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.