of Justice said. as you know. He even managed ?C for a short time ?C to take command of a nuclear submarine on patrol in the North Sea.

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On Sunday he forced himself through short.P. Not tonight.?? Edklinth gave Blomkvist a look of surprise. Yet she felt uncomfortable. When the Security Police was reorganized under Per Gunnar Vinge in 1964 and became the Security Division of the National Police Board. He checked her chart and saw that she was free of her fever. After a while she turned her head.?? ??Then it would probably be a good idea to spend the day moving in there. ??The whole thing stinks. She was just walking very quietly. ??If you want me to be your lawyer. I??m old and handicapped. nodded all of a sudden.P.Thursday. You wanted a message from the Section.00 in the morning. But the offer came like a bolt from the blue. Erika. Armansky had contributed this information. What would he have done? Absolute secrecy. Sorry.

as Berger was going through the headlines on page two and discussing the texts with the head of revisions. But he was still alive. They had kept in touch and had gone on fishing trips to Norway and elsewhere. Jan Bublanski was the leader of the investigation concerning Ronald Niedermann.?? Blomkvist said. we??re caught between the proverbial rock and hard place. according to Blomkvist. I mean how long before I can get up and start walking and moving around??? ??That depends on how the healing progresses. Carefully she wrote the password MonkeyBusiness. My two uncles were murdered by Saddam in the ??90s. professional board-member types. but usually he just followed through with what other people had already decided.?? He nodded curtly once before he went out and locked the door. He seems to be pleasant enough. He had not managed to catch the registration number. and there she set up her laptop and took command. started up the I. There are buyers who got fed up with the high construction prices. and then Carl Bildt. with a thousand policemen. then death was nothing to worry about. I repeat that my priority is Niedermann. what??s going on with you??? ??I??m about to resign from Millennium.

??This is probably the craziest thing I??ve ever been involved with. She sat up in bed and looked eagerly at the screen of her Palm. I??ve know this person for many years. His leave of absence had begun on April 10. She checked her diary and saw that she had four meetings. For five days Plague. and that means that you risk writing an article proposing that Swedish industry should be outbid by Thai industry. Fr?klund cannot find a single reference to Gullberg anywhere.B. to drive over to the Nossebro road. But Bjurman was one of the very few people who knew of Zalachenko??s existence and my thought was that it would be better if he discovered that she was Zalachenko??s daughter rather than some other unknown guardian. If Salander was shot in Gosseberga. Berglund put a dog-eared. feels like a dying body. We have to arrive at a common strategy. We had a hole we needed to fill so I had to put in something. She never felt that he was giving her strange looks. You??ll have my support if you need it. ??I honestly don??t know how I should be managing this. what they look like. and she knew how he had been able to surprise her by knowing her name and shoe size. Ghidi was aware of the guard in the corridor. I have to tell you too that I will receive advice and support during any trial from your former guardian.

?? Figuerola said. ??That??s the drawback with this arrangement. I got in at the same time he did. Yes ?? we can prove that there is a conspiracy. as well as the government. ??One more thing. the lamp hook in the ceiling came away and Bj?rck??s body fell to the floor. including the distribution of methamphetamine. he picked up the telephone to call Berger and update her. and the second was an analysis of the bizarre sexual behaviour of an African diplomat.?? ??Yes. Jesus Christ?? She looked into the living room and saw that the picture window was shattered and the floor was covered in shattered glass. but Paulsson ?C whose opinion had little influence on Erlander ?C had warned him that Blomkvist had been babbling on about Russian agents and German hit men ?C hardly routine elements in Swedish police work. Jonasson gave her an inquisitive glance and stopped in his tracks when he saw her desperate look. Plague pinged Salander at midnight and interrupted her in the middle of a sentence she was writing about her time with Holger Palmgren as her guardian. They could forget about finding a car to take them to Gosseberga. ??Find out what he??s working on. at least they were in an investigation from 2001.?? Bublanski replied curtly. Malin. At the end of upper Bellmansgatan.?? ??I know.?? Berger put her hand over the mouthpiece.

?? Ekstr?m looked as if he had just swallowed something very sour.?? ??Gullberg. Zalachenko is dead. could decide to put S?po??s top bosses under the microscope.?? ??I see. It??s a matter of how the investigation is carried out and how the facts are presented.. ??A nasty attack in G?teborg and a break-in here in Stockholm. ??Why the hell is it that the first thing Millennium does after I leave is to start running background checks on S. and if she??s going to be taken to court in the near future. He??s kept quiet about that. When she wore a sleeveless T-shirt or a summer dress. Karl Axel Bodin was brought up by an uncle living in Norway. She called the vehicle recovery service.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight. have his salary paid by S?po. Berger??s boss is a bloody crook.A. peeling off a large part of the flesh on the right side of his face and tugging at his eye socket. this was the first can of worms. ??The others are on their way.?? Blomkvist said. Edklinth had told her: no rings in the water.

P.?? ??Yes. She heard voices and all of a sudden her courage deserted her. She ordered a beer and a small plate of calamari with Greek potatoes. department. We all know that when you??re in the throes of a story.?? Sandberg said lightly.P. ??Lesbian Satanist gang?? ?? where the hell do you get this stuff? Not to mention her being sought in connection with three murders she had nothing to do with. I do recall that he needed a little rest and wanted to expand his horizons. I don??t have the faintest idea how to handle it. so that Millennium??s office was always staffed and someone slept there every night. ??I??ve a difficult assignment for you. she felt helpless and paralysed. ??He hung there for something like twenty-four hours before the hook gave way. She had almost reached Pustegr?nd when the woman appeared. they had made it clear to him that Zalachenko and the Section were going their separate ways. ??Since the early ??90s S.?? She nodded. small burn marks on his chest. She was very badly wounded.?? ??Fredrik. Nobody has a moment to stop and think.

When they had finished there was a long silence around the table.?? ??O. She had not booked a hotel room. as he often did. ??Get on to the Undersecretary of State and the head of the legal department.00 on Saturday morning to the ringing of his telephone. a developer calls up Skanska Construction and says that they want a hundred apartments and asks what it will cost. I suppose??? ??You decide that for yourself. put on her dressing gown and leaned on a crutch. And I said I??d talk to you about it.?? ??No.?? Holmberg said. especially during the period when Blomkvist was serving a three-month sentence for libel and the magazine almost went under.?? ??Hello. We??ll let it stand the way you??ve decided. He wished that the decisive Fredrik was still there. wondering whether to leave the office. out of the blue. She had received nine emails. 8. the computer had reacted to three keywords ?C immigrant.?? ??Zalachenko??? Sandberg nodded.?? ??Correct.

?? ??Which means that my problem is definitely the government??s problem. If you find evidence of criminal activity. I want to know who goes in and who comes out. Two strong men will be here in ten to twelve minutes. I??ve worked in the media for twenty-five years and I have never met a person like him in a management position. He had slept most of the day and then drove back to the hospital at around 7. She first worked in Counter-Espionage.?? Blomkvist burst out laughing. And he could not help feeling flattered that he was being given information ?C off the record.?? he said. so that you can decide whether you can or you can??t. espionage in fact. he insisted. Some other names from outside S.?? He looked at her. First he handed over to Ola Ullsten. Which will be in about an hour. Blomkvist spent half an hour explaining step by step how he had pieced together the story of Zalachenko. And third. But I can hire you as an external consultant. and then the clock clicked over to 2. made it impossible for her to relax. regardless of how artistic the originator believes the depiction to be.

The message on May Day has to touch on the immigrant integration question. ??Someone might see us together and start to wonder. On Sunday he forced himself through short. He had hung up his jacket and was leaning back in his chair at the conference table.?? ??I see what you mean when you say I might land in it up to my neck. In recent months they had also had sex as friends.?? said Bublanski. He would not have thought any more about it except that he spotted the same car a few hours later when he was having lunch with Cortez and Eriksson at Medborgarplatsen. How do you like being editor-inchief??? ??It??s not exactly Millennium. that he might attract attention. really bad bastard. had worked at St Stefan??s in 1991 and was today its senior physician. The reports at the time of going to press were somewhat confused. and much of what he thinks he knows is wrong. What makes you think the shareholders would agree to that??? ??I??m proposing a zero-profit operating budget this year. goes into Blomkvist??s building with an ex-safebreaker. he acquiesced. When they were seventeen.?? ??But you two ?? he??ll publish it??? Armansky gave a curt nod. A pistol would compensate for her physique. What you call the Zalachenko club cannot exist without the support of key people in this building. He was based in London. there has to be a very clear and specific threat.

with which the company had a contract.P. but not without having serious problems. I would also emphasize that under no circumstances can you make public the information I give you.?? ??Indeed??? ??But morally it??s the right thing to do. with an address near Norrtull in Stockholm.?? ??And this story about Gunnar Bj?rck and S?po and the 1991 report ???? ???? is going to be handled by Faste and Ekstr?m. That left 141 individuals.C. make a note of his registration number. a veteran reporter at fifty-one who was on the legal desk. In his opinion. in corridor 11C. I was thinking of Peter Althin or someone like that. which corresponded to the word P-I-P-P-I ?C Pippi Bloody Longstocking.?? Gullberg said. printed out the document and began to read it at once. She opened it and stared in amazement at a Palm Tungsten T3 hand-held computer and battery charger.?? Blomkvist jogged down to G?tgatan and sped up towards Slussen. She had purple bruises around her bloodshot eyes. She should get some sleep. For several weeks they had been hunting Lisbeth Salander. They know that they can??t keep the lid on the Zalachenko secret for long.

Borgsj? went to Vietnam twice more. First.?? he said. she took a long time to think and she chose her words carefully. The public register listed eighteen Susanne Linders in Stockholm county. who did not have the authority to walk into the Security Police and start demanding documents and other evidence. but he bent down and kissed her on the cheek. which provided electricity for her bedside lamp and digital clock.?? ??He??s so upset that he??s complained to the board. It??s not until page thirty-three. But not at 7. He turned to Giannini.?? ??That??s what I wanted to discuss with you.00. The plan was for her to end up in that warehouse in Nykvarn. One might say that. But before we can do that. she had not been in her study since ?? since she had read through the file in the bath the night before. personnel. she called the duty officer at Nacka Integrated Protection. she felt a sharp pain in her foot. I mean. logically organized.

he already had enough material to set off a landslide of headlines. when Zalachenko arrived in Sweden ?C it had to be organized and sanctioned from the top. She had left school with top marks. Finally Berger heard a voice from the left side of the room. I refer to the fact that Salander hit her father with an axe. Edklinth had probably meant for her to serve the coffee.?? ??Unhappily.?? She paused when she saw out of the corner of her eye that Borgsj? was staring at her. It??s a typical pre-emptive retaliation to undermine potential complaints from Blomkvist. put on her dressing gown and leaned on a crutch.?? Blomkvist nodded. He could not be sure why the Prime Minister had set up a meeting with him in a borrowed apartment in ?stermalm. Sometime during that week.S. ??He??s got a gun. but he could not work out what it was. held it to his temple. but he made a note of every deviation from the norm in his working day. She remembered still the humiliation she had felt when she saw her walk off down Hornsgatan with Blomkvist the day before New Year??s Eve a year and a half ago. But she could not remember what it was. It was 10.?? ??Why was that??? ??He was sweet. and he??s probably been trying to protect him.

Third. Blomkvist used his second mobile when he punched in Berger??s number at S. The story had Millennium??s stamp on it from beginning to end. More than 230 people.?? Cortez said. He??s kept quiet about that. National Democrat. V. I repeat. 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.M. I have to fight dirty. He found a dark-blue 1991 Renault.?? ??In other words. ??You certainly have a way with headlines. Sonja. a red jumper and a dark jacket.?? ??Those were necessary cuts. I??m a workout fanatic. it??s my job to do the same. Bj?rck??s prints were on the handle and the blade.?? the P.K.

That should be enough for a cheap pair of jeans and a T-shirt at the Salvation Army store. But I??m not going to ask. ??Facing south. Nor did she have reason to think that anyone on the editorial staff wished her ill. It had happened at the same time that both Blomkvist and Giannini were robbed of the document that was the cornerstone in the burden of proof. She had brought a green military bag containing her laptop. * Salander handed back the mobile to Dr Jonasson. At this point Blomkvist should have realized that Paulsson was dangerously stupid.?? He looked almost apologetic. had imported goods from a company on the United Nations blacklist of companies using child labour ?C and in this case slave labour too. She had to find a hiding place. She called her friend on her mobile. She looked around the room. ??One was Evert Gullberg ?? he was the top man. He was silent for so long that Figuerola cleared her throat. According to Giannini. would also be able to license the program to other newspapers. but that Zalachenko might have any connection to the affair had not dawned on him. I??m a necessary evil that??s suddenly appeared in your life. He opened his laptop bag and took out a copy of the documentation. Each mobile has its own unique signature ?C a fingerprint ?C in the form of the telephone number. without knowing what she would say.?? Jonasson wondered whether Ellis was pulling his leg.

The night porter at the Radisson was very reluctant to wake a guest at that time of night and Jonasson had to come up with a few choice phrases about the critical nature of the situation before his call was put through. but Blomkvist somehow got hold of it. ??There are several parts to this problem.?? ??So how do we counter that??? Borgsj? said. But this letter tells you to use your own good judgement. ??It??s good of you to take the time to come in. She had been at Constitutional Protection for less than three years. He needed to talk to Berger. and thereafter we increased our surveillance of her. had written letters to companies that had placed orders with Fong Soo. had to be considered a toy. slept in her bed. Returning to his office he discovered a man in a dark suit leaning against the wall outside his door. He had been in the glass cage all morning.?? ??Bodin ?? Zalachenko is as slippery as an eel and he has an answer to all our questions.?? Andersson waved his hand. causing deep bruising there. ??Lisbeth is the one who??s in real danger. If she wrote the wrong password three times in a row the site would shut down and the name Wasp would be struck from the membership list. I saw her twice soon after she was admitted. from the passport photograph Karim had located.?? ??Or else she shot him in the foot out of sheer sadism. And he could not help feeling flattered that he was being given information ?C off the record.

was alive and healthy. It was through this organization that the young man was brought to the attention of the Section and recruited. upper level. A working group had been formed to explore the matter. which were greeted by a worried muttering. And then she called to say that Teleborian and somebody called Jonas were meeting at Central Station this afternoon. it??ll cost a lot of money. did karate.?? They saw a tall man with a narrow moustache who was wearing a hat.00 on Wednesday morning and went for an unusually short run before she showered and dressed in black jeans. she??s under arrest. He??s kept quiet about that. I went through Forelius. whom he had known for many years and had dealings with at numerous departmental meetings.?? ??In 1989 a refugee by the name of Idris Ghidi came to Sweden from Iraq. But she had no reason to sympathize with Berger.I.?? ??Micke. In recent months they had also had sex as friends. Generally there aren??t any decisions that are 100 per cent right or wrong.K. They??re on the U. An awkward situation.

He spoke of how Morander had dedicated the past fifteen years of his life to the newspaper. but nevertheless I don??t want to know any more than I already do about the content of the next two issues. Which she should not have done. But I do know that no psychiatric evaluations have been done.I. and any drivel can be posted on a billboard. I??m smitten by an insatiable desire for you. You??re going to look like a paranoid. in their experience. I asked how she was feeling and whether she felt the need to have someone to talk to. He was English and lived in London. Or if he felt betrayed and wanted to get even. the better. It was 1.?? He paused. editor-in-chief. The biggest surprise was Lidbom??s An Assignment. Once at the Amaranth on Kungsholmen and sometimes at the Continental pub. but she could sense Blomkvist looking at her as he passed. took a folder from her desk and handed it to Giannini. But the pain was manageable. I??m on my way. he knows we??re going to find his prints on the gun.

execute someone who was the object of a police investigation ?C his investigation.?? ??I see. 3. Because this had been going on for many years ?C at least since 1976.?? Eriksson smiled at him sadly. even though his motives were not to harm her. explain the situation. The staff on Jonasson??s shift set about their appointed tasks. but it could have come about in a dozen different ways ?? for instance. His job was to open the door.?? Edklinth said.00 on Saturday afternoon and a doctor was poking at her. Giannini had planned her visit to G?teborg as a brisk. But it would have to be something very unusual.?? ??The most serious problem is going to be the third part. he called Figuerola into his office. Frank.00 on Friday morning and sent a copy to Blomkvist via the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. He would never see them again. Teleborian was assistant head physician at St Stefan??s psychiatric clinic for children in Uppsala. not really. but there??s something really scary beneath his calculating facade. it had taken over half an hour for the Puma from the helicopter unit in S?ve to arrive at the farmhouse.

Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277. and had managed only by holding a gun on him the whole time. not exactly.?? The Prime Minister looked at the Minister of Justice. Mikael. An Agent in Place contained so much inaccurate information about Sweden in the first chapter that he threw the book into the wastepaper basket. He thought doctors often drew conclusions that they could not substantiate. It??s not until page thirty-three. and I would like to be included at an early stage.?? ??Is there any prognosis??? ??As I understand it. Bublanski still had the report.?? Gullberg could not think of anything more to say.?? he said at last. He thought about the fact that his daughter was very close by. Something was wrong. Especially if they discover I??m a policewoman.?? ??I understand. It had been one of Gullberg??s last responsibilities. ??True.?? ??That??s my husband??s studio.?? ??Giannini works in women??s rights. No response. Blomkvist ordered couscous and a beer.

You were the one who exposed Wennerstr?m last year. why would Faste want to leak this information??? Frisk shrugged. I??m a lawyer and I??d like to see my client again. which meant he was thin and wiry. At S. I propose a co-operation between Sahlgrenska hospital and St Stefan??s. He looked around the corridor and saw that he was being watched by nurses. Investigate who??s spreading the story. Mikael Blomkvist??s story that he??s a G. She closed her eyes. Third. She called the vehicle recovery service. It was a mark of the sort of greed that did not go down well with the Swedish people in the wake of the revelations about other criminal capitalists such as Skandia??s former president. When she did say something. That??s much more serious. ??Take a seat. I can??t do that if I have to cut staff.?? Berger drove to the office on Saturday morning still feeling queasy. and second. It was entirely up to him to decide whether he would talk to her or not. Her foot was throbbing painfully. pushed it open and exclaimed.?? ??I find you incredibly attractive.

?? ??And you were the one who operated to remove the bullet??? ??That??s right. You??ve awarded yourself a bonus of 400. ??Idris lives in Angered. ??It hurt. ??That??s from a source I have to protect. He quoted the newspaper headlines about lesbian Satanists and the media??s apparent hope that the murders might have involved S. After the tumult of Zalachenko??s murder and Gullberg??s attempted suicide. Salander heard the key turn in the door.. if that happened. Some of them concerned how he should present Salander in the articles. But I don??t know the objective of the conspiracy. By all known reckoning she should have been dead. She started by going on to a website that advertised rather uninteresting pictures by an unknown and not especially skilled amateur photographer called Gil Bates in Jobsville. Until now he had sounded perfectly rational. and confront Borgsj? and demand his resignation. a former agent of Soviet military intelligence. I??m going to walk to the Scandic Crown and book a room. If Niedermann talked. The prosecutor is going to try to get you locked up in the psychiatric ward. Not to mention that complete idiot Bjurman. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. thin as a stick.

This right embraces all Swedish citizens. And I??m not looking to damage either you or F?lldin. Holm has a choice: either he can do things my way. ??I??m so linked to Millennium that no-one will believe I didn??t have a finger in this. I don??t intend to interrogate them. it??s Monica from S. Plague. 4. But how easy is it to eavesdrop on a mobile conversation? He slowly put the mobile down next to his landline and looked around.?? ??Me too.I. on the idea of God in the ancient world. Janeryd.I. She was impressed that Giannini had replied so precisely and lucidly. Anything else did not make sense. ??Think of it as compensation for the way you were treated last night. The P. ??Listen. much of which was home-made stuff that Bob the Dog had set up. Edklinth was holding his breath. She had been talking on her mobile and looking at a map that was unfolded on the passenger seat. Trinity thought it was sheer hell driving in Europe.

When the police arrived one of them tried to question Lisbeth before they even bothered to ask what shape she??s in. What do you think the odds are that the investigation will be transferred to S?po??? Modig shook her head. which builds houses less expensively than anyone else by buying the materials themselves. it was entirely possible that the emailer had been busy elsewhere too ?C that other people had got mail apparently from her that she did not know about. They followed the red Audi via Hamngatan to Strandv?gen and then straight up to Artillerigatan.?? ??O. He took the lift up to the reception on the fourth floor and was immediately shown into a conference room.?? ??Holm is not best pleased???? ??I??m not best pleased with Holm. ??Sure. ??Please explain what the government has directed. Kalle Bloody Blomkvist had somehow planted a mobile just outside her room. ??It??s a job that could land you in big trouble.M. but the events surrounding last night??s killing took precedence. He knows who I am. ??How??s the headache??? ??I feel it now and then.?? He paused. and two officers whose job it was to compile and analyse any intelligence information that Zalachenko might contribute. assigned to prosecute crimes against F. in other words.?? the Minister of Justice said. as you know. He even managed ?C for a short time ?C to take command of a nuclear submarine on patrol in the North Sea.