomkvist??s building. ??I just collapsed in exhaustion last night. He smiled. You can??t discuss this with anyone except me. ??Hello. It was not an easy job. the incident might be included in that year??s statistical compilation. Now she was suddenly editor-in-chief. but I cannot reveal the name of anyone working on this case. I??m not a good editor-in-chief. But it??s been utter chaos here.?? Holmberg said. ??So where do you come from??? ??Most recently from G?teborg. He was pleased with the text.?? Eriksson said.