is willing to represent you. S.?? said Bublanski. I do recall that he needed a little rest and wanted to expand his horizons. 27.M.

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11.?? ??Understood. is losing its readers.?? Jonasson said wearily. It has been 56 days since your last visit. She had given up classic gymnastics. Alias Falun. what would have happened if you??d been run over by a bus? Then they would have been without an editor-in-chief with only a moment??s notice.?? ??Why the hurry??? ??Because as soon as you come back I need you to make love to me. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist. He followed me like a guilty conscience for at least a week.A. we were fast asleep moments after we got here. ??Her behaviour was exemplary.?? ??Oh??? ??He wants you to know that he??s told me most of the story. the night before. The citizens were information junkies and wanted a functioning Internet that they could hack. Then she picked up her mobile and called Blomkvist. She had next.?? Giannini repeated. Let??s say the price curve for hamburgers had been the same since the ??70s ?C so a Big Mac would cost about 150 kronor or more.W.?? At 10.

T. M?rtensson and his companion were talking in low voices.?? ??That certainly seems to be true in your case. but first let me say that under normal circumstances I would not have dreamed of asking a journalist to come to such a meeting. But she never did. Blomkvist did not see the grey Volvo on Monday.?? ??Ekstr?m says Bj?rck refused to discuss it. The burial ground in the woods in Nykvarn was a wretched mess. The same rules apply as in your day. She said she??d read books on the subject before. So let??s move on. A theatre nurse was applying bandages to the gunshot wound on Salander??s hip. and on her way through the city she noticed that the workers?? groups had begun to gather. reached for the glass. And then you dropped that bombshell about Borgsj?. A nurses?? table stood right next to her.?? ??Send out an A. And now the murderer herself had been shot. the price would be in the order of 390 kronor. ??Why don??t I just go and have a discreet talk with Prosecutor Ekstr?m??? ??And if he gets difficult???? ??I don??t think he will. she did not intend to back out. He did not wake until 9. There would be some ulterior motive.

W.O. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor.M. that Figuerola and Blomkvist wrapped sheets around themselves and went to her kitchen to make a cold pasta salad with tuna and bacon from the leftovers in her fridge. the present S. I??m sorry ?? in the rush I forgot to let you know.?? ??Do you want to see it??? He looked surprised. as well as certain guarantees. Inspector Bublanski. Zalachenko said that he would mull over the matter. As soon as he entered the apartment he saw that the folder he had left on the kitchen table was gone.?? ??But you??re still withholding key material. ??Then he has a four-hour head start.?? ??You mean we should ???? Nieminen had already decided that Niedermann had to be got rid of. but I??m a doctor and I??ve studied psychiatry. ??I don??t understand. I made several copies of that one and have tucked them away in safe places. She said a stalker would never have written the email to the girl on the culture desk.?? ??Of course. I take it that you will plead self-defence??? ??Maybe. am I someone who has a problem with the fact that you??re fitter and physically stronger than I am? No. He doubted that Niedermann would be able to keep quiet.

He had a late lunch at the first caf?? he saw.M.?? Figuerola looked at the photograph of Gullberg and Francke standing side by side. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area. the supplementary information that the prosecutor considered irrelevant to the preliminary investigation. It looked as though she might have been buried during the night. She was a pretty. On the other hand he understood quite well what had happened to Niedermann.O. much of it dealt with Salander??s mental state. went to Salander??s office and picked up the telephone from the desk. you must turn this information over to the P. ??Why haven??t we heard anything about this??? ??Blomkvist put it like this: there??s only one right time to publish a story. He had undergone a rather extensive operation in which a significant section of his jaw was realigned and fixed with titanium screws.?? Flodin said. ??That??s possible. But she had not said anything about why she had run her father to ground. It simply could not have been the government. He stood for a moment in the sea of travellers.?? Edklinth said.G. had lost upwards of 60 per cent of its assets with G?ransson??s death. ??The first time I heard the name Ronald Niedermann was last Thursday.

The next moment she heard footsteps moving swiftly away and then the front door opening and closing. Figuerola apologized and said she must have dialled the wrong number.?? ??But someone else ?C your brother. Her name is Lisbeth Salander. ??This is a friendly invitation.S. a coup has taken place. His mouth was dry so his first stop was a corner shop where he bought a Pepsi. First day on the job. It was 7.?? ??You??ll get only one guarantee from me.?? Salander had not exchanged this many words with a police officer since she was twelve. You can use it if you have anything to tell me. then I have to explain why they??re wrong. She showered and towelled herself and went to the bedroom to put on a dressing gown. She wondered what Armansky thought of her after all that had happened. and which would therefore not be presented at the trial or make up part of the chain of evidence against her. Wadensj??. He had an office on Stureplan. of course. Apple and Windows. But we can arrange for that if you like.?? Ellis said.

and he doesn??t have a criminal record.?? Blomkvist said. Lisbeth Salander had seldom rung for a nurse if she did not have a severe headache or some other equally serious problem. Borgsj? would naturally claim that he did not know about the conditions at Fong Soo. uninvited. but I won??t mention how or where I got them. Lisbeth??s mother.?? Blomkvist said and sat up straight in his chair. ??You want to run a story on toilets? In Millennium??? Eriksson could not help laughing. Salander was one of them. No doubt someone made a blunder when the cover story was devised. He guzzled it down on the spot. He opened his laptop bag and took out a copy of the documentation.P.?? ??So you don??t think she??s crazy. When he got back to ?stermalm he sat at his desk and wrote down a list of the people who knew about Zalachenko: himself. He pointed to the front page of the evening paper. According to legend. And they are most unpleasant.?? Salander said nothing. ??Jonas Sandberg. He had written about the murders of Svensson and Johansson and described how he happened to be the one who came upon the scene.?? a highly placed Swede ?C or possibly other Scandinavian politician ?C who worked for the K.

Good Lord.?? ??But how did Bjurman get in touch???? Gullberg fell silent. He sank on to a chair at the kitchen table as thoughts whirled through his head. I??m going to hang them out to dry. the officers were to handcuff the person in question and bring him to the farm at Gosseberga. She frowned and studied the text. It??s been planned for a long time. and explained how a policeman??s death was a needless catastrophe because Niedermann had already been shackled. He seemed surprised that she was saying anything at all. While he waited for the helicopter.?? ??Very chivalrous. way beyond their budget. She sat for a long time thinking about the day??s events. Luckily the axe blow had struck his already crippled right leg. the Ministry of Defence and Scotland Yard. Furthermore. obviously I don??t know what??s wrong with him ?C patient??s confidentiality and all that ?C but the drugs he??s taking are strong ataractics on the one hand. subdued conversation. ??I know.?? Zalachenko said.O. On three occasions Zalachenko was arrested by the Swedish police for drunkenness and twice more in connection with fights in bars. but not so high as to present a real problem.

??Erika isn??t the villain. Let??s say the price curve for hamburgers had been the same since the ??70s ?C so a Big Mac would cost about 150 kronor or more. You??ll discover positive things and negative things. Besides. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37.P.?? ??Then that??s how it??ll have to be.T. You can bill us for five days. do call. That was her intention. and the name Zalachenko was not mentioned. ??I think we??ll hold off on the press conference for the time being. and turned on the T.?? He nodded curtly once before he went out and locked the door. And after a while she had completely lost interest in her shower and pulled him back to bed.?? ??Yes.?? They walked the short distance without talking. Even though he hired me. He did not need a master??s degree in psychology to know that she was not doing very well emotionally. The core of the legislation has it that no person has the right to harass or humiliate another person. but now she??s really going to need a lawyer. he has to be treated as a madman.

Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client. An injured man and a younger woman.?? ??Who gave him the instruction??? ??The chief of Secretariat??s assistant. Last night she had a temperature of 38 and vomited on two occasions. the Lock and Key Service.30 on Friday night. And that led to a little clash at the Construction Fair in ?lvsj? last year. Criminal Inspector. To do that I have to have something to work with. But we still haven??t received it.C.C. a member of the police. He was almost paralysed as he felt himself being lifted on to the stool. My guarantee is this ?? if you don??t wave your magic wand and make all this disappear.?? Salander listened attentively to the conversation between her lawyer and her adversary. ??Mikael ?? this is a murder investigation. ??He has almost a 24-hour head start now. listening out for sounds in the vicinity.?? The Prime Minister looked at the Minister of Justice.?? ??You don??t understand the situation???? ??I??m tired of hearing that I don??t understand the situation. taped her mouth and handcuffed her. But I get a tip from the police investigation and go over and have a coffee with Faste and he tells me this.

He found Magnusson??s book to be especially worthwhile reading. Adamsson glanced his way. Again. It was this last which created potentially acute political problems. She unfolded it and read a line written in an elegant script: You??re the hacker.?? ??Interesting thought. but a Karl Axel Bodin seems to have been born in 1942 in Uddevalla.07. Even though he hired me. or to move his belongings aside.?? the S. ??At my house.?? ??O. please do.M. It was as dark as coal. and went into the newly created Yahoo group [The_Knights].C.S.10. but when he visited Palmgren the same afternoon at the rehabilitation home in Ersta. He jogged home to Bellmansgatan and up the stairs. Blomkvist was thinking.

It had been parked outside her building since March.I.B.?? ??She attacked a paedophile???? ??Precisely. now Swedish ambassador in the Hague.??s C. she was locked up in a mental hospital. which individuals should be arrested? From my standpoint. His injuries seem to be similar to those of a car crash victim ?C it??s hardly credible that anyone could do such damage with his bare hands: a broken leg.S. ??Here??s the plan. After two hours she got up and went to the coffee machine and got a refill. ??But remember that it??s been an extreme situation.?? ??I know that. ??Budget??? ??We have about eleven million a year total. I gather. but he was in no position to pick and choose among defecting G. She had spent an hour infiltrating and charting the intranet at S. I??m thinking of moving you to the Constitutional Protection operations unit. This meant that they gave up far too easily; alternatively they spent too much time at the acute stage trying to work out exactly what was wrong with the patient so as to decide on the right treatment. opened the door to him. He put these swiftly into a side pocket of his laptop case. we might save ourselves a lot of time.

She scrolled back and read through the text of a section where she told how Advokat Bjurman had violently and sadistically raped her. and pinged up the address she had created for him through the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. She saw a reporter and a photographer heading for the lift. We??re not going to be sure how Lundin came to get himself shot until one or other of the parties involved starts talking.?? ??Then that??s how it??ll have to be. which dealt with the Wennerstr?m affair. ??I??ll hobble in as soon as I??ve pulled myself together. He??s been running his own criminal network ever since. Be realistic. He glanced around and walked away from the door of the corner shop.U. and underwear.?? ??And the woman ?? who??s she??? ??Sonja Modig. should also be informed. The hopes for a breakthrough. He was no longer a demon riding on her shoulder. The other citizens online.?? ??O.?? ??I see. And you send a couple of village policemen to arrest him as if he were some Saturday night drunk. her patient??s only exercise space. ??Hello. Hire some people.

for Christ??s sake. and the fact that the girl was shot three times.?? ??Andersson is a tough customer. He had insisted that an Undersecretary of State be let in on the secret. When he got back to ?stermalm he sat at his desk and wrote down a list of the people who knew about Zalachenko: himself.?? she said.?? Berger put down her fork and stared at him. ??Marcus ?? tell us what really happened at Gosseberga.?? ??It??s really quite simple. She did not advise S?po of this decision. So I lift weights once a week and spend the rest of the time doing some cross-training. The reason was simple. revenue in Stockholm. generally cleaned up. She took out her stylus and wrote the word Remarkable on the screen as her I. In fact it had taken almost twenty hours to reach the northern border of Germany with Denmark. That??s called capitalism.?? a highly placed Swede ?C or possibly other Scandinavian politician ?C who worked for the K. ??Where do we start??? he said. professional board-member types. He took the registration number and looked me up. who informs me that it is very easy to fake a sender??s address. The medics remarked that this.

It??s exercise more than hard training. Even the spouses of his colleagues were not permitted in the corridors of S. It??s four years he??s been with us.?? ??No ?? no.P.T. Take a break. The storm had moved in over G?teborg.?? ??Have you appointed an assistant editor??? ??Henry. as Mikael Blomkvist claimed from the very beginning. I??ll come back and see you before you??re transferred. He paid with a credit card and took a taxi to G?teborg Central Station. I get on considerably better at Milton than on the force.?? ??There??s a division of labour. and illegal possession of a weapon. It??s my Palm. The same rules apply as in your day. But when I examined her this morning her temperature had gone up to almost 39. Edklinth and Figuerola looked at him. the antivirus program didn??t react. But M?rtensson was not at Counter-Espionage. On Sunday she had a temperature of 102. are aware of the contents.

The movie they had playfully made was definitely not for general release. the Bildt government had cut back the Soviet desk for financial reasons and had at the same time got themselves involved in the international mess in Bosnia and Serbia ?C as if Serbia could ever threaten Sweden. four police officers and one prosecutor. He had also to resolve how to profile Salander in the article without violating her trust. shook his head. Those positions have not been filled.?? ??Name??? ??Protected source??? ??Naturally. which in this case meant that the chief had covered his back. had stood his ground ?C it was constitutionally indefensible not to inform the Prime Minister.?? ??That helps a bit. We have excellent documentation in Dag Svensson??s notes. and exclamation marks. On the other hand. I tried to warn him. ??Borgsj? is chairman and majority shareholder of a company called Svea Construction. ??What??? ??I??m free tomorrow morning as well. politicians of various affiliations. and pulled out a 9 mm Smith & Wesson with a gold-plated butt. I??m running the club. Who??s to know? But how did she deal with Nieminen? He has no visible injuries. Trinity wrote. I suppose my answer to that is the same one you gave me: I believe in a constitutional democracy and sometimes it has to be protected. Something was wrong.

Video cameras were still a relatively new phenomenon. He was embarrassed to be discussing flaws in their organization in front of the visitors from Stockholm.U.S. In other words. but also not a nutcase. and swung her legs over the side of the bed. ??As the situation stands.?? ??Nevertheless. a hand-picked state secretary. But this is going to take some legwork.?? ??You want me to spy on a prosecutor who happens to be my superior??? Figuerola raised her eyebrows. Despite persistent attempts to establish the truth and uncover the crucial evidence ?C the smoking gun ?C the Section had never found any proof. and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich. she had not been in her study since ?? since she had read through the file in the bath the night before. ??In that case we have to see to it that she is given redress for these wrongs. Either we ancients step in and do our bit. He was careful to annihilate both Teleborian and the now dead Bj?rck. Sten Andersson. Now Annika.?? ??True enough. ??Borgsj? is chairman and majority shareholder of a company called Svea Construction.?? Blomkvist turned and looked at her profile.

She was a computer expert. Which was also routine.?? ??But I??m not a lawyer.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson. contacted the G?teborg police just two hours after the murder and gave them information about Gullberg??s threatening letters. it??s not O. He called it ??the last line of defence??. in case there was a need for a go-between for the government secretariat and those who were protecting Zalachenko. And now the murderer herself had been shot. which was no surprise since S?po was deeply involved in what had happened.?? ??Good.M.?? Endrin hesitated for a moment. Because of the merry-go-round associated with a change of government. Today??s message contained no text. He was almost paralysed as he felt himself being lifted on to the stool.?? They made their way to the police canteen to have breakfast. But now you??re afraid of telling Micke. which is six weeks for the basics. Neither of them had noticed the man in the lobby who had been watching them as they stepped into the lift. ??Routine research. he acquiesced.?? Blomkvist told her the details of the story that Cortez had compiled.

is Bjurman. They??re a reputable manufacturer. Edklinth had a sense that cogs were whirring at high speed behind the P. He??s a very approachable person. Have you identified M?rtensson??s sidekick??? ??He??s unimportant. In every instance there??s good forensic evidence. Blomkvist nodded. All they??ll have is the statement that I??m composing now.?? Modig said. But M?rtensson was still there. Even so. hangs himself. On the same day.I. but you??re standing here lying to my face. The rear is screened by your hedge. It was an ordinary formula. along with Gullberg. On the Net. I don??t know why. and the rest of the staff. has received a number of emails that appear to come from me. leaned her crutches against the bookshelves.

Are you satisfied with Millennium??s contribution??? Edklinth nodded reluctantly. all this stuff about Zalachenko is highly classified. purposely selecting younger talent who had experience on the regular police force and were only recently recruited to S. several cars will arrive at the scene within a short time. We have not yet identified exactly who is involved.?? Zalachenko said laboriously through clenched teeth. Henry.P. has been sent out on this Ronald Niedermann. are cutting into our ad. And fucking Salander. He felt a great weight on his shoulders. According to the doctors.?? ??But isn??t Russia a democracy now too? I mean.berger@smpost. That would have been unnecessary. ??Find out what he??s working on.?? ??That??s my husband??s studio. Bublanski is the investigative leader for the murders of Bjurman and the couple in Enskede. had been shot dead. After a while she managed to pull the sheet and blanket up to her chin. But as long as he risks being busted. which is pretty much a toy gun alongside the others.

I??m not a guest at all.?? Olsson said. But it is unusual. And I have a strategy.?? he said. He felt that the situation was chaotic and ominous.P. so he stuck his head out a little further. The house was well kept and neat.?? ??Please tell me how I??m doing.?? ??But he??s alive. He found Magnusson??s book to be especially worthwhile reading. turned to the Minister of Justice. If the pinkos want to avoid a war with Denmark. I can get rid of the dead meat and recruit new blood from outside if I choose. She found a message from Susanne Linder.?? ??But I probably won??t be at S. He felt dejected. Before his release. For that the response time is at best twenty minutes but more likely twenty-five. Berger held up her hands.?? She shrugged.S.

took on the first patient who was wheeled in ?C an elderly man with his head bandaged. Now that he had crutches. he was behind the kidnapping of Salander??s friend Miriam Wu ?C you probably heard of Paolo Roberto??s title bout in Nykvarn. Thanks for the legwork yesterday. It would take half a second to shove the broken edge into Zalachenko??s throat if he leaned over her. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7.?? Gullberg said then with such coldness in his voice that Zalachenko froze. and his job was to make sure she got well. In some mysterious way the ceiling lamp had been taken down and placed on the coffee table. He made her want more. Lisbeth started digging into her past. ??But I haven??t been run over by a bus.?? Giannini said. but he supposed that since she had chosen such a striking tattoo.?? ??Extraordinary. 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. He ate a piece of bread and drank some mineral water. About toilets. That the budget was so low was a stroke of genius.C. The budget chief and the C. I??m at a disadvantage no matter what I do.00.

00.?? Erika looked up.?? His voice quivered with contempt as he spoke those last words. They??ve committed serious criminal acts and they??ll be the object of a preliminary investigation.?? Modig said. My task here is to rejuvenate the newspaper. Her mobile was being monitored. I thought it was a good idea to have something to fall back on if the medical studies didn??t work out. Zalachenko.P. Please come to the point. so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. 3.?? ??Fair warning. He got out at Birger Jarlsgatan at 10. Before his release. Zalachenko. Clinton had gone into business as a management consultant. freelance consultants ?? he put Blomkvist into the category of freelance consultant.?? ??I see. ??I thought we could have a few words first. O. months even.

?? ??No. Instead he called me and said that he had spoken with the Prosecutor General and there was a problem. ??They??ve been making toilets there for at least ten years. If a colonel on the defence staff could work for the Russians ?C he was also the government??s adviser on matters involving nuclear weapons and security policy ?C it followed that the Russians might have an equally senior agent within the Security Police. Never mind that Zalachenko had supposedly been murdered by a nutter. don??t do it. You were shot in the head.?? Blomkvist finished for him. Fuck you. She was given crutches and took a taxi home. but I would tread carefully if I were you. ??So you aren??t going to tell us how you heard about the meeting??? ??I??ve already told you that I won??t. In other words. a man she knew and had worked for during her short time in that department. But when it comes to policy he??s going to have to toe the line. having met her before. the night nurse looked in. I??d like to let you know that your friend Mikael Blomkvist has told us that a lawyer by the name of Annika Giannini is willing to represent you. S.?? said Bublanski. I do recall that he needed a little rest and wanted to expand his horizons. 27.M.