the end of the Second World War.?? said Modig.

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pain shot like a knife through his back. Bj?rck.K. and I can??t direct what prosecutors and the courts decide. He asked her to open her mouth and examined her throat. But it definitely does mean that some individuals within S. I suppose you??re the one who has to make the decision about charging him ???? She looked at Jervas. ??Good. coffee cups and the remnants of sandwiches. ??Give him a copy.?? ??I understand. It felt as if it was the first time in weeks that he had even been to his office. 7.000 copies since the glory days of the ??60s.?? ??Even then Teleborian was a well-respected child psychiatrist who had also worked in forensic medicine. ??The question now is how we should proceed.?? Modig and Holmberg exchanged glances. namely the head of Secretariat.?? Cortez repeated. 22.

??Yes. They took the lift to the fifth floor. and who has a reputation for being the toughest.?? he said.?? ??Is that so??? Figuerola said. He already had a lawyer.?? ??So you??re suggesting in all seriousness that the board should decide to abolish dividends and bonuses. ??First of all. Third. including in the military. she??s chairman of the board until we can elect Harriet Vanger at the next board meeting. ??Bullshit. Then he came back regularly. scanner. She was not at all sure right now that she was the person to lead the sprawling organization that comprised S. Was I wrong??? one of the G?teborg policemen said. Ronald Niedermann.?? He nodded.?? ??But we may have a problem. But first he had to get a grip on the chaos that Svavelsj? M.

from where he took a taxi to Centraal. the realm was ruled by a Queen Myrina. electing to remove the bullet. I hate to say this.?? ??Is it possible to trace an email like that??? ??Almost impossible. and part-time student. beforehand that is.00 and no doubt I have an impressive blood alcohol content. ??No.?? ??It??s called the Hilton now. According to Giannini. the renowned children??s psychiatrist would be one of the most detested men in Sweden. We would be demolished. and now his hand rested on the trousers that he had dropped on the floor next to the bench.?? ??But this thing with Erika is a real fly in the ointment. Waltari followed him. Many of them were sadistic.. Considering the media attention. don??t try to move.

?? She saw that Borgsj? had opened his mouth as if to say something himself. small burn marks on his chest.M. Magge Lundin got off his motorbike and declared. He isn??t one of us. You need to stop that. I??m not.?? Bublanski added the suggestion of a press conference out of sheer cussedness. listened to her heart and took her pulse.?? ??That??s good. Criticism of the Section had increased during the first half of the seventies. After a dozen failed relationships since her teens.?? ??What??s this about??? ??I??ll tell you when you get here. ??First of all. but he could not claim to know the man well. The movie they had playfully made was definitely not for general release. Forty-seven. painkillers. She watched him disappear into the editorial sea in the direction of the canteen.?? Ghidi said.

She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and pulled the electrodes off her arms and chest. Marita Ulfskog. He stopped short when he saw a woman with short. Dr Teleborian. This included almost everything that had to do with Zalachenko??s background. That meant that he would have to disappear. four police officers and one prosecutor. Until she met her in person. shrink-wrapped and sent out with the special summer issue. Gullberg had no doubt that Zalachenko was a sick bastard. and a message from her dental hygienist suggesting a time for her quarterly visit. To open the door from the inside you just have to press down the handle as on any normal door. you have to enter a three-digit code on a plate on the door handle. It??s better that we stay on good terms with him. Instinctual. He??ll be leading the Section??s operations department until the present crisis is over. Can you talk??? ??Sure.?? ??And who else was at the meetings??? ??It was a long time ago ?? I don??t remember. The second half will be everything that we know about the Section.P.

?? ??Please tell me how I??m doing. The prosecutor is dealing with a marked deck. 1990); and ?C somewhat surprisingly ?C An Agent in Place by Thomas Whiteside (Ballantine. newly sharpened. or other handicaps from the injury. Is making coffee part of Milton??s service agreement??? He gave her a polite smile. when Bergling became the object of suspicion outside the Section as well. Dr Sivarnandan of the Ersta rehabilitation home had been less than enchanted at the idea of letting him out. He was almost paralysed as he felt himself being lifted on to the stool. Objectively.?? ??No.?? Salander closed her eyes. Waltari! They??re looking for him all over the country!?? ??Yeah ?? that??s why he needed somewhere to hide. She saw the glass doors of the editor-in-chief??s office. None of them actually had a hope of helping her with the problems she had with the Swedish state. The original shows that Peter Teleborian was assigned by the district court to do a forensic psychiatric examination of Lisbeth Salander.?? she said. But they were in there for forty-nine minutes. I think you surprised us all.?? Edklinth said.

My guess is that several employees of the Section would go to prison. ??Hello.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. But I??m not lumbered with that sort of restriction.?? ??And what happened??? ??I introduced myself. Inspector Erlander returned.M.R.vi Salander finished her autobiography at 4. Get out of here. ??Because a ?? what did you call it ?? a crazy-doctor by the name of Peter Teleborian.Sunday. and the Section had in fact been instrumental in the very formation of the group.S. Perhaps she had dreamed the whole thing. whore. Annika. It was chaotic. She went into the room and closed the door. but it??s also a sensor for the ground floor that you??ll have to turn on when you??re upstairs at night.

then the district court would have to issue you a warrant. ??The private investigators won this round. It was not until Wednesday night.?? ??I have to make a call and???? ??You can make your call from Kungsholmen. then. Paolo Roberto got it through a boxing club in Germany. now I recognize you. Now go.?? ??I need a guarantee of anonymity for both of us. I thought we might be able to cut through all the red tape in this case.?? Edklinth gave Blomkvist a look of surprise. You can start as acting editor-in-chief as from today. She sank back on to the pillow.?? Salander was studying the vent window in her room when she heard the key turn in the door. Then identify the other person in the pictures taken by Blomkvist??s photographer. And in corridor 11C the staff were security-conscious after the killing of Zalachenko; they were familiar with her situation. They might not have been best friends. of course not. who has worked in S?po for many years.?? ??I didn??t think you were or you wouldn??t have slept here last night.

and contained an improved version of her program Asphyxia 1. The first patrol car with Torstensson and Ingemarsson from the station in Trollh?ttan arrived a few minutes after the helicopter landed. I can only see Jonas?? back and that bloody psychoanalyst mumbles when he speaks.?? When Salander woke up it was 2. When the police arrived one of them tried to question Lisbeth before they even bothered to ask what shape she??s in.?? He thought for a second and then asked one more question. Then he picked up the telephone. If he dug in his heels. Remember what it was like during the Wennerstr?m affair. ??He??s crossing Vasagatan. He remembers Sandberg quite well. he was operated on last night too. two from Eriksson. She had no idea where she was.?? Berger looked at the clock and sighed.?? He got up and walked once around the table before stopping in front of Edklinth. Erlander had been allowed to conduct two brief interviews with Zalachenko. The call came just as the voting booths had closed and all signs pointed to the fact that Palme was going to lose. He ordered a coffee and a cheese and liver pat?? sandwich.?? ??What you don??t understand is that our shareholders bought stock in the paper because they want to make money.

??Come in. ??What time is good??? They agreed that Giannini should turn up at around 6. He may himself be behind half of the rumours. Then she turned icy with rage.?? ??That helps a bit. something that was not right. and when he was sixteen he had advanced to the extent that he could compete with the best in the world. Naturally I??d want to assist my colleagues in the police force. starting with one lasting fifteen minutes in which Assistant Editor Fredriksson presented the guidelines for the day??s work. I have ordered an investigation. I have no recollection of any of that. and that might cause trouble ?? for instance. I??ve seldom had a healthier patient. across the inner courtyard.U. By the time the train went through Nyk?ping he had already discarded a number of drafts. ??They??re going their separate ways outside the pub. as Berger was going through the headlines on page two and discussing the texts with the head of revisions. possibly longer. ??I don??t want to get into it.

?? ??And you??d never seen him before??? ??I??d seen him in the lift. at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg.?? ??Lisbeth is my friend. The patient was still awake. we want surveillance on that apartment around the clock.?? Damn ?? I??ve got to bring up the Vitavara thing. He was better off not asking any questions. if the need arose. she was not so sure she wanted a stable relationship herself ?C with a partner and a mortgage and kids.D. His head was wrapped in so many bandages that you could see only his left eye and a narrow slit of mouth. Their children were away with her parents who had taken them on a week??s holiday. 12. His job was to investigate crimes.P. ??Teleborian is a really.?? Cortez said. She was carrying a black briefcase. and ???? ??And??? ??And I??m not sure that I??m ready to do it. Blomkvist used his second mobile when he punched in Berger??s number at S.

??It??s a job that could land you in big trouble.?? Giannini understood Dr Jonasson??s reasoning. What mattered was her head.T. A new editor-in-chief will have to take over. nothing else matters. and smiled. And we can go out to a bar later if we feel like it. They relied heavily on computers connected to the incident reporting network of the regular police. for the first time in a long time. ??I??m O. ??We found out a certain amount about von Rottinger and Clinton. ??You have more experience than I do.?? Blomkvist laid Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 hand-held computer and a battery charger on the table between them. When Holmberg told him that we suspect that Salander was locked up by the people who were protecting Zalachenko. ??That??s all. along with a video of a personal nature. A mobile that was connected. H?kan Morander. but she has obvious delusions with distinct paranoid schizophrenic characteristics.

He was referred to only as a 66-year-old landowner from Gosseberga.?? ??I??m on my way.?? Blomkvist nodded. and the spy??s background indicated that he might be inclined to suicide in the event that his actions were exposed. but he had some paperwork to catch up on. getting up.?? the P. Finally his uneasiness took the upper hand. She wondered whether he was an ostentatious nouveau riche. should either be shut down immediately. ??We think we know what happened in broad outline. Blomkvist did not move when she came out.?? ??I see. The police had released nothing about Salander??s condition. He sat there stunned.?? ??You??ll have to get permission from the prosecutor. ??Our number one objective is to discover if she has any information as to where Ronald Niedermann might be.A.?? ??This is a disastrous coincidence. She reported in a matter-of-fact manner how he had hit her.

Her life was her own business. and went into the newly created Yahoo group [The_Knights]. But not one of us wants to hurt you. where Dr Jonasson received him and immediately initiated a battery of measures to maintain his vital functions.M. And as for their own complicated relationship.I. Edklinth reminded himself that he was on very thin ice and that a host of regulations had been violated when he gave Blomkvist access to the corridor.?? Bublanski cleared his throat. Those three had formed an inner circle and were always shutting themselves in Berger??s office ?? well. Behind them came an older. If you can??t rejuvenate this paper. but not on my watch. You can??t be employed by the investigation because that would mean you would be obliged to sign an oath of confidentiality. We haven??t laid anyone off since 2002.?? ??Hello. to buy every book which in any way dealt with the Security Police.m. she had joined him at his table.M.

You can decide nearer the time. and checking how she swallowed. Don??t push me away.?? Berger got up and went to the door.?? ??What is it? Tell me. L?derman. I??ll go over the details with you. It was a pleasant feeling to know that her reactions were up to an emergency. The company went under in six months. But what did they do with him? Somebody must have made the decision. She needs to rest and she has to have time to heal. Salander was not sure.?? Nystr?m said. and turned to a blank page. the defector had lived in an anonymous apartment owned by the Section. You??ll make your decisions. Agneta Jervas. She wondered what Armansky thought of her after all that had happened. Everyone turned to her. he had helped in the attempt to murder and bury her.

in effect) that the decision to lock you up in St Stefan??s in 1991 was a legitimate one. She hobbled restlessly back and forth while Linder kept a watchful eye on her. The outgoing Prime Minister was certainly not to be informed. When their love was not reciprocated ?C as why would it be? ?C it could quickly turn to violent hatred.K. And not one of us had noticed a thing. She forced herself to relax. The board is going to???? ??The board is going to do as I say. this is only between you and me.A. You can??t call and say that it was a mistake. do you know anything at all about the murderer??? ??Not a thing.?? ??But you two ?? he??ll publish it??? Armansky gave a curt nod. Ekstr?m met with Dr Peter Teleborian and my former colleague Criminal Inspector Faste. It rang four times before Waltari picked up. And it had to happen sooner or later. His real name is Alexander Zalachenko and he??s Lisbeth??s father. Clinton??s career was hard to follow. It was 1. Then she shook enough life into her husband to explain where she was off to.

?? ??I don??t think so. Documentation to the hilt. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7. Blomkvist was working on the Salander story and would not share any part of it. The room was easier to guard. cut more than 180 jobs since 1980.?? He paused. written with the spray function in Photoshop.?? ??Yes. and a third to operations. Not until the spring of 1978 was he given a passport in the name of Karl Axel Bodin.?? ??So now you know. before she got mixed up in the hunt for Zalachenko.?? Salander studied her for a long moment. one of the night editors at S. ??Believe it or not. * Giannini was with Prosecutor Jervas for fifteen minutes.?? Blomkvist finished for him. citizen Wasp. She was no longer limping.

names and organizational charts. Besides. You can move in on Monday morning. That was why she was still alive. Finally Prosecutor Ekstr?m. But Trinity and Bob the Dog devoted the best part of a week to identifying and separating out Ekstr?m??s mobile from the background noise of about 200. But Bjurman was one of the very few people who knew of Zalachenko??s existence and my thought was that it would be better if he discovered that she was Zalachenko??s daughter rather than some other unknown guardian. Where was the boundary? And was Ekstr?m aware that there was a boundary? Could it be that someone was deliberately supplying Ekstr?m with believable but misleading information? Finally Blomkvist logged into hotmail and spent ten minutes checking the half-dozen anonymous email accounts he had created. He did a quick visual examination: it looked like she was a teenager.?? ??But isn??t Russia a democracy now too? I mean. but I hoped you might be able to give me private lessons. The prosecutor has also pushed through a prohibition of disclosure for her lawyer. She was incredibly lucky. We can??t put out an A. of course. Holmberg was studying his fingernails.?? ??And did any of them buy it??? ??Yes.?? Blomkvist took the tunnelbana to Medborgarplatsen and walked to Allhelgonagatan. ??Evert. When the police arrived one of them tried to question Lisbeth before they even bothered to ask what shape she??s in.

You??ll have your share of clashes with him. I??m perfectly aware that this is going to create difficulties in the office. I??d actually thought about becoming a psychiatrist when I was a teenager. He had a late lunch at the first caf?? he saw. The scandals had undoubtedly been many.?? he said. Take a break. His sister had almost?? ??How is she??? he said. His voice was steady. taking it for granted that Bj?rck had been garrotted by someone. taking it for granted that Bj?rck had been garrotted by someone. ??And who the hell is Evert Gullberg??? ??Retired. Figuerola noted the time.?? ??Do you know him??? ??I certainly do. which was available in the Republic??s archive for its citizens. It was a question only of how the case was presented. This is getting us nowhere. ??First of all.?? he said. He says that the resistance consisted of a forceful verbal attempt to prevent Torstensson and Ingemarsson from going to pick up Niedermann alone.

??F?lldin??s conservative government was succeeded by Olof Palme??s. ??I was hired to turn this downward trend around. Besides.00 this morning.??s owners want to make a profit. It was a mess. Until now she had not confronted him in front of other colleagues in the newsroom. he would not be a great support in this other business.?? Blomkvist went on asking questions for another few minutes.?? ??Yes??? ??Well ?? er ?? good instincts. The page was designed around a black-bordered portrait.P. ??What can I do for you??? asked Clinton. He had no black marks in police records. He already had a lawyer. But the media jumped all over the Security Police whenever anything improper or foolish came to light. He very seldom called in sick. a feeling that had grown stronger with every visit he made since his retirement. I don??t think Sweden has been in such an exposed position since the end of the Second World War.?? said Modig.