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.