know this: you are my patient. He was never going to be able to tell anyone about his triumphs.

She had to put names and social security numbers to these people
She had to put names and social security numbers to these people. The report was what finally put us on the right track. A trial during the peak holiday season would attract less attention than one at any other time of the year.?? ??There are holes in my story. and Blomkvist had never hesitated if Baksi asked him a favour. She got out of bed and took out the new Dell laptop that she had been given when she had started at S.?? ??Good luck. and added very little water. But why doesn??t he react? A normal person would react. WHORE! THE SOONER YOU DISAPPEAR THE BETTER. We??ll keep in touch by mobile. Fermat??s theorem no longer fascinated her. Eriksson realized that he was reporting in to her the way he had with Berger. shit. was a seriously big mistake. But she was astonished at how imperturbable Salander was. He??s Jewish and quite conservative. regardless of how artistic the originator believes the depiction to be. I feel like a crazy teenager. ??I don??t understand. as a twelve-year-old.?? They all took stock of their colleague??s plight for a few moments until Sp?ngberg turned to Erlander.?? Waltari said. ??Could you turn off your telephone for a few minutes??? Baksi turned off his telephone.?? ??Fair enough. They drove to Nieminen??s place.iv Blomkvist had spent Saturday night with Berger. plus there??s a risk that he may be paralysed.

?? ??Go on. it was entirely possible that the emailer had been busy elsewhere too ?C that other people had got mail apparently from her that she did not know about. The first year??s budget amounted to 52. he had decided that Millennium Publishing would publish Svensson??s text about sex trafficking. After a few minutes she had worked out what was routine mail in the form of daily memos. taking her pulse. we now have a situation in which nine positions at S. He decided to include Bj?rck in the Zalachenko unit.?? ??Is there a story in that??? ??Wait. She cleared her throat and without being invited to. ??You sent Figuerola to find out what was going on. The other had screamed ??fucking nigger?? several times at the manager and forced him to lie on the floor. As far as we can determine at the moment. These types of group did attract interest from the Constitutional Protection Unit. Have you eaten??? ??A while ago. He told me to follow up on it. Then he opened his own shop. ??When Lisbeth was twelve. ??Erika ???? ??Mikael. Figuerola noted the time. ??I know that. and crawled into bed. she was tending towards the theory that stability was overrated. I can tell you that we have our equivalent of Inspector Paulsson. she was his patient. Or else she could stay overnight. ??Has something happened??? ??Something is happening right now. That was all he needed to say.

30 television news. There were simply too many incidents for this to be coincidence.K. she would see them. ??Why not give it to her lawyer??? ??Because Lisbeth is the only one who knows how to get at the evidence. ??Teleborian??? Jonasson could not help overhearing the name. During the police interviews.P.. That??s what has to stop.30 the steady flow of emergency cases had eased off. Ultimately Zalachenko decided to restructure his entire operation in a new corporation that would be owned by Niedermann and himself. She found the assessment Rosin had carried out of Berger??s house. but a participant in unfolding events. we do have Modig and Holmberg on the scene in G?teborg. Fuck you. almost too close. of course. She wondered how Holger Palmgren viewed the situation. She went downstairs to put on some coffee and for the first time since she had started at S. But Blomkvist was a man in the public eye. Micke asked me to take a look at it in case it turns out that I represent Salander. n??e Sj?lander. but that??s almost a month away. Unfortunately the trial is going to be held behind closed doors ??to protect your privacy??. but she already knew it would be impossible to explain this away. National Security Agency. Nieminen wondered how much she actually weighed.

and even suggestions that the operation was altogether unnecessary. he called Figuerola into his office. I have a lot of international trade stuff to check out. was born in Hamburg. ??Since I was a teenager. It??s on my desk. ??I??ll gladly listen to other suggestions. Plus Erika is working at S. ??This is really cool.?? ??I don??t think I??m going to like this. but he assumed it had something to do with the military. But that lifeline could also be a trap. It??s about using child labour and exploiting political prisoners in Vietnam. and a kidnapping. that the picture painted of her on the billboards is nonsense. Right now. ??We have to get busy on this.?? ??She??s Zalachenko??s daughter. Good grief ?? a video of me shagging my husband and another man ?C I??m going to end up on half the websites in the world. He swabbed floors six days a week including. for a fee of 30. and if you were to sell it you??d probably get a million and a half for it. Zalachenko dragged himself to the toilet. She took another pace forward. Your lawyer. ??Should I go now or should I wait for you??? ??Would it be O. But it??s a balancing act. The constitution had nothing to do with it.

??I don??t go around accosting surgeons on the street. If Volvo built cars the same way. ??Holmberg ?? it??s nice of you to offer. It??s a standard document saying that we at Milton require certain things of you and that we commit to certain things.?? Berger suddenly felt an enormous wave of relief. You were the person nearest to him in the corridor.?? Giannini was suddenly hesitant. I??m a physician.?? ??We don??t know how this story??s going to turn out. the Social Democrats having been in power for more than forty years. When Blomkvist checked his mobile. What??s happened to him since I retired??? ??Bj?rck is probably one of the very few internal colleagues who left the Section and went back to external operations. ??Ekstr?m??s holding a press conference at 3. She almost missed the terse message: Saturday. But then she took him too. Remember what it was like during the Wennerstr?m affair. a checked shirt and a leather jacket.00. Later that day the forensic team found the lamp hook.?? ??Why did you become a police officer??? ??Because when I was seventeen a close friend of mine was mugged and raped in a car by three utter bastards. She found that he had already written her forensic psychiatric report.. He felt as soon as he lay down that for the first time in weeks he could relax and sleep peacefully. She looked as if she had been beaten to death. ??It??s about Vitavara Inc.?? ??That??s O.??? ??This evening if possible. Blomkvist did not say anything about the implications of what she told him.

It??s a huge opportunity for you.?? he said. Fredrik Clinton. He had assumed that she would survive. By now resigned to his futility. And yet Bj?rck had never had anything to do with Counter-Espionage. They??re sitting in the Tre Remmare pub on Vasagatan by the stairs down to the Akalla line.?? ??So what happened??? ??Well ?? F?lldin left office. If Shenke is innocent he would sue Millennium for libel. Other Kurds in Sweden got involved. I??ve been here five months ?C this is my last week. It contained the draft of her strategy in the Salander case.R. and she knew it inside out.?? Blomkvist smiled at her.?? After Cortez left. until the immigration authorities decided that Ghidi did not have sufficient grounds for a residency permit. Better to have him on the inside than a security risk on the outside.?? ??Magnusson can take over for the time being. Why should it cost 10. with a petrol bomb.?? ??Good grief. If you can??t manage a simple job like that then you might as well sit here with your thumb up your backside until the constitutional committee comes knocking on your door.?? ??I??m sorry. I can??t tell you how glad I am that you??re taking over.?? Berger smiled. The technology was not perfect. We??re looking at a conflict of interest.

The other participants at the meeting were two individuals from the top echelon of the Firm. He??s asleep and has turned off his mobile. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were. ??Millennium came out today.G. Prosecutor Ekstr?m took stock of his visitor. He was being led through a doorway by two broad-shouldered plain-clothes police officers. ??The X2000 to G?teborg leaves at 5. If he could have kicked Figuerola in the shin he would have done so. I think. She was a threat to his entire future and well-being.I. We??re so secret that we don??t exist. ??Borgsj? is coming in this afternoon and wants a meeting with you. ??You all know Fredrik Clinton. which has Bj?rck instructing Teleborian to falsify a mental examination.?? Zalachenko turned his head away from his visitor.?? said Bublanski.P. He worked as a newspaper boy. Having lived so long with a prosthesis he was used enough to crutches. Berger??s heart beat furiously. I??m not going to steal your story. She shook her head. In short.?? ??Hello. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Svea Construction Inc. The file was stamped Top Secret.

Andersson had seen the body through a window and called in the alarm. Bambi wrote. I??m going to be arrested. so that Millennium??s office was always staffed and someone slept there every night. dull headache and acute pain in her left shoulder.?? ??This sounds fun. the media regarded S?po as an excellent news source. ??He started at S?po in the ??50s. ??So what happens now??? Blomkvist said. but it??s difficult to believe that the entire Swedish media has been duped in the same way ???? ??Salander has been the object of a media frenzy. managers or middle managers aged thirty-five or older. got the address and door code.?? Malm said. He made a call to his sister. She saw no-one who showed any interest in her. He pressed his stethoscope against his wrist for a moment to warm it.?? Cortez said. She had put it on the windowsill. This did not please Torsten Edklinth. researcher or media that had carried out a critical examination of S?po. 2.?? ??You mean ???? ??Jerker and I have discussed it. Blomkvist thought.?? ??What do you mean. a man infinitely better qualified. ??But our supposition is that Bjurman assaulted Salander and that she struck back and did that ???? He pointed at the tattoo in the autopsy photograph. In short. 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.

He must have driven up the 180 through Bor?s and swung south. so that she will not be believed if anyone should start asking questions about Zalachenko. Clinton sat up cautiously.10. had been shot and killed at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg. How??s the Salander stuff going??? ??Good. ??So what the hell are we going to do??? Cortez said. and then served for nine years in Uppsala police and studied law in her spare time.?? ??O.?? ??I know. It??s not a casual question ?C he??s concerned that you??re going to spring something that could result in repercussions ?? in the media. The Minister of Justice. He??s a journalist who happened to stumble upon one of the most secret operations ever conducted by Swedish defence. we??ve landed in a constitutional crisis. She needed care. He was on the board of Zalachenko??s company. Edklinth turned to Blomkvist.?? ??The newspaper business is in a vulnerable position???? ??The reality is that S. or Swedish Internal Security ?C S. He spent a chapter debunking first what the press had written about Salander. we are quite aware of that.P.?? ??Who answered if you called the number??? ??I don??t know. we determined that the theft must have occurred during the time she was at Nacka hospital. She??s going to need someone with a completely different sort of clout and experience than I have. You see. and worked on her computer. ??No.

It??s my Palm. They lay in bed and talked through the details of the Zalachenko story. The autopsy revealed that she died as a result of a staggeringly vicious assault. as far as we can tell. I didn??t know that. It??s not something I can influence. Monica. Vinge was fired shortly thereafter. training sessions. The government collapsed again when the moderates jumped ship. There was steel in the sick man??s eyes. My name is Jerker Holmberg. It was just before 1.?? ??That??s what it was always about.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside. you were the only one in the group who offered any opposition when he answered our questions. Most likely it??s S?po ?C they would have an interest in suppressing Bj?rck??s report.30.?? Edklinth said. I informed the Prime Minister on a couple of occasions. Had an office here in Stockholm for thirty years: low profile.?? ??He works at Sahlgrenska hospital as a cleaner. ??about a missing person in Alings?s. So I lift weights once a week and spend the rest of the time doing some cross-training. Berglund put a dog-eared. I??ve already told you about his ultimatum.?? Good Lord. And he put his car keys on top of the wallet.

Keep in mind that he shot someone dead. You??re always kept informed. He had ridden over there with Lundin to burn the damned summer cabin down. I beg you to reciprocate my feelings. the more I think it??s like a game of roulette. If Salander was shot in Gosseberga. I already know that.?? ??Me??? Eriksson said. ??We??ve got a problem. ??And where the devil did you get hold of this??? Edklinth said. and Nieminen. he observed.I. Niedermann was on the run. Same registration. I??m not really sure. Salander was sweating. or whether this would go on being the preserve of the Immigration Division. but with no other visible damage. If things came to a head. yet was relatively lucid and able to talk. ??Maybe they??re out. Nilsson was not unhappy that she had been passed over. Then she turned icy with rage. But he had no idea how to go about identifying these people. but Paulsson presumably thought it was Blomkvist??s own. We have no choice. Anything happening??? ??No.

Blomkvist looked in surprise at the cigarette he had extracted from his jacket. Figuerola decided to leave her car behind and turned left in the direction of Slussen on Br?nnkyrkagatan.?? ??It??s sensitive. bad cop.?? ??I see. He filled half the page before he stopped and tore the sheet off the pad. public reports. No mention was made of Advokat Bjurman. and he had heedlessly told her his real name ?C Zalachenko. Otherwise it??s new recruits. All he found was a link from Plague to an anonymous U. When they got back to the news desk they saw Morander get up and come over to the door of the glass cage. From that moment on. ??We??re really putting Erika on the spot. wore only his underpants. ??So where do you come from??? ??Most recently from G?teborg. Fr?klund cannot find a single reference to Gullberg anywhere. Half were graphic artists and so on. a former accountant and sometime business consultant and tax lawyer.?? They walked together through Kronoberg park towards Fridhemsplan.U. and the spy??s background indicated that he might be inclined to suicide in the event that his actions were exposed. For this I??m willing to pay you a thousand kronor a week. printed out the document and began to read it at once. At 4. but now she??s really going to need a lawyer.. But before the end of the year we will have to eliminate ten positions.

a dish-washer. A half-empty thermos of coffee. The second was an hour-long meeting with the chairman Magnus Borgsj?. But both he and I travel fairly often. Blomkvist had set June 20 as his deadline for going to press.?? he said. to push through their own headlines and angles. Which means that she doesn??t intend to. He withdrew cash from an A. but when she got to the corner. According to the owner of the house. but she had worked alongside Berger balancing the monthly books. Suddenly she remembered having seen Kalle Bastard Blomkvist. ??That doesn??t sound like an official line.?? ??Of course. On that point we would be in agreement. ??So that??s our strategy??? ??Herr Zalachenko. Could we leave that question for later??? Salander said. ??This is really cool. She punched in the code on the street door. She waited until the woman reached the crossing in front of her. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her. got a good hold on it. The incident in Stallarholmen was connected with the discoveries at Nykvarn. He interrupted a discussion she was having with her editors about what angle to give an article on international terrorism. ??Just keep working the way you always do. Ever since the girls were nine or ten. He did not seem to take in anything that Blomkvist said.

and he had no idea how many employees the Firm had. Who else but S?po would have taken charge of him? Then the question of a co-ordinated strategy to get Salander locked away in an institution. ??An analysis of the blood will probably establish that Salander was buried here. and there were incidents of violence and trouble with bouncers and others. like writing a column in a trade journal every week. V. or whatever he was. but I??d love to curl up and sleep next to you. but my apartment is unsuitable for the time being. But she did not have the remotest wish to talk about her feelings or her actions. half a mile from home in Saltsj?baden when her mobile rang. According to our documents. He was a chubby and very charming man. And it had to happen sooner or later. She thought for a moment. I think you??re pretty tough too. I??m editorial assistant now. but I have another skill that is as crucial to her welfare. There is a nationwide A.30. and I watch only the news on T. I??m furious at the state and the government and S?po and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent.M. If Armansky??s information was correct. and grievous bodily harm or attempted murder in the case of Karl Axel Bodin. He flipped open his mobile and checked the battery. Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm. Most likely he would need a brain surgeon.

But use your judgement. Absentmindedly she read his email. She had to put names and social security numbers to these people. and my superiors really want to talk to you. Giannini hesitated a moment. Instead he booted up his iBook and plugged the cable into the broadband jack. The house itself is spartan.I. which Niedermann was presumed to be using.S. Grimly they studied the site. It was doable. She began by crossing off all the women. of course. Salander bit her lip. The question was how to travel there without being observed or leaving a trail. The noose was so thin that it pinched deep and stopped the blood flow. but she knew he had broken completely with people who had previously been close friends because they had done something that he regarded as beyond the pale. A detective named Hans Faste from Stockholm. But it??s a balancing act. S. claimed that he sexually harassed her. Jerker asked F?lldin not to put a name. He landed in the spotlight when he shot dead some hooligan a couple of years ago. wasn??t established until four months later. ??This is a friendly invitation. But right now she had to make decisions on several matters. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being.

?? ??After that he heard almost nothing more during his two terms in office.I. A bastard defected Soviet Russian agent and professional gangster. but tell Armansky that Erika Berger called and make damn sure someone comes round in the morning. went back into her office and closed the door. Do some more checks on Bellona. Bj?rck had reported that she was vicious and aggressive towards her father and that she seemed to be not in the least afraid of him. ??We put the neck brace on for a reason ?C you have to keep your head still for the healing process to get started. but there are questions that still have to be answered. The report claimed that it was almost impossible to charge and convict anyone under the law of persecution against an ethnic group. She ran. born 1971. You??re going to land in a shitload of trouble at S. close to twelve thousand fulltime agents. and I saw to it that Bjurman became her new guardian. I too think Blomkvist is a man we could work with. Hacker Republic had a total (the last time she was connected) of sixty-two citizens.?? Annika Giannini. This defines four restrictions on democracy. who informs me that it is very easy to fake a sender??s address. and underwear. vi Berger??s mobile was ringing. He flipped the hasp and opened the door. The next moment he passed Figuerola??s car. The Section was faced with its worst crisis since the day he had created it. At lunchtime on Monday she had a visit from Dr Jonasson. She spent about two seconds on each message.I.

and why he had run for his life instead of staying to finish Salander off. This one was obviously referring to her new job as editor-in-chief. Teleborian to the south. In three years. 2. And Micke is hiding something too. and after six months they had put him on a flight to Spain. if she wants to work at S. then opened the curtains a crack so that she would have a view of the corridor. We haven??t had any tip-offs. She??s Blomkvist??s sister. She had no reason to love Berger. and then would always break it. ??No. ??Borgsj? is chairman and majority shareholder of a company called Svea Construction. and that he should have nothing more to do with the matter. Blomkvist has put the pieces of this puzzle together all by himself; he??s way ahead of us on the police force. but strangely he doesn??t seem to be at all worried about you. But. He was careful to annihilate both Teleborian and the now dead Bj?rck.?? ??And the answer is ????? ??We don??t know. In the States a special group of internal spy chasers was created within the C. ??O.?? 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.?? ??Sure. and then they??d all come trooping out in silence. How much would all that stuff weigh? No. private clients ?? whoever they might have been.

He ate a piece of bread and drank some mineral water. and those responsible must be held accountable. If so.?? Edklinth said. working under Otto Danielsson. this Gunnar Bj?rck.?? ??That??s exactly what I don??t understand. is mixed up in several kinds of criminal activity. both as a kid and as an adult. He waved her in. we are not in agreement. He was so absorbed that he did not notice Inspector Modig until she cleared her throat and asked if she could join him. In this issue. She got a dialog box with the text [ERROR ?C you have the wrong password] and a button that said [OK ?C Try again]. I would hesitate to confine myself to an exact diagnosis. ??I think we??re done.??s department of Counter-Espionage in a quite different case.S. ??I suggest we don??t decide anything now.37. Trinity had no trouble locating the cable to Prosecutor Ekstr?m??s home telephone.?? ??Good. but her tongue felt numb and paralysed. Figuerola gave her a lead of about thirty metres. And then there had been the visit of Jonas Sandberg. He??s going to take pictures of the entire property and the immediate surroundings. But I would be grateful if you would listen to what we have to say. Then he shrugged and got up.

And at the same time. Inspector Thomas Paulsson had a shocked expression on his face.?? Modig hesitated again. he shouldn??t have had a clue that she was Zalachenko??s daughter; it??s not in any public records. He also recommends that Salander should be offered the best conceivable psychiatric care. ??The investigation has already reached a sensitive stage. but she noticed that he was no longer putting much effort into it. ??He??s lodging a complaint with the police against Salander ?C for G. and take the day off sick.G. You can??t discuss this with anyone except me.?? ??To be honest with you. ??My name is Annika Giannini and I??ve been taken on to represent Lisbeth Salander. Sometime after midnight she decided that.?? Blomkvist said. Lundin was formally charged in connection with Nykvarn. as a matter of fact. of course. But it was now forty-eight hours since Niedermann had fled. She wondered whether she was mad. no question. He had ridden over there with Lundin to burn the damned summer cabin down. But what really interested Salander were the forty-seven folders containing close to nine thousand photographs of explicit child pornography. Their burek is fantastic. who arrived with flowers for Zalachenko minutes before the murder. including the distribution of methamphetamine. After she was gone Blomkvist called the hospital in Sahlgrenska and tried to get some information about Salander??s condition. According to Erlander.

?? ??I have been the victim of grievous bodily harm and attempted murder.?? ??What? What? What??? ??Teleborian???? ??I heard you. and it??s potentially as serious a threat as Zalachenko.?? ??Could it be that Blomkvist made some of it up??? Nystr?m laughed. Lundin has been charged for the reasons I mentioned earlier.50 he parked on a side street off Avenyn in G?teborg. I have to fight dirty. He did not shut down the computer until 6. Anyway. and we don??t want to attract attention until we have more to go on.?? Erlander said. The patient was still awake.?? Clinton said. pain shot like a knife through his back. He had used her system disks to restore her computer to a functioning state. She did not say a word. it was tiresome. ??We need to talk to you. A trick? Poison Pen? Berger stared at the screen.?? ??This will be our only meeting here.00.F. not to discuss the topic in his office without taking special precautions. And that led to a little clash at the Construction Fair in ?lvsj? last year. And Paulsson arrested Blomkvist when he was trying to hand in the weapon to the police. Gunnar. but I think you??ll have to inform the speaker of parliament and the constitutional committee ?? This is going to leak out fast. Lars Faulsson.

??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago. But three hours after she had taken the helm of S. which in turn was owned by one Anneli Karlsson. is going to pick this up.?? Blomkvist said. But the actual cause of her injuries could not be established. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson. of course. Then came the awkward part. He tried again to call Gullberg.?? the P. and it definitely doesn??t work for me. Erlander??s mobile chimed. taken when he was sixty-six.G. She was given a pack of nicotine gum.?? ??But I am. The Volvo with the registration beginning KAB was in the car park about thirty metres from where Figuerola herself parked. ??I understand that your daughter threw a Molotov cocktail into your car in the early ??90s. It??s not until page thirty-three.?? ??What do you mean??? ??It means that I have no legitimate reason to keep you isolated here. Blomkvist had never before read anything by Lidbom. But he had done something extremely shrewd. Transfers of that kind had to be approved by the chief of Secretariat. And she was in hot water. we have to know who they are. ??He hung there for something like twenty-four hours before the hook gave way. She was almost certain the woman had not seen her.

??The staff would like to have a word. Figuerola saw the man in half-profile and memorized the registration number. Zalachenko came here in 1976. but Asperger??s patients do not generally set fire to their parents. started up the I. ??I repeat: we won??t say a word to the police. ??The day after we publish this. She first worked in Counter-Espionage. Dakota wrote.?? Berger said in a dry voice.?? ??I??m afraid there might be a third copy.?? Inspector Erlander got up from his desk and went upstairs to tell the preliminary investigation leader.M. Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277. Under the circumstances neither of these epithets could be considered wide of the mark. How the hell did they think I would?? Then she looked in the cloth bag and found at the bottom a scrap of folded paper.?? Jonasson nodded. He repressed an impulse to reach out and feel her leg muscles. or he cracks the Section wide open. ??Where is he now??? Blomkvist said as they turned on to Kungsgatan. chief of Secretariat.?? Modig was surprised that Erlander had acquiesced to Zalachenko??s wish to be called Bodin. He tried again to call Gullberg. but there are strong indications that he did indeed attempt to kill her. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent. He hadn??t been able to pull his gun. he has to be treated as a madman.

Berger realized that several of her new colleagues were looking at her. She had not booked a hotel room. Be there in five minutes. I??ve killed that idea. But when I examined her this morning her temperature had gone up to almost 39. She waited while he read her four pages. according to Blomkvist. the journalist who was murdered. Which was not very likely. In some mysterious way the ceiling lamp had been taken down and placed on the coffee table. And he??s fifty-eight with six years to go before retirement. on the contrary. The Security Police was an institution in Sweden that all parties (well.?? ??It??s a fake. But I should point out that I myself am a former prosecutor. He??s going to get away again. ??No. She had tracked him to Gosseberga fully intending to kill him. and thereby hope to persuade him to resign before the story was published. ??I read Bj?rck??s S?po report this evening. She had been robbed. He was a senior official in the immigration unit. I??m going to be arrested. where did you spring from? They stopped outside the door to Blomkvist??s building. The reports at the time of going to press were somewhat confused.?? She seemed stressed. When Andersson had left for the day. He closed his iBook.

she was his patient. She saw that this was nothing unusual. A pistol would compensate for her physique. with an address near Norrtull in Stockholm. ??We have to get busy on this.?? ??Sounds good. cut more than 180 jobs since 1980. Dragan. she did not intend to back out. But both of them were part of the circle closest to Zalachenko. nothing else matters. blood pressure is 100/70. were of the kind that were never going to be proven. at the request of Helena Endrin. and pinged up the address she had created for him through the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table].K. they are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible. As her friend.?? ??Great. The doctors had decided that his life was no longer at risk but that he was severely injured. National Security Agency.?? He sat down on the sofa in the living room with his iBook on his lap and worked without any breaks all day. Now. He had managed to create a quarantine. and where the commonest qualification for a new recruit was that his father was or had been an officer. ??Anything new??? ??Nothing special. and then walked over to knock on the door of the glass cubicle. It??s not a wholly inaccurate description.

Metro and Stockholm City.P??. Instead he opened the mini-bar and poured a miniature of Johnny Walker into a glass. Salander summed up her situation in five lines.. born in 1969. He packed his bag and went down to the front desk. He was in G?teborg being his usual Blomkvist self. Isn??t what??s-his-name. For a second he held his breath when the pilot seemed to have difficulty controlling the aircraft.?? ??And what did they do there??? ??It couldn??t have been to plant bugs.?? ??You said there was no rush. Time is running out. Yet she felt uncomfortable. had submitted a report which examined the Prosecutor General??s want of initiative over a number of years. Blomkvist could see from Baksi??s expression that he started out with words of greeting and small talk before he got serious and explained why he was calling.?? Clinton sighed. Instead she took out her Palm again and went on the Net. She had caught up with him just as he was leaving for home; she had suggested a conversation over a cup of coffee. The story was under control.?? ??That??s my husband??s studio.?? ??I??m sorry about that. You??re probably thinking of me as a guest you have to entertain. and above all you shouldn??t end up in a situation where you have to bash in someone??s skull.?? ??In what way??? ??Faste appears to have become obsessed by one newspaper story about a lesbian Satanist gang. surveillance of the farm.?? ??Whoa!?? ??If you??ll forgive me. She sat on the edge of the bed and tried Cortez next and then Eriksson.

then I??ll say so. ??So what I just handed in is part of a continuing campaign against her. patients and visitors. the better. ??Guess where Vitavara Inc. and he had not yet acted on what had to be a treasure trove of opportunities. ??So you??re telling me instead. it could turn out to be a disaster.R. a mass murderer.?? He burst out laughing. ??He knew that the whole Zalachenko affair was in danger of being exposed and that he risked a prison sentence for sex-trade crimes. He very soon realized that Paulsson was a pompous. you can write an article on the subject if you want and we??ll publish it. almost two weeks after Blomkvist had given her Cortez??s research papers on Borgsj?. The prosecutor??s office offered him legal assistance in the form of a public defence lawyer. What about the defence leadership and the government??? ??We cut off the defence leadership some ten years ago. That was all he needed to say. Do you want me to be your lawyer? Armansky and Mikael are paying my fee and???? ??No. And for anyone to become a member they had also to be known personally to one other citizen. without a doubt. On the other hand. ??Raped??? he said. ??Shame??? Wadensj?? burst out. who took pity on him and vouchsafed that. or to interviews with some old. but these were the things that Salander would no doubt prefer not to have fall into the wrong hands. ??I??ve just changed into jogging things to work off a little of my surplus energy.

and since he did not see any blood in the woman??s mouth he concluded that probably it had not. But we have fewer people. Sometimes I start running regularly and lose a couple of kilos. There had to be a group ?? a division or unit of some sort.?? He stopped and looked at the clock. Don??t worry ?? it??s painted white and looks just like a normal bedroom door. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. He stifled the impulse to call and wake someone up at 3. dealing as they were mainly with confused youths flirting with Arab or pro-Palestinian elements. ??Hello. She mainly just lies there staring at the ceiling. Finally. As she heard the key in the door she realized that the cloth bag and charger were still in view on the bedside table. Nieminen bent down and looked at the bodies. who had also been her lover over the past twenty years. * Salander sat up with a start the instant she heard the first shot. You and your husband live in a detached house. Three women and six men: the head of the Violent Crimes Division and his assistant head; three criminal inspectors including Erlander and the G?teborg police press officers; preliminary investigation leader Agneta Jervas from the prosecutor??s office.m. Nieminen went up the stairs and out of the front door. She made a snap decision. chief of Secretariat.?? When Blomkvist reached home at 5. She looked about her in astonishment. She??s survived this far and that??s a good omen for her getting through having the bullet removed. and was then on the books of S?po until the collapse of the Soviet Union.?? ??So how is she involved??? ??This is an intricate story. it??s Blomkvist again.

?? Berger sighed. Salander had already discussed all of this with Giannini. Sten Andersson. and rejected various options. even if she did not sleep. She remembered still the humiliation she had felt when she saw her walk off down Hornsgatan with Blomkvist the day before New Year??s Eve a year and a half ago. promising to make it up to him as soon as she could get home. ??Good afternoon. What??s on your mind??? he said at last. faxed nine letters that Gullberg had supposedly written. Illegal tapping is the domain of government authorities. She caught herself thinking over and over about Salander. He watched the flow of people on G?tgatan. The file was stamped Top Secret. Paolo Roberto got it through a boxing club in Germany. O. He made his way to the end of the corridor. But I do know that no psychiatric evaluations have been done. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands. Salander pressed her lips together and looked at the screen of her handheld. The Prime Minister glanced quickly at Edklinth and then at Blomkvist. Figuerola came to Edklinth??s office. I am going to propose a co-operation. shit. But there was as yet no sign of it. More than 230 people. I want you to know this: you are my patient. He was never going to be able to tell anyone about his triumphs.