Nystr?m said. And that led to a little clash at the Construction Fair in ?lvsj? last year. They chatted for a while.

She did not mean to make their job any easier by confessing to something that would lead to a prison sentence
She did not mean to make their job any easier by confessing to something that would lead to a prison sentence. He looked about for a taxi. but he says you??ll know what he means. Lisbeth Salander??s trial will be starting in a couple of weeks. The Security Police recently initiated an investigation of this man because he had written a number of apparently unstable letters to well-known politicians and the media.?? he said. She would never be able to get at the mobile. and I would very much like to represent you. Right now we have about thirty officers working directly on the investigation.?? She used the toilet in the master bathroom and then pulled on some black trousers and borrowed one of Greger??s slippers for her injured foot. I think you??re pretty tough too. She looked again at the clock. She gave him twenty minutes to deal with his post. purchase of research material. Then he said hello to Salander and asked her how she was feeling.?? ??I didn??t have much choice. ??A nasty attack in G?teborg and a break-in here in Stockholm. She could not see the blue overalls. But this is going to take some legwork. She woke up to find Linder sleeping in a recliner on the other side of the living room.

At lunchtime she returned to police headquarters in Kungsholmen and spent two hours thinking as she pumped iron in the gym. Her eyes narrowed. V. ??Come in ?? Evert Gullberg. ??In other words.I. Kalle Bastard Blomkvist was out there somewhere ?C Giannini was for some reason reluctant to talk about her brother. I don??t usually agree to this sort of unscheduled meeting. He was no longer a demon riding on her shoulder. actually. expecting that he would be asked to smuggle something in for her. darling Eva. There??s no smoking allowed in the hospital. with capital letters. ??Wadensj??.?? Erlander said. Eriksson??s office. ??It??s not important. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment. and one or other of us has to be here alone from time to time.

00 a. Not until 2. Jonasson sat for a while. The murderer is just about alive and in surgery.?? ??Precisely. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request. kill the whole story? Orring turned in a good piece. who??s leading the investigation into Zalachenko??s murder. He was about ten minutes late for their meeting. I??ve never understood why I??m attracted to one woman and totally uninterested in another. describes the Amazons of Libya. where he used Salander??s keys to get in. She forgave nothing. ??So that??s our strategy??? ??Herr Zalachenko.?? ??I see. For trying to kill me. and explained how a policeman??s death was a needless catastrophe because Niedermann had already been shackled.?? Cortez said. Just then he was sober. Then there??s the investigation at Nykvarn ?? three cold-case killings.

YOU??RE GOING TO GET FUCKED IN THE CUNT WITH A SCREWDRIVER. Figuerola noted the time.?? she said. the stringer in G?teborg. How should I deal with it??? ??I don??t have the energy to think that through right now. I can??t believe she??s gone already. introduced himself. We have to find allies within the bureaucracy if this is not going to end in calamity.e.?? Andersson said. some unknown lawyer appointed by the court would probably be worse. That was all Ghidi had to do. I have already established an elite body called The Knights of the Idiotic Table. and film roles.M. took a folder from her desk and handed it to Giannini. The national vehicle register had just informed him that the car he had seen at the top of Bellmansgatan with the blonde woman inside was owned by Monica Figuerola. ??Bellona Inc.00 on Saturday evening when Armansky left his office and walked to the synagogue of the S?der congregation on St Paulsgatan. 2.

??As you no doubt know. lined up the possibilities. ??Alright ?? go on. I took it for granted that S?po knew what they were doing and had the appropriate routines and experience.?? ??But I??m not a lawyer. ??What decision do you think I should make??? ??I believe we have common interests.C. ??O. And shrewd municipal buyers started to scratch their heads and wonder why they were shelling out 1700 kronor when they could get a similar toilet from Thailand for 500. but rather indicated that the conspiracy that had tried to eliminate Salander fifteen years earlier was not a thing of the past. that is. ??Raped??? he said.iv Dr Jonasson was woken by Nurse Nicander five minutes before the helicopter was expected to land. and he was sure that the hospital would offer him some soon. The P.?? ??And in order to do that. I??m a physician. If we don??t have a source for something. Why do you ask? Has something happened??? ??No. All the company??s secrets and emails ?C along with some fake documents that might lead people to think that its C.

She only got his voicemail. One of the big costs is building materials.?? ??Probably. had no responsibility for the budget and was not at all helpful when it came to making decisions about how much a freelancer should be paid or whether they could afford to buy a new laser printer that was not already included in the sum earmarked for capital investments or I. Gullberg knew the most minute character traits. After a dozen failed relationships since her teens. and did it in a way we didn??t think was possible.?? Ghidi was to do this every day until Blomkvist told him it was no longer necessary. You have to concentrate on getting well. Even if she??s acquitted of murder. lifted him off the ground.?? Erlander said.S. Leaving the restaurant she had stuffed it into her pocket instead of putting it back in her briefcase. born 1971. ??Good morning. He started by walking to Park Avenue Hotel. So we??re bound to observe the bureaucratic procedures. On the other hand it??s now clear that Ekstr?m is going to bring charges against Salander..

and not his formal boss in the Immigration Division.?? Sandberg turned.?? Blomkvist said. As always. ??If you want me to be your lawyer. In his opinion. ??The Zalachenko club spies on me. but from a number of sources Cortez had a fairly clear picture of the events of the night before. Millennium will tell the story of how government officials conspired against Salander in order to protect a pathological murderer ?? He wrote steadily for fifty minutes. which builds houses less expensively than anyone else by buying the materials themselves. She saw that this was nothing unusual. he was her employer. ??At risk of ending up shot. Two hours after the murder there was still chaos in the corridor. She reached for a notebook. was not true. Some of them concerned how he should present Salander in the articles. We??re already out on ice so thin that we??ll need paddles rather than ice picks. a professional board member. and examined her to check on her progress.

His official duties took up a great deal of his time. ??So I wish to press charges against my daughter. though.?? he said at last.?? Blomkvist said. A single word. Dakota wrote. nor will it cause any problems for you or for Ghidi.?? ??What should we do about this Salander story??? Cortez said. They died in an accident in 1946. This time they failed.?? ??It??s a hell of a dilemma.?? ??So we??re talking about an operation. I have to fight dirty. She banged her head hard. by the look of them. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands.T. ??That was the crucial part of the evidence. Berger could not believe she was asking this question.

sending a fax of a threatening letter that hadn??t yet reached its addressee. Ekstr?m straightened his glasses and stroked his well-groomed goatee. effective immediately. that requires evaluating a person??s credibility and general mental health.?? Baksi said. Assistant County Police Chief Carina Sp?ngberg tapped her pen against her glass of water and asked for quiet.?? ??Mikael. ??I think we??ll have to do a quick examination. but his colleagues had learned that Ekstr?m was planning for a trial in July. Blomkvist had devised a 24/7 roster. cleared her desk. ??Should I call her??? ??No. Giannini was asked. ??Zalachenko was a defector from a foreign power. feels like a dying body. ??You have a very talented colleague. did he not??? Prosecutor Jervas said. ??Zalachenko was shot dead at 1. One question he could not answer ?C based on the existing documentation ?C was who in S?po. but she lacked experience and the gravitas of Berger.

Finally he called for a minute??s silence. Some of the board members. agent who had apparently turned up in Sweden on Election Day in 1976. At G?teborg Central Station he tracked down a photocopier and made copies of the letters. Or. Jonas Sandberg had entered a building that was only a block away from the apartment the Prime Minister had borrowed for their private meeting. Deceased (Suicide?). After a while he took out a leather-bound notebook and made some notes. Nothing out of the ordinary there. ??Good idea. but it turned into a wearisome sort of arm-wrestling contest.00. Blomkvist??s plan was to have the book printed and ready to distribute on the first day of the trial. Blomkvist trusted Berger implicitly and was never for a second inhibited by the fact that she was going to be working for a rival paper. ??So we??ve got a month before the next issue. He turned left on to Kungsgatan. The text was short.* ??This print comes from ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and was used in Se magazine in the spring of 1964.00 and called Eriksson at Millennium.S.

I take it that you will plead self-defence??? ??Maybe. are vacant and are being to some extent covered by temps. She had plotted her escape step by step. correct??? Blomkvist nodded. I??m not going to quote you or mention you even in anything I write. He??s going to do a security assessment.F. I??m a journalist and I work at Millennium magazine. This involved recruiting new personnel and continual problems breaking them in. she risked being seen by the woman. He is correctly quoted.S.7 million kronor for a staff of ninety-six people. He was about to call Cortez when the T10 rang in his hand. Henry.30 on Monday morning. As a prosecutor I would be uneasy about the lack of unassailable evidence. They were detailed by Paulsson to secure forensic evidence in the woodshed and to do a thorough examination of the farmhouse. part of the routine at S. But use your judgement.

Morander was writing his editorial this morning. and telecommunications. Since Blomkvist presumably intended that she should use the computer. unless she had a screwdriver and a ladder. well. Anyone watching the building would think that he was spending the night at Millennium. Remember the Wennerstr?m affair. your only task.?? ??It was my uncle Mahmut. possession of illegal weapons. Forensics have it. and clocked out. can you help me out??? ??I spent the evening in the company of good friends. 3. Seconds later they had set off down the corridor. Jervas raised her hand. But now he had a great need for her skills in that field. Out of this somewhat esoteric bureaucratic debate.S. You can only do your best.

and undoubtedly some of these convicts were political prisoners.?? Jonasson frowned. something he might not enjoy in any case.00 in the evening. and she wondered if she were imagining things. Through this network she could also find herself hideouts abroad. it would make sense to continue promoting that story.10. the lunchtime memo. He visited her room. just ring for us. You??ll have to send the material to a hotmail address. Please believe me when I say that those responsible will be called to account. I get on considerably better at Milton than on the force. Lisbeth ?C seriously ?C this battle is going to be decided in the mass media and not in the courtroom. She shook her head. Unfortunately. One was manageable. but he did not want to seem very unclever by asking questions.5 told her that Zalachenko was in a room about 930 centimetres down the corridor to the left.

?? ??Not because of me. He always needed somebody to tell him what he was supposed to be organizing. As far as he knew. sociological or scientific rationale. Erika Berger finally rolled over on to her stomach and rested her head on her fists. But I know how to handle those two.C.?? She sat down.?? ??And this suggestion is not in the original report. Blomkvist??s magazine was intending to expose him.?? Berger looked at the clock and sighed. Have you eaten??? ??A while ago.A. it??s a blot on the entire profession. and this paper will come out tomorrow too.P. not at all. ??We??ve talked it through. department at Sahlgrenska. one from her accountant who wanted a meeting to check on the implications of her move from Millennium to S.

?? ??Why did they pick me then??? Berger said. but her head was immobilized by the brace. The patient was still awake. It doesn??t matter how hard Annika works for you. I have not killed any policeman.P. ??Millennium is a monthly. would also be able to license the program to other newspapers. Sweden had voted for a conservative government.?? ??I said that we probably didn??t have any more advanced books in the patient library ?C we have more Philip Marlowe than scientific literature ?C but that I??d see what I could dig up. Second. She relaxed and waited. out and we??ve alerted the police in Norway and Denmark. She realized that she was sufficiently recovered now that she could have walked out of the hospital. When at long last Edklinth concluded that he had to act on Armansky??s information. and you can communicate with me only via hotmail. and telecommunications.?? Blomkvist said. He did not anticipate having any problem handling a state secretary.?? ??But you??re still withholding key material.

the previous day. Add to this the unforgivably absurd bonuses that will cost S. When Lisbeth was twelve. And yet Bj?rck had never had anything to do with Counter-Espionage.?? ??How the hell do we make something disappear that??s been plastered all over the media??? Nystr?m said. yes.?? ??No. V. and second. Blomkvist will have given his sister a copy.?? Beckman was completely O. then opened the curtains a crack so that she would have a view of the corridor. and she has to live with that.?? Gullberg shook his head.00 p. forty-four. he was more or less sober. I??m leaving for G?teborg later this afternoon.?? ??Damn. barring unforeseen complications.

?? ??Why did S. She has hit the nail on the head. The same is true of S?po. The Firm??s most important task for many years was so-called personnel control.?? Jonasson said.D. But he did recall that the man was introduced as the boss of the Section for Special Analysis. Security Police matters were going to have to wait until the next day.?? she said. But after a few months he was always back with the Salander woman. Advokat Giannini. making the Section responsible for Zalachenko??s safety and debriefing. She reached out and rang for a nurse. then Salander??s lawyer could instantly charge the Swedish government with violation of her constitutional rights.?? Olsson said. and by 2001 she had moved to Stockholm. He did not want Niedermann to die.M. ??Erika hasn??t altogether left here.?? ??Meanwhile.

She punched letters. but I have another skill that is as crucial to her welfare. ??No. please speak up. but just before the trial begins we might be able to publish a whole feature that examines the accuracy of all the statements that have been made about Salander.?? Malm muttered his assent and then said: ??Millennium functioned because you and Mikael were a good balance for each other. ??Why haven??t we heard anything about this??? ??Blomkvist put it like this: there??s only one right time to publish a story.?? ??Yes. but she was definitely not normal. He contributed to our investigation by profiling Lisbeth Salander. ??Hello. And as such you need help.?? Erlander closed his mobile. She reached for her mobile and called her brother. Which was entirely correct on his part. although he had spent only a few brief months at sea during his military service. Bjurman was not a real security policeman ?C he was really no more than a trainee at S. But the thing with Borgsj? is going to be a real problem. They went from room to room. But that??s not why you came.

he??s going to survive and he??s been up walking around on crutches. ??I don??t know. She got up from the bed and went to the bathroom where she looked in the mirror. not as a doctor. I??ve got the story. Our job is to watch over the security of our country. as you can appreciate. Salander lapsed into such inexhaustible silence that it seemed she might never utter a word again. What have you found out??? ??His name is Jonas Sandberg. I had no idea that he worked for S?po. But he says that the last time he saw the gun. rigid drill sergeant type. Instead of investing in something as fundamental as a new colour laser printer for 45. He looked up.?? ??Oh.?? ??You don??t need to do that. of Milton Security. light-blonde. Nothing to indicate anything but suicide by hanging..

and this would be the perfect. The ambassador finally relented and agreed to meet him at 10. Johanna Karolina Oskarsson. She had several run-ins with people from the social welfare agency. He??s under pressure from every direction.?? ??And you??ve done all this today ???? ??If you??re threatened in your home then you have a safe room into which you can barricade yourself. I don??t think I need to remind you who I am. She heard a movement and turned to see Salander just starting to clamber out of bed again.S.A. I always thought I wanted to be a doctor. By that time it was already too late.000 kronor for a week??s research on a story that was not now going to be published. but Figuerola harboured a deep scepticism about anyone who collected weapons on such a scale.?? Blomkvist waited. I especially like the way he wrote in the margin. But Salander was gone from her I.?? Nystr?m said. And that led to a little clash at the Construction Fair in ?lvsj? last year. They chatted for a while.