He then engaged Thomasson on a couple of other matters He then engaged Thomasson on a couple of other matters. ??I can take care of Ekstr?m. Was it Salander who had killed a policeman? The news item was sketchy. Since then not much has happened. ??Allow me to manufacture a scenario. which was probably because of her. V. He looked back at the clock. Erika. In that sense. He seemed to be interested only in how her muscles were working.?? ??I??m on my way.?? ??Good Lord. mug. I have to think about this.?? ??Can you prove that??? ??I can. Everything points towards a suicide. She was extraordinarily resourceful. this is Jonas Sandberg.57 with Clinton in tow. ??Where is he now??? Blomkvist said as they turned on to Kungsgatan. Can I trust you??? ??Of course you can. there are now attack alarms in four places inside the house. Then he placed his hands gently around her neck and turned her head back and forth and to the sides a few times. Just as Figuerola reached the Bishop??s Arms. he must have chosen a simple password. and film roles. What are you looking for??? ??I want you to do a workplace report on Sahlgrenska hospital. Marita Ulfskog.?? ??And??? Figuerola said. But use your judgement. He thought of them as the Inner Circle. He turned off the alarm. In 1963 Gullberg was transferred from Counter-Espionage to personnel control. but he was adamant that it??s up to you to decide whether you tell me about it or not. Mikael Blomkvist. She put the appointment in her calendar and realized at once that she would have to change it because she had a major editorial conference planned for that day. The list was made up largely of the better-known reporters. Isn??t what??s-his-name. Her left shoulder stabbed like a knife if she moved carelessly or tried to shift her weight. then we??ll lose the trial. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. During the holiday Berger had discovered that her husband had a definite bisexual tendency. and I??ll try to work out what??s going on. Martin Thomasson was therefore the third guest of the day at Zalachenko??s sickbed. and exactly what it is you intend to publish. ?? ??And how are we supposed to give her the proper care here if we can??t have access to her records? The medical responsibility for her right now is ours. Criminal Inspector. 82 of whom were women. was going to spy on the spies? In August 1964 Gullberg was summoned to an afternoon meeting with the assistant chief of the Security Police.?? ??Good. We said that we were going to try this over the summer ?? well. They were summoned to Edklinth??s office and told of their assignment as well as the need for absolute secrecy. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said. Figuerola was out of luck. for using child labour. The follow-up care had been a marathon of agony.T. I??ve talked with the head of the legal department and fixed it so there won??t be any hassle there. Ricky.?? ??How are you??? ??I??m sick. ??You??re right. and crawled into bed. a madman. It meant that the creation of the Section appeared to be just another routine matter. It??s not until page thirty-three. there is no ??we?? about it. Go on. Then he began to type. ?? ??How old are you??? ??Twenty-seven.?? Ghidi said. the more I think it??s like a game of roulette. so long as its objective was to safeguard the security of the nation. Greger Beckman. or running. ??Sorry. Erika Berger has a stalker. So. He??s worked at S. She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed. Before the day was over. The damaging thing was not that his company. He??s a good friend of mine.?? ??I??m in the hall with a wardrobe and hat-rack on my right. Moved back to his home town of Laholm in 1994. and almost any political blunder gave rise to headlines: ??S?po suspects that ???? A S?po statement carried a lot of weight in a headline. He was not looking at her. and swung her legs over the side of the bed.?? ??Foreign policy??? the Minister of Justice said. The Prime Minister glanced quickly at Edklinth and then at Blomkvist. without back-up. but what I meant was that you pretended to know a lot more than you actually do. Chairman Borgsj? appeared neutral.?? ??I always dress nicely.?? ??What do you think they did in the stairwell??? ??I don??t know. I am.?? ??Eriksson??? ??Unless you want to be editor-in-chief ???? ??Good God. My sense is that he??s more a useful fool being used by the Section. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net. After that. Gunnar Bj?rck. I??m here on a work issue. no-one could fail to notice her biceps and powerful shoulders.?? On the reverse was a stamp saying that the picture belonged to ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and that the photographer??s name was Julius Estholm. but after weighing all the options he concluded that the problem called for a drastic solution..?? ??I can assure you that it??s quite true. Suddenly she swayed.?? ??That??s O. that would have been one thing. He opened his laptop bag and took out a copy of the documentation. ??A woman??s gotta do what a woman??s gotta do and all that crap. ??I established it this morning.M. however. All four of her tyres had been slashed when she spent the night with Blomkvist at the Slussen Hilton. I??m quite sure that either Lundin or Nieminen was carrying the gun. Then I get involved in something and don??t get time to do it again for a month or two. to lunch. She got back into her car and wrote down both the registration and telephone numbers for Lars Faulsson. she knew.I. a Mace canister and a pistol. ??But I haven??t been run over by a bus. holding out a hand that Zalachenko ignored. and he had no idea what they were talking about. it provided a good account of S?po as a structure as well as its primary concerns over several decades. which was the reason for his going and why Berger was to start several months earlier than originally announced. He ordered a coffee and a cheese and liver pat?? sandwich. He says he absolutely won??t discuss a person who is not only innocent but who also has had her rights so severely violated. go on ???? ??I have a man in the regular police who has spoken with Prosecutor Ekstr?m. There would certainly be headlines in the evening papers and it would probably result in an assault charge. The message consisted of a single line: Caf?? Madeleine. He crossed Sveav?gen on the viaduct at M?ster Samuelsgatan and went straight down to Klara Norra. You beat the police by several lengths when you tracked down Zalachenko and identified Niedermann. The text was short. ??Kurdo Baksi sends his greetings.?? ??Have you got any idea at all??? ??Ekstr?m claims that Bj?rck??s report and the correspondence with Teleborian were falsified. a production company and a management company.?? she said. Dr Teleborian. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??I have to know what happened in G?teborg.M. What do you want me to do??? ??Meet Jerker Holmberg at Central Station. One week later he had reached retirement age and handed over to his chosen successor. She picked up the telephone and called Holm. Then there were several lines of text where she identified the implements he had used during the rape. It ended in a violent argument and a spectacular fight between the sisters.00 on Friday afternoon. That was what F?lldin??s administration must have decided too. Comes from Norrland and is in fact a specialist in crime scene investigation. E. She went around the car and got into the driver??s seat. I tried to persuade Paulsson to bring in a dog unit???? ??It??s on its way now. or at least in her lawyer. but as I told you I??m not active in any political party. His larynx was rammed deep into his throat.?? ??So what are you planning. You??ve asked for an extension of your temporary job. He has been retired for fifteen years. But you were also arrested for possession of an illegal weapon.00 Edklinth arrived. Here??s a sample of them. He found that the first train to Stockholm left at 5. He had first come as an exchange researcher in the late ??70s and stayed for two years. She knew her brother. and then follows the hunt for Salander first.K. He did not exist in any register or in any public document. you may regard me as her legal representative. There were photographs from various parties. It was cool. Cortez bought a job lot of Ericsson T10s for a song. He and Malm had thought of a paperback edition. When he got up to the room he went straight to the bathroom. She vouchsafed that it was not absolutely certain whether she had the right to question him. and that you don??t even have the resources to have it done. Then I??d just be in the way. It was glorious May 1 weather. Unremarkable. but he can??t go against an administrative decision. This is my last week. which he considered a pretty clever idea. Hello. Karim had parked herself at police headquarters and was doing her best to get some solid information out of someone. has a huge amount of dead meat in the newsroom.?? ??I don??t like this. ??I take it that we??re in agreement.000 instead. ??about a missing person in Alings?s.iv At 5..?? The detectives stood up. but he had established that it occurred on the afternoon of April 12. She heard the faint scraping of the crutches as he quietly retreated down the corridor. I should probably also mention that there are some individuals in the police force who are actually on Lisbeth??s side in all this.?? ??Let??s hear it. But I don??t know the objective of the conspiracy. or the board should find a way to take an aggressive stance. They asked pretty much the same questions about Niedermann as they had the night before. that Palme might be an agent of influence for the K. Do you know where you are??? ??Hospital.?? ??So that??s how it works? A person can be employed by S?po. professional board-member types. The only spot from which the entrance door to the building could be observed directly was from the promenade and footbridge on upper Bellmansgatan near the Maria lift and the Laurinska building. I want to know who goes in and who comes out. the woman turned 180 degrees and went down the steep hill towards Bellmansgatan 1.?? ??We have to come to an agreement. just that. They??re a reputable manufacturer. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks. At that moment. But I can??t pay before I have access to the Internet.?? ??So what??s going to happen to him??? ??I arrested him for violation of the prostitution laws. He defected in the ??70s.U. Torsten. and he in turn went to the Prime Minister. She??s strange. Edklinth and Figuerola looked at the picture. and he had saved the life of a four-year-old boy who arrived at the hospital with respiratory failure after swallowing the wheel of a toy car.?? ??Thirty seconds ago you did get an email from me. The conspiracy is continuing. And we share the same objective.G. Shit. T. But Morander was editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper. He??s with that blond fucker you and Magge always hang out with. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. So they faked a diagnosis to make sure that Lisbeth was committed. I want to check a few things. almost made it on to the Swedish Olympic team.15. A blond man with intense blue eyes and a tilted. she thought.00 a.?? ??Which part was truth and which part was fantasy. ??Come in ?? Evert Gullberg. But Ekstr?m??s the boss. He had read Jan Guillou??s books. But as long as he risks being busted. 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. The constitution had nothing to do with it. She felt a niggling irritation that she could not identify. The Wennerstr?m affair of the ??60s. she drew an age curve and deleted everyone over fifty-five and under twenty-five. who lived just outside J?rna.B. Sonja Modig was closer to police headquarters than Bublanski had thought.00 p. and seldom got the chance to sleep even if no emergency patients came in. ?? ??What??s this about. Her name is Annika Giannini. He thanked the nurse and followed the sign to the staircase. I refer to the fact that Salander hit her father with an axe.?? Wadensj?? said. She created a new folder called [MediaFool] and saved both messages. but she was more or less healed. Then. Could you get the number??? While Jonasson was still waiting for the X-rays. She opened the email: YOU THINK THAT BORGSJ? CAN SAVE YOU. trying to get down every word that was said from the podium at the police press office at Kungsholmen. After a period of computer celibacy. in case there was a need for a go-between for the government secretariat and those who were protecting Zalachenko. Salander said only that she was not the one who shot him. Jonasson saw lightning out over the sea. I understand why people work out. Blomkvist leaned towards her. keeping her head bent so that the hand holding her telephone hid part of her face. ??Hello. but stopped short. getting into Blomkvist??s apartment and Millennium??s offices. First of all. I asked her to be here because what we??re going to discuss will also affect her job. and a mentally ill lesbian mass murderer. But first I??d like to examine you. I cannot help you. ??I think she??s out of danger. He did not exist in any register or in any public document. and the growth in readers in their twenties is almost zero. This was correct procedure. then you should turn to me. Holm. Eventually he put the folder aside. ??Can you open your eyes??? Who was this bloody idiot harping on at her? Finally she did open her eyes. We??ll do everything in our power to assist you with a lawyer and so on ?? but we need your cooperation. It involves big beasts who are either retired now or close to retirement. but he did not answer.K. as you can appreciate.M. ??I??m Karl Axel Bodin now.S. she won??t be able to do the research she needs to do to prepare her defence. Erlander glanced up at the lowering rain clouds. These types of group did attract interest from the Constitutional Protection Unit. ??I have to confer with Bublanski. and replenished the cart with plastic bags for the wastepaper baskets.?? ??And Bublanski knows nothing about this??? ??No. ??Do we kill the article??? Blomkvist looked Cortez straight in the eye. Entry wound just above the left ear.?? ??And the chief has since died. She clicked on the bubble and wrote Wasp. Gunnar. We have to know who they meet and who they talk to.I. you??ve refused to respond when any psychiatrist has tried to talk to you. ??It??s been about ten hours since our colleague was murdered on Nossebrov?gen. So we want everything to be legitimate and in keeping with the constitution. She sat in silence for two minutes. She was dressed that day in tight blue jeans. ??but he vehemently denies being involved in any crime. Nilsson was not afraid of the dark. Bublanski pursed his lips. but he seemed alert still. She needed care. Figuerola pushed open her car door and ran towards Br?nnkyrkagatan. She turned and braked outside the S. If she tried to kill her father. He seems to be responsible for much of the mess tonight. was alive. Pain stabbed through her shoulder. He spent fifteen minutes walking down the alleys and boulevards around Mosebacke before he headed for Fiskargatan 9. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on. It was a young blond man who was usually there two or three days a week. ??I need to ask some questions. ??What was that??? ??Oh. She was afraid that it was a moral issue. In view of his age. Lillian had cleaned it with alcohol and put a bandage on it. And if need be you can always come to me or Christer.?? ??No.?? ??What should we do??? Jervas thought for a moment. Then she remembered it all. They handle coverage about 320 days a year. Over the years he had noticed that if he stopped giving instructions or gave Niedermann too much latitude to make his own decisions.?? ??Ekstr?m says Bj?rck refused to discuss it. but Cortez had solid evidence. Kista.?? she said.?? Jonasson looked so sceptical that Blomkvist had to laugh. Erika.?? ??There??s a threat against you and I??m here to be a gatekeeper so that you can sleep in peace or work or read a book or do whatever you feel like doing. ?? ??Come on. What would his next step be??? ??He has to get out of Sweden. He sat in the visitor??s chair and looked at the Russian defector who had been such an intimate part of his own life for so many years. and examined her to check on her progress. She could tell from Salander??s reaction that something deadly was in the offing.??s hierarchy. Full stop.?? Nystr?m had said at their very first meeting. and in your bedroom. We can??t put out an A.I. and added very little water. It??s a long story. He approved a directive that was immediately entered into the secret protocol. Salander needs a totally different kind of legal support.Tuesday. so she went down to the tunnelbana concourse.?? ??An excellent career advancement. I??m leaving for good and I didn??t tell anybody. he exploited his hold over them to the maximum.K. and that she knows about the case. took out a notebook. ?? Edklinth said. At 4. Seven individuals who over the coming years would constitute a special Section within the Section.O. I have no idea where he is or where he might go. She stopped in the doorway. ??Phenomenally intelligent. The batteries. That was unusual.?? ??I don??t believe in collective guilt. ??Gullberg. If you??re nice to me then I??ll be nice to you. if she??s well enough. But you??re going to owe me one.?? Berger looked up.?? Modig held up a photograph of Bj?rck??s distorted face. She went back to the front door and put on the outdoor shoes she had kicked off as she came home. Ekstr?m had also to investigate and bring charges against Lisbeth Salander. She followed her past the Hilton on S?dermalmstorg and past the Stadsmuseum at Slussen. are wrong. After long deliberation he had toned down his criticism of Bublanski and his team. He must have. She spent a while limping around the living room. ?? ??Lisbeth.. He turned to Wadensj??. assistant chief of Immigration Division. it??ll be the second time it??s happened. If she continued to heal at the same pace. Then he fixed his eyes on Wadensj??. Gullberg??s condition was critical. She had a fever that would not abate. Dr Endrin could tell that there was infection in her body. ??We put the neck brace on for a reason ?C you have to keep your head still for the healing process to get started.?? Figuerola said. She could see a large part of the editorial office with the news desk in the centre. The two versions do not agree. You may not question her unless I am present. that the picture painted of her on the billboards is nonsense.?? Wadensj?? said. ??I need to ask some questions. There has been almost no limit to the fantasies that have been circulated about her. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. ??I haven??t got my bearings yet. P. ??I??m thinking of doing just that. S. if a group of police officers decided to stretch the laws so that an individual??s constitutionally guaranteed rights were infringed. The question is.?? ??If Zalachenko were to talk. He??s the one you take your orders from. ??The subject fascinates me.I.?? ??I see. I was terribly intellectual. her I. She gave him a quick look and turned on to Grev Turegatan.?? Zalachenko??s eyes narrowed. Then he stood and kissed her on the cheek.I.?? ??I was afraid of that. But Blomkvist was a man in the public eye. where Clinton had already booked a room for him. Falun had been hired from time to time until the mid-??90s. I spy on them. The most important characteristic was one that Clinton did not mention.?? They talked for almost two hours over sandwiches and coffee.?? ??And in what context did the name Jonas crop up??? Salander hacked Teleborian??s computer. entry wound. ??I don??t know what the restaurants are like in S?der. One last job. ??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. it can??t have been her intention to kill him. Now I have a question for you.?? Berger nodded. I just wanted to hear how you??re doing and if everything is going well. what would you do with the golf clubs if an intruder had a gun? The key to good security is all about staying one step ahead of anyone who means you harm. They were included as a sign of goodwill and to demonstrate that G?teborg wished to co-operate with their colleagues from the capital.?? Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor. Mandrake wrote.?? ??But there??s another gap I don??t really understand. That was why she had written the plain. ??I??m O. But he did recall that the man was introduced as the boss of the Section for Special Analysis. Jew-lover.?? He went back to her bedside and looked her in the eye. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko. so he was far from wide awake when he reached to answer it. ??Where is he??? ??He??s down the hall. He had used the signature Kalle. as you can appreciate.?? ??What do you think the chances are that this isn??t a stalker but somebody I know who wants to fuck with me??? ??What??s the difference??? ??To me a stalker is someone I don??t know who??s become fixated on me. She made her way cautiously through the house and switched on the coffeemaker.?? ??So what exactly is the purpose of your visit??? ??First. I went to the reception desk and showed my I. the Securitas guard.?? ??Hi.?? ??In what way bizarre??? Erlander glanced at Modig and Holmberg.?? ??I know. > Salander disconnected from Plague and accessed the server he had directed her to. Finally. Trinity was born in Bradford. But he had done something extremely shrewd. She found her shoulder bag.M. did karate.?? Berger said. locksmith Teleborian had been hired by S.00. The other had screamed ??fucking nigger?? several times at the manager and forced him to lie on the floor. She cast an irritated glance at the display. I thought we might be able to cut through all the red tape in this case. It beggars belief.?? ??What did Vinge and Francke quarrel about??? ??They were just very different.M. And when that happens. a checked shirt and a leather jacket. who took charge immediately. We do it out at the Naval School. Right now it??s some seriously unpleasant individual???? ??Who??s got a hang-up about you in particular. listened in vain to a vast number of calls to and from police headquarters and the surrounding buildings. We don??t need to hide the fact that they concern playing down the Zalachenko affair in the media and so forth. She was even more impressed by her lawyer??s way of keeping cool under stress. where Clinton had already booked a room for him. They were sitting at a kitchen table in a white farmhouse called Gosseberga. Alexander Zalachenko ?C otherwise known as Karl Axel Bodin. and much of what he thinks he knows is wrong. Erlander??s mobile chimed. All he found was a link from Plague to an anonymous U.?? The woman nodded and showed him into the living room. colliding with the second nurse. the report would be printed out and scrutinized. and you don??t need a lot of muscle to fracture a jaw. but she summoned up a foggy mosaic of images from the woodshed and how she had swung an axe in fury and struck her father in the face. She was increasingly dependent on Fredriksson??s judgement in the light of her loss of confidence in Anders Holm. ??I miss you. Bj?rck??s prints were on the handle and the blade. I know roughly what??s behind it all. ??They??ll twist what I say and use it against me.M. He put on his dark glasses and turned up Bergsundsstrand on his way to the tunnelbana. ??That means that Zalachenko was murdered by the Section.?? ??Did he call you or did you call him??? ??He called me. Berger looked up and scanned the half-empty newsroom beyond the glass cage.?? ??Palmgren??? ??Yes. Anybody who could keep up surveillance inside the bustling N. You must not talk to anyone else in the Security Police.?? Figuerola said. and gave them one last instruction. but there was still a small scab. I worked for him for three months as a temp in the mid-??80s. ??My family. Kurdo Baksi. but now it was time to take care of the matter. Big and nasty enemies. nor will it cause any problems for you or for Ghidi. she??s under arrest.?? ??Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. Do you have a girlfriend??? ??No-one steady. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area.?? ??So all the rumours about you two are nonsense.

He then engaged Thomasson on a couple of other matters
He then engaged Thomasson on a couple of other matters. ??I can take care of Ekstr?m. Was it Salander who had killed a policeman? The news item was sketchy. Since then not much has happened. ??Allow me to manufacture a scenario. which was probably because of her. V. He looked back at the clock. Erika. In that sense. He seemed to be interested only in how her muscles were working.?? ??I??m on my way.?? ??Good Lord. mug. I have to think about this.?? ??Can you prove that??? ??I can. Everything points towards a suicide. She was extraordinarily resourceful. this is Jonas Sandberg.57 with Clinton in tow. ??Where is he now??? Blomkvist said as they turned on to Kungsgatan. Can I trust you??? ??Of course you can. there are now attack alarms in four places inside the house.

Then he placed his hands gently around her neck and turned her head back and forth and to the sides a few times. Just as Figuerola reached the Bishop??s Arms. he must have chosen a simple password. and film roles. What are you looking for??? ??I want you to do a workplace report on Sahlgrenska hospital. Marita Ulfskog.?? ??And??? Figuerola said. But use your judgement. He thought of them as the Inner Circle. He turned off the alarm. In 1963 Gullberg was transferred from Counter-Espionage to personnel control. but he was adamant that it??s up to you to decide whether you tell me about it or not. Mikael Blomkvist. She put the appointment in her calendar and realized at once that she would have to change it because she had a major editorial conference planned for that day. The list was made up largely of the better-known reporters. Isn??t what??s-his-name. Her left shoulder stabbed like a knife if she moved carelessly or tried to shift her weight. then we??ll lose the trial. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. During the holiday Berger had discovered that her husband had a definite bisexual tendency. and I??ll try to work out what??s going on. Martin Thomasson was therefore the third guest of the day at Zalachenko??s sickbed. and exactly what it is you intend to publish.

?? ??And how are we supposed to give her the proper care here if we can??t have access to her records? The medical responsibility for her right now is ours. Criminal Inspector. 82 of whom were women. was going to spy on the spies? In August 1964 Gullberg was summoned to an afternoon meeting with the assistant chief of the Security Police.?? ??Good. We said that we were going to try this over the summer ?? well. They were summoned to Edklinth??s office and told of their assignment as well as the need for absolute secrecy. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said. Figuerola was out of luck. for using child labour. The follow-up care had been a marathon of agony.T. I??ve talked with the head of the legal department and fixed it so there won??t be any hassle there. Ricky.?? ??How are you??? ??I??m sick. ??You??re right. and crawled into bed. a madman. It meant that the creation of the Section appeared to be just another routine matter. It??s not until page thirty-three. there is no ??we?? about it. Go on. Then he began to type.

?? ??How old are you??? ??Twenty-seven.?? Ghidi said. the more I think it??s like a game of roulette. so long as its objective was to safeguard the security of the nation. Greger Beckman. or running. ??Sorry. Erika Berger has a stalker. So. He??s worked at S. She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed. Before the day was over. The damaging thing was not that his company. He??s a good friend of mine.?? ??I??m in the hall with a wardrobe and hat-rack on my right. Moved back to his home town of Laholm in 1994. and almost any political blunder gave rise to headlines: ??S?po suspects that ???? A S?po statement carried a lot of weight in a headline. He was not looking at her. and swung her legs over the side of the bed.?? ??Foreign policy??? the Minister of Justice said. The Prime Minister glanced quickly at Edklinth and then at Blomkvist. without back-up. but what I meant was that you pretended to know a lot more than you actually do.

Chairman Borgsj? appeared neutral.?? ??I always dress nicely.?? ??What do you think they did in the stairwell??? ??I don??t know. I am.?? ??Eriksson??? ??Unless you want to be editor-in-chief ???? ??Good God. My sense is that he??s more a useful fool being used by the Section. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net. After that. Gunnar Bj?rck. I??m here on a work issue. no-one could fail to notice her biceps and powerful shoulders.?? On the reverse was a stamp saying that the picture belonged to ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and that the photographer??s name was Julius Estholm. but after weighing all the options he concluded that the problem called for a drastic solution..?? ??I can assure you that it??s quite true. Suddenly she swayed.?? ??That??s O. that would have been one thing. He opened his laptop bag and took out a copy of the documentation. ??A woman??s gotta do what a woman??s gotta do and all that crap. ??I established it this morning.M. however.

All four of her tyres had been slashed when she spent the night with Blomkvist at the Slussen Hilton. I??m quite sure that either Lundin or Nieminen was carrying the gun. Then I get involved in something and don??t get time to do it again for a month or two. to lunch. She got back into her car and wrote down both the registration and telephone numbers for Lars Faulsson. she knew.I. a Mace canister and a pistol. ??But I haven??t been run over by a bus. holding out a hand that Zalachenko ignored. and he had no idea what they were talking about. it provided a good account of S?po as a structure as well as its primary concerns over several decades. which was the reason for his going and why Berger was to start several months earlier than originally announced. He ordered a coffee and a cheese and liver pat?? sandwich. He says he absolutely won??t discuss a person who is not only innocent but who also has had her rights so severely violated. go on ???? ??I have a man in the regular police who has spoken with Prosecutor Ekstr?m. There would certainly be headlines in the evening papers and it would probably result in an assault charge. The message consisted of a single line: Caf?? Madeleine. He crossed Sveav?gen on the viaduct at M?ster Samuelsgatan and went straight down to Klara Norra. You beat the police by several lengths when you tracked down Zalachenko and identified Niedermann. The text was short. ??Kurdo Baksi sends his greetings.?? ??Have you got any idea at all??? ??Ekstr?m claims that Bj?rck??s report and the correspondence with Teleborian were falsified.

a production company and a management company.?? she said. Dr Teleborian. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??I have to know what happened in G?teborg.M. What do you want me to do??? ??Meet Jerker Holmberg at Central Station. One week later he had reached retirement age and handed over to his chosen successor. She picked up the telephone and called Holm. Then there were several lines of text where she identified the implements he had used during the rape. It ended in a violent argument and a spectacular fight between the sisters.00 on Friday afternoon. That was what F?lldin??s administration must have decided too. Comes from Norrland and is in fact a specialist in crime scene investigation. E. She went around the car and got into the driver??s seat. I tried to persuade Paulsson to bring in a dog unit???? ??It??s on its way now. or at least in her lawyer. but as I told you I??m not active in any political party. His larynx was rammed deep into his throat.?? ??So what are you planning. You??ve asked for an extension of your temporary job. He has been retired for fifteen years.

But you were also arrested for possession of an illegal weapon.00 Edklinth arrived. Here??s a sample of them. He found that the first train to Stockholm left at 5. He had first come as an exchange researcher in the late ??70s and stayed for two years. She knew her brother. and then follows the hunt for Salander first.K. He did not exist in any register or in any public document. you may regard me as her legal representative. There were photographs from various parties. It was cool. Cortez bought a job lot of Ericsson T10s for a song. He and Malm had thought of a paperback edition. When he got up to the room he went straight to the bathroom. She vouchsafed that it was not absolutely certain whether she had the right to question him. and that you don??t even have the resources to have it done. Then I??d just be in the way. It was glorious May 1 weather. Unremarkable. but he can??t go against an administrative decision. This is my last week. which he considered a pretty clever idea.

Hello. Karim had parked herself at police headquarters and was doing her best to get some solid information out of someone. has a huge amount of dead meat in the newsroom.?? ??I don??t like this. ??I take it that we??re in agreement.000 instead. ??about a missing person in Alings?s.iv At 5..?? The detectives stood up. but he had established that it occurred on the afternoon of April 12. She heard the faint scraping of the crutches as he quietly retreated down the corridor. I should probably also mention that there are some individuals in the police force who are actually on Lisbeth??s side in all this.?? ??Let??s hear it. But I don??t know the objective of the conspiracy. or the board should find a way to take an aggressive stance. They asked pretty much the same questions about Niedermann as they had the night before. that Palme might be an agent of influence for the K. Do you know where you are??? ??Hospital.?? ??So that??s how it works? A person can be employed by S?po. professional board-member types. The only spot from which the entrance door to the building could be observed directly was from the promenade and footbridge on upper Bellmansgatan near the Maria lift and the Laurinska building. I want to know who goes in and who comes out.

the woman turned 180 degrees and went down the steep hill towards Bellmansgatan 1.?? ??We have to come to an agreement. just that. They??re a reputable manufacturer. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks. At that moment. But I can??t pay before I have access to the Internet.?? ??So what??s going to happen to him??? ??I arrested him for violation of the prostitution laws. He defected in the ??70s.U. Torsten. and he in turn went to the Prime Minister. She??s strange. Edklinth and Figuerola looked at the picture. and he had saved the life of a four-year-old boy who arrived at the hospital with respiratory failure after swallowing the wheel of a toy car.?? ??Thirty seconds ago you did get an email from me. The conspiracy is continuing. And we share the same objective.G. Shit. T. But Morander was editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper. He??s with that blond fucker you and Magge always hang out with.

Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. So they faked a diagnosis to make sure that Lisbeth was committed. I want to check a few things. almost made it on to the Swedish Olympic team.15. A blond man with intense blue eyes and a tilted. she thought.00 a.?? ??Which part was truth and which part was fantasy. ??Come in ?? Evert Gullberg. But Ekstr?m??s the boss. He had read Jan Guillou??s books. But as long as he risks being busted. 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. The constitution had nothing to do with it. She felt a niggling irritation that she could not identify. The Wennerstr?m affair of the ??60s. she drew an age curve and deleted everyone over fifty-five and under twenty-five. who lived just outside J?rna.B. Sonja Modig was closer to police headquarters than Bublanski had thought.00 p. and seldom got the chance to sleep even if no emergency patients came in.

?? ??What??s this about. Her name is Annika Giannini. He thanked the nurse and followed the sign to the staircase. I refer to the fact that Salander hit her father with an axe.?? Wadensj?? said. She created a new folder called [MediaFool] and saved both messages. but she was more or less healed. Then. Could you get the number??? While Jonasson was still waiting for the X-rays. She opened the email: YOU THINK THAT BORGSJ? CAN SAVE YOU. trying to get down every word that was said from the podium at the police press office at Kungsholmen. After a period of computer celibacy. in case there was a need for a go-between for the government secretariat and those who were protecting Zalachenko. Salander said only that she was not the one who shot him. Jonasson saw lightning out over the sea. I understand why people work out. Blomkvist leaned towards her. keeping her head bent so that the hand holding her telephone hid part of her face. ??Hello. but stopped short. getting into Blomkvist??s apartment and Millennium??s offices. First of all. I asked her to be here because what we??re going to discuss will also affect her job.

and a mentally ill lesbian mass murderer. But first I??d like to examine you. I cannot help you. ??I think she??s out of danger. He did not exist in any register or in any public document. and the growth in readers in their twenties is almost zero. This was correct procedure. then you should turn to me. Holm. Eventually he put the folder aside. ??Can you open your eyes??? Who was this bloody idiot harping on at her? Finally she did open her eyes. We??ll do everything in our power to assist you with a lawyer and so on ?? but we need your cooperation. It involves big beasts who are either retired now or close to retirement. but he did not answer.K. as you can appreciate.M. ??I??m Karl Axel Bodin now.S. she won??t be able to do the research she needs to do to prepare her defence. Erlander glanced up at the lowering rain clouds. These types of group did attract interest from the Constitutional Protection Unit. ??I have to confer with Bublanski.

and replenished the cart with plastic bags for the wastepaper baskets.?? ??And Bublanski knows nothing about this??? ??No. ??Do we kill the article??? Blomkvist looked Cortez straight in the eye. Entry wound just above the left ear.?? ??And the chief has since died. She clicked on the bubble and wrote Wasp. Gunnar. We have to know who they meet and who they talk to.I. you??ve refused to respond when any psychiatrist has tried to talk to you. ??It??s been about ten hours since our colleague was murdered on Nossebrov?gen. So we want everything to be legitimate and in keeping with the constitution. She sat in silence for two minutes. She was dressed that day in tight blue jeans. ??but he vehemently denies being involved in any crime. Nilsson was not afraid of the dark. Bublanski pursed his lips. but he seemed alert still. She needed care. Figuerola pushed open her car door and ran towards Br?nnkyrkagatan. She turned and braked outside the S. If she tried to kill her father. He seems to be responsible for much of the mess tonight.

was alive. Pain stabbed through her shoulder. He spent fifteen minutes walking down the alleys and boulevards around Mosebacke before he headed for Fiskargatan 9. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on. It was a young blond man who was usually there two or three days a week. ??I need to ask some questions. ??What was that??? ??Oh. She was afraid that it was a moral issue. In view of his age. Lillian had cleaned it with alcohol and put a bandage on it. And if need be you can always come to me or Christer.?? ??No.?? ??What should we do??? Jervas thought for a moment. Then she remembered it all. They handle coverage about 320 days a year. Over the years he had noticed that if he stopped giving instructions or gave Niedermann too much latitude to make his own decisions.?? ??Ekstr?m says Bj?rck refused to discuss it. but Cortez had solid evidence. Kista.?? she said.?? Jonasson looked so sceptical that Blomkvist had to laugh. Erika.?? ??There??s a threat against you and I??m here to be a gatekeeper so that you can sleep in peace or work or read a book or do whatever you feel like doing.

?? ??Come on. What would his next step be??? ??He has to get out of Sweden. He sat in the visitor??s chair and looked at the Russian defector who had been such an intimate part of his own life for so many years. and examined her to check on her progress. She could tell from Salander??s reaction that something deadly was in the offing.??s hierarchy. Full stop.?? Nystr?m had said at their very first meeting. and in your bedroom. We can??t put out an A.I. and added very little water. It??s a long story. He approved a directive that was immediately entered into the secret protocol. Salander needs a totally different kind of legal support.Tuesday. so she went down to the tunnelbana concourse.?? ??An excellent career advancement. I??m leaving for good and I didn??t tell anybody. he exploited his hold over them to the maximum.K. and that she knows about the case. took out a notebook.

?? Edklinth said. At 4. Seven individuals who over the coming years would constitute a special Section within the Section.O. I have no idea where he is or where he might go. She stopped in the doorway. ??Phenomenally intelligent. The batteries. That was unusual.?? ??I don??t believe in collective guilt. ??Gullberg. If you??re nice to me then I??ll be nice to you. if she??s well enough. But you??re going to owe me one.?? Berger looked up.?? Modig held up a photograph of Bj?rck??s distorted face. She went back to the front door and put on the outdoor shoes she had kicked off as she came home. Ekstr?m had also to investigate and bring charges against Lisbeth Salander. She followed her past the Hilton on S?dermalmstorg and past the Stadsmuseum at Slussen. are wrong. After long deliberation he had toned down his criticism of Bublanski and his team. He must have. She spent a while limping around the living room.

?? ??Lisbeth.. He turned to Wadensj??. assistant chief of Immigration Division. it??ll be the second time it??s happened. If she continued to heal at the same pace. Then he fixed his eyes on Wadensj??. Gullberg??s condition was critical. She had a fever that would not abate. Dr Endrin could tell that there was infection in her body. ??We put the neck brace on for a reason ?C you have to keep your head still for the healing process to get started.?? Figuerola said. She could see a large part of the editorial office with the news desk in the centre. The two versions do not agree. You may not question her unless I am present. that the picture painted of her on the billboards is nonsense.?? Wadensj?? said. ??I need to ask some questions. There has been almost no limit to the fantasies that have been circulated about her. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. ??I haven??t got my bearings yet. P. ??I??m thinking of doing just that.

S. if a group of police officers decided to stretch the laws so that an individual??s constitutionally guaranteed rights were infringed. The question is.?? ??If Zalachenko were to talk. He??s the one you take your orders from. ??The subject fascinates me.I.?? ??I see. I was terribly intellectual. her I. She gave him a quick look and turned on to Grev Turegatan.?? Zalachenko??s eyes narrowed. Then he stood and kissed her on the cheek.I.?? ??I was afraid of that. But Blomkvist was a man in the public eye. where Clinton had already booked a room for him. Falun had been hired from time to time until the mid-??90s. I spy on them. The most important characteristic was one that Clinton did not mention.?? They talked for almost two hours over sandwiches and coffee.?? ??And in what context did the name Jonas crop up??? Salander hacked Teleborian??s computer. entry wound.

??I don??t know what the restaurants are like in S?der. One last job. ??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. it can??t have been her intention to kill him. Now I have a question for you.?? Berger nodded. I just wanted to hear how you??re doing and if everything is going well. what would you do with the golf clubs if an intruder had a gun? The key to good security is all about staying one step ahead of anyone who means you harm. They were included as a sign of goodwill and to demonstrate that G?teborg wished to co-operate with their colleagues from the capital.?? Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor. Mandrake wrote.?? ??But there??s another gap I don??t really understand. That was why she had written the plain. ??I??m O. But he did recall that the man was introduced as the boss of the Section for Special Analysis. Jew-lover.?? He went back to her bedside and looked her in the eye. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko. so he was far from wide awake when he reached to answer it. ??Where is he??? ??He??s down the hall. He had used the signature Kalle. as you can appreciate.?? ??What do you think the chances are that this isn??t a stalker but somebody I know who wants to fuck with me??? ??What??s the difference??? ??To me a stalker is someone I don??t know who??s become fixated on me.

She made her way cautiously through the house and switched on the coffeemaker.?? ??So what exactly is the purpose of your visit??? ??First. I went to the reception desk and showed my I. the Securitas guard.?? ??Hi.?? ??In what way bizarre??? Erlander glanced at Modig and Holmberg.?? ??I know. > Salander disconnected from Plague and accessed the server he had directed her to. Finally. Trinity was born in Bradford. But he had done something extremely shrewd. She found her shoulder bag.M. did karate.?? Berger said. locksmith Teleborian had been hired by S.00. The other had screamed ??fucking nigger?? several times at the manager and forced him to lie on the floor. She cast an irritated glance at the display. I thought we might be able to cut through all the red tape in this case. It beggars belief.?? ??What did Vinge and Francke quarrel about??? ??They were just very different.M.

And when that happens. a checked shirt and a leather jacket. who took charge immediately. We do it out at the Naval School. Right now it??s some seriously unpleasant individual???? ??Who??s got a hang-up about you in particular. listened in vain to a vast number of calls to and from police headquarters and the surrounding buildings. We don??t need to hide the fact that they concern playing down the Zalachenko affair in the media and so forth. She was even more impressed by her lawyer??s way of keeping cool under stress. where Clinton had already booked a room for him. They were sitting at a kitchen table in a white farmhouse called Gosseberga. Alexander Zalachenko ?C otherwise known as Karl Axel Bodin. and much of what he thinks he knows is wrong. Erlander??s mobile chimed. All he found was a link from Plague to an anonymous U.?? The woman nodded and showed him into the living room. colliding with the second nurse. the report would be printed out and scrutinized. and you don??t need a lot of muscle to fracture a jaw. but she summoned up a foggy mosaic of images from the woodshed and how she had swung an axe in fury and struck her father in the face. She was increasingly dependent on Fredriksson??s judgement in the light of her loss of confidence in Anders Holm. ??I miss you. Bj?rck??s prints were on the handle and the blade. I know roughly what??s behind it all.

??They??ll twist what I say and use it against me.M. He put on his dark glasses and turned up Bergsundsstrand on his way to the tunnelbana. ??That means that Zalachenko was murdered by the Section.?? ??Did he call you or did you call him??? ??He called me. Berger looked up and scanned the half-empty newsroom beyond the glass cage.?? ??Palmgren??? ??Yes. Anybody who could keep up surveillance inside the bustling N. You must not talk to anyone else in the Security Police.?? Figuerola said. and gave them one last instruction. but there was still a small scab. I worked for him for three months as a temp in the mid-??80s. ??My family. Kurdo Baksi. but now it was time to take care of the matter. Big and nasty enemies. nor will it cause any problems for you or for Ghidi. she??s under arrest.?? ??Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. Do you have a girlfriend??? ??No-one steady. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area.?? ??So all the rumours about you two are nonsense.