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.