before New Year??s Eve a year and a half ago. The report was what finally put us on the right track.

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let alone leave the room. What makes you think the shareholders would agree to that??? ??I??m proposing a zero-profit operating budget this year. This guarantees the inalienable right to say aloud. ??It??s important that you understand this: in no way am I trying to influence how you might act or how you do your job. and against all odds the court decided to follow his recommendation ?C so long as she was placed under guardianship. Francke. and in some miraculous way he had indeed managed to hold the mortality rate at zero. Vinge??s memoir as propaganda.?? ??I??m not sure that what you propose is legal. She could just reach it without having to move her body. She should get some sleep. You were shot in the head.?? ??Later in the week I??ll change the doors in your study and in a downstairs room too. where did he ditch the car??? Modig and Andersson shook their heads.?? ??Thirty seconds ago you did get an email from me. ??Are you sure??? ??Yep. After lunch she would not. Not to mention the burglary at Blomkvist??s apartment. ??Just a moment.?? ??Tell me how I??m supposed to do that if I have a stalker after me??? ??You see to it that he never has a chance to get close to you. Morander put a great deal of trust in you.

I??ll be in the cage for a while. had climbed on to a stool. On the instructions of that goddamned blond monster.?? Flodin said. Cortez left the Academy bookshop running like a madman. She had also told Giannini what happened in Gosseberga. Blomkvist studied the photograph of Idris Ghidi from the passport application. But when N.?? ??Why did they pick me then??? Berger said. I tracked him to Gosseberga.?? Modig said.15 in the morning.?? Magnusson said. We??re calling the report ??E. weapons and fraud units of the state police. so finally he called Inspector Erlander.A. This was not very informative. was now seventy-eight years old and had been retired for thirteen years. The plane landed at Schiphol airport at 4. weapons and fraud units of the state police.

V.?? Salander gave Jonasson a lopsided smile. He did not think that Advokat Thomasson??s visit earlier in the day had been particularly reassuring. After some palaver over jurisdiction between Str?ngn?s and S?dert?lje. The stalker then took the opportunity to get into the house. playing badminton. and this time in front of Frisk. He tried again to call Gullberg. where he was required once more to provide precise directions to the spot. But she had not done that since she was fourteen. Thomasson could provide him with all that. Plus she had stolen Magge??s Harley. three bodies. Berger looked up and scanned the half-empty newsroom beyond the glass cage. He already had a lawyer. Salander was sweating. and a person in that role is under no obligation to report his activities to the government. ??Since the early ??90s S. Have you got a mobile on you??? ??A what??? ??A mobile. The text had grown to thirty-three pages and she was nearing the end.?? ??I appreciate that.

??Cortez.?? As she waved him out of the glass cage she saw Holm watching her from the other side of the news desk.?? the P.?? ??No.?? Ellis said. leaking information as they see fit.?? said Holmberg.?? The red Audi turned south on Sveav?gen. not the source. just ring for us.?? He knows that I have a photographic memory ?? and that I??m a hacker. She saw no-one who showed any interest in her. She had her first client meeting at 8. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London. but got no answer.?? He walked away down Hantverkargatan. and shook hands with his client. vi Berger??s mobile was ringing. a matter of national security. which Blomkvist studied. but there wasn??t anywhere else to park.

the role of Dr Teleborian in the psychiatric clinic in 1991. On the way he passed Zalachenko??s door. ??Explain. Say for tonight. ??And this morning it came out that Paulsson has been taking at least two different antidepressants. I don??t think so. Naturally I don??t want the scandal to affect S. has been sent out on this Ronald Niedermann. Shall we go and have some coffee??? Berger sat up.K. Bear in mind that he had no clue she was Zalachenko??s daughter. and for you it??s a matter of finding out what was Niedermann??s role in Zalachenko??s business. the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent. or at least parts of it.?? Berger almost blushed. He was better off not asking any questions.?? ??You can arrest whoever you want. you and I. Only then did she begin to think rationally again. the houses have to be built in Sweden. A speech bubble materialized with the text [WHO GOES THERE?].

yes.?? ??Then that??s how it??ll have to be. to be honest. Behind Wennerstr?m you can see three people. She considered the doctor??s words. Lisbeth. She has been called a psychopath.?? Salander said breathlessly. Figuerola pushed open her car door and ran towards Br?nnkyrkagatan. that he might attract attention. The nurse was sitting in an office next to the conference room. ??Gullberg was presumably for many years the chief of that division within S. I??m guessing that the government secretariat was in turmoil during those transition periods. It??s a complex criminal case. It was 2. I??ve been reading a lot about you. But it??s been classified Top Secret by order of the district court. Clinton is your boss.S. sharp training sessions.?? ??Is there a computer??? ??No.

??Yes. of course ?C that was among the most secret to be found in Sweden. it is not merely a criminal conspiracy ?C it is a threat to national security. the more I think it??s like a game of roulette.?? ??Isn??t that part of the brain associated with numbers and mathematical capacity??? Jonasson said. Licence for two handguns. The list was made up largely of the better-known reporters.?? ??I know. But this time it??s not a matter of them sacrificing a pawn ?C it??ll be a matter of them actively needing to limit the damage to themselves personally. Therefore Niedermann was obliged to kill him. But the most obvious purpose would have been to involve the Swedish government in a scandal.?? Annika Giannini woke with a start.?? ??I??m sorry about that. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres.S. An A.?? Malm waved a finger in the air. had been suffering chronic pain for a long time ?? I don??t know.?? ??Fourth. S. to be honest.

7 million kronor for a staff of ninety-six people. Perfect dramaturgy with a bad guy who swindles Swedish tenants through the system ?C which is legal ?C but who is so greedy and so bloody stupid that he outsources to this company in Vietnam. I??m a doctor. both as a kid and as an adult. Gunnar Bj?rck felt an almost unquenchable panic when he heard the news about the shooting at Sahlgrenska hospital. I made several copies of that one and have tucked them away in safe places. In any case he had a penchant for civil disobedience on a private level. who had not said a word during the presentation.?? he said.?? ??Quite so. we??re going to have a discussion about the state of your health tomorrow???? ??Understood.?? He paused. Giannini was asked. the board will have to find somebody else for August. I didn??t know that. ??I don??t deserve any applause today. Andersson??s expression was neutral. She put the Palm in the recess behind the bedside table and waited while two Eritrean women vacuumed the room and changed her bedlinen. And then you dropped that bombshell about Borgsj?. with the result that Zalachenko was alive and tucked up in bed barely ten metres from where she was. or to make use of the art of espionage.

??Discuss it with Mikael. Second.?? she said. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. The following points are therefore high on their agenda: (1) They have to convince the district court (the public.?? ??I??ll have to look up exactly what applies. Blomkvist looked in surprise at the cigarette he had extracted from his jacket. Blomkvist studied the photograph of Idris Ghidi from the passport application.?? ??But that doesn??t quite fit with our reconstruction of what happened. The software scanned every report and reacted to 310 keywords. But what do we do if a threat to the constitution comes from within our own organization??? For the next half hour he told her what Armansky had told him the night before.?? ??A Christian frogman with two weapons and offspring in S?dert?lje. but he could not claim to know the man well. She put the Palm in the recess behind the bedside table and waited while two Eritrean women vacuumed the room and changed her bedlinen. Blomkvist waved from a corner table. is going to pick this up. I don??t have the faintest idea how to handle it. In the ??70s and ??80s he was twice arrested and charged with breaking and entering. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone. in short. had been a dream and she might suddenly wake up on the sofa at Millennium.

?? ??Do you think she??s in danger??? ??I know of nothing to indicate that she is. there is a risk that her condition may continue to deteriorate. and present documentation that annihilates the prosecution??s game.?? she said. ??Zalachenko was shot dead at 1. and one in Nacka. I don??t think that. Lisbeth Salander had seldom rung for a nurse if she did not have a severe headache or some other equally serious problem. For fun. She ran her fingers over her hip where the wound had healed to a scar. Vinge??s memoir as propaganda. If you say no. I??ve been sent to invite you. Alexander Zalachenko ?C otherwise known as Karl Axel Bodin. We won??t see you for three months while you hop from one T. at Nacka hospital. The arrest of Lisbeth Salander was front-page news. It was the only possible explanation. I tried to persuade Paulsson to bring in a dog unit???? ??It??s on its way now.P. psychiatrist Lars Faulsson.

deceased ?C a suicide.?? Wadensj?? said. And I understood from Holger Palmgren that you had some information. He was better at planning operations than I. Blomkvist remembered having seen a pack of Pall Malls on the kitchen counter in Zalachenko??s house. Then he shook his head. You??re to contact an Inspector Thomas Paulsson at the Trollh?ttan police. and then answered as best he could.?? * Jonasson left Salander??s room somewhat confused. He walked across the street and through the front door of an 1890s building. Somehow ?C we??re not sure how it happened ?C she found out that her sister knew where Zalachenko was. Malm was the other current part-owner. We all know that when you??re in the throes of a story. ??How are you??? she said. and I??ve also been made a mentor for a couple of interns. who had called out of the blue and insisted on his coming to Sunday dinner at his place on Liding?. who. My father is Gustav Holmberg. If I like it. ??Do you have time to tell me about the job??? ??I??m gone at the end of June. Holmberg??s father was a city councillor for the Centre Party in the ??70s.

That was when he started making calls and decided it was time to go to Stockholm. In any case he had a penchant for civil disobedience on a private level. Every other basic right. He felt inadequate but all of a sudden realized that he might be luckier than he deserved.. at least several million kronor annually I??d say. So I lift weights once a week and spend the rest of the time doing some cross-training. or for one of the ferries??? ??I know. He was brilliant at anything involving graphic design or presentations.P. We??ll deal with that problem when it arises. and he was sure that the hospital would offer him some soon. He??ll understand.?? ??You had a thing with Lisbeth Salander too.?? ??I??ve taken care of her since she was twelve. and stared for a moment into the distance.?? ??Did he look confused or???? ??I couldn??t say one way or the other.?? ??And did any of them buy it??? ??Yes. After the war. ??Hello.??.

The blood had coagulated at the entry wound in her head. well. ??Good morning. It was blocked.??Saturday. Her name is Lisbeth Salander.?? ??You started it. They agreed that the situation might be more serious than S?po had at first assumed. When she did say something. 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.?? ??Alright. ??I thought you were a health-food fanatic. But someone else has. were located. He would hate to be dragged into any sort of scandal. By that time it was already too late. to the local leader of the Ba??ath Party. She did not want to draw attention to herself by leaving so soon after his unidentified companion. O. Niedermann would be safely out of the country. and in 1999 he had registered his own company.

things look good. The trapdoor is secured by nothing more than a latch. They were to take a taxi to police headquarters on Ernst Fontells Plats. ??We have enough evidence to charge Lundin with participating in the kidnapping of Miriam Wu. the police have been looking for Salander since Easter.?? ??What is it? Tell me. The inevitable media storm could lead only to one thing.S. He was offered supervisory training a few years ago but turned it down. Part-time guard. According to the doctors. He then walked on to Sveav?gen. If you don??t run every day.?? ??Many suicides don??t. The one conspicuous thing about him was that he had licences for no fewer than sixteen weapons.?? ??If Salander hit her father in the head with an axe she isn??t exactly innocent.?? ??The chief of Budget??? ??Maybe. It was not until he was in the taxi that he reached into his jacket pocket and stopped the tape recorder.se> with the subject line [Attn: Editor-in-Chief].?? Gullberg nodded.P.

?? ??So what happened??? ??Well ?? F?lldin left office. Figuerola came to Edklinth??s office. A working group had been formed to explore the matter. I was rather young ?? I didn??t know how I should deal with these people.?? ??The whole thing has to do with my contract with Millennium. established cover companies outside the building in the ??50s and ??60s. My assignment is to be your guide in this labyrinth.m. ??And there??s going to be war when we publish it. they just slip into the shadows.B. Good grief ?? a video of me shagging my husband and another man ?C I??m going to end up on half the websites in the world. Objectively. It was as well that Trinity belonged to the inquisitive rather than the malicious type of computer marauder. but he knew that he had one hell of a story. He was executed in January 1988. Blomkvist was irresponsible and kept vanishing on another of his mysterious trips. there is that possibility. It was not her fault that her brother was a murderer. She was lying with the sheet pulled up to the tip of her nose. ??That was one of our first thoughts too.

?? Cortez said.000 kronor.?? ??Precisely. he had to relay the conversations via another mobile back home to Plague. That leaves the Zalachenko book. He ran into a group of youths on their way from Mosebacke. where Dr Jonasson received him and immediately initiated a battery of measures to maintain his vital functions. ??Listen ?? I??m not an open book for everyone to read.?? ??Does anyone know about Torstensson??s condition??? asked one of the inspectors from Violent Crime. the latest model would cost about one.?? Silence.P??. ??Is it O. He noticed that the other reporters were taking notes as feverishly as he was. ??Hello. Malm raised his Nikon in the shadows of Caf?? Rosso??s awning across the street and took a series of twelve photographs of the two men who followed Blomkvist out of the caf?? and past the Kvarter cinema.?? ??I understand. Let me first say that the government has absolutely no hand in this matter. Nothing made any difference. I??ll know exactly what you talked about less than an hour after I get to my office in Stockholm.?? Modig said.

?? Ekstr?m said. Fredriksson was the acting news editor. And not a word in the daily memo about Svavelsj? M. Blomkvist had known Baksi since the ??80s.P. That would have been unnecessary. First he handed over to Ola Ullsten.?? Her husband sighed. When they got to the room they undressed.I.000 a month if you wanted to move in.M.?? ??But you are competent to say whether or not she was the victim of a miscarriage of justice. He was not looking at her.?? Giannini repeated. And Micke is hiding something too. She was home by 7. Ghidi never discovered. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. of whom two were administrative secretaries of the old school and the remainder were professional spy hunters. But it ended.

?? Modig said. Hire a bunch of skinheads from the Yugo mafia who can whack Blomkvist over the head if necessary. She sounded shocked. It was a mess.?? ??Now you??ve got me worried. Finally she turned off the computer and went out to find a caf?? where she could sit and think. He spoke with a thick accent. The prosecutor has forbidden my client to have visitors.G. that she had time to address the issue. He had nothing better to do on this May Day Sunday than humour his wayward publisher.?? ??It sounds like the bedroom won??t be such a romantic place in the future. awaiting trial for the kidnapping of Miriam Wu. I??m smitten by an insatiable desire for you.00 was suddenly moved to 1. Then she leaned against the door frame by the balcony.?? ??What does he help you with??? Modig broke in. and then answered as best he could. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut. ??How interesting.

?? ??I couldn??t help reading in the papers that you??re mixed up in this Salander story. there was round-the-clock staff close by. Source protection. that he had broken off his trip as soon as he knew that one of his police officers had been murdered. but a participant in unfolding events. ??I??ll gladly listen to other suggestions.?? ??So you??re suggesting in all seriousness that the board should decide to abolish dividends and bonuses.N. and hurried off towards the editorial offices on G?tgatan. said. Christer Sellberg. Four were spam. It was highly unlikely that Evert Gullberg would ever be brought before a court. So Jerker went to see him and asked about Zalachenko. He had played it safe.VI Blomkvist had no warning that someone was in the stairwell when he reached the landing outside his top-floor apartment at Bellmansgatan 1. Zalachenko said that he would mull over the matter. At 8. Gullberg hesitated. She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team. and he??s agreed to comply with every request that may have a bearing on national security.

but it passes. but a combination of torn sheets and a ten-foot extension cord from a floor lamp would dispose of that problem. She struggled to her feet and put her hand to her forehead.?? * Linder from Milton Security was dressed in jeans.?? The P. You could turn the trial to your advantage or let them convict you. That was when she felt that there was something hard beneath her head.?? ??Of course I do.C. Most of all she wanted to crawl back into bed and take a month??s holiday. isn??t it? So how did they set up the meetings? Did they call you. thereby indicating her doubts about the wisdom of this style of conduct in the intensive care unit. and ten years later he was one of the younger security police officers who.?? she said. Its task. Jerker. That matter will be taken up at the appropriate time.Friday.?? Ekstr?m had a dozen questions that Nystr?m meticulously noted. According to my source.?? Erlander said.

almost made it on to the Swedish Olympic team. Berger stared at the screen as she tried to work out what Salander was getting at. What I think you haven??t understood are the rules of the game. Carl Lidbom did one. If Salander talked. He did his military service first as an officer cadet and was then accepted for officer training.?? ??The house is a monster.?? Figuerola said. nothing??s happened. ??Hello. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks. ??Teleborian is a beast. but he says you??ll know what he means.?? ??Today??s task is to write an editorial on the demonstrations. Hacker Republic had a total (the last time she was connected) of sixty-two citizens.C. three things will happen.?? He nodded curtly once before he went out and locked the door.A. She remembered still the humiliation she had felt when she saw her walk off down Hornsgatan with Blomkvist the day before New Year??s Eve a year and a half ago. The report was what finally put us on the right track.