moment he turned on his heel and resumed his little stroll towards Hornsgatan.

He would function as a contact person in matters relating to the defector
He would function as a contact person in matters relating to the defector. In the end she had to admit that the folder was gone. but she held back; she was exhausted and decided it would be better to keep quiet than tarnish her stay at Sahlgrenska with a fight. Blomkvist had convinced her that she had nothing to lose. but that??s almost a month away. In three years. wary look. S.?? ??I understand. He had had the feeling before and had trained himself to interpret it as an alarm triggered by instinct. disappeared. So what do we have??? ??She was shot with a Browning. of Bjurman??s rape. and then stopped about four centimetres into the brain. She had heard him offering his I.?? ??That was fast. but ???? ??Yes??? ??This young prostitute who was murdered in S?dert?lje ?? her name is Irina Petrova. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. I don??t have the faintest idea how to handle it.

Ambassador Janeryd was in no mood for small talk when he offered Blomkvist coffee at his residence on Lange Voorhout. a policeman with a secret appointment who devoted himself to shadowing the publisher of Millennium. He sank on to a chair at the kitchen table as thoughts whirled through his head. even if it happened many years ago. is mixed up in several kinds of criminal activity.?? Gullberg nodded. taking her pulse.35 when she heard the key in the lock and Nurse Agneta looked in on her. I would very much like to discover how you came by all this information. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut. For several minutes she did not dare to approach the light. ??I??m going to Kungsholmen now.?? ??This is one hell of an investigation. The file was stamped Top Secret.?? Bublanski closed the preliminary report with distaste. The nurses obviously had been instructed not to discuss other patients. have been devoting themselves to criminal activity for a long time.?? Blomkvist said. subcontracts the work to an outfit called Fong Soo Industries.

If the court determines that you are mentally ill. For the second time in less than a week Jonasson performed emergency surgery.?? Gullberg said slowly. That??s what he put in the report. whether the end of the word went up or down.M.P. in consultation with her colleague Dr Jonasson. It wasn??t good. But then she got restless and put on her running kit. Someone had to take responsibility for seeing to it that national-Bolshevist crackpots ?C who had read too much Bakunin or whoever the hell these neo-Nazis read ?C did not patch together a bomb made of fertilizer and oil and park it in a van outside Rosenbad. ??Wouldn??t you like to come and work for us??? ??Not on your life.T. but he was sure that he already had everything Janeryd could tell him.?? ??How do you mean??? Sandberg looked so nervous for a second that Zalachenko had to smile. He reminded Edklinth vaguely of the writer Dashiell Hammett. and would have to be removed. now Swedish ambassador in the Hague. ??A nasty attack in G?teborg and a break-in here in Stockholm.

Could you get the number??? While Jonasson was still waiting for the X-rays. It was a local thug with a drug problem who hung out around Svavelsj? M. After the meeting at Milton Security the previous evening. The problem is the ones who won??t let them do their jobs. He did not really need permission to publish the book in Svensson??s name. The house was well kept and neat. Annika.000 a month if you wanted to move in. My prognosis is that the third quarter will produce a significant loss. But as things look now. His head was wrapped in so many bandages that you could see only his left eye and a narrow slit of mouth.S. The text was sent at 7. ??Tell me what you know about Salander. and around two kilos of explosives. ??Could I give you a piece of advice??? ??Of course. That drove him to such depths of despair that he took his own life. blue eyed.?? ??Alright.

?? ??Hello.?? ??The pathologist wrote that there were graze wounds.. but she felt lazy to the core.?? ??No.?? * Jonasson left Salander??s room somewhat confused. shave a job here and a job there. I see spreadsheets before my eyes. even for other employees at S. On the other. to every word I say.?? ??That petty thief you identified ???? ??Kenneth Gustafsson. closing the book she had been reading. At this point Blomkvist should have realized that Paulsson was dangerously stupid. Blomkvist was working on the Salander story and would not share any part of it. Talk with doctors. ??Evert. She put the Palm in the recess behind the bedside table and waited while two Eritrean women vacuumed the room and changed her bedlinen. If she??s sentenced to a secure psychiatric facility.

??I won??t under any circumstances be interviewed. coming from Malm. but to her surprise he crossed the street right in front of her car and turned down the hill towards Blomkvist??s building. They had crossed six national borders but they had not been stopped once. It was not an easy job. He poured himself the miniature Glenfiddich. Plague had obviously made it simple for himself by copying over Ekstr?m??s entire hard drive. both as a kid and as an adult.?? He let that sink in. Suddenly she swayed. every t was crossed.?? ??Yes.?? Modig was surprised that Erlander had acquiesced to Zalachenko??s wish to be called Bodin. you get withdrawal symptoms after a while. He braced himself against the wall and limped over to the door. ??It??s been about ten hours since our colleague was murdered on Nossebrov?gen. I just happened to be passing by. well.00.

N. coffee and cake will have to do.?? ??I have a feeling that this story is going to be about something altogether different. But the investigation proceeded slowly.?? Blomkvist conceded. a lawyer colleague who was a member of the Women??s Network and an old friend from law school. no need for the Foreign Minister.B. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record. ??Could you manage to tell us the whole story from the beginning??? Holmberg said. The signature of the Prime Minister meant that the Section was now a legally approved institution. It was Blomkvist who found Svensson and his girlfriend??s bodies. But he could not work out this strange girl. Nieminen switched on an overhead light. ??Forceps.?? Erlander rubbed the back of his neck. but he was in hospital in S?dert?lje with one foot in a cast and his jaw wired shut. It was healing. ??O.

I would guess that somebody in Stockholm will be assigned to compile all the material for a prosecution.V.?? ??So who in the building is working for the Zalachenko club??? ??We don??t know yet. She??ll have to choose between selling her share of Millennium and leaving our board ?? or in the worst case. She cleared her throat and without being invited to. Holm met her gaze.P.?? ??So now you know. We have to assume that they made a copy for safekeeping. She was home by 7. Have you got the number of Mikael??s second mobile? The one that??s not tapped. But it??s like this: not everyone who works there is your enemy. Then came the election in 1985. After a while she managed to pull the sheet and blanket up to her chin.?? Jonasson frowned.?? ??But if you don??t explain yourself. Mikael Blomkvist. At the age of seventy-nine. the patient might die or perhaps wake up disabled for life.

?? Edklinth said by way of apology. Which indeed you quite often did. came out to look at the damage. She also has a bullet wound in her shoulder and another in her hip.?? ??Micke. She was afraid that it was a moral issue. so it was not easy to prove that his work was a fabrication. Policemen possibly excepted. What you call the Zalachenko club cannot exist without the support of key people in this building.?? ??Mikael ?? I don??t think you really appreciate what this involves.?? ??He??s not allowed visitors.S. He spent two hours trying to locate the Swedish ambassador and made contact by telephone at around 9.?? Berger suddenly felt an enormous wave of relief.?? ??I was afraid of that. He knocked on the door. They spoke in low voices for a few minutes before Gullberg stood up. She moved on to Lars ?rjan Wollberg. including members of the prominent Baksi family.

The police could probably work that out for themselves.?? Trinity said.K??. ??He??s at Sahlgrenska. It was cool. By 10.I.?? Erlander cleared his throat. Blomkvist had observed their comings and goings from his vantage point in Paulsson??s vehicle. He??s going to be right up there with the directors of Skandia. ??Good morning. Monica. Figuerola locked all the material in her safe. Annika has obeyed the rules. It cannot be ruled out that there is a minor bleed that is not visible on the images. Figuerola parked seven cars behind M?rtensson??s Volvo on Luntmakargatan. ??You??re an excellent surgeon. ??Damn it! But it??s not your fault. There would be a scandal of enormous proportions.

In January 1992 he left Upplands V?sby a free man. and he wasn??t sure how things would turn out at the magazine. in spite of her unusual name. examining every nook and cranny. but he??ll try to get out of the country as soon as he can.?? ??Forget I asked. thereby indicating her doubts about the wisdom of this style of conduct in the intensive care unit. but they were as well trained and probably better equipped too. Ekstr?m wanted an extensive psychiatric examination and had sent a lot of messages with the object of getting her transferred to Kronoberg prison as a matter of urgency.?? ??It??s precisely the same thing. Clinton??s career was hard to follow. At least not when this picture was taken. ??Sorry. Gullberg chose from the beginning to inform only one person in S.?? ??I consider the source to be totally reliable.?? Nieminen shut his eyes for ten full seconds. we won??t be finished with the installations here for a couple of days. Only when that has happened can she begin to confront her legal problems. then he??d do it.

?? ??Plus the seven here. I was terrified that something had happened. ??Where is he now??? Blomkvist said as they turned on to Kungsgatan. But in practice two assistant chiefs know of our existence.. two kids. who sat on his chair in the corridor.?? ??A graze over three centimetres long on the outside of his left knee. He would not have thought any more about it except that he spotted the same car a few hours later when he was having lunch with Cortez and Eriksson at Medborgarplatsen. Someone decides that a certain person should be given a particular level of clearance. professional board-member types. Even the noose was just a loop.?? Blomkvist looked at her.?? ??She is extremely manipulative. He went into Salander??s room and held out his hand to introduce himself. and paused to watch two Muslim women in veils hurry past him. In that respect. ??By God. was shaking all over as she stumbled through the woods.

The meeting had lasted forty minutes.?? ??Excellent idea. She was advised to contact her local station in the morning. The message consisted of a single line: Caf?? Madeleine.?? Eriksson said. There were bloody-minded individuals who harped on and on about real or imaginary injustices and who sometimes turned to threatening behaviour.?? ??I did not say there was no rush. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. The first time he was given a light prison sentence; the second time he got three years. It??s like this. which is supposed to be neutral.00 she had her foot wrapped in a thick bandage. Then she peeled an orange and sucked each segment to extinction. ??There are several parts to this problem. It turned out that whoever had installed the alarm several years before had neglected to connect the leads from the windows in the living room. I got to bed at 1.?? he said.?? ??Are any of them politically active??? ??No.?? the P.

a checked shirt and a leather jacket. Agneta Sofia Salander.?? Ekstr?m said. Their assignment is to determine the truth behind the assertions we have discussed. Suddenly she swayed. ??She acts the way she thinks you would expect her to act. For fifteen years he was protected. Not that there were not warnings. Blomkvist closed his eyes. His name was Jonas.?? Edklinth said. She put down the notebook.?? ??I??m going to keep an eye on her overnight. called Jonas Sandberg.M. How do I know I can trust you??? ??There??s a report from 1991 that Blomkvist discovered ???? ??I know about it. nothing. She reached for the telephone to call him. looking at her pupils.

I know that you??re not a psychiatrist. He had no knowledge of the circles Niedermann moved in.I.?? ??I see. he stopped at the door to his daughter??s room and rested there on his crutches for half a minute. ??That??s not what I asked. had acquiesced. department store. Then the efficient chaos. This is just the way it was in his day. I suppose??? ??You decide that for yourself. Palme??s suitability as Prime Minister had been the object of more than one lunch conversation in the corridors of S.?? Blomkvist sat speechless for several seconds before he fully took in what his sister had said. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. Could you find Johannes Frisk and bring him to my office asap??? She waited patiently until Holm sauntered into the glass cage with the reporter Frisk in tow. At Armansky??s instruction Bohman had been following the Salander investigation from the very start. She thought for a moment. She had no criminal record. Erika.

She was healthy enough to be moved to a normal rehabilitation ward. but he had been savagely beaten. was freelancing at Millennium. He walked rapidly into the ticket hall.K. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. ??Does it feel tight??? ??A little.?? ??I don??t know anything about that. the intensive care unit.?? Berger nodded. lost in thought. He??s murdered at least three people with his bare hands and he??s built like a tank. Again.P. almost too close. ??Very satisfied. Gullberg had a single slice of bread and a cup of black coffee in Frey??s caf??. He had bought bread. He did not even bother to look for it.

which showed that his patient still had regular heart activity. patients and visitors. Someone had taken the trouble to find out where she lived. He ignored the system files. The sides of the van advertised Lars Faulsson Lock and Key Service ?C with a telephone number. She checked the sender and then picked up the telephone and called Peter Fleming.?? Jonasson sat for a while. Then she leaned against the door frame by the balcony. The relatively limited technology to which Trinity had access meant that he had to park his van on Bergsgatan or one of the nearby streets and laboriously calibrate the equipment until he had identified the fingerprint that represented Ekstr?m??s mobile number. ??I doubt that. I??ve reminded you about this at least half a dozen times. She had left school with top marks. Figuerola then called the assistant head of the personnel department.?? ??What do you mean??? ??I sent Andersson to bring in Bj?rck for a formal interrogation. He stood for a moment in the sea of travellers. ??But a logical step would be to interrogate Zalachenko.?? ??So how do we counter that??? Borgsj? said. He put these swiftly into a side pocket of his laptop case.S.

Dag Svensson and Mia Johansson. After five days of investigations. Blomkvist and Giannini ?C until further notice. It was the first time she had smiled at Sahlgrenska hospital. who. My mother died in 2000.?? ??So who in the building is working for the Zalachenko club??? ??We don??t know yet. even when the Prime Minister appointed a special investigator who. There was a pile of unopened post that he shoved firmly to one side. ??Take your time. For three years after his nineteenth birthday he had worked as an engineer for British Telecom. and that won??t be until August. Which. She clicked on the bubble and wrote Wasp.??? ??Are you bullshitting me??? Ellis had lived in Sweden for many years and was fluent in Swedish ?C albeit with an American accent ?C but when Jonasson spoke to him in Swedish. She did.00 on Tuesday night. and it was 50/50 whether she would survive.?? Modig said.

She remembered still the humiliation she had felt when she saw her walk off down Hornsgatan with Blomkvist the day before New Year??s Eve a year and a half ago. the price would be in the order of 390 kronor. Gullberg chose from the beginning to inform only one person in S. What happened in Gosseberga is primarily G?teborg??s problem.35 when she heard the key in the lock and Nurse Agneta looked in on her. He also noticed another odd thing: there was no bibliography in any one of the books Cortez had found.?? ??And??? Modig hesitated once again. and thereafter we increased our surveillance of her.?? There was impatient muttering around the table.30 on Friday night. but nothing from Poison Pen. we??re sure that Niedermann switched vehicles. It was impossible. ??She was obviously hired by Blomkvist. Figuerola accompanied him up to the offices of the Constitutional Protection Unit. Sandberg offered a considerably stronger lifeline.?? It was not until after 10. Where did he get the weapon??? ??Blomkvist won??t discuss it without his lawyer being there. After a moment he turned on his heel and resumed his little stroll towards Hornsgatan.