both fell asleep in seconds.?? ??What about Gullberg.

?C but the discovery that her most personal and intimate possessions had been stolen
?C but the discovery that her most personal and intimate possessions had been stolen.?? ??Very good. Cortez had the weekend shift and Blomkvist found him again in the office in the evening. ??I can see that. That??s what could kill her if you??re not careful. Dr Endrin could tell that there was infection in her body. on the horns of a constitutional dilemma: he did not have the authority to conduct secret investigations. ??Could he have found a hiding place where he??s just lying low. Anything else would be unthinkable. They do their best to ignore anything they hear about us. to invite himself for Sunday lunch.?? Linder said: ??There is something to that. but he could not remember his name ?C some sort of foreign name ?C but Adamsson did not feel the need to check his I. He??s probably riding around in G?ransson??s Saab. and that there would still be time to tell everyone. She waited until the night nurse had been and gone. ??And who do you think is going to investigate Salander??? Bublanski said. He was furious.

If they don??t have the copies. After that. They??re checking the apartment.?? ??With regard to this girl Salander ???? the Minister of Justice began. Blomkvist looked at him expectantly. They had both left S. ??First of all. They asked pretty much the same questions about Niedermann as they had the night before.?? ??So what??s wrong with her??? ??I don??t know. He knew he was being watched and he must have seen M?rtensson??s Volvo. ??Our work has to be done by July 13. and it definitely doesn??t work for me. In fact it had taken almost twenty hours to reach the northern border of Germany with Denmark. With such cretinous leadership it was no wonder that scandals occurred. Morander told me. She took a hammer from the tool box in the basement and put that in the master bathroom too. It??s an excellent story..

new mobile telephones and the like. And Blomkvist did not believe it. ??H?kan ?? if I??m being a nuisance or if you??re busy today.I. I??ll be back in Stockholm tomorrow if nothing else comes up. he would not have given the car a second glance.58 a. ??Careful. She knew what I.I. Then she tried to reach Berger. it was not a good idea to start boasting that he actually knew something on a mobile less than two hundred metres from a police station.?? Clinton went on. suffering from cancer. We??ll see what he has in mind. to lunch.S. but it came in waves instead of being constant.

He was one of the elite. Jan Bublanski was the leader of the investigation concerning Ronald Niedermann.?? ??The news editor is going to have something to say???? ??Don??t worry about Holm. Thomasson knew that the money came from criminal activity. The question is.M. he??s going to survive and he??s been up walking around on crutches. Georg. Zalachenko said that he would mull over the matter. She had knickers. We rather think that it was the weapon used to shoot Salander. Figuerola gave her a lead of about thirty metres. or whether he was overheard making racist remarks at the time of the murder. I need somebody to scrub my back.T. ??The older one is G?ran M?rtensson. I couldn??t swear to it.S.

who lived three blocks down the same street. then knocked on his door.P.?? ??Where did you meet??? ??In the lobby of some hotel. At the age of forty Gullberg consequently found himself in a situation where he did not have to explain his actions to any living soul and could initiate investigations of anyone he chose. 11. She was obviously prone to violence and mentally disturbed. two titanium screws had been fixed into his jawbone. Then I??d just be in the way. but there??s something really scary beneath his calculating facade. It meant that the creation of the Section appeared to be just another routine matter. I could do it in my sleep. He also beat up Lisbeth??s mother year after year.?? ??I feel extremely self-conscious. And Blomkvist did not believe it. When the X-rays came through he studied them intently. which corresponded to the letters K-A-L-L-E. Malm raised his Nikon in the shadows of Caf?? Rosso??s awning across the street and took a series of twelve photographs of the two men who followed Blomkvist out of the caf?? and past the Kvarter cinema.

??The situation is complicated by the fact that we in Constitutional Protection are being forced to conduct an operation which is itself against regulations in order to investigate this matter.?? he said. Curt. so I??ll put her on. of course.?? The Prime Minister frowned and glanced at Figuerola. He turned to Giannini. You??re my best friend.m. It is almost entirely fabricated.?? he said with real sorrow in his voice. talking on the telephone. and was gone. Then a series of notes claiming that Salander was paranoid and a schizophrenic. but ???? ??Yes??? ??This young prostitute who was murdered in S?dert?lje ?? her name is Irina Petrova. In September 1964. photographers. and when the man known as Trinity found himself on Sunday in the middle of the ?resundsbron.

??No. and at the same time he offered inducements. suspected of attempting to murder the fugitive Lisbeth Salander. I can??t promise that. ??We could start by having some coffee ?? Monica??? Edklinth said. But you have to work harder on the exercises. over the summer.?? ??Do you have anything on Zalachenko or Bodin in your records??? Holmberg said. the latest model would cost about one. direct crimes against the Swedish constitution.?? Holmberg said. ??And that??s exactly what we??re going to do. that you really were mentally ill. So she??s read it too. taking it for granted that Bj?rck had been garrotted by someone. We should cut that to five full-timers.?? ??Holm has devoted his life to S. there might be a case for that.

To include Bjurman in the special Section would be out of the question. and Holmberg wondered who did the sowing and harvesting. He had considered coming to the same conclusion. He reached out a finger to touch the woman whose name he could not remember. She did notice improvements..?? ??Just to say that I??d be on very thin ice if my superiors found out about this visit. Somebody must have made that decision. Blomkvist felt utterly helpless: he could only hope that she would be given the very best care. and urged him to send a platoon armed with automatic weapons to pick him up. ??I??ve spoken with Bublanski. Zalachenko told me that things were getting too hot and that it had already been decided that Niedermann should leave the country for a while. for as long as she kept trying. ??The operation has to be carried out on two separate fronts. ??So you??re completely innocent??? ??Of course I am. That was ominous. Then he bought envelopes and stamps and posted the letters in a box with a 9. ??What were you told about that group??? ??Nothing.

She could not imagine how he could finish in time.. She found a message from Susanne Linder. If anyone opened the door she would have quite a problem explaining what she was doing there. The seduction always involved discovering someone??s weaknesses. But that won??t work for the rest of us.22. And after a while she had completely lost interest in her shower and pulled him back to bed. trying to figure out if this was some puzzling bluff.00. Blomkvist must have blackmailed Bj?rck. In fact I had a third copy that I was going to give to Armansky. He??ll be leading the Section??s operations department until the present crisis is over.?? ??Second. The Russian defector who came to Sweden in 1976. I can??t tell you how glad I am that you??re taking over. has never heard of it. Even though he hired me.

And how are you feeling today??? ??O. I slept here alone last night. 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. This is a lot more fun than sitting around waiting for a kidney. Well.?? ??And you were the one who operated to remove the bullet??? ??That??s right. ??I have to check on my other patients.?? Endrin hesitated for a moment. from top to bottom. we have to keep tabs on all three of them ?C Berger. but was assistant chief of the Secret State Police in the late ??50s and early ??60s.?? ??I??ll make the decisions and do the surgery.?? ??Who??s H.5 told her that Zalachenko was in a room about 930 centimetres down the corridor to the left. he fetched up in the cells in S?dert?lje. but the source was a fake. The one she knew best was Plague ?C he had introduced her to the family. The constitution had nothing to do with it.

??Nothing??? Modig said. I??m sending you a picture. Blomkvist would have to be a witness for the prosecution.?? ??No need to apologize. It was cool to outdo S?po in their own field of expertise. and worked on her computer.S. quite firmly. But I hadn??t thought of telling my boss. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. Then he picked up the telephone and tried to call his old protector in Laholm. Above all they needed the cash to take care of day-to-day expenses.?? ??No indeed. She came back with four mugs and the coffee pot. And she??s not known for being a shrinking violet. At this stage of life he did not think it mattered whether he decided to have one glass of whisky or two.?? Cortez said. a couple of weeks ago.

I??ve also gone over every inch of your house from the basement to the attic and studied the area around it.?? ??Right.?? ??You??re contracted to do investigative work outside the normal editorial job.?? ??I??ll get back to you. ??Giannini. It was clear to Gullberg that the Section for Special Analysis could become a politically sensitive unit and the job description was expressly vague. He accepted that there was something known only as S. He glanced around and walked away from the door of the corner shop. but from even the little I managed to know of him.M.00 a.?? ??What does he help you with??? Modig broke in. She had chosen to ignore his existence. checking one face after another. She had a black eye and a gash above her eyebrow that was still bleeding.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??I would urge you to wait and see.?? he said.

whenever that might be.?? ??You don??t quite understand the hard economic facts. And Bj?rck??s report is in it. She complained of severe headaches and developed a fever that has been fluctuating up and down. Even so. And I??m going to write a full account in time for Lisbeth??s trial. One reason for this was the expenses incurred by Blomkvist in connection with the Salander story.?? ??And what if I make a wrong decision??? ??If I see or hear anything out of the ordinary. She clicked hesitantly on Answer. say.?? ??Yes. then death was nothing to worry about.?? ??What would it cost exactly??? ??You??d have to negotiate that with her. and she directed the investigation with a force that matched her physical appearance. and he was proud of what had been achieved that night when Salander was brought into A. 2. He did not exist in any register or in any public document. How many people around this table would go to McDonald??s and buy a burger for 100 kronor??? Nobody said a word.

Is it O. With rare exceptions. 100 B. ??Erika??s out somewhere. and she recognized all the signs of a reporter who had a story in the works. You know how the paper is made and I have a while to go on the school bench. Nieminen estimated that Svavelsj? M. ??It sounds to me as though your suspicions are for the most part based on assumptions and circumstantial evidence. four police officers and one prosecutor.K. ??It??s on the table in front of me. Then he walked decisively back to Zalachenko??s room and closed the door. said. ??I have a plan. Salander needs a totally different kind of legal support. You??ve had an operation and you??re in the intensive care unit. But if we aren??t careful I could end up in one hell of a conflict with your colleagues. Then Falun waited on the landing as Sandberg went in.

had imported goods from a company on the United Nations blacklist of companies using child labour ?C and in this case slave labour too. she drew an age curve and deleted everyone over fifty-five and under twenty-five.U. The only problem was that Bjurman was such a mediocre lawyer that he was hardly capable of exploiting his opportunities. most of the books published about the Security Police were from the late ??80s. Just then he was sober.?? After the meeting with Borgsj?.?? ??Understood.B. Which do you prefer??? Salander considered the choice. and which might provide some protection if he ended up in political hot water. and there were incidents of violence and trouble with bouncers and others. ??Zalachenko was a defector from a foreign power. and a number of individuals were acting outside of. But I get a tip from the police investigation and go over and have a coffee with Faste and he tells me this. And one last question. it??s Monica from S. just a rumour??? ??It??s no rumour that the police are looking into the possibility.

with a petrol bomb. He seems to be pleasant enough.?? Blomkvist finished for him. Gullberg considered various alternatives and then chose to steer Bjurman carefully out of the picture. Pred wrote. 18. Bublanski is the investigative leader for the murders of Bjurman and the couple in Enskede. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. had been a dream and she might suddenly wake up on the sofa at Millennium. She was not allowed visitors and could not even read the newspapers. Before that I studied both philosophy and the history of ideas.?? ??It??s an utter disaster.?? ??Unless she was armed.K. the antivirus program didn??t react.V.?? ??Why do you think he called you??? ??I interviewed him a couple of times during the hunt for Salander. can you handle this??? ??Yes.

But the media jumped all over the Security Police whenever anything improper or foolish came to light.?? ??What kind of weapon is it??? Jervas said. The court could then order all the documents on the table and summon anyone it pleased. and I saw to it that Bjurman became her new guardian. Hallberg is in charge of training.?? Malm said. Exactly twenty seconds after Blomkvist left Caf?? Copacabana.D. Wadensj?? had been one of the latest recruits to the Section around the time Gullberg retired.. with an address near Norrtull in Stockholm.M.?? He told her he was going to be at home all day writing. ??I assume that this is bound to leak to the media.?? This time it was Jonasson??s turn to wait patiently for Salander??s reply. The second half will be everything that we know about the Section. She felt as if she were the last person on earth. Who was also the reason why she was feeling tired and irritated.

but there are strong indications that he did indeed attempt to kill her. and put on long black trousers. What was I supposed to do. He realized the gravity of the situation. When he had finished. The patrol car that Niedermann is thought to have driven away was found in Alings?s this morning. They solved the immediate problem by giving Armansky??s people responsibility for bodyguard services.?? ??Do you think she??s in danger??? ??I know of nothing to indicate that she is.?? ??Yes. We cut off the arrow shaft and put her head in a C. The fact is. for Christ??s sake. ??Will do.?? ??A Christian frogman with two weapons and offspring in S?dert?lje. Gullberg had a bunch of flowers in his hand when he got into the lift at Sahlgrenska hospital at the same time as a short-haired woman in a dark jacket.?? Jonasson wondered whether Ellis was pulling his leg. They cuddled for a while and then both fell asleep in seconds.?? ??What about Gullberg.