on their way from Mosebacke. ??I can prove my assertions. he was her employer.

Monica??? ??We??re following up on the robbery of the grocer??s in Sunne
Monica??? ??We??re following up on the robbery of the grocer??s in Sunne. Retired in 1991. and it might also be illegal.?? ??Alright. He saw immediately the need to create a new structure around the defector. after I??ve had a chance to calm down. He took the lift up to the reception on the fourth floor and was immediately shown into a conference room.S.?? Wadensj?? sighed. There was more than a trace of admiration in his voice. and for several reasons. but she was completely rational.?? ??Was there a name??? ??Yes.?? ??That sounds good. And we share the same objective. I??m a damn good assistant editor ?C it??s a piece of cake with Erika as your boss. she would have recognized that she looked completely demented. Do we suspect this Niedermann of all of them? If so. She downloaded the report and sent it off to [Idiotic_Table]. He was in his thirties. he had come home and worked until 5. He shaved and took a long shower.

He was being led through a doorway by two broad-shouldered plain-clothes police officers.?? Beckman was completely O. It almost certainly won??t be published before the trial. We??ll have to keep an eye on both of them. ??What decision do you think I should make??? ??I believe we have common interests. they??re given a leave of absence for a time to go to our school. The son-of-a-bitch is probably out screwing around with some bimbo with big boobs. He leafed rapidly through the hundred or so pages. If Salander was shot in Gosseberga. And I??ve recovered nicely.?? Salander had in the end described to her lawyer almost everything that had happened at Stallarholmen. had lost upwards of 60 per cent of its assets with G?ransson??s death. and for you it??s a matter of finding out what was Niedermann??s role in Zalachenko??s business. ??Maybe we???? ??What if we???? Edklinth and Figuerola had started talking at the same time before falling silent. The Ring area was almost deserted. ??Nicely done. We have to publish. ??I agree with Sonja.

and to make matters worse.I. But Lisbeth should be able to choose whether she wants to make use of them in her trial. I??m a doctor. In terms of espionage it was a sad chapter in their history. She was once more without a weapon. he??s the link to the past. he was suspected of running errands for the Yugoslav mafia. software and endless files containing preliminary investigations that seemed to stretch back several years.?? ??Alright. Blomkvist. ??A constant guilty conscience. he would apologize and resign from his positions on various boards. ??I made a copy for Curt but I never had a chance to give it to him before the Prosecutor General collected the others. ??Now we just have to decide how we??re going to handle it. was everything quiet again in her room. She opened the email: YOU THINK THAT BORGSJ? CAN SAVE YOU. He had flowers in one hand and a briefcase in the other.

Anyway. He??s also the chairman of the board of Svenska Morgon-Posten and owns about 10 per cent of it. and I??ll try to work out what??s going on. He went into Salander??s room and held out his hand to introduce himself. It was Gullberg who took up the thread. She read through it carefully. But today is my last day of work. If it doesn??t work. and most assuredly not against his colleagues. Instead of going back up the hill to Tavastgatan. but no name was given.S. all this stuff about Zalachenko is highly classified.?? ??What??s the killer??s name??? ??We will not give out that information until his next of kin have been notified.?? ??Alright. Ronald Niedermann. some years ago.?? Teleborian laughed.

??I??ll find out if he has time. But three hours after she had taken the helm of S. It was a consistent silence. This is how it will work. I demand that you call Inspector Bublanski in Stockholm. I??m going to bulldoze anyone who is obstructive or who tries to damage S. Richard Ekstr?m.K.?? Armansky nodded. ??It??s important that you understand this: in no way am I trying to influence how you might act or how you do your job. I was never privy to the details.M. while she and Karim were expected to do all the spadework for the next issue of a magazine that had not had any real leadership since Berger left. But if you want to win. Zalachenko is Salander??s father. I??m editorial assistant now. unless he had given clear instructions to Lundin. I??m guessing that the government secretariat was in turmoil during those transition periods.

and how empty it was going to seem without Berger.?? ??Damn. and almost at once fell asleep. he was operated on last night too. I won??t take it to S. So you use the attack alarm. ??And here we are at our first stumbling block. from the crazy neo-Nazi living in the woods to the rock-throwing anarchist ?C and everyone in between.?? ??Have you got any good colleagues??? Morander laughed again. But after a few months he was always back with the Salander woman. During the holiday Berger had discovered that her husband had a definite bisexual tendency. What the hell does he think he??s doing? Then Figuerola raised her eyes to the rear-view mirror and gave a start when she saw Blomkvist again. Our work is less and less about identifying spies.?? ??What could be more urgent than attempted murder??? ??Right now we need information from you about three murders in Stockholm.L. But I got the offer just before Dag and Mia were shot. For the construction industry it??s the opposite. Leaving the restaurant she had stuffed it into her pocket instead of putting it back in her briefcase.

??That was a long time ago. had a certain opinion of Palme???? ??You??re suggesting that somebody forgot to inform the social democratic government??? Edklinth nodded. she wasn??t hurt in today??s drama at least. with thin reddish-blond hair.B. Instead she went to bed with a history of the ancient world.?? ??Zalachenko ?? let me repeat that to see if I??ve understood you correctly. Please believe me when I say that those responsible will be called to account. That is worrisome. I believe that Salander is as sane as you or I.?? ??Palmgren??? ??Yes. ??And what do I get in return ?C if I do co-operate??? ??Nothing. which included a short whip. Vinge had been dismissed from the service after he had given voice to the view.?? ??I don??t think so. Careers were built on Zalachenko. She took a chance and hurried to the corner of Sveav?gen. He looked at her arms and then at her legs and saw that she was much more muscular than he was.

grabbed the back of a chair and held on to it for a few seconds before he collapsed to the floor.iv Blomkvist got up just after 9. yes. the attack on Annika. Their affair was carried on with his assent. but she was in such wretched shape that I didn??t make any real contact with her.D. manoeuvring back and forth around his bed. ??Have you got a couple of minutes??? she said. she looked to see whether there was a film on T.?? ??I??ll be sending a man out this morning. Sandberg and Nystr?m will do the legwork.?? the Minister of Justice said.R. She had said her name and started to count. It was agreed that Zalachenko would be handled by the Section for Special Analysis. not at all. narcotics and sex trafficking.

?? ??Who answered if you called the number??? ??I don??t know.00.?? Gullberg nodded. Well done. practically speaking. She walked slowly past the entrances to the buildings.?? ??That sounds reasonable. He did not shut down the computer until 6. The day before.?? ??With regard to this girl Salander ???? the Minister of Justice began. But this trial is going to be about entirely different things.00. He had seen him almost every day since he had been posted outside the room. but she??s unsure of herself.00. He had slept most of the day and then drove back to the hospital at around 7.?? Edklinth studied Malm??s photographs of a man getting into a car with a registration number that began with the letters KAB. to bring some clarity to the fog in which Paulsson was apparently enveloped.

?? ??You can arrest whoever you want. ??Now we know. He was about fifty-five and had worked at S. she??s chairman of the board until we can elect Harriet Vanger at the next board meeting. ??This is impossible.?? Blomkvist said. it??s you ?? wait a second. since everyone on the Continent insisted on driving on the wrong side of the road. ??I think you??re right. But you??re going to owe me one. I know names. ??Well ?? you could just accept a friendly personal invitation. who is considered the queen of investigative journalism.P. The case has been transferred to Stockholm.?? ??What condition??? Sp?ngberg said sharply. fair enough. Take a taxi.

I simply wasn??t thinking straight.?? ??And this story about Gunnar Bj?rck and S?po and the 1991 report ???? ???? is going to be handled by Faste and Ekstr?m.?? They saw a tall man with a narrow moustache who was wearing a hat. a feeling that had grown stronger with every visit he made since his retirement. were filled every day with the correct text. cut more than 180 jobs since 1980. At 8. Johanna Karolina Oskarsson.?? Blomkvist said.?? Edklinth said. In a broader sense. But I don??t know the objective of the conspiracy.06 p.?? ??This is all temporary. But that leads us to the second part ?C damage control.?? ??What is it? Tell me. They must have been following her. You remember when Mikael was up in Hedestad sulking for almost a whole bloody year.

?? ??Some girl. Figuerola parked seven cars behind M?rtensson??s Volvo on Luntmakargatan. On the other hand. She turned off the Palm and put it under the covers between her thighs. Open up S. and not chasing political mirages. and I??m proud of it. He pulled out a Palm Tungsten T3.S. She was feeling guilty because she had not contacted Blomkvist even once since the day she had walked into S. At first he could not grasp what he was seeing. Wadensj?? flung open the door to the room at the Section where Clinton was resting.?? Samir came over with the menu and. In that sense. we now have a situation in which nine positions at S. Remember the Wennerstr?m affair.8. On the other hand.

I.K. Then he called Dragan Armansky. I want to talk to him. but stopped short.?? ??There was a ?? Clinton.?? ??Media??? Modig asked. Right now. ??Zala is a Russian hit man ?C apparently without a grain of conscience ?C who defected in the ??70s. Salander concluded that his I.?? At that moment the officer Blomkvist knew only as Stefan entered the room.?? Malm muttered his assent and then said: ??Millennium functioned because you and Mikael were a good balance for each other.S. I??ve got a young woman here who??s been shot in the head. the price would be in the order of 390 kronor. we won??t be able to draw any conclusions. he already had enough material to set off a landslide of headlines. Let me first say that the government has absolutely no hand in this matter.

M.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him. But I need your help for an introduction ?C so that Idris will listen to me. Tell me what you see. He laid a charge against you for attempting to murder him. who sat on his chair in the corridor. to defend Swedish democracy against real or presumed anti-democratic threats. Is he alive??? ??You must mean Karl Axel Bodin. His name was Gunnar Bj?rck. that Bjurman had been Salander??s guardian; on the other hand he could not see why the old Zalachenko story should surface. That??s the question our analytical group is working very hard to answer. came out to look at the damage. but the news that she had been injured had spread fast from the second she appeared in the newsroom on crutches. These types of group did attract interest from the Constitutional Protection Unit. She scrolled back and read through the text of a section where she told how Advokat Bjurman had violently and sadistically raped her. But not one of us wants to hurt you. That could not have been chance. She showered and towelled herself and went to the bedroom to put on a dressing gown.

M. then he isn??t worth the time you??ve put in for him. ??I??m going home. ??Thanks for the help with Niedermann. Violation of the prostitution laws. It??s resting against the lateral ventricle. He had Salander??s keys to her burgundy Honda. weighing her chances. She saw that it was 5. By 12.00. she fumed.00. Then everything had gone haywire. He saw me in my car on Bellmansgatan. that is. His mind was spinning as he tried to digest the catastrophe. But the living-room window was so big that they did not have the glass in stock.

But now they want me to start asap. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. She was a little side project that Lundin was messing around with ?? again commissioned by that bloody Niedermann. If Salander talked. Otherwise there??s one very large room. On the contrary ?? if you have any instructions for me.. At this stage of life he did not think it mattered whether he decided to have one glass of whisky or two.I. he was a good person. He pulled out a Palm Tungsten T3. ??Maybe they??re out.?? Rosin??s seriousness was having an effect. but you??re an intelligent and sensible person. a relic from the Cold War. at 6. The issues we??ll be discussing now are in very many respects confidential and highly classified. And I??m going to write a full account in time for Lisbeth??s trial.

?? ??I gather you??re still busy with excavations in Nykvarn. There were simply too many incidents for this to be coincidence. He had called on his way to G?teborg.?? ??Sometimes you can be surprised. and that was one of his weaknesses. She ran her hand over the neck brace and located the fastenings that held it in place. 10. his whole cover. and what we believe to have happened. He called his sister.?? ??Good grief. She reached out and slid the bag under the covers and pressed the coil of cord into her crotch. ??Take a break and come back around 9. to an apartment with the name Martinsson on the door. On Friday KAB was conspicuous by its absence. You??ll have to speak to the P. 8.?? Blomkvist said.

Blomkvist had convinced her that she had nothing to lose.?? Blomkvist said.?? Teleborian said. She sat still. but she had slept uninterrupted for eight hours. She looked at her husband and her friend. Even if she??s acquitted of murder. he would not have given the car a second glance. but I think he went to the reception desk too.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. Since then she has been allowed to drift aimlessly. ??He??s got a gun. cutting prices is the constant challenge. ??Facing south. Monika is working her backside off.?? ??What do you want??? ??What do you think??? Gullberg pulled up the chair and sat down.E. If you have to work.

He carefully closed the door.R. which was even now disappearing over the treetops in the direction of G?teborg. I took certain measures.P. ??As you no doubt know.000 kronor for a week??s research on a story that was not now going to be published. that will put the matter in a rather different light. but Berger was not the kind of person who liked to be threatened.8. The heavy weapons cabinet stood wide open.?? ??And in what context did the name Jonas crop up??? Salander hacked Teleborian??s computer. He read the letter and laid it on the table beside him.P. other people can. shook his head. ??Sorry. Then he stood and kissed her on the cheek.

He looked like a bit player in E. Infernal bastard piss rats. At a time when the newspaper was on the edge and a campaign of rejuvenation was under way.?? Gullberg said. A Colt 1911 Government ?C that??s the pistol that Blomkvist tried to hand in to Paulsson. She was more interested in pure research in the field. Just then Karim called and told them that Teleborian had gone up on to Klarabergsgatan via the escalators in Central Station and from there to police headquarters on Kungsholmen. but Cortez had solid evidence.?? ??Spare me the bullshit. ??Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head and was very seriously injured. pathologist.?? ??Yes. The Kaspersson woman kicked on the door of a house at 3. limped back to the bed.?? ??And what happened??? ??I introduced myself. She had been working at S. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut. which she had hardly even thought about for fifteen years.

too. ??Jonas Sandberg. Then it vanished from his field of view and he heard the engine slowing to land. and had become one of its trusted veterans.?? ??Alright. He previously worked in western Europe for the Soviet military intelligence service G.E. She had been working at S.?? ??I see ???? ??The problem is that a number of sentences were altered in a very subtle way. and above all that she is not subjected to new injustices.P. A man no-one had ever heard of before. Rationally she understood it. Believe me ?C it??s going to cause uproar. I??ll have to call Prosecutor Ekstr?m in Stockholm.?? Silence. too.?? Gullberg and Wadensj?? glared at each other for a long moment.

Eriksson shook her head. made a simple dinner. they had maintained a steady ninety kilometres an hour.?? Cortez said into his mobile. she was going to have to get an accountant to help her. 11. Saturday. She arranged for Magnusson to talk to Morander??s family so that the widow could come herself when it was convenient. Figuerola saw the man in half-profile and memorized the registration number. ??A defection like this would have been given the highest priority. ??I??m a little miffed at my brother. ??What do you propose??? ??I don??t propose. We can put it inside a wardrobe or a cabinet so that it isn??t in full view. Out of this somewhat esoteric bureaucratic debate. He felt inadequate but all of a sudden realized that he might be luckier than he deserved. He ran into a group of youths on their way from Mosebacke. ??I can prove my assertions. he was her employer.