Tuesday, August 30, 2011

place on Liding?. reading books. still not touching the computer.

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The ball was in motion. Both of you. As an act of defiance. She focused on a group of journalists and editorial staff. M?rtensson??s apartment was on the top floor of a three-storey building in the suburbs.?? Berger said. We??ll leave it at that. That was ominous. And since I??m co-operating with your Stasi-style bureaucracy. ??I??m in G?teborg. and other such drivel. I??m going to be arrested. She said she??d read books on the subject before. eleven days after the meeting with the Prime Minister.. I talked to Teleborian.Saturday. He got him on the line within five minutes. isn??t just hiring Erika Berger. I obtained the information in my capacity as editor-in-chief of Millennium.?? ??Nonetheless. tied to a MOOSE CROSSING sign.

I. First of all. but the Member of Parliament was given protection during the course of her official appearances. cares about it. which was understandable enough from the point of view of a budget chief and a C. ??There was one thing that struck me. . I??ll look over your shoulder. He looked as if he wanted to say something. who was also a temp. She actually asked him how many copies there were in circulation.?? ??The house is a monster. ??But I don??t think we could manage that even if we had a whole year. She put down her book about God in antiquity. S. In the trial. I usually draw a blank. it could turn out to be a disaster.?? he said. Keep your ears open. to buy every book which in any way dealt with the Security Police. that??s what I need to know.

Come with me. Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April.I. ??When you have to go to the toilet.?? He looked at the silent girl. He packed clothes. or various volunteer tasks for Amnesty International and the like.?? ??Why is that??? ??You??re proposing that the newspaper should not be profitable.?? The rabbi offered him a kippa for his head.?? ??And??? ??He did his military service in Karlskrona in the ??40s. When she left patrol duty to become a criminal inspector. That was how she felt about Fermat.E. The alternative is a person who wants to take some sort of revenge and sabotage my life for personal reasons. the article is nonsense. In the case of the robbery of the shop in Sunne. and we??ve begun to co-operate???? ??We??ll hold off on the press conference until we know more. She wondered whether she could manage to get out of bed. said. he called Figuerola into his office. But I get a tip from the police investigation and go over and have a coffee with Faste and he tells me this. ??If all this about Gunnar Bj?rck is true and it comes out.

?? Malm was serving up freshly made waffles with cloudberry jam and coffee. I can??t get a sensible answer from anyone.?? ??Well ???? ??Do you have a friend who could come and stay with you??? ??Sure.P. ??All this stuff about insults and aggressive resistance is just nonsense. and began to check them off. Then she heard the voice quite clearly.?? He nodded curtly once before he went out and locked the door. ?C but the discovery that her most personal and intimate possessions had been stolen. a lawyer colleague who was a member of the Women??s Network and an old friend from law school. Blomkvist did not move when she came out. She should be able to send a text message to Blomkvist??s mobile ?? but it was tapped. Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy. The lawyer had her mobile pressed to her ear. Agreed??? ??I think so. ??I thought we could have a few words first. And Evert Gullberg ?C the man who had shot Zalachenko. She always had plenty of warning to put away her Palm when she heard the rattling of a key ring or a key being put in the lock. Jonasson leaned forward. ??Has something happened??? ??Something is happening right now. The revolver was a present he had received from British Intelligence twenty-five years earlier as a reward for an invaluable piece of information: the name of a clerical officer at M. But those two copies have to be recovered.

?? ??We??re ready.?? Bublanski closed the preliminary report with distaste. In view of his age. He looked around.?? said Blomkvist. Niedermann was his son. As far as Millennium is concerned. But that leads us to the second part ?C damage control.30 television news. Edklinth had a sense that cogs were whirring at high speed behind the P. As the situation now stood. Henry Cortez answered. Or else the falsification was done for a completely different purpose by someone inside the Security Police. ??What??? He explained that he had come home to find that the blue folder on his kitchen table was gone. That was how she felt about Fermat. Gullberg assigned Bj?rck to babysit the defector almost around the clock. to listen to the news. You said that F?lldin was visited by two people from S?po.?? ??So you don??t think it takes much to manipulate him??? ??Exactly. This led each of them to distrust the group and at the same time concoct imaginative conspiracy theories about it. How on earth is he going to react? Then he realized that Berger had stopped talking. that he had broken off his trip as soon as he knew that one of his police officers had been murdered.

I do. a government agency. but does this mean that Ekstr?m is working for the Section??? Blomkvist frowned. I??ve met him several times. The Zalachenko folder. and Helsingborg. some unknown lawyer appointed by the court would probably be worse. ??He??s at Sahlgrenska. ??Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head and was very seriously injured. That??s the question our analytical group is working very hard to answer. shut down its civil service desk some years ago.?? She gave him a suspicious look. She knew that on Walpurgis Night she had had her twenty-seventh birthday. ??I think I??ve found Evert Gullberg. ??Dr Teleborian has been an external consultant for S. but there are strong indications that he did indeed attempt to kill her.Tuesday. They??re the last people he??d want to run into. It felt as if she had alcohol in her mouth and she tried to swallow. has developed its own text editing system. Then he picked up the telephone and tried to call his old protector in Laholm. They had their coffee at the pavement caf?? beside Norr M?larstrand.

?? ??But he refuses to give the police any information about Salander. but the injuries aren??t life-threatening. is still one of the big papers. It would be as it was in the ??80s.C. ??Thank you. Then the memories came rushing back to her. Then she turned icy with rage. The Ring area was almost deserted.?? ??Gunnar Bj?rck. but he was in hospital in S?dert?lje with one foot in a cast and his jaw wired shut.?? ??Where are you??? ??Nyk?ping. There were stalkers who travelled from Germany or Italy to follow a 21-year-old lead singer in a pop band from gig to gig. and I haven??t been able to tell Mikael.00 on Friday morning and sent a copy to Blomkvist via the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. Salander was locked up at Sahlgrenska.?? ??What condition??? Sp?ngberg said sharply. She called home first and then rang Lillian Josefsson. And Edklinth had decided that if criticism were raised. writing his own programs and planting insidious tendrils on the Internet. My sense is that he??s more a useful fool being used by the Section. Henry.

He was satisfied with the progress of her physical rehabilitation. and they agreed to have another meeting the following week. A nurse reported on her blood pressure ?C 100/70 ?C while the doctor put his stethoscope to her chest and listened to her heartbeat. ??You should start working out yourself.?? ??Where are you??? ??At the hospital. searching look.?? Cortez said. ??Mumbo jumbo.?? ??No. If Personal Protection had loaned out M?rtensson.?? and a subscription to fashion. Since Prosecutor Ekstr?m had tentatively referred to a trial in July.?? ??As I said. That folder is your most important evidence. ??She can be a moody bitch. She was slammed up against a tiled wall next to the door. We haven??t had a report yet of any car thefts in the area this morning. She flipped open her mobile and called his Ericsson. he knows we??re going to find his prints on the gun. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even.?? he said. That was good.

his late wife??s name. It was entitled [Read this first]. ??The blond man with M?rtensson. He thanked the nurse and followed the sign to the staircase. Ronald Niedermann. ??Because while Niedermann was out digging a grave for me.P. He knew that something was not quite right in Niedermann??s head. ??I think I have an argument that will persuade Zalachenko to keep his mouth shut. If he decided to fight.?? ??And you??re perfectly sure about that? It??s not difficult to imagine things when you??re scared or excited. That night Gullberg??s life underwent a radical change. including members of the prominent Baksi family.?? ??Er ?? that device of yours???? ??I??ll leave it in the recess behind the table here. What irritated her most was that they kept brushing off her arguments with patronizing smiles. but she was too weak to protest. He was dead before the ambulance arrived.?? ??I follow your reasoning. immigrant. replaced by new technology ?? but the number of reporters contributing to copy was reduced by 48 during that period. First Zalachenko. ??You know who I am ?C so you don??t have to be afraid of me.

his sister was no help either. that he was co-operating. The conversation resumed with a contribution from Dakota. Time is running out. Petrova had injuries that could very well have been inflicted by a man??s bare hands ???? ??Niedermann??? ??It??s a reasonable assumption. wasn??t established until four months later. to condemn you again to the locked psychiatric ward. Which was not very likely. M?rtensson appeared at the corner by the Bishop??s Arms and watched Blomkvist go. the incoming Prime Minister was fully occupied appointing ministers and negotiating with other conservative parties. If so. yes.?? ??It??s complicated. which reported to the police commission or the justice department. And the press. There were computers now.?? ??Good. I never had any information. His mouth was dry so his first stop was a corner shop where he bought a Pepsi. You??ll have your share of clashes with him.?? He nodded. His visits to her were outside his schedule.

That was ominous.10 this morning. He found another set of keys to the apartment in Mosebacke and a passport in the name of Irene Nesser. The matter-of-fact tone gave the text such a surreal touch that it sounded like an absurd fantasy.B. Gullberg had just come home and was watching the election coverage on T. At morning rounds.?? Berger almost blushed. including the Prime Minister. It doesn??t matter how hard Annika works for you. but we still don??t have a picture of him. politicians of various affiliations. Generally there aren??t any decisions that are 100 per cent right or wrong. Blomkvist leaned towards her. Dragan. Part of Svavelsj? M.?? ??How badly hurt am I??? ??Your prognosis is good.?? Andersson said. and on top of it all. but he made a note of every deviation from the norm in his working day. it??s Blomkvist again.?? Blomkvist turned and looked at her profile.

You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life. ??I really don??t think so. Blomkvist logged in to I. Considering the media attention. but no words were exchanged that gave her any clue as to who he was or what sort of I. then they won??t want to be shareholders any longer. Vinge??s view was not even controversial in the climate prevailing inside the Firm. Salander said only that she was not the one who shot him. in other words. Their affair was carried on with his assent.v Figuerola woke at 6.?? ??The type of email Eva Carlsson got??? ??Right. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage.?? She paused when she saw out of the corner of her eye that Borgsj? was staring at her. Gunnar. and for several reasons.?? Figuerola said. By then it was 5. and that had to be prevented at all costs. You have the option to remove me as leader of the investigation ?? but if you did that I would be forced to write a harsh memo about the matter. She was ice-cold and stiff. ??I??ve just changed into jogging things to work off a little of my surplus energy.

At first she just saw strange lights until a figure appeared in the centre of her field of vision. or could he be borrowed for an investigation in Constitutional Protection? The assistant chief of Counter-Espionage was puzzled.M. Having lived so long with a prosthesis he was used enough to crutches. He was executed in January 1988. Gunnar Bj?rck.C. just as when we were editing Dag??s book. and swung her legs over the side of the bed.U.?? When she hung up she called the office and left a message for Fredriksson. I get on considerably better at Milton than on the force. Just then Karim called and told them that Teleborian had gone up on to Klarabergsgatan via the escalators in Central Station and from there to police headquarters on Kungsholmen.??? ??This evening if possible. Embarrassing. although neither of the men were paying her any attention. You can start as acting editor-in-chief as from today. had to be considered a toy. His real name is Alexander Zalachenko and he??s Lisbeth??s father. a van pulled out and left a parking space on Bellmansgatan at the corner with Tavastgatan.?? ??But someone else ?C your brother. she lost interest.

possibly for the end of this week.?? he said with real sorrow in his voice. I need his help to do a simple job. She seemed to have sharp pain in her left shoulder when she tried to move her arm.K. nothing??s happened.?? Modig said. She had a routine that I can??t compete with. then opened the curtains a crack so that she would have a view of the corridor. A Colt 1911 Government ?C that??s the pistol that Blomkvist tried to hand in to Paulsson.I. He says it??s all classified and that he can??t discuss anything without permission from his superiors. a woman by the name of Kristina Cederholm. Alexander. ??First of all.?? ??I know. Salander suddenly gave her a cautious smile. She downloaded the report and sent it off to [Idiotic_Table]. T. opened the door to him. She made a snap decision. 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.

?? ??I can??t accept that. What about G?ransson??s car??? ??Since we found Kaspersson??s car at G?ransson??s place. Blomkvist began to explain what had happened. not for a moment. possibly three. the media??s interest in continuing to dig around in the ??Salander affair?? will die away. ??Stockholm is making noises. He did his military service in the ??40s and became an accountant or some such. He would hate to be dragged into any sort of scandal.S. He was one of the officers responsible on formal occasions for the safety of the Prime Minister. But they had never worked together.?? ??Margareta called me with the proposal at 11. said. And if anyone starts asking awkward questions.C. and that S. looking at him with amused affection. ??You suspect that there??s a conspiracy within the Security Police that is acting outside its constitutional mandate. But he??s tricky to deal with. a man very aware of his value to Gullberg. Blomkvist looked at him expectantly.

Bublanski still had the report. but I hoped you might be able to give me private lessons. V. and the Violent Crimes Division had racked up a vast amount of overtime since Wednesday. That was her intention. She could not see him anywhere. I see spreadsheets before my eyes. She is twenty-seven years old and one metre fifty centimetres tall. But apparently he had a habit of sending crazy and threatening letters to people in government.?? Berger took a plastic folder from a desk drawer and laid a sheet of paper in front of him.M. seventy-eight years old. Even if we count you in. He was still amazed that it had not been confiscated when Paulsson frisked him. ??Within these four walls. For special clients he would also offer his video surveillance and telephone tapping services. Jerker. Zalachenko had at first been thought of as a potential breakthrough in the Palme mystery. I thought you might be amused to tag along. If Borgsj? was smart. Berger??s muscles ached as though she had just run the Stockholm marathon.?? ??Fair warning.

a little sense of responsibility would not hurt. she continued down the hill and turned right at the corner of Pryssgr?nd. The night nurses were at their station about twenty metres down on the other side of the corridor. She finished at Millennium yesterday. Jonasson visited Salander during her lunch. just like Otto Danielsson. The room was easier to guard.22. After a while she turned her head. Jonas parked a block away from the Arm??museum. She said that she wanted to have a complete alarm package installed the next morning. Right now. ??No. a dish-washer. She flipped open her mobile and called his Ericsson. the article is nonsense. In that case I should say how grateful I am that you and your colleagues are willing to facilitate matters for me. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. And if problems crop up along the way. It was 7. ??Should we conclude that the Zalachenko club was an association formed in 1964? That would be some time before Zalachenko even came to Sweden. ??Opposite P.

?? Blomkvist??s heart began to pound. but there did not seem to be any single institution. 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. When he was finished.M. She had nineteen new messages. V. His larynx was rammed deep into his throat. frankly. The truth is that right now everything is a little confused. I??d like to have a word in private with you if you have a moment.P.?? ??Thank you for your trust in me. Salander needs a totally different kind of legal support. later this morning. He was one of the owners of Millennium. Nobody has a moment to stop and think. The secret was known also to a thirteenth person. citizen Wasp. and at the same time he offered inducements.?? Annika Giannini woke with a start.?? He looked at her.

??So what I just handed in is part of a continuing campaign against her. ??I??m beginning to understand why she felt an uncontrollable urge to slam an axe into your head. I have to be able to construct a completely new media image of you. He had no will to react when calmly they took him in a firm grip under both arms. Since Blomkvist presumably intended that she should use the computer. she fumed.?? ??Witnesses??? ??Well. We think it??s an organization inside the organization. He had no idea how long the car had been in his neighbourhood. 9. I don??t think any one of us could even imagine what would happen if Zalachenko talked. All this happened on the day Zalachenko was murdered. He still had one or two secrets that he shared only with Salander. and he got hold of the Prosecutor General.X.?? ??Micke. assault. and film roles. about two hours later than usual. Both the battery charger and the Palm could fit in there. I have to see you. Then he opened his own shop.

he would be better off bribing one of the nurses to smuggle the telephone in to her. In a well-ordered world he would be at home in Gosseberga now.?? ??The job I need done is very odd. At any rate Holmberg thought so. when he moved back to Sweden. That way Bublanski would have his hands full for a while. but he restrained himself for the simple reason that he did not know how far up in the organization the conspiracy reached. He used the probe cautiously to prise at the edge of the bullet. 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.?? ??As Prime Minister I??m not in a position to deliver any such information. At least Morander understood the necessity of the reductions. During that period the foundation was laid for the ??register of political opinions.?? ??O. ??And how would you rate her mental state??? ??Withdrawn. and he reckoned that the final book would run to 320 or 336 pages. every i dotted. of course. She opened them and dropped the brace to the floor. ??We think we know what happened in broad outline. my briefcase was stolen. But he??s an idiot.?? ??I gather you??re still busy with excavations in Nykvarn.

?? Nystr?m leafed through his notes. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. why are apartments so bloody expensive? Because the people commissioning the buildings don??t know how to set the price. As she opened the folder she realized that her procrastination had also to do with the fact that she did not really want to face up to the problem.?? ??No.?? Salander said. Magge Lundin got off his motorbike and declared. nobody can. Everything she had written was true.?? ??I promise. Millennium will have an opportunity to present its version of the story in the next issue. As always.?? Blomkvist gave her a wan smile. . She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. ??How does that work in practice??? ??That??s a very good question.??Friday.?? Samir came over with the menu and.?? ??Could he have recognized you from the papers? You??ve had a lot of publicity over several widely reported cases. He knew that the lawyer Giannini was in the room. I do not mean for this to continue on my watch. I got in at the same time he did.

Who??s to know? But how did she deal with Nieminen? He has no visible injuries.?? ??You don??t understand???? ??I understand perfectly. She had spent thirty minutes trying to do arm lifts. I was rather young ?? I didn??t know how I should deal with these people. No matter what happened. We can pretty much assume that she took the pistol with her to Gosseberga. You make 112. Teleborian. She did not make him any promises.?? Blomkvist said.?? she added. To this day I have no idea why he died. the report would be printed out and scrutinized. ??I don??t want to get into it.?? ??Hmm. has anyone received any more weird emails??? ??Not that I??ve heard. If he hasn??t managed it by then. He came back with a needle which he pushed through my right nipple. ??He turned east???? ??We can see you both. who had called out of the blue and insisted on his coming to Sunday dinner at his place on Liding?. reading books. still not touching the computer.

sex with Blomkvist. she was suffering from massive cyber-abstinence.

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Half were graphic artists and so on. He??ll understand. that??s not necessarily the same thing as saying that she??s my friend. My guarantee is this ?? if you don??t wave your magic wand and make all this disappear. ??Do you have any pain or discomfort in the shoulder??? She shook her head.?? Blomkvist said in a tone that indicated he had scant trust in the Prime Minister??s assurances. a feeling that had grown stronger with every visit he made since his retirement. ??That means that Zalachenko was murdered by the Section. ??He??s pulling out in front of you on Olof Palmes Gata ?? now. Quite apart from anything else. In 1987 Ghidi??s father was arrested on suspicion of being a Kurdish militant. He had slept through fifteen hours.K. ??I never thought I??d see you again. He answered on the run. She had her breakfast at the kitchen table. ??Police headquarters at 5.K. We??ll let it stand the way you??ve decided.?? she said.?? ??There is an alternative.C.

Then he said hello to Salander and asked her how she was feeling.?? ??Indeed??? ??I feel a great responsibility towards her still. Modig seemed to be weighing her words. He turned to Giannini.?? Jonasson frowned. G?tgatan was full of life at all hours of the day and night. Jonas and Teleborian had an unhealthy interest in seeing that Salander did not thrive.?? ??But if the story is true ?? if even a fraction of it is true. She was increasingly dependent on Fredriksson??s judgement in the light of her loss of confidence in Anders Holm. He was in his thirties. To include Bjurman in the special Section would be out of the question. stood on tiptoe and unscrewed the three screws in the round white cover of a vent in the wall of Salander??s room. The door was locked. it??s Monica from S. Gullberg squeezed the trigger and put the bullet right in the centre of Zalachenko??s forehead just as the patient was starting to swing his prosthesis over the edge of the bed.?? He thought for a second and then asked one more question.?? ??Yes. It had upset F?lldin that an important Soviet agent had sought asylum in Sweden. He nodded. Over the next forty-five minutes Jonasson picked out no fewer than thirty-two tiny bone chips from round the entry wound. The story was beginning at last to take shape. interview sofa to another.

He had also to resolve how to profile Salander in the article without violating her trust. just a rumour??? ??It??s no rumour that the police are looking into the possibility. Publication would be a serious blow to Borgsj?. ??We want to hear everything Janeryd tells you.?? ??And when would you like me to publish? After the next election. Jonasson sat for a while. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. the lunchtime memo. had succeeded in averting a suicide and managed to turn the spy in question into a double agent.G. Policemen possibly excepted. ??What would you like to know??? Bublanski said at last. Instead of exacerbating the issue. What an excellent tool the Internet was for freaks.?? ??Fredrik. A nice-looking man.?? ??Aren??t there??? ??No. Teleborian had done a strikingly good analysis. Sorry not to have been in touch. You can say hello to her and ask her whether she accepts me as her lawyer or not.?? ??I know. He instructed one of his men to get a tarpaulin to cover the trench and its immediate surroundings.

The Section was not a criminal enterprise.K. Then I??d just be in the way. taking it for granted that Bj?rck had been garrotted by someone. His parabolic antenna would be permanently listening out for a call containing Ekstr?m??s characteristic graph curve for one of a dozen commonly occurring words.?? She sat down. She stood for a long time breathing in the mild May air. If we can verify all the claims Blomkvist is making. and she ended the meeting by getting up and going back to her office without another word. thirty-five. good people. Hallberg is in charge of training. And yet through their assignments they were connected to ?? to what? The conspiracy was intimately linked to the late Alexander Zalachenko. ??What did you say??? he asked in a low voice. ??Hello. She sounded shocked. But you already live in a one-bedroom apartment by Danvikstull which your father bought for you twenty years ago. The second institution was the Security Police division for Constitutional Protection. and lance.?? ??Good Lord. She thought the most important thing was simply to stop the bastards. what??? ??Holm and the head of the legal section are on the warpath.

The discussion was about the slump in advertising and the downturn in single-copy sales.vi Blomkvist spent twenty-five minutes on the tunnelbana changing lines and going in different directions.m.?? ??But that??s nothing new. It was just before 4. In any case he had a penchant for civil disobedience on a private level. ??Clinton will make the operational decisions while I??m gone. and she felt no desire at all to engage with it. Everything she had written was true. And Skanska calculates it and comes back and says it??ll cost around 500 million kronor. ??May I help you??? ??Thank you. Instead she had an area cleared off the central desk in the heart of the newsroom. ??You certainly have a way with headlines. gathering up Blomkvist??s documentation. But first I??d like to examine you.?? he said and shook hands. that gave him a status that was beyond most people??s wildest dreams. It rang three times before Berger answered. had about 800. She checked the sender and then picked up the telephone and called Peter Fleming. He had reached the age when he had to use the toilet rather often. The national vehicle register had just informed him that the car he had seen at the top of Bellmansgatan with the blonde woman inside was owned by Monica Figuerola.

?? ??Lisbeth???? ??Wait. she had joined him at his table. It did not bode well. out on the car ever since. They were stopped by a red light. He did not exist in any register or in any public document. That??s all. He says that Salander won??t be in a condition to participate in an interview for several days yet. Herr Blomkvist. On Sunday she had a temperature of 102. so I??ll put her on. the woman turned 180 degrees and went down the steep hill towards Bellmansgatan 1.?? * Jonasson left Salander??s room somewhat confused. then Zalachenko. She has been badly treated and is under a lot of pressure. I never would have dreamed that???? ??Where??s the sister today? Camilla Salander. has been to see me twice in the past few days. When he was gone she stared at the ceiling. ??Get on to the Undersecretary of State and the head of the legal department. ??This morning S?po got calls from several newspapers who had received letters from Gullberg. No notes were taken at the meeting. I don??t dare to comment on the legal ramifications of such an action.

?? ??And the third name??? Edklinth said.?? ??The problem is that none of this could have happened if S?po weren??t involved somehow. Magnusson was getting on in years and as advertising manager had nothing to do with the editorial side. ??And this is a person that you say you can trust??? ??An individual of the highest moral standing. She started with Ernst Teodor Billing. ??O. The defection could only be known to a small group without risking that the information might leak back to the Russians and ?? How small a group? An operations department? An unknown operations department? If the affair had been appropriately handled.?? ??So you know nothing about it. In a well-ordered world he would be at home in Gosseberga now.?? Blomkvist headed for the bathroom.C. The older man got in. but was almost immediately hand-picked by Edklinth for the Constitutional Protection Unit. ??It??s good of you to take the time to come in. She downloaded a list of everyone who worked at S. She sat so that the light from the window fell on her back. he could move around his room. He was not surprised that she had called to wake him early that morning and put him and Lottie Karim to work. layout artists and others. I don??t dare get mixed up in anything like that. He had asked about her dragon tattoo. SisterJen wrote.

on the murderer. and that won??t be until August. On this law democracy stands or falls. But for the time being all this lay outside Zalachenko??s control.?? Fredriksson??s expression darkened.?? ??What sort of background does he have??? ??As far as I understand. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini.?? ??And you reckon that he??s S?po. who did the bookkeeping one day a week. There really was a conspiracy inside S.?? ??But F?lldin is alive and willing to talk about the matter. He smoked a cigarette while he thought. but Zalachenko was guilty of repeated assault against his girlfriend. And somewhere the idea seems to have popped up that she might have been involved in selling steroids. Don??t misunderstand me ?? I??ll tell the truth as I see it in what I publish. Figuerola expected him to follow his quarry.?? Berger felt weariness settling over her. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise.?? Holmberg said. What??s going on??? ??He??s working in G?teborg. Eriksson and Blomkvist looked up from the typescript of the book about the Zalachenko case. If the pinkos want to avoid a war with Denmark.

and shortly after the murder he was told to get in touch with the G?teborg police. In the event. some ambitious scribbler would float the theory that the Section was behind the assassination of Palme. and closed the door.?? Berger thanked him. ??There are a few things we have to get straight. ??I need to ask some questions. ??Tell me. and by 6. She had just poured a second cup of coffee when there was a firm knock on the front door. I should think. As we know. because you guaranteed a dividend each year. but my boss.?? ??So you??re saying that Salander isn??t exactly what she seems to be.?? ??But don??t you understand what a scandal this could turn into? Are you just as barmy as Gullberg??? Clinton got to his feet laboriously. and examined her to check on her progress. but he had finally realized that there was so much material that not even an issue devoted entirely to the topic would be sufficient.. Blomkvist had blown 150. 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. a lawyer colleague who was a member of the Women??s Network and an old friend from law school.

We have to be a single-level organization. ??Maybe they??re out. It was Blomkvist??s front door.?? After that ?str?m had designed the logo that was on Black/White??s masthead for fifteen years before Black/White magazine went to its grave and became the book publishing house Black/White. She did not have much time. He studied Gullberg.?? ??The reason I work out is that it feels great. which at that time was a name used for all of north Africa west of Egypt. The email had arrived a minute before. More than once Zalachenko had had to intervene when Niedermann began acting irrationally or lay curled up in terror.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight. Zalachenko himself would have to spend the rest of his life in prison. The magazine suddenly felt foreign.?? ??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. not vice versa??? ??Exactly. But she did not have the remotest wish to talk about her feelings or her actions. Then there??s Anders Holm.P.?? Modig made no answer. who had sent him the brisk advice: It would be best if you took the first train home.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have. He knows what he??s doing.

We have to find allies within the bureaucracy if this is not going to end in calamity. ??The defector had operated in other countries and knew nothing about Sweden. and in fact he??s already on his way.T.?? Jonasson pulled off his blood-stained nitrile gloves and dropped them in the bio-waste disposal bin. ??Thanks for talking to me. He thought simply that it might be a way to start a conversation. but she could not. The closest car will come from Adam Security in Fisks?tra.?? Inspector Erlander saw Giannini through the doorway to Salander??s room. I heard her lecture once. and then stood up.M. The police in S?dert?lje have found two graves in the place that??s owned by Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club. He had a gun in his hand. It was the reorganization of 1964 that had shaped Gullberg??s future career. ??I think he knows that already. And not a word in the daily memo about Svavelsj? M.?? ??And??? ??There are seven full-timers. purposely selecting younger talent who had experience on the regular police force and were only recently recruited to S. At first she just saw strange lights until a figure appeared in the centre of her field of vision.?? Gullberg said.

regularly. Then Falun waited on the landing as Sandberg went in. His voice was steady. I think you??re pretty tough too.B. She had short dark hair and was dressed in dark jeans and a black jacket. ??He did talk to the nurse and he left the flowers at the desk. dealer. That was good. by the way. I can tell you that he is a defector.?? the Minister of Justice said. and he wondered if a copy of Bj?rck??s report might be in her briefcase.. ??One flight up. Criminal Inspector Jan Bublanski of the Violent Crimes Division in Stockholm. ??Within these four walls.M. ??Now let me say my piece. The chief of S. and they might not be the same ones Erika would have made.?? ??I gather you??re still busy with excavations in Nykvarn.

as well as certain guarantees. but were asked instead to wait on the landings if they were meeting their partner. I should probably also mention that there are some individuals in the police force who are actually on Lisbeth??s side in all this. a white top. ??Your editor-in-chief??s untimely departure will create problems in the newsroom.* ??This print comes from ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and was used in Se magazine in the spring of 1964. Detective Superintendent Otto Danielsson. The technology was not perfect. To Gullberg??s frustration. He warmly recommended that she be given the care she quite clearly needed. Please come to the point. You??ll have to speak to the P. He had met Chief of Secretariat Albert Shenke at meetings and internal conferences on countless occasions.?? ??I don??t like this. ??This is a great sleazy story. Maybe he??ll talk.?? ??So I start by getting the person who recruited me fired. but the surplus in the budget was primarily made up of the profits from Blomkvist??s book about the Wennerstr?m affair.?? Nystr?m said. ??What is it??? the P. and Blomkvist had never hesitated if Baksi asked him a favour.?? ??I??ll be going on holiday for three weeks.

and the rest of them were somehow excluded. This means that you have confirmed the existence of what I call the Zalachenko club. Armansky had begun to tell him the story of Lisbeth Salander. In 1996 he became assistant chief of the Immigration Division and ended up in a stressful position.v Superintendent Torsten Edklinth. he was unwilling to name his source. ??Bubble and I have known each other for many years. and I can??t say no. he appreciated flattery. And as you know. ??Thanks. Georg.P. In the United States you can cross-examine members of the government in a normal court of law. I don??t like this business with Ekstr?m and Faste and a new trial.?? ??And what if I make a wrong decision??? ??If I see or hear anything out of the ordinary. But he was still alive. ??She owns 30 per cent of Millennium and sits on our board. Gullberg did not have a clear sense of what Wadensj?? was made of. Salander got up from the edge of the bed and went to the window. but I have to insist that you answer the question. if I understood correctly ?C is to clean corridor 11C.

She was carrying a black briefcase.00 in the evening.S. She was carrying a black briefcase. He??s been an investigator at Justice and has handled a number of cases that got a fair bit of attention.I. Jonasson seemed distracted and bent over to arrange her pillow. I take it??? ??That??s right. 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. who was also a temp.?? If Zalachenko could have laughed he would have. we??re still two people short in editorial.?? ??Listen. ??Listen. Certainly.F.?? said Bublanski.?? ??Who gave him the instruction??? ??The chief of Secretariat??s assistant.com company that had the nerve to take the citizen to court. are you going to come quietly or do I have to handcuff you??? The consultant from Milton Security was waiting for Berger when she got home at around 7. and he had to pay the bill. and there??s no-one who can tell us who his clients were.

That??s what he put in the report. That was all she could manage. and that he had to deal with the kids in the morning.?? Blomkvist said. Berger was editor-in-chief and therefore one of the few people who could demand that information from him. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net. I haven??t told anybody. he had a rough draft of two articles totalling twenty-one pages.?? ??Unless she was armed. Trinity did not even consider trying to bug Ekstr?m??s work telephone at police H. You make the decisions. For a moment he stood indecisively outside the door. He felt inadequate but all of a sudden realized that he might be luckier than he deserved. Maybe it was a planned operation that was shelved.?? ??Alright. What worried him in the short term was that he could never predict when Niedermann might be struck by his mental paralysis. But this trial is going to be about entirely different things. Last night she had a temperature of 38 and vomited on two occasions. ??I can take care of Ekstr?m. We have an agreement with a local security company. So. The technique was not uncommon.

when the district court released her back into society.?? ??Unhappily. but his mind was working on a completely different level as he reconstructed the key points. M?rtensson??s apartment was on the top floor of a three-storey building in the suburbs. He felt inadequate but all of a sudden realized that he might be luckier than he deserved. Finally he called for a minute??s silence. fifty-five. They chatted for a while.?? Berger nodded and turned on a light. ??The chief of Secretariat and the chief of Budget belong to us. then he??d do it. but from even the little I managed to know of him.?? Armansky said. training sessions. but he restrained himself. a van pulled out and left a parking space on Bellmansgatan at the corner with Tavastgatan. to be honest.D. She gave him twenty minutes to deal with his post. Ronald Niedermann. Salander smiled. talk to the press??? Wadensj?? said.

He must have driven up the 180 through Bor?s and swung south. wondering whether to leave the office.G. Then we??ll have to sign a contract.?? ??If anything happens. Blomkvist got out his anonymous mobile and called Daniel Olsson. ??Hello. But he??s greedy. ?C the major increase in personnel began.?? ??Do you? Good. Then Modig leaned forward and said in a low voice. the author of the report. where place settings were already laid out. I understand Mikael??s plan. Mikael. but they had neither the resources nor the expertise to run this sort of operational activity.?? ??That??s me. and carry a heavier load than usual. An A. Paolo Roberto and his pals. In the cell at S?dert?lje police station he had played the scene over and over in his head: how he and Lundin had arrived at Advokat Bjurman??s summer house and found Salander apparently just leaving. Have you identified M?rtensson??s sidekick??? ??He??s unimportant.

One was manageable. She needed a weapon. ??There??s going to be a scandal of enormous proportions. but she quickly regained her composure. She had worked an average of five hours each day.?? ??I??m on the way in.?? ??If Salander hit her father in the head with an axe she isn??t exactly innocent. I??m not going to quote you or mention you even in anything I write. And then you dropped that bombshell about Borgsj?. and since he did not see any blood in the woman??s mouth he concluded that probably it had not. She saw him in the wing mirror on the passenger side as he went on down towards Hornsgatan. That was all she could manage. Berger jumped as though someone had fired a shot in her living room. Blomkvist??s magazine was intending to expose him.?? Just before noon there was a knock on the door and a uniformed officer delivered a document to Sp?ngberg.S. She was still thinking when she heard footsteps in the corridor. Modig raised her voice. He had bought bread. So let??s move on. I said asap.?? Figuerola said.

??I don??t know.?? ??That??s rubbish. I have not killed any policeman.?? ??It??s the least I could do. said.00 Edklinth arrived. We??ve been wondering what that was about. or Malm?. He told Paulsson he was an incompetent fool and yelled at him that Torstensson and Ingemarsson should fucking forget about untying Niedermann until they had called for back-up. Edklinth walked into police headquarters at 7.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians. so he pushed the sushi aside. which just happened to mean something to him. but what is new is that the construction industry is a couple of light-years ahead of all other Swedish industries when it comes to competition and efficiency. she had joined him at his table. He did his military service first as an officer cadet and was then accepted for officer training. ??Which pub are they in??? Blomkvist told her. ??Come in ?? Evert Gullberg.?? ??This is one hell of an investigation. Figuerola had begun to think that maybe she ought to start looking for a steady partner and a more permanent living arrangement. ??This is. It took him several minutes.

Then we??ll need to hire a new employee. It made sense. Then he smiled. The arrest of Lisbeth Salander was front-page news. Advokat Giannini. ??But remember that it??s been an extreme situation. Torsten Edklinth. At 2. Johanna Karolina Oskarsson.?? she added. I don??t have time to give special treatment to specific articles. she lost interest.P. but for security reasons almost the whole team was moved out of police headquarters to an eleven-room apartment in ?stermalm that had been discreetly remodelled into a fortified office. some squiggles on a piece of paper. and thereby indirectly the entire police investigation.P. Erlander shook his head. Her uneasiness grew.?? ??Oh. M?rtensson reports that Blomkvist is still at the office. which was understandable enough from the point of view of a budget chief and a C.

??And who the hell is Evert Gullberg??? ??Retired. ??Thanks.?? He muttered to himself as he turned down the corridor to his office.?? ??Which of course you are not. An agent already connected to the most secret of the secret.V. Let??s meet tonight at 9. Armansky had begun to tell him the story of Lisbeth Salander. He needed cash. ??On your way home??? ??You too. Figuerola had given him a number of indisputable indications that something was rotten within S. She started by ordering passport photographs of Faulsson.?? ??You never considered the fact that there might be something wrong with the arrangement??? ??No. I just need to know if he has a meeting with anybody right now. But he had no evidence. But Salander was gone from her I. but we??re going to have to act fast so that we don??t squander the opportunity. but he walked briskly from the Academic bookshop to the side entrance of N.?? ??Even then Teleborian was a well-respected child psychiatrist who had also worked in forensic medicine. She put her cursor on the spire of the church tower and clicked. And sex with Blomkvist. she was suffering from massive cyber-abstinence.

reported safecracking heist at a department store in V?ster?s. So.

?? ??I should also say that Annika Giannini
?? ??I should also say that Annika Giannini. so Salander is in intensive care. but you??re standing here lying to my face.?? ??In other words. ??Good morning. She looked down and saw blood. 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. the article is nonsense. what??s he doing here??? ??Clinton has decided to return to active duty. I??m not a guest at all. ??And what did he say??? ??He was very concerned about her safety and wished her well.M. Fourteen were from reporters at various newspapers who wanted to talk to him. but it was always during subsequent treatment or for completely different reasons that had nothing to do with his interventions. Borgsj? was a good man. Her foot was throbbing painfully. Adamsson glanced his way.?? Salander said. She was just walking very quietly. Mikael doesn??t know anything about it either. nothing serious. if that had been possible.?? She fell silent.

He then walked on to Sveav?gen. some pathologically obsessed ones who stalked celebrities and looked for love by hiding in woods near their villas. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net.?? ??Doing what??? ??I??m guessing ?C since she was filming M?rtensson and Faulsson on the street ?C that she??s documenting their activities.. I don??t know whether that affects things. as if brushing off a mosquito. Normally he would borrow Berger??s car.?? He thanked Dr Endrin.?? ??That??s quite possible.?? ??But who would be interested in creating such a thing??? Nystr?m put down the report and frowned. Well done.?? ??We??ll see how it goes.?? ??Who??s H. This is probably the first and only time in my professional career that I will reveal the contents of an unpublished story to a police officer. YOU LITTLE WHORE. He had read Jan Guillou??s books. Eleven rooms and apparently a bit of a snazzy joint. and fumbled for the talk button.?? ??Understood.?? A smile spread over Cortez??s face. ??Then look into Gullberg??s background.00.

If the government was involved. Adamsson watched as he took a bottle of cleaning fluid and sprayed the reception counter-top twice before wiping it with a rag. But we don??t think so.M. and that large freestanding building.?? Gullberg nodded. He was a chubby and very charming man. When they finally broke up. She had to be at S.G. according to Blomkvist. ??I really don??t think so. There was something in one of the pockets. was alive. Being a consultant for industry can mean almost anything at all. ??You know what? I think you ought to recruit her for the Section. right away. For the security to work. said. ??that we make the whole thing disappear and put Salander back in an asylum??? ??Salander we can handle.?? ??Bodin ?? Zalachenko is as slippery as an eel and he has an answer to all our questions. ??As far as the Security Police are concerned. and Edklinth did not welcome the necessity to get mixed up in it.

Sometime after midnight she decided that. He left the firm after ten years and opened his own practice. uncontested decision in a district court.00 on Friday afternoon.?? ??He??s so upset that he??s complained to the board. He himself had grown up in H?lledal outside Ramvik. the officer who had worked with the financial police. She waited while he read her four pages. ??Facing south. More than just fine. They were summoned to Edklinth??s office and told of their assignment as well as the need for absolute secrecy. I??m inviting the media to a press conference. she had spent her time trying to work out how to escape from this locked room at Sahlgrenska.?? Nystr?m said. ??Nicely done. First Zalachenko. That would be against the law. His injuries were causing him immense pain. am I someone who has a problem with the fact that you??re fitter and physically stronger than I am? No. and they agreed to have another meeting the following week. stuffed it into his shoulder bag and left the office without a word. and the fact that I??m a workout fanatic. ??and get a couple of hours?? sleep yourself.

We??re not going to kill the article. In return he had pledged not to steal anything from the apartment that was the target of the operation. considering all the revelations that have already come out about her. the reporter. an antibiotic. ??Clinton will make the operational decisions while I??m gone. But I don??t discuss my patients with journalists.?? ??Tough ?? by all means. ??Rescue Service helicopter coming in. ??Who is the source of these claims??? Figuerola said when the story was ended. small burn marks on his chest. She simply did not grasp or did not care that the only way Giannini could provide her with an effective defence would be if she had access to all the facts.?? ??Correct. and that means you??ll once again be a pawn in their game. Which do you prefer??? Salander considered the choice. and at the offices. Leaving the restaurant she had stuffed it into her pocket instead of putting it back in her briefcase. Some day.?? ??Probably.T. Then there was the incident in the tunnelbana. ??He drove a Saab.?? Clinton said into his earpiece.

Zalachenko??s case should have ended up in Counter-Espionage.?? ??And he got Hans Faste all worked up. Johannes. It is almost entirely fabricated. Gunnar Bj?rck. I need somebody to scrub my back. the total budget of the secret police was 2.B. if I understood correctly.?? ??So. And I??m dead tired. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep. Only when Salander had logged out of Hacker Republic did she go into Yahoo and log on to the private newsgroup [Idiotic_Table].?? ??I??m afraid there might be a third copy. Could you give me your impression of her??? ??Well. we??re going to install surveillance cameras. ??Yes.B.2 an hour ago. of course. Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head. In 1969. Ghidi had apparently aroused media attention for a time.

whether the end of the word went up or down.S. but stopped with his hand on the receiver. 2. Now. Then he walked decisively back to Zalachenko??s room and closed the door.?? Seventy-eight. All of a sudden a heavy downpour lashed at the window. The first thirty pages of the report that Blomkvist discovered agree with the original. which indicated that the document was Top Secret.?? ??When and why??? ??I don??t know when. ??Hello. She thought for a few seconds. I don??t know why.P. He downloaded four folders. Figuerola and Blomkvist were waiting for him. He has security clearance and you can discuss classified information with him in general terms. Then he hung his overcoat and jacket in the wardrobe behind the door. The only thing they can do now is to stonewall and go on claiming that Salander is mentally ill. and opened the folder of notes from her last conversation with Salander. ??Could I get an owner of a red Audi??? she said. it would make sense to continue promoting that story.

?? She expected him to get up and say he would come back in a few days.?? Blomkvist said. which dealt with the Wennerstr?m affair. How was that possible? Edklinth tried to imagine what reasonably would have happened if he had been sitting at the chief??s desk at S. ??Excuse us for summoning you to this meeting at such short notice. was founded in the ??70s. But you do have to shut your eyes to the fact that I am. Baksi and Blomkvist had been friends ever since. ??God damn it. had a certain opinion of Palme???? ??You??re suggesting that somebody forgot to inform the social democratic government??? Edklinth nodded. or the advertising manager Magnusson. ??Cough. Whoever did the falsification was extremely well informed. He felt that the situation was chaotic and ominous. It??s just that I didn??t want to track you down at work. that the discrepancy arises. Blomkvist did not speculate about Bjurman??s motives.?? ??An attack alarm can??t be cancelled the same way you would cancel the burglar alarm. I??ve apologized to him for the way he was treated last night. card and stating that he had urgent business. Paulsson finally asked how Niedermann had come to be in that ditch.?? ??You mean we should ???? Nieminen had already decided that Niedermann had to be got rid of. But there was still a gigantic gaping hole.

?? Inspector Erlander got up from his desk and went upstairs to tell the preliminary investigation leader. She felt as if she had a stupendous hangover and the bed seemed to keep tilting backwards. He had met Lundin at Kumla prison in the early nineties. He was snoring. He wore a hound??s-tooth jacket and dark-grey trousers. but the alternative was worse. You??re wearing gloves.?? ??This is all temporary. Advokat Giannini.?? ??I see. ??Not much. She found a scarf and wrapped it around her foot and tied it tight. bad cop. I cannot defend myself. traitor. & M. Nieminen bent down and looked at the bodies. Salander never talked to the authorities. After two hours she got up and went to the coffee machine and got a refill. ??and get a couple of hours?? sleep yourself. ??I have no idea.I.M.

I??m going to stay on as a partner and will attend board meetings. He did not seem to take in anything that Blomkvist said. erupted.?? ??The reason I work out is that it feels great. since they were the closest things to God??s representatives here on earth. she didn??t turn it in until 7. She turned the computer off at once and shoved it under her pillow. ??The staff would like to have a word. and some bright spark at the Rescue Service got the message.?? Edklinth said. At S.50 he parked on a side street off Avenyn in G?teborg.R.?? It was not until after 10. But you have to work harder on the exercises.?? ??What was the number??? ??I couldn??t possibly remember.S. and there she set up her laptop and took command. I spy on them. If I had been a suspect. This meant that they gave up far too easily; alternatively they spent too much time at the acute stage trying to work out exactly what was wrong with the patient so as to decide on the right treatment.?? Magnusson nodded. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands.

C. He was moved from Personal Protection and is working on his own. I want you to go to the hospital and observe the work in the emergency ward and the intensive care unit for a couple of days. Every other basic right. and of course the whole force is keeping their eyes peeled.?? Cortez reported. That drove him to such depths of despair that he took his own life. But I may stumble a bit before I really get going. it??s not certain that anyone would believe him.I.R.?? ??No.?? Gullberg said. You??re healing. but she had always known. and he had to stop after each step to deal with the pain.?? Jonasson laughed. born 1950. Almost all of them are negative.?? Nystr?m said. She flipped open her mobile and called his Ericsson. taken to a prison outside Mosul. Thomasson could provide him with all that.

She??s the one who makes the decisions on these things. Salander had a canister of Mace. ??Not a word about the Zalachenko affair. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report. How else to explain the fact that he had been so fucking stupid. ??That sounds like child labour and stuff like that.I. We are now close to the point where we can draw conclusions. without knowing what she would say.?? ??I consider her to be withdrawn. I??m guessing that Blomkvist has a copy and that there??s one at the editorial offices.S.?? Gullberg said.B.v Superintendent Torsten Edklinth. Clinton would take care of Giannini. Berger told him not to bother. who did the bookkeeping one day a week.?? Ghidi was to do this every day until Blomkvist told him it was no longer necessary. He served in G?teborg before he moved to Trollh?ttan.?? ??Yes. And Karlskrona..

?? ??Did you make eye contact??? ??No. the reporter. I had no idea that he worked for S?po.32. Is that understood??? ??Yes. talking on the telephone. Through all these storms Berger had been the rock that nothing seemed capable of shifting. Since your apartment and mobile seem to be bugged and we have reason to be discreet. He spent two hours trying to locate the Swedish ambassador and made contact by telephone at around 9. That was when she felt that there was something hard beneath her head. the author of the report. there might be a case for that. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking.v Superintendent Torsten Edklinth. If he could have screwed the whore without beating her up every time.?? she said to the P. He told her succinctly what had happened. Lunch consisted of black coffee and a meatball sandwich with beetroot salad.?? ??And what was her condition??? ??She was conscious the whole time. and then the clock clicked over to 2. ??O.?? ??What do we know??? Blomkvist shouted after him.?? ??I??m not sure exactly what I think.

?? ??Do I have a say in this??? ??No. In due course the matter came to the attention of the Security Police. He knew that something was not quite right in Niedermann??s head.?? ??So we have to work out who??s acting against us. and above all you shouldn??t end up in a situation where you have to bash in someone??s skull. of course I??ll come with you. nor did she want their jobs ?C that was the last thing she wanted. Press freedom has also been enshrined by parliament and is based on the socially and democratically acceptable restrictions of society. He held the lift door open for her and let her go first to the reception desk on the ward. and what sort of background they have. terribly sorry. He??s acting on an official request from S. And then he had attempted suicide. Blomkvist closed Cortez??s research folder and pushed it away with distaste.I. The first time it was parked near the entrance to his building on Bellmansgatan on Wednesday morning when he left to walk to the office. written with the spray function in Photoshop. Salander was extremely aggravated by the time he had finished. That should be enough of an explanation. Plus. He also recommends that Salander should be offered the best conceivable psychiatric care. Those were the words she had said to him when he moved to Hedeby. If these very unpleasant pranks continue we will have to consider reporting them to the police.

But Morander was editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper. or unfeminine??? ??No.?? ??I see. ??Mikael. There were two kinds of injury that he hated.E. which he at once identified as belonging to the Security Police. reminding himself to discuss the rights to the book with Svensson??s family.?? Wadensj?? looked so startled that Gullberg quickly explained that he was joking. Agneta Jervas. I won??t make any record of your answer and I won??t discuss it with anyone else. You??re not risking anything. but he thought he had been tailed by a red Audi that day. She also has a bullet wound in her shoulder and another in her hip.I. It was the seventh time he had seen the same car in four days. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in. whose task it was to handle the most sensitive of the sensitive. At morning rounds. Three women and six men: the head of the Violent Crimes Division and his assistant head; three criminal inspectors including Erlander and the G?teborg police press officers; preliminary investigation leader Agneta Jervas from the prosecutor??s office.00 this morning.D. ??Here??s the plan.

a narrow-brimmed. Blomkvist was not ordinarily impressed by celebrity. She checked her diary and saw that she had four meetings. He had given them a clear description of her injuries and the bullet wound in her head. leaning her crutches against his desk as she sat down in the visitor??s chair. In September 1964.?? Gullberg raised a hand to forestall Wadensj????s objections. We had also informed Camilla that her sister was violent and mentally ill. both died on the same day.45 p.?? ??What I learned at Millennium tells me that I can say without a doubt that this story is a lie. she certainly isn??t easy to deal with. But today is my last day of work. We have taps on Blomkvist??s landline and mobile.?? ??And then what happened??? ??We kept an eye on her. but we can make a few assumptions. as if brushing off a mosquito. I don??t like this business with Ekstr?m and Faste and a new trial. The last time she tried explaining what a pig Zalachenko was. He wished that the decisive Fredrik was still there. the court will appoint a defence lawyer on your behalf. ??I think he knows that already. They contained data.

When the X-rays came through he studied them intently. She was in a cold sweat. Right now. He was careful to annihilate both Teleborian and the now dead Bj?rck. and he??s going to do what??s best for him. The plane would take off from Arlanda at 2. ??Kurdo Baksi sends his greetings. Tell us what you know.?? ??Yes. Ellis liked living in Sweden. On one occasion when I still had my mouth taped shut. ??Now. He asked if I liked being pierced and then left the room. I couldn??t even take notes.G. Then I get involved in something and don??t get time to do it again for a month or two. ??But we have more urgent issues to talk about. The Zalachenko folder. The written record was meagre in the extreme.?? Modig made no answer.?? Ellis said. In this issue. but their conversations should not deal with Salander??s problems or impending legal battles.

Figuerola most definitely had no right to invite him here on her own authority. but they had evidently found nothing of value to the Nykvarn investigation.00. As far as we can determine at the moment. But they were every one of them computer wizards. She saw that it was 5. I need to know now. who were all asleep. so Salander is in intensive care. it??s you ?? wait a second.m. She was incredibly lucky. But Erika. At lunchtime on Monday she had a visit from Dr Jonasson. She also has a bullet wound in her shoulder and another in her hip. Someone had been in his apartment.M. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M.?? ??Try out the idea that she??s innocent of these accusations. ??So what??s this all about??? he said when they had got their coffee. She turned to look at Enrico.I. She felt a small twinge of fear.

Nils Erik Bjurman. other than the parts that concerned the conspiracy against her ?C Giannini needed help with those.?? the P. The P. and Blomkvist spent more than an hour sorting through its contents. and she liked him. He had succeeding in gathering some forensic evidence linking Niedermann to the murders of Svensson and Johansson. Zalachenko said that he would mull over the matter. He asked her to lean forward and placed the stethoscope on her back to listen to her lungs. V. It was supposed to be left on for a few more days until the wound in her head began to heal. I have also received similar emails from a sender who purports to be ??centraled?? at S. first of all.?? ??Right now we??re confronted with an exceptionally complicated situation that requires operational expertise. Edklinth lacked the legal authority to initiate a preliminary investigation.?? He stood up suddenly.?? She smiled and did not seem at all irritated by his questions. He copied the address into Explorer. the alarm we installed today contains two components.H.?? ??Yes. Blomkvist hesitated. And the prosecutor will soon be having you transferred to a prison in Stockholm to await trial in six weeks.

I actually met him a couple of times. even if she did not sleep.?? Blomkvist smiled at her. He called Karim in. Blomkvist realized at once that he was in a position of some strength. but we don??t yet know how. ??But she doesn??t have to reach the phone. 1. ??You know more than you ought to. But it??s very simple to fake an apparently legitimate address. Salander switched on her Palm Tungsten T3.?? Blomkvist said in a tone that indicated he had scant trust in the Prime Minister??s assurances. S.?? ??Time is more or less all I have.?? She looked around at her colleagues in the cramped editorial office. You can only do your best. ??I want to know who Evert Gullberg was. But to open the door from the outside. ??I have a plan. Every time she declined in a friendly but firm way.?? ??What do you want??? ??What do you think??? Gullberg pulled up the chair and sat down. underlining.I.

the lamp hook in the ceiling came away and Bj?rck??s body fell to the floor.?? ??It all sounds a bit ?? I don??t know. which he had read four times. That was the custom in the village.?? Salander said without enthusiasm. has eaten into a great many old consolidated assets.P.?? ??But I probably won??t be at S.?? ??That??s true. the emergency vehicle will come out anyway and you??ll be charged a fee.K.00 in the morning she opened the word processing program on her Palm. if that had been possible. editor-in-chief. His parents lived in ?rebro and they were his sole heirs. holding out a hand that Zalachenko ignored. She gave him a quick look and turned on to Grev Turegatan. Some of them concerned how he should present Salander in the articles. daubed sexually explicit epithets on her living-room walls.?? the Minister of Justice said. but it??s possible. Someone decides that a certain person should be given a particular level of clearance. 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.

??Thanks for letting me borrow your kitchen today. Blomkvist had objected at once. since experience from far too many countries has shown that a political police department could easily transform itself into the principal threat to democracy. on sick leave from his job as assistant chief of the Immigration Division of the Security Police.G.S. and in a few days we??ll present an assessment that we??ll go over with you. It??s not your job to take apart the operational organization. Before you take one single positive action I want to be informed. If she??s sentenced to a secure psychiatric facility. When she was admitted to Sahlgrenska hospital I performed a comprehensive medical examination on her. Then the assassin??s shots rang out on Sveav?gen and the matter became irrelevant. He was in his thirties. She had to be at S. and then you have a month off. Shall we go and have some coffee??? Berger sat up. almost ten million kronor for nine individuals who sit on S. but he knew that it would be a bad idea to frighten off Waltari before they were in place.?? Blomkvist said to remind them that he was there in the room. The legendary double agent Colonel Stig Wennerstr?m. Then she heard the rattle of a set of keys. The Section had its offices at Kungsholmen.iv ?C Tuesday.

He had spent much of Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday morning reading or at least skimming the books. It was obviously premeditated ?C the attacker had brought his can of spray paint. or hostile??? ??No. He was offered supervisory training a few years ago but turned it down. ??Svensson. who had evidently stayed at Berger??s house the night before and who had emailed a report late that night.G. and that there was good reason to offer him a false identity and anonymity. This included almost everything that had to do with Zalachenko??s background. This time of year every cabin owner is out checking their property. and a lightweight grey linen jacket. As always.C.?? ??Negative too? It??s no good if the two of you can??t work together???? ??I have no problem working with him. An article she had rejected in the afternoon would appear in the newspaper sometime after she had gone home. then death was nothing to worry about. was in and delighted to see him.?? ??While I have it fresh in my mind. She found a scarf and wrapped it around her foot and tied it tight. but that was because Berger had always managed to balance an extremely tight budget. even if the printer breaks every record for us. one of which was a relatively complicated and widely reported safecracking heist at a department store in V?ster?s. So.

Zalachenko when he defected. How did this get here??? one of them said. One quick look around told him that they were there too late.

and it has to be done immediately and cannot be mentioned outside this room
and it has to be done immediately and cannot be mentioned outside this room. First of all.?? ??Did he call you or did you call him??? ??He called me. Niedermann must have bloodied his knuckles pretty badly during the beating. I??m going to be arrested.?? Edklinth said. but it had a strong moral and emotional impact. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko. ??Let me guess.?? Berger said. said. and he had heedlessly told her his real name ?C Zalachenko. which just happened to mean something to him.?? Blomkvist said calmly. But this was nothing new. It??s Friday night. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. He saw an unusually tall and muscular woman looking back at him with a polite. We have an excellent film of how they break in and go through my papers. That was ominous. but now it was time to take care of the matter. He asked her to lean forward and placed the stethoscope on her back to listen to her lungs.?? Ellis went on.

?? he said. She looked at the time of the message. She felt fettered to her bed. all ready to be arrested. and how empty it was going to seem without Berger. and one or other of us has to be here alone from time to time. SixOfOne wrote. don??t!?? she screamed and then took a step back.S. She chose a black blouse and put on a jacket. I do not mean for this to continue on my watch. He did not shut down the computer until 6. It??s clear that there must have been financing. 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. But it must have hurt like hell. aggressive resistance to police officers.?? Erlander said.?? Eriksson burst out laughing. She opened her eyes to two narrow slits and saw a silhouette with crutches in the doorway. It was rare for her to close the door to her office. They were sitting at the same conference table at which Blomkvist had sat the day before. the Section??s secretary Eleanor Badenbrink. Sorry.

The bullet emerged with almost no resistance. ??You??re right. You might be able to trace the I. ??O. M?rtensson punched in the code and they disappeared into the stairwell. She might develop epilepsy. I??m probably not looking for a steady boyfriend either. He pushed away the sheet of paper with the nine succinct points that Berger had presented at the weekly meeting of the budget committee. It??s also possible that knowledge of Zalachenko was confined to so small a circle that Prime Minister F?lldin had no real oversight.I. Whatever happened. He tried to murder Lisbeth. She had missed her chance to kill Zalachenko. She could not piece together all that had happened. Just after 6. A whole bunch of experienced professionals who know how to do their jobs. ??She was obviously hired by Blomkvist. A detective named Hans Faste from Stockholm. ??Thanks.?? she said. But as things look now. ??I have today off.?? Modig made a call to Inspector Bublanski from the corridor outside Zalachenko??s hospital room.

D. A large portion of these funds were used for investments in I. are vacant and are being to some extent covered by temps. our lawyer in S.?? Modig hesitated again.K. We are both of us sorry that you were subjected to Paulsson??s rather primitive way of operating.?? ??According to Blomkvist. It was late afternoon by the time Figuerola was able to convey to Edklinth with some certainty the discovery that Clinton??s and von Rottinger??s careers after they left S. evacuation and break-in protection. retired S?po hand. Other Kurds in Sweden got involved. Salander was sulky and often just silent. ??Because she wanted to tell you first. Could we meet? Erika And then two emails on the following days: Dearest. I won??t.?? Blomkvist weighed the situation for a moment. He aimed the revolver at her and took a step forward. She was left to her own devices at the end of the working day. We have to check their email.R.B. and confront Borgsj? and demand his resignation.

Lillian had cleaned it with alcohol and put a bandage on it. was placed in a foster home in Uppsala. An ultra-secret unit that was given strategic positions within the Firm. If we??re going to have the slightest chance. We haven??t found hide nor hair of her since. ??And how long have you known about this??? ??Since today. Bj?rck had not acted alone. did karate.?? The P. He had to deal with Teleborian. but she held back; she was exhausted and decided it would be better to keep quiet than tarnish her stay at Sahlgrenska with a fight. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. and he seemed unconcerned with prestige. Figuerola gave her a lead of about thirty metres. The night porter said that was possible. moving away. ??We need images. could blithely reveal her most intimate secrets to a bunch of completely unknown freaks on the Internet. the defected G. One part concerns Zalachenko. Herr Zalachenko. conspicuous role.?? ??Apart from the two nurses.

which she took back to her office. She felt a niggling irritation that she could not identify.?? ??Even then Teleborian was a well-respected child psychiatrist who had also worked in forensic medicine.?? Edklinth said. The bullet emerged with almost no resistance.00 per minute. At 8.VI The historian Diodorus from Sicily. For this I??m willing to pay you a thousand kronor a week. should also be informed. ??Good afternoon. ??There??s nothing in any report that I??ve seen from the Security Police that could have a bearing on this matter.I. The first year??s budget amounted to 52. he exploited his hold over them to the maximum. the sports desk is on its knees already. ??He??s driving me nuts. but we think you have a good chance of making a full recovery. We don??t have the resources for what you??d think of as an operations unit. Mikael and Malin have been working like demons. this is a matter for the G?teborg police. But the rest is guesswork. She had decided that for once she was going to do as he advised.

and a couple of cousins. He had not even thought about Zalachenko for months until the morning he discovered the daughter on every newspaper billboard. what have you got??? Blomkvist said. but the dramatic events at Sahlgrenska had meant that she still had not had a real conversation with Salander. Zalachenko is dead. The last time she had been locked up she was scarcely into her teens. She saw that Erlander had noticed the same thing. and then he remembered that he had booked himself a room in City Hotel. ??It??s Jonasson. where she had written: She had spent several weeks in the Caribbean last winter working herself into a frenzy over Fermat??s theorem. and deepened the crisis we now find ourselves in. as well as the tool drawer.?? Sandberg said. what they look like.?? ??And what did they do there??? ??It couldn??t have been to plant bugs.?? He thanked Dr Endrin. Can I buy you a cup of coffee??? ??Tell me what it??s about. but it did not look so good now. Salander grabbed it from him. she thought.?? ??Is there a computer??? ??No. to make you aware of the sensitive nature of the situation.?? ??From S?po??? ??Yes.

?? ??No. ??Waltari. Why did S?po always have to be such a nightmare to administer? ??The second part is: who is involved? And very specifically.P. Modig shrugged. we can always single him out as a rogue policeman. she was a person who stubbornly kept her distance from those around her and showed no emotion at all. Andersson.S.?? Jonasson said.. ??So the Zalachenko club is somewhere in this building.S. From that moment on. ??How can I help you??? ??It??s about one of your patients. He had not even thought about Zalachenko for months until the morning he discovered the daughter on every newspaper billboard. Zalachenko was a Soviet defector.?? he said. or at least parts of it. She sat so that the light from the window fell on her back. could hardly get her thoughts in order. moving fast. Blomkvist printed out the 220 pages of the manuscript that were finished.

But Jonasson had never before had a patient with a bullet in her skull. Then he shut off the computer and sat down at Salander??s kitchen table with an editing pencil. but in reality he had scarcely been seen in the department before the ??90s. it would make sense to continue promoting that story. back to the case. you??re going to have to sort out some resources pretty damn fast. has developed its own text editing system. Strangely enough. She took the call.?? Bublanski cleared his throat.?? The lights were out at G?ransson??s place when Nieminen and Waltari drove up in the twilight.00 yesterday morning. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net. ??She??s mid-twenties. born in 1969.K. Bambi wrote. and therefore the investigation of Salander. and Lisbeth Salander was unlucky enough to have him as her father. Lundin has been charged for the reasons I mentioned earlier.?? ??Was she angry. Instead of going back up the hill to Tavastgatan.?? Figuerola said.

Don??t push me away. a hand-picked state secretary.?? ??Negative too? It??s no good if the two of you can??t work together???? ??I have no problem working with him. I??m not going to try to convince you one way or the other. Find out the registration number. You need to stop that.?? She walked briskly through the newsroom and was aware of the drop in the noise level. ??Why should that be a problem??? Eriksson said.G.00 and called Eriksson at Millennium. He was obviously closely connected with the development of events. this was made out to be a conspiracy. ??He??s crossing Vasagatan. You were the one who called the paramedics. ??And the story of why one of our colleagues was murdered because the government didn??t do its job fifteen years ago. ??I??ve spoken with Bublanski. ??How does Bjurman come into the story in the first place? You say he was the one who started the whole thing by contacting Zalachenko and asking him to kill Salander. In any normal situation she would have knocked on the door. It??s probably the only thing that??s a bit odd. Gullberg had just come home and was watching the election coverage on T. She stopped in the doorway. But you??re going to owe me one. Ronald Niedermann.

Whoever had stolen the report already knew that his copy too had been stolen. possibly for the end of this week.?? ??I definitely heard him at the door. I won??t forget it. 1990); and ?C somewhat surprisingly ?C An Agent in Place by Thomas Whiteside (Ballantine. if the entire underworld is looking for him.?? ??And??? ??I asked what sort of medical expertise he thought he had to assess your condition and then I told him to go to hell. including the distribution of methamphetamine. Born in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. She had a memory of being surprised that he had run away and she did not know why. Nilsson was not afraid of the dark. She sat there for some time. Today we have fewer employees responsible for producing more text every day. brought up during an afternoon meeting. almost as if to confide in the other man. ??Can I buy you breakfast??? ??Can one get pancakes and jam anywhere round here??? ??Waffles. She disconnected and looked up at the ceiling. Gunnar Bj?rck. She stood up. But in my opinion he??s a pig. He had interrupted her planning how to break out of Sahlgrenska hospital. Edklinth had a sense that cogs were whirring at high speed behind the P. ??I??ve been told that you don??t generally communicate much with the authorities.

By signing this directive. Everyone agrees that you??re the best choice. Everybody??s off work. and until we??re able to identify the remains.?? ??I don??t think???? ??It??s up to you. When her lawyer spoke to her she had listened with only half an ear. arson. The most disturbing was the attack on her house. we??re hiring the whole mystique that goes with your name.?? Olsson said.?? ??And she survived??? ??She looked like nothing on earth when she came in. hit the return key. but he did not by any means consider himself a brain surgeon.?? Blomkvist said. not to mention their years of investigations of Palme and other prominent Social Democrats.?? ??Which means that my problem is definitely the government??s problem. It was not her fault that her father had been a pathological sadist and murderer. She pinged him. And she??s not known for being a shrinking violet. exposed Wennerstr?m and eventually got him a life sentence for treason at L?ngholmen prison. so it was no surprise that she had killed these people. He frowned as he stared out of the window. He pulled open the door and went into the corridor.

looking around in desperation.?? ??That??s not what I asked. The unknown quantity. Prosecutor Ekstr?m??s weakness was his conviction as to his own importance. then said.T. printed out the document and began to read it at once. He was expert at breaking and entering. Just then he was sober.P. That??s a very large firm. where the contacts were made through personal friendship and trust. since they were the closest things to God??s representatives here on earth. ??Who??s going to take over the investigation of Salander??? ??I don??t know. And we share the same objective. According to legend. but not on my watch.G.M. Two strong men will be here in ten to twelve minutes. ??Hello. She was given a local anaesthetic and afterwards the wound was sewn up with three stitches. But she could scarcely keep her eyes open.

??The selection of a new editor-in-chief will have to be discussed and made by the board. has really fouled his nest this time. since Zalachenko had never operated in Sweden and had little knowledge of the country. She saw the glass doors of the editor-in-chief??s office.?? ??There. The system had an obvious weakness. If I understand the matter correctly.C.?? he introduced himself. Blomkvist closed Cortez??s research folder and pushed it away with distaste. ??I??d like to examine you for a moment. as you can see right next to her gunshot wound.I. The difference is that it locks automatically when you close it. Modig and Andersson had already arrived. ??this could lead to a constitutional crisis. She had electrodes taped to her body to record her pulse and breathing. The electrodes. The headline that Berger had decided to use was suddenly replaced by something entirely different. For a long moment they stood looking at each other. He took a hasty swallow of his tea and set down the cup. This bothered her.?? the girl said.

Salander waited patiently. Figuerola walked to Bergsgatan and summoned her four colleagues for an early morning conference. Bj?rck. For one thing.?? Holmberg said at last.00. The first patrol car with Torstensson and Ingemarsson from the station in Trollh?ttan arrived a few minutes after the helicopter landed.S. ??You should start working out yourself. ??You??re a filthy swine. ??Do we have the name of the assailant??? Eriksson shook her head as the telephone rang again. & E. ??Fair enough. We should cut that to five full-timers. The text was short. Since April he had not even plugged in the broadband cable to his own machine. He could be clean out of the country. and after six months they had put him on a flight to Spain. Between 1991 and 1996 he worked for the Stockholm police. Salander tapped her way. of course.?? Blomkvist said.M.

Two men stood there. The magazine will be printed by then. ??Probably to see me dead. ??I know. A few years in an institution would do her nothing but good. ??Ouch. he was unwilling to name his source. now that he??s dead. and this paper will come out tomorrow too. Everything had looked so good. V.?? ??Thanks for everything. The roster included himself. He ignored the system files. Now thirty-two years old. The car was still there. until the immigration authorities decided that Ghidi did not have sufficient grounds for a residency permit. professional board-member types. She was not exactly sneaking around. ??You can read about a lot of this in a report from the government??s Construction Cost Delegation. arson. As soon as she was a little way down the hill. public reports.

But isn??t it strange that they don??t appear anywhere in S?po??s organizational chart??? ??That??s ridiculous.?? ??Good.?? ??Well. I don??t believe Paulsson??s claim of aggressive resistance for a minute. ??I came here late so as not to attract attention. Can??t we go back to your place and sleep? I don??t have the energy for sex.?? ??Lisbeth is my friend.?? She glanced to her right and met the eye of the pictures editor. What he was expected to confess. she drew an age curve and deleted everyone over fifty-five and under twenty-five. That??s what he put in the report.I.?? ??I see. He opened the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table] and found the final version of Salander??s autobiographical statement. He was almost at the door when he heard Zalachenko??s voice again.05. though it might come to that. By that time she had produced a document corresponding to two single-spaced A4 pages. Blomkvist is not afraid to take risks. He was mentioned in a lot of correspondence with Teleborian. and she discovered that some S?po activists are running illegal telephone taps and breaking into my apartment and stealing things. You see. ??It??s a job that could land you in big trouble.

I??m looking for Fredrik Clinton. June is a double issue. 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. I don??t think that. Whether they??re right or wrong. She had brought a book with her. Since R. gathering up Blomkvist??s documentation. ??I don??t want to be quoted. where would he be??? ??He??s a German citizen.?? ??Right now we??re confronted with an exceptionally complicated situation that requires operational expertise. I tracked him to Gosseberga. Swedish democracy is based on a single premise: the Right to Free Speech (R. the signature of the Prime Minister meant that he had sanctioned the need for a unit that would be responsible for ??internal personnel control??. as set out in the government??s instruction. She knew that Blomkvist??s apartment was on the top floor. Slip wrote. ??Can you hear me. L?derman. possibly longer. Then he heard a sound to his right and saw the Prime Minister get up from an armchair.?? ??But I???? ??Give it a try. It was a more complex problem to identify a specific mobile telephone.

He waited until she nodded.T. and he was looking forward to that assignment. but later she asked if I had any scientific journals that dealt with genetics and brain research. She was content to confine her dealings with him to the Net. An injured man and a younger woman. he was her employer. First she checked her email. But Lisbeth should be able to choose whether she wants to make use of them in her trial. the loose cannon who quarrelled with P. ignoring all the protocols.com>.?? Berger almost blushed. Then she considered whether she wanted Niedermann caught or not. During the police interviews.D. She turned off the Palm and put it under the covers between her thighs. dates. she had encouraged him to think for himself. They found G?ransson and his girlfriend in the basement.?? ??Yes. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery. She was not the one who had killed Svensson and Johansson.

10 he took the tram to Angered and got off in the centre of town.?? Modig said in apology. unless she had a screwdriver and a ladder.?? Salander said breathlessly. I understand you called last night. It was 10. and G. and then would always break it. The file was stamped Top Secret. she said. Much more blood had obviously been shed in and around the trench. But if you want to win. ??Say that again??? ????diot. she easily decoded the correspondence. What could I say? If I asked what it meant.?? ??Well. She sat paralysed and tried to work out from which direction the sharp reports had come.I. ??Mikael isn??t here today. no matter what they say. he could move around his room. a second tie. starting with the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table].

In the end he fixed the fabric very loosely round her head.?? ??As do we all. let??s wait and see what??s necessary and what isn??t. Two are in Syria and my little sister is in Madrid. ??Bj?rck gave him the contact. It??s owned by a company called Bellona Inc. ??We believe that Salander is in some way the link between all of them. in consultation with her colleague Dr Jonasson.berger@smpost.?? ??I don??t even know which colleague you??re talking about. Before he turned up out of the blue at a meeting with Gullberg. but these were the things that Salander would no doubt prefer not to have fall into the wrong hands. I think you ought to see a doctor. ??This is most assuredly a matter of life or death. but we may have to postpone it for a month. She requisitioned their passport photographs and identified at once the woman she had followed from Bellmansgatan as the Susanne Linder who lived in Nacka. so that you can decide whether you can or you can??t.?? ??So I do need to visit her to do a first-hand evaluation of her condition. She turned the computer off at once and shoved it under her pillow. You??ve been hurt and had surgery. I don??t suppose you have any chance of hearing what they??re saying. All this happened on the day Zalachenko was murdered. At 1.

She had severe hypothermia.?? he said. Von Rottinger is dead.O. it seems. He corresponded with Teleborian ?C but the correspondence in the form we??ve seen it is apparently a forgery. Clinton had succeeded Gullberg and was the chief of the Section until 2002. had knowledge of a crime and thus he had the obligation to submit a report to a prosecutor. 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. ??This is. But how?? In amazement she glanced over at the locked door.?? ??Andersson is a tough customer.?? ??It??s an utter disaster. she had a budget in which such a cost would be considered pin money. It would be as it was in the ??80s. The exact same. was placed in a foster home in Uppsala.. The case is now at the prosecutor??s office.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150.?? ??Then it would probably be a good idea to spend the day moving in there. He??s fearless and shows promise.?? he said.

Fredrik Clinton. On the one hand.I. I??m just trying to take stock of her.00. It had been developed by the U. that??s how it is. somebody had gone into her bathroom and taken Millennium??s material about Vitavara Inc. work it out! / Kalle B. She waited until the night nurse had been and gone.?? Armansky said. I??m not going to tell anybody that we got together. But she knew that. Why is that??? Salander??s eyes darkened. No black marks on his record. Considering the media attention. Nevertheless. but Constitutional Protection doesn??t have an operations unit. are you still there??? ??Sorry. For a moment she stood.?? ??And he was the person with primary responsibility for Zalachenko when he defected. How did this get here??? one of them said. One quick look around told him that they were there too late.

was being sought ?C would be placed under the jurisdiction of a prosecutor in G?teborg. In addition

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
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. Bublanski had called to give them new instructions.?? Berger studied the chairman of the board.?? Blomkvist??s whole world suddenly felt off balance. So we are asking for your help. past the parliament building. Above all we have to get those copies of the report. Quite apart from her injuries. ??Lisbeth Salander. I??ll know exactly what you talked about less than an hour after I get to my office in Stockholm.?? Berger sighed. of course. and I won??t discuss my patient. Hire some people. which he took to be a good sign. She had a headache again. when he needed to restructure certain funds connected to a small financial firm that he owned in Liechtenstein. Gullberg did not have a clear sense of what Wadensj?? was made of. she now has a lawyer named Annika Giannini.P.?? ??What I mean is that you should go on with your life and not feel as though you need to entertain me. The business section has one. and that did not have anything at all to do with the operations of Counter-Espionage.

?? Blomkvist said.?? ??But those journals contain mostly scholarly papers and pure research. She tried 52553. You can??t call and say that it was a mistake.?? ??It would help if you??d tell me what??s going on. and we don??t want to attract attention until we have more to go on. This was enough for Figuerola??s team to initiate the preliminary investigation and to set about enquiring whether the robbers had a connection to the neo-Nazi gang in V?rmland. He could be clean out of the country. ??Hello.00. Lisbeth.?? ??I know. It rang three times before Berger answered. Bublanski was working only on Niedermann. His sister had almost?? ??How is she??? he said. 1976 had been a problematic year for the Section. and Jerker has known Prime Minister F?lldin since he was a child.S.32. She sat bent over spreadsheets of Millennium??s budget and was so engrossed that Anton. and a dark five-o??clock shadow.?? ??That??s nice to hear. she lost interest.

Blomkvist waved from a corner table. A fanatic. True.?? ??Are any of them politically active??? ??No. we have to work faster. Was I wrong??? one of the G?teborg policemen said. ??Perhaps we haven??t found the car because Niedermann drove out of the country to the north via Haparanda? A big detour around the Gulf of Bothnia.P. it??s a reasonable speculation.P. As he talked to Berger. In May 1998 he moved to G?teborg after a distant relative took pity on him and offered him a steady job at an office-cleaning firm. but there did not seem to be any single institution. but in the light of all the facts we??re setting out. and a number of individuals were acting outside of. One result of this increased workload was that Eriksson had had to contract several freelancers to produce articles for future issues. took a double room. down the street from the pub. I??ll be back in Stockholm tomorrow if nothing else comes up.?? he said and hung up. was the first indication that Zalachenko??s predicament had come to the attention of the Section.?? the Minister of Justice said. But the officers were warned not to tire him.

. and I told you that he would be hired to do the same thing again now. He interrupted a discussion she was having with her editors about what angle to give an article on international terrorism. You can say hello to her and ask her whether she accepts me as her lawyer or not.?? ??Please explain. As soon as he changed the subject. and as you no doubt realize. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan. Touch??. then G?ransson??s car would have been parked at one of the ports.?? As she waved him out of the glass cage she saw Holm watching her from the other side of the news desk.M. 1966). He took the stairs down to the ground floor. on the horns of a constitutional dilemma: he did not have the authority to conduct secret investigations.M. and that you don??t even have the resources to have it done.?? ??So we have to ask ourselves.C. but that was exactly why you hired me. Within the Firm the terms communist and traitor were synonymous. The immediate reason for calling the press conference was that he wanted to deny the rumours already being circulated in the media. and Giannini??s was stolen when she was mugged.

But today is my last day of work.?? Berger could not bring herself to sit at Morander??s desk right away. As far as a scandal goes ?? A retired tax lawyer wrote paranoid letters to newspapers.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face.?? ??I??ll get back to you.??s now not-so-secret mistress and pictures from a party in Hollywood in which he could be seen snorting cocaine.?? ??So I heard. When the next two shots came she tried to get her legs over the edge of the bed. Three of them were called [PrelimInv/Salander]. I??ve never seen him before.I. V. She turned and braked outside the S.M. Fourteen were from reporters at various newspapers who wanted to talk to him. But it was now forty-eight hours since Niedermann had fled.K.?? ??I??m sorry. There was no time to act. ??It was an operational decision. ??Do we have the name of the assailant??? Eriksson shook her head as the telephone rang again.?? ??Alright. Or possibly both of you.

In Sweden apparently they were untouchable. He??s a prick who plays people off against each other. but she was more or less healed. dealer. but situations do crop up. which was understood to be essential to the nation??s security. Teleborian got up abruptly and took his leave. It??s possible that when this conversation is over.?? ??Good enough. It??s like this. Every time his right foot touched the floor. But if he can??t handle the fact that you screwed up one time in twenty years. WHORE She raised her index finger to delete the message. which consisted solely of numbers. itself be implemented? The Wennerstr?m debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police. fifteen years before when he had burned like a torch in his car. But now he had a great need for her skills in that field.?? Blomkvist said. Sandberg offered a considerably stronger lifeline. We??ve got them covered. who??s leading the investigation into Zalachenko??s murder. For the second time in less than a week Jonasson performed emergency surgery. It could be if someone is trying to break in or turns up in the garden or something like that.

When they were alone she had asked her why she so provocatively refused to talk to the police. And so on. And we??re on a different floor from the rest of S?po. Her father. Inspector Bublanski. The fact that the Director of Constitutional Protection had gone to the trouble of bringing him in said that somebody was nervous. given the circumstances. and I think I know how I??m going to do it. Vinge (Wahlstr?m & Widstrand. You met him down in G?teborg.K. It ended in a violent argument and a spectacular fight between the sisters.?? ??You require things of me??? ??Yes. 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. The police had carried out a search.?? Jonasson said when the call was finally answered.00. of course. He alone controlled Zalachenko. I don??t suppose you have any chance of hearing what they??re saying. It has been 56 days since your last visit.?? ??Thirty-one employees. But Counter-Espionage had not ever had him.

She had been at Constitutional Protection for less than three years. The secret was known also to a thirteenth person. Idris Ghidi landed at Arlanda airport in Sweden on 19 October.?? ??Exactly. She was on the telephone and writing furiously on a yellow Post-it.?? ??I hear you.?? Beckman was completely O.?? ??I couldn??t stand sitting at home one more day. They were included as a sign of goodwill and to demonstrate that G?teborg wished to co-operate with their colleagues from the capital. I??m Annika Giannini.C. Figuerola walked back to Bellmansgatan. Just then Karim called and told them that Teleborian had gone up on to Klarabergsgatan via the escalators in Central Station and from there to police headquarters on Kungsholmen. ??I??m so linked to Millennium that no-one will believe I didn??t have a finger in this. Robbery. when.S. For three years after his nineteenth birthday he had worked as an engineer for British Telecom. She had failed.00 and gathered the employees for a brief memorial to Morander. public reports.?? ??If I have the energy. We have no witnesses to the murders.

?? ??Some girl. I got in at the same time he did. Cortez had the weekend shift and Blomkvist found him again in the office in the evening.?? ??Unhappily. If I were to make the decisions they would be different again.?? ??I want to know what you and Blomkvist are up to. Figuerola sat motionless for thirty seconds. But it is unusual. I don??t have to use their technical terms.?? ??Then who was the murderer??? a reporter from Dagens Eko shouted. editor-in-chief. You say that you never beat your girlfriend. ??O. 7. but probably that was not the point. And Inspector Erlander in G?teborg has been focusing his search in that direction from day one. The girl on the gurney could live with a piece of lead in her hip and a piece of lead in her shoulder.?? ??I promise. I feel stressed out and unhappy. The day that Zalachenko was shot there was a robbery at my apartment. But when I examined her this morning her temperature had gone up to almost 39. Monica. M?rtensson had not been reassigned to Counter-Espionage.

The best thing would be if he was found with a bullet in his head. What do you think the odds are that the investigation will be transferred to S?po??? Modig shook her head. Blomkvist has made a connection to the murder several months ago of a prostitute in S?dert?lje. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko.D.?? She studied the group thoughtfully. The Prime Minister certainly looked uneasy now. She had several messages. Many of them were sadistic. ??His name is Evert Gullberg and he??s seventy-eight years old. At a time when the newspaper was on the edge and a campaign of rejuvenation was under way. He had worked at Sahlgrenska and Eastern hospitals for twenty years. Palme continued to baffle them. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter.?? ??I couldn??t help reading in the papers that you??re mixed up in this Salander story. This Amazon reign was a gynaecocracy. It was always a shock to meet him in person. practically around the clock from 1976 on. the houses are positioned with their gables facing each other. He did not ask any questions about Niedermann or Zalachenko. Since the events in Gosseberga his colleague had certainly become withdrawn and hard to communicate with. so that the situation doesn??t get completely out of our control.?? ??Genetics??? ??Yes.

which was available in the Republic??s archive for its citizens. ??It??s Jonasson. Giannini was asked. The other had screamed ??fucking nigger?? several times at the manager and forced him to lie on the floor. some years ago. The following is important: (1) Before Zalachenko was shot he denied everything and claimed that it could only have been Niedermann who shot and buried you. In the States a special group of internal spy chasers was created within the C. He had filled in the gaps by saying that Bjurman had made a deal with Zalachenko which collapsed when Bjurman lost control. We??ll have to keep an eye on both of them. When the Security Police was reorganized under Per Gunnar Vinge in 1964 and became the Security Division of the National Police Board. rather. That report alleges that the Security Police and the psychiatrist Peter Teleborian co-operated to place Lisbeth Salander in psychiatric care. ??I spent the whole afternoon going over Henry??s documentation. They were dealing with at least three murders with the bodies found buried on the property.. She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and pulled the electrodes off her arms and chest. That means that I work for you and not for anyone else. Eleven rooms and apparently a bit of a snazzy joint. More or less. ??Here??s the plan. 19.?? ??No.E.

No energy at all. He had sent for the police and the Rescue Service. In this way Plague could also monitor outgoing calls from Ekstr?m.?? ??You don??t quite understand the hard economic facts. Ronald Niedermann. Jonasson did not hesitate to classify Salander??s condition as critical. Just tell us. I got in at the same time he did. had decided to harass her.?? ??It??s an inconvenience because you have to turn off the alarm every time you come downstairs. Then Falun waited on the landing as Sandberg went in.?? Armansky said. it was a junior officer called Gunnar Bj?rck who received him in his capacity as administrator of the Immigration Division. and then by telephone. We have an excellent film of how they break in and go through my papers. She felt unreasoning panic mixed with disbelief. from sweat droplets and two hairs from Bjurman??s apartment were matched to items from Niedermann??s room in Gosseberga. She found a message from Susanne Linder. ??You should start working out yourself. Sonja.?? ??Why was that??? ??He was sweet. or rather two. All such matters should be discussed with Malin.

Right now. I??ll be back in Stockholm tomorrow if nothing else comes up. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. her army scattered.00 Jonasson came up to the ward just as Dr Endrin was about to go home. He felt inadequate but all of a sudden realized that he might be luckier than he deserved.?? he said. which meant he was thin and wiry. for the sake of fairness.?? ??Holm is not best pleased???? ??I??m not best pleased with Holm. and had managed only by holding a gun on him the whole time. He leaned back and looked ridiculously pleased with himself. if I do an examination??? She nodded. how??? ??Tell me what you want to know. Camilla. little girl. Chairman of the Board Borgsj? arrived at 2. but it had a strong moral and emotional impact. Of course not. ??And what are you going to do with that? Shoot me? You??ll spend the rest of your miserable life in prison. It was an unpleasant thought. She??s hiding something.M.

Dakota. Then it vanished from his field of view and he heard the engine slowing to land. it could be a major step forward in your career. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. ??Not a thing. ??Millennium came out today. She was almost certain the woman had not seen her. But use your judgement. So there is no record of him until the ??70s.?? ??I??m all ears. She stopped in the doorway. ??You wanted to know if Ekstr?m had a meeting. He warmly recommended that she be given the care she quite clearly needed. She waited while he read her four pages. The question is. time to get up. ??It is. He looked at her for a while from the doorway before he went in and sat down on the edge of the sofa and woke her. put on coffee. Zalachenko dragged himself to the toilet.?? It was not until after 10. With the result that he was bound to express himself rather imprecisely. an anal plug.

?? ??You??ve talked to Blomkvist??? ??Apparently he??s been arrested and cuffed. Any other outcome was unthinkable.?? ??Forgive me for mentioning this. and transferred by way of the assistant head of Secretariat to the Section. Lisbeth had aroused attention in other quarters as well. How else to explain the fact that he had been so fucking stupid. and shortly after the murder he was told to get in touch with the G?teborg police. as you know. as far as we can tell. Blomkvist briefly explained what had happened and asked Cortez to pass the information to Millennium??s editor-in-chief. Blomkvist had his arm around her shoulders. Blomkvist hesitated. I??m not some temp. taxis.?? ??Why did you become a police officer??? ??Because when I was seventeen a close friend of mine was mugged and raped in a car by three utter bastards. it??s Berger. is still one of the big papers. That??s a horrendous statistic. ??Her father??s daughter.S. * Zalachenko lay awake for a long time after the man who called himself Jonas Sandberg had left. and worked on her computer.M.

Clinton??s career was hard to follow.B. could present a more forceful strategy. promises of future assignments.?? Edklinth said. if anyone starts talking. Gullberg. I can??t determine what it is. One bullet had entered the outer side of her hip and gone straight through the muscle tissue. wary look. Her gaze fell on Holm.?? ??Oh yes??? ??And then I want to go home and go to bed with my husband. We don??t need to hide the fact that they concern playing down the Zalachenko affair in the media and so forth.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside. The organization in London had been very willing to supply the evidence. If you want to initiate any psychiatric treatment of her. 9. ??I just want to say that we on the police force don??t put much faith in Zalachenko??s story.?? she said. ??You know as well as I do that a loosely formulated document that was written in the mid-??60s isn??t worth a damn today.M. Now go. ??Give us a written order and the authority we need.

??Maybe they??re out. S. Fuck you. The blood had coagulated at the entry wound in her head. Accordingly.?? Blomkvist said. but he??ll try to get out of the country as soon as he can.?? Salander said nothing. That had to be the most idiotic intelligence operation in the history of the world. ever since a woman Member of Parliament had received death threats. Publication would be a serious blow to Borgsj?. so she could not see the front door itself. ??Are you ready to come back to work??? Clinton looked up. Henry. ??As Prime Minister you may not influence the judicial process in any way. I can honestly say that I would have wanted very much to know him better. then crossed Belgium by way of Liege. He spent a chapter debunking first what the press had written about Salander.?? ??Where did you meet??? ??In the lobby of some hotel. There is a strong likelihood that she too would have been his victim. Dr Endrin wanted me to look in on her. it means that a group of officers within S. He leaned back and looked ridiculously pleased with himself.

slept in her bed. You beat the police by several lengths when you tracked down Zalachenko and identified Niedermann.?? ??Who are they??? ??Lindstr?m on the second floor. This was correct procedure. ??First of all. On Sunday she had a temperature of 102. or Swedish Internal Security ?C S. He turned left on to Kungsgatan. Zalachenko had heard the rumour of a ??Red Jumper. ??Hello. if you add in your annual bonus. Blomkvist was the only one absent from the meeting.?? Edklinth said. In the area around the warehouse in Nykvarn we have so far found three graves.?? ??Precisely.P. All the company??s secrets and emails ?C along with some fake documents that might lead people to think that its C. but roughly half of all the calls that Ekstr?m made on his mobile from anywhere near police headquarters were monitored and recorded.?? ??Two weeks should be sufficient. of course. My prints are all over the house. she should be on her feet well before then. He??s charming.

The Prime Minister needed something from him and presumably had no idea how much Blomkvist knew or did not know.?? ??I don??t think I??m going to like this. The bullet is located away from the major blood vessels. But the pain was manageable. and there??s been such turmoil here that I buried it.00. plus eight apartments in a small building in the courtyard.00 on Saturday morning to the ringing of his telephone.I.?? ??You amaze me. ??Hardly. He would hate to be dragged into any sort of scandal. This Amazon reign was a gynaecocracy. He??s never referred to in any newspaper or trade journal. But first he would have to get strong enough to make his escape. All democracy has its limits. and force the board to dismiss Borgsj?. The fact was that if Salander could claim to have any sort of family or group affiliation. If the staff hadn??t been cut. ??I??m really sorry that somebody decided to target you for this ugly campaign. The only thing that doesn??t quite fit is that he seems to be an evangelical and was a member of the Word of Life in the ??90s. to help disseminate. ??O.

??And there??s no doubt in your mind ???? Blomkvist shook his head. psychiatrist Lars Faulsson. He seemed to have difficulty breathing; he kept one hand on Gullberg??s shoulder. ??And there??s going to be war when we publish it.?? ??There was a ?? Clinton. He slowed and turned on his windscreen wipers. Clinton had gone into business as a management consultant. sociological or scientific rationale. took a double room. who for some reason wanted to involve Teleborian in a scandal. You??ll finish off this week with your ordinary duties and report in here on Monday. with the help of Berger??s account.00 in the evening. She reached for the telephone to call him. I??m going to make you so happy. She had not. I never read the emails.F.?? ??I understand. I could do it in my sleep. Zalachenko??s case should have ended up in Counter-Espionage. ??The long and the short of it is that we??re to hand all our material on Salander over to him this afternoon. ??Are we agreed that I pass this on to my contact??? Armansky said.

but they never argued either.U.?? Modig tilted her head to one side. This is really great. ??Thanks for the coffee. the police. this is a preliminary investigation and the police are handling it.I. The other had screamed ??fucking nigger?? several times at the manager and forced him to lie on the floor. The body produces a pain-suppressing chemical and you become addicted to it. Most regrettably it was Thorbj?rn F?lldin who became Prime Minister. and we??re of the same mind: until we know more about the person making the threat.?? ??Sure. At present he??s being sought only for the murder of Officer Gunnar Ingemarsson. which he did in broken English. You??re right about that. albeit under guardianship. He was on duty until 6. Tell me.G. The movie they had playfully made was definitely not for general release.?? She paused for a moment. still not touching the computer.

Someone had sprayed in metre-high letters on the back wall: WHORE It was just after 9. There was more than a trace of admiration in his voice. What actually convinced her to decide to play the game Blomkvist??s way was her desire for revenge.30. hotel rooms. He smoked a cigarette while he thought.?? Berger barely looked up from her position by the window. ??Can you explain what prompted her to do that??? ??You would have to ask my daughter. stopped at the desk of the new assistant chief of Secretariat.?? ??Next question. Blomkvist then made two mistakes. told the whole truth either to Armansky or to his sister.?? Jonasson sat speechless for a moment. She had no idea where he was giving the lectures.?? ??Believe it or not. He had used her system disks to restore her computer to a functioning state. He would scorch us out of sheer malice. He was not entirely sure what the letter of the law was on this point. 3. 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.?? ??Perfectly understood.?? It took ten minutes for Giannini to give him her account. chatted a while.

S. but if I had spontaneously to hazard a guess. He hesitated for a long time. ??I can assure you. ??Wouldn??t you like to come and work for us??? ??Not on your life. The electrodes.?? Salander smiled lopsidedly. She glanced at Blomkvist. and to make matters worse. She read through it carefully. This is my colleague Inspector Modig from the Stockholm police.?? Edklinth said.?? Edklinth frowned. He is to gather information that can be turned over to the Prosecutor General. Figuerola raised a hand.I. Frisk stood up and made to follow.?? ??That??s good. As soon as he changed the subject. I??m just here to have your version of the story and find out what your intentions are ?? so that we can work out a common strategy. Nieminen switched on an overhead light. He explained that it had been decided that the investigation into the police killing in Gosseberga ?C for which Ronald Niedermann was being sought ?C would be placed under the jurisdiction of a prosecutor in G?teborg. In addition.