there??s something else I need to tell you. Zalachenko would give his word.

One of Erlander??s colleagues joined them with an update on the hunt for Niedermann
One of Erlander??s colleagues joined them with an update on the hunt for Niedermann. But if she got the registration wrong she would be able to trace him anyway. And Berger??s account had complete access to those. In its place hung a rope from a hook. Or else she could stay overnight. He went back to the cabin as fast as his aching back would permit. Erlander said: ??I knew Officer Ingemarsson personally. He thought doctors often drew conclusions that they could not substantiate.?? They paid a short visit to Salander??s sickbed. eventually gave up trying to have a conversation with her. He??s very experienced and doubtless one of the most competent news chiefs I??ve come across. Armansky had begun to tell him the story of Lisbeth Salander. born in 1917. It will be my final issue. Hitler salute. Officially moved to a place where he doesn??t exist. so I??ll put her on. Lisbeth Salander. Zalachenko isn??t budging one millimetre. She took him by surprise.M. or whatever his name was. There were bloody-minded individuals who harped on and on about real or imaginary injustices and who sometimes turned to threatening behaviour.

this is going to be tough. Blomkvist will have given his sister a copy. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko. The issues we??ll be discussing now are in very many respects confidential and highly classified. He felt vulnerable and exposed. Millennium. He inserted an opinion into the headline in the news section. Inspector Figuerola was named as their chief. ??When the city edition of the paper landed in my letterbox this morning we had a three-column story about Salander and the developments in the Stallarholmen incident in our best news spot. and then attended a vocational school and earned a certificate as a trained telecommunications technician.?? The fourth visitor of the day arrived at 11. originally from Ume? in northern Sweden. Which means that there was some degree of contact between the two of them while Salander was on the run. There??ll be opportunities later. Then Gullberg turned to Sandberg. Salander was unlawfully committed in 1991 and Ekstr?m knows it. Whether they??re right or wrong.?? ??Have you got any good colleagues??? Morander laughed again.?? ??Falsifications??? ??I think that??s the only appropriate description.?? a list which towards the end of the ??60s amounted to around 300.28.?? He paused for a moment. there??s been some reassessment of the case.

O.?? ??Correct. We have no witnesses to the murders. but she had not even reflected on the fact at the time. Gullberg went to Salander??s room and tried the door handle.?? Blomkvist said. Be realistic. He had seen him almost every day since he had been posted outside the room.?? ??Not necessarily. or the advertising manager Magnusson. I saw her twice soon after she was admitted..?? Gullberg said. She??s strange. When he took aim at me I pulled my head back in and blockaded the door. ??May I come in??? Salander studied her without expression.?? Salander studied her for a long moment.?? Sandberg said.?? Erlander said to Blomkvist as they walked back to the farmhouse. ??He??s going to be digging up that stuff himself if he keeps at it for a while. but when she got no response she continued. He??s going to be right up there with the directors of Skandia. Why did this come up??? ??I was ?? discussing the situation with someone today.

?? Eriksson did not answer the telephone. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue. This one was obviously referring to her new job as editor-in-chief. who should have knocked on the door of my office and explained the situation. But when it comes to policy he??s going to have to toe the line. and that he had to deal with the kids in the morning. and for possession of an illegal weapon. It had been the stupidest moment of her life and she would never again allow herself those sorts of feelings. wore only his underpants. Fermat??s theorem no longer fascinated her. Its task was to watch over national security. ??Millennium came out today. Who was also the reason why she was feeling tired and irritated. It depends on her rate of recovery. He had worked at Sahlgrenska and Eastern hospitals for twenty years. ??Teleborian??? Jonasson could not help overhearing the name.?? ??But your proposal is off the wall. Zalachenko??s biography was still vague ?C all he had was what he had blackmailed Bj?rck to reveal.?? Modig and Holmberg exchanged an anxious look. Jonasson leaned forward.?? Edklinth said. ??Routine research. And the reasoning among the board was to bring in the most improbable editor-in-chief they could think of.

and he found himself with a completely different murderer and a chaos that seemed to have no end in sight. He gritted his teeth and took a step. This arrangement involves cooperation. ??I??m thinking of doing just that. But their proposal to shut down the Swedish government was not an idle threat. The source is protected. All this happened on the day Zalachenko was murdered. Is that accurate??? ??Yes. Then she heard the voice quite clearly.00 on Saturday afternoon and a doctor was poking at her. I??m going to walk to the Scandic Crown and book a room. ??Ekstr?m??s holding a press conference at 3. listened in vain to a vast number of calls to and from police headquarters and the surrounding buildings. If things did not go right for her there was a risk that she would spend many more birthdays in some form of confinement. but he looked both frozen and deathly tired. but if this pans out we??ll have a fantastic article for the June issue. He very seldom called in sick.VI Blomkvist had no warning that someone was in the stairwell when he reached the landing outside his top-floor apartment at Bellmansgatan 1. Can you tell me your name??? ??Pshalandr. but it was completely off the record. in other words. and by 6. Jonasson sat for a while.

??Are you satisfied with the information flow??? Edklinth said at last. I??ve killed that idea.?? ??I know. ??I came here late so as not to attract attention. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m. Salander??s story was pretty much done. He had no idea how long the car had been in his neighbourhood.?? ??I understand. as I gather.?? Gullberg nodded.?? ??I see. ??That??s about it.?? ??I see.S. There was a period in which he spent every waking minute in front of his computer screen. Paolo Roberto got it through a boxing club in Germany.000 copies since the glory days of the ??60s. At 9. you??re going to have to fight.?? Modig nodded. At the clubhouse. and that might cause trouble ?? for instance.?? ??Is it really something to be proud of??? said Blomkvist.

getting to his feet. In Personal Protection they believed that M?rtensson had been loaned out to Counter-Espionage.10 this morning. But I hadn??t thought of telling my boss. and contained an improved version of her program Asphyxia 1. and in a few days we??ll present an assessment that we??ll go over with you. rather than unleash him to condemn the entire police force in his magazine and elsewhere in the media. There must be chiefs. By the early ??80s Zalachenko had calmed down and begun to adapt. We have to arrive at a common strategy. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill.?? ??But that??s nothing new. isn??t it? So how did they set up the meetings? Did they call you. During surgery the night before. ??I??ve understood that you know more about this story than anyone else. After dinner Ritva repaired to the sofa to watch T. and they were well versed in the art of contriving viruses. You didn??t say a word about it at the two o??clock meeting. But he??s an idiot.K. I was told that Ruben ?? your Zalachenko. but she already knew it would be impossible to explain this away.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face.

and this paper will come out tomorrow too.30 she made Berger call S. a dangerous psychopath. but we haven??t been able to identify him. I can??t promise that. as a matter of fact. the police and hospital administration had agreed that Salander should remain in room eighteen for the time being. across the inner courtyard.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside. His job was to decide what to do. He interrupted a discussion she was having with her editors about what angle to give an article on international terrorism. and I??m the one paying her to defend Salander. He had done something that Salander knew about. ??Cortez. She had not lost her photographic memory. ??What can I do for you??? asked Clinton.?? ??There??s quite a bit of budget work to check up on. Erlander had been allowed to conduct two brief interviews with Zalachenko. Just a few years after Palme??s assassination that was still a sensitive issue.v ?C Saturday. immigrant. but he also gave lectures from time to time at S. feel the need to get in touch with the police ?C of their own accord.

He hovered between life and death for several days.?? Blomkvist said.?? Nilsson muttered. Dinner??? ??I don??t have time today.S. and then would always break it. And it would have to be done. G?ransson.?? ??Do you know anything about how Salander is? I??ve been sound asleep since I last saw you. Then Dr Jonasson and Blomkvist had upset her plans by smuggling in her Palm.?? ??And if that were the case.I.M. ??I have to go in to H. ??We??re really putting Erika on the spot. if a little stupid. turned to the Minister of Justice. I??ll review your situation with my colleagues at Milton. There are sites on the Net that you can use to send anonymous mail. ??That??s from a source I have to protect.?? ??So I start by getting the person who recruited me fired. She was given a pack of nicotine gum. the matter would be simple.

D. and G. and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich. Blomkvist did not speculate about Bjurman??s motives. Which. determined to use it as soon as the pain became unbearable and before the disease turned him into a vegetable. Someone. She got out of bed and took out the new Dell laptop that she had been given when she had started at S. and I??ve checked out this company. He was not fond of alcohol. and Paolo Roberto??s intervention.?? Only after she had finished her conversation with Armansky did Berger realize that she had overslept. He??s never referred to in any newspaper or trade journal.?? Figuerola said.?? Blomkvist said.v Figuerola got up at 5. not for the past two years.00 and no doubt I have an impressive blood alcohol content. The issues we??ll be discussing now are in very many respects confidential and highly classified. His sister had almost?? ??How is she??? he said. ??This is really cool. rigid drill sergeant type.?? ??So we have to ask ourselves.

??The selection of a new editor-in-chief will have to be discussed and made by the board. ??An analysis of the blood will probably establish that Salander was buried here.00 and called Eriksson at Millennium. capitalism is what matters here. we can always single him out as a rogue policeman. The problem is that he??s unpredictable.?? This assurance was enough for Baksi. The prosecutor has also pushed through a prohibition of disclosure for her lawyer. He made sure he had left clear fingerprints on each sheet. before she got mixed up in the hunt for Zalachenko.M. Why had Bublanski called her? What was this meeting about? She glanced across the corridor. and his request was instantly met. but these were the things that Salander would no doubt prefer not to have fall into the wrong hands. he had gone back in time and described Zalachenko??s arrival in Sweden. He could not stay in the borrowed summer cabin in Sm?dalar?. and he got hold of the Prosecutor General.?? ??I??m beginning to have strong reservations about Ekstr?m.?? ??Did you get the sense that he knew you or perhaps recognized you??? ??No. Zalachenko looked astonished. Borgsj? is going to be persona non grata. because you shot him in the foot and broke his jaw when you kicked him. He opened his laptop bag and took out a copy of the documentation.

and had probably saved her life. Erika has taken the job of editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten. He approached Thomasson and proposed that the lawyer come in as a third. the first at 10. ??So the Zalachenko club is somewhere in this building. Giannini needed to have all the facts. Salander is a devil with computers. but her intellectual gifts are undeniable. for example. a need had arisen for the Section to assign a trusted colleague to the operation who could reinforce its control.?? Salander actually smiled. took a long run along Norr M?larstrand. as you can see right next to her gunshot wound. Berger limped back to the glass cage.D.?? They exchanged hotmail addresses. 2. I understand all that. Foreign guests. but decided it was too late.?? Giannini smiled. underlining. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report.

He had nothing against women in veils. which normally he hated. I think you surprised us all.M. and he went back to his desk to write the midday memo. and while he??s gone. but he can??t go against an administrative decision. Niedermann was on the run. and among colleagues he would also refer to ??the Company?? or ??the Firm. So that they might have children they were granted a leave of absence. Her own job was to keep tabs on the government departments and parliament on behalf of Millennium. And he gave the contract to Svavelsj? M. Metro and Stockholm City. showered.C.?? Blomkvist nodded.?? she said. This led each of them to distrust the group and at the same time concoct imaginative conspiracy theories about it. pathologist. There is substantial documentation. He was Prime Minister at the time. ??Good evening. Embarrassing.

And as you know. one of which was a relatively complicated and widely reported safecracking heist at a department store in V?ster?s. PART III DISK CRASH 27. Salander stared for a long time at the locked door. Lisbeth??s lawyer ?C you??ve met her I think ?C is my sister. Events had been rapid and unpredictable. who had a similar position in the C.?? ??I need you. I??m putting my reputation and career on the line by calling you with this request. Even if we count you in. ??I see my job as taking an aggressive approach to change the newspaper and make it more attractive to readers.VI Blomkvist had no warning that someone was in the stairwell when he reached the landing outside his top-floor apartment at Bellmansgatan 1.?? ??I didn??t have much choice. I have special knowledge of the subject that no-one else at S. but he had only a vague idea of what the Section actually did.?? ??That??s also true. One of them had the address editorial-sr@swedishradio. She had plotted her escape step by step. ??Then I??ll have to start by thanking you for coming to me with this matter as soon as you did. 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.?? ??Gunnar Bj?rck. Now thirty-two years old.?? ??Ricky.

too. Could it really be possible??? ??I??m afraid it is. Janeryd looked surprised. She laid it next to her hip and fell asleep.?? ??You could say that he quit the Section in 1994 when he went over to the external organization. She parked on Bergsgatan. That was such a monstrous crime that Edklinth felt yet more apprehensive. and present documentation that annihilates the prosecution??s game.??* ??I??m not Ebbe Carlsson. Their affair was carried on with his assent.m. which she took back to her office.?? They exchanged hotmail addresses. Who else but S?po would have taken charge of him? Then the question of a co-ordinated strategy to get Salander locked away in an institution. I??m a cynic. Plus Erika is working at S.P. because pain flew through her left shoulder. Plus she had stolen Magge??s Harley.?? Bublanski said. Her gaze fell on Holm. and I??m convinced that it??s the best care she could receive. If there??s a crisis and you need help.

?? ??I didn??t know that. Armansky had contributed this information. ??I come from a working-class family. and carry a heavier load than usual. ??Is it O. I??m a workout fanatic. of morphine per hour. and one metre eighty-four tall.00. He would probably sleep through an artillery barrage. How else to explain the fact that he had been so fucking stupid. In the long term there was another worry. he again denied all knowledge of any such thing. ??Good. ??From a medical standpoint. 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. which had a photograph of Niedermann and the headline POLICE KILLER HUNTED IN DENMARK. did not have any teenagers on its staff. An editorial meeting at 2. affect you or your welfare. She??s a freelancer. But she could see that he was lost in his own thoughts.P.

When the trial begins. all of these crimes came under county police jurisdiction. Accordingly he had to contrive some cause that would legitimize what he was doing. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. But exactly how it was done I don??t know.?? Blomkvist wrote down the information. Shit. He would have to hurry to make the last ferry. She may be as sane as you and me. What I??d like to know is when you mean to publish your article.?? ??You mean you felt threatened by Niedermann??? Erlander said. Where exactly this boundary was seemed to vary from one person to another. Modig went back to Bublanski??s office and knocked on the door jamb. Then I??d just be in the way. you have to trust me.?? ??That poor girl. The activity may for all I know be legitimate and sanctioned by the government. He was there without warning. but how gigantic this problem would become was something Gullberg could never have imagined in his wildest dreams. Surely? Edklinth felt cold shivers of apprehension. so that you can decide whether you can or you can??t.H. He used clamps to secure the opening.

this is a preliminary investigation and the police are handling it.M. Lundin had been shot in the foot and then the police showed up. He had used her system disks to restore her computer to a functioning state. ??Understandable.?? ??Could I read the original??? ??Certainly you can. It has to stay that way.?? Edklinth frowned. It??s about the police investigating the possibility that Lisbeth Salander was mixed up in the sale of anabolic steroids. ??For one thing ?? I??m very.?? ??The eternal vicious circle.?? Teleborian laughed. It made sense.S.?? ??What do you mean.P. wary look. ??Rikardsson.?? ??I??m only too happy to hear it. He pinged her a few minutes later. well. He had seen me and pointed his pistol at me. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff.

?? ??What does he help you with??? Modig broke in. we were fast asleep moments after we got here.?? She walked off down the corridor.?? Cortez said.?? Monica was already on her way and passing Drottninggatan. Even if it was only a ten-minute walk. but if I had spontaneously to hazard a guess. Not surprisingly. I have to have you. ??H?kan ?? if I??m being a nuisance or if you??re busy today.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. ??That was one of our first thoughts too.?? ??If you trip the burglar alarm by mistake. It was surprisingly regular. But it??s not good.?? ??Take us to a restaurant where we can get some decent food. Erika had me to lean on. Trinity wrote. He did not want to use his own telephone. and I would like to be included at an early stage.?? ??And if that were the case. but she kept her distance. however.

Figuerola noted the time. when Bergling became the object of suspicion outside the Section as well. there was no reason to delay publication. It was too early to go to bed. Erika. He had his story straight and did not slip up. There are two sides to it. but as I told you I??m not active in any political party. ??The problem is that the closest car we have at night is in Nacka centre. Bjurman was not a real security policeman ?C he was really no more than a trainee at S. I??m just trying to take stock of her. drumming her fingertips in annoyance. this is a matter for the G?teborg police. What should have happened is that you should have taken the information to Holm. Then he burst out laughing. He did not want Niedermann to die. without a doubt. In the drama that followed. which should mean that Zalachenko??s room was two doors down from hers. Edklinth is as straight as a die.?? Eriksson smiled at him sadly.I. in your opinion.

?? ??Oh??? ??S. Bj?rck and Bjurman were dead. That would be against the law. who works there. I got a message that you were looking for me. Everything was running as usual in her head.?? Jonasson pulled off his blood-stained nitrile gloves and dropped them in the bio-waste disposal bin. He had sent for the police and the Rescue Service.?? ??An attack alarm can??t be cancelled the same way you would cancel the burglar alarm. 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. But it??s a shame von Rottinger isn??t still with us.m??. to assume control of the Zalachenko affair. There might have been some risk that the sound of the breaking window would be heard and someone might have reacted ?? but your house sits at an angle and the sound was deflected by the facade.I.?? ??Thank you. ??I don??t know what the restaurants are like in S?der.?? she said. I??m a cynic.H against Carl-Magnus Lundin at Stallarholmen ?C i. He was still in the kitchen with Paulsson when the armed response team sent to relieve Torstensson and Ingemarsson reported back. try to support you. Sometimes I start running regularly and lose a couple of kilos.

But this was not going to be of any help to Salander.?? Holm said. And you??re better than I am at what you do.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians. ??No.00 p. but use your good judgement. 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. don??t!?? she screamed and then took a step back. as always. The next moment he passed Figuerola??s car. but you weren??t very hard to convince.?? he said.?? ??I see. Monica.?? ??Tell me about our relationship to S. Damn it. One was from another member. He had then returned to his home town of Laholm and done some work from there.?? ??It??s a matter of intuition.A. ??What I am able to do. It was supposed to be left on for a few more days until the wound in her head began to heal.

?? ??How much would it take for you to come to S. It was undeniable.?? ??Then that??s how it??ll have to be. In the trial. but he made a note of every deviation from the norm in his working day. but the alternative was worse. She limped over to the balcony door and went out to the garden. The Salander case demonstrated that something was out of joint inside the organization. The chief of S. Malin is tough. but the glass was her only reachable weapon. ??Certainly. For five days Plague. but instead of going out on to the street he turned left and went through the basement. Magnusson had put together a four-column article about Morander??s life and career.K. i. ??Do you understand me? Yes or no??? ??I heard what you said. ??It feels to us as though the score between the private investigators and the police investigators is about 3?C0. and the Violent Crimes Division had racked up a vast amount of overtime since Wednesday. She came back with four mugs and the coffee pot. But there??s something else I need to tell you. Zalachenko would give his word.