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Criminal Inspector. ??I??m going to Kungsholmen now. no question??? ??Yes. the computer automatically sent an alarm. Discussions are ongoing as to whether to combine all the charges against your client under the jurisdiction of a prosecutor in Stockholm and tie them in with what happened here. He nodded. Blomkvist began to explain what had happened. This is a unique situation and applies only to Salander. Yet he was not hungry. but unacceptable for a newly appointed editor-in-chief. and then he went to a pharmacy to buy a toothbrush and other toiletries. I won??t.?? ??It sounds like a good way for me to get booted off the force.U. however. He seems to like his job. ??You don??t like the Security Police.?? Nieminen shut his eyes for ten full seconds. Or. she had kept on playing with the equations. he was suspected of running errands for the Yugoslav mafia.C. Berger??s decision was made.
?? ??I??m only too happy to hear it. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making. out of the blue. Karl Axel Bodin. and telecommunications.?? ??You said there was no rush. They do their best to ignore anything they hear about us.?? Erlander said. She wondered whether she was mad. we won??t be able to draw any conclusions.?? ??I heard she??s at Sahlgrenska. ??Do we have the name of the assailant??? Eriksson shook her head as the telephone rang again. He was satisfied with the progress of her physical rehabilitation. We have no authority to travel to Holland to interview the ambassador. ??Which way is he facing??? Figuerola said. She watched the woman as she stood in the queue at the kiosk.?? Edklinth stared at Figuerola. drank a cup of black coffee and ate a slice of wholemeal toast with cheese and a little marmalade on it. a matter which was still under investigation. Danielsson. but he did not want to seem very unclever by asking questions. ??Evert.?? ??Which positions??? Berger said.
Edklinth turned to Blomkvist. regular operations. I can??t do it ?? that would be presumptuous of me.?? Modig blinked twice. ??Peter. Editor-in-Chief Morander died at lunchtime. but somehow she managed to survive and dig herself out and???? ??And somehow got back to the farm and swung an axe into Zalachenko??s skull. Both of you.?? he said. We thought that it would be best for all concerned if she disappeared into some institution again and availed herself of the opportunities there. ??This can all be solved quite simply.?? ??A sort of secret spy police??? ??There are in fact parallels overseas. There was a period in which he spent every waking minute in front of his computer screen. had acquiesced. It was his last editorial and it would be a crying shame not to print it. Then I??ll get started by giving you a message from Mikael.K. Jew-lover.?? ??Do you know anything about how Salander is? I??ve been sound asleep since I last saw you. So that they might have children they were granted a leave of absence. ??What you have to understand is that the Section functions as the spear head for the total defence of the nation. She estimated the length of a step at 60 centimetres. practically around the clock from 1976 on.
But he had stopped the bleeding from the wounds in her hip and shoulder in the simplest possible way. But they had never worked together.. Both understood that Edklinth was covering his back. consultant at the Trades Union Federation ?C his only venture into the I. but here the task was simplified by the fact that the letters he was writing would be signed by himself. until the immigration authorities decided that Ghidi did not have sufficient grounds for a residency permit. The Section had its offices at Kungsholmen.m. Plus she had stolen Magge??s Harley. although neither of the men were paying her any attention.?? Gullberg said. some squiggles on a piece of paper. but it ought to be brought into a single investigation.?? Blomkvist looked at her. Lillian had cleaned it with alcohol and put a bandage on it. When he checked the clock he quickly closed his iBook. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something. Then her eyes fell on a nurses?? table by the wall three metres from her bed. She was looking for Zalachenko. Fr?ken Salander. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. ??Exactly.
She took another step and pain shot through her entire foot. even though he is a journalist. It dawned on her that here he was calmly talking of the possibility of there being a threat to her life. How on earth is he going to react? Then he realized that Berger had stopped talking.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent.I.V. There were plug sockets by the door and in the panel behind the bed. and would value the chance to gauge how much deterioration has occurred over the past ten years. Fredrik Clinton. I had never heard his name before.?? ??That??s pretty vague. ??If any of you need a little personal time. But you ought to know that you could easily kill an intruder with a golf club. Teleborian.?? ??But those journals contain mostly scholarly papers and pure research. She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story. I check out every car that catches my attention.v Salander spent most of Wednesday night and early Thursday morning reading Blomkvist??s articles and the chapters of the Millennium book that were more or less finished. now a well-known psychiatrist often seen on T. He checked that nobody else was in the corridor. I??m swamped too. and a mentally ill lesbian mass murderer.
at the same time as we install the movement detectors outside the house. Ekstr?m was most upset. of course.P.P.?? She met his gaze. looking at him with amused affection. nor did he have the feeling that he was being watched or followed. I just want to leave the flowers. that the discrepancy arises. ??It??s a police killing and the press is out in force. Blomkvist. was possibly that in his day there was nobody who would have come up with the wild idea of ordering raw fish. Sonja.C.?? ??I??m not going to compete with you.P.?? ??Tell me about our relationship to S. injure any vital areas. He was still at Millennium. we had a hell of a lot of work to do here???? ??You??re saying I wasn??t available??? Eriksson nodded. Then she looked up at him and answered every question in a perfectly matter-of-fact way. as I said.
schedules and other uninteresting stuff. Bublanski explained why he was calling.?? ??Then what??? ??We kept close track of Lisbeth during those months. She turned to look at Enrico. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. This was largely due to the fact that no-one was quite sure who or what should be investigated. You have to either verify or dismiss the claims one by one. You and I and perhaps a few other people might need to sit down for a chat. She found a scarf and wrapped it around her foot and tied it tight.v Superintendent Torsten Edklinth. I can only see Jonas?? back and that bloody psychoanalyst mumbles when he speaks. And they??re going to get it a few days before the trial. compared to all other handguns. The K. and then attended a vocational school and earned a certificate as a trained telecommunications technician. That held for a few minutes until the head of Budget pointed out that S. When she came back to Sweden. It meant that the creation of the Section appeared to be just another routine matter. He seems to like his job. but I??m responsible for her. he would be forced to tender his resignation immediately. She was the most unlikely person Berger could turn to with any hope of getting help. The pain in his jaw was still excruciating and he could manage only liquid food.
you control the operation. He knows who I am. He was offered supervisory training a few years ago but turned it down. It was. now a well-known psychiatrist often seen on T.I. Talk with doctors.?? ??You don??t understand what you??re asking.E. that the government might want to do so. Chairman of the Board Borgsj? arrived at 2. but she was in such wretched shape that I didn??t make any real contact with her. She pulled open a drawer in the hall where she kept scarves. which was active in the late ??90s. He was Inspector Bergling.000 kronor. But I can??t pay before I have access to the Internet. but he was a Kurd.?? ??You never considered the fact that there might be something wrong with the arrangement??? ??No.?? ??I haven??t had the least connection to the Enskede business. Lisbeth is an extraordinary person. That??s a horrendous statistic.?? Silence.
?? ??Try.I. ??Since I was a teenager. Blomkvist was thinking.K.?? ??She has been shot three times. An intelligence agent who let his cock rule any part of his life was obviously not a good intelligence agent. Time and again he urged the man to cut his ties and disappear from their lives. Nieminen estimated that Svavelsj? M. He had offered credentials to indicate that he worked for S. If you want to initiate any psychiatric treatment of her. had butterflies in his stomach as he asked his team leader Inspector Bublanski to take a seat opposite him.?? Armansky sat down opposite Bublanski. It would be as it was in the ??80s.?? ??Understood. and besides. Or that he could. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something. a mass murderer.?? The P. there??ll still be a scandal. She opened her laptop and summarized the situation in an email to Armansky. but the minister here said that you were a prudent person.
injure any vital areas.G. There??s a darker area here. Blomkvist must have blackmailed Bj?rck. but tell Armansky that Erika Berger called and make damn sure someone comes round in the morning. * Zalachenko lay awake for a long time after the man who called himself Jonas Sandberg had left. He glanced at the E. Giannini came in. The woman??s face had been replaced with Berger??s. Before he turned up out of the blue at a meeting with Gullberg. she had had it up to here with other work. This was the coup de grace. Two years ago he was on sick leave for four months. piecing together what had happened overnight. ??I can take care of Ekstr?m. Over the years Millennium had published several of his articles and Blomkvist had great faith in his ability to gather background material. Constitutional Protection. ??I read Bj?rck??s S?po report this evening. and S. lit a cigarette. this is an extreme state of affairs.I. he was operated on last night too.
The person responsible in such a case is the criminal civil servant ?C or civil servants ?C who overstepped his authority. Right now. We??ll be going in as soon as it can be done.?? Blomkvist laughed.?? ??He tried to kill me. It was entitled [Read this first]. Instead he booted up his iBook and plugged the cable into the broadband jack. out of shape as he was. and then sat down with his iBook. Could you find Johannes Frisk and bring him to my office asap??? She waited patiently until Holm sauntered into the glass cage with the reporter Frisk in tow. I can??t do that if I have to cut staff. maintenance and I. He was asleep by 11. feel the need to get in touch with the police ?C of their own accord. I??m perfectly aware that this is going to create difficulties in the office. we have to know who they are. He knew things about her that she would never want published.?? ??Quite so.?? ??Hello. Don??t worry ?? it??s painted white and looks just like a normal bedroom door. Careerist. and finally the preliminary investigation leader. Salander has been subjected to a number of infringements of her rights.
and that large freestanding building. The reason was simple. and he had no idea what they were talking about. I would consider some form of autism. but she could not remember how.iv ?C Sunday.30 a. In the United States you can cross-examine members of the government in a normal court of law. for the life of him he could not comprehend how she had managed to dig herself out of Niedermann??s trench. The only thing he seemed capable of grasping was that the badly damaged girl being cared for by the medics on the floor next to the kitchen bench was the triple murderer Lisbeth Salander. He focused his gaze on the computer screen. or perhaps more accurately in the secret service of the social-democratic welfare state. ??Maybe you??re just bothered by seeing a girl with muscles. ??Dr Jonasson??? He turned towards her.?? ??Harsh words.C. ??Tell me your plan. And it??s only temporary. ??I can suggest a few names.?? Waltari said. There were plug sockets by the door and in the panel behind the bed. Cortez left the Academy bookshop running like a madman. she continued down the hill and turned right at the corner of Pryssgr?nd.
He checked that nobody else was in the corridor.?? said Holmberg. Then she retreated slowly to the bed. Embarrassing. Lottie is going to join you in a few minutes as back-up. Documentation to the hilt.?? she said. When the next two shots came she tried to get her legs over the edge of the bed. This thought upset Zalachenko. I have to think about this. As luck would have it. ??Explain. Don??t use my email. The immediate reason for calling the press conference was that he wanted to deny the rumours already being circulated in the media. It??s about the police investigating the possibility that Lisbeth Salander was mixed up in the sale of anabolic steroids. She heaved a sigh of relief when Berger closed her bedroom door. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area. He could not be sure why the Prime Minister had set up a meeting with him in a borrowed apartment in ?stermalm. she put on one shoe and stuck the toes of her injured foot into the other. It was a job she enjoyed. an anal plug. ??The biggest industry in Sweden by far is construction.?? ??You can absolutely rely on me as long as you don??t reveal that you??re engaged in any sort of criminal activity.
SisterJen. Then there were a hundred other details. Most of them never come here. we want surveillance on that apartment around the clock. One was from another member. Cortez sat on the sofa in Eriksson??s office looking guilty.?? Modig nodded. pain shot like a knife through his back. Holm met her gaze. this is a good story. He could not identify any one of them. We??ll deal with any problems as and when they crop up. to be exact.?? She lay quiet for a moment. Blomkvist had approved a sum of 14. This led each of them to distrust the group and at the same time concoct imaginative conspiracy theories about it. and he got to drink whisky at a discreet club in London with the chief of M. ??Could I get an owner of a red Audi??? she said. ??I??ll call her and arrange to meet. ??It feels to us as though the score between the private investigators and the police investigators is about 3?C0.??. Worse still. If these very unpleasant pranks continue we will have to consider reporting them to the police.
?? said Andersson. now hidden behind the bedside table. which began with KAB. We have excellent documentation in Dag Svensson??s notes. V. ??You could turn out to be a bad habit. ??Blomkvist. After Salander??s attack on Zalachenko. He seems to like his job. ??She??s not hurt. ??Are you sure??? ??Yep. ??It is legal. Salander grabbed it from him. It had been the stupidest moment of her life and she would never again allow herself those sorts of feelings. you have to admit. and that there are forces at work you haven??t even dreamed of.V.?? ??When and why??? ??I don??t know when. She had no intention of doing that.?? ??Who??? Frisk hesitated. We are both of us sorry that you were subjected to Paulsson??s rather primitive way of operating. promising to make it up to him as soon as she could get home. That would have required extensive access to the Swedish cable network.
They were to take a taxi to police headquarters on Ernst Fontells Plats. In 1983.?? ??I don??t have any better suggestions. You??re going to be charged with G. And I said I??d talk to you about it. and the double theft of the Salander report. I have to tell you.?? ??For what possible reason??? ??This happened in 1991. Even if they provoke you or accuse you of whatever ?? Can you promise me??? ??I could manage that. When the police arrived one of them tried to question Lisbeth before they even bothered to ask what shape she??s in. It also laid down that information about Zalachenko would not leave the Prime Minister??s office.?? ??That was after Stig Wennerstr?m. At first she said no. go to Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. but it ought to be brought into a single investigation. unfortunately. the news editor. ??A mutual friend spoke with you. The woman turned the corner at McDonald??s and Figuerola hurried after her. A Colt 1911 Government ?C that??s the pistol that Blomkvist tried to hand in to Paulsson. The killer is Ronald Niedermann. She had 200 kronor in cash from Annika Giannini to pay for sweets from the hospital snack shop. Then she was allowed to go back to sleep.
Plague was an intelligent and socially gifted citizen. Alexander. you have to trust me. He had ridden over there with Lundin to burn the damned summer cabin down. She consulted the vehicle register and found that G?ran M?rtensson was the owner of a grey Volvo with the registration number legible in the photographs. On the other hand. It??s a public document. Vinge??s memoir as propaganda. where everyone knew everyone else. She reached for a notebook. He would scorch us out of sheer malice. and that something serious must have happened if you wanted to see me outside all normal channels. he shouldn??t have had a clue that she was Zalachenko??s daughter; it??s not in any public records. He looked through it for a minute before he found the number. intimidated many of her male colleagues. P.00 Edklinth arrived. took on the first patient who was wheeled in ?C an elderly man with his head bandaged.?? was Paulsson??s immediate response. I don??t know exactly what happened here tonight.?? Modig and Holmberg exchanged glances. there??s good reason for you to be worried. Power Struggle for S?po by Erik Magnusson.
For a second he seemed a stranger. All this nonsense about security classification was little more than words anyway. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage.?? ??I??m not trying to evade your question. Through a glass pane in the door he saw the nurse take the bouquet into Zalachenko??s room. mug. Are you awake??? ??No. But even Lidbom??s book brought Blomkvist no closer to an answer to his questions. but since I had already filed a report. It was signed by a Dr Jesper H. we do have Modig and Holmberg on the scene in G?teborg. pointing at the photograph. Karl Axel Bodin would disappear into rehabilitative custody. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Svea Construction Inc. It was our treasury. For the life of him Gullberg could never imagine why his former boss P. 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. It was supposed to be left on for a few more days until the wound in her head began to heal. Edklinth shot her a glance. and appropriated its secrets.?? Her heart sank. She had got used to his visits. She happened to identify him and track him down to Gosseberga.
?? Armansky said. As he talked to Berger.?? Erlander closed his mobile.A. Then the memories came rushing back to her. and that in turn would lead to even more damaging speculation and perhaps yet more insistent investigation. He wondered whether he was becoming paranoid. When he was faced with the prospect of deportation. one of Ghidi??s uncles paid the equivalent of 50. obviously. She turned ice-cold and spent the next five minutes searching the bathroom and going through the stacks of papers and newspapers in the kitchen and bedroom.?? Erlander sighed. He had not said a word about the Wennerstr?m story either ?C not even Berger had known ?C but this time he had two confidants. ??Me too. He was there without warning. ??Holmberg ?? it??s nice of you to offer. A locksmith with a criminal record who??s probably being paid to open your door. But don??t forget that this was during the period when the Soviet Union was collapsing and the K. client confidentiality and so forth. assault. Then he opened his own shop. went back into her office and closed the door. ??Someone might see us together and start to wonder.
He got into his Volvo and drove towards the city but turned off to go across Stora Essingen and Gr?ndal into S?dermalm.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside. When Andersson had left for the day. department. Which will be in about an hour. After a while she turned her head. It simply could not have been the government.?? ??Nonsense. But Jonasson was head of the trauma unit. He was Prime Minister at the time. They waited for almost an hour before Inspector Erlander arrived from Gosseberga with Blomkvist. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on. that the picture painted of her on the billboards is nonsense.?? Jonasson looked so sceptical that Blomkvist had to laugh.M. ??It??s a police killing and the press is out in force.?? ??When and why??? ??I don??t know when. And when that happens.?? ??I??m not interested in military secrets.?? ??I want copies of the letters. said: ??Yes. and while he??s gone. If she??s sentenced to a secure psychiatric facility.
nothing urgent. other people can. lifted him off the ground. when the district court released her back into society. V. ??Good evening. Lottie is going to join you in a few minutes as back-up. and would have to be removed. Thanks for coming. Salander swore in frustration and pinged Plague. Are you awake??? ??No. Then he took his mop and swabbed the corners in the reception area where the brushes of the floor polisher could not reach. And he could not help feeling flattered that he was being given information ?C off the record.U.m. of course. This isn??t the first time I??ve handled Top Secret information. I never used it. but the fact is we could have sent her home the same day. It was not until Wednesday night. The first year??s budget amounted to 52. obviously. including members of the prominent Baksi family.
but he was in no position to pick and choose among defecting G.S. Von Rottinger. you have a number of loyal idiots working on your behalf.P.?? ??She doesn??t know Niedermann at all. Considering the media attention.m??. You stay here and sit down. make her way to his farm.. They asked pretty much the same questions about Niedermann as they had the night before.?? he said.?? ??Falsifications??? ??I think that??s the only appropriate description. or what they were about. muggings and telephone tapping. Oh no.S. The message consisted of a single line: Caf?? Madeleine. It was not a perfect plan. After she was gone Blomkvist called the hospital in Sahlgrenska and tried to get some information about Salander??s condition. He was bound to take Nystr?m at his word.?? Bublanski cleared his throat.
so Dr Endrin is probably going to discharge you. She recognized him as the other man Malm had photographed outside the Copacabana on May Day. but they were constantly being interrupted by Baksi??s mobile. which has Bj?rck instructing Teleborian to falsify a mental examination.?? Sandberg said at last. the Swedish Security Police were amateurs. ??This is a man with an impressive criminal history. Let??s stick to that.?? ??Damn. ??Find out what he??s working on.?? ??What sort of burns??? ??I??m guessing a taser.??Friday. He refers to it as the Zalachenko club.?? ??No need to apologize. And when Giannini reached the very crux of the whole chain of events. Her hands are tied. The problem was that Ekstr?m seldom or never used it for work-related calls. who had been silent for almost half an hour. Nine times out of ten. Don??t use my email. And after a while she had completely lost interest in her shower and pulled him back to bed. Erlander kindly arranged for a crime scene tech to take the car back on his way home. ??Compare his face with this passport photograph of Gullberg.
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she said: ??Hello. Accordingly. ??I beg your pardon??? ??You may be employed by S.
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??And between us. Zalachenko. He glanced down at her briefcase as the nurse checked Giannini??s I. I can??t believe this would be something sanctioned by S?po. This worried Zalachenko.?? ??I??ll do what I can. And here we can??t go through the Prosecutor General. It had been Plague??s contacts on the Net who had provided her with a Norwegian passport in the name of Irene Nesser. Vinge had been dismissed from the service after he had given voice to the view. In his free time he was a member of an organization called the Democratic Alliance. In addition. He would have to cancel the 10. Sonja. Part-time guard.M. For several seconds she was seized by panic as the fragmented images of how she had dug herself out of a trench came flooding over her. Francke and P. Henry.?? ??What a shame. like writing a column in a trade journal every week. ??Budget??? ??We have about eleven million a year total. Poison Pen might easily be a married man with five children and a dog. she shut down Billing and crossed him off the list. 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. I wasn??t the one who found him. Poison. she certainly isn??t easy to deal with.
Edklinth had told her: no rings in the water.?? His tone was again hostile. ??Gullberg. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. This time of year every cabin owner is out checking their property. When Blomkvist checked his mobile. Have you eaten??? ??It??s 8. And how are you feeling today??? ??O.?? ??I think you??d better explain. Salander??s story was pretty much done. Lottie will follow Teleborian. ??A constant guilty conscience. What do you want with me??? She was surprised. Nothing unusual about this.?? ??Take it easy. of course he is. But a source in the police whom I trust tells me that the evidence in each case is woolly.30 she made Berger call S. no listed mobile.?? Figuerola said: ??What do we do about Blomkvist??? ??In what sense??? ??We promised to give him feedback if we uncovered anything about Clinton and von Rottinger. It was beautiful and well done.?? ??I think you have to do a bit more physio on your shoulder muscles.iv Zalachenko had been awake for eight hours when Inspectors Modig and Erlander came to his room at 7. Christer Sellberg.?? ??I understand. He had managed to create a quarantine.?? ??Perfectly understood.
You??re going to land in a shitload of trouble at S. No doubt about that. I want that bastard??s head on a platter. ??Whole books will probably be written about this first part. and Blomkvist spent more than an hour sorting through its contents. told the whole truth either to Armansky or to his sister. They came from the same batch as the weapon that Salander had taken from him at Stallarholmen. They also discussed the future structure of the magazine. He had read Jan Guillou??s books. from sweat droplets and two hairs from Bjurman??s apartment were matched to items from Niedermann??s room in Gosseberga.?? a list which towards the end of the ??60s amounted to around 300. but of gross falsifications. There??s the world of difference. the journalist Dag Svensson. and not chasing political mirages. which in this case meant that the chief had covered his back. He had then returned to his home town of Laholm and done some work from there.I. generally cleaned up.A. Let me put it on record that you do not have to say anything at all. year after year. so you could let me have the opportunity to visit her on medical grounds. he would look like an idiot. But the thing with Borgsj? is going to be a real problem.?? ??I think you??d better explain.?? ??How do you know that??? ??Gullberg met Prime Minister F?lldin six weeks after Zalachenko??s defection.
The apartment isn??t a good place right now.?? ??The pathologist wrote that there were graze wounds. Erlander did not like the situation. and he has backing from higher up in the bureaucracy. a long time and he??s been news chief for fifteen years. the names of today??s participants must not be mentioned in your articles.?? Modig raised her eyebrows.?? ??So Salander was supposedly armed with a taser. but there wasn??t anywhere else to park. From a practical point of view she could see why her lawyer kept going on and on about details from her past. ??He??ll be home by 5. a killer and wife beater whose name was Alexander Zalachenko.?? ??Well. She tried 52553. Salander waited patiently. Now that he had crutches. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko.?? ??Some girl. He was furious. Zealous. She wondered how she would have reacted if someone had broken into her place and stolen the D.?? Blomkvist said. They also discussed the future structure of the magazine. narcotics and sex trafficking. How should I deal with it??? ??I don??t have the energy to think that through right now. Please come to the point. then.
But the thing with Borgsj? is going to be a real problem. In addition. I??ve had threats before.P. I??ve seldom had a healthier patient. Monica. ??I??m thinking of doing just that. it means that a group of officers within S. could blithely reveal her most intimate secrets to a bunch of completely unknown freaks on the Internet. You will have to be something of a mentor to me for the time being. Zalachenko is at most a medium. In the course of the next five minutes he emptied his bucket. According to the owner of the house. She had observed his ill-concealed enthusiasm when he sauntered into the Friday meeting. and then a brief and. and undressed. When they were seventeen. 17. 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.?? ??I myself would have checked into a hotel. ??Spare me the lectures. It was Blomkvist??s front door. actually. I have to know whether you really do want me to be your lawyer.B. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone.?? Erlander said.
It was only when he heard the details and studied Malm??s photographs that he reluctantly admitted that Blomkvist had good reason to be suspicious. or someone close to him. We can??t refuse to publish when we have a source who makes a specific claim. Agneta Sofia Salander. Andersson??s expression was neutral. The Section had its offices at Kungsholmen. Here too are the original documents from the correspondence between him and Teleborian. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. Which do you prefer??? Salander considered the choice. I wonder ???? ??Yes??? ??She was so covered with dirt.?? ??And you??ve done all this today ???? ??If you??re threatened in your home then you have a safe room into which you can barricade yourself. but bit by bit she gathered that a man was being sought for the killing. a little sense of responsibility would not hurt. The two men discovered that they liked each other a good deal. It must be some insult.?? Edklinth said. Modig had to take the question. Which was not very likely. ??Twenty-two. He??s thirty-eight and comes from the gangs unit in S?der. ??Yes??? ??Erika. but it could have come about in a dozen different ways ?? for instance. and I saw to it that Bjurman became her new guardian. 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. Teleborian??s report from 1991 has been leaked. Monica. ??This is great.
They had their coffee at the pavement caf?? beside Norr M?larstrand.K. But I should point out that I myself am a former prosecutor. They think that the price of construction materials is absurd. But one thing is for sure ?C I don??t mean to spend the rest of it in this glass cage.?? ??But you two ?? he??ll publish it??? Armansky gave a curt nod. a role that took on added significance in the wake of Wennerstr?m??s exposure as a double agent. Finally his uneasiness took the upper hand.?? ??O. And here in the Section we function principally as report recipients. We don??t know his last name. He went down to the hotel??s breakfast room.T. Lisbeth. but we don??t yet know how. and carried him to the stool. and Edklinth was Figuerola??s boss.?? ??The Bodin who??s in Sahlgrenska with an axe in his skull??? ??The axe isn??t still in his head.?? The woman came to the living-room doorway and asked if Gullberg would like anything. She wondered whether she could manage to get out of bed. No doubt about that. I??m at home. Mikael Blomkvist. There would be a scandal of enormous proportions.?? ??There??s a manhunt under way for Ronald Niedermann even as we speak.C.?? ??That??s correct.
but he??ll try to get out of the country as soon as he can. He was on the night shift in A. ??Information for information. Do you know what this means? It means that S. Her foot was aching badly. Headquarters was almost deserted on this summer afternoon.?? ??Send out an A. while the Security Police took care of the criminal investigation and paid the bill. ??Hurry up ?C go and wash and brush your teeth. Let me look at the documentation you have. But above all. It was an ordinary formula. but the glass was her only reachable weapon. With text on the back. Finally. I recognize you. and to the board. ??Have you got a couple of minutes??? she said.?? ??We don??t have a monopoly on the truth.?? It took ten minutes for Giannini to give him her account. Someone had taken the trouble to find out where she lived. Blomkvist has made a connection to the murder several months ago of a prostitute in S?dert?lje. had butterflies in his stomach as he asked his team leader Inspector Bublanski to take a seat opposite him.?? ??It would be hard to do her any more damage.. She??s been doing so well lately. ??Phenomenally intelligent.
and Superintendent Edklinth took on this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. She had her own film of a personal nature which showed how Advokat Bastard Bjurman had raped her.?? Modig nodded. Annika Bloody Giannini was most likely on her side. Somehow he had to establish contact with her. straight into his pocket. She was ice-cold and stiff. They solved the immediate problem by giving Armansky??s people responsibility for bodyguard services. ??It makes no difference to me who you appoint. It showed the church in Jobsville. keeping his weight on his uninjured leg before trying to stand on the other. ??He??s pulling out in front of you on Olof Palmes Gata ?? now. Malin is tough. ??Where do we start??? he said. Clinton looked like ?? a skeleton. and while he??s gone. this is Jonas Sandberg. He did meet with the fair-haired man. Blomkvist??s taxi got to Central Station at 3. She took a chance and hurried to the corner of Sveav?gen. and Helsingborg.vi ?C Saturday 4. ??My dear Mikael. I can tell you that I see no sign of mental illness. and he was offering her a chance to escape in a very different way. Suddenly she swayed. She had heard the man explain to a nurse right outside her door that he had to see Herr Karl Axel Bodin on an urgent matter.
Despite the fact that she kept urging her client to answer questions from the police. He walked across the street and through the front door of an 1890s building. He was twenty-six years old and had been at Millennium for four years. Over the years Edklinth had been an impassioned advocate of the establishment of a constitutional court. Then he smiled. Don??t misunderstand me. She began to have doubts about the ability of the Security Police to protect her. She could not tell how bad the situation was. Blomkvist closed the door behind him. Normally he would borrow Berger??s car. and we don??t have a single informer who knows him or has any idea where he might be. The business section has one.?? Wadensj?? said.P.?? Only three people knew where Svavelsj? M. ??This is a great sleazy story. Your job description as a journalist is to question and scrutinize most critically. with thin reddish-blond hair. I thought he looked rather bewildered. She heard the faint scraping of the crutches as he quietly retreated down the corridor. on the murderer. You keep a sharp eye on your surroundings.O. subdued conversation. I??ll listen to what you have to say. shit. no matter what they say.
You??ve been damned good as assistant editor. having met her before. ??Whole books will probably be written about this first part. I??ve read Bj?rck??s report. ??The outline story is pretty much correct. He had an office on Stureplan. Finally she looked up and met Blomkvist??s eyes. ??I can see that. Then he sat on the edge of the bed and untied the strings of her nightshirt.?? Blomkvist smiled at her. Swedish workers were already out of that race in the ??90s. You were injured and you??re waking up after an operation. nor did he have the feeling that he was being watched or followed. I went through Forelius.?? Blomkvist gave him a wan smile. If the plan failed. All the time she expected someone to call and tell her that pictures of her were posted on some website. peeling off a large part of the flesh on the right side of his face and tugging at his eye socket. She scrolled back and read through the text of a section where she told how Advokat Bjurman had violently and sadistically raped her. and you don??t need a lot of muscle to fracture a jaw. He waited until she nodded. But he was absolutely not a friend. If the situation had been reversed ?C if S.?? ??That??s not the only reason. The nurses obviously had been instructed not to discuss other patients. ??My role is to expose shit like the Zalachenko club.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty.
m??. taking it for granted that Bj?rck had been garrotted by someone. disappeared. He had a gun in his hand. V. That meant that he would have to disappear.?? Modig said. Blomkvist explained the background and why F?lldin had written to him. ??I just spoke to a nurse at Sahlgrenska.?? Wadensj?? said. Fredriksson was definitely a candidate. layout artists and others. He saw that he had missed six calls in the past twenty-four hours: three from Cortez. It won??t exactly bolster Salander??s credibility.?? said Bublanski in a darker tone of voice. a policeman. I have to make a call. but unacceptable for a newly appointed editor-in-chief. it had taken over half an hour for the Puma from the helicopter unit in S?ve to arrive at the farmhouse. She had verified something that could be known only to a very restricted group of people. He took the registration number and looked me up. said. And if they want to convict me. The arrow went straight through her brain. I think you ought to see a doctor.30 she made Berger call S. Erlander gave her a cool smile.
??O.?? Her lips curled a little. Finally Berger heard a voice from the left side of the room. He had also to resolve how to profile Salander in the article without violating her trust. The budget chief and the C. She tugged her lip. Careers were built on Zalachenko.00 on Saturday night.?? Berger said.?? ??What should we do??? Jervas thought for a moment. She thought.?? ??Good.?? ??Let??s hear it. but it could be used as evidence that the meeting had taken place. albeit just for a couple of days.S.?? ??I??d rather you didn??t.?? Silence.?? Andersson waved his hand. 3. which in this case is a bit of a handicap. That was how he lit upon Zalachenko. It had been two days now since the break-in.?? ??That??s what I wanted to discuss with you. In that case. and she discovered that some S?po activists are running illegal telephone taps and breaking into my apartment and stealing things.?? ??Rubbish.
?? ??You can absolutely rely on me as long as you don??t reveal that you??re engaged in any sort of criminal activity. ??Have we heard anything from Faste. Seconds later they had set off down the corridor. It was a brief report. ??Is that what awaits us??? he said.?? Modig said. She discovered that the group had two members ?C herself and Blomkvist. I don??t usually agree to this sort of unscheduled meeting.S. ??Good morning. When you??ve read it I want you to come again.?? ??And what are you going to do??? ??I don??t know. Then he put on some jeans and the maroon sweatshirt that needed washing. For a second she felt as though she would faint.?? Gullberg said then with such coldness in his voice that Zalachenko froze. the Social Democrats having been in power for more than forty years. for a fee of 30. ??Rescue Service helicopter coming in. First he called Cortez who was in a caf?? in Vasastad and had a few details to discuss.R. ??That??s a line I??d like to hear from Officer Bubble. She was increasingly dependent on Fredriksson??s judgement in the light of her loss of confidence in Anders Holm. He did this after studying a video from Ekstr?m??s press conference. If you need to talk. Zalachenko was used to pain. of course. That??s just about the riskiest thing we could do.
You??ll have your share of clashes with him. The events in Gosseberga seemed already like the distant past.M. Remember what it was like during the Wennerstr?m affair.?? ??I know. He served in G?teborg before he moved to Trollh?ttan.?? ??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. He knew that the lawyer Giannini was in the room. and there he murdered the club??s treasurer and ?C we may assume ?C went off with an unspecified sum of money. It sounds a little cryptic. M?rtensson??s C.T.?? ??Magnusson can take over for the time being. She was almost certain the woman had not seen her. He listened to the news and heard a summary of what had been said at the press conference. bodyguard protection. I don??t know how much was true. once the victim of a petrol bomb attack ?C from that bloody daughter of his two doors down the corridor.?? ??You??re welcome at Milton. She did not like him. We have to talk. Henry is chasing it down. Kalle Bloody Blomkvist was complicating life for her.?? At that moment the officer Blomkvist knew only as Stefan entered the room. ignoring all the protocols. His job was to open the door. For five days Plague.
The first thing she did was to check the protocol number. series. In Personal Protection they believed that M?rtensson had been loaned out to Counter-Espionage. if I understood correctly ?C is to clean corridor 11C. A . lined up the possibilities.?? ??Tough ?? by all means. The truth is that right now everything is a little confused. They agreed that the situation might be more serious than S?po had at first assumed. Now! Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3.?? ??If anything should happen.?? ??Tell me what happened from the moment you arrived at Sahlgrenska until you were attacked. If she had been charged with the murders of Dag and Mia. Then I can tell you that I like neither your tone nor your evasions nor your lies. ??What were you told about that group??? ??Nothing. It??s cheap and far below what I would charge if I took the job for Milton. Malin Eriksson. And you don??t have to answer if you don??t want to. Either we ancients step in and do our bit. ??Agneta ?? it??s up to you to decide whether you want to initiate a preliminary investigation against Blomkvist. and showed Zalachenko his I.00 on Wednesday morning and went for an unusually short run before she showered and dressed in black jeans. It had been developed by the U. and any drivel can be posted on a billboard. the typesetter. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor.C.
told him that it was the most sensitive military secret Sweden possessed ?? that there was nothing in Swedish military intelligence that was anywhere near as important. all of which had contained the word ??whore.M. O. The drawer was empty. She was given crutches and took a taxi home. I have special knowledge of the subject that no-one else at S. she wasn??t hurt in today??s drama at least.P.M. She bought herself a coffee and sat at the opposite end of the caf?? and opened her Dagens Nyheter. ??I don??t understand this. He glanced one last time at the door to Salander??s room. Sex was almost as satisfying as a rigorous workout at the gym. joining Holmberg at the kitchen table. The roster included himself. Eriksson shook her head. I??ve had cameras installed to record what happens when I??m not home. which means the transmitter substance in his nerve synapses doesn??t function. Lisbeth Salander. What are you up to??? ??I??m sitting at home sorting through my collection of photographs of old lovers. department.?? ??It??s a hell of a dilemma. What about G?ransson??s car??? ??Since we found Kaspersson??s car at G?ransson??s place. That??s why I??ve decided to choose a reporter and steer him in the right direction so that we won??t end up with our trousers down when Millennium comes out. as you know. On the one hand.
Blomkvist had told her once how Salander had put paid to the serial killer Martin Vanger with a golf club. The police had locked her in her hospital room.?? ??Some girl. Slip. He took the stairs down to the ground floor.?? ??They always said that he was being handled in the customary way and that the information he provided was being processed through the appropriate channels.?? Gullberg and Wadensj?? glared at each other for a long moment. say.?? ??Do you think she??s in danger??? ??I know of nothing to indicate that she is. All the police reports on the case were collected up at S. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls turn into Br?nnkyrkagatan. Then he screwed on the cover again. do you know anything at all about the murderer??? ??Not a thing. There must be chiefs. After a moment he nodded. you??re released from all other duties. Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm..?? ??I see. which she planned to smoke by the vent window during the night. ??Three weeks at S.I. 82 of whom were women.I. That was one of the things he liked best about his office. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces.?? Gullberg looked at Sandberg with blank astonishment.
and turned on the T. ??I??m fearing the worst. I presume. ??A source within the investigation claims that Lisbeth is non compos mentis. after all. He knocked at the front door.?? ??The two have nothing to do with each other. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know.?? Blomkvist entered police headquarters on Kungsholmen through the entrance on Polhemsgatan. but as soon as anyone came out on to the street. darling.?? ??Good.?? Zalachenko??s eyes narrowed. of course I??ll come with you. As far as we can determine at the moment.?? After the meeting with Borgsj?. May I ask ?? who among you was Morander??s closest confidant??? A brief silence followed as the staff looked at each other. and ate a late but nutritious dinner.C.B.?? ??Palmgren??? ??Yes. that would be nice. Figuerola then called the assistant head of the personnel department. The Zalachenko folder.?? She had not expected Jonasson to make special visits to see her. this is not a joke.B.
P. the door to her room was always locked and guarded by a fucking hit-man from Securitas. This is a unique situation and applies only to Salander. expecting that he would be asked to smuggle something in for her. not through official channels and bureaucratic regulations. And Cortez was just a young whippersnapper. In practice it was a ridiculous situation ?C Millennium was making a profit. They do marketing analyses and have annual sales of around thirty million kronor. He had succeeding in gathering some forensic evidence linking Niedermann to the murders of Svensson and Johansson.?? ??That petty thief you identified ???? ??Kenneth Gustafsson. You might be able to trace the I. ??Gullberg has murdered Zalachenko and then shot himself in the head. I was going out with a guy this spring. which she had always considered a curse. The usual.?? ??So what are you planning.?? ??To be honest with you.00 p. ??So what??s this all about??? he said when they had got their coffee.?? ??I know. but after everything that was in the media about her it seems a bit hard to swallow that Salander could be completely innocent. He defected in the ??70s. He said that he couldn??t know who would be going to the Hague. manager. He looked as if he wanted to say something. he actually slept in the car coming down from Nossebro. and then he remembered that he had booked himself a room in City Hotel.
She had caught up with him just as he was leaving for home; she had suggested a conversation over a cup of coffee. Blomkvist supposed that she had not planned to come back. ??My dear Mikael. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London.?? ??We??ll use the whole front page and move everything else back. and that she knows about the case. but nevertheless I don??t want to know any more than I already do about the content of the next two issues. The stalker then took the opportunity to get into the house. all this stuff about Zalachenko is highly classified. The government has the power to adopt a wide range of measures in the event that breaches of the constitution are threatened. there is that possibility.?? ??What??? ??It??s on the top floor. ??I haven??t got my bearings yet.S.01. but he has massive brain damage. who was much more agreeable. But first he had to get a grip on the chaos that Svavelsj? M. she had called her husband to tell him. I want to know if any other colleagues have received strange emails. ??I??m not so sure about that. But not with Mogren. and we know for sure that he didn??t take any of the ferries. You??ll hear bang-boom. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something.K. feels like a dying body.
he had gone back in time and described Zalachenko??s arrival in Sweden. ??Everyone??s here. M?rtensson and his companion were talking in low voices.A. From a practical point of view she could see why her lawyer kept going on and on about details from her past. originally from Ume? in northern Sweden.?? ??You would be a source.?? ??I notice that you have golf clubs planted here and there around the house. everything was quiet. You??re a man who gets more than his fair share of action. She thought for a moment. Lisbeth Salander is not psychotic.?? ??O. Gullberg stared at it with distaste.?? ??We understand that. Panic and terror had dogged her through the night. Armansky??s first thought was that the man was paranoid. she needs this. If he??s planning to get out of the country as fast as hell then we could help him on his way. Giannini had only been there for a few minutes. we have to be able to offer him something substantial.00 she got up and drove to S. It took her a few seconds to make the connection.?? Trinity said.00.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty. You don??t have to be afraid.
This too touched on the core of the responsibility delegated to the Constitutional Protection Unit. She wanted to know what charges she was intending to bring against Salander.?? Edklinth and Figuerola read through at the text before them.00. In the course of the day Figuerola??s team had interviewed a number of people now retired from the Swedish Atomic Energy Agency. even though this time there was no strap holding her down. weighing it in his hand. who described her as emotional. Blomkvist was suddenly awake and he did not know why. We??re going to be talking to each other quite a lot. There really was a conspiracy inside S.?? Nilsson muttered. I talked to Teleborian. ??Fair enough. That was one thing. well. The headline that Berger had decided to use was suddenly replaced by something entirely different. She has secrets I happen to know about.?? Just before noon there was a knock on the door and a uniformed officer delivered a document to Sp?ngberg. She put down the report and focused her attention on other aspects of the information that Edklinth had given her. ??An analysis of the blood will probably establish that Salander was buried here. He remembered him as thin with a narrow moustache. testing his sense of balance. He tried again to call Gullberg.?? ??No. She has been called a psychopath. Salander bit her lip.
but there??s no sign of him. I haven??t told anybody. the officer who had worked with the financial police. She put down the notebook. 2. and he wasn??t sure how things would turn out at the magazine.?? ??In other words. I was in the police for six years and I??ve worked at Milton for four. She knew that on Walpurgis Night she had had her twenty-seventh birthday. There??s a darker area here. Figuerola nodded and thought for a few seconds. ??If any of you need a little personal time. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on.?? ??I see.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have.?? ??What??s that??? ??Well. but he could not work out what it was. but she already knew it would be impossible to explain this away.O. ??But we have other urgent problems.I. it was Bj?rck who set this whole mess rolling. Another seven messages were those so-called ??Nigeria letters?? from the widow of the former head of a bank in Abu Dhabi offering her ludicrous sums of money if she would only assist with a small sum of start-up money.?? There was a long silence. To put it simply. What did you say? Helsing?rsgatan.?? Berger could not bring herself to sit at Morander??s desk right away.
?? ??If he has gone. but nothing from Poison Pen.R. Pred.I.?? ??I know. First of all. She changed the ring to silent and leaned back in her chair. listened in vain to a vast number of calls to and from police headquarters and the surrounding buildings.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. right ?? here??s what it says in the daily memo: quote. Salander??s clothes were cut away. he sat on the floor next to the bench and kept a watchful eye on Salander. At 2. She knew that on Walpurgis Night she had had her twenty-seventh birthday. Blomkvist would have to be a witness for the prosecution. He turned left on to Kungsgatan. Damn it.?? ??Well ???? ??The original report is an account of Lisbeth Salander??s attempt to murder her father.P.M. but I??ll probably be following him pretty soon. that requires evaluating a person??s credibility and general mental health. It??s like this.?? ??If that was all there was to it. They were officers used to investigating real crimes. they don??t have the evidence.
She immediately pinged Blomkvist??s I. ??Tell me your plan.?? ??All food is decent. ??I presume you have good reason for such secrecy.00 a. He had given them a clear description of her injuries and the bullet wound in her head. It was through this organization that the young man was brought to the attention of the Section and recruited. and consulted a list. The son-of-a-bitch is probably out screwing around with some bimbo with big boobs. if so. but he had lived in north London since childhood. Two months later Idris Ghidi was seized by the Iraqi secret police. ??Could you manage to tell us the whole story from the beginning??? Holmberg said. Any other outcome was unthinkable. She parked on Bergsgatan.M.P. So Dr Jonasson was the goalkeeper who stood between the patient and Fonus Funeral Service. she knew. I??m now on a side street off Linn??gatan. ??Hello. She assumed that he would be in the restaurant car and that is where she found him. but it was mild and it was distant. Suspicious of everything around him. We??ve discussed how we can help you.??s treasurer??? ??Viktor G?ransson ?C and his girlfriend. I think we all assumed she was dead.
were still haunting the former C.?? said the Minister of Justice. She was looking for Zalachenko. and Holger. dealer. a white top. It??s a huge opportunity for you. To be honest. Anyway ???? ??Yes??? ??She had no good reason to trust the police. He felt as soon as he lay down that for the first time in weeks he could relax and sleep peacefully. and ten years later he was one of the younger security police officers who.?? ??I can??t accept that. Late on the evening of the fifth day. Was G?ran M?rtensson working on anything important. even if she did not sleep. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. ??Get on to the Undersecretary of State and the head of the legal department. at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg. but we??re unable to verify our suspicions just yet. But don??t do anything until we all agree. to defend Swedish democracy against real or presumed anti-democratic threats.S. he would be steadily annihilated. we were talking about him as if he were some sort of a hired killer. When she was alone she said: ??Hello. Accordingly. ??I beg your pardon??? ??You may be employed by S.
??And between us. Zalachenko. He glanced down at her briefcase as the nurse checked Giannini??s I. I can??t believe this would be something sanctioned by S?po. This worried Zalachenko.?? ??I??ll do what I can. And here we can??t go through the Prosecutor General. It had been Plague??s contacts on the Net who had provided her with a Norwegian passport in the name of Irene Nesser. Vinge had been dismissed from the service after he had given voice to the view. In his free time he was a member of an organization called the Democratic Alliance. In addition. He would have to cancel the 10. Sonja. Part-time guard.M. For several seconds she was seized by panic as the fragmented images of how she had dug herself out of a trench came flooding over her. Francke and P. Henry.?? ??What a shame. like writing a column in a trade journal every week. ??Budget??? ??We have about eleven million a year total. Poison Pen might easily be a married man with five children and a dog. she shut down Billing and crossed him off the list. 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. I wasn??t the one who found him. Poison. she certainly isn??t easy to deal with.
Edklinth had told her: no rings in the water.?? His tone was again hostile. ??Gullberg. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. This time of year every cabin owner is out checking their property. When Blomkvist checked his mobile. Have you eaten??? ??It??s 8. And how are you feeling today??? ??O.?? ??I think you??d better explain. Salander??s story was pretty much done. Lottie will follow Teleborian. ??A constant guilty conscience. What do you want with me??? She was surprised. Nothing unusual about this.?? ??Take it easy. of course he is. But a source in the police whom I trust tells me that the evidence in each case is woolly.30 she made Berger call S. no listed mobile.?? Figuerola said: ??What do we do about Blomkvist??? ??In what sense??? ??We promised to give him feedback if we uncovered anything about Clinton and von Rottinger. It was beautiful and well done.?? ??I think you have to do a bit more physio on your shoulder muscles.iv Zalachenko had been awake for eight hours when Inspectors Modig and Erlander came to his room at 7. Christer Sellberg.?? ??I understand. He had managed to create a quarantine.?? ??Perfectly understood.
You??re going to land in a shitload of trouble at S. No doubt about that. I want that bastard??s head on a platter. ??Whole books will probably be written about this first part. and Blomkvist spent more than an hour sorting through its contents. told the whole truth either to Armansky or to his sister. They came from the same batch as the weapon that Salander had taken from him at Stallarholmen. They also discussed the future structure of the magazine. He had read Jan Guillou??s books. from sweat droplets and two hairs from Bjurman??s apartment were matched to items from Niedermann??s room in Gosseberga.?? a list which towards the end of the ??60s amounted to around 300. but of gross falsifications. There??s the world of difference. the journalist Dag Svensson. and not chasing political mirages. which in this case meant that the chief had covered his back. He had then returned to his home town of Laholm and done some work from there.I. generally cleaned up.A. Let me put it on record that you do not have to say anything at all. year after year. so you could let me have the opportunity to visit her on medical grounds. he would look like an idiot. But the thing with Borgsj? is going to be a real problem.?? ??I think you??d better explain.?? ??How do you know that??? ??Gullberg met Prime Minister F?lldin six weeks after Zalachenko??s defection.
The apartment isn??t a good place right now.?? ??The pathologist wrote that there were graze wounds. Erlander did not like the situation. and he has backing from higher up in the bureaucracy. a long time and he??s been news chief for fifteen years. the names of today??s participants must not be mentioned in your articles.?? Modig raised her eyebrows.?? ??So Salander was supposedly armed with a taser. but there wasn??t anywhere else to park. From a practical point of view she could see why her lawyer kept going on and on about details from her past. ??He??ll be home by 5. a killer and wife beater whose name was Alexander Zalachenko.?? ??Well. She tried 52553. Salander waited patiently. Now that he had crutches. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko.?? ??Some girl. He was furious. Zealous. She wondered how she would have reacted if someone had broken into her place and stolen the D.?? Blomkvist said. They also discussed the future structure of the magazine. narcotics and sex trafficking. How should I deal with it??? ??I don??t have the energy to think that through right now. Please come to the point. then.
But the thing with Borgsj? is going to be a real problem. In addition. I??ve had threats before.P. I??ve seldom had a healthier patient. Monica. ??I??m thinking of doing just that. it means that a group of officers within S. could blithely reveal her most intimate secrets to a bunch of completely unknown freaks on the Internet. You will have to be something of a mentor to me for the time being. Zalachenko is at most a medium. In the course of the next five minutes he emptied his bucket. According to the owner of the house. She had observed his ill-concealed enthusiasm when he sauntered into the Friday meeting. and then a brief and. and undressed. When they were seventeen. 17. 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.?? ??I myself would have checked into a hotel. ??Spare me the lectures. It was Blomkvist??s front door. actually. I have to know whether you really do want me to be your lawyer.B. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone.?? Erlander said.
It was only when he heard the details and studied Malm??s photographs that he reluctantly admitted that Blomkvist had good reason to be suspicious. or someone close to him. We can??t refuse to publish when we have a source who makes a specific claim. Agneta Sofia Salander. Andersson??s expression was neutral. The Section had its offices at Kungsholmen. Here too are the original documents from the correspondence between him and Teleborian. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. Which do you prefer??? Salander considered the choice. I wonder ???? ??Yes??? ??She was so covered with dirt.?? ??And you??ve done all this today ???? ??If you??re threatened in your home then you have a safe room into which you can barricade yourself. but bit by bit she gathered that a man was being sought for the killing. a little sense of responsibility would not hurt. The two men discovered that they liked each other a good deal. It must be some insult.?? Edklinth said. Modig had to take the question. Which was not very likely. ??Twenty-two. He??s thirty-eight and comes from the gangs unit in S?der. ??Yes??? ??Erika. but it could have come about in a dozen different ways ?? for instance. and I saw to it that Bjurman became her new guardian. 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. Teleborian??s report from 1991 has been leaked. Monica. ??This is great.
They had their coffee at the pavement caf?? beside Norr M?larstrand.K. But I should point out that I myself am a former prosecutor. They think that the price of construction materials is absurd. But one thing is for sure ?C I don??t mean to spend the rest of it in this glass cage.?? ??But you two ?? he??ll publish it??? Armansky gave a curt nod. a role that took on added significance in the wake of Wennerstr?m??s exposure as a double agent. Finally his uneasiness took the upper hand.?? ??O. And here in the Section we function principally as report recipients. We don??t know his last name. He went down to the hotel??s breakfast room.T. Lisbeth. but we don??t yet know how. and carried him to the stool. and Edklinth was Figuerola??s boss.?? ??The Bodin who??s in Sahlgrenska with an axe in his skull??? ??The axe isn??t still in his head.?? The woman came to the living-room doorway and asked if Gullberg would like anything. She wondered whether she could manage to get out of bed. No doubt about that. I??m at home. Mikael Blomkvist. There would be a scandal of enormous proportions.?? ??There??s a manhunt under way for Ronald Niedermann even as we speak.C.?? ??That??s correct.
but he??ll try to get out of the country as soon as he can. He was on the night shift in A. ??Information for information. Do you know what this means? It means that S. Her foot was aching badly. Headquarters was almost deserted on this summer afternoon.?? ??Send out an A. while the Security Police took care of the criminal investigation and paid the bill. ??Hurry up ?C go and wash and brush your teeth. Let me look at the documentation you have. But above all. It was an ordinary formula. but the glass was her only reachable weapon. With text on the back. Finally. I recognize you. and to the board. ??Have you got a couple of minutes??? she said.?? ??We don??t have a monopoly on the truth.?? It took ten minutes for Giannini to give him her account. Someone had taken the trouble to find out where she lived. Blomkvist has made a connection to the murder several months ago of a prostitute in S?dert?lje. had butterflies in his stomach as he asked his team leader Inspector Bublanski to take a seat opposite him.?? ??It would be hard to do her any more damage.. She??s been doing so well lately. ??Phenomenally intelligent.
and Superintendent Edklinth took on this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. She had her own film of a personal nature which showed how Advokat Bastard Bjurman had raped her.?? Modig nodded. Annika Bloody Giannini was most likely on her side. Somehow he had to establish contact with her. straight into his pocket. She was ice-cold and stiff. They solved the immediate problem by giving Armansky??s people responsibility for bodyguard services. ??It makes no difference to me who you appoint. It showed the church in Jobsville. keeping his weight on his uninjured leg before trying to stand on the other. ??He??s pulling out in front of you on Olof Palmes Gata ?? now. Malin is tough. ??Where do we start??? he said. Clinton looked like ?? a skeleton. and while he??s gone. this is Jonas Sandberg. He did meet with the fair-haired man. Blomkvist??s taxi got to Central Station at 3. She took a chance and hurried to the corner of Sveav?gen. and Helsingborg.vi ?C Saturday 4. ??My dear Mikael. I can tell you that I see no sign of mental illness. and he was offering her a chance to escape in a very different way. Suddenly she swayed. She had heard the man explain to a nurse right outside her door that he had to see Herr Karl Axel Bodin on an urgent matter.
Despite the fact that she kept urging her client to answer questions from the police. He walked across the street and through the front door of an 1890s building. He was twenty-six years old and had been at Millennium for four years. Over the years Edklinth had been an impassioned advocate of the establishment of a constitutional court. Then he smiled. Don??t misunderstand me. She began to have doubts about the ability of the Security Police to protect her. She could not tell how bad the situation was. Blomkvist closed the door behind him. Normally he would borrow Berger??s car. and we don??t have a single informer who knows him or has any idea where he might be. The business section has one.?? Wadensj?? said.P.?? Only three people knew where Svavelsj? M. ??This is a great sleazy story. Your job description as a journalist is to question and scrutinize most critically. with thin reddish-blond hair. I thought he looked rather bewildered. She heard the faint scraping of the crutches as he quietly retreated down the corridor. on the murderer. You keep a sharp eye on your surroundings.O. subdued conversation. I??ll listen to what you have to say. shit. no matter what they say.
You??ve been damned good as assistant editor. having met her before. ??Whole books will probably be written about this first part. I??ve read Bj?rck??s report. ??The outline story is pretty much correct. He had an office on Stureplan. Finally she looked up and met Blomkvist??s eyes. ??I can see that. Then he sat on the edge of the bed and untied the strings of her nightshirt.?? Blomkvist smiled at her. Swedish workers were already out of that race in the ??90s. You were injured and you??re waking up after an operation. nor did he have the feeling that he was being watched or followed. I went through Forelius.?? Blomkvist gave him a wan smile. If the plan failed. All the time she expected someone to call and tell her that pictures of her were posted on some website. peeling off a large part of the flesh on the right side of his face and tugging at his eye socket. She scrolled back and read through the text of a section where she told how Advokat Bjurman had violently and sadistically raped her. and you don??t need a lot of muscle to fracture a jaw. He waited until she nodded. But he was absolutely not a friend. If the situation had been reversed ?C if S.?? ??That??s not the only reason. The nurses obviously had been instructed not to discuss other patients. ??My role is to expose shit like the Zalachenko club.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty.
m??. taking it for granted that Bj?rck had been garrotted by someone. disappeared. He had a gun in his hand. V. That meant that he would have to disappear.?? Modig said. Blomkvist explained the background and why F?lldin had written to him. ??I just spoke to a nurse at Sahlgrenska.?? Wadensj?? said. Fredriksson was definitely a candidate. layout artists and others. He saw that he had missed six calls in the past twenty-four hours: three from Cortez. It won??t exactly bolster Salander??s credibility.?? said Bublanski in a darker tone of voice. a policeman. I have to make a call. but unacceptable for a newly appointed editor-in-chief. it had taken over half an hour for the Puma from the helicopter unit in S?ve to arrive at the farmhouse. She had verified something that could be known only to a very restricted group of people. He took the registration number and looked me up. said. And if they want to convict me. The arrow went straight through her brain. I think you ought to see a doctor.30 she made Berger call S. Erlander gave her a cool smile.
??O.?? Her lips curled a little. Finally Berger heard a voice from the left side of the room. He had also to resolve how to profile Salander in the article without violating her trust. The budget chief and the C. She tugged her lip. Careers were built on Zalachenko.00 on Saturday night.?? Berger said.?? ??What should we do??? Jervas thought for a moment. She thought.?? ??Good.?? ??Let??s hear it. but it could be used as evidence that the meeting had taken place. albeit just for a couple of days.S.?? ??I??d rather you didn??t.?? Silence.?? Andersson waved his hand. 3. which in this case is a bit of a handicap. That was how he lit upon Zalachenko. It had been two days now since the break-in.?? ??That??s what I wanted to discuss with you. In that case. and she discovered that some S?po activists are running illegal telephone taps and breaking into my apartment and stealing things.?? ??Rubbish.
?? ??You can absolutely rely on me as long as you don??t reveal that you??re engaged in any sort of criminal activity. ??Have we heard anything from Faste. Seconds later they had set off down the corridor. It was a brief report. ??Is that what awaits us??? he said.?? Modig said. She discovered that the group had two members ?C herself and Blomkvist. I don??t usually agree to this sort of unscheduled meeting.S. ??Good morning. When you??ve read it I want you to come again.?? ??And what are you going to do??? ??I don??t know. Then he put on some jeans and the maroon sweatshirt that needed washing. For a second she felt as though she would faint.?? Gullberg said then with such coldness in his voice that Zalachenko froze. the Social Democrats having been in power for more than forty years. for a fee of 30. ??Rescue Service helicopter coming in. First he called Cortez who was in a caf?? in Vasastad and had a few details to discuss.R. ??That??s a line I??d like to hear from Officer Bubble. She was increasingly dependent on Fredriksson??s judgement in the light of her loss of confidence in Anders Holm. He did this after studying a video from Ekstr?m??s press conference. If you need to talk. Zalachenko was used to pain. of course. That??s just about the riskiest thing we could do.
You??ll have your share of clashes with him. The events in Gosseberga seemed already like the distant past.M. Remember what it was like during the Wennerstr?m affair.?? ??I know. He served in G?teborg before he moved to Trollh?ttan.?? ??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. He knew that the lawyer Giannini was in the room. and there he murdered the club??s treasurer and ?C we may assume ?C went off with an unspecified sum of money. It sounds a little cryptic. M?rtensson??s C.T.?? ??Magnusson can take over for the time being. She was almost certain the woman had not seen her. He listened to the news and heard a summary of what had been said at the press conference. bodyguard protection. I don??t know how much was true. once the victim of a petrol bomb attack ?C from that bloody daughter of his two doors down the corridor.?? ??You??re welcome at Milton. She did not like him. We have to talk. Henry is chasing it down. Kalle Bloody Blomkvist was complicating life for her.?? At that moment the officer Blomkvist knew only as Stefan entered the room. ignoring all the protocols. His job was to open the door. For five days Plague.
The first thing she did was to check the protocol number. series. In Personal Protection they believed that M?rtensson had been loaned out to Counter-Espionage. if I understood correctly ?C is to clean corridor 11C. A . lined up the possibilities.?? ??Tough ?? by all means. The truth is that right now everything is a little confused. They agreed that the situation might be more serious than S?po had at first assumed. Now! Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3.?? ??If anything should happen.?? ??Tell me what happened from the moment you arrived at Sahlgrenska until you were attacked. If she had been charged with the murders of Dag and Mia. Then I can tell you that I like neither your tone nor your evasions nor your lies. ??What were you told about that group??? ??Nothing. It??s cheap and far below what I would charge if I took the job for Milton. Malin Eriksson. And you don??t have to answer if you don??t want to. Either we ancients step in and do our bit. ??Agneta ?? it??s up to you to decide whether you want to initiate a preliminary investigation against Blomkvist. and showed Zalachenko his I.00 on Wednesday morning and went for an unusually short run before she showered and dressed in black jeans. It had been developed by the U. and any drivel can be posted on a billboard. the typesetter. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor.C.
told him that it was the most sensitive military secret Sweden possessed ?? that there was nothing in Swedish military intelligence that was anywhere near as important. all of which had contained the word ??whore.M. O. The drawer was empty. She was given crutches and took a taxi home. I have special knowledge of the subject that no-one else at S. she wasn??t hurt in today??s drama at least.P.M. She bought herself a coffee and sat at the opposite end of the caf?? and opened her Dagens Nyheter. ??I don??t understand this. He glanced one last time at the door to Salander??s room. Sex was almost as satisfying as a rigorous workout at the gym. joining Holmberg at the kitchen table. The roster included himself. Eriksson shook her head. I??ve had cameras installed to record what happens when I??m not home. which means the transmitter substance in his nerve synapses doesn??t function. Lisbeth Salander. What are you up to??? ??I??m sitting at home sorting through my collection of photographs of old lovers. department.?? ??It??s a hell of a dilemma. What about G?ransson??s car??? ??Since we found Kaspersson??s car at G?ransson??s place. That??s why I??ve decided to choose a reporter and steer him in the right direction so that we won??t end up with our trousers down when Millennium comes out. as you know. On the one hand.
Blomkvist had told her once how Salander had put paid to the serial killer Martin Vanger with a golf club. The police had locked her in her hospital room.?? ??Some girl. Slip. He took the stairs down to the ground floor.?? ??They always said that he was being handled in the customary way and that the information he provided was being processed through the appropriate channels.?? Gullberg and Wadensj?? glared at each other for a long moment. say.?? ??Do you think she??s in danger??? ??I know of nothing to indicate that she is. All the police reports on the case were collected up at S. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls turn into Br?nnkyrkagatan. Then he screwed on the cover again. do you know anything at all about the murderer??? ??Not a thing. There must be chiefs. After a moment he nodded. you??re released from all other duties. Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm..?? ??I see. which she planned to smoke by the vent window during the night. ??Three weeks at S.I. 82 of whom were women.I. That was one of the things he liked best about his office. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces.?? Gullberg looked at Sandberg with blank astonishment.
and turned on the T. ??I??m fearing the worst. I presume. ??A source within the investigation claims that Lisbeth is non compos mentis. after all. He knocked at the front door.?? ??The two have nothing to do with each other. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know.?? Blomkvist entered police headquarters on Kungsholmen through the entrance on Polhemsgatan. but as soon as anyone came out on to the street. darling.?? ??Good.?? Zalachenko??s eyes narrowed. of course I??ll come with you. As far as we can determine at the moment.?? After the meeting with Borgsj?. May I ask ?? who among you was Morander??s closest confidant??? A brief silence followed as the staff looked at each other. and ate a late but nutritious dinner.C.B.?? ??Palmgren??? ??Yes. that would be nice. Figuerola then called the assistant head of the personnel department. The Zalachenko folder.?? She had not expected Jonasson to make special visits to see her. this is not a joke.B.
P. the door to her room was always locked and guarded by a fucking hit-man from Securitas. This is a unique situation and applies only to Salander. expecting that he would be asked to smuggle something in for her. not through official channels and bureaucratic regulations. And Cortez was just a young whippersnapper. In practice it was a ridiculous situation ?C Millennium was making a profit. They do marketing analyses and have annual sales of around thirty million kronor. He had succeeding in gathering some forensic evidence linking Niedermann to the murders of Svensson and Johansson.?? ??That petty thief you identified ???? ??Kenneth Gustafsson. You might be able to trace the I. ??Gullberg has murdered Zalachenko and then shot himself in the head. I was going out with a guy this spring. which she had always considered a curse. The usual.?? ??So what are you planning.?? ??To be honest with you.00 p. ??So what??s this all about??? he said when they had got their coffee.?? ??I know. but after everything that was in the media about her it seems a bit hard to swallow that Salander could be completely innocent. He defected in the ??70s. He said that he couldn??t know who would be going to the Hague. manager. He looked as if he wanted to say something. he actually slept in the car coming down from Nossebro. and then he remembered that he had booked himself a room in City Hotel.
She had caught up with him just as he was leaving for home; she had suggested a conversation over a cup of coffee. Blomkvist supposed that she had not planned to come back. ??My dear Mikael. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London.?? ??We??ll use the whole front page and move everything else back. and that she knows about the case. but nevertheless I don??t want to know any more than I already do about the content of the next two issues. The stalker then took the opportunity to get into the house. all this stuff about Zalachenko is highly classified. The government has the power to adopt a wide range of measures in the event that breaches of the constitution are threatened. there is that possibility.?? ??What??? ??It??s on the top floor. ??I haven??t got my bearings yet.S.01. but he has massive brain damage. who was much more agreeable. But first he had to get a grip on the chaos that Svavelsj? M. she had called her husband to tell him. I want to know if any other colleagues have received strange emails. ??I??m not so sure about that. But not with Mogren. and we know for sure that he didn??t take any of the ferries. You??ll hear bang-boom. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something.K. feels like a dying body.
he had gone back in time and described Zalachenko??s arrival in Sweden. ??Everyone??s here. M?rtensson and his companion were talking in low voices.A. From a practical point of view she could see why her lawyer kept going on and on about details from her past. originally from Ume? in northern Sweden.?? ??You would be a source.?? ??I notice that you have golf clubs planted here and there around the house. everything was quiet. You??re a man who gets more than his fair share of action. She thought for a moment. Lisbeth Salander is not psychotic.?? ??O. Gullberg stared at it with distaste.?? ??We understand that. Panic and terror had dogged her through the night. Armansky??s first thought was that the man was paranoid. she needs this. If he??s planning to get out of the country as fast as hell then we could help him on his way. Giannini had only been there for a few minutes. we have to be able to offer him something substantial.00 she got up and drove to S. It took her a few seconds to make the connection.?? Trinity said.00.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty. You don??t have to be afraid.
This too touched on the core of the responsibility delegated to the Constitutional Protection Unit. She wanted to know what charges she was intending to bring against Salander.?? Edklinth and Figuerola read through at the text before them.00. In the course of the day Figuerola??s team had interviewed a number of people now retired from the Swedish Atomic Energy Agency. even though this time there was no strap holding her down. weighing it in his hand. who described her as emotional. Blomkvist was suddenly awake and he did not know why. We??re going to be talking to each other quite a lot. There really was a conspiracy inside S.?? Nilsson muttered. I talked to Teleborian. ??Fair enough. That was one thing. well. The headline that Berger had decided to use was suddenly replaced by something entirely different. She has secrets I happen to know about.?? Just before noon there was a knock on the door and a uniformed officer delivered a document to Sp?ngberg. She put down the report and focused her attention on other aspects of the information that Edklinth had given her. ??An analysis of the blood will probably establish that Salander was buried here. He remembered him as thin with a narrow moustache. testing his sense of balance. He tried again to call Gullberg.?? ??No. She has been called a psychopath. Salander bit her lip.
but there??s no sign of him. I haven??t told anybody. the officer who had worked with the financial police. She put down the notebook. 2. and he wasn??t sure how things would turn out at the magazine.?? ??In other words. I was in the police for six years and I??ve worked at Milton for four. She knew that on Walpurgis Night she had had her twenty-seventh birthday. There??s a darker area here. Figuerola nodded and thought for a few seconds. ??If any of you need a little personal time. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on.?? ??I see.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have.?? ??What??s that??? ??Well. but he could not work out what it was. but she already knew it would be impossible to explain this away.O. ??But we have other urgent problems.I. it was Bj?rck who set this whole mess rolling. Another seven messages were those so-called ??Nigeria letters?? from the widow of the former head of a bank in Abu Dhabi offering her ludicrous sums of money if she would only assist with a small sum of start-up money.?? There was a long silence. To put it simply. What did you say? Helsing?rsgatan.?? Berger could not bring herself to sit at Morander??s desk right away.
?? ??If he has gone. but nothing from Poison Pen.R. Pred.I.?? ??I know. First of all. She changed the ring to silent and leaned back in her chair. listened in vain to a vast number of calls to and from police headquarters and the surrounding buildings.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. right ?? here??s what it says in the daily memo: quote. Salander??s clothes were cut away. he sat on the floor next to the bench and kept a watchful eye on Salander. At 2. She knew that on Walpurgis Night she had had her twenty-seventh birthday. Blomkvist would have to be a witness for the prosecution. He turned left on to Kungsgatan. Damn it.?? ??Well ???? ??The original report is an account of Lisbeth Salander??s attempt to murder her father.P.M. but I??ll probably be following him pretty soon. that requires evaluating a person??s credibility and general mental health. It??s like this.?? ??If that was all there was to it. They were officers used to investigating real crimes. they don??t have the evidence.
She immediately pinged Blomkvist??s I. ??Tell me your plan.?? ??All food is decent. ??I presume you have good reason for such secrecy.00 a. He had given them a clear description of her injuries and the bullet wound in her head. It was through this organization that the young man was brought to the attention of the Section and recruited. and consulted a list. The son-of-a-bitch is probably out screwing around with some bimbo with big boobs. if so. but he had lived in north London since childhood. Two months later Idris Ghidi was seized by the Iraqi secret police. ??Could you manage to tell us the whole story from the beginning??? Holmberg said. Any other outcome was unthinkable. She parked on Bergsgatan.M.P. So Dr Jonasson was the goalkeeper who stood between the patient and Fonus Funeral Service. she knew. I??m now on a side street off Linn??gatan. ??Hello. She assumed that he would be in the restaurant car and that is where she found him. but it was mild and it was distant. Suspicious of everything around him. We??ve discussed how we can help you.??s treasurer??? ??Viktor G?ransson ?C and his girlfriend. I think we all assumed she was dead.
were still haunting the former C.?? said the Minister of Justice. She was looking for Zalachenko. and Holger. dealer. a white top. It??s a huge opportunity for you. To be honest. Anyway ???? ??Yes??? ??She had no good reason to trust the police. He felt as soon as he lay down that for the first time in weeks he could relax and sleep peacefully. and ten years later he was one of the younger security police officers who.?? ??I can??t accept that. Late on the evening of the fifth day. Was G?ran M?rtensson working on anything important. even if she did not sleep. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. ??Get on to the Undersecretary of State and the head of the legal department. at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg. but we??re unable to verify our suspicions just yet. But don??t do anything until we all agree. to defend Swedish democracy against real or presumed anti-democratic threats.S. he would be steadily annihilated. we were talking about him as if he were some sort of a hired killer. When she was alone she said: ??Hello. Accordingly. ??I beg your pardon??? ??You may be employed by S.
man thought himself above all normal rules. I fall asleep like a blown-out candle as soon as I get home.
??Find out which room she??s in
??Find out which room she??s in.?? ??Where are you??? ??At the hospital. Then the manhunt would at least ease up a bit. He opened his mobile and called Cortez. and she was not ?C so far as he could judge ?C working. ??The people who were looking after Zalachenko went far beyond their jurisdiction. ??Since the early ??90s S. You know. Finally Holmberg pushed his coffee cup aside. Do you understand??? ??Yes. He packed clothes. the car was in the visitors?? car park. year after year. He had lived with computers since he was ten. and I was counting on having the time to learn from his experience. He did a quick visual examination: it looked like she was a teenager. He had given them a clear description of her injuries and the bullet wound in her head.00 on Saturday morning. & E. As far as a scandal goes ?? A retired tax lawyer wrote paranoid letters to newspapers.?? She saw that Borgsj? had opened his mouth as if to say something himself. That was the sound I heard last night. Thereafter Gullberg acted only as an adviser in especially sensitive matters. Ping. ??South. have you got anything new??? ??Nothing I haven??t already told you on the phone. but Blomkvist somehow got hold of it.
Berger spent the evening not on her sofa watching T. which she took back to her office. In a word. How would she feel after three years? Was that how Morander had felt before he dropped dead in the newsroom? After ten minutes she went back to Samir??s Cauldron and ran into Blomkvist as he was coming out of the door. It was a structure with only two ranks. Was it you who put duct tape on her wounds??? ??Yes. In this photograph he was still with the Secret State Police.?? ??But isn??t Russia a democracy now too? I mean.?? ??I??m not interrupting anything??? ??No. ??I??m just dead tired. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. She stretched and went on a 45-minute run out past R?lambshov hospital and around Fredh?ll and back via Smedsudden. I checked out the story behind the Bellona apartment.M. Now!?? When he heard the desperation in her voice he dug into his inside pocket and handed her his Motorola. It takes more than that to do in Erika Berger. Or that he could. I was thinking of Peter Althin or someone like that. At that time. scaring the hell out of a couple and their kids. They were in Armansky??s office on Monday morning. No. not hers. The woman had been shot in the head and there was no exit wound there either. Millennium had paid a fee to Advokat Giannini which was supposed to come out of the general fund.O.S.
By 12. She sat for a long time thinking about the day??s events. then he pulled up the visitor??s chair.?? ??No indeed. this is only between you and me. Fuck you. ??But we have other urgent problems. which included a short whip. I??m at a disadvantage no matter what I do. ??That is all bullshit. Plague was an intelligent and socially gifted citizen.?? ??The board approved your measures. Good Lord. At the end of upper Bellmansgatan. Bj?rck looked at the noose. there??ll be a massive scandal. Finally she opened the last one. and the price that the work of a newspaperman can sometimes exact. She is mentally ill.S. Figuerola walked to Bergsgatan and summoned her four colleagues for an early morning conference. You can??t wear both hats. he was the only one in whom she felt a measure of trust. copies of Bj?rck??s strange report dating from 1991 were stolen. That??s a horrendous statistic. now retrained as a locksmith. Right now I just feel like shit.
names and organizational charts.?? ??No. Or at least he??s talked to someone who has suspicions. O.?? ??Just doing my job. He had Salander??s keys to her burgundy Honda. Dr Jonasson was pleased with the response he had got. showered. holding out a hand that Zalachenko ignored. He spent several nights a week at the apartment. Scars on her soul were another matter. The source is protected. If I were to make the decisions they would be different again.?? He paused. S. During a sleepless night spent mostly in the kitchen with Linder. there was a downpour. Not only that; she was terribly frightened. And Criminal Inspector Faste is an unadulterated idiot who believes that Salander is a lesbian Satanist. No-one is talking to the construction companies about the unreasonable prices.S. was a brand-new form of bandage. ??The question is. the Swedish Security Police were amateurs. Since April he had not even plugged in the broadband cable to his own machine.K. Espionage in Sweden by Mikael Rosquist (Tempus.
There??s something very sick about this whole story. of course. but what I have to tell you is very important.. or whether the sender was in the building. It??s relatively isolated. spear. The men who conspired against Salander ?C he thought of them as the Zalachenko club ?C were inside the Security Police. and he was more or less forced to resign at the age of fifty or fifty-five. the news editor. ??I don??t understand this. and she was instead put under guardianship. I assume you??ve read about Lisbeth in the newspapers. memorized.?? ??Correct. and on the left is an elderly couple who go to bed quite early. She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. He was high as a kite all night. For the past few weeks he had been loaned to Counter-Espionage. If the pinkos want to start a war with Denmark.5 steps. A uniformed officer drew his attention to a cigarette butt ?C a filterless Pall Mall ?C some distance from the hole.Q. As it says in the report. He listened with increasing dismay to Giannini??s account of what had happened. I saw her twice soon after she was admitted. But I should point out that I myself am a former prosecutor.
The tape kept bacteria out and the blood in. There was a period in which he spent every waking minute in front of his computer screen. ??Hi. ??Millennium is a monthly. The noose was so thin that it pinched deep and stopped the blood flow. long before I went home at 6. were of the kind that were never going to be proven. blonde curly hair sitting on the top step. Blomkvist told him to position himself where he could photograph whoever got into the car. Assistant Chief Fredrik Clinton. a Mace canister and a pistol. ??Her father??s daughter. She stared at the screen for fifteen minutes without seeing the words. shared by many inside the Division. He remembered the whole thing as having been very unpleasant. this is a little embarrassing.?? ??For several years I was Lisbeth Salander??s psychiatrist when she was institutionalized at St Stefan??s. from which several weapons had already been confiscated.?? Cortez scratched his ear. If Salander talked. suffering from cancer.I.K??. I only know that I had him neatly trussed. Hmm. ??So what??s this all about??? he said when they had got their coffee. ??Could you manage to tell us the whole story from the beginning??? Holmberg said.
Berger read slowly through the article.I.??s C.??s assets were in the form of bonds that he could access. to give a second example. The first had been extraordinary ?C Counter-Espionage had identified a Russian informer inside the Swedish telecom industry. one.?? he said.?? he said. ??Routine research. Shit. ??Hello. and until we??re able to identify the remains. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being. which showed a man that both of them immediately recognized.?? ??I can well imagine. Ekstr?m is going to commission one more thorough evaluation of Salander.M. ??But it??ll cost you a bottle of Cragganmore the next time we go fishing.?? They sat in silence for a moment before Jonasson stood up. It sounds a little cryptic. And the press.?? ??Which part was truth and which part was fantasy. the incoming Prime Minister was fully occupied appointing ministers and negotiating with other conservative parties.?? ??Could I see it??? Bublanski pushed across the desk a folder containing a police report dated 1991. ??Her father??s daughter. that I be informed of everything that has a bearing on the Salander case.
He had a limp. ??Will do. She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her. I have to take the report with me when I go.. But he does have a problem with me.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson. But she was not someone who went in for one-night stands.?? Salander frowned. They make toilets at a factory in Vietnam which has been condemned by the U. Hospital. In view of his age. They died in an accident in 1946. we won??t be finished with the installations here for a couple of days. and then he remembered that he had booked himself a room in City Hotel. ??They met to discuss the forensic psychiatric report on Salander.A. The job itself will last for a couple of weeks. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. and in his opinion no government had been less prepared to meet the new political opportunities emerging in the East. No Jonas.?? ??Good. Blomkvist was suddenly awake and he did not know why.A. ??He??s taking the back roads. he could do the same.
?? ??What do you need now??? ??A little more legwork.?? Blomkvist smiled. who in turn messengered it to Bublanski. Today??s message contained no text. they??re once again going to try to throw as much shit at her as they can. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. He??s acting on orders from the government.?? ??I??ll tell you later.?? ??Do you have your own bloody intelligence service at Millennium??? she burst out.?? Blomkvist said again. but the number of his assignments decreased. ??Find out what he??s working on. I don??t like your tone of voice. then you should turn to me. Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed. Stefan went to chase someone up from the city building office.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him. a 26-year-old temp on the culture pages. And he was inflexible. I don??t doubt that there are excellent people working in S?po.P. and added very little water. She blamed Blomkvist for this state of affairs as she showered and then rousted him out of bed. although she did think that sex was an underrated therapy for just about all ailments. with the help of Berger??s account.??s G?ransson.?? ??Spare me the bullshit.
Salander fumbled with the clumsy stylus and wished she had a keyboard. She smiled and took out her I.A.?? ??I??m sorry.??s glasses. How was Kaspersson found??? ??She turned up at a house on the outskirts of Seglora. accompanied by his personal nurse.?? ??Unless I??m mistaken. ??O.??s hardly dry behind the ears. You can start as acting editor-in-chief as from today.7 million kronor for a staff of ninety-six people. you might develop epilepsy or some other problem. What can I tell him??? ??Two days ago I was ready to approve a discharge. and his job was to make sure she got well. He seemed to be thinking about something. He spent several nights a week at the apartment. I??ve got the story. Acts calm and cool. That was the part she had spent the most time on. Salander concluded that his I. He had been given large doses of painkillers. were of the kind that were never going to be proven. and he had made the connection to the woman in 11C. Then he bought envelopes and stamps and posted the letters in a box with a 9. Then he heard a sound to his right and saw the Prime Minister get up from an armchair. limped back to the bed.
a freelance journalist in G?teborg. I??d actually thought about becoming a psychiatrist when I was a teenager. or Malm?. He had had the feeling before and had trained himself to interpret it as an alarm triggered by instinct. the balcony at the back.?? ??I didn??t have much choice. She bought a coffee in the restaurant car. ??Mikael. She glanced at Blomkvist. The text had grown to thirty-three pages and she was nearing the end.?? ??You have to hand in a statement. he could forget about Zalachenko. ??I know.B. and primarily outside Stockholm. During the night the fever subsided; she was almost back down to normal and I thought the episode had passed. I??m not allowed to reveal what I know about the Salander story. but it was not likely that he would be able to take thirty kilos of electronic gear on a normal flight. One of the medics tended to Salander while the other took care of Alexander Zalachenko. Someone. or whatever problem arose.?? ??I??ll give the go-ahead tomorrow. I know I have to sign a contract.?? ??We don??t think it is a coincidence. I want to caress you and kiss your breasts.780 kronor and a carton of cigarettes. The problem was what she would wear.
??Gullberg has cancer of the stomach. You can say hello to her and ask her whether she accepts me as her lawyer or not. They were in sharp focus. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??m thinking that Edklinth would be a little bit disturbed if he saw us right now.?? ??She was shot.?? ??Which is what ????? ??Lisbeth Salander suffers from a serious mental disorder. Trinity was an ardent fan of the E.?? Magnusson nodded. who for some strange reason was not online. ??I??m on call this weekend. He had to deal with Teleborian. Finally she opened the last one.S. Second. you may not speak with anyone but myself and Monica Figuerola.?? After a few seconds. but that was no longer possible. ??Hello. Our job is to watch over the security of our country.?? Gullberg ignored the insinuation. Salander seemed at times to be in a deep depression and had not the slightest interest in dealing with her situation or her future.?? ??And did they bother to come out here??? ??Not really.??s newsroom and then logged off from I. He could not be sure why the Prime Minister had set up a meeting with him in a borrowed apartment in ?stermalm. O. You spoke about co-operation ???? The P. we??re talking about at least eight murders.
Then he opened his own shop.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight. She put her cursor on the spire of the church tower and clicked. God knows what they??re playing at. She needed a holiday.?? ??No. And if Carlsson had received an email like that. said. Let??s stick to that.00 the next morning. Both were dressed in jeans and leather jackets. calm and collected.?? ??I can??t give you that insight. He was pleased with what he had written. nothing more. she trained so hard and her body was so muscular that malicious colleagues still called her Herr Figuerola.Q. He had ridden over there with Lundin to burn the damned summer cabin down. Convicted of insurance fraud in the ??70s. approximately ten metres.M. She had just poured a second cup of coffee when there was a firm knock on the front door.?? ??So when are you actually going to sit down with a pen and paper and write this statement??? ??You??ll have it in a few days. she put on one shoe and stuck the toes of her injured foot into the other. but it would take half the night.K. there??ll still be a scandal.
She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team.?? Blomkvist said. No Jonas.?? ??I see. Magnusson had put together a four-column article about Morander??s life and career. was sent out to get some food.. not to be discussed. an anal plug. I checked with the embassy. but completely unsuitable for this case. I propose a co-operation between Sahlgrenska hospital and St Stefan??s.A. He realized the gravity of the situation. He opened the evening papers and read everything that had been written that day about the search for Ronald Niedermann and the case of Lisbeth Salander. and that was followed by a spate of disparaging remarks about Wasp??s mental abilities.?? ??Are you hurt??? ??No.?? ??Very well written too. and hurried off towards the editorial offices on G?tgatan.?? ??I??ll be sending a man out this morning. Which Blomkvist by definition had actually done. and when he sat by the window he never felt isolated. ??Probably to see me dead. She had been told not to feel obliged to entertain her ??guest. but he could not claim to know the man well.?? ??And what did you tell her??? ??I said that someone had faked your address and is obviously harassing her. born in 1969.
When he passed ?rstabron he took out a ballpoint pen and a plain paper pad. ??In that case we have to see to it that she is given redress for these wrongs.S. who is being held for the attempted murder of her father. She has been badly treated and is under a lot of pressure. I propose a co-operation between Sahlgrenska hospital and St Stefan??s. She discovered that the group had two members ?C herself and Blomkvist. but that was his problem. ??You do know that I could get into very deep water for this. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning. V. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making. So he had decided to play it safe. At around 11. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions. He represents the media. It was a brief report. It was now a matter of how far they wanted to align themselves with such assertions.00. He absolutely did not like the fact that Zalachenko and Bj?rck had. Somehow ?C we??re not sure how it happened ?C she found out that her sister knew where Zalachenko was.?? Malm said. Least of all the politicians.?? ??What do you mean. Blomkvist noticed that the chief of the Constitutional Protection Unit hesitated for only a second before he got up and brought the thermos over to the conference table. Let me give you an example. and a number of others.
With difficulty she propped herself up. Whatever happened. What I think you haven??t understood are the rules of the game. After a while the P.. But I understand making newspapers.P. She is mentally ill. and turned to a blank page. and that committing her in 1991 was justified. ??How are you doing??? ??I??m fine. Ever since the girls were nine or ten.C.I. And who knows? Maybe he??ll catch Niedermann. Instead he called me and said that he had spoken with the Prosecutor General and there was a problem. but we can make a few assumptions. But among the notes Blomkvist found several cryptic sentences. ??Before we begin to discuss anything. But isn??t it strange that they don??t appear anywhere in S?po??s organizational chart??? ??That??s ridiculous. And who knows? Maybe he??ll catch Niedermann. I didn??t really think it came from you. He was Salander??s friend. married to Hans Wilhelm Francke. ??? Who the hell was Evert Gullberg? He considered calling up the chief of S. getting to his feet.?? ??Good.
and that the objective once more is to confine you to a nuthouse. ??What do you want me to do??? ??Go back to your desk and start working on another story. and he got to drink whisky at a discreet club in London with the chief of M.?? said Modig. did not have any teenagers on its staff. But Counter-Espionage had not ever had him.?? ??But F?lldin is alive and willing to talk about the matter. I think you??re pretty tough too. but the union did nothing about it and her contract wasn??t extended. Her vision was blurred. ??Have we got a plan??? ??We??re going to drive over and have a talk with Niedermann.?? the P. Annika had been persuaded. She could not call Blomkvist because he had not given her the number of his Ericsson T10. Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277. Blomkvist waited. Her office is empty. but ???? ??You think it??s excessive. She was on the telephone and writing furiously on a yellow Post-it. joining Holmberg at the kitchen table. but she sent the copy on to Bublanski. except for 1991 when he deliberately voted against the moderates because he believed that Carl Bildt was a realpolitik catastrophe. So Salander was locked up in an asylum because she tried to kill her father ?? this Zalachenko. promising to make it up to him as soon as she could get home. After a minute she turned her head and became aware that she had a neck brace. I??ve seldom had a healthier patient. Wadensj??.
& M. But she was not someone who went in for one-night stands. He had enough text already for 150 pages. Niedermann. When she closed the door he arduously sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. we??re on our own??? Wadensj?? nodded. ??Rikardsson. ??If his plan was to go to Germany ?? Why would he drive to Stockholm? Shouldn??t he have made for Malm? and the bridge to Copenhagen.?? They made their way to the police canteen to have breakfast. ??Thanks for letting me borrow your kitchen today. It??s a standard document saying that we at Milton require certain things of you and that we commit to certain things. Figuerola and Blomkvist were waiting for him. Since then not much has happened. His face was lined with anxiety. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment. He came back with a needle which he pushed through my right nipple. Quite the opposite: I want to give you some information. We have an excellent film of how they break in and go through my papers. we can always single him out as a rogue policeman.?? ??I understand that. Yes ?? we can prove that there is a conspiracy. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson. as I said.?? Gullberg shook his head. goes into Blomkvist??s building with an ex-safebreaker. And she liked giving in to threats even less. ??This is.
?? ??What does Blomkvist say??? ??He concedes that he was insulting. Edklinth took up his felt pen once more: Evert Gullberg. if I??ve understood correctly.?? She wondered if he were pulling her leg.G.?? If truth be told. But what was going to happen now? Erika had always been a crucial part of Millennium. damn it. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street. I would also emphasize that under no circumstances can you make public the information I give you. Do you know if she??s at headquarters??? ??I doubt it. She was about one metre seventy and looked to be in pretty good shape.?? She fell silent and stared at Annika. She had cut back on bodybuilding.?? The officers nodded.?? ??I understand. Then he turned to the Minister of Justice. Niedermann was his son.?? ??We always owe each other one. and his girlfriend too.?? Blomkvist said. and she has to live with that.K. ??Do you think it??s such a good idea for me to be hanging around at police H.?? Silence. Sweden has got to know her through police reports and press releases and the headlines in the evening papers. Carl Lidbom did one.
He opened the brown briefcase and unpacked two shirts. I??m thinking of the ferry to the east. He instinctively disliked a situation in which private muscle was doing what a government department was supposed to be doing. She had intended to go straight back to S.?? ??Alright. He turned his head to the right and saw the exit at the other end.?? ??What you don??t understand is that our shareholders bought stock in the paper because they want to make money.??s administration. has received a number of emails that appear to come from me. They could forget about finding a car to take them to Gosseberga. showered. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson. Ingemarsson had been found dead with a broken neck.?? He looked Holmberg steadily in the eye. ??But he??s being sought for the police murder in Gosseberga. one in Stockholm.v Blomkvist left the Millennium offices at 10. Events had been rapid and unpredictable. As luck would have it.?? ??Why not? Has something happened??? ??Well. Ms Salander has already received a good deal of negative publicity ?? Let me deal with the situation. polite. There was something in one of the pockets. a policeman with a secret appointment who devoted himself to shadowing the publisher of Millennium. In his opinion. and all else it takes to publish a newspaper. Full stop.
?? She shrugged. ??Excuse me. a passport. With difficulty she propped herself up.?? Figuerola held up a diplomatic finger. if he walked into the corner of a table or a bench. darling. She got up from the bed and made for the shower. You don??t need any more weeks of rehab. She got out of bed and took out the new Dell laptop that she had been given when she had started at S. Usually the Sheraton. These activities must be stopped. Among them. ??Erika isn??t the villain. Blomkvist concluded that he was under surveillance.?? ??We want the legal process to take its course even though this is a difficult situation.?? ??But I don??t think???? ??Shut the door.?? Cortez repeated. She reached for the address book in her bag and found the number Blomkvist had given her the night they met at Samir??s Cauldron. Gunnar Bj?rck felt an almost unquenchable panic when he heard the news about the shooting at Sahlgrenska hospital. That means that I work for you and not for anyone else.?? ??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. She consulted the vehicle register and found that G?ran M?rtensson was the owner of a grey Volvo with the registration number legible in the photographs. said. or want to take a break to think for a while. They nodded to each other.?? ??So what??s going to happen to him??? ??I arrested him for violation of the prostitution laws.
She moved as gracefully as a ballerina. Finally she opened the last one.?? ??If you??re a good leader then you??ll discuss any concerns with the others.5 steps. the record corresponded with the report??s contents. because no matter what measures he took it would almost inevitably result in a lifetime of suffering. and his request was instantly met. He met Angleton.?? ??Do you have anything on Zalachenko or Bodin in your records??? Holmberg said. and a lightweight grey linen jacket.?? Wadensj?? shook his head. She dressed in black trousers. He was out flitting around even in your day. manslaughter and drug crime. the police are necessary. What is it I have to do??? ??One of your jobs at Sahlgrenska hospital ?C six days a week. I informed the Prime Minister on a couple of occasions. But the officers were warned not to tire him. Ekstr?m wanted an extensive psychiatric examination and had sent a lot of messages with the object of getting her transferred to Kronoberg prison as a matter of urgency. ??We just have to discover what it was they really were doing. Why had Bublanski called her? What was this meeting about? She glanced across the corridor. Keep your ears open. and you can either suspend our co-operation or you can live with that.?? ??The two have nothing to do with each other. and I would like to be included at an early stage. He flipped the hasp and opened the door. ??I think you??re right.
if I understood correctly ?C is to clean corridor 11C. and he??s watching the ones who are watching him.K. and crawled into bed. It would make a passable weapon ?C for stabbing a face or an eye. In the case of the robbery of the shop in Sunne. and F?lldin governed together with the People??s Party. he sat on the floor next to the bench and kept a watchful eye on Salander. When at long last Edklinth concluded that he had to act on Armansky??s information.?? ??No. I could stick my finger in the entry wound and touch my brain.?? ??He tried to kill me. The first thing he did was to rename it ??Special Analysis??. we won??t be able to draw any conclusions. No.. It was Fredrik Malmberg from the investigative team. ??You didn??t say. I was vaguely aware of him for just a few seconds. You??ve read Bj?rck??s report. You??re probably thinking of me as a guest you have to entertain. So good that I can read and copy what??s on Ekstr?m??s machine. one of the night editors at S.M.S.?? he said. The man in the blue overalls and the woman with the camera were unknown entities.
He??s been dying for several months.?? Salander gave Jonasson a lopsided smile. said. Mikael. ??Do you know why I became a doctor??? he said. It was not a perfect plan. energy and resources.?? ??What about her??? ??She has to disappear. I thought we might be able to cut through all the red tape in this case. Then he saw a figure by the window. who did the bookkeeping one day a week. former police officer. Jonasson slowed his pace when he saw a man with a briefcase leaning on the wrought-iron gates outside his housing association apartment on Hagagatan.M. installing alarm systems and managing burglary protection. he would apologize and resign from his positions on various boards. I don??t think that.?? ??That??s not what I asked. ??Who is this woman. my sister Annika.?? Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor. I only know that I had him neatly trussed. and the defective alarm from N.?? she said. For a second he held his breath when the pilot seemed to have difficulty controlling the aircraft. She put the folder on the windowsill and stretched out in the bath to ponder the situation. Detective Superintendent Otto Danielsson.
All such matters should be discussed with Malin. has developed its own text editing system. it sounds like she might need a criminal lawyer. but he??s irreplaceable. and most crucially: what was the truth surrounding Bj?rck??s report from 1991? ??That is a serious matter. She turned off the Palm and put it under the covers between her thighs.?? Modig said. battle-axe. she had pushed all thoughts of the Section to one side and concentrated on Berger??s problem. At 9. As far as Millennium is concerned. According to legend.?? Andersson waved his hand. As always. He did not want to do it at the hotel where he had been staying.00 on Friday afternoon. Armansky??s wife Ritva had made a delicious casserole.?? Cortez said. Clinton had succeeded Gullberg and was the chief of the Section until 2002. Since your apartment and mobile seem to be bugged and we have reason to be discreet.?? Blomkvist said. and Zalachenko. She was dressed that day in tight blue jeans. ??I have to go in to H.B. She had done her best to find a formula for working with him. almost as though it had nothing to do with her.
and the first thing he needed to do that morning was call him and tell him to get down there as swiftly as he could. all this stuff about Zalachenko is highly classified. perhaps on their way to cover the May Day parade. ??Do we kill the article??? Blomkvist looked Cortez straight in the eye.?? she said. So.I. She would lose him if she went to the machine and back. ??To your right.000 kronor.?? ??Holm is not best pleased???? ??I??m not best pleased with Holm.?? ??Not on your life. but that??s almost a month away. Berger did not regularly write a diary. said. V. There was a confused atmosphere in the newsroom throughout the afternoon. What would he have done? Absolute secrecy. ??I won??t under any circumstances be interviewed. had knowledge of the murder before it was committed. Gullberg looked up to see a smartly dressed man of about sixty and a younger man in jeans and a tweed jacket.?? he said. simple case for him to focus on. This is all criminal activity: Swedish authorities helping to cover up crime against individual citizens. Berger??s muscles ached as though she had just run the Stockholm marathon.?? ??What??s???? ??Just hurry. What time??? ??2.
For one thing.?? ??I??m sorry. it was.S. ??What day is it today??? she said. On the other hand. My name is Jerker Holmberg. Berger read slowly through the article.I. He had Blomkvist brought into the kitchen. That was when she felt that there was something hard beneath her head. Peter Teleborian. But would you be willing. She rolled it quickly over to the door and wedged the tabletop under the door handle. He turned to Giannini. It??s owned by a company called Bellona Inc. ??Could I get an owner of a red Audi??? she said. itself be implemented? The Wennerstr?m debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police. Mikael.?? ??I??m sorry. You??re wearing gloves.?? They spent the next two hours discussing their options. ??Erika isn??t the villain. Jonasson accompanied Blomkvist to a caf?? nearby.?? ??She has been shot three times. It was as though the man thought himself above all normal rules. I fall asleep like a blown-out candle as soon as I get home.
??Find out which room she??s in.?? ??Where are you??? ??At the hospital. Then the manhunt would at least ease up a bit. He opened his mobile and called Cortez. and she was not ?C so far as he could judge ?C working. ??The people who were looking after Zalachenko went far beyond their jurisdiction. ??Since the early ??90s S. You know. Finally Holmberg pushed his coffee cup aside. Do you understand??? ??Yes. He packed clothes. the car was in the visitors?? car park. year after year. He had lived with computers since he was ten. and I was counting on having the time to learn from his experience. He did a quick visual examination: it looked like she was a teenager. He had given them a clear description of her injuries and the bullet wound in her head.00 on Saturday morning. & E. As far as a scandal goes ?? A retired tax lawyer wrote paranoid letters to newspapers.?? She saw that Borgsj? had opened his mouth as if to say something himself. That was the sound I heard last night. Thereafter Gullberg acted only as an adviser in especially sensitive matters. Ping. ??South. have you got anything new??? ??Nothing I haven??t already told you on the phone. but Blomkvist somehow got hold of it.
Berger spent the evening not on her sofa watching T. which she took back to her office. In a word. How would she feel after three years? Was that how Morander had felt before he dropped dead in the newsroom? After ten minutes she went back to Samir??s Cauldron and ran into Blomkvist as he was coming out of the door. It was a structure with only two ranks. Was it you who put duct tape on her wounds??? ??Yes. In this photograph he was still with the Secret State Police.?? ??But isn??t Russia a democracy now too? I mean.?? ??I??m not interrupting anything??? ??No. ??I??m just dead tired. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. She stretched and went on a 45-minute run out past R?lambshov hospital and around Fredh?ll and back via Smedsudden. I checked out the story behind the Bellona apartment.M. Now!?? When he heard the desperation in her voice he dug into his inside pocket and handed her his Motorola. It takes more than that to do in Erika Berger. Or that he could. I was thinking of Peter Althin or someone like that. At that time. scaring the hell out of a couple and their kids. They were in Armansky??s office on Monday morning. No. not hers. The woman had been shot in the head and there was no exit wound there either. Millennium had paid a fee to Advokat Giannini which was supposed to come out of the general fund.O.S.
By 12. She sat for a long time thinking about the day??s events. then he pulled up the visitor??s chair.?? ??No indeed. this is only between you and me. Fuck you. ??But we have other urgent problems. which included a short whip. I??m at a disadvantage no matter what I do. ??That is all bullshit. Plague was an intelligent and socially gifted citizen.?? ??The board approved your measures. Good Lord. At the end of upper Bellmansgatan. Bj?rck looked at the noose. there??ll be a massive scandal. Finally she opened the last one. and the price that the work of a newspaperman can sometimes exact. She is mentally ill.S. Figuerola walked to Bergsgatan and summoned her four colleagues for an early morning conference. You can??t wear both hats. he was the only one in whom she felt a measure of trust. copies of Bj?rck??s strange report dating from 1991 were stolen. That??s a horrendous statistic. now retrained as a locksmith. Right now I just feel like shit.
names and organizational charts.?? ??No. Or at least he??s talked to someone who has suspicions. O.?? ??Just doing my job. He had Salander??s keys to her burgundy Honda. Dr Jonasson was pleased with the response he had got. showered. holding out a hand that Zalachenko ignored. He spent several nights a week at the apartment. Scars on her soul were another matter. The source is protected. If I were to make the decisions they would be different again.?? He paused. S. During a sleepless night spent mostly in the kitchen with Linder. there was a downpour. Not only that; she was terribly frightened. And Criminal Inspector Faste is an unadulterated idiot who believes that Salander is a lesbian Satanist. No-one is talking to the construction companies about the unreasonable prices.S. was a brand-new form of bandage. ??The question is. the Swedish Security Police were amateurs. Since April he had not even plugged in the broadband cable to his own machine.K. Espionage in Sweden by Mikael Rosquist (Tempus.
There??s something very sick about this whole story. of course. but what I have to tell you is very important.. or whether the sender was in the building. It??s relatively isolated. spear. The men who conspired against Salander ?C he thought of them as the Zalachenko club ?C were inside the Security Police. and he was more or less forced to resign at the age of fifty or fifty-five. the news editor. ??I don??t understand this. and she was instead put under guardianship. I assume you??ve read about Lisbeth in the newspapers. memorized.?? ??Correct. and on the left is an elderly couple who go to bed quite early. She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. He was high as a kite all night. For the past few weeks he had been loaned to Counter-Espionage. If the pinkos want to start a war with Denmark.5 steps. A uniformed officer drew his attention to a cigarette butt ?C a filterless Pall Mall ?C some distance from the hole.Q. As it says in the report. He listened with increasing dismay to Giannini??s account of what had happened. I saw her twice soon after she was admitted. But I should point out that I myself am a former prosecutor.
The tape kept bacteria out and the blood in. There was a period in which he spent every waking minute in front of his computer screen. ??Hi. ??Millennium is a monthly. The noose was so thin that it pinched deep and stopped the blood flow. long before I went home at 6. were of the kind that were never going to be proven. blonde curly hair sitting on the top step. Blomkvist told him to position himself where he could photograph whoever got into the car. Assistant Chief Fredrik Clinton. a Mace canister and a pistol. ??Her father??s daughter. She stared at the screen for fifteen minutes without seeing the words. shared by many inside the Division. He remembered the whole thing as having been very unpleasant. this is a little embarrassing.?? ??For several years I was Lisbeth Salander??s psychiatrist when she was institutionalized at St Stefan??s. from which several weapons had already been confiscated.?? Cortez scratched his ear. If Salander talked. suffering from cancer.I.K??. I only know that I had him neatly trussed. Hmm. ??So what??s this all about??? he said when they had got their coffee. ??Could you manage to tell us the whole story from the beginning??? Holmberg said.
Berger read slowly through the article.I.??s C.??s assets were in the form of bonds that he could access. to give a second example. The first had been extraordinary ?C Counter-Espionage had identified a Russian informer inside the Swedish telecom industry. one.?? he said.?? he said. ??Routine research. Shit. ??Hello. and until we??re able to identify the remains. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being. which showed a man that both of them immediately recognized.?? ??I can well imagine. Ekstr?m is going to commission one more thorough evaluation of Salander.M. ??But it??ll cost you a bottle of Cragganmore the next time we go fishing.?? They sat in silence for a moment before Jonasson stood up. It sounds a little cryptic. And the press.?? ??Which part was truth and which part was fantasy. the incoming Prime Minister was fully occupied appointing ministers and negotiating with other conservative parties.?? ??Could I see it??? Bublanski pushed across the desk a folder containing a police report dated 1991. ??Her father??s daughter. that I be informed of everything that has a bearing on the Salander case.
He had a limp. ??Will do. She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her. I have to take the report with me when I go.. But he does have a problem with me.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson. But she was not someone who went in for one-night stands.?? Salander frowned. They make toilets at a factory in Vietnam which has been condemned by the U. Hospital. In view of his age. They died in an accident in 1946. we won??t be finished with the installations here for a couple of days. and then he remembered that he had booked himself a room in City Hotel. ??They met to discuss the forensic psychiatric report on Salander.A. The job itself will last for a couple of weeks. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. and in his opinion no government had been less prepared to meet the new political opportunities emerging in the East. No Jonas.?? ??Good. Blomkvist was suddenly awake and he did not know why.A. ??He??s taking the back roads. he could do the same.
?? ??What do you need now??? ??A little more legwork.?? Blomkvist smiled. who in turn messengered it to Bublanski. Today??s message contained no text. they??re once again going to try to throw as much shit at her as they can. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. He??s acting on orders from the government.?? ??I??ll tell you later.?? ??Do you have your own bloody intelligence service at Millennium??? she burst out.?? Blomkvist said again. but the number of his assignments decreased. ??Find out what he??s working on. I don??t like your tone of voice. then you should turn to me. Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed. Stefan went to chase someone up from the city building office.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him. a 26-year-old temp on the culture pages. And he was inflexible. I don??t doubt that there are excellent people working in S?po.P. and added very little water. She blamed Blomkvist for this state of affairs as she showered and then rousted him out of bed. although she did think that sex was an underrated therapy for just about all ailments. with the help of Berger??s account.??s G?ransson.?? ??Spare me the bullshit.
Salander fumbled with the clumsy stylus and wished she had a keyboard. She smiled and took out her I.A.?? ??I??m sorry.??s glasses. How was Kaspersson found??? ??She turned up at a house on the outskirts of Seglora. accompanied by his personal nurse.?? ??Unless I??m mistaken. ??O.??s hardly dry behind the ears. You can start as acting editor-in-chief as from today.7 million kronor for a staff of ninety-six people. you might develop epilepsy or some other problem. What can I tell him??? ??Two days ago I was ready to approve a discharge. and his job was to make sure she got well. He seemed to be thinking about something. He spent several nights a week at the apartment. I??ve got the story. Acts calm and cool. That was the part she had spent the most time on. Salander concluded that his I. He had been given large doses of painkillers. were of the kind that were never going to be proven. and he had made the connection to the woman in 11C. Then he bought envelopes and stamps and posted the letters in a box with a 9. Then he heard a sound to his right and saw the Prime Minister get up from an armchair. limped back to the bed.
a freelance journalist in G?teborg. I??d actually thought about becoming a psychiatrist when I was a teenager. or Malm?. He had had the feeling before and had trained himself to interpret it as an alarm triggered by instinct. the balcony at the back.?? ??I didn??t have much choice. She bought a coffee in the restaurant car. ??Mikael. She glanced at Blomkvist. The text had grown to thirty-three pages and she was nearing the end.?? ??You have to hand in a statement. he could forget about Zalachenko. ??I know.B. and primarily outside Stockholm. During the night the fever subsided; she was almost back down to normal and I thought the episode had passed. I??m not allowed to reveal what I know about the Salander story. but it was not likely that he would be able to take thirty kilos of electronic gear on a normal flight. One of the medics tended to Salander while the other took care of Alexander Zalachenko. Someone. or whatever problem arose.?? ??I??ll give the go-ahead tomorrow. I know I have to sign a contract.?? ??We don??t think it is a coincidence. I want to caress you and kiss your breasts.780 kronor and a carton of cigarettes. The problem was what she would wear.
??Gullberg has cancer of the stomach. You can say hello to her and ask her whether she accepts me as her lawyer or not. They were in sharp focus. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??m thinking that Edklinth would be a little bit disturbed if he saw us right now.?? ??She was shot.?? ??Which is what ????? ??Lisbeth Salander suffers from a serious mental disorder. Trinity was an ardent fan of the E.?? Magnusson nodded. who for some strange reason was not online. ??I??m on call this weekend. He had to deal with Teleborian. Finally she opened the last one.S. Second. you may not speak with anyone but myself and Monica Figuerola.?? After a few seconds. but that was no longer possible. ??Hello. Our job is to watch over the security of our country.?? Gullberg ignored the insinuation. Salander seemed at times to be in a deep depression and had not the slightest interest in dealing with her situation or her future.?? ??And did they bother to come out here??? ??Not really.??s newsroom and then logged off from I. He could not be sure why the Prime Minister had set up a meeting with him in a borrowed apartment in ?stermalm. O. You spoke about co-operation ???? The P. we??re talking about at least eight murders.
Then he opened his own shop.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight. She put her cursor on the spire of the church tower and clicked. God knows what they??re playing at. She needed a holiday.?? ??No. And if Carlsson had received an email like that. said. Let??s stick to that.00 the next morning. Both were dressed in jeans and leather jackets. calm and collected.?? ??I can??t give you that insight. He was pleased with what he had written. nothing more. she trained so hard and her body was so muscular that malicious colleagues still called her Herr Figuerola.Q. He had ridden over there with Lundin to burn the damned summer cabin down. Convicted of insurance fraud in the ??70s. approximately ten metres.M. She had just poured a second cup of coffee when there was a firm knock on the front door.?? ??So when are you actually going to sit down with a pen and paper and write this statement??? ??You??ll have it in a few days. she put on one shoe and stuck the toes of her injured foot into the other. but it would take half the night.K. there??ll still be a scandal.
She recognized Modig as one of the officers in Bublanski??s team.?? Blomkvist said. No Jonas.?? ??I see. Magnusson had put together a four-column article about Morander??s life and career. was sent out to get some food.. not to be discussed. an anal plug. I checked with the embassy. but completely unsuitable for this case. I propose a co-operation between Sahlgrenska hospital and St Stefan??s.A. He realized the gravity of the situation. He opened the evening papers and read everything that had been written that day about the search for Ronald Niedermann and the case of Lisbeth Salander. and that was followed by a spate of disparaging remarks about Wasp??s mental abilities.?? ??Are you hurt??? ??No.?? ??Very well written too. and hurried off towards the editorial offices on G?tgatan.?? ??I??ll be sending a man out this morning. Which Blomkvist by definition had actually done. and when he sat by the window he never felt isolated. ??Probably to see me dead. She had been told not to feel obliged to entertain her ??guest. but he could not claim to know the man well.?? ??And what did you tell her??? ??I said that someone had faked your address and is obviously harassing her. born in 1969.
When he passed ?rstabron he took out a ballpoint pen and a plain paper pad. ??In that case we have to see to it that she is given redress for these wrongs.S. who is being held for the attempted murder of her father. She has been badly treated and is under a lot of pressure. I propose a co-operation between Sahlgrenska hospital and St Stefan??s. She discovered that the group had two members ?C herself and Blomkvist. but that was his problem. ??You do know that I could get into very deep water for this. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning. V. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making. So he had decided to play it safe. At around 11. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions. He represents the media. It was a brief report. It was now a matter of how far they wanted to align themselves with such assertions.00. He absolutely did not like the fact that Zalachenko and Bj?rck had. Somehow ?C we??re not sure how it happened ?C she found out that her sister knew where Zalachenko was.?? Malm said. Least of all the politicians.?? ??What do you mean. Blomkvist noticed that the chief of the Constitutional Protection Unit hesitated for only a second before he got up and brought the thermos over to the conference table. Let me give you an example. and a number of others.
With difficulty she propped herself up. Whatever happened. What I think you haven??t understood are the rules of the game. After a while the P.. But I understand making newspapers.P. She is mentally ill. and turned to a blank page. and that committing her in 1991 was justified. ??How are you doing??? ??I??m fine. Ever since the girls were nine or ten.C.I. And who knows? Maybe he??ll catch Niedermann. Instead he called me and said that he had spoken with the Prosecutor General and there was a problem. but we can make a few assumptions. But among the notes Blomkvist found several cryptic sentences. ??Before we begin to discuss anything. But isn??t it strange that they don??t appear anywhere in S?po??s organizational chart??? ??That??s ridiculous. And who knows? Maybe he??ll catch Niedermann. I didn??t really think it came from you. He was Salander??s friend. married to Hans Wilhelm Francke. ??? Who the hell was Evert Gullberg? He considered calling up the chief of S. getting to his feet.?? ??Good.
and that the objective once more is to confine you to a nuthouse. ??What do you want me to do??? ??Go back to your desk and start working on another story. and he got to drink whisky at a discreet club in London with the chief of M.?? said Modig. did not have any teenagers on its staff. But Counter-Espionage had not ever had him.?? ??But F?lldin is alive and willing to talk about the matter. I think you??re pretty tough too. but the union did nothing about it and her contract wasn??t extended. Her vision was blurred. ??Have we got a plan??? ??We??re going to drive over and have a talk with Niedermann.?? the P. Annika had been persuaded. She could not call Blomkvist because he had not given her the number of his Ericsson T10. Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277. Blomkvist waited. Her office is empty. but ???? ??You think it??s excessive. She was on the telephone and writing furiously on a yellow Post-it. joining Holmberg at the kitchen table. but she sent the copy on to Bublanski. except for 1991 when he deliberately voted against the moderates because he believed that Carl Bildt was a realpolitik catastrophe. So Salander was locked up in an asylum because she tried to kill her father ?? this Zalachenko. promising to make it up to him as soon as she could get home. After a minute she turned her head and became aware that she had a neck brace. I??ve seldom had a healthier patient. Wadensj??.
& M. But she was not someone who went in for one-night stands. He had enough text already for 150 pages. Niedermann. When she closed the door he arduously sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. we??re on our own??? Wadensj?? nodded. ??Rikardsson. ??If his plan was to go to Germany ?? Why would he drive to Stockholm? Shouldn??t he have made for Malm? and the bridge to Copenhagen.?? They made their way to the police canteen to have breakfast. ??Thanks for letting me borrow your kitchen today. It??s a standard document saying that we at Milton require certain things of you and that we commit to certain things. Figuerola and Blomkvist were waiting for him. Since then not much has happened. His face was lined with anxiety. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment. He came back with a needle which he pushed through my right nipple. Quite the opposite: I want to give you some information. We have an excellent film of how they break in and go through my papers. we can always single him out as a rogue policeman.?? ??I understand that. Yes ?? we can prove that there is a conspiracy. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson. as I said.?? Gullberg shook his head. goes into Blomkvist??s building with an ex-safebreaker. And she liked giving in to threats even less. ??This is.
?? ??What does Blomkvist say??? ??He concedes that he was insulting. Edklinth took up his felt pen once more: Evert Gullberg. if I??ve understood correctly.?? She wondered if he were pulling her leg.G.?? If truth be told. But what was going to happen now? Erika had always been a crucial part of Millennium. damn it. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street. I would also emphasize that under no circumstances can you make public the information I give you. Do you know if she??s at headquarters??? ??I doubt it. She was about one metre seventy and looked to be in pretty good shape.?? She fell silent and stared at Annika. She had cut back on bodybuilding.?? The officers nodded.?? ??I understand. Then he turned to the Minister of Justice. Niedermann was his son.?? ??We always owe each other one. and his girlfriend too.?? Blomkvist said. and she has to live with that.K. ??Do you think it??s such a good idea for me to be hanging around at police H.?? Silence. Sweden has got to know her through police reports and press releases and the headlines in the evening papers. Carl Lidbom did one.
He opened the brown briefcase and unpacked two shirts. I??m thinking of the ferry to the east. He instinctively disliked a situation in which private muscle was doing what a government department was supposed to be doing. She had intended to go straight back to S.?? ??Alright. He turned his head to the right and saw the exit at the other end.?? ??What you don??t understand is that our shareholders bought stock in the paper because they want to make money.??s administration. has received a number of emails that appear to come from me. They could forget about finding a car to take them to Gosseberga. showered. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson. Ingemarsson had been found dead with a broken neck.?? He looked Holmberg steadily in the eye. ??But he??s being sought for the police murder in Gosseberga. one in Stockholm.v Blomkvist left the Millennium offices at 10. Events had been rapid and unpredictable. As luck would have it.?? ??Why not? Has something happened??? ??Well. Ms Salander has already received a good deal of negative publicity ?? Let me deal with the situation. polite. There was something in one of the pockets. a policeman with a secret appointment who devoted himself to shadowing the publisher of Millennium. In his opinion. and all else it takes to publish a newspaper. Full stop.
?? She shrugged. ??Excuse me. a passport. With difficulty she propped herself up.?? Figuerola held up a diplomatic finger. if he walked into the corner of a table or a bench. darling. She got up from the bed and made for the shower. You don??t need any more weeks of rehab. She got out of bed and took out the new Dell laptop that she had been given when she had started at S. Usually the Sheraton. These activities must be stopped. Among them. ??Erika isn??t the villain. Blomkvist concluded that he was under surveillance.?? ??We want the legal process to take its course even though this is a difficult situation.?? ??But I don??t think???? ??Shut the door.?? Cortez repeated. She reached for the address book in her bag and found the number Blomkvist had given her the night they met at Samir??s Cauldron. Gunnar Bj?rck felt an almost unquenchable panic when he heard the news about the shooting at Sahlgrenska hospital. That means that I work for you and not for anyone else.?? ??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. She consulted the vehicle register and found that G?ran M?rtensson was the owner of a grey Volvo with the registration number legible in the photographs. said. or want to take a break to think for a while. They nodded to each other.?? ??So what??s going to happen to him??? ??I arrested him for violation of the prostitution laws.
She moved as gracefully as a ballerina. Finally she opened the last one.?? ??If you??re a good leader then you??ll discuss any concerns with the others.5 steps. the record corresponded with the report??s contents. because no matter what measures he took it would almost inevitably result in a lifetime of suffering. and his request was instantly met. He met Angleton.?? ??Do you have anything on Zalachenko or Bodin in your records??? Holmberg said. and a lightweight grey linen jacket.?? Wadensj?? shook his head. She dressed in black trousers. He was out flitting around even in your day. manslaughter and drug crime. the police are necessary. What is it I have to do??? ??One of your jobs at Sahlgrenska hospital ?C six days a week. I informed the Prime Minister on a couple of occasions. But the officers were warned not to tire him. Ekstr?m wanted an extensive psychiatric examination and had sent a lot of messages with the object of getting her transferred to Kronoberg prison as a matter of urgency. ??We just have to discover what it was they really were doing. Why had Bublanski called her? What was this meeting about? She glanced across the corridor. Keep your ears open. and you can either suspend our co-operation or you can live with that.?? ??The two have nothing to do with each other. and I would like to be included at an early stage. He flipped the hasp and opened the door. ??I think you??re right.
if I understood correctly ?C is to clean corridor 11C. and he??s watching the ones who are watching him.K. and crawled into bed. It would make a passable weapon ?C for stabbing a face or an eye. In the case of the robbery of the shop in Sunne. and F?lldin governed together with the People??s Party. he sat on the floor next to the bench and kept a watchful eye on Salander. When at long last Edklinth concluded that he had to act on Armansky??s information.?? ??No. I could stick my finger in the entry wound and touch my brain.?? ??He tried to kill me. The first thing he did was to rename it ??Special Analysis??. we won??t be able to draw any conclusions. No.. It was Fredrik Malmberg from the investigative team. ??You didn??t say. I was vaguely aware of him for just a few seconds. You??ve read Bj?rck??s report. You??re probably thinking of me as a guest you have to entertain. So good that I can read and copy what??s on Ekstr?m??s machine. one of the night editors at S.M.S.?? he said. The man in the blue overalls and the woman with the camera were unknown entities.
He??s been dying for several months.?? Salander gave Jonasson a lopsided smile. said. Mikael. ??Do you know why I became a doctor??? he said. It was not a perfect plan. energy and resources.?? ??What about her??? ??She has to disappear. I thought we might be able to cut through all the red tape in this case. Then he saw a figure by the window. who did the bookkeeping one day a week. former police officer. Jonasson slowed his pace when he saw a man with a briefcase leaning on the wrought-iron gates outside his housing association apartment on Hagagatan.M. installing alarm systems and managing burglary protection. he would apologize and resign from his positions on various boards. I don??t think that.?? ??That??s not what I asked. ??Who is this woman. my sister Annika.?? Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor. I only know that I had him neatly trussed. and the defective alarm from N.?? she said. For a second he held his breath when the pilot seemed to have difficulty controlling the aircraft. She put the folder on the windowsill and stretched out in the bath to ponder the situation. Detective Superintendent Otto Danielsson.
All such matters should be discussed with Malin. has developed its own text editing system. it sounds like she might need a criminal lawyer. but he??s irreplaceable. and most crucially: what was the truth surrounding Bj?rck??s report from 1991? ??That is a serious matter. She turned off the Palm and put it under the covers between her thighs.?? Modig said. battle-axe. she had pushed all thoughts of the Section to one side and concentrated on Berger??s problem. At 9. As far as Millennium is concerned. According to legend.?? Andersson waved his hand. As always. He did not want to do it at the hotel where he had been staying.00 on Friday afternoon. Armansky??s wife Ritva had made a delicious casserole.?? Cortez said. Clinton had succeeded Gullberg and was the chief of the Section until 2002. Since your apartment and mobile seem to be bugged and we have reason to be discreet.?? Blomkvist said. and Zalachenko. She was dressed that day in tight blue jeans. ??I have to go in to H.B. She had done her best to find a formula for working with him. almost as though it had nothing to do with her.
and the first thing he needed to do that morning was call him and tell him to get down there as swiftly as he could. all this stuff about Zalachenko is highly classified. perhaps on their way to cover the May Day parade. ??Do we kill the article??? Blomkvist looked Cortez straight in the eye.?? she said. So.I. She would lose him if she went to the machine and back. ??To your right.000 kronor.?? ??Holm is not best pleased???? ??I??m not best pleased with Holm.?? ??Not on your life. but that??s almost a month away. Berger did not regularly write a diary. said. V. There was a confused atmosphere in the newsroom throughout the afternoon. What would he have done? Absolute secrecy. ??I won??t under any circumstances be interviewed. had knowledge of the murder before it was committed. Gullberg looked up to see a smartly dressed man of about sixty and a younger man in jeans and a tweed jacket.?? he said. simple case for him to focus on. This is all criminal activity: Swedish authorities helping to cover up crime against individual citizens. Berger??s muscles ached as though she had just run the Stockholm marathon.?? ??What??s???? ??Just hurry. What time??? ??2.
For one thing.?? ??I??m sorry. it was.S. ??What day is it today??? she said. On the other hand. My name is Jerker Holmberg. Berger read slowly through the article.I. He had Blomkvist brought into the kitchen. That was when she felt that there was something hard beneath her head. Peter Teleborian. But would you be willing. She rolled it quickly over to the door and wedged the tabletop under the door handle. He turned to Giannini. It??s owned by a company called Bellona Inc. ??Could I get an owner of a red Audi??? she said. itself be implemented? The Wennerstr?m debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police. Mikael.?? ??I??m sorry. You??re wearing gloves.?? They spent the next two hours discussing their options. ??Erika isn??t the villain. Jonasson accompanied Blomkvist to a caf?? nearby.?? ??She has been shot three times. It was as though the man thought himself above all normal rules. I fall asleep like a blown-out candle as soon as I get home.
Just after 6. His visits to her were outside his schedule. Salander opened her eyes and saw a light in the ceiling.
and he has to decide whether to bring charges
and he has to decide whether to bring charges. On the other hand. When at long last Edklinth concluded that he had to act on Armansky??s information. I went through Forelius. called Jonas Sandberg.?? Nystr?m said. and that the objective once more is to confine you to a nuthouse. one more time ?? what part of my instructions did you not understand??? Holm sighed and adopted an exasperated expression. made some coffee. who formally advised him that he was a suspect in the grievous bodily harm or attempted murder of Lisbeth Salander.?? ??The chief of Budget??? ??Maybe. Armansky??s first thought was that the man was paranoid.?? ??I??m sorry. He would never see them again. consultant at the Trades Union Federation ?C his only venture into the I.?? ??I understand. She had not lost her photographic memory.I.?? ??Yes. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage. wanted for the murder of a policeman.?? ??So soon??? He nodded.?? Giannini thought for a moment. are refusing to say anything ?C they??re claiming they??ve never heard of Niedermann. but thanks for the offer. ??Assault with a deadly weapon. Every day people came to his place of work in varying conditions but with one objective: to get help.
S. On Saturday he had four visitors.?? ??Micke ?? I??m so sorry.?? she said. said. ??Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head and was very seriously injured. Now she was suddenly editor-in-chief. then three murders in Stockholm. He was there without warning. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??m thinking that Edklinth would be a little bit disturbed if he saw us right now. S. She sounded surprised. The daughter would sooner or later be captured and that would be the end of it. It was not her fault that her father had been a pathological sadist and murderer. She??s considering taking on Salander as a client. to help??? ??I??d already decided that Milton ought to hire a lawyer for her???? ??Is that a yes or a no? I know what happened to her. But the nurses would know. He already had a lawyer. When Lisbeth was twelve. We found the weapon. but he was right out of his depth when it came to planning a magazine. then it was the Constitutional Protection Unit??s duty to react. a little sense of responsibility would not hurt. She sent him the access codes for S. and she named some standard works that I??d never heard of. and for that Gullberg could breathe a sigh of relief. but in A.
don??t try to move. You must be a raving masochist.?? Zalachenko said. There are 11 citizens online. she had encouraged him to think for himself. His own copy and his sister??s copy were gone. Then she opened a notebook and took a pen from her jacket pocket. but Figuerola harboured a deep scepticism about anyone who collected weapons on such a scale. And he??s fifty-eight with six years to go before retirement. He opened the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table] and found the final version of Salander??s autobiographical statement. worked primarily on incoming calls to Ekstr?m. When the cleaner had finished in the corridor. On the contrary. They crossed the concourse and went out on to Vasagatan by the north door. but what I have to tell you is very important.780 kronor and a carton of cigarettes. He used the term ??S. (2) Neither Lundin or Sonny Nieminen has said a word about what happened at Stallarholmen. Alexander.00. But I??m going to report you for dereliction of duty and you won??t even know what hit you.?? ??What??s happened??? ??Blomkvist found Salander. They waited for almost an hour before Inspector Erlander arrived from Gosseberga with Blomkvist.?? ??Fredrik. According to the owner of the house. Salander grabbed it from him. Blomkvist??s problem was that the account still had gaping holes in it.
After a moment he turned on his heel and resumed his little stroll towards Hornsgatan. More than once Zalachenko had had to intervene when Niedermann began acting irrationally or lay curled up in terror. but I anticipate we??ll have grounds for charging him with the three murders here in Stockholm. Why has one of our reporters spent the day working on Salander without anybody telling me??? Frisk squirmed. The matter-of-fact tone gave the text such a surreal touch that it sounded like an absurd fantasy.?? ??But??? ??He??s an analyst. We can assume they??re fairly tight-knit.?? Figuerola gave him a sceptical look. stretched out in bed. If Volvo built cars the same way. only vice versa.K. you??re not invited. who for some reason wanted to involve Teleborian in a scandal. the alarm we installed today contains two components. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. nigger. a 26-year-old temp on the culture pages. ??Careful.?? Inspector Erlander saw Giannini through the doorway to Salander??s room. whenever that might be. Gunnar Bj?rck. so I??ll stay out of it. It was obviously premeditated ?C the attacker had brought his can of spray paint. chief of Secretariat. ??It is legal. and on top of it all.
?? He smiled at her. who for some strange reason was not online.P. When he took aim at me I pulled my head back in and blockaded the door. So Salander was locked up in an asylum because she tried to kill her father ?? this Zalachenko. is a real problem here. Edklinth shot her a glance.?? Figuerola said. With exceptionally sensitive equipment the N. Salander had already discussed all of this with Giannini. and I can??t say no.E. June is a double issue. Blomkvist had convinced her that she had nothing to lose. Dear Bertil. Blomkvist then opened some anonymous cash-card accounts on Comviq and distributed the mobiles to Eriksson.?? ??I??m not afraid of the dark. Is he alive??? ??You must mean Karl Axel Bodin. Do you feel like coming over to Sahlgrenska to help out in a brain op.?? ??That doesn??t sound so good. But I??ve moved. We can pretty much assume that she took the pistol with her to Gosseberga. That was why it was generally either the regular police or other divisions within the Security Police who stepped in when Nazis were to be arrested. But she was connected.-savvy. what??s he doing here??? ??Clinton has decided to return to active duty. Mikael.
the policeman who arrested him. Wadensj?? had been one of the latest recruits to the Section around the time Gullberg retired.M.?? ??If you had been the prosecutor. She tugged her lip. Your task. Blomkvist suspected that he would not pass the language test recommended by the People??s Party of Sweden.?? she said. assault. which do you prefer? Handcuffed or voluntary??? ??I??ve been handcuffed by the police once already this year.?? She nodded. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty. of course. As a result the agency??s effectiveness in large areas was paralysed. Figuerola giggled. 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.P.?? ??Fair warning. It has been 56 days since your last visit. ??It just ended. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. ??Hurry up ?C go and wash and brush your teeth. the balcony at the back. The storm had moved in over G?teborg. ??Her father??s daughter. After the introductory drama. and managed to get past the nurses by showing an I.
But what was going to happen now? Erika had always been a crucial part of Millennium.. And this evening Edklinth has been reporting on how the investigation is proceeding. Erika shrugged.?? he said. He opened the evening papers and read everything that had been written that day about the search for Ronald Niedermann and the case of Lisbeth Salander. ??She??s mid-twenties.?? ??Maybe so.?? ??I should probably also mention that we know Giannini??s telephone is tapped. But the rest is guesswork. Salander had no idea who the citizens of Hacker Republic were. Wadensj?? flung open the door to the room at the Section where Clinton was resting. You??re not going to win on your own. Giannini had only been there for a few minutes. Some other names from outside S. ??He has a number of opinions about you. Erlander told him that Salander was officially under arrest and that the prosecutor would not allow any visitors. as you can see right next to her gunshot wound. But Lisbeth has enemies. but that??s almost a month away. He was a grey-haired man with big ears and a powerful face. The minister here has never heard a word about this matter either. For three years after his nineteenth birthday he had worked as an engineer for British Telecom. Bublanski says that you??re a shameless journalist bastard and an insane private investigator. and when he sat by the window he never felt isolated. a father. it could also be classified as murder.
he was handcuffed and pushed into the back seat of Paulsson??s car.?? ??I was wondering when you??d think of that. Figuerola decided not to pay for a ticket. He had worked part-time at the magazine for four years. and I??ve checked out this company. The Kaspersson woman kicked on the door of a house at 3.?? ??From me? So? What does it say? He handed her some printouts of emails addressed to Eva Carlsson. He turned his head to the right and saw the exit at the other end.?? Damn ?? I??ve got to bring up the Vitavara thing. ??Yes??? ??You are requested to accompany me to Kungsholmen to assist the police in their investigations into the case involving Lisbeth Salander. ??Would he. I just want to leave the flowers. so she reinforced it with another improvised bandage. or rather two. of course. He was into his third waffle before he remembered to ask what was going on. That would require us to believe that Salander is innocent. I want G?ransson and his bitch to be found as soon as possible.N. Armansky had begun to tell him the story of Lisbeth Salander. This is my last week. we are quite aware of that. 2. Not much to hang on the Christmas tree. ??This is probably the craziest thing I??ve ever been involved with.?? He pulled down the powerful magnifying glass hanging overhead and focused on the exposed area.?? ??I??m on the way in.
In other words. But she was on the path to recovery.Thursday. and the consequences are there for all to see today. But it??s absurd that you should think I would discuss it with a journalist. The list was made up largely of the better-known reporters. I saw him in a press conference on T.S.?? she said. Good Lord. the day the Salander trial begins. She would not explain how Magge Lundin had ended up with a bullet in his foot. He really doesn??t like Salander and seems to regard her existence as a personal insult. It was rare for her to close the door to her office.. The woman??s face had been replaced with Berger??s. academics. but he has massive brain damage. ??My colleague is staying another day.?? Holmberg said. and G. Carl Lidbom did one.?? ??Well then.?? ??It??s in the daily memo.?? ??How about management??? ??Magnus Borgsj? is chairman of the board. ??Well ?? what is it that??s so urgent??? ??Alexander Zalachenko. This was one of twelve similar matters which the assistant chief of S.
citizen Wasp.?? He burst out laughing. The investigation is still under way.?? Clinton propped his elbow on the arm of the sofa and rested his head on his hand. Plague. Her eyes opened wide. ??My name is Annika Giannini and I??ve been taken on to represent Lisbeth Salander. Zalachenko had at first been thought of as a potential breakthrough in the Palme mystery. olive skin and black hair going grey at the temples. Holmberg had been tasked to work out how Bj?rck had died. but at the moment it??s set for Wednesday.?? ??Thailand. which would otherwise no doubt also be held against her in the psychiatric evaluation that sooner or later would inevitably be conducted. Tell me what you see.?? She looked around at her colleagues in the cramped editorial office. quote.S. ??Not as far as we know. But he says that the last time he saw the gun.?? All of a sudden Zalachenko looked uncertain. The costs would certainly run into the billions if Salander gave it the thumbs-up. I??m guessing that the government secretariat was in turmoil during those transition periods.?? Bublanski cleared his throat. The break was for ever. of course ?C that was among the most secret to be found in Sweden. she knew. This involved recruiting new personnel and continual problems breaking them in.
but as you can appreciate from the letters he sent. There??s the world of difference. ??Not a word about the Zalachenko affair. He had reserved the room the day before and presented himself as Evert Gullberg. Berger was in her B. this is a matter for the G?teborg police.?? ??Credibility? That??s a peculiar question. It did not work. but he knew that some time in the future he would have to pay her back and erase the shame. everything was quiet.?? He paused and looked around the room. Edklinth shot her a glance. but it was being carried out so clumsily that he could hardly have helped but notice. You??re not risking anything.?? He muttered to himself as he turned down the corridor to his office. But it felt good to be back in the saddle again after so many years of silence from his former employer.?? ??I saw him a little while ago. Jonas and Teleborian had an unhealthy interest in seeing that Salander did not thrive. WHORE! THE SOONER YOU DISAPPEAR THE BETTER. Editor-in-Chief She printed a copy of the email and then pressed send so that the message went out to all employees in the company. at least. well. which would otherwise no doubt also be held against her in the psychiatric evaluation that sooner or later would inevitably be conducted. No date had yet been set.?? Borgsj? thought for a moment and said: ??We??re going to have to solve these problems as they come up. They take care of the finances. Her bare feet were bleeding.
The work was routine.?? ??Mikael ?? I??ve said this before. heart and lungs shut down one after the other.?? ??Well.I. faxed nine letters that Gullberg had supposedly written. I??ve worked at Constitutional Protection for three years. and he alone. very recently. It was as though the man thought himself above all normal rules. You know you have to call and tell me if you??re not coming home. Milton will send cars out here. Keep your eyes peeled ?? So tell me.?? Salander heard footsteps in the corridor. and while he??s gone.?? Magnusson said. what they look like. please. who was also a temp. Figuerola spent the afternoon gathering information. That would explain her inability to relate to social conventions. She got up. is it??? ??No. had knowledge of the murder before it was committed.?? ??First of all.?? ??And yet the recommendation was that she should be institutionalized??? ??That was based on her prior history. actually.
Second. She was dressed for the office in black trousers. I don??t know how much you understand of what is happening outside your locked room. Hiding behind the arras in this situation is a wildly overrated tactic in view of all that has been written about you since Easter. Which. My orders. Two patients. and he had already written that section. 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. Ordinarily you couldn??t get a word out of them. There??s the world of difference. His name was Gunnar Bj?rck. Another seven messages were those so-called ??Nigeria letters?? from the widow of the former head of a bank in Abu Dhabi offering her ludicrous sums of money if she would only assist with a small sum of start-up money. several cars will arrive at the scene within a short time. on the idea of God in the ancient world. She also strapped on a shoulder holster and took her Sig Sauer from the gun cabinet. What??s happened??? ??News.M.?? ??I see.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. and check off the allegations one by one.M. It was as dark as coal. The file was stamped Top Secret. ??This bastard from S?po.?? ??The pathologist wrote that there were graze wounds.M.
like twisted tree limbs. puzzled. a murderer.00 a. I??m guessing that the government secretariat was in turmoil during those transition periods.?? ??He tried to kill me. Does this story have any connection to yesterday??s article about S?dert?lje. Her name is Lisbeth Salander. That was one of the things he liked best about his office. was founded. on the contrary. For three years after his nineteenth birthday he had worked as an engineer for British Telecom. Those within the Zalachenko unit thought they had plenty of time before they had to plan his future. and was one of Sweden??s most popular actors. She has hit the nail on the head.00 this morning. They cuddled for a while and then both fell asleep in seconds. ??No. He went to his own office and sat down.I. Before I??m through with you. But not one of us wants to hurt you. but he??s putting in an equal amount of time on your story. I need you to confirm that this would be your intention. They had kept in touch and had gone on fishing trips to Norway and elsewhere. I hired Niedermann as an assistant a number of years ago. They were detailed by Paulsson to secure forensic evidence in the woodshed and to do a thorough examination of the farmhouse.
It was a plain wooden pencil. ??Rapes should always be reported to the police. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were. Can you handle that. We installed a steel safety door.K??. She exercised so often that the endorphins her body produced functioned as a drug that made it tough for her if she had to stop training. ??He shot himself. I??ll take the car and with a little luck I??ll be back in an hour.S. She was pleased and thanked me for taking the trouble. She was being stalked. we??re going to write about what happened. The public register listed eighteen Susanne Linders in Stockholm county. with a broad experience.?? ??What did you do??? ??Well. Zalachenko had been referred to Thomasson through a business associate five years earlier. ??Yes. and if we make a smaller newspaper. Bj?rck had not acted alone. ??Indeed. You??ve probably met some of them before. the hospital had received four victims of a head-on collision outside Lindome.?? Holm said. ??And Zalachenko? Have you questioned him??? ??Yes.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. Erlander glanced at Salander and then back to her lawyer.
SisterJen wrote. but he??s incredibly bad at routine work. as you know. If it happens again I??m going to relieve you of your job as news editor. In 1963 Gullberg was transferred from Counter-Espionage to personnel control. I??m sorry I??ve not come to see you the past few days. That??s why I??ve decided to choose a reporter and steer him in the right direction so that we won??t end up with our trousers down when Millennium comes out. What you are doing is therefore an official public report. but his clients were for the most part corporations with head offices in Switzerland or Liechtenstein.?? Edklinth said by way of apology.?? ??So if the balloon goes up.M. We based a lot of our thinking on what he told us. He had spent most of the night worrying about how he was going to deal with the information Armansky had given him. I officially leave on the last day of April. ??I just wanted to check on you. First. the media will either tear you to pieces or describe you as an honest civil servant who made the best of an impossible situation. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths.??* ??I??m not Ebbe Carlsson. I??ve sent a team of externals to tail her. she very steadily raised her Nikon with its 300mm telephoto lens and took two pictures.?? ??This will be our only meeting here.?? ??So he??s ill??? ??It??s nothing serious. ??I had a cranial X-ray done. drove to Rosenbad to inform the incoming Prime Minister. Not until Monday evening did Dr Endrin decide.
The Ring in Central Station.?? ??That??s right. So he spent the whole of Friday brooding alone in his office. no exit. but we can make a few assumptions. a dental nurse who lived in Alings?s.?? ??I??m sorry. for G.?? Berger slept until 2. He??s probably riding around in G?ransson??s Saab. Instead he called me and said that he had spoken with the Prosecutor General and there was a problem. and underwear. Blomkvist did not speculate about Bjurman??s motives.?? She gave him a suspicious look. and crawled into bed. If I were to make the decisions they would be different again. I??m not going to haggle with you. He had slept through fifteen hours. Kurdo Baksi. is going to pick this up. forty-four.?? ??He didn??t. My assignment is to be your guide in this labyrinth.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. It won??t exactly bolster Salander??s credibility. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making. But Blomkvist.
it still took five minutes to force the lock to Blomkvist??s apartment. it still took five minutes to force the lock to Blomkvist??s apartment. He closed his iBook.?? she said. We??ll need every contact we have in the clubs all over Scandinavia to keep their eyes peeled. He must have. He withdrew cash from an A.?? ??And??? ??I can??t tell you anything about that. Then gingerly he closed the door. But she could afford it.??s department of Counter-Espionage in a quite different case. Now.?? ??Negative too? It??s no good if the two of you can??t work together???? ??I have no problem working with him.?? ??I was afraid of that. I won??t say a word. but he walked briskly from the Academic bookshop to the side entrance of N. We have been caught napping. It??s my husband??s old family home. Tax specialist. For a moment he considered turning to the regular police. The girl on the gurney could live with a piece of lead in her hip and a piece of lead in her shoulder. intimidated many of her male colleagues. was possibly that in his day there was nobody who would have come up with the wild idea of ordering raw fish.?? ??What do you think they did in the stairwell??? ??I don??t know.vi Salander finished her autobiography at 4. That??s the question our analytical group is working very hard to answer. ??I suggest you consider very carefully what we??ve talked about today.
could home in highly sensitive antennae on a specific building anywhere in the world. At any rate Holmberg thought so. Pierre Schori.?? she said.?? ??You amaze me. to give a second example.?? Malm waved a finger in the air. box on Fleminggatan in Kungsholmen. all of these crimes came under county police jurisdiction. ??Who is the source of these claims??? Figuerola said when the story was ended. 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. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment. this was made out to be a conspiracy. and stared for a moment into the distance. Zalachenko. She watched his face.00. She was having coffee with her husband on the balcony of a friend??s place in Vasastaden. You??ll never regret it. Editor-in-Chief She printed a copy of the email and then pressed send so that the message went out to all employees in the company. She bent down and bit him on the ear. blond man with a crewcut who wore a black leather jacket. shut the door behind her. The police had locked her in her hospital room. and the rest of the staff.S.
No. and living in Sk?vde.I. The report claimed that it was almost impossible to charge and convict anyone under the law of persecution against an ethnic group.?? Flodin said. but he bent down and kissed her on the cheek. I??ve had threats before. It??s that simple. Lisbeth Salander??s guardian. to testify until the matter was resolved. These were still in the early stages and there would need to be another hundred pages of detailed work before they were ready to go to trial. ??But he seemed the right choice at the time. It was only when he heard the details and studied Malm??s photographs that he reluctantly admitted that Blomkvist had good reason to be suspicious. Dakota wrote.M. sharp-witted and charming. He had already bought coffee and sandwiches for her. ??Erika isn??t the villain. I??m a survivor. Giannini took the bus to Linn??gatan and spent the next hour in a Greek restaurant.?? ??Which positions??? Berger said. Outgoing calls were particularly hard to identify. At 8. where he would seek protection among contacts in Zalachenko??s criminal empire.?? Edklinth and Figuerola were instantly alert. ??Hello. said.
It was 9. ??And how would you rate her mental state??? ??Withdrawn.?? Erika looked up. where he used Salander??s keys to get in.?? ??Have you???? ??No. which was now hers. all these questions depend on the decision you make in the next few minutes. heart and lungs shut down one after the other. ??I??m simply asking out of personal interest.U. For us it??s important to bear in mind that this is a case of criminal activity perpetrated by a small number of individuals. He??s with that blond fucker you and Magge always hang out with. however. They could not do anything to solve her private problems.?? ??I??m not sure that??s such a good idea. He had enough text already for 150 pages.e. but again in vain.?? ??I don??t believe in collective guilt. Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client. ??And who the hell is Evert Gullberg??? ??Retired. furthermore. She pulled out her mobile and pretended to be talking. Gullberg??s still alive.?? he said. but strangely he doesn??t seem to be at all worried about you. have you got anything new??? ??Nothing I haven??t already told you on the phone.
then dialled the number of Hans-?ke Waltari. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. who already had an overview of the activities of the Section.00 on Wednesday morning and went for an unusually short run before she showered and dressed in black jeans. Let??s start with Clinton and von Rottinger. Blomkvist will have given his sister a copy.M. Berger sat at her desk in the glass cage. ??Should I go now or should I wait for you??? ??Would it be O. ??I know that. She was home by 7. It had been parked outside her building since March. She tried to focus her gaze. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls turn into Br?nnkyrkagatan. and it was definitely the first time he had ever said anything positive or encouraging to Modig. The connection was radio-controlled and locked into a mobile via Bluetooth. There were plug sockets by the door and in the panel behind the bed. Blomkvist??s own three long interviews in April had set them on the trail of this evidence. Do have a serious discussion with your lawyer so we can come back later and have another talk.M. The Kaspersson woman kicked on the door of a house at 3.?? Modig pushed an envelope across the table. until after the summer. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann. who normally wore a jacket and tie. Not until 2. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door.
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. It took him forty-five seconds. After some palaver over jurisdiction between Str?ngn?s and S?dert?lje. ??Sorry. although the pain drilled into his jaw. He??s kept quiet about that. ??Hello. You make the decisions. We??ve got a little time ?C find out exactly how long before the next issue is published ?C but we have to confiscate both those copies. She paused at the front door to think. We??re Sweden??s last line of defence.?? ??But now we??re getting a little too close to poaching on S?po??s preserves. She saw two nurses running towards another room two doors away. A doctor had explained that the axe blow had crushed his cheekbone and damaged his forehead. ??Satisfied??? ??It??s beautiful.?? ??It??s an excellent system. He turned left into his old office and sat at the round conference table by the window. she was his patient. ??I have no idea.?? Blomkvist could feel the blood rush to his head. The police in S?dert?lje have found two graves in the place that??s owned by Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club. The Security Police has worked satisfactorily within the framework of the constitution in recent years.?? They were silent for a moment.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself. taxis. Orring turned it in at 3. He crossed the German border at Aachen and then took the Autobahn north towards Hamburg and on to Denmark.
In the area around the warehouse in Nykvarn we have so far found three graves.?? ??Damn. It??s a long story. your sister. aggressive resistance to police officers. If Volvo built cars the same way. so she reinforced it with another improvised bandage. ??You??re here on a temporary basis.00.S. V.?? Modig made a call to Inspector Bublanski from the corridor outside Zalachenko??s hospital room. but ???? ??You think it??s excessive. He was better off not asking any questions.?? Jonasson frowned. Until now he had sounded perfectly rational. That day had been utter chaos. The activity may for all I know be legitimate and sanctioned by the government. It had been a quiet evening and they arrived within twenty minutes.?? he said. Right now we have about thirty officers working directly on the investigation. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record. Please believe me when I say that those responsible will be called to account. ??An employee of S.?? ??What I??m wondering is whether you consider the source to be reliable. On Friday the Volvo was back.?? ??To be honest with you.
He had hung up his jacket and was leaning back in his chair at the conference table.?? ??I see. the woman G?ransson lived with. and you??ve been running around being unreachable for several weeks now. He ordered a coffee and a cheese and liver pat?? sandwich. She drove to G?tgatan where the offices of Millennium were and spent the next half hour walking around the streets in the area. Salander heard the key turn in the door. Instead of going back up the hill to Tavastgatan.. I had the choice of being handcuffed or coming quietly. Good Lord. and that over the years this conspiracy has committed what could be categorized as serious criminal acts. Personal Protection. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson. ??Are you satisfied with the information flow??? Edklinth said at last.?? ??And did any of them buy it??? ??Yes. The dental surgery is about 150 metres from the spot where the patrol car was found. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage. Blomkvist was not answering his telephone. Not one of them had heard of Hans von Rottinger. The nurse was sitting in an office next to the conference room. 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. Lisbeth Salander. Was G?ran M?rtensson working on anything important. he took a zigzag route through the narrow streets of the old city until he reached the right address and knocked at the door of Black/White Publishing. ??And how did you find out about the meeting??? ??Tipped off by a source. What I??d like to know is when you mean to publish your article.
and Giannini??s was stolen when she was mugged. ??Twenty-two. What she was interested in was access to S.00 p. of the server where he kept Teleborian??s hard drive.?? ??The other is the D. He seems ready to let bygones be bygones. heading towards Kungsgatan. Even though he hired me.?? ??Just a moment. He had a very deep gash across his face and another just below one kneecap.?? ??I don??t like institutions that are beyond normal parliamentary scrutiny. unless he had given clear instructions to Lundin. keeping her head bent so that the hand holding her telephone hid part of her face. but there??s something really scary beneath his calculating facade. but it resurfaced whenever she tried to move.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face. for example. His arms were bent in impossible directions.?? ??You don??t need to do that. that??s not how a magazine is supposed to look. and there??s no-one who can tell us who his clients were. my last week at Millennium.?? ??Damn. As far as Millennium is concerned. It was three storeys to the ground. 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.
is no longer profitable. she had joined him at his table. In my considered view you??re precisely the lawyer she needs. and he had heedlessly told her his real name ?C Zalachenko. I haven??t. He took the tunnelbana to City Hall. it sounds like she might need a criminal lawyer. But among the notes Blomkvist found several cryptic sentences.B.?? ??That??s what it was always about. sharp training sessions. ??He gives Teleborian instructions. It was undeniable. Salander said only that she was not the one who shot him. Blomkvist had apparently reached the point in his story at which Paulsson had decided to ignore everything else he might say. who had obviously not paid attention to a word he had said. of all places.?? ??It??s not the same thing.?? ??Have you seen him??? ??Yes. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage. the operations chief of the Section Hans von Rottinger. but he bent down and kissed her on the cheek. as a twelve-year-old. She looked in astonishment at the icon bar. Just after 6. His visits to her were outside his schedule. Salander opened her eyes and saw a light in the ceiling.
and he has to decide whether to bring charges. On the other hand. When at long last Edklinth concluded that he had to act on Armansky??s information. I went through Forelius. called Jonas Sandberg.?? Nystr?m said. and that the objective once more is to confine you to a nuthouse. one more time ?? what part of my instructions did you not understand??? Holm sighed and adopted an exasperated expression. made some coffee. who formally advised him that he was a suspect in the grievous bodily harm or attempted murder of Lisbeth Salander.?? ??The chief of Budget??? ??Maybe. Armansky??s first thought was that the man was paranoid.?? ??I??m sorry. He would never see them again. consultant at the Trades Union Federation ?C his only venture into the I.?? ??I understand. She had not lost her photographic memory.I.?? ??Yes. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage. wanted for the murder of a policeman.?? ??So soon??? He nodded.?? Giannini thought for a moment. are refusing to say anything ?C they??re claiming they??ve never heard of Niedermann. but thanks for the offer. ??Assault with a deadly weapon. Every day people came to his place of work in varying conditions but with one objective: to get help.
S. On Saturday he had four visitors.?? ??Micke ?? I??m so sorry.?? she said. said. ??Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head and was very seriously injured. Now she was suddenly editor-in-chief. then three murders in Stockholm. He was there without warning. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??m thinking that Edklinth would be a little bit disturbed if he saw us right now. S. She sounded surprised. The daughter would sooner or later be captured and that would be the end of it. It was not her fault that her father had been a pathological sadist and murderer. She??s considering taking on Salander as a client. to help??? ??I??d already decided that Milton ought to hire a lawyer for her???? ??Is that a yes or a no? I know what happened to her. But the nurses would know. He already had a lawyer. When Lisbeth was twelve. We found the weapon. but he was right out of his depth when it came to planning a magazine. then it was the Constitutional Protection Unit??s duty to react. a little sense of responsibility would not hurt. She sent him the access codes for S. and she named some standard works that I??d never heard of. and for that Gullberg could breathe a sigh of relief. but in A.
don??t try to move. You must be a raving masochist.?? Zalachenko said. There are 11 citizens online. she had encouraged him to think for himself. His own copy and his sister??s copy were gone. Then she opened a notebook and took a pen from her jacket pocket. but Figuerola harboured a deep scepticism about anyone who collected weapons on such a scale. And he??s fifty-eight with six years to go before retirement. He opened the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table] and found the final version of Salander??s autobiographical statement. worked primarily on incoming calls to Ekstr?m. When the cleaner had finished in the corridor. On the contrary. They crossed the concourse and went out on to Vasagatan by the north door. but what I have to tell you is very important.780 kronor and a carton of cigarettes. He used the term ??S. (2) Neither Lundin or Sonny Nieminen has said a word about what happened at Stallarholmen. Alexander.00. But I??m going to report you for dereliction of duty and you won??t even know what hit you.?? ??What??s happened??? ??Blomkvist found Salander. They waited for almost an hour before Inspector Erlander arrived from Gosseberga with Blomkvist.?? ??Fredrik. According to the owner of the house. Salander grabbed it from him. Blomkvist??s problem was that the account still had gaping holes in it.
After a moment he turned on his heel and resumed his little stroll towards Hornsgatan. More than once Zalachenko had had to intervene when Niedermann began acting irrationally or lay curled up in terror. but I anticipate we??ll have grounds for charging him with the three murders here in Stockholm. Why has one of our reporters spent the day working on Salander without anybody telling me??? Frisk squirmed. The matter-of-fact tone gave the text such a surreal touch that it sounded like an absurd fantasy.?? ??But??? ??He??s an analyst. We can assume they??re fairly tight-knit.?? Figuerola gave him a sceptical look. stretched out in bed. If Volvo built cars the same way. only vice versa.K. you??re not invited. who for some reason wanted to involve Teleborian in a scandal. the alarm we installed today contains two components. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. nigger. a 26-year-old temp on the culture pages. ??Careful.?? Inspector Erlander saw Giannini through the doorway to Salander??s room. whenever that might be. Gunnar Bj?rck. so I??ll stay out of it. It was obviously premeditated ?C the attacker had brought his can of spray paint. chief of Secretariat. ??It is legal. and on top of it all.
?? He smiled at her. who for some strange reason was not online.P. When he took aim at me I pulled my head back in and blockaded the door. So Salander was locked up in an asylum because she tried to kill her father ?? this Zalachenko. is a real problem here. Edklinth shot her a glance.?? Figuerola said. With exceptionally sensitive equipment the N. Salander had already discussed all of this with Giannini. and I can??t say no.E. June is a double issue. Blomkvist had convinced her that she had nothing to lose. Dear Bertil. Blomkvist then opened some anonymous cash-card accounts on Comviq and distributed the mobiles to Eriksson.?? ??I??m not afraid of the dark. Is he alive??? ??You must mean Karl Axel Bodin. Do you feel like coming over to Sahlgrenska to help out in a brain op.?? ??That doesn??t sound so good. But I??ve moved. We can pretty much assume that she took the pistol with her to Gosseberga. That was why it was generally either the regular police or other divisions within the Security Police who stepped in when Nazis were to be arrested. But she was connected.-savvy. what??s he doing here??? ??Clinton has decided to return to active duty. Mikael.
the policeman who arrested him. Wadensj?? had been one of the latest recruits to the Section around the time Gullberg retired.M.?? ??If you had been the prosecutor. She tugged her lip. Your task. Blomkvist suspected that he would not pass the language test recommended by the People??s Party of Sweden.?? she said. assault. which do you prefer? Handcuffed or voluntary??? ??I??ve been handcuffed by the police once already this year.?? She nodded. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty. of course. As a result the agency??s effectiveness in large areas was paralysed. Figuerola giggled. 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.P.?? ??Fair warning. It has been 56 days since your last visit. ??It just ended. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. ??Hurry up ?C go and wash and brush your teeth. the balcony at the back. The storm had moved in over G?teborg. ??Her father??s daughter. After the introductory drama. and managed to get past the nurses by showing an I.
But what was going to happen now? Erika had always been a crucial part of Millennium.. And this evening Edklinth has been reporting on how the investigation is proceeding. Erika shrugged.?? he said. He opened the evening papers and read everything that had been written that day about the search for Ronald Niedermann and the case of Lisbeth Salander. ??She??s mid-twenties.?? ??Maybe so.?? ??I should probably also mention that we know Giannini??s telephone is tapped. But the rest is guesswork. Salander had no idea who the citizens of Hacker Republic were. Wadensj?? flung open the door to the room at the Section where Clinton was resting. You??re not going to win on your own. Giannini had only been there for a few minutes. Some other names from outside S. ??He has a number of opinions about you. Erlander told him that Salander was officially under arrest and that the prosecutor would not allow any visitors. as you can see right next to her gunshot wound. But Lisbeth has enemies. but that??s almost a month away. He was a grey-haired man with big ears and a powerful face. The minister here has never heard a word about this matter either. For three years after his nineteenth birthday he had worked as an engineer for British Telecom. Bublanski says that you??re a shameless journalist bastard and an insane private investigator. and when he sat by the window he never felt isolated. a father. it could also be classified as murder.
he was handcuffed and pushed into the back seat of Paulsson??s car.?? ??I was wondering when you??d think of that. Figuerola decided not to pay for a ticket. He had worked part-time at the magazine for four years. and I??ve checked out this company. The Kaspersson woman kicked on the door of a house at 3.?? ??From me? So? What does it say? He handed her some printouts of emails addressed to Eva Carlsson. He turned his head to the right and saw the exit at the other end.?? Damn ?? I??ve got to bring up the Vitavara thing. ??Yes??? ??You are requested to accompany me to Kungsholmen to assist the police in their investigations into the case involving Lisbeth Salander. ??Would he. I just want to leave the flowers. so she reinforced it with another improvised bandage. or rather two. of course. He was into his third waffle before he remembered to ask what was going on. That would require us to believe that Salander is innocent. I want G?ransson and his bitch to be found as soon as possible.N. Armansky had begun to tell him the story of Lisbeth Salander. This is my last week. we are quite aware of that. 2. Not much to hang on the Christmas tree. ??This is probably the craziest thing I??ve ever been involved with.?? He pulled down the powerful magnifying glass hanging overhead and focused on the exposed area.?? ??I??m on the way in.
In other words. But she was on the path to recovery.Thursday. and the consequences are there for all to see today. But it??s absurd that you should think I would discuss it with a journalist. The list was made up largely of the better-known reporters. I saw him in a press conference on T.S.?? she said. Good Lord. the day the Salander trial begins. She would not explain how Magge Lundin had ended up with a bullet in his foot. He really doesn??t like Salander and seems to regard her existence as a personal insult. It was rare for her to close the door to her office.. The woman??s face had been replaced with Berger??s. academics. but he has massive brain damage. ??My colleague is staying another day.?? Holmberg said. and G. Carl Lidbom did one.?? ??Well then.?? ??It??s in the daily memo.?? ??How about management??? ??Magnus Borgsj? is chairman of the board. ??Well ?? what is it that??s so urgent??? ??Alexander Zalachenko. This was one of twelve similar matters which the assistant chief of S.
citizen Wasp.?? He burst out laughing. The investigation is still under way.?? Clinton propped his elbow on the arm of the sofa and rested his head on his hand. Plague. Her eyes opened wide. ??My name is Annika Giannini and I??ve been taken on to represent Lisbeth Salander. Zalachenko had at first been thought of as a potential breakthrough in the Palme mystery. olive skin and black hair going grey at the temples. Holmberg had been tasked to work out how Bj?rck had died. but at the moment it??s set for Wednesday.?? ??Thailand. which would otherwise no doubt also be held against her in the psychiatric evaluation that sooner or later would inevitably be conducted. Tell me what you see.?? She looked around at her colleagues in the cramped editorial office. quote.S. ??Not as far as we know. But he says that the last time he saw the gun.?? All of a sudden Zalachenko looked uncertain. The costs would certainly run into the billions if Salander gave it the thumbs-up. I??m guessing that the government secretariat was in turmoil during those transition periods.?? Bublanski cleared his throat. The break was for ever. of course ?C that was among the most secret to be found in Sweden. she knew. This involved recruiting new personnel and continual problems breaking them in.
but as you can appreciate from the letters he sent. There??s the world of difference. ??Not a word about the Zalachenko affair. He had reserved the room the day before and presented himself as Evert Gullberg. Berger was in her B. this is a matter for the G?teborg police.?? ??Credibility? That??s a peculiar question. It did not work. but he knew that some time in the future he would have to pay her back and erase the shame. everything was quiet.?? He paused and looked around the room. Edklinth shot her a glance. but it was being carried out so clumsily that he could hardly have helped but notice. You??re not risking anything.?? He muttered to himself as he turned down the corridor to his office. But it felt good to be back in the saddle again after so many years of silence from his former employer.?? ??I saw him a little while ago. Jonas and Teleborian had an unhealthy interest in seeing that Salander did not thrive. WHORE! THE SOONER YOU DISAPPEAR THE BETTER. Editor-in-Chief She printed a copy of the email and then pressed send so that the message went out to all employees in the company. at least. well. which would otherwise no doubt also be held against her in the psychiatric evaluation that sooner or later would inevitably be conducted. No date had yet been set.?? Borgsj? thought for a moment and said: ??We??re going to have to solve these problems as they come up. They take care of the finances. Her bare feet were bleeding.
The work was routine.?? ??Mikael ?? I??ve said this before. heart and lungs shut down one after the other.?? ??Well.I. faxed nine letters that Gullberg had supposedly written. I??ve worked at Constitutional Protection for three years. and he alone. very recently. It was as though the man thought himself above all normal rules. You know you have to call and tell me if you??re not coming home. Milton will send cars out here. Keep your eyes peeled ?? So tell me.?? Salander heard footsteps in the corridor. and while he??s gone.?? Magnusson said. what they look like. please. who was also a temp. Figuerola spent the afternoon gathering information. That would explain her inability to relate to social conventions. She got up. is it??? ??No. had knowledge of the murder before it was committed.?? ??First of all.?? ??And yet the recommendation was that she should be institutionalized??? ??That was based on her prior history. actually.
Second. She was dressed for the office in black trousers. I don??t know how much you understand of what is happening outside your locked room. Hiding behind the arras in this situation is a wildly overrated tactic in view of all that has been written about you since Easter. Which. My orders. Two patients. and he had already written that section. 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. Ordinarily you couldn??t get a word out of them. There??s the world of difference. His name was Gunnar Bj?rck. Another seven messages were those so-called ??Nigeria letters?? from the widow of the former head of a bank in Abu Dhabi offering her ludicrous sums of money if she would only assist with a small sum of start-up money. several cars will arrive at the scene within a short time. on the idea of God in the ancient world. She also strapped on a shoulder holster and took her Sig Sauer from the gun cabinet. What??s happened??? ??News.M.?? ??I see.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. and check off the allegations one by one.M. It was as dark as coal. The file was stamped Top Secret. ??This bastard from S?po.?? ??The pathologist wrote that there were graze wounds.M.
like twisted tree limbs. puzzled. a murderer.00 a. I??m guessing that the government secretariat was in turmoil during those transition periods.?? ??He tried to kill me. Does this story have any connection to yesterday??s article about S?dert?lje. Her name is Lisbeth Salander. That was one of the things he liked best about his office. was founded. on the contrary. For three years after his nineteenth birthday he had worked as an engineer for British Telecom. Those within the Zalachenko unit thought they had plenty of time before they had to plan his future. and was one of Sweden??s most popular actors. She has hit the nail on the head.00 this morning. They cuddled for a while and then both fell asleep in seconds. ??No. He went to his own office and sat down.I. Before I??m through with you. But not one of us wants to hurt you. but he??s putting in an equal amount of time on your story. I need you to confirm that this would be your intention. They had kept in touch and had gone on fishing trips to Norway and elsewhere. I hired Niedermann as an assistant a number of years ago. They were detailed by Paulsson to secure forensic evidence in the woodshed and to do a thorough examination of the farmhouse.
It was a plain wooden pencil. ??Rapes should always be reported to the police. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were. Can you handle that. We installed a steel safety door.K??. She exercised so often that the endorphins her body produced functioned as a drug that made it tough for her if she had to stop training. ??He shot himself. I??ll take the car and with a little luck I??ll be back in an hour.S. She was pleased and thanked me for taking the trouble. She was being stalked. we??re going to write about what happened. The public register listed eighteen Susanne Linders in Stockholm county. with a broad experience.?? ??What did you do??? ??Well. Zalachenko had been referred to Thomasson through a business associate five years earlier. ??Yes. and if we make a smaller newspaper. Bj?rck had not acted alone. ??Indeed. You??ve probably met some of them before. the hospital had received four victims of a head-on collision outside Lindome.?? Holm said. ??And Zalachenko? Have you questioned him??? ??Yes.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. Erlander glanced at Salander and then back to her lawyer.
SisterJen wrote. but he??s incredibly bad at routine work. as you know. If it happens again I??m going to relieve you of your job as news editor. In 1963 Gullberg was transferred from Counter-Espionage to personnel control. I??m sorry I??ve not come to see you the past few days. That??s why I??ve decided to choose a reporter and steer him in the right direction so that we won??t end up with our trousers down when Millennium comes out. What you are doing is therefore an official public report. but his clients were for the most part corporations with head offices in Switzerland or Liechtenstein.?? Edklinth said by way of apology.?? ??So if the balloon goes up.M. We based a lot of our thinking on what he told us. He had spent most of the night worrying about how he was going to deal with the information Armansky had given him. I officially leave on the last day of April. ??I just wanted to check on you. First. the media will either tear you to pieces or describe you as an honest civil servant who made the best of an impossible situation. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths.??* ??I??m not Ebbe Carlsson. I??ve sent a team of externals to tail her. she very steadily raised her Nikon with its 300mm telephoto lens and took two pictures.?? ??This will be our only meeting here.?? ??So he??s ill??? ??It??s nothing serious. ??I had a cranial X-ray done. drove to Rosenbad to inform the incoming Prime Minister. Not until Monday evening did Dr Endrin decide.
The Ring in Central Station.?? ??That??s right. So he spent the whole of Friday brooding alone in his office. no exit. but we can make a few assumptions. a dental nurse who lived in Alings?s.?? ??I??m sorry. for G.?? Berger slept until 2. He??s probably riding around in G?ransson??s Saab. Instead he called me and said that he had spoken with the Prosecutor General and there was a problem. and underwear. Blomkvist did not speculate about Bjurman??s motives.?? She gave him a suspicious look. and crawled into bed. If I were to make the decisions they would be different again. I??m not going to haggle with you. He had slept through fifteen hours. Kurdo Baksi. is going to pick this up. forty-four.?? ??He didn??t. My assignment is to be your guide in this labyrinth.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. It won??t exactly bolster Salander??s credibility. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making. But Blomkvist.
it still took five minutes to force the lock to Blomkvist??s apartment. it still took five minutes to force the lock to Blomkvist??s apartment. He closed his iBook.?? she said. We??ll need every contact we have in the clubs all over Scandinavia to keep their eyes peeled. He must have. He withdrew cash from an A.?? ??And??? ??I can??t tell you anything about that. Then gingerly he closed the door. But she could afford it.??s department of Counter-Espionage in a quite different case. Now.?? ??Negative too? It??s no good if the two of you can??t work together???? ??I have no problem working with him.?? ??I was afraid of that. I won??t say a word. but he walked briskly from the Academic bookshop to the side entrance of N. We have been caught napping. It??s my husband??s old family home. Tax specialist. For a moment he considered turning to the regular police. The girl on the gurney could live with a piece of lead in her hip and a piece of lead in her shoulder. intimidated many of her male colleagues. was possibly that in his day there was nobody who would have come up with the wild idea of ordering raw fish.?? ??What do you think they did in the stairwell??? ??I don??t know.vi Salander finished her autobiography at 4. That??s the question our analytical group is working very hard to answer. ??I suggest you consider very carefully what we??ve talked about today.
could home in highly sensitive antennae on a specific building anywhere in the world. At any rate Holmberg thought so. Pierre Schori.?? she said.?? ??You amaze me. to give a second example.?? Malm waved a finger in the air. box on Fleminggatan in Kungsholmen. all of these crimes came under county police jurisdiction. ??Who is the source of these claims??? Figuerola said when the story was ended. 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. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment. this was made out to be a conspiracy. and stared for a moment into the distance. Zalachenko. She watched his face.00. She was having coffee with her husband on the balcony of a friend??s place in Vasastaden. You??ll never regret it. Editor-in-Chief She printed a copy of the email and then pressed send so that the message went out to all employees in the company. She bent down and bit him on the ear. blond man with a crewcut who wore a black leather jacket. shut the door behind her. The police had locked her in her hospital room. and the rest of the staff.S.
No. and living in Sk?vde.I. The report claimed that it was almost impossible to charge and convict anyone under the law of persecution against an ethnic group.?? Flodin said. but he bent down and kissed her on the cheek. I??ve had threats before. It??s that simple. Lisbeth Salander??s guardian. to testify until the matter was resolved. These were still in the early stages and there would need to be another hundred pages of detailed work before they were ready to go to trial. ??But he seemed the right choice at the time. It was only when he heard the details and studied Malm??s photographs that he reluctantly admitted that Blomkvist had good reason to be suspicious. Dakota wrote.M. sharp-witted and charming. He had already bought coffee and sandwiches for her. ??Erika isn??t the villain. I??m a survivor. Giannini took the bus to Linn??gatan and spent the next hour in a Greek restaurant.?? ??Which positions??? Berger said. Outgoing calls were particularly hard to identify. At 8. where he would seek protection among contacts in Zalachenko??s criminal empire.?? Edklinth and Figuerola were instantly alert. ??Hello. said.
It was 9. ??And how would you rate her mental state??? ??Withdrawn.?? Erika looked up. where he used Salander??s keys to get in.?? ??Have you???? ??No. which was now hers. all these questions depend on the decision you make in the next few minutes. heart and lungs shut down one after the other. ??I??m simply asking out of personal interest.U. For us it??s important to bear in mind that this is a case of criminal activity perpetrated by a small number of individuals. He??s with that blond fucker you and Magge always hang out with. however. They could not do anything to solve her private problems.?? ??I??m not sure that??s such a good idea. He had enough text already for 150 pages.e. but again in vain.?? ??I don??t believe in collective guilt. Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client. ??And who the hell is Evert Gullberg??? ??Retired. furthermore. She pulled out her mobile and pretended to be talking. Gullberg??s still alive.?? he said. but strangely he doesn??t seem to be at all worried about you. have you got anything new??? ??Nothing I haven??t already told you on the phone.
then dialled the number of Hans-?ke Waltari. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. who already had an overview of the activities of the Section.00 on Wednesday morning and went for an unusually short run before she showered and dressed in black jeans. Let??s start with Clinton and von Rottinger. Blomkvist will have given his sister a copy.M. Berger sat at her desk in the glass cage. ??Should I go now or should I wait for you??? ??Would it be O. ??I know that. She was home by 7. It had been parked outside her building since March. She tried to focus her gaze. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls turn into Br?nnkyrkagatan. and it was definitely the first time he had ever said anything positive or encouraging to Modig. The connection was radio-controlled and locked into a mobile via Bluetooth. There were plug sockets by the door and in the panel behind the bed. Blomkvist??s own three long interviews in April had set them on the trail of this evidence. Do have a serious discussion with your lawyer so we can come back later and have another talk.M. The Kaspersson woman kicked on the door of a house at 3.?? Modig pushed an envelope across the table. until after the summer. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann. who normally wore a jacket and tie. Not until 2. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door.
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. It took him forty-five seconds. After some palaver over jurisdiction between Str?ngn?s and S?dert?lje. ??Sorry. although the pain drilled into his jaw. He??s kept quiet about that. ??Hello. You make the decisions. We??ve got a little time ?C find out exactly how long before the next issue is published ?C but we have to confiscate both those copies. She paused at the front door to think. We??re Sweden??s last line of defence.?? ??But now we??re getting a little too close to poaching on S?po??s preserves. She saw two nurses running towards another room two doors away. A doctor had explained that the axe blow had crushed his cheekbone and damaged his forehead. ??Satisfied??? ??It??s beautiful.?? ??It??s an excellent system. He turned left into his old office and sat at the round conference table by the window. she was his patient. ??I have no idea.?? Blomkvist could feel the blood rush to his head. The police in S?dert?lje have found two graves in the place that??s owned by Svavelsj? Motorcycle Club. The Security Police has worked satisfactorily within the framework of the constitution in recent years.?? They were silent for a moment.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself. taxis. Orring turned it in at 3. He crossed the German border at Aachen and then took the Autobahn north towards Hamburg and on to Denmark.
In the area around the warehouse in Nykvarn we have so far found three graves.?? ??Damn. It??s a long story. your sister. aggressive resistance to police officers. If Volvo built cars the same way. so she reinforced it with another improvised bandage. ??You??re here on a temporary basis.00.S. V.?? Modig made a call to Inspector Bublanski from the corridor outside Zalachenko??s hospital room. but ???? ??You think it??s excessive. He was better off not asking any questions.?? Jonasson frowned. Until now he had sounded perfectly rational. That day had been utter chaos. The activity may for all I know be legitimate and sanctioned by the government. It had been a quiet evening and they arrived within twenty minutes.?? he said. Right now we have about thirty officers working directly on the investigation. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record. Please believe me when I say that those responsible will be called to account. ??An employee of S.?? ??What I??m wondering is whether you consider the source to be reliable. On Friday the Volvo was back.?? ??To be honest with you.
He had hung up his jacket and was leaning back in his chair at the conference table.?? ??I see. the woman G?ransson lived with. and you??ve been running around being unreachable for several weeks now. He ordered a coffee and a cheese and liver pat?? sandwich. She drove to G?tgatan where the offices of Millennium were and spent the next half hour walking around the streets in the area. Salander heard the key turn in the door. Instead of going back up the hill to Tavastgatan.. I had the choice of being handcuffed or coming quietly. Good Lord. and that over the years this conspiracy has committed what could be categorized as serious criminal acts. Personal Protection. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson. ??Are you satisfied with the information flow??? Edklinth said at last.?? ??And did any of them buy it??? ??Yes. The dental surgery is about 150 metres from the spot where the patrol car was found. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage. Blomkvist was not answering his telephone. Not one of them had heard of Hans von Rottinger. The nurse was sitting in an office next to the conference room. 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. Lisbeth Salander. Was G?ran M?rtensson working on anything important. he took a zigzag route through the narrow streets of the old city until he reached the right address and knocked at the door of Black/White Publishing. ??And how did you find out about the meeting??? ??Tipped off by a source. What I??d like to know is when you mean to publish your article.
and Giannini??s was stolen when she was mugged. ??Twenty-two. What she was interested in was access to S.00 p. of the server where he kept Teleborian??s hard drive.?? ??The other is the D. He seems ready to let bygones be bygones. heading towards Kungsgatan. Even though he hired me.?? ??Just a moment. He had a very deep gash across his face and another just below one kneecap.?? ??I don??t like institutions that are beyond normal parliamentary scrutiny. unless he had given clear instructions to Lundin. keeping her head bent so that the hand holding her telephone hid part of her face. but there??s something really scary beneath his calculating facade. but it resurfaced whenever she tried to move.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face. for example. His arms were bent in impossible directions.?? ??You don??t need to do that. that??s not how a magazine is supposed to look. and there??s no-one who can tell us who his clients were. my last week at Millennium.?? ??Damn. As far as Millennium is concerned. It was three storeys to the ground. 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.
is no longer profitable. she had joined him at his table. In my considered view you??re precisely the lawyer she needs. and he had heedlessly told her his real name ?C Zalachenko. I haven??t. He took the tunnelbana to City Hall. it sounds like she might need a criminal lawyer. But among the notes Blomkvist found several cryptic sentences.B.?? ??That??s what it was always about. sharp training sessions. ??He gives Teleborian instructions. It was undeniable. Salander said only that she was not the one who shot him. Blomkvist had apparently reached the point in his story at which Paulsson had decided to ignore everything else he might say. who had obviously not paid attention to a word he had said. of all places.?? ??It??s not the same thing.?? ??Have you seen him??? ??Yes. Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage. the operations chief of the Section Hans von Rottinger. but he bent down and kissed her on the cheek. as a twelve-year-old. She looked in astonishment at the icon bar. Just after 6. His visits to her were outside his schedule. Salander opened her eyes and saw a light in the ceiling.
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