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You were the person nearest to him in the corridor. As she opened the folder she realized that her procrastination had also to do with the fact that she did not really want to face up to the problem. What do you know about his role??? ??He??s one of the major players. The story was under control. Modig had to take the question. & E. but his sick leave was extended and now it??s a question of waiting for an operation.?? ??Those were necessary cuts. I might be able to use some leverage if I need to.?? Her heart sank. back to the case. whose task it was to handle the most sensitive of the sensitive. said nothing. ??I??m beginning to understand why she felt an uncontrollable urge to slam an axe into your head. in Stockholm. When they were settled in her new Saab 9-5. Besides.?? Edklinth said tentatively. Third. They represented a younger school of activists recruited from the financial. That meant they had been dead maybe twenty-four hours. The photograph was taken in the course of the trial. That is. And now here we all are. ??We can??t go into the archives without authorization from the chief of Secretariat. but he also gave lectures from time to time at S. He had returned to his apartment in M?lndal at 1. The only two books with any real ambition to portray the work of the Security Police were Power Struggle for S?po and Espionage in Sweden.Sunday.

I could break in by using the fire escape at the back of the house and entering through the roof hatch leading to the attic.?? Modig said. cervical vertebrae injured. It was just before 4. 11.?? Modig said in apology. I refer to the fact that Salander hit her father with an axe. Well ?? no wonder the biggest morning daily had recruited her. he shouldn??t have had a clue that she was Zalachenko??s daughter; it??s not in any public records. She had no criminal record. ??Good morning. He was being led through a doorway by two broad-shouldered plain-clothes police officers. yes. I should think. And now I??m working here at Sahlgrenska and patching up people like you.M. has. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson. which was understandable enough from the point of view of a budget chief and a C. In the middle of bloody chaos. an antibiotic. Within a few hours the Section had taken on tangible form.?? A brief silence settled over the table. he had to relay the conversations via another mobile back home to Plague. He held the lift door open for her and let her go first to the reception desk on the ward. Day-to-day stuff they could and should do on their own mobiles. If Personal Protection had loaned out M?rtensson. they had maintained a steady ninety kilometres an hour. and then follows the hunt for Salander first.

?? There was a long silence. Gullberg felt a thrill of nostalgia. she had stabbed Zalachenko.T.?? ??Then what??? ??We kept close track of Lisbeth during those months. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her.?? ??Then I have something to tell you too. Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client. Vinge had entitled his memoirs S?po Chief 1962?C1970. before then. Figuerola suddenly had the feeling that she was a policewoman. Cortez had demonstrated that in 1999.?? There was absolute silence in the room.?? ??But that??s all speculation ???? ??Where are the old personnel files kept??? ??Gullberg isn??t in them. and as you no doubt realize.I. She started with Ernst Teodor Billing.I. According to our documents. and that I wanted to look at and approve everything that was to be published.?? They shook hands. who in turn must decide whether charges should be brought. ??He??s got a gun. I don??t know if it was your father or somebody else in the family who helped him. ??Christer will need a couple of days for the layout. who owns the Volvo. She said she??d read books on the subject before. Ekstr?m straightened his glasses and stroked his well-groomed goatee. What I think is no longer of any interest.

He spent a long time thinking things over. I know that you??re not a psychiatrist. because pain flew through her left shoulder. He was convinced that. but I anticipate we??ll have grounds for charging him with the three murders here in Stockholm. You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life. But somehow. should either be shut down immediately. Last time he turned up on the ward unannounced and tried to persuade a nurse to let him in.?? Bublanski said. and he did not know whether he dared to put a bandage on it or not. She obviously wanted to tell you first.?? ??This conversation is over. DON??T THINK YOU CAN COME HERE AND THROW YOUR WEIGHT AROUND. S. no frills.?? he said. which should mean that Zalachenko??s room was two doors down from hers. ??It??s going to involve a lot of surveillance. and I was wondering whether I could hire him. He had seen me and pointed his pistol at me. This solution to their multiple problems had presented itself at a time when the Zalachenko unit was on its way to being dissolved.?? ??Zalachenko??s daughter. This will require extraordinary measures. ??I assume that??s what??s brought you out here. With rare exceptions. Whoops. who had been silent for almost half an hour.33.

She was given a pack of nicotine gum.?? Eriksson smiled at him sadly.?? ??Sounds good. He had also run into him once at the Opera. Arnold Magnusson. Bj?rck was a sailor. way beyond their budget. The second part has to be handled from here. who had also been her lover over the past twenty years.?? The detectives stood up. the renowned children??s psychiatrist would be one of the most detested men in Sweden. ??So you??re telling me instead.?? ??What do you think the chances are that this isn??t a stalker but somebody I know who wants to fuck with me??? ??What??s the difference??? ??To me a stalker is someone I don??t know who??s become fixated on me. has gone out.00. the police have been looking for Salander since Easter. ??The investigation has already reached a sensitive stage.?? ??But your proposal is off the wall.?? Wadensj?? shook his head. We have a man in the external organization.?? ??Nonetheless.?? ??No.?? Clinton said. After a dozen failed relationships since her teens. But she isn??t Zalachenko. but he knew that some time in the future he would have to pay her back and erase the shame. but I think he went to the reception desk too.?? Modig said. Now he hated her with a fury that astonished him.

01. He??s acting on orders from the government. What she wanted more than anything was a weapon. Just then Karim called and told them that Teleborian had gone up on to Klarabergsgatan via the escalators in Central Station and from there to police headquarters on Kungsholmen. Ekstr?m had remarkably little on the record about Zalachenko. He scanned every face of every person standing or walking near the Ring. and Mia Johansson. ??These are interesting times we??re living in. When he was faced with the prospect of deportation. it was surely pretty obvious that Salander was insane. who had been silent for almost half an hour. Herr Zalachenko. the others were discussing to what extent the Swedish Prime Minister??s computer could be made to send civil but crazy emails to other heads of state.?? Salander said. Despite her isolation she had managed to contact Berger on I.?? ??Did he call you or did you call him??? ??He called me.?? The lights were out at G?ransson??s place when Nieminen and Waltari drove up in the twilight. He can be surly sometimes.C. I shouldn??t have picked that spot. ??Mumbo jumbo. He lifted the blanket that the Rescue Service had wrapped round her body and saw that the wounds to her hip and shoulder were bandaged with duct tape. Two people at least.K. and spontaneously gave Berger a hug and a kiss on the cheek. ??There??s always a choice. He swabbed floors six days a week including. It was not until he was in the taxi that he reached into his jacket pocket and stopped the tape recorder. In May 1998 he moved to G?teborg after a distant relative took pity on him and offered him a steady job at an office-cleaning firm.

A woman in her forties opened the door. Gullberg drew up a list of names that were connected to Palme: Carl Lidbom. Everyone turned to her. But intelligence officers never really retire. with mud. The electrodes.?? he said. The secret was known also to a thirteenth person. a new generation of civil servants had come through.Q. And you can still spend nine hours every other day on dialysis. It was through this organization that the young man was brought to the attention of the Section and recruited. Actually it was Malm who had the night shift. close to twelve thousand fulltime agents. You make 112. ??How are you doing??? ??I??m fine. The storm that had ravaged G?teborg earlier in the night had obviously passed to the south of the Nossebro area. ??Why??? she said at last. unless Trinity knew where he was and could park his van in the immediate vicinity. I??ll show you the way. And the prosecutor will soon be having you transferred to a prison in Stockholm to await trial in six weeks.?? ??I follow your reasoning. I asked how she was feeling and whether she felt the need to have someone to talk to. If you??re nice to me then I??ll be nice to you. in H?rn?sand.. Clinton is retired. It was 10. Its task.

?? the Minister of Justice said.?? ??But I have to remind you right from the start that I??m not a criminal lawyer. and hurried off towards the editorial offices on G?tgatan.?? ??He is forbidden to talk about it. ??Last night he also murdered a police officer from Trollh?ttan.M.?? ??Jesus. He??s been running his own criminal network ever since. if the entire underworld is looking for him. the police will enter the house. She hasn??t regained consciousness yet. This co-operative effort has to be based on mutual trust. That will take time.000 kronor. She saw Blomkvist glance down Tavastgatan. But someone else has. ??To be honest. She spent nearly three hours scrutinizing folder after folder on Teleborian??s computer.I.?? Armansky sat down opposite Bublanski.10 this morning. would burn out its batteries in much less time.?? Blomkvist kissed his sister on the cheek and immediately asked: ??Are you going to be representing Lisbeth Salander??? ??I??m going to have to say no. After a while she took her Filofax from her briefcase and opened it to the notes section. The person referred to in the matter is now deceased and can no longer come to harm. She kissed his cheek and waved as she left.?? ??There is nothing illegal in what I am going to ask you to do. We deal more with computer hacking and electronic surveillance and such like.?? ??I know.

worked primarily on incoming calls to Ekstr?m. which was noted on her chart.M. that??s how it is. Lisbeth Salander. forty-three years old. Panic and terror had dogged her through the night. He has an exemplary record with no real criticisms. She looked at the bloodied piece of glass in amazement. ??I??ve got them. and against all odds the court decided to follow his recommendation ?C so long as she was placed under guardianship. thin as a stick. before she got mixed up in the hunt for Zalachenko. Dr Anders Jonasson was blond and blue-eyed. We??re so secret that we don??t exist.I. After about fifteen minutes the blond man stood up and left the caf??.?? Salander spent the whole day brooding about Zalachenko. She took the call. I didn??t really think it came from you. I have Henry. She sat paralysed and tried to work out from which direction the sharp reports had come. Otherwise it??s new recruits. We went over to tabloid format ?C which we should have done twenty years sooner. He had made coffee and he poured her some. It was the first time she had smiled at Sahlgrenska hospital. Bambi wrote. Thereafter the story became more sluggish.L.

with Gunnar Ingemarsson dead in Gosseberga. ??So ??.?? ??Did he say how much he knew??? ??F?lldin told him that the chief of S?po at the time and a colleague came to visit him very soon after he became Prime Minister. When he reached Slussplan he was badly out of breath. How did this get here? Then she discovered more glass on the hall floor. and the Prime Minister has no jurisdiction to determine whether or not she is sane. the Minister of Defence or any other member of the government to be informed.F. Millennium. He was beyond all help.?? ??O. He was given asylum and began to work for S?po. ??Careful. She was suffering from acute headaches and a high fever. but how gigantic this problem would become was something Gullberg could never have imagined in his wildest dreams. He had achieved something that astonished his colleagues and made the rest of the medical staff proud to work with him; he had vowed that no patient would die on his shift. No-one can go into her room without permission except for doctors or nurses who work here at Sahlgrenska.?? ??There??s a great probability that you will have to do just that. ??Because the median age of our readers is fifty-plus. I want to know if anything odd happens around S. Criminal Inspector Jan Bublanski of the Violent Crimes Division in Stockholm. to make you aware of the sensitive nature of the situation. Dakota. Is that alright with you two??? ??That??s fine. Anything else of interest on the table??? ??Books. nothing yet. He had transferred the most crucial documentation to her desk. which do you prefer? Handcuffed or voluntary??? ??I??ve been handcuffed by the police once already this year. but I cannot reveal the name of anyone working on this case.

?? ??Order everything you can find from parliament: budgets. Later that day the forensic team found the lamp hook. It might sound stupid to say that. he had to relay the conversations via another mobile back home to Plague. that extreme variant of bodily glorification. Dragan. that will put the matter in a rather different light. the Minister of Defence or any other member of the government to be informed. ??No. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue. ??Blomkvist gave the report to his editor-in-chief. Don??t use my email.?? ??That??s right. Annika had been persuaded. had been cheated out of a patent by a hot dot. But if her car had been damaged on some random street in S?dermalm.?? she said. ??This is.?? * Jonasson left Salander??s room somewhat confused. but I came up in the lift with him a few minutes before it all happened. By tomorrow morning I want a document drawn up granting the Constitutional Protection Unit extraordinary authority to act in this matter.?? ??I couldn??t help reading in the papers that you??re mixed up in this Salander story.?? ??You don??t quite understand the hard economic facts. According to legend. He went there off his own bat. She dug her mobile out of her jacket pocket and dialled 112. and in 1999 he had registered his own company. little girl. could you get into his computer and see whether he finished it? Even if it??s not quite rounded out.

and turned down the volume so that he would not have to hear it. ??We??re going down the perfect-bound trade paperback route. and he was looking forward to that assignment. that??s not necessarily the same thing as saying that she??s my friend. ??He??s driving me nuts. something that was not right. he was sent to Karlskrona as a signal tracker in the navy??s intelligence service.?? ??I heard the news. I??m not some temp. Her only problem was that she had an arrow through her skull.?? ??What kind of job??? ??Do you trust me.I.S. but we??re unable to verify our suspicions just yet. In a time of great danger she had been cool.?? Berger??s life had been filled with meetings and work around the clock the minute she had stepped into Morander??s shoes. I was shot in the head. and in 1987 he started his own company.M. ??Zalachenko??s daughter is supposed to have given him that??? ??It??s hard to find another explanation.?? ??And so am I. He spoke of how Morander had dedicated the past fifteen years of his life to the newspaper. Lisbeth. took a deep breath. She was surprised to be alive. We??re Sweden??s last line of defence. tied to a MOOSE CROSSING sign. beforehand that is. ??The matter has gone to court.

On any number of occasions they cleaned up behind his rampages. She has secrets I happen to know about. No doubt someone made a blunder when the cover story was devised. One was manageable. it??s because he knows or suspects that you??ve got something brewing. Nieminen went up the stairs and out of the front door.??Saturday. She punched letters. Alexander Zalachenko. But that leads us to the second part ?C damage control. Figuerola most definitely had no right to invite him here on her own authority.?? ??Is that really so??? ??This story. So we??ve cut back. It has been 56 days since your last visit.780 kronor and a carton of cigarettes. He looked about for a taxi. and he would not exchange his appointment for any other position in the entire Swedish legal system or police force. contain nothing remarkable.?? ??I always dress nicely. ??My pleasure.H. Don??t you understand what???? Clinton cut him off. and as a doctor he was not the least bit interested in the answer to that question. sharp-witted and charming. extracting a full-metal-jacketed bullet from human brain tissue. and access to cutting-edge technology in I.D. Then Dr Jonasson and Blomkvist had upset her plans by smuggling in her Palm.?? ??Where did the rope come from??? ??From the flagpole in the garden.

I got a message that you were looking for me. She put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the others.M. Don??t misunderstand me ?? I??ll tell the truth as I see it in what I publish.?? ??Not necessarily. but now it was time to take care of the matter. And it was inexpensive.?? ??Jesus. An exclusive address in a fine old cultural quarter. They were detailed by Paulsson to secure forensic evidence in the woodshed and to do a thorough examination of the farmhouse. He might also be a man who worked in maintenance. In fact. the psychologist at Sahlgrenska who had been made available to trauma patients.?? ??O.?? Silence.?? ??I understand. During the night the fever subsided; she was almost back down to normal and I thought the episode had passed. Holmberg was studying his fingernails.?? ??Have you appointed an assistant editor??? ??Henry. These linguistic skills were one of the reasons he was recruited by the Security Police in 1950.?? ??F?lldin is an honest man.K. And to prove anything they??d have to get hold of our archives. She had plotted her escape step by step.. For herself. On the other hand.?? ??Thank you. You??re a terrific writer.

She saw a reporter and a photographer heading for the lift. ??Could I get an owner of a red Audi??? she said. Nobody has a moment to stop and think. He smiled to himself.?? ??O. The woman had been shot in the head and there was no exit wound there either. After a while Jonasson glanced at his watch and saw that it was almost 7. Either we make the whole thing disappear. ??Stop. when that idiot from Trollh?ttan took charge of the situation. That should be happening ???? ?C Bublanski looked at his watch ?C ???? yes. the police will enter the house.?? Holmberg said. The Salander case demonstrated that something was out of joint inside the organization. Berger looked up and searched for the news editor. started up the I.K.00 in the morning. His injuries seem to be similar to those of a car crash victim ?C it??s hardly credible that anyone could do such damage with his bare hands: a broken leg. which prompted the newspaper to speculate about her mental state. If you want to initiate any psychiatric treatment of her. Bj?rck was a sailor. way beyond their budget. But not active. nor did she want their jobs ?C that was the last thing she wanted. In the organization. and I was counting on having the time to learn from his experience. and he was about as much help as he was when he was on holiday. ??I beg your pardon??? ??You may be employed by S.

Her skin itched under the neck brace. ??Think of it as compensation for the way you were treated last night. he had probably succeeded. Putting a mobile telephone into an air vent inside a locked cleaning supplies room.I. But she had never met him in person.?? Malm waved a finger in the air. Then a crooked grin spread across her face. I can tell you that we have our equivalent of Inspector Paulsson.I. We??ll let it stand the way you??ve decided. direct crimes against the Swedish constitution. ??He??s the one running the Section today. But Lisbeth should be able to choose whether she wants to make use of them in her trial.?? Ekstr?m looked pleased. Yes or no??? ??Do you really think you can get away with this? This paper comes out because I and the other cogs in the machinery work our backsides off. The N. plus eight apartments in a small building in the courtyard. and I come into the picture before a crime is committed.se> with the subject line [Attn: Editor-in-Chief]. she easily decoded the correspondence. You were in pretty bad shape. I may be paranoid. really. [Slush/Salander].?? ??What was that??? ??F?lldin??s visitors?? logbook at Rosenbad.?? ??But while we??re going backwards and forwards with bureaucracy. The Security Police was an institution in Sweden that all parties (well.?? Frisk scratched his head.

?? Flodin shrugged. That was Bj?rck??s job. That meant that he would have to disappear. And we??re on a different floor from the rest of S?po. or someone close to him. Blomkvist had blown 150. 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. At 4. And then we need a bad guy for the story. cybersex with ??The Sexiest Lolitas on the Net?? for only $4. ??What do you want me to do??? ??Go back to your desk and start working on another story. ??The government cannot interfere in an ongoing prosecution case. Then he took his mop and swabbed the corners in the reception area where the brushes of the floor polisher could not reach. as well as to the murder of Bjurman. She kept an eye on the clock. ??Am I going to get mixed up in something I ought to know about??? ??You??re not going to get involved. not G?sta Bohman. and then in the ??50s he vanished into thin air. She frowned. To put it simply. She had no doubt that this particular address was the reason for M?rtensson??s being there. Robbery. She had no clue as to what had happened after she had swung the axe at Zalachenko??s head. so mostly I see the negative things.?? ??Any safe??? ??No ?? not that I can see.K. Malm and Armansky.R. She was dressed that day in tight blue jeans.

She knew that Blomkvist was doing a lot of whispering with Cortez and Eriksson and Malm about the Salander story. He??ll be leading the Section??s operations department until the present crisis is over. It was 7. Then she lowered her eyes. she knew. She knew about Teleborian.?? ??I don??t believe in collective guilt. unless he had given clear instructions to Lundin. ??We could start by having some coffee ?? Monica??? Edklinth said. Malin Eriksson.?? ??I see.?? ??Alright. Did you hear what happened at Sahlgrenska??? ??You could say so. In which case Sandberg. You have to concentrate on getting well. He would then take the used batteries home and recharge them overnight.P.?? Bj?rck felt suddenly resigned. In fact.?? ??Yes.?? the P.?? ??O. They were detailed by Paulsson to secure forensic evidence in the woodshed and to do a thorough examination of the farmhouse. a former agent of Soviet military intelligence. ??How did you find out about the meeting??? ??Blomkvist called me at around 4. He had plenty of whores. but not before a long and diplomatic circumlocution. said. In fact he did not have the slightest idea how Berger came to call him out of the blue to tell him of the meeting.

??This is.?? Salander thought for a while. public reports. and there is no satisfactory forensic evidence. Fransson closed the folder that held all the preliminary investigation papers.?? ??Who should I say is here??? ??An old colleague. Which must have been Edklinth. This right embraces all Swedish citizens. Rationally she understood it. but when he visited Palmgren the same afternoon at the rehabilitation home in Ersta.?? The lights were out at G?ransson??s place when Nieminen and Waltari drove up in the twilight. 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. I think I??m trying to understand something. said. Ekstr?m had also to investigate and bring charges against Lisbeth Salander. Mikael. She looked on the verge of tears. You must not even mention that you??re doing research for Millennium. When he reached Slussplan he was badly out of breath. Have you got any more surprises up your sleeve??? ??Yes. I see him sitting in the glass cage over there. He takes divide-and-rule as his job description. The deceased lawyer Nils Bjurman had worked in the Immigration Division at the same time as the deceased Bj?rck.?? ??I was afraid of that. He went to the bathroom to shower and brush his teeth. but you??re standing here lying to my face. What do we do with Zalachenko? If he talks. I only know that I had him neatly trussed. He wandered in with a carefree expression.

And that was enough. He was sponsored or supported by a faction within S?po that tidied up after any crimes he committed. How do the pieces fit together??? They talked for more than two hours. Can you bring me up to speed so that I can get the hang of what??s going on??? ??What happened here tonight is the culmination of the murders of two friends of mine in Enskede.?? ??North on Kungsgatan. In Sweden apparently they were untouchable.I. who were to produce articles on the history of the Security Police. went to her seat. Can I buy you a cup of coffee??? ??Tell me what it??s about. Bublanski called Figuerola just after 8.?? Salander smiled lopsidedly. Maybe not even twenty-four hours. First. In the ??60s he became chief of some outfit called the Section for Special Analysis. then we have to produce a smaller newspaper. but it could be used as evidence that the meeting had taken place. ??I??m sorry. to take over as editor-inchief. ??Hello there. back-up alarm systems and everything else without blinking. where did he ditch the car??? Modig and Andersson shook their heads. And the press. She??s been doing so well lately. was to be that of Olof Palme. She ran. but each time his efforts were stymied. so I??ll stay out of it. coming from Malm.

He opened them again and gave the policeman an angry glare.se> with the subject line [Attn: Editor-in-Chief]. Then the attack on her home. He was drenched in sweat when he finally slipped under the covers. If this Zalachenko club exists. And never to repeat claims uncritically. What do we know about the building on Artillerigatan??? ??Not a lot yet. I beg you not to reject me.?? Flodin shrugged. ??Waltari. She free-associated. It was tight. and a dozen other markers. I ?C or rather.?? ??I won??t comment on that. Instead of turning down towards S?dermalm she kept going straight to Kungsholmen. and through the building behind theirs on to H?kens Gata.?? Blomkvist said.?? The man held up his I. ??The investigation has already reached a sensitive stage. She felt sick. since Billing took an unpleasant tone with most of the people to whom he wrote messages ?C reporters.?? ??Tell me.?? She nodded. Blomkvist told Paulsson exactly where Niedermann was to be found. newly sharpened. shoulder patch. Salander??s clothes were cut away.S.

you may regard me as her legal representative. Cortez had demonstrated that in 1999. But in my eyes you??re not worth a bonus of so much as one single ?re. ??Monday.?? ??Better quality maybe.K. ??When you have to go to the toilet. she flipped open her mobile and pressed a speed-dial number. He visited her room.?? ??And??? ??I can??t tell you anything about that. If he made the wrong decision. I met them about twice a year during the time I worked for the government.?? Bublanski said. More than 230 people. The chief of S. Inspector Bublanski. The cost of all that work would be almost 50. almost as if to confide in the other man. You have to concentrate on getting well.Q.?? ??Since we have now had confirmation that a conspiracy exists within an exceptionally sensitive part of the administration. She walked calmly back to the top of the hill just in time to see the woman disappear through the entrance door of Blomkvist??s building. He and Malm had thought of a paperback edition. It was an indication that Niedermann was functioning. Bob the Dog. and all that stuff about a lesbian Satanist gang is probably a smokescreen originating mainly from him.?? ??She??s Zalachenko??s daughter. then he isn??t worth the time you??ve put in for him. ??Which pub are they in??? Blomkvist told her.

Nor had Berger any thought of taking the story with her. Until now she had not confronted him in front of other colleagues in the newsroom. ??Hello. He had crossed Mariatorget and was just turning up St Paulsgatan when his mobile beeped. but he was adamant that it??s up to you to decide whether you tell me about it or not. He was there without warning.?? Gullberg put his briefcase on to his lap. He had been in the glass cage all morning. ??So what did you do with him??? ??Benny??s taking care of him.?? ??How do you know that??? ??Gullberg met Prime Minister F?lldin six weeks after Zalachenko??s defection. ??I trod on a piece of glass and a shard lodged in my heel. as far as Nieminen could judge.B.K. ??We think we know what happened in broad outline. ??No.M.?? the P.?? Blomkvist handed the mobile across the table. then they won??t want to be shareholders any longer. making an illegal turn on to Klara Norra and heading towards Olof Palmes Gata. ??Good idea. Zalachenko??s biography was still vague ?C all he had was what he had blackmailed Bj?rck to reveal. so that forensics can work out that they died while I was still locked up.S. Wadensj?? poured coffee. And if M?rtensson was loaned out to some department that was tailing journalists. It was a girl the same age as your patient here. The next moment she saw a thin.

Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed.?? ??Partly right.?? ??We know. She smiled and took out her I. We still flag Salander for monitoring whenever she turns up in any database. That was what F?lldin??s administration must have decided too.I. 8.m. Salander woke with a start when she heard the door open. He spoke with a thick accent.K. They were in Armansky??s office on Monday morning. ??You were reading a book about it on my staircase. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. and that she knows about the case. was a brand-new form of bandage. unvarnished truth about her life in a cracklingly terse autobiography of forty pages. both of them had said they would be in her corner. which in this case meant that the chief had covered his back. my name is Marianne. I??d like to leave these flowers for Karl Axel Bodin. Editor-in-Chief She printed a copy of the email and then pressed send so that the message went out to all employees in the company. He had made a round to check on the state of his patients. Modig and Andersson had already arrived.?? Gullberg drew a series of concentric circles on his notepad.?? ??Why ??unfortunately????? He gave her a cheerful smile. His mind was spinning as he tried to digest the catastrophe. the typesetter.

If he could have screwed the whore without beating her up every time. you slammed an axe into his head. There had to be a group ?? a division or unit of some sort. he sat down and wrote to Janeryd. She felt a certain pride.?? ??And since she went into your building I assume that Milton has put in some sort of hidden surveillance of your flat. but he??s usable. Berger swallowed. He turned off both his mobiles and walked through the Galleria to Gustav Adolfs Torg. Jonasson gave her an inquisitive glance and stopped in his tracks when he saw her desperate look. E. that would have been one thing. Bj?rck was the key; he had been one of the people who handled Zalachenko. That??s called capitalism. But more precisely. and that she knows about the case. given the circumstances.?? Giannini went pale. When the trial begins. but your damned brother is in G?teborg today. What you??re proposing means that we??ll have to cut back on sports coverage.?? Linder said: ??There is something to that.?? ??Yes.?? ??You changed the whole door??? ??Yes. ??Trained as a navy frogman and then attended the police academy in the early ??90s. anything else we pull off is useless. Sorry. it??s Blomkvist again. It??s something that you all on the staff will have to talk through.

She was imprisoned. The police are looking for a German citizen by the name of Ronald Niedermann. It??s my Palm. and those responsible must be held accountable. & E. In other words. well. But it??s going to be a little up and down until we put this story to bed. but the chief of S. I??m not a good editor-in-chief. He instructed one of his men to get a tarpaulin to cover the trench and its immediate surroundings.D. ??As soon as we realized that the report was out and in the hands of the police. there??ll be a massive scandal. I was just quicker on my feet than he was.?? Jonasson looked over his shoulder at the door. but Salander was simply so drugged and exhausted that she would fall asleep while Giannini was speaking. where Plague had uploaded all the administrator rights for S. That??s never happened.?? the Minister of Justice said.?? ??Genetics??? ??Yes.?? After Cortez left. If he hasn??t managed it by then. I want you to lock yourself in your bedroom and let me handle the situation. there was a downpour. Zalachenko stood in the doorway for two minutes without moving. I need somebody to scrub my back. That??s my part of the operation. The girl on the gurney could live with a piece of lead in her hip and a piece of lead in her shoulder.

Those within the Zalachenko unit thought they had plenty of time before they had to plan his future. Why do you ask? Has something happened??? ??No.?? Janeryd gave Blomkvist a puzzled look. ??Bubble and I have known each other for many years. and F?lldin governed together with the People??s Party.?? ??Have you got any good colleagues??? Morander laughed again.?? * Jonasson left Salander??s room somewhat confused. For special clients he would also offer his video surveillance and telephone tapping services. ??I mean I??ve glanced at it. Everybody??s off work. Forged documents had never been his department or his expertise. where he would seek protection among contacts in Zalachenko??s criminal empire. Blomkvist said hello to Modig. It??s been planned for a long time. Bj?rck was a mystery. The prosecutor??s office offered him legal assistance in the form of a public defence lawyer. The night nurse had been gone ten minutes. We??re not going to lift a finger to help you this time. ??And how are you doing this evening??? ??I have a splitting headache and I feel feverish. A large portion of these funds were used for investments in I. She knew that Blomkvist??s apartment was on the top floor. ??He worked for something called the Section for Special Analysis. ??But for now.?? Nieminen was in a vile mood when he left the cells at S?dert?lje police station.00 Plague pinged Salander. If it hasn??t already happened. The legal desk does not even in practice exist ?? there we have a chief editor who borrows reporters from the news desk for each of his features. Retired in 1991. ??He has almost a 24-hour head start now.

taken when he was sixty-six. is Niedermann still hiding out somewhere in Sweden?; two. or rather two. for as long as she kept trying. Then I??ll get started by giving you a message from Mikael. But what I??m asking is whether or not you??re willing to put yourself in her corner and get into a pitched battle with her enemies. what??s going to be in the paper tomorrow??? ??Well ???? ??Well. Bjurman commented on the fact that I had several tattoos and piercings. The Prime Minister needed something from him and presumably had no idea how much Blomkvist knew or did not know. had a certain opinion of Palme???? ??You??re suggesting that somebody forgot to inform the social democratic government??? Edklinth nodded. They were officers used to investigating real crimes.??s administration. but he also gave lectures from time to time at S. walking into the hallway to keep a close eye on Bj?rck as he turned off the coffee machine and picked up his coat. no matter how noble the intentions. Or both. S?po??s ears are going to be burning. a coup has taken place. It had been parked outside her building since March. ??You suspect that there??s a conspiracy within the Security Police that is acting outside its constitutional mandate. If things did not go right for her there was a risk that she would spend many more birthdays in some form of confinement. modern. but we??ve had no report of a car being stolen thereabouts. First Zalachenko.?? ??My superior is the one who wants to talk to you. politicians of various affiliations. he summed up the d??nouement in Gosseberga which led to Salander being shot and buried alive. and his request was instantly met. looking around the bedroom.

academics. and was built into an unknown number of satellites that performed pinpoint monitoring of capitals around the world as well as flashpoints of special interest. I??ve had a whole string of crazy emails accusing me of being all kinds of things ?C and suggesting various perverse things that ought to be done to me. All they??ll have is the statement that I??m composing now. let alone both of them. get in your car and meet me in S?dert?lje. so I??m going to see who owns Vitavara Inc. Just that???? ??Yes??? ??Sonja.?? ??And you did it because even you recognize that this is far more than just a scoop in your magazine. come what may. who managed to spring her loose. But can anyone explain to me what actually happened??? ??As far as we can tell.?? Berger nodded. She reached for a notebook.S. No. and would value the chance to gauge how much deterioration has occurred over the past ten years. She made coffee and poured it into a thermos and then made sandwiches. It??s not your job to take apart the operational organization. which he did not have. much of it dealt with Salander??s mental state. The sides of the van advertised Lars Faulsson Lock and Key Service ?C with a telephone number. Or else you could expound on what you think about the Section for Special Analysis. Janeryd. The screen changed again and now had a blue background with the text: [Welcome to Hacker Republic. so he plugged in the charger. A scratch. Alexander Zalachenko. I??m so sorry.