He??s not married He??s not married. she had pushed all thoughts of the Section to one side and concentrated on Berger??s problem. sent on May 15.00 she got up and drove to S. Over the years he had noticed that if he stopped giving instructions or gave Niedermann too much latitude to make his own decisions. almost friendly manner.?? Gullberg said. Is he out of his mind??? ??You mean he??s alive??? ??For the time being.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face. Threats to National Security. I know Ghidi. I asked her to be here because what we??re going to discuss will also affect her job. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff. ??Not quite yet. Actually it was Malm who had the night shift. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty.?? There was absolute silence in the room. It??s about using child labour and exploiting political prisoners in Vietnam. But I want to play it safe. He looked up. yes.Sunday. It meant that the creation of the Section appeared to be just another routine matter. My husband will be home in a couple of days.?? ??I see. Ghidi wondered what Adamsson would do if someone actually tried to get into the Salander woman??s room. Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April. The smoking ban at Millennium had soon been relaxed after Berger left. ??O. Millennium is going to publish a story that I am contractually bound not to reveal to S. Somalia was a much better place for that sort of attire. and much of what he thinks he knows is wrong. One lived in Norrt?lje. Add to this the unforgivably absurd bonuses that will cost S.?? ??So all the rumours about you two are nonsense. and carried him to the stool. They??re a reputable manufacturer. ??I??m sorry for chasing you down. ??Thank you for being willing to host this informal meeting.?? ??If you want to keep working at S. In September 1964. ??No. The alternative is a person who wants to take some sort of revenge and sabotage my life for personal reasons. Somalia was a much better place for that sort of attire. ??Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head and was very seriously injured. The trail ends there for the moment. A total of twelve. and one metre eighty-four tall. She would hardly notice the difference. What??s your take on this??? Wadensj?? said. Gullberg squeezed the trigger and put the bullet right in the centre of Zalachenko??s forehead just as the patient was starting to swing his prosthesis over the edge of the bed.D. She bent down and bit him on the ear.?? ??I believe you. ??You??ve got to be kidding.?? Blomkvist said. you??re going to have to fight. Erlander knew from long experience that there were plenty of nutters out there. They had discussed the psychology that causes certain men to stalk women. There was a report today that she??s going to be the new editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten.00 in the evening when Figuerola held the car door open for Blomkvist.??s quality as well as its circulation figures. This is the worst thing that could have happened.S. They had found the pencil. It had been Plague??s contacts on the Net who had provided her with a Norwegian passport in the name of Irene Nesser. you??re asking us to run an operation against an influential magazine and the editor-in-chief of S. blue eyed. The headache will eventually go away altogether. There were bloody-minded individuals who harped on and on about real or imaginary injustices and who sometimes turned to threatening behaviour. you have to trust me. born 1950. Edklinth lacked the legal authority to initiate a preliminary investigation. Prosecutor Fransson in S?dert?lje had finished her deliberations. If so. And Vitavara Inc.?? Inspector Erlander got up from his desk and went upstairs to tell the preliminary investigation leader. He was not going to make it.?? ??Am I to conclude that you??re running some sort of surveillance on Teleborian??? Figuerola shook her head. but he had finally realized that there was so much material that not even an issue devoted entirely to the topic would be sufficient.?? ??What are you suggesting??? ??I??m only asking you to let me know if you discover that Salander is being subjected to another miscarriage of justice. He carefully closed the door. Figuerola raised a hand. It was probably one of her punters who beat her up.K.S. moving fast. said. nothing serious.?? ??We won??t have time to dig up the whole story. go to Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. Jabba. Thomasson could provide him with all that. On page thirty-four there is a paragraph in which Bj?rck appears to suggest that Salander be branded psychotic. The constitution had been established by the parliament. ??The whole thing stinks.?? He pointed at the screen. Bublanski looked at the notes from his meeting with Ekstr?m. You??ve told me. He weighed the pros and cons. he observed. Possibly also to show them how a real police investigation should be run. according to the report.?? ??The special issue is going to be called The Lisbeth Salander Story. ??How does Bjurman come into the story in the first place? You say he was the one who started the whole thing by contacting Zalachenko and asking him to kill Salander. This would be her last Saturday lunch at Sahlgrenska. He had two operations and could now walk without crutches. She was having coffee with her husband on the balcony of a friend??s place in Vasastaden.?? said Borgsj?.?? ??Which part was truth and which part was fantasy. and then follows the hunt for Salander first. Two of the guns were Polish P-83 Wanads. Two hours after the murder there was still chaos in the corridor.?? Cortez said. Then he picked up the telephone. She had failed. Fermat??s theorem no longer fascinated her. ??So the Zalachenko club is somewhere in this building.?? he said. Figuerola and Blomkvist were waiting for him. If you say yes. a former accountant and sometime business consultant and tax lawyer. This worried Zalachenko. my sister Annika. an academic. we can always single him out as a rogue policeman.?? the Minister of Justice said. But F?lldin had required that one person in his office. wait ?? he got out of the lift first.?? ??What do you mean. She outlined the Poison Pen situation. It??s as if he never actually existed in the professional world. A Russian agent.?? The next morning Edklinth was in his office at police headquarters.v ?C 6. And Holm ?? you??re starting to look like dead meat to me. would you??? she said. ??His name is Evert Gullberg and he??s seventy-eight years old. turned to the Minister of Justice.?? ??I don??t??? ??There are some people who need to have a talk with you in peace and quiet. much less drive safely for any distance. light-blonde. But they were every one of them computer wizards. as you can see.?? Edklinth said. weighing her chances. but she still worked out obsessively at the gym five nights a week. and I can do that only by changing the organization and the work routines.?? Erika looked up. her husband. And I have a strategy. He wrote a carefully worded and noncommittal comment on her chart: Radiological examination gives a basis for definitive conclusions but the condition of the patient has deteriorated steadily during the day.?? ??So what??s wrong with her??? ??I don??t know. Wadensj?? glanced at Gullberg and was struck by how thin the old man had become. Even so. ??You talk about trust. At 10.?? ??Yes. She walked briskly to a gym at St Eriksplan and spent the next hour doing some easy strength training.M. but he had a short fuse and was a dangerous man.?? ??I??m not interested in military secrets. Some of these are in the Security Police.?? ??Isn??t that part of the brain associated with numbers and mathematical capacity??? Jonasson said.v Blomkvist made sure that he was not being watched when he walked from the Millennium offices early on Friday morning to Salander??s old apartment block on Lundagatan. Security assessments. He felt as soon as he lay down that for the first time in weeks he could relax and sleep peacefully. wrapped her arms around her client and lifted her up. He knew that the helicopter was coming in in the nick of time. I have a lot of international trade stuff to check out. I can??t release her. but the editor.?? ??I was afraid of that.?? The next morning Edklinth was in his office at police headquarters.m.?? Berger thanked him. He would never regain full health. And at the same time. You??re to contact an Inspector Thomas Paulsson at the Trollh?ttan police. That was the natural order of things. Keep in mind that he shot someone dead. That should be happening ???? ?C Bublanski looked at his watch ?C ???? yes. the attack on Annika. born in 1917.P. Which means that the price per square metre will be X kronor and it would cost 10. Andersson.?? Figuerola said.?? ??Regardless of the consequences??? ??Especially regardless of the consequences. I have to draw the conclusion that some sick individual is doing this.?? ??And what??s their stated business??? ??God only knows.I.?? Blomkvist said. Edklinth had been able to set up a legitimate operations department. he was the victim of a crime. Zalachenko had good reason to hate the girl. ??What was that??? ??Oh. She called home first and then rang Lillian Josefsson. She had nothing specific to work on. I??m not above the law.?? Sandberg said.?? Then he added in English. We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary. ??Twenty-two. ??The Zalachenko club spies on me. * Salander opened her eyes when she heard a scraping sound.?? ??That??s nice to hear. Besides. freelance consultants ?? he put Blomkvist into the category of freelance consultant.?? ??Very good. He wondered how Niedermann would get along on his own. The easy part was done. The core of the legislation has it that no person has the right to harass or humiliate another person. He??s the one I told you about. getting into Blomkvist??s apartment and Millennium??s offices. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. The only problem was that Bjurman was such a mediocre lawyer that he was hardly capable of exploiting his opportunities. in other words. Of course I haven??t done a psychiatric evaluation of her.?? ??I definitely heard him at the door. S.?? Blomkvist shut his eyes.Saturday. and not his formal boss in the Immigration Division. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. even though in reality he was not her problem. So you use the attack alarm. He hovered between life and death for several days. Salander was not sure. But for the time being all this lay outside Zalachenko??s control. and since he did not see any blood in the woman??s mouth he concluded that probably it had not. she had had it up to here with other work. Her friend sighed. But both of them were part of the circle closest to Zalachenko. She wondered what Armansky thought of her after all that had happened. so that no outsider will have knowledge of or be able to weigh the evidence against Lisbeth. assistant chief of Immigration Division. but I won??t mention how or where I got them. ??What??? He explained that he had come home to find that the blue folder on his kitchen table was gone. had stood his ground ?C it was constitutionally indefensible not to inform the Prime Minister. She??s the one who makes the decisions on these things. 3. Edklinth was wondering what was on Armansky??s mind.?? ??Well then. Only a woman who had killed a man in battle was allowed to give up her virginity. Janeryd looked surprised. But listen ?? I don??t want to discuss this for the same reason I??ve already given. But you already live in a one-bedroom apartment by Danvikstull which your father bought for you twenty years ago.?? Cortez said into his mobile. I have a number of opinions about him too. Zalachenko would give his word. It was frustrating. ??No. ??Am I being arrested??? he said. The immediate reason for calling the press conference was that he wanted to deny the rumours already being circulated in the media. I have the power to extend it and even make it a full-time position. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. SixOfOne wrote. and Edklinth had examined the reports in the archive. Blomkvist had approved a sum of 14. ??Last night he also murdered a police officer from Trollh?ttan.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. and her job included tracking violence against persons born abroad to decide whether or not the crime was racially motivated. She had brought a green military bag containing her laptop. ??I??ve kicked myself a hundred times about it. Illegal tapping is the domain of government authorities.?? The first person Blomkvist saw was Torsten Edklinth. But we have no trace of the car he took. But we??re no longer involved with those investigations. Now! Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. There are a thousand things I??ve got to learn. He was running out of time. and what vehicles drop anyone off at that address. In Gullberg??s eyes this did not mean that Palme might be innocent. When the hook came out and his body fell. As the situation developed. We can??t just dump it on Erika??s desk as a newspaper billboard. and delinquent in his youth. It was chaotic. but that there was a boundary and it could not be infringed.?? ??I??ve also had a conversation with an official who wants me to let Teleborian see you. ???? that Curt Andersson and Jerker Holmberg at least. but asked questions until he was satisfied. it would make sense to continue promoting that story. but since I had already filed a report. He saw immediately the need to create a new structure around the defector. She closed her eyes. box on Fleminggatan in Kungsholmen. I was terribly intellectual. this state of affairs was deeply unsatisfactory. a matter of national security. briskly.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out.?? ??Oh. When the next two shots came she tried to get her legs over the edge of the bed. in such appalling circumstances. Remember what it was like during the Wennerstr?m affair. ??I don??t understand. Of course not. yes. ??I think you??re right. Blomkvist??s version is missing the entire investigation conducted by Teleborian. Borgsj? is going to be fired.?? He walked away down Hantverkargatan. the news editor ?C you??ll be working with him a lot. She stretched and went on a 45-minute run out past R?lambshov hospital and around Fredh?ll and back via Smedsudden. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. he finally sent Andersson to bring him in. She did not understand what it was about. now knew about the existence of the Section. He weighed thirty-nine kilos and was unable to walk. He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive.?? ??I no longer have access to the report. had found out ?? then it should have leaked years ago. It was Blomkvist??s front door. was supposed to have access to everything. But they were every one of them computer wizards. weighing her chances. I thought you were taking today off. but from a number of sources Cortez had a fairly clear picture of the events of the night before. which is supposed to be neutral. ??Thanks. I??m just trying to take stock of her. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said.?? Gullberg said. When they started plying him with questions about his possible involvement in trafficking and other criminal activities. he was suspected of running errands for the Yugoslav mafia. So he spent the whole of Friday brooding alone in his office. Sorry. And not one of us had noticed a thing. probably just after 3. Policemen aren??t supposed to think in those terms. ??Teleborian??? Jonasson could not help overhearing the name.?? He tapped on the screen with a pen.?? Edklinth said.?? ??Could he have recognized you from the papers? You??ve had a lot of publicity over several widely reported cases. * Salander opened her eyes when she heard a scraping sound. said.?? ??It??s up to Salander to decide. During the first year. He pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck.?? ??Which means???? ??First of all. Malin. list everything that??s been said about her. But this letter tells you to use your own good judgement. cradling his coffee. If the plan failed. And now she has attacked him with an axe. When she went into Slussen tunnelbana Figuerola picked up her pace. unless he had given clear instructions to Lundin. the king or the commander-in-chief would very swiftly come under observation by the Constitutional Protection Unit. He says that he already mentioned her name to you in connection with something else.?? Eriksson said. but her breathing was not quite normal. The majority were of girls.?? Edklinth exhaled a little. There??s just one problem.?? ??Understood.?? He flipped his mobile shut and crawled into bed. I heard her lecture once.?? ??We won??t have time to dig up the whole story. He would have urgent-sounding conversations in Kurdish or possibly Turkish or Arabic or some other language that Blomkvist did not understand.P. ??Not a thing. And she??s not known for being a shrinking violet. S. ??The task of Constitutional Protection is to defend the constitution against what we call ??internal threats??.?? ??So ?? what else? Illegal tapping or something??? Edklinth said. It was just our bad luck that he happened to be on rotation. She had seen him on T. When they had finished there was a long silence around the table. He infiltrated the B.?? ??So what exactly is the purpose of your visit??? ??First. but your decisions are the ones that count. Edklinth and Armansky had known each other for twelve years.K. So. Zalachenko??s biography was still vague ?C all he had was what he had blackmailed Bj?rck to reveal. shrink-wrapped and sent out with the special summer issue.?? Figuerola said.?? ??O. obviously. which in turn was owned by one Anneli Karlsson. piecing together what had happened overnight. Then a week went by before the emails started coming again. ??You could say it was my fault. If we??re flying kites. VI The historian Diodorus from Sicily.?? Salander said.?? Edklinth said. My assignment is to be your guide in this labyrinth. staring at the chair Teleborian had been sitting in.?? Gullberg turned his head very slowly and looked in surprise at the woman he had followed out of the lift.?? Blomkvist laughed.?? ??And why would I go anywhere with somebody who works for S?po??? She thought for a moment. In short.?? Modig sighed. a spy. Well. The time and place for each meeting was set at the preceding one. ??Hans Faste. the stringer in G?teborg. She had severe hypothermia. This also had geographical consequences.?? Wadensj?? regarded Clinton with doubt in his eyes. welcome to S. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings.?? he said. ??Not quite yet.

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He??s not married. she had pushed all thoughts of the Section to one side and concentrated on Berger??s problem. sent on May 15.00 she got up and drove to S. Over the years he had noticed that if he stopped giving instructions or gave Niedermann too much latitude to make his own decisions. almost friendly manner.?? Gullberg said. Is he out of his mind??? ??You mean he??s alive??? ??For the time being.?? Jonasson looked again at the unconscious patient??s face. Threats to National Security. I know Ghidi. I asked her to be here because what we??re going to discuss will also affect her job. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff. ??Not quite yet. Actually it was Malm who had the night shift. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty.?? There was absolute silence in the room. It??s about using child labour and exploiting political prisoners in Vietnam. But I want to play it safe.

He looked up. yes.Sunday. It meant that the creation of the Section appeared to be just another routine matter. My husband will be home in a couple of days.?? ??I see. Ghidi wondered what Adamsson would do if someone actually tried to get into the Salander woman??s room. Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April. The smoking ban at Millennium had soon been relaxed after Berger left. ??O. Millennium is going to publish a story that I am contractually bound not to reveal to S. Somalia was a much better place for that sort of attire. and much of what he thinks he knows is wrong. One lived in Norrt?lje. Add to this the unforgivably absurd bonuses that will cost S.?? ??So all the rumours about you two are nonsense. and carried him to the stool. They??re a reputable manufacturer. ??I??m sorry for chasing you down.

??Thank you for being willing to host this informal meeting.?? ??If you want to keep working at S. In September 1964. ??No. The alternative is a person who wants to take some sort of revenge and sabotage my life for personal reasons. Somalia was a much better place for that sort of attire. ??Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head and was very seriously injured. The trail ends there for the moment. A total of twelve. and one metre eighty-four tall. She would hardly notice the difference. What??s your take on this??? Wadensj?? said. Gullberg squeezed the trigger and put the bullet right in the centre of Zalachenko??s forehead just as the patient was starting to swing his prosthesis over the edge of the bed.D. She bent down and bit him on the ear.?? ??I believe you. ??You??ve got to be kidding.?? Blomkvist said. you??re going to have to fight.

Erlander knew from long experience that there were plenty of nutters out there. They had discussed the psychology that causes certain men to stalk women. There was a report today that she??s going to be the new editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten.00 in the evening when Figuerola held the car door open for Blomkvist.??s quality as well as its circulation figures. This is the worst thing that could have happened.S. They had found the pencil. It had been Plague??s contacts on the Net who had provided her with a Norwegian passport in the name of Irene Nesser. you??re asking us to run an operation against an influential magazine and the editor-in-chief of S. blue eyed. The headache will eventually go away altogether. There were bloody-minded individuals who harped on and on about real or imaginary injustices and who sometimes turned to threatening behaviour. you have to trust me. born 1950. Edklinth lacked the legal authority to initiate a preliminary investigation. Prosecutor Fransson in S?dert?lje had finished her deliberations. If so. And Vitavara Inc.?? Inspector Erlander got up from his desk and went upstairs to tell the preliminary investigation leader. He was not going to make it.?? ??Am I to conclude that you??re running some sort of surveillance on Teleborian??? Figuerola shook her head.

but he had finally realized that there was so much material that not even an issue devoted entirely to the topic would be sufficient.?? ??What are you suggesting??? ??I??m only asking you to let me know if you discover that Salander is being subjected to another miscarriage of justice. He carefully closed the door. Figuerola raised a hand. It was probably one of her punters who beat her up.K.S. moving fast. said. nothing serious.?? ??We won??t have time to dig up the whole story. go to Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. Jabba. Thomasson could provide him with all that. On page thirty-four there is a paragraph in which Bj?rck appears to suggest that Salander be branded psychotic. The constitution had been established by the parliament. ??The whole thing stinks.?? He pointed at the screen. Bublanski looked at the notes from his meeting with Ekstr?m. You??ve told me. He weighed the pros and cons. he observed.

Possibly also to show them how a real police investigation should be run. according to the report.?? ??The special issue is going to be called The Lisbeth Salander Story. ??How does Bjurman come into the story in the first place? You say he was the one who started the whole thing by contacting Zalachenko and asking him to kill Salander. This would be her last Saturday lunch at Sahlgrenska. He had two operations and could now walk without crutches. She was having coffee with her husband on the balcony of a friend??s place in Vasastaden.?? said Borgsj?.?? ??Which part was truth and which part was fantasy. and then follows the hunt for Salander first. Two of the guns were Polish P-83 Wanads. Two hours after the murder there was still chaos in the corridor.?? Cortez said. Then he picked up the telephone. She had failed. Fermat??s theorem no longer fascinated her. ??So the Zalachenko club is somewhere in this building.?? he said. Figuerola and Blomkvist were waiting for him. If you say yes. a former accountant and sometime business consultant and tax lawyer. This worried Zalachenko.

my sister Annika. an academic. we can always single him out as a rogue policeman.?? the Minister of Justice said. But F?lldin had required that one person in his office. wait ?? he got out of the lift first.?? ??What do you mean. She outlined the Poison Pen situation. It??s as if he never actually existed in the professional world. A Russian agent.?? The next morning Edklinth was in his office at police headquarters.v ?C 6. And Holm ?? you??re starting to look like dead meat to me. would you??? she said. ??His name is Evert Gullberg and he??s seventy-eight years old. turned to the Minister of Justice.?? ??I don??t??? ??There are some people who need to have a talk with you in peace and quiet. much less drive safely for any distance. light-blonde. But they were every one of them computer wizards. as you can see.?? Edklinth said.

weighing her chances. but she still worked out obsessively at the gym five nights a week. and I can do that only by changing the organization and the work routines.?? Erika looked up. her husband. And I have a strategy. He wrote a carefully worded and noncommittal comment on her chart: Radiological examination gives a basis for definitive conclusions but the condition of the patient has deteriorated steadily during the day.?? ??So what??s wrong with her??? ??I don??t know. Wadensj?? glanced at Gullberg and was struck by how thin the old man had become. Even so. ??You talk about trust. At 10.?? ??Yes. She walked briskly to a gym at St Eriksplan and spent the next hour doing some easy strength training.M. but he had a short fuse and was a dangerous man.?? ??I??m not interested in military secrets. Some of these are in the Security Police.?? ??Isn??t that part of the brain associated with numbers and mathematical capacity??? Jonasson said.v Blomkvist made sure that he was not being watched when he walked from the Millennium offices early on Friday morning to Salander??s old apartment block on Lundagatan. Security assessments. He felt as soon as he lay down that for the first time in weeks he could relax and sleep peacefully.

wrapped her arms around her client and lifted her up. He knew that the helicopter was coming in in the nick of time. I have a lot of international trade stuff to check out. I can??t release her. but the editor.?? ??I was afraid of that.?? The next morning Edklinth was in his office at police headquarters.m.?? Berger thanked him. He would never regain full health. And at the same time. You??re to contact an Inspector Thomas Paulsson at the Trollh?ttan police. That was the natural order of things. Keep in mind that he shot someone dead. That should be happening ???? ?C Bublanski looked at his watch ?C ???? yes. the attack on Annika. born in 1917.P. Which means that the price per square metre will be X kronor and it would cost 10. Andersson.?? Figuerola said.?? ??Regardless of the consequences??? ??Especially regardless of the consequences.

I have to draw the conclusion that some sick individual is doing this.?? ??And what??s their stated business??? ??God only knows.I.?? Blomkvist said. Edklinth had been able to set up a legitimate operations department. he was the victim of a crime. Zalachenko had good reason to hate the girl. ??What was that??? ??Oh. She called home first and then rang Lillian Josefsson. She had nothing specific to work on. I??m not above the law.?? Sandberg said.?? Then he added in English. We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary. ??Twenty-two. ??The Zalachenko club spies on me. * Salander opened her eyes when she heard a scraping sound.?? ??That??s nice to hear. Besides. freelance consultants ?? he put Blomkvist into the category of freelance consultant.?? ??Very good. He wondered how Niedermann would get along on his own.

The easy part was done. The core of the legislation has it that no person has the right to harass or humiliate another person. He??s the one I told you about. getting into Blomkvist??s apartment and Millennium??s offices. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. The only problem was that Bjurman was such a mediocre lawyer that he was hardly capable of exploiting his opportunities. in other words. Of course I haven??t done a psychiatric evaluation of her.?? ??I definitely heard him at the door. S.?? Blomkvist shut his eyes.Saturday. and not his formal boss in the Immigration Division. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. even though in reality he was not her problem. So you use the attack alarm. He hovered between life and death for several days. Salander was not sure. But for the time being all this lay outside Zalachenko??s control. and since he did not see any blood in the woman??s mouth he concluded that probably it had not. she had had it up to here with other work. Her friend sighed.

But both of them were part of the circle closest to Zalachenko. She wondered what Armansky thought of her after all that had happened. so that no outsider will have knowledge of or be able to weigh the evidence against Lisbeth. assistant chief of Immigration Division. but I won??t mention how or where I got them. ??What??? He explained that he had come home to find that the blue folder on his kitchen table was gone. had stood his ground ?C it was constitutionally indefensible not to inform the Prime Minister. She??s the one who makes the decisions on these things. 3. Edklinth was wondering what was on Armansky??s mind.?? ??Well then. Only a woman who had killed a man in battle was allowed to give up her virginity. Janeryd looked surprised. But listen ?? I don??t want to discuss this for the same reason I??ve already given. But you already live in a one-bedroom apartment by Danvikstull which your father bought for you twenty years ago.?? Cortez said into his mobile. I have a number of opinions about him too. Zalachenko would give his word. It was frustrating. ??No. ??Am I being arrested??? he said. The immediate reason for calling the press conference was that he wanted to deny the rumours already being circulated in the media.

I have the power to extend it and even make it a full-time position. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. SixOfOne wrote. and Edklinth had examined the reports in the archive. Blomkvist had approved a sum of 14. ??Last night he also murdered a police officer from Trollh?ttan.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. and her job included tracking violence against persons born abroad to decide whether or not the crime was racially motivated. She had brought a green military bag containing her laptop. ??I??ve kicked myself a hundred times about it. Illegal tapping is the domain of government authorities.?? The first person Blomkvist saw was Torsten Edklinth. But we have no trace of the car he took. But we??re no longer involved with those investigations. Now! Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. There are a thousand things I??ve got to learn. He was running out of time. and what vehicles drop anyone off at that address. In Gullberg??s eyes this did not mean that Palme might be innocent. When the hook came out and his body fell. As the situation developed. We can??t just dump it on Erika??s desk as a newspaper billboard.

and delinquent in his youth. It was chaotic. but that there was a boundary and it could not be infringed.?? ??I??ve also had a conversation with an official who wants me to let Teleborian see you. ???? that Curt Andersson and Jerker Holmberg at least. but asked questions until he was satisfied. it would make sense to continue promoting that story. but since I had already filed a report. He saw immediately the need to create a new structure around the defector. She closed her eyes. box on Fleminggatan in Kungsholmen. I was terribly intellectual. this state of affairs was deeply unsatisfactory. a matter of national security. briskly.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out.?? ??Oh. When the next two shots came she tried to get her legs over the edge of the bed. in such appalling circumstances. Remember what it was like during the Wennerstr?m affair. ??I don??t understand. Of course not.

yes. ??I think you??re right. Blomkvist??s version is missing the entire investigation conducted by Teleborian. Borgsj? is going to be fired.?? He walked away down Hantverkargatan. the news editor ?C you??ll be working with him a lot. She stretched and went on a 45-minute run out past R?lambshov hospital and around Fredh?ll and back via Smedsudden. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. he finally sent Andersson to bring him in. She did not understand what it was about. now knew about the existence of the Section. He weighed thirty-nine kilos and was unable to walk. He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive.?? ??I no longer have access to the report. had found out ?? then it should have leaked years ago. It was Blomkvist??s front door. was supposed to have access to everything. But they were every one of them computer wizards. weighing her chances. I thought you were taking today off. but from a number of sources Cortez had a fairly clear picture of the events of the night before. which is supposed to be neutral.

??Thanks. I??m just trying to take stock of her. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said.?? Gullberg said. When they started plying him with questions about his possible involvement in trafficking and other criminal activities. he was suspected of running errands for the Yugoslav mafia. So he spent the whole of Friday brooding alone in his office. Sorry. And not one of us had noticed a thing. probably just after 3. Policemen aren??t supposed to think in those terms. ??Teleborian??? Jonasson could not help overhearing the name.?? He tapped on the screen with a pen.?? Edklinth said.?? ??Could he have recognized you from the papers? You??ve had a lot of publicity over several widely reported cases. * Salander opened her eyes when she heard a scraping sound. said.?? ??It??s up to Salander to decide. During the first year. He pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck.?? ??Which means???? ??First of all. Malin.

list everything that??s been said about her. But this letter tells you to use your own good judgement. cradling his coffee. If the plan failed. And now she has attacked him with an axe. When she went into Slussen tunnelbana Figuerola picked up her pace. unless he had given clear instructions to Lundin. the king or the commander-in-chief would very swiftly come under observation by the Constitutional Protection Unit. He says that he already mentioned her name to you in connection with something else.?? Eriksson said. but her breathing was not quite normal. The majority were of girls.?? Edklinth exhaled a little. There??s just one problem.?? ??Understood.?? He flipped his mobile shut and crawled into bed. I heard her lecture once.?? ??We won??t have time to dig up the whole story. He would have urgent-sounding conversations in Kurdish or possibly Turkish or Arabic or some other language that Blomkvist did not understand.P. ??Not a thing. And she??s not known for being a shrinking violet.

S. ??The task of Constitutional Protection is to defend the constitution against what we call ??internal threats??.?? ??So ?? what else? Illegal tapping or something??? Edklinth said. It was just our bad luck that he happened to be on rotation. She had seen him on T. When they had finished there was a long silence around the table. He infiltrated the B.?? ??So what exactly is the purpose of your visit??? ??First. but your decisions are the ones that count. Edklinth and Armansky had known each other for twelve years.K. So. Zalachenko??s biography was still vague ?C all he had was what he had blackmailed Bj?rck to reveal. shrink-wrapped and sent out with the special summer issue.?? Figuerola said.?? ??O. obviously. which in turn was owned by one Anneli Karlsson. piecing together what had happened overnight. Then a week went by before the emails started coming again. ??You could say it was my fault. If we??re flying kites.

VI The historian Diodorus from Sicily.?? Salander said.?? Edklinth said. My assignment is to be your guide in this labyrinth. staring at the chair Teleborian had been sitting in.?? Gullberg turned his head very slowly and looked in surprise at the woman he had followed out of the lift.?? Blomkvist laughed.?? ??And why would I go anywhere with somebody who works for S?po??? She thought for a moment. In short.?? Modig sighed. a spy. Well. The time and place for each meeting was set at the preceding one. ??Hans Faste. the stringer in G?teborg. She had severe hypothermia. This also had geographical consequences.?? Wadensj?? regarded Clinton with doubt in his eyes. welcome to S. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings.?? he said. ??Not quite yet.