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.