decided that Salander should be cared for at St Stefan??s.P.

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It was a brief report.?? ??I have to make a call and???? ??You can make your call from Kungsholmen. Well done. Acts calm and cool. Borgsj? was a good man. Nowadays there are alarms and other devices everywhere. It was 1. In any event she has to have a lawyer. Palmgren was on his first outing in more than two years. On four separate occasions Gullberg tried to have Bergling removed. a murderer. Good God. He knows what he??s doing. the incoming Prime Minister was fully occupied appointing ministers and negotiating with other conservative parties.?? ??Which means that ???? He let the question hang in the air between them.?? ??We??re aware of that. The closest car will come from Adam Security in Fisks?tra. Then came the awkward part. and appropriated its secrets. We have a stock portfolio that has dropped in value by about 30 per cent compared to ten years ago. Ask Paolo Roberto. Some of his patients had died.

He??s gathering information and is going to expose M?rtensson. I was Dr L?derman??s assistant when he was in practice. and in his opinion no government had been less prepared to meet the new political opportunities emerging in the East.P. A bit ironic. But he did call Erika Berger on his mobile and told her the situation. and he needs your authorization to do a thorough examination of your house. on Tuesday.?? ??A woman??? ??Not just any woman. We??ll work side by side for two months. Late as it was. she would have to resign. I feel deeply uncomfortable about how this has unfolded. Her foot was hurting so badly that she could not put any weight on it. Those positions have not been filled. He had Blomkvist brought into the kitchen. First of all. in short. She raised her right hand and felt her head. But it can??t go to the prosecutor until just before the trial. we no longer have access to the report. presumably more or less simultaneously with the writing of the original report.

some apples.?? ??Can you prove that??? ??I can. ??What do you suggest??? ??If we??re going to run Millennium effectively during the autumn. ??What??? He explained that he had come home to find that the blue folder on his kitchen table was gone.?? ??But Blomkvist has already been warned ?? they stole Bj?rck??s report from there. and who then got upset because she would not drop everything to start a relationship with them.?? ??She was shot. Blomkvist had no reason to believe that she had anything to do with the Zalachenko club. A genuine scoop for Millennium.?? ??I mean it. The only thing they can do now is to stonewall and go on claiming that Salander is mentally ill. Chairman Borgsj? appeared neutral.?? ??I??d rather you didn??t.?? ??Are you hurt??? ??No. When Holmberg told him that we suspect that Salander was locked up by the people who were protecting Zalachenko.00 on Friday afternoon. nineteen reporter jobs have disappeared. As they started up the hill towards her. He had the authority to make it happen. was a real person. The easy part was done. He had a very deep gash across his face and another just below one kneecap.

correct??? Blomkvist nodded. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. ??Facing south. who is being held for the attempted murder of her father. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. Bj?rck??s original doesn??t match Blomkvist??s version.?? ??And who are his superiors??? ??He won??t say. I??ll have a car in place in five minutes. We depend for that on freelancers and the material from the T.?? Andersson waved his hand. Salander??s former guardian Holger Palmgren.P. What you??re proposing means that we??ll have to cut back on sports coverage.?? ??That??s the story I??m going to publish. C. or Handy Harrys.?? ??Why didn??t you say anything??? Blomkvist said. The switchboard told her that it sounded like Susanne Linder. He turned to Wadensj??.?? ??I was wondering when you??d think of that. It contained the draft of her strategy in the Salander case. that??s how it is.

the porch on the upper floor. you have to get on board with the program. that would have been against the law. promises of future assignments. on the dot. His situation was precarious. Modig was waiting for him with a cup of black coffee in front of her. But I don??t know the objective of the conspiracy.S. but you??re standing here lying to my face. He took into account that Salander must be under a great deal of stress for having been suspected of three murders plus a damn-near fatal assault on her late father. As he ran he called Cortez on his T10. And the murder of a person who was no friend of mine ?? a lawyer called Bjurman.?? ??We??re aware of that. But we have him in the system and can call him in again for questioning. but did not doubt the truth of it. I was the victim of attempted murder myself last night. just that. When they got to the room they undressed. In the end the medic stood up and shouted at Paulsson to keep the bloody hell out of his way.?? ??And Bublanski knows nothing about this??? ??No.?? On the reverse was a stamp saying that the picture belonged to ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and that the photographer??s name was Julius Estholm.

That??s why Clinton has returned to duty.?? ??The healing process is still going on. How many people around this table would go to McDonald??s and buy a burger for 100 kronor??? Nobody said a word. Gullberg had never used the designation ??S?po?? for S?kerhetspolisen. she called the duty officer at Nacka Integrated Protection. She had sat undisturbed and motionless for an hour.?? ??Such as??? ??While you were concentrating on the Zalachenko story. as Berger was going through the headlines on page two and discussing the texts with the head of revisions. He was completely exhausted and realized that he had eaten only two slices of bread all day. The first hours of her workday had been taken up entirely with meetings. ??The people who were looking after Zalachenko went far beyond their jurisdiction. milk and cheese at the mini supermarket next to the County Council building and he put the groceries straight into the fridge. He sighed as he opened Olsson??s folder again. * Salander sat up with a start the instant she heard the first shot. Let??s agree on what??s most important right now. I could break in by using the fire escape at the back of the house and entering through the roof hatch leading to the attic. It took her about a minute to gain control over her body. Slowly he turned to look. ??So I wish to press charges against my daughter. 2. ??Good.?? ??Oh.

He was like everyone else. They sat in silence for five minutes as they ate their breakfast. Figuerola walked back to Bellmansgatan.?? ??In 1989 a refugee by the name of Idris Ghidi came to Sweden from Iraq.P. First of all: I won??t abandon Millennium. Yes. I??m assuming you??ve already left for the day. and he??s dead.?? Nystr?m leafed through his notes. but Salander could hear her a long way off and even before she turned the key the computer was hidden and the patient asleep.?? 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. Counter-Espionage said that they definitely had not borrowed him.?? Edklinth said. The first time he was given a light prison sentence; the second time he got three years. And when Giannini reached the very crux of the whole chain of events. In addition. and she directed the investigation with a force that matched her physical appearance. And he could not help feeling flattered that he was being given information ?C off the record. but she soon realized that Jervas was not yet sure of her plan. nor had Monika Nilsson. ??I jest.

Salander??s condition was fair and the doctors were cautiously optimistic. a madman. but he can??t go against an administrative decision. friends from dozens of skirmishes with the Enemy. She had a headache again. She was seventeen when I was born.e. Criminal Inspector Marcus Erlander from the Violent Crimes Division of the G?teborg police arrived in Gosseberga and took over the investigation from the overburdened Paulsson. He carried a shoulder bag and he walked with a long. Naturally I??d want to assist my colleagues in the police force. was born in Hamburg. I know Ghidi. (No.P. and some very senior officers began to wonder whether the Section was not run by paranoid conspiracy theorists. which included a short whip.E. On the right. Erlander was a short. now Swedish ambassador in the Hague. that extreme variant of bodily glorification.P.

?? ??He??s an artist. The doctors had decided that his life was no longer at risk but that he was severely injured.?? ??It??s a small monitor. I mourn for my friend. The N.C. she was put in a children??s psychiatric clinic in Uppsala. and he had kept his promise.?? ??I??ve taken care of her since she was twelve.?? ??F?lldin lives in ?s. Berger waited until he had finished thinking. His fascination was extinguished the moment he had cracked a computer. he was the victim of a crime. gentlemen. a mass murderer. What general impression did you get of her nature.?? ??And who is your superior??? ??I regret it. Thereafter Gullberg acted only as an adviser in especially sensitive matters.?? ??So there??s no actual substance to this story at all. to push through their own headlines and angles. We want to be sure that nobody??s holding a gun to your husband??s head or anything like that. and you don??t have to produce an article at the end of it.

for example. but nothing from Poison Pen. is it??? ??Hardly. And so on. She also strapped on a shoulder holster and took her Sig Sauer from the gun cabinet. And what about the events of April 12? Zalachenko was conveniently murdered at Sahlgrenska hospital by a mentally ill fanatic at the same time as a burglary was committed at Blomkvist??s apartment and Advokat Giannini was mugged. ??It??s a Colt 1911 Government. 27. When they started plying him with questions about his possible involvement in trafficking and other criminal activities. Since April he had not even plugged in the broadband cable to his own machine. don??t you??? ??You were sitting with a map spread out on the front seat. I don??t know how much you understand of what is happening outside your locked room. He sank on to a chair at the kitchen table as thoughts whirled through his head. and the name Zalachenko was not mentioned. Figuerola had given him a number of indisputable indications that something was rotten within S. ??Good morning. I??m probably not looking for a steady boyfriend either.K??. Probably thanks to Kalle Bastard Blomkvist. She was about one metre seventy and looked to be in pretty good shape.?? As she lay in bed Berger thought about what Linder had said. S.

??That would probably be me. Berger realized that several of her new colleagues were looking at her. personnel. she hit back and threw a Molotov cocktail at him as he sat in his car. and in the best case he had only a few months left. was now seventy-eight years old and had been retired for thirteen years.?? he snapped. Spain. They??re always sent to your computer. Two important details are still needed: (1) First of all. She took a chance and hurried to the corner of Sveav?gen. ??Well.15 today fired the fatal shots at Karl Axel Bodin before attempting to commit suicide has now been identified.v Berger took a deep breath as the lift door opened and she walked into the editorial offices of Svenska Morgon-Posten. He glanced down at her briefcase as the nurse checked Giannini??s I.?? Blomkvist laughed. 2. Jerker requisitioned it. She focused on a group of journalists and editorial staff. I??m going for a walk.K. Two masked men had robbed at gunpoint a shop owned by an immigrant.

?? she said. Where did he get the weapon??? ??Blomkvist won??t discuss it without his lawyer being there.?? ??It??s Mikael. M?rtensson punched in the code and they disappeared into the stairwell. ??Teleborian is a beast. Gunnar Bj?rck??s own report never suggested anything of the kind. Some of the reporters out there are seriously good. He was supposed to start work again at new year. at least.S. reached for the glass. Blomkvist briefly explained what had happened and asked Cortez to pass the information to Millennium??s editor-in-chief.?? * Berger was slightly annoyed when she walked into Samir??s Cauldron. He called Figuerola. ??How long has this been going on??? ??A couple of weeks. a couple of times. There would be some ulterior motive. And for this job Ghidi would be paid 1000 kronor a week. ??Turn the print over. It was never referred to in writing. Two of their team had moved into a temporary office at Fridhemsplan. They were stopped by a red light.

Don??t ever forget that.?? Clinton sighed. who did not have the authority to walk into the Security Police and start demanding documents and other evidence.C. possibly for the end of this week. they ask 10?C 12. He had been chief of Secretariat for a decade. We??ve also had enormous expenses. Does this story have any connection to yesterday??s article about S?dert?lje. This meant in turn that internal security had to be intensified ?C the Security Police could no longer be a club of former officers. In her role as undercover officer her looks worked against her. The Volvo with the registration beginning KAB was in the car park about thirty metres from where Figuerola herself parked. She had no criminal record.Friday. He got into his Volvo and drove towards the city but turned off to go across Stora Essingen and Gr?ndal into S?dermalm. The tide of this crap never receded. but they did not exist anywhere in the formal structure of the Security Police. That was what F?lldin??s administration must have decided too. ??Niedermann is the scapegoat and I guarantee that no-one will ever find him. At 7. our preliminary investigation leader has dropped all charges against Lisbeth Salander relating to the murders for which she was being sought. I??m a workout fanatic.

perhaps more precarious than ever before.?? ??We??ll take care of them.?? Gullberg said. He had no difficulty with the work. He took into account that Salander must be under a great deal of stress for having been suspected of three murders plus a damn-near fatal assault on her late father. even if the person in question is so stupid that he sends it from his home computer. Kalle Bastard Blomkvist was out there somewhere ?C Giannini was for some reason reluctant to talk about her brother. and a dark five-o??clock shadow. In 1982 the Palme question arose again when he became Prime Minister for the second time. I can??t afford to keep him on as a dead weight all that time. She was seventeen when I was born.D.R. When they finally broke up. When she was alone she gathered her strength. He looked up. She had done a risk assessment and pondered his plan.00 in the morning. And that leads to one or two disagreeable conclusions.?? ??I??m not interrupting anything??? ??No. WHORE She raised her index finger to delete the message. At present it consists of you.

??The officer running the investigation. who was sleeping peacefully and probably would not be awake before 8. ??So. he always felt a little out of place in Stockholm. is not an exact science. ??I don??t know anything about that. Zalachenko doesn??t make empty threats. but there was no alternative.00 in the morning. but he was taken to St G?ran??s hospital and the group had more of a mop-up job to do than ever. I??m going to walk to the Scandic Crown and book a room.M. She twisted her arms and stretched her left shoulder back and forth. When they had finished there was a long silence around the table.?? ??There I agree with you. that is. And he gave the contract to Svavelsj? M. ??The long and the short of it is that we??re to hand all our material on Salander over to him this afternoon. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist.P.?? Blomkvist explained how F?lldin had reacted to the information about Zalachenko and how he had travelled to the Hague to interview Janeryd. new mobile telephones and the like.

After five days of investigations. Those within the Zalachenko unit thought they had plenty of time before they had to plan his future.?? Ghidi nodded. kidneys. Dakota wrote. She clicked on it and read: First of all. you should have mentioned them yesterday. Blomkvist was irresponsible and kept vanishing on another of his mysterious trips. Salander was unlawfully committed in 1991 and Ekstr?m knows it.G. Nieminen did not trust Niedermann for one second.??s quality as well as its circulation figures. She mainly just lies there staring at the ceiling. ??He turned east???? ??We can see you both.?? ??And you never briefed your successor??? ??No. How many people around this table would go to McDonald??s and buy a burger for 100 kronor??? Nobody said a word. it was a case of deep antagonism in a tragically dysfunctional family. Clinton had gone into business as a management consultant. If a colonel on the defence staff could work for the Russians ?C he was also the government??s adviser on matters involving nuclear weapons and security policy ?C it followed that the Russians might have an equally senior agent within the Security Police. put out a contract on a long-ago spy using a 78-year-old man.I. After a while he took out a leather-bound notebook and made some notes.

She scrolled back and read through the text of a section where she told how Advokat Bjurman had violently and sadistically raped her. Why are you leaving??? ??I??m going to be editor-in-chief of Svenska Morgon-Posten. and according to what I??ve overheard he was shot in the head all three times.?? ??I know.?? ??If Zalachenko were to talk. We??re looking at the blueprints for all the relevant offices and apartments. She had also given her a lighter. a professional board member. He got up from the kitchen table. even though this time there was no strap holding her down. For a second he seemed a stranger. Are you doing the exercises the therapist recommended??? She nodded. he??s the one who gets S. I didn??t even know that his name was Zalachenko.A.?? ??But you two ?? he??ll publish it??? Armansky gave a curt nod. like twisted tree limbs. had conspired to lock Salander away in the asylum.36. A police officer attached to S?po also saw to it that Salander was locked up in a children??s psychiatric clinic. At G?teborg Central Station he tracked down a photocopier and made copies of the letters.?? ??He??s older and has an exceptional record.

?? She shrugged. She had regularly smuggled in a few Marlboro Lights for Salander during the past month. and your delicious grotto.?? ??It??s a fake. or nigger-lover.?? Sandberg looked around the room. diminished bodily function. and this feels exactly like the time you disappeared to Hedestad two years ago.?? ??Which means that if problems arise. ??You were reading a book about it on my staircase.?? Blomkvist finished for him. Even so.H. She had severe hypothermia. After a while the P. but it??s almost unusable. but I??ve been up to my eyes in A. We??ll take him from here. the reporter. Just after 6. ??Hello. My father is Gustav Holmberg.

while others flutter around. I gave her Dexofen. drove to Rosenbad to inform the incoming Prime Minister. He says he absolutely won??t discuss a person who is not only innocent but who also has had her rights so severely violated. If a group from the military or police starts pursuing an independent foreign policy. I should probably also mention that there are some individuals in the police force who are actually on Lisbeth??s side in all this. She asked me to smuggle in a pack of cigarettes.?? ??All food is decent.?? Edklinth swallowed and nodded. room fourteen according to Jonas Sandberg.?? Figuerola said. Lisbeth??s mother. after all. agent who had apparently turned up in Sweden on Election Day in 1976. with the result that Vinge was summoned to explain himself at a one-on-one meeting. I need somebody to scrub my back. Teleborian was assistant head physician at St Stefan??s psychiatric clinic for children in Uppsala. of that she was perfectly aware.?? ??It??s not the same thing.K. ??It won??t help to insult the police. and when he??s needed by the Zalachenko club he??s released from his regular job.

and then we??ll also have to have a talk with your husband. Better to have him on the inside than a security risk on the outside. She bent down and bit him on the ear. several cars will arrive at the scene within a short time. had not known anything either. ??You know what? I think you ought to recruit her for the Section. but no idea how to find him. ??Hello. that Figuerola and Blomkvist wrapped sheets around themselves and went to her kitchen to make a cold pasta salad with tuna and bacon from the leftovers in her fridge. The headache will eventually go away altogether. whenever it is. ??Who??s going to take over the investigation of Salander??? ??I don??t know. I brought my own book. Shenke was rather short. She had been working at S. The problem was what she would wear.?? ??Is there a computer??? ??No.?? ??So the rumours might be true after all. ??You know how it goes. But that??s the angle the police are taking. and what sort of background they have. both died on the same day.

uncontested decision in a district court.R.?? ??Can this cause brain damage??? He hesitated before nodding. Georg. He spoke as if thinking out loud. And Inspector Erlander in G?teborg has been focusing his search in that direction from day one. He wondered whether he was becoming paranoid.?? ??I??m not going to compete with you. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. He went down to the hotel??s breakfast room. You don??t have to be afraid. Then gingerly he closed the door. and he did not know whether he dared to put a bandage on it or not.?? ??As I said.?? ??Try out the idea that she??s innocent of these accusations. Right now he??s on the run and he??ll be seriously dangerous to anyone he runs into. A nice-looking man. I don??t know who??s going to be in charge of this case or if it??ll be transferred to Ekstr?m in Stockholm.B. Cortez wrote feverishly. Armansky studied Malm??s photographs of the men who had followed Blomkvist from the Copacabana. He??ll have to be as safety-conscious as you are.

X. ??We??re working on an analysis here in C. The Prime Minister gave him a sharp look.?? ??O.I.?? Blomkvist said. She said she??d read books on the subject before.?? ??I??ll take my chances. What do we do with Zalachenko? If he talks. 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. so you could let me have the opportunity to visit her on medical grounds.?? ??So how do we proceed??? Sp?ngberg wondered. Annika Giannini. Then I can sum up everything I said in two sentences.?? ??Kurdo said you wanted to hire me for a job. ??As far as I??m concerned. or a fourteen-year-old boy whose left lung had been pierced by a screwdriver. The two versions do not agree.?? Silence descended once again. she realised she was hungry.?? ??And if it is a forgery ?? who did it and why??? Bublanski shrugged. The headline that Berger had decided to use was suddenly replaced by something entirely different.

They spent a few minutes making arrangements for the weekend. The issues we??ll be discussing now are in very many respects confidential and highly classified. ??You look tired. Gullberg thought.?? Blomkvist said. They spoke in low voices for a few minutes before Gullberg stood up. ??So that??s our strategy??? ??Herr Zalachenko. Richard Ekstr?m. She requisitioned the report. Niedermann got away. This included almost everything that had to do with Zalachenko??s background. ??A woman??s gotta do what a woman??s gotta do and all that crap. It had been a quiet evening and they arrived within twenty minutes. which has a response time of ten minutes if all goes as it should. ??Hans Wilhelm Francke. and one or other of us has to be here alone from time to time. We expected her to be away for much longer. He did not know where he was.K. but she??s unsure of herself. which decided that Salander should be cared for at St Stefan??s.P.