Tuesday, August 30, 2011

it was Salander who nailed him. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record.

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Don??t misunderstand me. was involved in tax fraud ?C were gleefully posted on the Net. Finally Berger heard a voice from the left side of the room. picked up his laptop case. and they might not be the same ones Erika would have made. For five days Plague. ??The important thing is that.?? ??Naturally. introduced himself. Together with Eriksson and Malm. ??You know??? Wadensj?? yelled.?? He paused and looked around the room. His father is a Centre Party member.00 that I can??t postpone. There was only one option left that was constitutionally correct. She worked first in the Violent Crime Division and then in the unit that specialized in financial crime. The first half is basically what??s in the magazine. I??ve studied law and political science while I??ve worked for the police.?? ??What is it??? ??Out here. ??Nothing. Sonja. She tried to open her eyes.M. Sonja. Zealous.

I. She was breathing hard and felt wretchedly out of shape. The police had locked her in her hospital room. all sorts of complaints.?? She told Blomkvist to fasten his seat belt and drove over Slussen to ?stermalm and parked on a side street off Artillerigatan. abandoned by everyone. and he perfectly understood that this was.?? ??Magnusson can take over for the time being. Blomkvist was at the Kaffebar on Hornsgatan when he heard on the radio that a 66-year-old unnamed man. She explained what she needed to have done. If you imported directly from the factory in Vietnam. He flipped the hasp and opened the door.?? At that moment the officer Blomkvist knew only as Stefan entered the room. The day before.D. He could not see anything illegal about his task.?? He got up and stood next to her to look through the glass at the newsroom. very recently. They found G?ransson and his girlfriend in the basement. Tax specialist.?? ??Could I read the original??? ??Certainly you can. no-one ever told me that the warehouse was doubling up as a woodland cemetery. She may be as sane as you and me.S. His voice softened slightly.

Counter-Espionage said that they definitely had not borrowed him. ??She can be a moody bitch. He was bright red in the face and looked as if he was about to have a stroke. trying to find out what??s happening there. sent from centraled@smpost. Alexander Zalachenko ?C otherwise known as Karl Axel Bodin. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being. You can say hello to her and ask her whether she accepts me as her lawyer or not. I was wondering about your involvement in this story. the leader of the preliminary investigation could decide to summon you for an interview. but somebody in the newsroom got an email from you. to listen to the news. First. I??ve been reading a lot about you.?? said Ekstr?m.?? ??Yes??? ??Well ?? er ?? good instincts. He looked through the crack in the doorway at Adamsson. If this was the case. ??When this is all over I??m going to found an association called ??The Knights of the Idiotic Table?? and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander. Does that make sense??? ??It does. He made straight for the kitchen and checked that the coffee machine was turned off. Berger had been a boss she could always rely on. ??Good evening. It might be some sort of flu ???? ??Does she have a fever??? asked Jonasson. but we haven??t fixed on a distribution date yet.

He had plenty of whores. Zalachenko had heard the rumour of a ??Red Jumper.?? he said. Then her I.?? ??Hmm.K. Sandberg offered a considerably stronger lifeline. She thought for a moment.?? ??That sounds fishy.v Berger took a deep breath as the lift door opened and she walked into the editorial offices of Svenska Morgon-Posten.R. Armansky had contributed this information. Blomkvist studied the photograph of Idris Ghidi from the passport application. but he had been savagely beaten. I was given a dressing down because I jumped the gun and brought him in. You have a reputation for not pulling your punches when there??s corruption involved. ??The question now is how we should proceed. But we don??t have a damned thing on Nieminen. I need to visit her.?? He thought for a second and then asked one more question. I??ve read your file from S?po. Who on earth do you think can resist that??? ??You??re very kind. It was a consistent silence. written at the time by your handler at S?po. retired S?po hand.

you look worried. Can you open your eyes again??? She opened her eyes to narrow slits. Teleborian was contradicting his own reading of Salander. I should probably also mention that there are some individuals in the police force who are actually on Lisbeth??s side in all this.?? Inspector Bublanski listened to Prosecutor Ekstr?m without expression. a delegate for the Centre in the ??70s and ??80s. They had set a table with cake and Friday afternoon coffee. But it??s a shame von Rottinger isn??t still with us. And one thing you really don??t want to do is drill into her skull and then operate a year from now when the wound itself has healed.?? She nodded. She was given a local anaesthetic and afterwards the wound was sewn up with three stitches. ??Excuse us for summoning you to this meeting at such short notice.?? ??I understand. The problem is that there isn??t anyone in the Section who can actually run it. to renew the contracts. Blomkvist drove to Millennium. Gunnar Bj?rck. But I wasn??t feeling well yesterday and I??ve got things I have to do.?? he said. In the trial. He had given them a clear description of her injuries and the bullet wound in her head. Arresting him would reveal the existence of the investigation. And her breasts. Besides ???? ??Besides what??? ??It??s nothing. Figuerola was of the view that the chief of Secretariat at least must have been calling the shots when M?rtensson in Personal Protection was supposedly moved to Counter-Espionage.

Now she was suddenly editor-in-chief. I can??t believe this would be something sanctioned by S?po. He had nothing better to do on this May Day Sunday than humour his wayward publisher. The budget chief and the C.?? she said.?? After a few seconds.00. Each individual call was separated and processed digitally by computers programmed to react to certain words. Salander??s childhood.M. he saw that he had forty-two messages and texts. Both Holger and I have accepted your plan and are co-operating with you. But that doesn??t mean he has to behave like an idiot. His injuries seem to be similar to those of a car crash victim ?C it??s hardly credible that anyone could do such damage with his bare hands: a broken leg. He??s going to be right up there with the directors of Skandia. As soon as he changed the subject.?? he said.?? ??Which is what ????? ??Lisbeth Salander suffers from a serious mental disorder. Are you O. which meant that policemen would die and Niedermann probably would as well. She suddenly sat up in bed and frowned. Most of the cases. She would be taking the weekend off. ??I??ve a difficult assignment for you.?? ??Aren??t there??? ??No.

He was under great pressure. ??Hello. had nothing to do with this morning??s events. Or was it clumsy? The only reason he first noticed the car was the registration number. (2) To wage a media war I must be able to appear in public to discuss things that you may consider your private business. it??s Berger. She was even more impressed by her lawyer??s way of keeping cool under stress. Just tell us. He had patched up a girl who had ridden her bike into a ditch that the road-repair department had chosen to dig close to the end of a bike path; the warning barriers had been tipped into the hole.?? Blomkvist said to remind them that he was there in the room. ??Imbecile. and there??s no-one who can tell us who his clients were. the strangest thing was that he detailed one of the techs to make an inventory of everything in the woodshed ?C where we found the Zalachenko guy??? ??An inventory of what in the woodshed??? Sp?ngberg wanted to know. Faste is grossly unsuited to investigate anything at all to do with Salander. I said I had a number of final tests to run on you tomorrow and that I couldn??t discharge you until Sunday.?? He thought for a second and then asked one more question. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record. The chief of S. We??ll see what he has in mind. I have to tell you too that I will receive advice and support during any trial from your former guardian. at least. Blomkvist gave a dry laugh.?? He turned on his heel and left the glass cage.?? Blomkvist kissed his sister on the cheek and immediately asked: ??Are you going to be representing Lisbeth Salander??? ??I??m going to have to say no. What worried him in the short term was that he could never predict when Niedermann might be struck by his mental paralysis.

?? ??So how do we counter that??? Borgsj? said. Sonja. the toilets??? ??The little that has changed since the Construction Cost Delegation??s report has happened at the local level. made a late snack. I know I have to sign a contract. She was in a cold sweat.?? ??I don??t like this. Right now I just feel like shit.?? Samir came over with the menu and. blonde curly hair sitting on the top step.?? ??You can absolutely rely on me as long as you don??t reveal that you??re engaged in any sort of criminal activity.B. Then he heard movement behind him and felt his knees buckle. I??ve noticed that quite a few men get interested. I mean ?? it??s the chance of a lifetime. He did not exist in any register or in any public document. Finally Bublanski got up and stood at the window. Then identify the other person in the pictures taken by Blomkvist??s photographer. Then she made some coffee and called Armansky. I want to caress you and kiss your breasts. engineers. Gullberg followed the story in a state of awful confusion. ??Excuse me.30 on Wednesday morning. and some cash.

He did not want Niedermann to die. Have you identified M?rtensson??s sidekick??? ??He??s unimportant. and nobody else at S. But to be honest. Accordingly.?? ??I know.?? she said. Actually it was Malm who had the night shift. He knew he was being watched and he must have seen M?rtensson??s Volvo. I??m now on a side street off Linn??gatan. He was an agent for the Soviets?? G. ??We are all extremely unhappy about the situation.?? Sandberg said into a handsfree mobile. At present he??s being sought only for the murder of Officer Gunnar Ingemarsson. The Ring in Central Station. Who else but S?po would have taken charge of him? Then the question of a co-ordinated strategy to get Salander locked away in an institution. ??I know that. and a key player in the Russians?? offensive against western Europe in the ??70s. we won??t be able to draw any conclusions. He pinged her a few minutes later.?? ??This sounds fun. is to investigate the truth of this story. I??m going to walk to the Scandic Crown and book a room. ??I know what we??re supposed to be doing. but with no success.

The legal department has been informed that I possess this knowledge but cannot discuss it with them.?? Ghidi said. He knew one. ??So you??re sure that he came to the door of this room??? ??I heard him trying to push down the door handle.10 he took the tram to Angered and got off in the centre of town.?? ??I see.?? ??Really??? ??It contains no diagnosis. The other seemed a bit older. off balance. He suffers from a disease called congenital analgesia. with the Zalachenko report you gave me. We??ll deal with that problem when it arises. forty-three years old. Through the service??s language school.?? or ??Salander??. She had done a risk assessment and pondered his plan. ??You mean that you can??t think of any reason why Lisbeth Salander attacked you in 1991??? ??My daughter is mentally ill. And at the same time. These linguistic skills were one of the reasons he was recruited by the Security Police in 1950. During the police interviews. We??ll leave it at that.?? ??But you??re still withholding key material. forty-minus.?? Figuerola was making notes.?? ??And Zalachenko is dead.

Blomkvist shook his head.?? Blomkvist sighed.?? ??I was afraid of that. have his salary paid by S?po. Blomkvist emerged at 9. She heard footsteps outside the door and saw a nurse open it to admit a woman wearing black trousers. ??Clinton first??? ??If he??s still alive. To be honest.?? he said. For one thing. What we??re going to do in this book is to state what happened. chief of Secretariat. One of the robbers had a mid-length jacket with a Swedish flag shoulder patch.?? ??I can assure you that it??s quite true.?? he said. and he was offering her a chance to escape in a very different way. During the first year the Section consisted of Gullberg and three hand-picked colleagues. the Bildt government had cut back the Soviet desk for financial reasons and had at the same time got themselves involved in the international mess in Bosnia and Serbia ?C as if Serbia could ever threaten Sweden.?? ??Today??s task is to write an editorial on the demonstrations. Poison said that he had used it successfully.?? ??There must have been some other purpose ?? a secret organization within the organization. Edklinth would go through the roof. They hate each other and. Seconds later Blomkvist could also see Cortez.?? ??I understand.

had a connection to any racist organization. ??If you light that cigarette I??ll stub it out in your navel. and opened the folder of notes from her last conversation with Salander. Blomkvist had found him in the woodshed at the farm with a nasty-looking gash ?C probably from an axe ?C in his face and some shattering damage to one of his legs which he did not trouble to investigate. much of which was home-made stuff that Bob the Dog had set up. ??Dr Endrin is your doctor. But I advise that you wait for the report from forensics. though it might come to that. ??You don??t like the Security Police. This minute. ??Good evening. and a third to operations. ??Mikael ?? this is a murder investigation.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. where she belongs.?? Gullberg said. this is how things really are. Greger.??? Blomkvist said. Then he screwed on the cover again. list everything that??s been said about her. She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team. Chairman of the Board Borgsj? arrived at 2. He listened to the news and heard a summary of what had been said at the press conference. as you know.

?? ??Just like M?rtensson. and she directed the investigation with a force that matched her physical appearance. ??Thorbj?rn F?lldin.?? ??Mostly to do with women who are threatened??? ??I work with all kinds of things. The chairman of the board is Magnus Borgsj?. turned on but not uplinked..M. you have to get on board with the program.?? ??I consider the source to be totally reliable. ??So that??s our strategy??? ??Herr Zalachenko. If we don??t lift all the copies simultaneously.?? he said. On one occasion when I still had my mouth taped shut. but in a couple of days. ??But for now. Blomkvist headed into Berger??s ?? wrong. the paper would have folded long since. Then she heard the rattle of a set of keys.30 on Sunday evening as he and Bob the Dog were approaching Stockholm. and I won??t report it to the tax authorities. which corresponded to the word P-I-P-P-I ?C Pippi Bloody Longstocking. she continued down the hill and turned right at the corner of Pryssgr?nd. There were psychopaths and conspiracy theorists. and replenished the cart with plastic bags for the wastepaper baskets.

?? ??Eriksson??? ??Unless you want to be editor-in-chief ???? ??Good God. M?rtensson and his companion were talking in low voices. I??ve never heard mention of this ?? what you call the Zalachenko club. The apartment isn??t a good place right now.?? he said.. What do you know about this Niedermann??? ??He??s a murderer. She was ice-cold and stiff. we also want you to know what to do in the ten minutes before the car arrives from Fisks?tra. and I have no intention of revealing its whereabouts.?? ??I should probably also mention that we know Giannini??s telephone is tapped.?? He tied a sheet around his waist. ??Somebody has to write an obit. At first she just saw strange lights until a figure appeared in the centre of her field of vision. She knew that Blomkvist??s apartment was on the top floor.?? ??Precisely. but as soon as she had solved it. That could be explained. but the chief of S. She felt paralysed and unable to concentrate on any real work. even when the Prime Minister appointed a special investigator who.M. He did not like this. Then he inserted a thinner probe and located the bullet. One might say that.

and you don??t have to produce an article at the end of it. It presupposes that his birth certificate and a number of other documents were falsified and then slipped into our public records. He gave her the S. I have to take the report with me when I go. It was an almost shocking feeling when the hand-held suddenly showed that it had established a connection.P. Or. Tonight. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity. I have all the documentation. ??Bj?rck. to invite himself for Sunday lunch.?? Holmberg said. If he??s still alive.nu>.?? ??Good luck. But what do we do if a threat to the constitution comes from within our own organization??? For the next half hour he told her what Armansky had told him the night before. She opened her handbag and unfolded a map of Stockholm which she placed on the passenger seat. Sometimes three. for Christ??s sake.Monday. It??s possible that Zalachenko really was a Russian spy who defected and was granted political asylum. The legendary double agent Colonel Stig Wennerstr?m.?? ??In Stockholm we have a photograph of him that??s about twenty years old. ??So.

Three of them were called [PrelimInv/Salander].?? ??I??ve got you. Touch??. listening. Someone had sprayed in metre-high letters on the back wall: WHORE It was just after 9. ??And now she??s wondering if it was me that wrote to her. Annika is doing her best to prepare for your trial. nodded all of a sudden.?? Modig held up a photograph of Bj?rck??s distorted face. however. that gave him a status that was beyond most people??s wildest dreams. Gullberg stared at it with distaste. Worked first in Uppsala and then in S?dert?lje. She badly needed the cup of coffee she had just got from the machine in the canteen. There was no reason to volunteer the information that Lundin had called her a whore or that she had bent down and picked up Nieminen??s P-83 Wanad and punished Lundin by shooting him in the foot. Maybe not even twenty-four hours. From the moment I sat down in that glass cage. Millennium is sitting on a scoop that will turn the Salander story on its head. I could go up there and talk to him. and that he had come to her room at 3. ??There??s something I have to do. ??Never seen them before. Then he left her in peace and sat down to watch a repeat of C. It was a structure with only two ranks. It was an ordinary formula.

Holger Palmgren. but we??re going to have to act fast so that we don??t squander the opportunity. but she had always known. I mean. The only spot from which the entrance door to the building could be observed directly was from the promenade and footbridge on upper Bellmansgatan near the Maria lift and the Laurinska building. ??I hope all??s well with your father. ??That??s all. collection. opening the car door. She felt paralysed and unable to concentrate on any real work. of course. why should it be any different? Except that of course they would not be meeting so often. Two of the guns were Polish P-83 Wanads. to determine whether Gullberg. ??Evert Gullberg. He glanced at his watch. and any drivel can be posted on a billboard.?? he said. but he was so exhausted that he did not have the strength or the means to get out there to fetch it.?? Blomkvist wrote down the information.?? ??The problem is that none of this could have happened if S?po weren??t involved somehow.se> with the subject line [Attn: Editor-in-Chief]. ??That won??t last. So go to your superior and tell him what I??ve said. but???? ??I can??t wave a magic wand and conjure up the contents of a daily newspaper by sitting in my glass cage and just wishing for things.

?? or ??Salander??.K.G. Seven individuals who over the coming years would constitute a special Section within the Section. He booked the room for two weeks. this is a matter for the G?teborg police. Armansky had begun to tell him the story of Lisbeth Salander. They came from the same batch as the weapon that Salander had taken from him at Stallarholmen. Jonas??? Sandberg glanced at Wadensj??. were filled every day with the correct text. Karl Axel Bodin would disappear into rehabilitative custody. The reason was simple.?? ??Let??s hear it. She twisted her arms and stretched her left shoulder back and forth. ??So ??. perhaps you could help me with a matter I don??t quite understand ?? as one doctor to another.?? Bublanski said. She heard the click of the lock as she closed her bedroom door.?? ??It would be hard to do her any more damage. trying to figure out if this was some puzzling bluff. It concerns only those directly involved. No. ??What do you propose??? ??I don??t propose. She suddenly felt in a much better mood.?? Modig made no answer.

You??ll never regret it. it was a case of deep antagonism in a tragically dysfunctional family. Dear Bertil. The emails contain vulgar sexual innuendos. and a dark five-o??clock shadow. my name is Marianne. Erlander gave her a cool smile. Which Blomkvist by definition had actually done.?? ??No.?? Jonasson said. ??It??s about Vitavara Inc. The girl they??ve been hunting for the past few weeks. She felt a niggling irritation that she could not identify. no last name.??? ??Nieminen has taken over as club president while Lundin remains in custody. And you??re picking at the scab on your head.?? ??I see. ??Would he. as I gather. We have an excellent film of how they break in and go through my papers.?? The next morning Edklinth was in his office at police headquarters.?? ??So you know nothing about it.. ??I??ve a difficult assignment for you. come to that.

and rejected various options. At lunchtime she returned to police headquarters in Kungsholmen and spent two hours thinking as she pumped iron in the gym. Straight ahead of her. She ordered a beer and a small plate of calamari with Greek potatoes. and much of what he thinks he knows is wrong.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face.?? ??And since she went into your building I assume that Milton has put in some sort of hidden surveillance of your flat.O. ??I??ll hobble in as soon as I??ve pulled myself together. she was locked up in a mental hospital. But he had sent in the charger for her Palm. ??And we??ve only known each other a few days. Salander herself was critically injured and at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg.I. As far as I understand it. Francke was a bit of a cowboy who saw K.S.v ?C Monday. By now resigned to his futility. But that??s not why you came. Which is why she??s still alive. She flipped open her mobile and called his Ericsson. but you have to think about Christer and the others on the staff too.P. was involved in tax fraud ?C were gleefully posted on the Net.

??No. ??The lamp??? ??The ceiling lamp has fingerprints from the owner of the cabin ?C who put it up two years ago ?C and Bj?rck himself. The first year??s budget amounted to 52.?? Wadensj?? said. Immediately it was easier to breathe. She sat in silence for two minutes.10 he took the tram to Angered and got off in the centre of town.M. But right now she had to make decisions on several matters. Dr Jonasson was pleased with the response he had got. He decided against the train.?? ??He??s dying. The legal desk does not even in practice exist ?? there we have a chief editor who borrows reporters from the news desk for each of his features. Where are we going??? She had parked around the corner down on Pryssgr?nd. I assume you will ignore it. He explained in a low voice that. bought the evening papers and two bananas at Pressbyr?n. And she liked giving in to threats even less. ??Rescue Service helicopter coming in. and in A.?? Blomkvist said. But that will be up to all of you. ??We have a team working under the auspices of the County Criminal Police. department store.22.

Otherwise. She waited three minutes before she followed him into the caf??. Berger jumped as though someone had fired a shot in her living room. and he was in fact a naval officer. An awkward situation. She found correspondence between Teleborian and a person with a hotmail address who sent encrypted mail. He thought about the fact that his daughter was very close by. ??Not for the moment. Then she saw Cortez putting on his corduroy jacket. He??s going to take pictures of the entire property and the immediate surroundings. She stopped outside Ekstr?m??s closed door.?? Blomkvist woke up at 10. however. he would not have given the car a second glance. above. ??And there??s no doubt in your mind ???? Blomkvist shook his head. ??It??s a Colt 1911 Government. kept the cash that was waiting to be invested and laundered. it could also be classified as murder. He was bright enough to keep his mouth shut.C. ??Get back into bed at once. And ?? this discussion never took place.C. And we share the same objective.

Vinge??s view was not even controversial in the climate prevailing inside the Firm.?? ??And Salander??? ??She??s part of what makes it so interesting. she did not want to go to hospital. He wondered whether he was becoming paranoid. ??They??ve been making toilets there for at least ten years.?? ??So I do need to visit her to do a first-hand evaluation of her condition.?? ??Police officer??? ??She graduated from the police academy and worked for six years on the S?dermalm crime team.?? ??And what happened??? ??I introduced myself. but it turned into a wearisome sort of arm-wrestling contest. The man is a tragic figure who evidently acted alone. Henry.?? ??Mostly to do with women who are threatened??? ??I work with all kinds of things.?? Blomkvist gave him a wan smile. she would be transferred to Kronoberg prison in Stockholm to await trial. It was nothing to him if people wanted to dress up in costume.000 copies since the glory days of the ??60s. ??He??s well versed in Swedish law and police procedure. unquote.?? Armansky nodded.C. It made sense. Trinity wrote.?? ??Very well written too. He had himself received a number of calls concerning these rumours. The problem was that she did not know what she should do.

and Edklinth was Figuerola??s boss. In your case I discovered that you worked for S?po. we did not assist Zalachenko in any crime ?C that??s the delusion of a mentally ill teenage girl. If we??re flying kites. who had not said a word during the presentation. Salander knew it was no empty threat. It??s nonsense. Carefully she wrote the password MonkeyBusiness. Salander logged off by writing a brief message: Everyone sent her hugs and kisses and admonished her to keep the hole in her head warm. ??Just what the bloody hell is going on??? Wadensj?? shrieked. In any case.F. Or else the falsification was done for a completely different purpose by someone inside the Security Police.?? ??So he??s ill??? ??It??s nothing serious. he did not feel that the cripple was any sort of threat. They were southern European.?? ??It could be as simple as Lundin carrying the pistol and Salander disarming him. He was behind me. ??Understandable. S. and if that were to happen a number of operations put in place across Europe over the past fifteen years might have to be dismantled. Anything new??? You can say that again. * Salander sat up with a start the instant she heard the first shot. Was not the assassination of Anna Lindh* the result of precisely such a crazy impulse? But Inspector Erlander did not like the idea that a mentally ill accountant. We??ve had a long discussion about the constitutional implications ?C obviously we want it to be handled properly.

?? He nodded. ??Granny knots. and he was taken aback by the sarcastic tone combined with razor-sharp observations. Blomkvist was suddenly awake and he did not know why.B. And I??ve recovered nicely. That was when he started making calls and decided it was time to go to Stockholm.?? ??You started it.S.?? Plague gave him directions to the youth hostel on L?ngholmen where he had booked a room for his colleagues from England.?? Modig said.?? ??O. you??re released from all other duties.?? ??I??m jumping ahead and anticipating the final assessment. and when he was pressingly invited to dinner and a private conversation.S. Then she turned icy with rage. including in the military. Edklinth shot her a glance. Or rather ?? the differences that exist might be of a legal nature.?? ??That??s also true.M. ??The last thing we want to do is to interfere with the press. I assume it was Salander who nailed him. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record.

for the trial. the stringer in G?teborg.?? he said. Then he cautiously put his left foot down on the floor.

And he could not help feeling flattered that he was being given information ?C off the record
And he could not help feeling flattered that he was being given information ?C off the record. If Personal Protection had loaned out M?rtensson.?? the P. She isn??t the type to ask anyone for help. in co-operation with her lawyer. Going back down the corridor. He felt strangely uninterested in everything to do with the hunt for Niedermann. ??We made it through the first quarter of this year thanks to a marginal rise in advertising sales and the fact that two senior. alias Karl Axel Bodin. re: narcotics bust in S?dert?lje.?? said the Minister of Justice. ??There was one thing that struck me. Her gaze fell on Holm. get in your car and meet me in S?dert?lje. His spectators vanished as if by magic. It suits you somehow.?? Gullberg raised a hand to forestall Wadensj????s objections. We??ll let it stand the way you??ve decided. And not quite right in the head. I don??t have any idea what we can prove. Without moving her head she glanced at the digital clock: 3. not for S?po alone but probably for intelligence services all over the world. it was. but I think only the Prosecutor General could appoint a preliminary investigation leader in this situation.?? the P.

after careful consideration. Edklinth was wondering what was on Armansky??s mind. He served in G?teborg before he moved to Trollh?ttan. She did not understand what it was about. but the glass was her only reachable weapon.P. Two organizations against child labour.. Then she found the brick in the middle of the living-room floor. including bow and arrow. She gave him a quick look and turned on to Grev Turegatan. ??I hope all??s well with your father. He did meet with the fair-haired man. But it??s like this: not everyone who works there is your enemy. including anal penetration. not vice versa??? ??Exactly. In the trial. But in practice two assistant chiefs know of our existence. or whether the sender was in the building. ??And Zalachenko? Have you questioned him??? ??Yes. ??The killing of the police officer is the main thing right now.?? ??The old bastard had a pistol. He should have been on sick leave. I??m leaving for G?teborg later this afternoon. it??s his knife.

??You don??t understand. But G?ransson and his girlfriend were murdered late on the night of April 9. Remember the Wennerstr?m affair. Her hands are tied. I??m just bringing him in for questioning. she needs this. and S. It would be outside all our formal agreements. slept in her bed. Then he placed his hands gently around her neck and turned her head back and forth and to the sides a few times.?? * Berger went to bed at 11. now Swedish ambassador in the Hague. But she isn??t Zalachenko.I. ??Mikael isn??t here today. But he says that the last time he saw the gun. Finally he shut down the computer and went to bed. It??s no secret that some of my predecessors at S. 3. He works for Karl Axel Bodin. they would have to settle for a black-and-white printer for 8. He spoke with a thick accent. The inquiries had concentrated on finding G?ransson??s car.?? said Bublanski in a darker tone of voice. It might be some sort of flu ???? ??Does she have a fever??? asked Jonasson.

department store. that is. So she can??t tell me what the two of you discuss. The walls are sturdy and it would take quite a while to break down that door even if your assailant had tools at hand. when S. Ekstr?m surreptitiously scanned the stamp. Well ?? no wonder the biggest morning daily had recruited her. Eriksson??s office. Even if they provoke you or accuse you of whatever ?? Can you promise me??? ??I could manage that. They were scrutinizing the results of the preliminary investigation that Holmberg had completed that morning. He instinctively disliked a situation in which private muscle was doing what a government department was supposed to be doing. He??ll be leading the Section??s operations department until the present crisis is over. ??I imagine we??ll have to book appointments with each other. When the name Zalachenko turned up in the preliminary investigation. After long deliberation he had toned down his criticism of Bublanski and his team. In the end the medic stood up and shouted at Paulsson to keep the bloody hell out of his way. But he could not get into the room and he did not have the strength to force the door.?? Inspector Erlander got up from his desk and went upstairs to tell the preliminary investigation leader.00 in the evening. So he must know that M?rtensson is not at Counter-Espionage. It depends on her rate of recovery.?? ??What sort of odd??? ??I??m afraid some idiot is sending really vile emails and he seems to have targeted me. ??I??m taking a big risk here. which he considered a pretty clever idea. Eriksson had only called.

??Give me a couple of minutes. You can??t discuss this with anyone except me. I??ve studied law and political science while I??ve worked for the police. It??s up to you.?? ??Great. It could be if someone is trying to break in or turns up in the garden or something like that. asked him for it. but these were the things that Salander would no doubt prefer not to have fall into the wrong hands. He glanced at the E.?? Blomkvist nodded reluctantly. No. She was pleased and thanked me for taking the trouble. Sweden had voted for a conservative government. He had hung up his jacket and was leaning back in his chair at the conference table. He says he absolutely won??t discuss a person who is not only innocent but who also has had her rights so severely violated. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise.?? ??You??d think he and Lundin were themselves the victims of a crime in Stallarholmen. This arrangement involves cooperation. A prosecutor decided not to take the case any further. which was already wrapped in bandages.00 p. Having my afternoon beer. And he could keep the mobile when the job was over. If he??s still alive. But he had sent in the charger for her Palm.

?? ??Don??t call me crazy. The first thing he did was to rename it ??Special Analysis??.?? ??But she needs ammunition.00 in the morning. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko. They had taken 2. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions. Dr Jonasson was pleased with the response he had got. Modig held up her mobile to the gap in the curtains and took two low-res photographs of the group outside Ekstr?m??s door. This meant that Holm was juggling a colossal number of tasks every day. She had never heard those footsteps before. He was given the assignment.?? ??But I have to remind you right from the start that I??m not a criminal lawyer. and you??re not telling me anything. but in reality he had scarcely been seen in the department before the ??90s. 4. and no questions should be asked. I want to know if anything odd happens around S. 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. I don??t think so.?? ??No.M. On three occasions Zalachenko was arrested by the Swedish police for drunkenness and twice more in connection with fights in bars. has received a number of emails that appear to come from me. had submitted a report which examined the Prosecutor General??s want of initiative over a number of years.

Henry especially.T.S. He opened his iBook again and read through his text. She doesn??t look as though she has the tonnage to take on either Nieminen or Lundin. But if you want to win.?? ??And what??s their stated business??? ??God only knows. She disconnected and looked up at the ceiling. He should have been on sick leave.?? ??I can do complicated. of course not..R. This one was obviously referring to her new job as editor-in-chief.40 that morning. had been shot and killed at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg. And who knows? Maybe he??ll catch Niedermann. In that case. Bambi wrote. Personally I don??t think S?po is behind this.?? he said. Hacker Republic had a total (the last time she was connected) of sixty-two citizens.?? Nystr?m adopted a concerned expression.?? ??In this case ??nothing?? could be quite a lot. But you didn??t see that??? ??No.

and asked him to brief the assembled company. For most of industry. But he??s greedy. it??ll cost a lot of money. Then her eyes fell on a nurses?? table by the wall three metres from her bed. A number of pictures were of infants. First.?? ??Precisely. Blomkvist did not speculate about Bjurman??s motives. She had to be at S. We chatted for a couple of minutes.?? Armansky said. I??m not going to haggle with you.?? She looked around at her colleagues in the cramped editorial office. married to Hans Wilhelm Francke. the Securitas guard. He did not answer either. Then gingerly he closed the door. I think.?? ??What??s that??? ??Well. As long as Giannini did not mention the matter.?? ??I understand. Blomkvist described him as an Olympic-class idiot. female and Lutheran. He had leaked information that would have backed him up in an upcoming trial.

Ownership implies responsibility. 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. This will require extraordinary measures. On the other. There was blood on her palm.?? ??It??s still not my problem. She could scarcely believe what she was reading. ??The police didn??t get hold of Bj?rck??s report by themselves ?? they got it from a journalist. and Helsingborg. ??Routine research.?? He fixed his gaze on Wadensj??.I. he received help from your family until he was granted a residency permit. ??The selection of a new editor-in-chief will have to be discussed and made by the board. ??O. or someone close to him. There was an envelope with photographs that had been cool at the time. They were not dramatic sums. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. The source is protected. yes.?? ??That certainly seems to be true in your case. Erlander was a short. ??What??ll we do about Sonny Nieminen??? Fransson leafed through to the section on Nieminen in the papers on her desk. Do you know where you are??? ??Hospital.

but he wasn??t. possibly for the end of this week. He told me to follow up on it.?? Erlander said. ??I??m going to need somebody on the inside I can trust. Lundin should have been ready. She is no longer part of the preliminary investigation so far as we??re concerned. Don??t use your official address. I told you that you would have to handle him like a live grenade. the strangest thing was that he detailed one of the techs to make an inventory of everything in the woodshed ?C where we found the Zalachenko guy??? ??An inventory of what in the woodshed??? Sp?ngberg wanted to know. painkillers. the incoming Prime Minister was fully occupied appointing ministers and negotiating with other conservative parties. Whoops. Figuerola and Blomkvist were waiting for him. What irritated her most was that they kept brushing off her arguments with patronizing smiles. which he at once identified as belonging to the Security Police.K. ??Zalachenko was shot dead at 1. the detectives sat in silence. He says that Salander won??t be in a condition to participate in an interview for several days yet. it was just past 2.10 a. The Ring area was almost deserted. If people in government are mixed up in this. who lived three blocks down the same street.

But we don??t think so. She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed. Inspector Holmberg returned to Stockholm at lunchtime on Sunday. of course. For him the point is to be seen to be tougher than all of us. That??s when normal rules no longer apply. Baksi had been caught in the act by Per-Erik ?str?m ?C the same man who went on to be the paedophile hunter at Save the Children ?C who in the ??80s was the research secretary at the Trades Union Federation.?? ??As I understand it. and I can also say that we had conversations with him about once a month until recently.00??? ??That??ll be fine. A theatre nurse was applying bandages to the gunshot wound on Salander??s hip. But not active. especially when he had been drinking.?? ??Tell me about our relationship to S.R. but we have no proof. These doors are so thin that the bullets would have gone clean through them if he had fired. True. Then the efficient chaos. I should have published the report the day I got it. You??ve had an operation and you??re in the intensive care unit. or various volunteer tasks for Amnesty International and the like. almost too close. But their proposal to shut down the Swedish government was not an idle threat. There are sites on the Net that you can use to send anonymous mail.

Her temperature was steady. Then you can go back to sleep.nu>. They sat down on the sofas as she stayed in the background. ??How long can the paper continue to bleed? How big a deficit can we take before we hit the limit??? Borgsj? pursed his lips. She complained of severe headaches and developed a fever that has been fluctuating up and down. A working group had been formed to explore the matter. ??Only if she loses the trial and appeals to the government can the government step in and pardon her or require the P. Trinity had an antenna constructed by Bob the Dog which had an effective range of about five hundred metres. Right now we have about thirty officers working directly on the investigation. David Rosin was a short. He??ll understand. some apples. and I??m afraid she??s going to get the same medicine when the trial begins. but they were utterly expressionless as she looked at Jonasson. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were. It had been a pretty wonderful holiday. I??m out. She punched in the code on the street door. with which the company had a contract. Niedermann is my priority at the moment.?? he said in a gloomy voice. to listen to the news.00 in the morning. ??I think I??ll doze for a while.

??I never knew Zalachenko.?? ??And how many hours a week do you do it??? ??Two hours a day. for example. took on the first patient who was wheeled in ?C an elderly man with his head bandaged. but that??s almost a month away. And yet Bj?rck was the primary source of Blomkvist??s information. Then Modig leaned forward and said in a low voice. and invited him into a living room with spartan furnishings. I don??t want to say anything more about that until I talk to my lawyer. They had expected the car to turn up in a matter of days. ??First of all. Both Holger and I have accepted your plan and are co-operating with you. they don??t have the evidence. But we can??t clear this matter up all by ourselves. thrown her on to her stomach on the bed. surveillance and so on. Just as Figuerola reached the Bishop??s Arms. seventy-eight years old. And it was now in Blomkvist??s keeping. When he got out of prison in 1984 he kept his nose clean ?C or at least he did not pull any jobs that got him arrested and convicted again. He was asleep by 11. The truth is that right now everything is a little confused.?? ??Oh. She was looking for Zalachenko. He was running out of time.

He had bought bread.?? ??I see. Fire the Swedish workers and close the factories here. ran a hand through his thick blond hair.?? ??What does Blomkvist say??? ??He concedes that he was insulting. at which time the Soviet Union was heading for collapse and Zalachenko had ceased to be a priority. In other words. but in practice he had been given a unique position with exceptional powers. ??It is. Its task was to watch over national security. ??No. Then he put on some jeans and the maroon sweatshirt that needed washing. Now. He got into his Volvo and drove towards the city but turned off to go across Stora Essingen and Gr?ndal into S?dermalm. too.?? ??I??ll get back to you. forty-three years old. the new chief of the Section.000 Swedish citizens who were held to harbour undesirable political sympathies.?? Figuerola gave him a look.?? ??Let??s see ?? it must be someone with administrative authority. He hasn??t had contact with anyone within S. so he pushed the sushi aside.00 in the evening and Giannini did not usually appear this late. The K.

Her name is Lisbeth Salander. Zalachenko said that he would mull over the matter. so he was never a major factor for security policy. If it hasn??t already happened. V. It was a more complex problem to identify a specific mobile telephone.?? the Minister of Justice said. ??Is that what awaits us??? he said. there??ll be a scandal that will affect both the conservative and social democratic parties.?? Salander said without enthusiasm. or whether this would go on being the preserve of the Immigration Division.?? ??I always dress nicely. A doctor had explained that the axe blow had crushed his cheekbone and damaged his forehead. ??That??s not what I asked. Her gaze fell on Holm.?? Wadensj?? said.I. But tell me this: is there anything at all to even suggest that Salander might be involved in some way in the murders? Could she and Niedermann have somehow committed the murders together??? ??I very much doubt it. and because she probably thought you had your hands full with the Salander story. And what does that mean??? ??The obvious explanation is that he was given a false identity. ??As Prime Minister you may not influence the judicial process in any way. Niedermann was a suspect in the murders of Dag Svensson and Mia Johansson. ??this could lead to a constitutional crisis. Finally she leaned her head back and looked up at the ceiling. The day before.

Nurse Nicander handed him a cup of tea. She remembered the terrible hatred she had felt. And she has to be charged with shooting Magge Lundin in Stallarholmen. One last job. Then she clocked out and went to the gym at St Eriksplan. and then they??d all come trooping out in silence. who only meant to saw a few planks with their Black & Deckers and in some mysterious way managed to slice right into their wrist-bones.?? ??Well. I checked out the story behind the Bellona apartment. When it was explained to F?lldin how serious this preliminary investigation was. But I need an opportunity to question the girl. In 1996 he became assistant chief of the Immigration Division and ended up in a stressful position. furthermore.000 kronor.?? He fixed his gaze on Wadensj??. It could be if someone is trying to break in or turns up in the garden or something like that. He reached out his hand and mussed her hair affectionately. Who would do it ?? you? But she has to disappear. I do what I have to do to survive. He gave her the S. to Zalachenko??s farm. or who he might go to for protection. They must have been following her. ??That was the crucial part of the evidence. and until we??re able to identify the remains.

It??s a matter of how the investigation is carried out and how the facts are presented. he graduated as an engineer and had been part of the ??great economic leap forward?? in the ??70s. And yet Bj?rck had never had anything to do with Counter-Espionage. but he??s on disability leave.?? ??And??? Figuerola said. This was where the cleaning supplies were kept. no matter how improbable it might seem. The computer started up. and called Eriksson and Cortez into his office. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her. Nor did Giannini tell him anything of what she and her client discussed. She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story. unfortunately. drank a cup of black coffee and ate a slice of wholemeal toast with cheese and a little marmalade on it. 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. On the contrary ?? if you have any instructions for me. collection. He had kept his mouth shut through the entire series of police interrogations. Anything new??? You can say that again.S. Not until Monday evening did Dr Endrin decide.?? Figuerola said.?? He flipped his mobile shut and crawled into bed. Teleborian.?? Wadensj?? said.

??No again.P.M. who only meant to saw a few planks with their Black & Deckers and in some mysterious way managed to slice right into their wrist-bones. Checking the backgrounds of Swedish citizens was one thing. but I doubt that??s who you??re working for. This Amazon reign was a gynaecocracy. but she could not understand the words. She looked up. A number of pictures were of infants. She returned moments later with a cup of coffee. or various volunteer tasks for Amnesty International and the like.?? ??Then we??ll have a light beer. Erika. the stringer in G?teborg. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something. I don??t think so. Because this had been going on for many years ?C at least since 1976. I want to talk to Erika. and dressed. After a while the P. When they had finished there was a long silence around the table. He switched on their headlights to illuminate a landing area in the field in front of the house. and she felt no desire at all to engage with it. as well as the handful of details Palmgren had been able to provide.

but he was right out of his depth when it came to planning a magazine. In the trial. Do you remember me??? She shook her head. I??m only interested in the Zalachenko club. Could I see them??? Berger set up her laptop on the kitchen table. 35-year-old Ronald Niedermann. ??Not a thing. You made it sound as if you knew what was being discussed at the Prime Minister??s secretariat. You??ve got to decide for yourself. but I assure you it??s in no way illegal.?? ??This means that if you have questions about something. He sounded like an anxious brother.?? Nystr?m said with a slight smile. I have to get him to listen to reason. She was starting to get restless and felt like an intruder. keeping her head bent so that the hand holding her telephone hid part of her face. testing his sense of balance. I think you ought to tell them right away. I??ll go over the details with you. we do have Modig and Holmberg on the scene in G?teborg. 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. she would leave hospital with a scar on her scalp. He may himself be behind half of the rumours. He was not fond of alcohol.M.

I??m putting my reputation and career on the line by calling you with this request.?? Figuerola said: ??What do we do about Blomkvist??? ??In what sense??? ??We promised to give him feedback if we uncovered anything about Clinton and von Rottinger. Zalachenko abused her mother so viciously that she spent most of her life in hospital. for the sake of fairness.?? Jonasson said. In short. but I think he went to the reception desk too. Jonasson picked up the telephone. this is a good story. Micke.?? Malm said. not really. Your role was only to do me the kindness of introducing me to one of your acquaintances. come what may.?? ??Nonsense. shut the door behind her. At the same time he??s a bastard of exceptional proportions. gained access. But apparently he had a habit of sending crazy and threatening letters to people in government. Gullberg used all his eloquence to convince the Prime Minister not to allow information about Zalachenko to pass beyond his own office ?C there was. His good leg kicked four. And two years ago she had single-handedly destroyed Wennerstr?m??s financial empire and saved Millennium.?? Holm said. There??s no smoking allowed in the hospital. But she could scarcely keep her eyes open.

and in 1999 he had registered his own company.K.?? When Salander woke up it was 2. We found a woman??s body in a second trench ?C she??s still unidentified. but this question does not. codes that she glanced at. you have to get on board with the program.?? It was fascinating that despite the collegial atmosphere they had shared for so many years at the Section. I earned it. picked up his laptop case.v ?C Saturday.M. It??s an invitation to abuse of power.?? ??Your apartment is compromised. He knows who I am. I??ve never seen him before. 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.00. If she wakes up again you can give her two mg.L. he had a rough draft of two articles totalling twenty-one pages. I was ignominiously ditched earlier today. but tell Armansky that Erika Berger called and make damn sure someone comes round in the morning. then Zalachenko.?? Holmberg said.

She did not need anyone to tell her that. makes its toilets to sell at 1700 kronor apiece??? Silence fell over the room. It was not a perfect plan.?? ??Have you an operations unit??? Wadensj?? frowned. and a third to operations. You have an infection in your body. but she was pleased with herself.. He had not been known as a political activist. When she closed the door he arduously sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. ??The book states only that the Prime Minister met with the chief of S?po along with a colleague to discuss general questions. but I have to insist that you answer the question. or what they were about. Yet Blomkvist was right: behind the conspiracy there had to be others not known to her who had contributed to the shaping of her life. There??s a darker area here. as a matter of fact.?? ??Probably. yes. ??Should we conclude that the Zalachenko club was an association formed in 1964? That would be some time before Zalachenko even came to Sweden. for God??s sake. But we still haven??t received it. and suddenly there isn??t much time left. Of all the people who touched her and poked at her. and reproduced exactly.?? This assurance was enough for Baksi.

C. County Criminal Police. She could not imagine how he could finish in time. Edklinth and Figuerola looked at him. Their burek is fantastic. 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.?? Samir came over with the menu and.U. ??I won??t under any circumstances be interviewed. For him the point is to be seen to be tougher than all of us. It had been the stupidest moment of her life and she would never again allow herself those sorts of feelings.C. Shit. ??From a medical standpoint.?? Sellberg looked rather startled. Figuerola reckoned that she was in her mid-thirties. Whether they??re right or wrong.?? she said.. and an older gentleman we didn??t recognize. ??Where is he now??? Blomkvist said as they turned on to Kungsgatan. He had made a round to check on the state of his patients. He wondered how things would unfold now with Lundin out of the way. She looked at the officers in sullen silence as they came into her room and pulled up chairs. then G?ransson??s car would have been parked at one of the ports.

?? ??That??s correct. Video cameras were still a relatively new phenomenon. She sent him the access codes for S. Now it??s all about this German. The only thing he seemed capable of grasping was that the badly damaged girl being cared for by the medics on the floor next to the kitchen bench was the triple murderer Lisbeth Salander. He booked the room for two weeks.C. ??Please hear me out. Blomkvist had given him no good reason for insisting that he patrol the neighbourhood near the Copacabana on Sunday afternoon looking for a grey Volvo with a registration beginning KAB. and there she set up her laptop and took command. forty-seven. I??m also proposing wage cuts for management. Things did not change until 1977. and spontaneously gave Berger a hug and a kiss on the cheek. ??For one thing ?? I??m very. She had spent an hour infiltrating and charting the intranet at S. Ekstr?m is the head of the preliminary investigation ???? ??But Bublanski??s leading it. ??I assume that this is bound to leak to the media. Finally he lit upon the obvious solution. but what the hell are we going to do??? ??Malin??s going to be acting editor-in-chief starting with the next issue. muggings and telephone tapping. You??ll finish off this week with your ordinary duties and report in here on Monday. or something like that. and it was as silent as the grave in the conference room. ??I??ll call her and arrange to meet.

?? ??The problem is that none of this could have happened if S?po weren??t involved somehow. and a typical libertarian when it came to freedom of the press. feels like a dying body.00.?? ??Does he have any connection to Lisbeth Salander??? ??No. you??re just about recovered. Vitavara Inc. born in 1969. heart and lungs shut down one after the other. The only glimmer of light in the darkness was that Salander had been carried to the helicopter. At 8. The roster included himself. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word.?? Figuerola said. Hmm. First. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. & E. unless she had a screwdriver and a ladder. approximately ten metres. yes. He spent three hours reading through Ekstr?m??s preliminary investigation and strategy for the trial. the stringer in G?teborg.?? he said. Then he cautiously put his left foot down on the floor.

harass or humiliate another person. I was going out with a guy this spring.?? He paused for a moment. said.

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That??s all. but the chairman of the board was intently studying Berger??s nine-point program. ??That??s about it. He doesn??t admit to a thing. I was thinking of Peter Althin or someone like that. I must have been hallucinating. and that there was good reason to offer him a false identity and anonymity. and I are tending towards the belief that Blomkvist is correct in claiming that the first three murders were committed by Niedermann. But it must have hurt like hell. ??Am I going to get mixed up in something I ought to know about??? ??You??re not going to get involved. It must be the first time a journalist has sat in on a meeting of the Security Police. turning to Blomkvist. ??Three weeks at S.?? ??I see. An awkward situation. ??Teleborian is a really. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. Monica. ??What do you want me to do??? ??Go back to your desk and start working on another story.?? Modig said. But it??s a balancing act. and he reckoned that the final book would run to 320 or 336 pages. but the crucial question was: how would security control within S.?? ??It??s the least I could do. We should cut that to five full-timers.

During the next hour. and I went to visit my client. staring in bewilderment at the Palm. He heard faint voices to the left and turned to look. For herself.P. It was glorious May 1 weather. a freelance journalist in G?teborg. but she quickly pulled herself together when she saw who it was.S. ??What happened??? he said.?? Malm waved a finger in the air. in effect) that the decision to lock you up in St Stefan??s in 1991 was a legitimate one. regarded as a rising star. and she left.?? Blomkvist burst out laughing.?? ??What??s that??? ??We are only there for clients who can pay. The evening papers and a morning paper had reported a person being badly injured in a car fire on Lundagatan on the date in question in 1991. Hmm.?? ??The culture section has three unfilled positions. To her surprise she found the visits of Dr Jonasson pleasant. ??What was that??? ??Oh. she could hardly notice any difference.?? ??O.?? Waltari said.

At Armansky??s instruction Bohman had been following the Salander investigation from the very start. And you can still spend nine hours every other day on dialysis. Are you in pain??? ??Yes. and a dozen other markers. But you were also arrested for possession of an illegal weapon. We have a number of things to discuss with you. ??Here??s the plan. direct crimes against the Swedish constitution.I.Q. I??ve been deliberately keeping quiet about my decision for weeks now. said: ??Yes. Let??s take it as a working hypothesis that Bjurman raped her and that she somehow took her revenge.?? ??And this story about Gunnar Bj?rck and S?po and the 1991 report ???? ???? is going to be handled by Faste and Ekstr?m. Everything pointed to the conclusion that Gunnar Bj?rck. what would you do??? ??I??d shut my eyes. stuffed into a laundry room. ??Probably not. Are you awake??? ??No. and telecommunications. logically organized. I can??t recall having any discussion about it at the two o??clock meeting. But now you??re afraid of telling Micke. ??How interesting. and replenished the cart with plastic bags for the wastepaper baskets.

He waited until she nodded. staring straight ahead. Malm lowered the camera.B. On her side of the wall there was presumably a similar screwed-on cover. but she sent the copy on to Bublanski. My assignment is to be your guide in this labyrinth.?? ??Social Democrat??? Gullberg said. which was described by the social-democratic media as extreme right-wing. Bublanski pursed his lips. Almost every democratic country maintains an independent constitutional court in some form. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London. I??ll handle it.m. He looked through it for a minute before he found the number. Francke??? Figuerola said.?? ??Alright ?? but we??re talking about low-wage countries. and illegal possession of a weapon. I am personally very upset over what happened to her.?? ??Listen. I can??t get a sensible answer from anyone. Do some more checks on Bellona.?? ??Well. and I??ve also been made a mentor for a couple of interns. Why? Because she had stirred up a secret that S?po was trying at any price to keep a lid on.

And so is Lottie. Since S. He glanced at the E. Some years earlier that post had been occupied by the notorious Colonel Wennerstr?m.?? ??What would it cost exactly??? ??You??d have to negotiate that with her. Over the next forty-five minutes Jonasson picked out no fewer than thirty-two tiny bone chips from round the entry wound. And at the same time.?? ??I should also say that Annika Giannini. Pred wrote. ??Wouldn??t you like to come and work for us??? ??Not on your life. We can assume they??re fairly tight-knit. He did not have anything against the existence of S?po. Then we??ll have to sign a contract. I??ve got the story. Blomkvist waved from a corner table. ??Take a break and come back around 9. Has advanced rather quickly in her career. What he was expected to confess.?? a list which towards the end of the ??60s amounted to around 300. She chose an iron that she thought had a certain heft to it and laid it within easy reach of her bed. He took a shower and changed his clothes while Waltari waited patiently in the kitchen. The Prime Minister needed something from him and presumably had no idea how much Blomkvist knew or did not know.?? Edklinth said. Blomkvist was irresponsible and kept vanishing on another of his mysterious trips.?? ??You??ve earned it.

So we??ve cut back. What have you got??? ??Three names.?? ??Nonsense.. I have a list of articles here that you. but all very correct.P. I??m sorry ?? in the rush I forgot to let you know.?? ??I can??t. shaking his head. ??I don??t understand.?? ??From S?po??? ??Yes.?? Blomkvist looked around the room. ??I suggest you consider very carefully what we??ve talked about today. The second part has to be handled from here. hoping to find a personal topic he could discuss with her.?? ??So what next??? ??M?rtensson. He had kept working on the articles that were to go into the summer issue. on the contrary and to put it mildly. was supposed to have access to everything. which you call the Zalachenko club.?? Gullberg nodded. And her stomach. You??ve read Bj?rck??s report. He??s never referred to in any newspaper or trade journal.

??I??ll make sure you get some painkillers in a minute. ??I know.15. Henry ???? ??Yes??? ??I don??t need them until tomorrow. and what we believe to have happened.?? They walked together through Kronoberg park towards Fridhemsplan. Then she considered whether she wanted Niedermann caught or not. a white top.?? Blomkvist thanked him and took a taxi to City Hotel on Lorensbergsgatan. Edklinth had a sense that cogs were whirring at high speed behind the P.?? ??That??s nice to hear. as well as for the murders of Svensson and Johansson. If Salander talked. or a fourteen-year-old boy whose left lung had been pierced by a screwdriver.?? ??Yes.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight. I??ll review your situation with my colleagues at Milton. This he had not for a moment expected. She could see the building on the other side of the car park. ??Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head and was very seriously injured. ??But I haven??t heard any complaints about him in the last ?? well. And yet Bj?rck had never had anything to do with Counter-Espionage. He smiled. she risked being seen by the woman. I??m inviting the media to a press conference.

so to speak. and they planned to do something as old-fashioned as have a bite to eat and go to the movies.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??Activity of this kind is most definitely not sanctioned by the government. I??m here to revamp this paper. advertising. She had been told not to feel obliged to entertain her ??guest. had spent twelve years in the glass cage. and that impression was magnified by the fact that she was standing two steps above him.?? Gullberg said then with such coldness in his voice that Zalachenko froze. ??They??ve been making toilets there for at least ten years. came out to look at the damage. I??m putting my reputation and career on the line by calling you with this request. must have been persuasive. Then she considered whether she wanted Niedermann caught or not. I want to talk to Erika. She did notice improvements. Who was the other??? ??F?lldin met him only on that one occasion and couldn??t remember his name. if this had been during the communist days???? ??That??s an illusion.V. Behind this conclusion lay no exaggerated trust in government. then they won??t want to be shareholders any longer. It did not work. thirty-five. ??It hurt.

are refusing to say anything ?C they??re claiming they??ve never heard of Niedermann. said. The meeting did not end until 7.?? Ghidi poured Turkish coffee. She looked up.?? ??Hmm. but this whole story has so many different threads and connections ?? It seems to me that it would be wise to get Bublanski and Modig away from Salander. ??Good. He explained step by step how she had been targeted by a gang of Cold-Warmongers at S. She might develop epilepsy.?? He grabbed his laptop case and took the stairs instead of waiting for the lift. they ask 10?C 12. ??I??ll find out if he has time. I??m going for a walk. While he waited for the helicopter. The text was written in pencil. and she has big problems and is under stress.P. sent on May 15. except for a few details. They exchanged only silent glances in the lift. he might have only himself to rely on. And the reality is that over the past fifteen years. It was inconvenient because the police intranet was at headquarters. ??Not a word about the Zalachenko affair.

?? Salander studied her for a long moment. ??Good. If I thought that. He held it up to the light for a few seconds and saw that it appeared intact; then he dropped it into a bowl. There were psychopaths and conspiracy theorists. Jonas and Teleborian had an unhealthy interest in seeing that Salander did not thrive.I. He appeared confused.S. He was angry. ??It??s on the table in front of me. The pain was appalling. blond man with a crewcut who wore a black leather jacket. ??This is a complete mess. As soon as he changed the subject.?? the Minister of Justice said. He has a slipped disc. orange marmalade and a sliced avocado. patients and visitors. which Armansky hesitantly put on. ??There are several parts to this problem.I. He asked her what her business was. It was a mess. Keep in mind that he shot someone dead.

Then they go back to their regular jobs in S. I explained that I wanted information in advance on all proposed articles. It was as though someone was dragging something along the corridor.A. ??Dr Endrin is your doctor.?? ??How much does the P. The report was then given to the district court. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep. We need to meet. Dinner??? ??I don??t have time today. We??ll try to isolate them in a lengthy investigation. ??The Zalachenko club spies on me.?? ??Probably.?? ??The most serious problem is going to be the third part. As soon as you see him approach a car.K. But she could not remember what it was. She chose an iron that she thought had a certain heft to it and laid it within easy reach of her bed. Time is running out. Assistant Chief Fredrik Clinton. weapons and fraud units of the state police. wanted for the murder of a policeman. She heard footsteps outside the door and saw a nurse open it to admit a woman wearing black trousers.?? Blomkvist said and sat up straight in his chair. He opened the entrance door using the code and took the stairs to the top-floor apartment.

?? * Richard Ekstr?m. She took another pace forward.?? Blomkvist??s heart began to pound.. when she was sent to the psychiatric hospital. so I??ll stay out of it. Almost every democratic country maintains an independent constitutional court in some form. The image was pornographic: a naked woman with exceptionally large breasts. said. A pistol would compensate for her physique. ??Room twelve.??s newsroom and then logged off from I. We haven??t seen each other in ages. He got into his Volvo and drove towards the city but turned off to go across Stora Essingen and Gr?ndal into S?dermalm. It was not unusual for other doctors to contact him with advice or opinions on treatment.?? The Prime Minister glanced at Edklinth. Holm has a choice: either he can do things my way. Finally Prosecutor Ekstr?m. back to the case. It begins with the murders of Dag and Mia. Sandberg and Nystr?m will do the legwork. He had slept most of the day and then drove back to the hospital at around 7. But I do know that no psychiatric evaluations have been done.M.?? she said.

Then he vanishes. ??Borgsj? is coming in this afternoon and wants a meeting with you. but he??s afraid to make operational decisions.?? The P. I propose cutting all management salaries by half.?? ??And how are we supposed to give her the proper care here if we can??t have access to her records? The medical responsibility for her right now is ours.v ?C Saturday. Plus.?? ??Gunnar Bj?rck. Then she was allowed to go back to sleep. and I??ve checked out this company. the previous day. But if we aren??t careful I could end up in one hell of a conflict with your colleagues. Our former I. After the tumult of Zalachenko??s murder and Gullberg??s attempted suicide. But don??t forget that this was during the period when the Soviet Union was collapsing and the K. He packed his bag and went down to the front desk. until the whole gang ended up in the slammer for fraud. But all the signs indicate that you made it through fine. 1988); S?po Chief 1962?C1970 by P. By the early ??80s Zalachenko had calmed down and begun to adapt. That would mean savings of almost 21 million kronor and the chance to beef up S. Salander is a devil with computers. That should be enough for a cheap pair of jeans and a T-shirt at the Salvation Army store.?? Bublanski said.

I. He worked as a newspaper boy. ??Now. She felt as if she had been living on the X2000 for a month.v Figuerola got up at 5. Assistant Chief Fredrik Clinton. He raised the pistol and fired at a picture hanging on the wall at the end of the corridor. Bj?rck had surreptitiously engaged Teleborian as an outside consultant to the Section. and I can also say that we had conversations with him about once a month until recently. he sat down and wrote to Janeryd. ??Blomkvist and Millennium are going to publish it. had acquiesced. Millennium??s editor-in-chief. It was several years since he had slept through a whole night. and was already on his way to a higher position within the police hierarchy. For the construction industry it??s the opposite. before then. Anybody who could keep up surveillance inside the bustling N. he had become the father of Camilla and Lisbeth Salander. She switched to the other channel. and Blomkvist heard the inspector report over his radio that Salander had evidently attempted to kill yet another person. I mean. and Zalachenko had given his promise. and undressed. as you are all aware.

Consequently. He did not want to use his own telephone.U. She stared in frustration at the blinking screen. Yes ?? we can prove that there is a conspiracy.?? Jonasson said. If it were just a matter of anonymous hate mail we would make a decreased threat assessment.?? ??I won??t have time to write all the missing pieces myself. because the vast majority of injured people had an obvious and specific problem. she consistently refused to participate in conversations with Dr L?derman.?? ??My priority is that Salander should be acquitted and declared competent.?? He wrote an email address on a page torn from his notebook.?? ??But I probably won??t be at S. He??s actually in worse shape than you are. and in his opinion no government had been less prepared to meet the new political opportunities emerging in the East. not in the least.B. It would have been a fine ending to her years at Millennium.?? Berger said. Now thirty-two years old. She opened her laptop and summarized the situation in an email to Armansky. She went into the room and closed the door. Alexander. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net. Blomkvist spent half an hour explaining step by step how he had pieced together the story of Zalachenko.

??Now we know. He turned on his mobile and saw that the battery was low. So we are asking for your help. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street.?? ??And the chief has since died. but we still don??t have a picture of him.?? He looked at her. At 2. of course. Niedermann got away. Everything she had written was true. the woman who had been shot.?? Gullberg ignored the insinuation.?? ??Alright. including the fact that Salander??s father. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London. as far as I can see. gathering up Blomkvist??s documentation. but you??ve given your word not to take any initiatives that could interfere with the investigation. or who he might go to for protection.?? ??The problem is that none of this could have happened if S?po weren??t involved somehow.?? ??Why did S. since they were the closest things to God??s representatives here on earth.?? The officers nodded. ??A scandal to bring down the government??? ??The survival of the government isn??t my concern.

??Assault with a deadly weapon. but he was in no position to pick and choose among defecting G. one. not vice versa??? ??Exactly. We have been caught napping. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88. By your reasoning. I assume it was Salander who nailed him. and what we believe to have happened. What he was expected to confess. He visited her room. ??Then I??ll have to start by thanking you for coming to me with this matter as soon as you did.?? the P. But if she was walking.?? ??Please tell me how I??m doing. but we think you have a good chance of making a full recovery.P. the assistant editor. as far as we can tell. A mood of acute panic. Who on earth do you think can resist that??? ??You??re very kind. ??And how would you rate her mental state??? ??Withdrawn. Dakota wrote. He had no black marks in police records. Blomkvist had blown 150.

He had heart and artery problems. and by 6. shit. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net. The second was an injury to the brain.P. It was.?? ??You mean the Security Police. Criticism of the Section had increased during the first half of the seventies. Salander had no idea who the citizens of Hacker Republic were.?? ??Activity of this kind is most definitely not sanctioned by the government.D. No doubt someone made a blunder when the cover story was devised. Generally there aren??t any decisions that are 100 per cent right or wrong. That Millennium had leaked the story to her in advance was nothing but a courtesy ?C they wanted to reduce the damage to her personally. She had paid scant attention to his reports. They sat down on the sofas as she stayed in the background. and had more knowledge and skills. If this was the case. The articles they turn out are terrible. There??s a new realpolitik in Europe since the Soviet Union collapsed. Pippi and the password is p9i2p7p7i. The tone she used with him was polite. ??I heard you took off your neck brace last night.?? ??Two weeks should be sufficient.

Something had come up and she would be in a little later than usual. ??Her father??s daughter. even if it happened many years ago. She had humiliated him. Her hands are tied. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her. Same registration. but the news sort of got drowned out by all the turmoil surrounding Dag and Mia. despite the fact that I work here. Since R. By the early ??80s Zalachenko had calmed down and begun to adapt. In other words. I gave her Dexofen.?? Salander said. ??Right. ??Tell me what you know about Salander.I. the car was in the visitors?? car park. ??Secondly. n??e Sj?lander.?? ??Holm has devoted his life to S.?? ??We??ll install the alarm this afternoon. I can??t do that if I have to cut staff.?? ??The healing process is still going on. In 1969.

WHORE! THE SOONER YOU DISAPPEAR THE BETTER. And while I??m on this topic ?? I??ll be writing editorials from time to time. We expected her to be away for much longer. ??My name is Karl Axel Bodin.?? Blomkvist said to Edklinth with a smile. it had taken over half an hour for the Puma from the helicopter unit in S?ve to arrive at the farmhouse. As he ran he called Cortez on his T10.T. I have the keys to your apartment and a passport in name of Nesser. That was a crime. He ignored the system files. He lives out in Sm?dalar?.?? Bublanski said. were of the kind that were never going to be proven. I was told to file a report at the local station. You don??t need any more weeks of rehab.?? ??Understood. He called it ??the last line of defence??.S. He was still amazed that it had not been confiscated when Paulsson frisked him. So. I was supposed to take over from him in two months. I owe you one. Two of the people living in the building have police records. My name is Jerker Holmberg.

They were officers used to investigating real crimes. I have a source who provides me with some info.50. this is frustrating. 1989); An Assignment by Carl Lidbom (Wahlstr?m & Widstrand. He had kept working on the articles that were to go into the summer issue. Personal Protection. He filled half the page before he stopped and tore the sheet off the pad. Ekstr?m wanted an extensive psychiatric examination and had sent a lot of messages with the object of getting her transferred to Kronoberg prison as a matter of urgency.?? ??Why the hurry??? ??Because as soon as you come back I need you to make love to me.T.?? Gullberg said. She studied the pencil.G. was possibly that in his day there was nobody who would have come up with the wild idea of ordering raw fish. and during that time the team had weathered some phenomenal storms.. ??I was the one who woke you after surgery. and at the same time he offered inducements. she continued down the hill and turned right at the corner of Pryssgr?nd. The head of Secretariat sat on the news for several days before he explained to Gullberg that the defection was so big that the chief of S. there??s going to be a rack of other charges. Where did he get the weapon??? ??Blomkvist won??t discuss it without his lawyer being there. but it came in waves instead of being constant. and a taxi driver.

If this gets out. are aware of the contents. Blomkvist spent the night at Salander??s apartment on Fiskargatan. ??We??re the ones nobody will ever thank. Seven letters had been sent to Vitavara Inc.M. It can only be someone at S. One of the big costs is building materials. First of all. Back in Sweden. to assume control of the Zalachenko affair. To cancel it you??ll have to give a password that will be registered with us. Five minutes later she propped herself up on her right elbow. True. ??I??m going to???? ??You??re not going to do anything at all.?? ??I know.I. But the thing is.?? ??Today??s task is to write an editorial on the demonstrations. and smelled coffee from the kitchen where his wife was already about her morning chores. In its place hung a rope from a hook. The pathologist was unable to supply the exact time of death. and then Niedermann. ??But it doesn??t add up. Ricky.

Among them. She was a little side project that Lundin was messing around with ?? again commissioned by that bloody Niedermann. or whether she was off her rocker or why the police kept her locked up. He did his military service first as an officer cadet and was then accepted for officer training.?? ??That??s what it was always about. ??O. I take it that you will plead self-defence??? ??Maybe. although she did think that sex was an underrated therapy for just about all ailments. Gunnar Bj?rck.P. but his sick leave was extended and now it??s a question of waiting for an operation. She had been with Borgsj? for forty-five minutes without mentioning one syllable about Vitavara. The police had locked her in her hospital room. Jonas heading north. A speech bubble materialized with the text [WHO GOES THERE?]. I know.?? ??Giannini works in women??s rights. and now his hand rested on the trousers that he had dropped on the floor next to the bench. and I won??t discuss my patient. and most of the decisions were already made by the time she arrived. ??As you no doubt know. but I have a big problem. She showered. it??s you I will be working for. but we haven??t fixed on a distribution date yet.

but I came up in the lift with him a few minutes before it all happened. Investigate who??s spreading the story. She could not see the blue overalls. He described his assistant Niedermann. ??Hello there. He did not think that Advokat Thomasson??s visit earlier in the day had been particularly reassuring. ??There??s one thing I??m curious about ?? were you really going to betray us after all we??ve done for you??? ??What do you think??? ??It depends how crazy you are. The pain was appalling. Berger thought for while before she replied. I don??t like your tone of voice. The autopsy revealed that she died as a result of a staggeringly vicious assault. that the discrepancy arises. close to twelve thousand fulltime agents.?? said Holmberg. stood up. born in 1969. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer. He had all the theoretical knowledge required to make an incursion into the brain. Lars Faulsson. Shall I show you where to find Editor-in-Chief Morander? I should say ??outgoing editor-in-chief????? ??Thank you.??d him about three hours ago. I mean Alexander Zalachenko. Do you want to (a) Browse the Forum (b) Send a Message (c) Search the Archive (d) Talk (e) Get Laid?] She clicked on [(d) Talk] and then went to the menu selection [Who??s online?] and got a list with the names Andy. whom they believed to be Jonas. It was just our bad luck that he happened to be on rotation.

He opened his iBook again and read through his text. You came here in the nick of time. At the last moment she changed her mind. But that lifeline could also be a trap.?? * The distance by land from London to Stockholm is roughly 1900 kilometres.?? ??Yes.?? ??Which makes it even stranger that he hasn??t been found. and she knew it inside out. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London. We have a younger talent who does some field work. he knew that this was the room I was in. I??m not a criminal defence lawyer. wrapped her arms around her client and lifted her up. and a dark jacket. Blomkvist concluded that he was under surveillance. The two versions do not agree. It was blocked.10. capitalism is what matters here. ??Careful. she undressed and climbed into bed. The core of the legislation has it that no person has the right to harass or humiliate another person. I was going out with a guy this spring.?? He paused for a moment. said.

Sig Sauer that had been dismantled and was being oiled on the kitchen table.

and it should have been found by now
and it should have been found by now.?? She lay quiet for a moment.?? ??He isn??t a bad person. who is considered the queen of investigative journalism. ??What would you like to know??? Bublanski said at last. and in 1999 he had registered his own company. and he paid attention because those were the initials of Zalachenko??s holding company. Publication would be a serious blow to Borgsj?. An injured man and a younger woman.?? Blomkvist nodded. I just have to pick up a few things from my office.??s C. and we??re in the middle of an investigation in which I??m involved ???? ??You mean it was unprofessional of me. The departing editor-in-chief. you do what you do because you??re evil and rotten. He had sent for the police and the Rescue Service. and Edklinth had examined the reports in the archive. Fermat??s theorem no longer fascinated her.se>: Darling Eva. to change the time of a meeting or something like that??? ??I had a number to call. He pulled out a Palm Tungsten T3.?? ??So Bublanski is leading the investigation. He sent over a U.

She was once more without a weapon.M. one.M. ??Right. Salander was not sure.?? ??That sounds fishy.?? ??You??ve been pretty busy these last few months. So she went to the garage and spent several minutes looking for her golf bag.?? ??Not because of me. and the spy??s background indicated that he might be inclined to suicide in the event that his actions were exposed. He put on his sports jacket and went downstairs. Danielsson. but I??ve been up to my eyes in A. It begins with the murders of Dag and Mia. I am going to propose a co-operation. And we would very much like to know what strategy they??re planning.??s administration. eleven days after the meeting with the Prime Minister. and they know that sooner or later I??m going to publish it. She walked slowly past the entrances to the buildings. no??? ??I??ll pay your fee myself. but his mind was working on a completely different level as he reconstructed the key points.

??This is what I want you to do.?? ??Hmm.?? Zalachenko felt elated and would have burst out laughing had he not been so trussed up. I can make another copy???? He broke off as he felt the hair rise on the back of his neck. Gullberg knew the most minute character traits. angular face about a foot from hers. If it hasn??t already happened.?? ??I know. Over the years Edklinth had been an impassioned advocate of the establishment of a constitutional court. and the name Zalachenko was not mentioned. We??ll be going in as soon as it can be done.?? she said.10 a.?? Three inspectors gave Holmberg an astonished look.?? Nystr?m said. Then she peeled an orange and sucked each segment to extinction. Inconceivable. even if she had no say over the magazine??s contents. The first had come from her own newsroom.?? Wadensj?? said. S. That was a shattering misfortune. because pain flew through her left shoulder.

M. You??ll have to prepare him for the fact that probably I won??t be in a position to make a decision in the coming week. where he turned up the Klaraberg viaduct and across Vasagatan. And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in. There was only a jpeg that she opened in Photoshop. so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. ??Her father??s daughter. When he was gone she stared at the ceiling.K. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann.?? Edklinth sighed. It took him forty-five seconds. I don??t intend to interrogate them. A man with a moustache. It??s up to you. but I doubt that??s who you??re working for.?? ??Extraordinary.Thursday.?? ??Some girl. It was a gigantic step up from Millennium with a staff of five to a daily newspaper with eighty reporters and another ninety people in administration. now retrained as a locksmith. Three were messages to call Berger. made a simple dinner.

He would hate to be dragged into any sort of scandal.V.G. Then he sat on the edge of the bed and untied the strings of her nightshirt. Why is that??? Salander??s eyes darkened.?? ??So I do need to visit her to do a first-hand evaluation of her condition. cares about it. Then their colleague Dag Svensson was murdered. ??about a missing person in Alings?s.?? ??That??s what it was always about.?? ??His own shop??? ??He became a consultant in security for industry. He had nothing against women in veils. Henry.?? ??She is extremely manipulative.U. ??Pnkllrs.?? ??I know.?? ??You want me to spy on a prosecutor who happens to be my superior??? Figuerola raised her eyebrows.?? ??Therefore an intruder would have a good chance of approaching your house without being observed. getting to his feet. in short. He didn??t go into any detail. If you admitted that you put golf clubs around the place with the intent of arming yourself.

The P.?? ??Talk to Erika and ask her for a copy. Just tell us. There was no denying the disaster that had occurred. and ordered a shish kebab with salad. Seven individuals who over the coming years would constitute a special Section within the Section. the prosecutor himself is the primary source of leaks to the reporters who keep writing all the shit about Lisbeth. What??s on your mind??? he said at last. They stopped at the same place in Kronoberg park as the day before. But I??m extremely worried about her mental state. He lit a cigarette. but they never argued either. Who did you hand everything over to??? ??How do you mean??? ??When F?lldin??s term came to an end. Thank you.?? ??Andersson is a tough customer.. Torsten Edklinth.?? ??O.?? ??So where do the toilets come into the picture??? Malm said. We??ve just fine-tuned it. ??Assault with a deadly weapon. But we can??t clear this matter up all by ourselves. What??s happened to him since I retired??? ??Bj?rck is probably one of the very few internal colleagues who left the Section and went back to external operations.

but got no answer. If you don??t run every day. He liked being a taxi driver except for two things. She sat so that the light from the window fell on her back. The question was: what was he going to do in the future? In August he learned that his two brothers had been arrested. You??ll discover positive things and negative things. He looked startled. First of all. She stared at the screen for fifteen minutes without seeing the words. I??m inviting the media to a press conference.?? ??Same difference. he would be steadily annihilated. and a dark jacket. ??No. Which was also routine. So I want to know what you think of him. But every time she had decided to sleep at Blomkvist??s. When Linder answered the telephone. Not once had he seen its driver.K. He looked through the crack in the doorway at Adamsson. and the fact that the girl was shot three times. she now has a lawyer named Annika Giannini.

B.P. and the spy??s background indicated that he might be inclined to suicide in the event that his actions were exposed. Forensics have it.?? ??Something along those lines. by a single blow to the neck.?? he said with real sorrow in his voice. you should set off the alarm. ??Oops.?? ??There are holes in my story. That leaves the Zalachenko book. He remembered him as thin with a narrow moustache. Blomkvist calls them ??the Zalachenko club??. Then he stood and kissed her on the cheek.?? Erlander said.B. The Prosecutor General usually replied that the principle of democracy was so important that it was only in an extreme emergency that he should step in and bring a charge. So they faked a diagnosis to make sure that Lisbeth was committed. ??Mumbo jumbo. Full stop. Figuerola stared at her receiver for two minutes. Teleborian had done a strikingly good analysis.?? she said.

this is a matter for the G?teborg police. The day before. I??d have a heart attack on Norr M?larstrand. I??ve studied law and political science while I??ve worked for the police. The result was that a fabulous opportunity to plant long-term informants in Moscow had been lost. Blomkvist noticed that the chief of the Constitutional Protection Unit hesitated for only a second before he got up and brought the thermos over to the conference table.?? ??Are you sure??? She nodded.?? Malm sat motionless for a few seconds. On the way he passed Zalachenko??s door. but now they??re working for us. It??s better that we stay on good terms with him. The tone of his muscles testified to the fact that he spent a number of hours each week at the gym.M. But it??s a balancing act.I.?? Berger put her hand over the mouthpiece.?? ??If he took the morning ferry. From a practical point of view she could see why her lawyer kept going on and on about details from her past.?? ??Indeed??? ??I feel a great responsibility towards her still. taking a folder from his briefcase. Whatever it was. I??m here to deliver it. It meant that the creation of the Section appeared to be just another routine matter.

But there are three problems.?? ??I don??t think???? ??It??s up to you.?? Cortez said. and Edklinth did not welcome the necessity to get mixed up in it. where I live. My father was a psychopath. You were the person nearest to him in the corridor. For the life of him Gullberg could never imagine why his former boss P. and Bublanski was feeling an intense desire to reach out and grab the copy of The Law of the Swedish Kingdom that lay on the edge of Ekstr?m??s desk and ram it into the prosecutor??s face. One last operation. especially when he had been drinking. She instantly got a pop-up dialog box that asked for her I. Dinner??? ??I don??t have time today. He has a slipped disc.?? ??How do you mean??? ??First we have to ask the question: how could this have been possible? Who is responsible? How did such a conspiracy develop within the framework of an established police organization? I myself work for S. We??re not going to be sure how Lundin came to get himself shot until one or other of the parties involved starts talking. Don??t ever forget that.?? ??I won??t comment on that. ??Can you hear me. even less with his daughter.?? ??But that??s nothing new. He pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck.00 in the evening.

long before I went home at 6. Your job is to ascertain the truth and bring the guilty parties to court.?? he said. vi Berger??s mobile was ringing. Zalachenko himself would have to spend the rest of his life in prison. He issued a directive putting S?po in sole charge of the defector. goes into Blomkvist??s building with an ex-safebreaker.?? ??And did they bother to come out here??? ??Not really. but they were constantly being interrupted by Baksi??s mobile. There were 223 employees. If you say yes. We can assume that another two police officers ??.. But you have to work harder on the exercises. but he did not want to seem very unclever by asking questions. Once he had understood how the telephone network functioned and realized how hopelessly antiquated it was. ??What the hell is this. I beg you not to reject me.?? It was Saturday morning and Blomkvist assumed that the Millennium offices would be empty. She looked at the time of the message. after all.?? she said in a cheerful voice.R.

?? Gullberg said. Teleborian to the south. She turned on her mobile to check for messages. and managed to get past the nurses by showing an I. Criminal Inspector. her father.?? Ellis gave a dismissive wave. and a murderer. Then he drove down to the Continental. but he did not know her well. Nystr?m saw that Ekstr?m had swallowed the bait.?? ??I just want to make sure that you don??t have one lingering grain of a suspicion that I had anything to do with these emails.M. We live in a democracy and naturally we cannot influence what is written in the press. Policemen possibly excepted.?? Berger said in a dry voice. And the likelihood of my getting one in this people??s republic is pretty slim. mug. She said a stalker would never have written the email to the girl on the culture desk. Frustration was gnawing at him. She had no intention of doing that.?? ??Thomas Paulsson happened at Gosseberga.?? ??That??s correct.

not as a doctor. For a long moment they stood looking at each other. He looked around. You could take it for granted that the Security Police invariably made fools of themselves. but got no answer. It was too late to bother going for an evening walk.?? Silence. The man from N. ??Hello. After lunch she would not. A speech bubble materialized with the text [WHO GOES THERE?]. Can I buy you a cup of coffee??? ??Tell me what it??s about. Magnus.?? ??O. She clicked hesitantly on Answer. What??s happened to him since I retired??? ??Bj?rck is probably one of the very few internal colleagues who left the Section and went back to external operations. If it were a fake. but he bent down and kissed her on the cheek. Take a taxi. The tone of his muscles testified to the fact that he spent a number of hours each week at the gym. She heard footsteps outside the door and saw a nurse open it to admit a woman wearing black trousers. He would have to cancel the 10. We chatted for a couple of minutes.

The Russian defector who came to Sweden in 1976.?? Jonasson looked suspiciously at the Palm. They didn??t find anything. So good that I can read and copy what??s on Ekstr?m??s machine.?? ??Three. ??Hello.?? ??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. dealer. The secret we both protected during my administration is now the subject of some very serious questions. But you know that already. Giannini hesitated a moment. The closest car will come from Adam Security in Fisks?tra. Greger. puzzled. he flipped open his mobile and saw that he had twenty unread messages. He spoke as if thinking out loud. Of course I haven??t done a psychiatric evaluation of her. Svavelsj? M. but a great many institutions and phenomena also fell within the bailiwick of the division.?? ??Mikael ?? I don??t think you really appreciate what this involves. She??s considering taking on Salander as a client.?? ??What sort of strategy had you in mind??? ??Herr Zalachenko ?? I??m afraid that a process has been set in motion in which the deleterious effects are hard to foresee. She poured black coffee into a paper cup and ate a lettuce and cheese baguette.

They followed the red Audi via Hamngatan to Strandv?gen and then straight up to Artillerigatan. and who are you??? ??My name is Blomkvist.?? ??And you??re saying that it??s an invention. of that she was perfectly aware. the police. and one was from the Violent Crimes Division. At the same time he??s a bastard of exceptional proportions. His parents lived in ?rebro and they were his sole heirs.?? Blomkvist said and sat up straight in his chair.P. He watched the flow of people on G?tgatan. and the crime scene investigation proceeded as best it could under the circumstances.?? said the detective responsible for Stallarholmen on behalf of the S?dert?lje police. It was a slow process. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty. How do you like being editor-inchief??? ??It??s not exactly Millennium. ??Anything new??? ??Nothing special. It was too early to go to bed.?? ??I??m not interested in military secrets. and that impression was magnified by the fact that she was standing two steps above him. ??I don??t know what the restaurants are like in S?der.?? ??What sort of strategy had you in mind??? ??Herr Zalachenko ?? I??m afraid that a process has been set in motion in which the deleterious effects are hard to foresee. ??It might be as early as this weekend.

??A woman??s gotta do what a woman??s gotta do and all that crap. hypothetically. ??You want my co-operation. Everyone has secrets.?? ??The trial has been set for July. There he would spend almost two years. Espionage in Sweden by Mikael Rosquist (Tempus. Clinton had succeeded Gullberg and was the chief of the Section until 2002. On three occasions Zalachenko was arrested by the Swedish police for drunkenness and twice more in connection with fights in bars. with the result that Ghidi was granted both a residency permit and a work visa in the kingdom of Sweden.??s now not-so-secret mistress and pictures from a party in Hollywood in which he could be seen snorting cocaine. Then her daughter was locked up in a mental hospital on the basis of a fabricated diagnosis.?? Edklinth exhaled a little. More??? ??We only I. Whore. that is. Frank. First he called Cortez who was in a caf?? in Vasastad and had a few details to discuss. He put these swiftly into a side pocket of his laptop case. He says that Salander won??t be in a condition to participate in an interview for several days yet. She did not say a word. had butterflies in his stomach as he asked his team leader Inspector Bublanski to take a seat opposite him. not vice versa??? ??Exactly.

??O. or that the interview would be focused on Magge Lundin and Stallarholmen. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer.S. ??This is an untraceable hotmail address. F?lldin had in practice demonstrated that he had been informed. ??My role is to expose shit like the Zalachenko club. a small group of dormant Cold-Warmongers who hide out in some dark corridor at S?po. But it??s a shame von Rottinger isn??t still with us. His larynx was rammed deep into his throat. He was dead tired but running on adrenaline. defeating a number of male armies along the way. ??When the city edition of the paper landed in my letterbox this morning we had a three-column story about Salander and the developments in the Stallarholmen incident in our best news spot. I think we all assumed she was dead.I. This bothered her. and he was more or less forced to resign at the age of fifty or fifty-five. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann.?? said Holmberg. Edklinth thought him taciturn. He??s the one I told you about. and Lisbeth Salander was unlucky enough to have him as her father. You??ve told me.

and we??ve had an A.Friday. or whatever he was. but I came up in the lift with him a few minutes before it all happened. Believe me ?C it??s going to cause uproar. You??re all members. My guess is that several employees of the Section would go to prison.000 kronor in Germany. ??Thanks. ??Yes. of course I??ll come with you. started up the I.S.?? he said. If a colonel on the defence staff could work for the Russians ?C he was also the government??s adviser on matters involving nuclear weapons and security policy ?C it followed that the Russians might have an equally senior agent within the Security Police. She was very badly wounded. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her. She was on the telephone and writing furiously on a yellow Post-it. Probably thanks to Kalle Bastard Blomkvist. 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. Zalachenko admits that it??s his.?? ??I see ???? ??The problem is that a number of sentences were altered in a very subtle way. and the head of Secretariat.

He ignored the system files. a pervert. he took a zigzag route through the narrow streets of the old city until he reached the right address and knocked at the door of Black/White Publishing. One last operation. He nodded.?? ??I gather that S. the loose cannon who quarrelled with P. We deal more with computer hacking and electronic surveillance and such like. the report would be printed out and scrutinized. while the Security Police took care of the criminal investigation and paid the bill.?? Ekstr?m flinched at the mention of the name Blomkvist.?? Figuerola said. How had Blomkvist been able to persuade Bj?rck to reveal such explosive material? And to a journalist at that.B. I don??t have time to give special treatment to specific articles. that??s gratitude for you. that is. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths. but she noticed that he was no longer putting much effort into it. She had several run-ins with people from the social welfare agency. He also recommends that Salander should be offered the best conceivable psychiatric care. And she liked giving in to threats even less. He served in G?teborg before he moved to Trollh?ttan.

have you ever wondered if the two of us aren??t completely nuts??? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s true for me. and at the offices. On her side of the wall there was presumably a similar screwed-on cover. even if it happened many years ago. Payment to an Idris Ghidi went into the budget under fees to sources who could not be named. then with me. right above a stool that was usually in the kitchen. ??Toilets. He was one metre eighty-four tall and weighed sixty-eight kilos. I just need to know if he has a meeting with anybody right now. The core of the legislation has it that no person has the right to harass or humiliate another person. Zalachenko??s activities since then have nothing whatsoever to do with national security. She looked about her in astonishment. Saturday. whatever it may be. since experience from far too many countries has shown that a political police department could easily transform itself into the principal threat to democracy. it was no longer possible to monitor his mobile. erupted. ??Exactly. to the local leader of the Ba??ath Party. ??Could you tell Malin that I??ll be back in two hours??? ??What??s going on??? ??I think I??ve got a lead on a story. nothing??s happened. And then she saw a light through the trees and stopped.

we are not in agreement. as you can appreciate.?? ??I feel extremely self-conscious. But you know that already.?? He greeted Edklinth without shaking hands and said hello to two colleagues who were apparently part of his team. A really good story. he saw that he had forty-two messages and texts.?? ??Does anyone have any information on Lisbeth Salander??s condition??? Blomkvist said.R.?? ??Uh ?? there must be some sort of misunderstanding. had stood his ground ?C it was constitutionally indefensible not to inform the Prime Minister. forty-three years old. The car was still there. ??Zalachenko??s daughter is supposed to have given him that??? ??It??s hard to find another explanation. memorized. Despite the fact that she kept urging her client to answer questions from the police. Otherwise. I have consulted the head of the I.?? she said. she did not want to go to hospital. Often she did not reply at all. She gave him a quick look and turned on to Grev Turegatan. Even if you meet us in the driveway and say it was a mistake.

He also recommends that Salander should be offered the best conceivable psychiatric care. You must understand how improbably complicated this story has become.?? ??That??s pretty vague.?? ??Try it.?? Blomkvist could feel the blood rush to his head. The men who conspired against Salander ?C he thought of them as the Zalachenko club ?C were inside the Security Police.C. talk to the press??? Wadensj?? said. had imported goods from a company on the United Nations blacklist of companies using child labour ?C and in this case slave labour too. The only thing he seemed capable of grasping was that the badly damaged girl being cared for by the medics on the floor next to the kitchen bench was the triple murderer Lisbeth Salander. the lawyer Annika Giannini.?? Armansky said.?? ??I gather you??re still busy with excavations in Nykvarn. That is worrisome. It??s a matter of how the investigation is carried out and how the facts are presented. and in this case it??s regrettable since it shouldn??t be necessary. They nodded to each other. He took him out to Viktor??s. and one from Berger. ??What day is it today??? she said. Her eyes lit upon an air vent just below the ceiling. or hostile??? ??No.I.

But would you be willing.K. Formally. But there was as yet no sign of it.?? Salander??s heart sank. You could have switched places at any time. ??What happened??? he said. ??May I come in??? Salander studied her without expression. one in Stockholm. ??O. ??O.?? Eriksson smiled at him sadly.??s department of Counter-Espionage in a quite different case. It was his last editorial and it would be a crying shame not to print it. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others.?? Three inspectors gave Holmberg an astonished look. ??What did you say??? ??You don??t need to take a shower.S. ??You know who I am ?C so you don??t have to be afraid of me. ??Very good. Salander stared for a long time at the locked door.?? and they all seemed to come from sources in the media. A Sig Sauer that had been dismantled and was being oiled on the kitchen table.