??Good afternoon
??Good afternoon. It won??t be over then. and a muted brick-red jacket.?? Modig raised her eyebrows. and he has a very painful facial wound.?? ??Talk to Erika and ask her for a copy. The Minister of Justice.?? ??Take it easy. She was dressed for the office in black trousers. This led each of them to distrust the group and at the same time concoct imaginative conspiracy theories about it.?? ??I was never convicted of anything.?? ??Apart from the two nurses. She was wearing a short-sleeved summer dress and had laid a brick-red leather jacket over the top stair.v ?C 6. He was recruited by S.
In any event she has to have a lawyer. Sandberg and Nystr?m will do the legwork. That was where he had stayed on previous visits. Some time after 4. Lottie will follow Teleborian. ribs crushed. ??Gullberg was presumably for many years the chief of that division within S. I can??t say.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. I repeat.C. This is my colleague Inspector Modig from the Stockholm police. Both he and Nieminen acted so threateningly that I had no choice but to resort to my right of self-defence. and by mid-decade Gullberg had heard several proposals that the budget be reduced. You mustn??t ever forget something like that.
?? ??There??s going to be an almighty scandal if S?po??s involvement gets leaked. He used the threat of imprisonment for life. but it??s also a sensor for the ground floor that you??ll have to turn on when you??re upstairs at night. Malm wanted to know what had happened in Gosseberga. Then the older of the two receptionists noticed who had just come into the office. At all other times either Berger or David were in the house until the theft was discovered.?? ??Three. The ambassador finally relented and agreed to meet him at 10. Edklinth had told her: no rings in the water. ??I just wanted to check on you. and by mid-decade Gullberg had heard several proposals that the budget be reduced.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. What can I tell him??? ??Two days ago I was ready to approve a discharge.?? ??It would be hard to do her any more damage. and right now I??m caught between two loyalties.
Somehow ?C we??re not sure how it happened ?C she found out that her sister knew where Zalachenko was.K.?? ??And what??s their stated business??? ??God only knows. to help??? ??I??d already decided that Milton ought to hire a lawyer for her???? ??Is that a yes or a no? I know what happened to her. stood on tiptoe and unscrewed the three screws in the round white cover of a vent in the wall of Salander??s room. Zalachenko is an ordinary gangster who??s probably mixed up in several murders and other criminal activities. ??We??ll have to postpone the meeting a bit longer. Then she picked up the stylus and wrote the number combination 9277. working under Otto Danielsson.?? ??Micke. He isn??t one of us. She pulled open a drawer in the hall where she kept scarves.?? ??Or else she shot him in the foot out of sheer sadism. a checked shirt and a leather jacket. and his girlfriend too.
?? ??I see. And somewhere the idea seems to have popped up that she might have been involved in selling steroids.?? she said. I don??t know who??s going to be in charge of this case or if it??ll be transferred to Ekstr?m in Stockholm. it does. Suspicious of everything around him. which Giannini viewed as being to Salander??s advantage. this is a little embarrassing. but having Kalle Bastard Blomkvist??s sister working for her was hard to stomach. ??Your night editors are Billinger and Karlsson ?? they??re a whole chapter unto themselves.?? ??Try out the idea that she??s innocent of these accusations. and vigorous. Would you do me a favour and count to ten??? ??One two four ?? no ?? three four five six ???? Then she passed out. He has a three-year-old daughter.00.
Presumably because of the threat of revelations about his sexual deviations. They had expected the car to turn up in a matter of days. agents. He packed clothes.?? Figuerola said.??Saturday. S.?? ??It??s all hypothetical. Figuerola stared at her receiver for two minutes. isn??t just hiring Erika Berger. She stopped outside Ekstr?m??s closed door. A police officer attached to S?po also saw to it that Salander was locked up in a children??s psychiatric clinic. You??ll be asleep before I??m done. with an address near Norrtull in Stockholm.?? He got up and walked once around the table before stopping in front of Edklinth.
?? she said at last. I check out every car that catches my attention. ??An analysis of the blood will probably establish that Salander was buried here. All of a sudden a heavy downpour lashed at the window. Bublanski says that you??re a shameless journalist bastard and an insane private investigator.?? she said without greeting.00 this morning. None of it is directed at you.P.. He??s on sick leave for a slipped disc and lives in Sm?dalar? at present.?? He pointed at the screen. and that means you??ll once again be a pawn in their game. Ronald Niedermann.?? ??He tried to kill me.
The first thing he did was to rename it ??Special Analysis??.C.?? ??Next question. She was not allowed visitors and could not even read the newspapers. forty-eight men between the ages of twenty-six and fifty-four. Gullberg hesitated. It meant that the creation of the Section appeared to be just another routine matter. It was cool. She was going to have to have a talk with him. The room was easier to guard. was alive and healthy. He was still in the kitchen with Paulsson when the armed response team sent to relieve Torstensson and Ingemarsson reported back.?? Blomkvist shut his eyes again.?? Edklinth looked thoughtful. I think you ought to tell them right away.
She had been at Constitutional Protection for less than three years. which was now hers. He would then take the used batteries home and recharge them overnight. I want to talk to Erika.M. I do have secrets.B. and whether the robbery could be defined as a racist crime.?? ??Negative too? It??s no good if the two of you can??t work together???? ??I have no problem working with him. and hurried off towards the editorial offices on G?tgatan. Nine people were seated around the conference table in her office at police headquarters. in their experience. She first worked in Counter-Espionage. Blomkvist gave a dry laugh. Alexander.
He was slightly surprised that the Swedish Security Police had been able to penetrate the Russian military to the degree Nystr?m was describing. and he had again decided to publish all the articles as a book.?? ??Send out an A.?? said Berger with a smile. He knew exactly where it had been.47.?? There was a long silence. The buyers cheerfully pay what they are told it costs. Andersson??s expression was neutral. That is. You??ve been damned good as assistant editor. Jonasson ordered tomography with the new and improved C. ??When I was assigned to make contact with you. Herr Zalachenko. When he had finished he took off his hat.
smiled sheepishly.000 copies since the glory days of the ??60s.?? Giannini understood Dr Jonasson??s reasoning. V. The message on May Day has to touch on the immigrant integration question.22 calibre.S. It was just before 4. such as the Prime Minister himself. then the chief of Secretariat would have to know about that too.K. ??I??ll sum up so that I am absolutely certain that I understood you correctly. ??A nasty attack in G?teborg and a break-in here in Stockholm. You were shot in the head. I never had any information.
By the early ??80s Zalachenko had calmed down and begun to adapt. and had more knowledge and skills. First of all. Nine times out of ten. later this morning. Just let??s see if you understand this message. He works for Prosecutor Ekstr?m.00.?? They said goodbye. He??s ambitious and on the lookout for anything that will benefit his career. But to be honest. So ?C S?po. It is forbidden to publish child pornography and the depiction of certain violent sexual acts. Gunnar Bj?rck. had been a dream and she might suddenly wake up on the sofa at Millennium.
K. The thieves were eventually caught. ??This is a friendly invitation.?? ??From S?po??? ??Yes. The fact is.?? ??This sounds fun. He called the front desk to ask if he could get coffee and a sandwich at this early hour. and in the best case he had only a few months left. this trial is going to turn on who uses the toughest methods. ??It??s not important. and she kept trying to call her husband or Blomkvist. He was fully aware that everything had gone about as badly as it could have. ??He gives Teleborian instructions. I asked if I could help her with anything.?? ??I hear you.
washed up her coffee mug. He took the stairs down to the ground floor. and we??ll make you a proposal. He was Inspector Bergling. Write it whenever you like.?? Gullberg said. T. and this time in front of Frisk.?? ??So you don??t think it takes much to manipulate him??? ??Exactly.?? Berger could not bring herself to sit at Morander??s desk right away.?? Figuerola had been right. Salander gratefully accepted two cigarettes. The question was: what was he going to do in the future? In August he learned that his two brothers had been arrested.?? ??He??s turning down Holl?ndargatan. He was an anonymous power figure among the elite of editors-in-chief.
?? He tapped on the screen with a pen. The May issue is done ?C we??ve already worked hard on it.?? ??What do you need now??? ??A little more legwork. ??Yes. ??That sounds like child labour and stuff like that. studied to become a police officer at twenty. a white top.P. How do the pieces fit together??? They talked for more than two hours. but usually he just followed through with what other people had already decided. the decision would have to have been made at senior government level. and Ulf Flodin. He got abuse from five directions at once.A. We haven??t seen each other in ages.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
?I know exactly how it??s going to be viewed. She thought the most important thing was simply to stop the bastards.
Blomkvist had his arm around her shoulders
Blomkvist had his arm around her shoulders. our lawyer in S. He had a thick head of hair and a well-groomed beard.S. even messages that had long since been deleted from individual accounts.?? ??He seems not to have had any contact with his old friends in Hamburg. About toilets.?? Figuerola said. One quick look around told him that they were there too late. We??re calling the report ??E.?? ??But that??s nothing new. Then he went to the hotel lobby and called Clinton??s mobile from the public telephone. stopped at the desk of the new assistant chief of Secretariat. Three of them were hunting rifles.?? Blomkvist said.
not the source. Their successes were never reported. After a while he said to Blomkvist: ??When do you want to meet him??? ??Friday afternoon. no great fortune. Holmberg threw up his hands in a helpless gesture. but she could not remember how.?? Sandberg said. but he has massive brain damage. He was amazed that such a small. Then he went out on to Avenyn to look for a taxi. I??ve even thought that he could take my place one day. We can assume that another two police officers ??. he would be obliged to take up the matter at least with the leaders of the other two parties in the coalition government. At the same time my sister was mugged and her copy of the report was also stolen. which you call the Zalachenko club.
for a fee of 30. He did not want to use his own telephone. With respect to the graves in Nykvarn. whenever it is. He also wondered what Blomkvist was really after. Even though he hired me.?? ??What would it cost exactly??? ??You??d have to negotiate that with her. Most of all she wanted to crawl back into bed and take a month??s holiday.N. It had been two days now since the break-in.L. It had taken him all day to work out that her room was two doors down the corridor to the right. Comes from Norrland and is in fact a specialist in crime scene investigation. ??I??ve decided that Salander should be moved to a different room. We??ll come back next week and do the proper installation with alarms on every window on the ground floor and in the basement.
So she borrowed his identity and went into S. Most of our employees have no idea of the others?? existence. out every day. ??I doubt that. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings. But the free papers. of course.?? Salander gave Jonasson a lopsided smile.I. You see. First. Gullberg was content to accept this situation. His name is David Rosin. Here we are. She woke up to find Linder sleeping in a recliner on the other side of the living room.
and my superiors really want to talk to you. Nor Cortez for that matter. He is correctly quoted. who should have knocked on the door of my office and explained the situation. Blomkvist stood up. I wonder which scared him more. If she tried to kill her father. it might be better if we didn??t call. Faste is grossly unsuited to investigate anything at all to do with Salander. You approved it and gave her the assignment at 11. like everyone else. on the vehicle at once. ??You spend a couple of hours a week at the gym. and import everything from Thailand.?? Bublanski replied curtly.
He focused his gaze on the computer screen. He outlined the strategy that Giannini had already explained to her. Figuerola noted the time. Figuerola raised a hand.?? ??So there??s no actual substance to this story at all. He had seen him almost every day since he had been posted outside the room. a pure media circus with himself at centre stage. And it was inexpensive. or he can do something else.M.V. It??s Mikael. ??That??s the drawback with this arrangement. She had been extraordinarily lucky. Then he saw a figure by the window.
the human resources were available. M?rtensson worked in Personal Protection. The conspiracy is continuing. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88. it was that she was certainly not manipulative. and in the end the price burden falls on the renters or the taxpayers. The nurse gave her a beaker with a straw to drink water through. ??When you came to see me the first time. is still one of the big papers. He jogged home to Bellmansgatan and up the stairs.I. Salander had sat in utter silence. She got the instant reply [PROVE IT ?C OR ELSE ??] as the animated Lara Croft unlocked the safety catch on her gun. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning. The missing patrol car was found in Alings?s early this morning.
??What did you say??? ??You don??t need to take a shower. This too touched on the core of the responsibility delegated to the Constitutional Protection Unit. This led each of them to distrust the group and at the same time concoct imaginative conspiracy theories about it. and in 1999 he had registered his own company. Giannini hesitated a moment. She had been working at S. The Salander case demonstrated that something was out of joint inside the organization. But what happened in 1991 did not make sense. ??You don??t like the Security Police. She was very badly wounded. That unnamed individuals in government circles had great confidence in him implied that he could count on their gratitude if he played his cards right. ??It would be terrible if she really has been subjected to the injustices that Millennium claims.?? Berger barely looked up from her position by the window.?? At 10.P.
forty-three years old. He had used the signature Kalle. I have Henry. He stopped in G?teborg to have lunch with an old friend before resuming his journey to Stockholm.?? ??I know. It??s Zalachenko who??s the problem. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses.?? ??Zalachenko was a top spy in the ??70s. Guess how you can explain the price difference between Thailand and Vietnam??? ??Don??t tell me that???? ??Oh. If she continued to heal at the same pace.?? His tone was again hostile. ??Routine research..?? ??So Salander was supposedly armed with a taser. That was a crime.
Bublanski explained why he was calling. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record. Lives in Laholm. It was a pleasant feeling to know that her reactions were up to an emergency. She logged out and went to the U. looking around in desperation. and its purpose is to damage Salander before the trial.?? ??Partly right. ??My name is Jonas Sandberg.?? Figuerola looked at the photograph of Gullberg and Francke standing side by side. thought Malm. and parliament??s security detail had been informed.?? ??Why the hurry??? ??Because as soon as you come back I need you to make love to me. Your role was only to do me the kindness of introducing me to one of your acquaintances. ??Black eye.
?? ??Fair warning. ??Thanks. She was pleased and thanked me for taking the trouble. they are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible.?? Gullberg pulled on his earlobe. She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed. 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. or he can do something else. I assume that you would have insisted on both social and psychiatric investigations. he had come home and worked until 5. He sat in the visitor??s chair and leaned back. I gather that there was a very considerable difference of opinion between Faste and Bublanski.P. he picked up the telephone to call Berger and update her. The next moment she saw a thin.
?? ??Believe it or not. if he walked into the corner of a table or a bench.?? ??I was never convicted of anything. Unfortunately. It did not work. And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience. Henry. He made straight for the kitchen and checked that the coffee machine was turned off.?? She coughed. Eriksson was Blomkvist??s principal assistant for the Salander book. we??re going to write about what happened.?? or ??Salander??.?? said Bublanski. He did not shut down the computer until 6. I can honestly say that I would have wanted very much to know him better.
no-one else??s. Annika recognized him as the man who come up in the lift with her.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. We have no choice. She spent nearly three hours scrutinizing folder after folder on Teleborian??s computer.?? She turned to Borgsj?. ??Evert Gullberg. ??I??m thinking of doing just that. But that won??t work for the rest of us. A trick? Poison Pen? Berger stared at the screen.?? Wadensj?? regarded Clinton with doubt in his eyes. Licence for two handguns.?? ??O. he does wear a size XXL. but it wouldn??t take much for us to be regarded as a second-class paper.
Even if it was only a ten-minute walk. The departing editor-in-chief. he had to relay the conversations via another mobile back home to Plague.?? Edklinth said. ??No again. of course.I. on the steep slope down towards Pryssgr?nd. Presumably the reduced frequency of the nurse??s visits meant that the doctors had decided her condition had improved; over the weekend the nurses had checked on her at least once every fifteen minutes. ??The question now is how we should proceed. it??s the end of the Section. Give me information and I won??t try to compromise you. made a late snack. She saw that this was nothing unusual. She??s survived this far and that??s a good omen for her getting through having the bullet removed.
?? ??No. Three others were members of the Democratic Alliance too. ??What would you like to know??? Bublanski said at last. He must have.K. Assisting him he has your old friend Peter Teleborian. Then came the election in 1985. and [PrelimInv/Niedermann]. Blomkvist had promised Salander that he would never reveal her secret. ??This is a complete mess. She took Cortez??s folder with her and spent the next half hour reading through the whole story. ??Go to work. She spectacularly kicked the shit out of two complete thugs from Svavelsj? M. I??m a part-owner ?? it??s going to be viewed as???? ??I know exactly how it??s going to be viewed. She thought the most important thing was simply to stop the bastards.
Blomkvist had his arm around her shoulders. our lawyer in S. He had a thick head of hair and a well-groomed beard.S. even messages that had long since been deleted from individual accounts.?? ??He seems not to have had any contact with his old friends in Hamburg. About toilets.?? Figuerola said. One quick look around told him that they were there too late. We??re calling the report ??E.?? ??But that??s nothing new. Then he went to the hotel lobby and called Clinton??s mobile from the public telephone. stopped at the desk of the new assistant chief of Secretariat. Three of them were hunting rifles.?? Blomkvist said.
not the source. Their successes were never reported. After a while he said to Blomkvist: ??When do you want to meet him??? ??Friday afternoon. no great fortune. Holmberg threw up his hands in a helpless gesture. but she could not remember how.?? Sandberg said. but he has massive brain damage. He was amazed that such a small. Then he went out on to Avenyn to look for a taxi. I??ve even thought that he could take my place one day. We can assume that another two police officers ??. he would be obliged to take up the matter at least with the leaders of the other two parties in the coalition government. At the same time my sister was mugged and her copy of the report was also stolen. which you call the Zalachenko club.
for a fee of 30. He did not want to use his own telephone. With respect to the graves in Nykvarn. whenever it is. He also wondered what Blomkvist was really after. Even though he hired me.?? ??What would it cost exactly??? ??You??d have to negotiate that with her. Most of all she wanted to crawl back into bed and take a month??s holiday.N. It had been two days now since the break-in.L. It had taken him all day to work out that her room was two doors down the corridor to the right. Comes from Norrland and is in fact a specialist in crime scene investigation. ??I??ve decided that Salander should be moved to a different room. We??ll come back next week and do the proper installation with alarms on every window on the ground floor and in the basement.
So she borrowed his identity and went into S. Most of our employees have no idea of the others?? existence. out every day. ??I doubt that. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings. But the free papers. of course.?? Salander gave Jonasson a lopsided smile.I. You see. First. Gullberg was content to accept this situation. His name is David Rosin. Here we are. She woke up to find Linder sleeping in a recliner on the other side of the living room.
and my superiors really want to talk to you. Nor Cortez for that matter. He is correctly quoted. who should have knocked on the door of my office and explained the situation. Blomkvist stood up. I wonder which scared him more. If she tried to kill her father. it might be better if we didn??t call. Faste is grossly unsuited to investigate anything at all to do with Salander. You approved it and gave her the assignment at 11. like everyone else. on the vehicle at once. ??You spend a couple of hours a week at the gym. and import everything from Thailand.?? Bublanski replied curtly.
He focused his gaze on the computer screen. He outlined the strategy that Giannini had already explained to her. Figuerola noted the time. Figuerola raised a hand.?? ??So there??s no actual substance to this story at all. He had seen him almost every day since he had been posted outside the room. a pure media circus with himself at centre stage. And it was inexpensive. or he can do something else.M.V. It??s Mikael. ??That??s the drawback with this arrangement. She had been extraordinarily lucky. Then he saw a figure by the window.
the human resources were available. M?rtensson worked in Personal Protection. The conspiracy is continuing. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88. it was that she was certainly not manipulative. and in the end the price burden falls on the renters or the taxpayers. The nurse gave her a beaker with a straw to drink water through. ??When you came to see me the first time. is still one of the big papers. He jogged home to Bellmansgatan and up the stairs.I. Salander had sat in utter silence. She got the instant reply [PROVE IT ?C OR ELSE ??] as the animated Lara Croft unlocked the safety catch on her gun. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning. The missing patrol car was found in Alings?s early this morning.
??What did you say??? ??You don??t need to take a shower. This too touched on the core of the responsibility delegated to the Constitutional Protection Unit. This led each of them to distrust the group and at the same time concoct imaginative conspiracy theories about it. and in 1999 he had registered his own company. Giannini hesitated a moment. She had been working at S. The Salander case demonstrated that something was out of joint inside the organization. But what happened in 1991 did not make sense. ??You don??t like the Security Police. She was very badly wounded. That unnamed individuals in government circles had great confidence in him implied that he could count on their gratitude if he played his cards right. ??It would be terrible if she really has been subjected to the injustices that Millennium claims.?? Berger barely looked up from her position by the window.?? At 10.P.
forty-three years old. He had used the signature Kalle. I have Henry. He stopped in G?teborg to have lunch with an old friend before resuming his journey to Stockholm.?? ??I know. It??s Zalachenko who??s the problem. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses.?? ??Zalachenko was a top spy in the ??70s. Guess how you can explain the price difference between Thailand and Vietnam??? ??Don??t tell me that???? ??Oh. If she continued to heal at the same pace.?? His tone was again hostile. ??Routine research..?? ??So Salander was supposedly armed with a taser. That was a crime.
Bublanski explained why he was calling. He had also understood that Nystr?m??s visit was off the record. Lives in Laholm. It was a pleasant feeling to know that her reactions were up to an emergency. She logged out and went to the U. looking around in desperation. and its purpose is to damage Salander before the trial.?? ??Partly right. ??My name is Jonas Sandberg.?? Figuerola looked at the photograph of Gullberg and Francke standing side by side. thought Malm. and parliament??s security detail had been informed.?? ??Why the hurry??? ??Because as soon as you come back I need you to make love to me. Your role was only to do me the kindness of introducing me to one of your acquaintances. ??Black eye.
?? ??Fair warning. ??Thanks. She was pleased and thanked me for taking the trouble. they are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible.?? Gullberg pulled on his earlobe. She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed. 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. or he can do something else. I assume that you would have insisted on both social and psychiatric investigations. he had come home and worked until 5. He sat in the visitor??s chair and leaned back. I gather that there was a very considerable difference of opinion between Faste and Bublanski.P. he picked up the telephone to call Berger and update her. The next moment she saw a thin.
?? ??Believe it or not. if he walked into the corner of a table or a bench.?? ??I was never convicted of anything. Unfortunately. It did not work. And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience. Henry. He made straight for the kitchen and checked that the coffee machine was turned off.?? She coughed. Eriksson was Blomkvist??s principal assistant for the Salander book. we??re going to write about what happened.?? or ??Salander??.?? said Bublanski. He did not shut down the computer until 6. I can honestly say that I would have wanted very much to know him better.
no-one else??s. Annika recognized him as the man who come up in the lift with her.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. We have no choice. She spent nearly three hours scrutinizing folder after folder on Teleborian??s computer.?? She turned to Borgsj?. ??Evert Gullberg. ??I??m thinking of doing just that. But that won??t work for the rest of us. A trick? Poison Pen? Berger stared at the screen.?? Wadensj?? regarded Clinton with doubt in his eyes. Licence for two handguns.?? ??O. he does wear a size XXL. but it wouldn??t take much for us to be regarded as a second-class paper.
Even if it was only a ten-minute walk. The departing editor-in-chief. he had to relay the conversations via another mobile back home to Plague.?? Edklinth said. ??No again. of course.I. on the steep slope down towards Pryssgr?nd. Presumably the reduced frequency of the nurse??s visits meant that the doctors had decided her condition had improved; over the weekend the nurses had checked on her at least once every fifteen minutes. ??The question now is how we should proceed. it??s the end of the Section. Give me information and I won??t try to compromise you. made a late snack. She saw that this was nothing unusual. She??s survived this far and that??s a good omen for her getting through having the bullet removed.
?? ??No. Three others were members of the Democratic Alliance too. ??What would you like to know??? Bublanski said at last. He must have.K. Assisting him he has your old friend Peter Teleborian. Then came the election in 1985. and [PrelimInv/Niedermann]. Blomkvist had promised Salander that he would never reveal her secret. ??This is a complete mess. She took Cortez??s folder with her and spent the next half hour reading through the whole story. ??Go to work. She spectacularly kicked the shit out of two complete thugs from Svavelsj? M. I??m a part-owner ?? it??s going to be viewed as???? ??I know exactly how it??s going to be viewed. She thought the most important thing was simply to stop the bastards.
to expect that we??ll find her fingerprints on the cigarette case. and seldom got the chance to sleep even if no emergency patients came in.
he switched to being a private security consultant
he switched to being a private security consultant. Berger looked at her watch.V. re: narcotics bust in S?dert?lje. ??Either you or Svantesson will have to take over her case. There were also old love letters which she had kept from her teenage years. and after two years in the job had undertaken his first tentative field work in 1952 and 1953 as an Air Force attach?? with the rank of captain at the embassy in Moscow. ??I??d like to examine you for a moment. In short. we sent for a copy of her file from St Stefan??s. She looked for other options.?? ??Until then I??d rather you didn??t stay here. For the rest of his life.?? ??Well. You have an infection in your body. Whatever it was.00 in the morning. Gunnar Bj?rck felt an almost unquenchable panic when he heard the news about the shooting at Sahlgrenska hospital. then they won??t want to be shareholders any longer. Isn??t there a friend you could stay with??? Berger thought for a moment about Blomkvist??s apartment but remembered that just now it was not such a good idea. if that time ever comes.?? She paused when she saw out of the corner of her eye that Borgsj? was staring at her. He opened the brown briefcase and unpacked two shirts. ??That??s all.K.?? he snapped.
But. or rather two. She assumed that she really would need a lawyer.M. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff. He was given a part-time job managing a cleaning crew at Sahlgrenska hospital. we??re caught between the proverbial rock and hard place. No matter how hard Blomkvist tried. seeing to it that documents disappeared and records were altered. but I think you??ll have to inform the speaker of parliament and the constitutional committee ?? This is going to leak out fast. I??m also proposing wage cuts for management. On Sunday she had a temperature of 102. ??I agree with Sonja. and most assuredly not against his colleagues. We met on Norr M?larstrand a while back. Then the assassin??s shots rang out on Sveav?gen and the matter became irrelevant. listening. and parallel to the rest of the Security Police. But it??s going to be a little up and down until we put this story to bed. maybe a week. For this I??m willing to pay you a thousand kronor a week. Then she retreated slowly to the bed. Her longest had been with a colleague in Uppsala ?C they had shared an apartment for two years. The tone she used with him was polite. well someone did. It would be a newspaper billboard sensation and there would be volcanic eruptions high up in the government bureaucracy.
?? ??What I mean is that you should go on with your life and not feel as though you need to entertain me. To her surprise she found the visits of Dr Jonasson pleasant.30 p.I. ??What happened??? he said.L. On the one hand. to investigate whether there are grounds for a new trial. and thereby hope to persuade him to resign before the story was published.?? ??How old are you??? ??Twenty-seven. Annika had been persuaded. There was a recess where a radio had been removed. the Social Democrats having been in power for more than forty years. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request. It seemed to be challenging her.?? It took some while before she got an answer. removed his glasses. Figuerola noted the time. M?rtensson??s C. I have to tell you too that I will receive advice and support during any trial from your former guardian. be able to work undisturbed for a while. A number of pictures were of infants. ??You wanted to know if Ekstr?m had a meeting. and it??s urgent. The deceased lawyer Nils Bjurman had worked in the Immigration Division at the same time as the deceased Bj?rck. she was a psychopathic mass murderer.
In 1973 the office building where he had claimed to be working was in fact torn down and replaced by an extension to King??s Cross Station.?? She told him that a nationwide manhunt was under way for Ronald Niedermann. He was running out of time. At morning rounds.?? Berger nodded.?? Edklinth frowned. Have you eaten??? ??A while ago. ??And what are you going to do with that? Shoot me? You??ll spend the rest of your miserable life in prison. I don??t suppose you have any chance of hearing what they??re saying. She lay on her back with the brace around her neck. ??Get back into bed at once. We don??t know his last name. wondering whether to leave the office. Why do you ask? Has something happened??? ??No. but rather his faith in human nature. ??I??m beginning to like my contact with S?po. listened to her heart and took her pulse.??Friday. But among the notes Blomkvist found several cryptic sentences. Married. the incoming Prime Minister was fully occupied appointing ministers and negotiating with other conservative parties. On the other hand it??s now clear that Ekstr?m is going to bring charges against Salander. She opened her laptop and summarized the situation in an email to Armansky.?? ??If you want to keep working at S. Bj?rck proposes that Zalachenko??s rehabilitation ?C he suffered very severe burns ?C be carried out abroad. She outlined the Poison Pen situation.
Q. she??s under arrest. talk to the press??? Wadensj?? said. and nothing was touched or moved ?C except for one thing. I??ll be starting at another publication.?? ??No. I was born on 30 April 1978. But he had no idea how to go about identifying these people. neither could he.?? ??I was wondering when you??d think of that.M. She turned back towards Kungstornet. wondering whether to leave the office. and did it in a way we didn??t think was possible. as like as not.?? Bj?rck felt suddenly resigned.?? Karim said. Amateur night. ??It would be terrible if she really has been subjected to the injustices that Millennium claims. An Agent in Place contained so much inaccurate information about Sweden in the first chapter that he threw the book into the wastepaper basket.W.?? ??I assumed that the case would be handled in Stockholm. with a mandate to see to it that authorities do not ride roughshod over the democratic process. And if problems crop up along the way. Vinge??s memoir as propaganda. Two people at least.
Not at mine. True. causing deep bruising there. rather. I tried to warn him. They have their own club that you can??t join.?? ??I feel extremely self-conscious. We have taps on Blomkvist??s landline and mobile. She hobbled over to her glass cage and sank into her chair with relief. but you can??t do it by mistake.?? Erika looked up. is not an exact science. fire security. For a moment she stood. she was not so sure she wanted a stable relationship herself ?C with a partner and a mortgage and kids. They had their coffee at the pavement caf?? beside Norr M?larstrand. The police are looking for a German citizen by the name of Ronald Niedermann.?? ??Perfectly understood.?? Giannini bit her lower lip. Surfing on a Palm hand-held with a tiny screen and a stylus was not the same thing as surfing on a PowerBook with a 17?? screen. 11. and they agreed to have another meeting the following week. Which means that she doesn??t intend to. at least three murders in Nykvarn. In 1987 Ghidi??s father was arrested on suspicion of being a Kurdish militant.20 in the afternoon.
and that something serious must have happened if you wanted to see me outside all normal channels.?? ??Please tell me how I??m doing. Do you know what this means? It means that S. she thought. what would you do??? ??I??d shut my eyes. You know I??m not a criminal lawyer.?? ??I understand. But there was one policeman dead and another severely wounded on the road to Nossebro. ??That was the crucial part of the evidence. ??Compare his face with this passport photograph of Gullberg. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery.?? ??It??s precisely the same thing. which was no surprise since S?po was deeply involved in what had happened. He always felt a bit bemused when he went into the apartment: twenty-one rooms. Threats to National Security. Lundin. The daughter would sooner or later be captured and that would be the end of it. whether I could bring her books of any sort. you may not speak with anyone but myself and Monica Figuerola. printed out the document and began to read it at once. ??Hardly. Am I disturbing you??? ??No problem. where she works ?? and anything else you can find. He had done something that Salander knew about. About toilets. These linguistic skills were one of the reasons he was recruited by the Security Police in 1950.
I??ve thought about it.?? After the meeting with Borgsj?. Finally he inserted narrow forceps with serrated jaws. ??I don??t understand this. he had come home and worked until 5.P. Right now. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. I??m dealing with pros here. Usually he was cool and analytical. ??That is ?? unfortunate to hear.?? Blomkvist said. 2. I never go to the cinema. Agneta Jervas. ??I??m beginning to understand why she felt an uncontrollable urge to slam an axe into your head. And since I??m co-operating with your Stasi-style bureaucracy. and this would be the perfect. Micke. Much more blood had obviously been shed in and around the trench.?? ??Interesting thought. who.?? ??His own shop??? ??He became a consultant in security for industry.?? Olsson was not born yesterday. we have had an analysis group working almost round the clock to discover exactly what happened. ??A mutual friend spoke with you.
they knew what had provoked Lisbeth to do what she did. and invited him into a living room with spartan furnishings. Then there were several lines of text where she identified the implements he had used during the rape.?? Salander still said nothing. the magazine is a threat because of one thing only: Bj?rck??s 1991 police report. He found another set of keys to the apartment in Mosebacke and a passport in the name of Irene Nesser. but he also gave lectures from time to time at S. obviously. If she??s sentenced to a secure psychiatric facility. He paid with a credit card and took a taxi to G?teborg Central Station. Finally he lit upon the obvious solution. Armansky??s first thought was that the man was paranoid.?? was Paulsson??s immediate response. She felt an intense desire to move.?? ??According to Blomkvist. I actually met him a couple of times. If it hasn??t already happened. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??Is it O.?? Magnusson said.?? Edklinth said. In other words. She had her own film of a personal nature which showed how Advokat Bastard Bjurman had raped her. ??Hello. Henry ?? you??ll have to go full-time and take Malin??s place as assistant editor. If it were discovered I??d be charged with a crime and lose my licence to practise.
??There??s one thing I??m curious about ?? were you really going to betray us after all we??ve done for you??? ??What do you think??? ??It depends how crazy you are. Ricky. Convicted of safe-cracking in the ??80s and some other minor stuff. Then he heard a sound to his right and saw the Prime Minister get up from an armchair. ??Dr Jonasson??? he said.?? He tied a sheet around his waist. He wished Sandberg had ordered Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberries. Then she heard the rattle of a set of keys. She put the appointment in her calendar and realized at once that she would have to change it because she had a major editorial conference planned for that day. In this way Plague could also monitor outgoing calls from Ekstr?m. I don??t believe Paulsson??s claim of aggressive resistance for a minute. A Sig Sauer that had been dismantled and was being oiled on the kitchen table. There was a report today that she??s going to be the new editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten. and put on long black trousers. Until now she had not confronted him in front of other colleagues in the newsroom.?? he said. ??Certainly. ever since a woman Member of Parliament had received death threats.?? ??Why would we be cooking something up??? ??Because Prosecutor Ekstr?m has asked me a dozen times how much you at Milton Security actually knew about the Salander investigation. Salander is a devil with computers. So. which she took back to her office. he invited Milton Security??s C. And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in. It??s about the police investigating the possibility that Lisbeth Salander was mixed up in the sale of anabolic steroids. for God??s sake.
She saw at once that he was not being funny.S. During a sleepless night spent mostly in the kitchen with Linder. or 1180 miles. as one doctor to another. Things could not go on this way. ??Clinton first??? ??If he??s still alive. born 1971. are refusing to say anything ?C they??re claiming they??ve never heard of Niedermann.30 in the afternoon. In Personal Protection they believed that M?rtensson had been loaned out to Counter-Espionage. even though he is a journalist.P. We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary. ??When this is all over I??m going to found an association called ??The Knights of the Idiotic Table?? and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander. He??s ambitious and on the lookout for anything that will benefit his career. Retired in 1991. They went from room to room. my briefcase was stolen. or even with the duct tape that some inspired soul had applied. ??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago. He listened at the door. He listened to the news and heard a summary of what had been said at the press conference. From a constitutional standpoint. let??s not play games. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??m thinking that Edklinth would be a little bit disturbed if he saw us right now.
?? Ekstr?m said. Prosecutor Fransson in S?dert?lje had finished her deliberations. either by customs or by passport control. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said. She checked her diary and saw that she had four meetings.?? ??Which is??? ??I??m an investigative journalist. ??It makes no difference to me who you appoint. including bow and arrow.?? ??The board approved your measures. including several from the family which owns the paper. When Salander logged off. It was an automatic response.M. Only one thing is important right now.?? ??And the woman ?? who??s she??? ??Sonja Modig. Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout. ??Hello.?? Erlander bent towards him. but he had a short fuse and was a dangerous man. I??ll have a car in place in five minutes. just a rumour??? ??It??s no rumour that the police are looking into the possibility. Ekstr?m straightened his glasses and stroked his well-groomed goatee. I??ve missed you. Blomkvist looked at the book and saw that it was in English.?? Berger sighed. ??He has almost a 24-hour head start now.
?? It was Gunnar Magnusson. She was filled with doubt about the plan that her brother had outlined to her. he did not feel that the cripple was any sort of threat.?? Clinton said. if the need arose. they just slip into the shadows. But the pain was manageable. Alexander Zalachenko. If Niedermann talked. His job was to investigate crimes. then G?ransson??s car would have been parked at one of the ports. Then the memories came rushing back to her.?? ??Come on.?? Blomkvist said and sat up straight in his chair.?? ??I see. He had no great hope that she would contact him.?? Sandberg said lightly. ??Do you think it??s such a good idea for me to be hanging around at police H. and she went through every public register she could find.?? ??Let??s see ?? it must be someone with administrative authority. searching look. but I doubt that??s who you??re working for. he had done an evaluation of Salander??s condition. We have a younger talent who does some field work. In what way has he become harder to handle??? ??The police chief up there is an old friend of Paulsson??s. ??I??m going to Kungsholmen now.
Suddenly she realized that her briefcase was gone. I managed to persuade Paulsson to let me talk to him for a moment. showered.S. That might cause a bit of turbulence. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep.00. The really damaging thing was that Borgsj? knew about all this and still went on ordering toilets from Fong Soo Industries. She needed a weapon. In both latter instances. He sounded like an anxious brother.?? ??I found it yesterday at Lisbeth Salander??s apartment when I finally worked out where she was. Francke was a bit of a cowboy who saw K. about sixteen hours after he had finished the operation. almost too close.?? and a subscription to fashion. In the background O. I??ve sent a team of externals to tail her. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep. He prescribed various medications and complete bedrest. and Blomkvist freely admitted that he himself had put him there. Not much to hang on the Christmas tree. and according to what I??ve overheard he was shot in the head all three times. only women were allowed to hold high office. we have to be able to offer him something substantial. They??ve committed serious criminal acts and they??ll be the object of a preliminary investigation.
??I??ve understood that you know more about this story than anyone else. The first nurse stopped short on the threshold. ??He left S.?? ??I??m not suggesting that they should lose money. The trade in building materials goes through wholesalers who set their own prices. Millennium did not have the resources to keep any employee on an open-ended budget with all sorts of expenses in the form of rental cars. In terms of espionage it was a sad chapter in their history.?? ??But she needs ammunition. and the second was an analysis of the bizarre sexual behaviour of an African diplomat. They relied heavily on computers connected to the incident reporting network of the regular police. She obviously wanted to tell you first. I know nothing about Niedermann??s affairs. Two had a background in the Fraud Division. the worst possible thing I could do in this situation would be to try to influence the shape or content of your story.R. But there??s someone I have to talk to tonight and it??ll take a while.?? ??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. He went down to the hotel??s breakfast room. Then he drove down to the Continental. they ask 10?C 12. First she checked her email. M?rtensson left home at 7. ??How interesting.S. and I won??t report it to the tax authorities.?? ??What is it??? ??Since you were shut up at St Stefan??s when you were twelve.
?? ??Take it easy. ??It??s a long story.?? ??Name??? ??Protected source??? ??Naturally. You make the decisions.M. ??A cup of coffee. Then a crooked grin spread across her face. First with Henry and Christer. One lived in Norrt?lje. ??That??s about it. The document was stamped top secret and filed in the special protocol of S.?? Gullberg said. and we can follow the correspondence that shows how Teleborian is conspiring with Jonas in the same way he conspired with Bj?rck in 1991. Then I can tell you that I like neither your tone nor your evasions nor your lies.??s board members??? ??That??s not what happened.00. ??Mine too. But if her car had been damaged on some random street in S?dermalm. and time kept slipping by ?? And then she found herself with an unbearably guilty conscience and was feeling terrible. ??Now now. Niedermann was on the run.?? ??Good.?? Clinton said. room fourteen according to Jonas Sandberg. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making.?? Giannini looked sceptical.
this is going to be tough. the I. Ever since he had heard the news at the Kaffebar he had had his heart in his throat and a panicky feeling that Salander might have been the killer. but the alternative was worse. Do you have a girlfriend??? ??No-one steady. you??re receiving this information in accordance with your agreement with Edklinth. He opened his mobile and called Cortez. this is only between you and me. ??We believe that Salander is in some way the link between all of them. I wish we had the leisure to stay in touch with faithful old colleagues. And I said I??d talk to you about it.30 she made Berger call S.T. At the same time I??m editor-in-chief of a newspaper that??s in danger of skidding because the newsroom doesn??t have the information that I have. But how the hell is she managing to communicate from Sahlgrenska. ??No.?? Jonasson looked so sceptical that Blomkvist had to laugh. Torstensson and Ingemarsson.P. ??Do you think she??d want me for her lawyer??? ??Probably she wouldn??t want any lawyer at all. and A(89)Cx#magnolia as the password. Herr Bodin. but there??s something really scary beneath his calculating facade. who had been silent for almost half an hour. No. The helicopter crew and two paramedics had proceeded in a routine and professional manner.
?? ??Anything else??? ??Sandberg lives in Sollentuna.00 p. whom he had known for many years and had dealings with at numerous departmental meetings. The problem was that Ekstr?m seldom or never used it for work-related calls. Annika.?? ??And the woman ?? who??s she??? ??Sonja Modig. He went down to the hotel??s breakfast room. One nurse had merely said in a neutral tone that her condition was stable. ??When Lisbeth was twelve. She looked for other options. I earned it.?? ??And??? Modig hesitated once again.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson. it seems to be a small-calibre bullet. feeling stressed. But today is my last day of work.?? Faste said. And that was enough. was freelancing at Millennium. ??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago.?? ??I see. He was slightly surprised that the Swedish Security Police had been able to penetrate the Russian military to the degree Nystr?m was describing.?? ??That is grossly unfair.?? ??And what happened??? ??His nearest competitor was a Swedish wholesale outfit called Vitavara Inc.?? Janeryd blinked and pressed his lips together. calmly nursing his coffee.
It was only when he heard the details and studied Malm??s photographs that he reluctantly admitted that Blomkvist had good reason to be suspicious. The Russian defector who came to Sweden in 1976. had climbed on to a stool.?? Figuerola gave a summary of the circus that had sprung up around Blomkvist??s building on Bellmansgatan. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m. perhaps more precarious than ever before. but he lost sight him on L?ngholmsgatan. If the Section??s archives were opened. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat.?? ??My superior is the one who wants to talk to you.S. I was posted to Egypt. ??Believe it or not. as far as I can see. Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April. ??Raped??? he said.?? ??I see. and I thought that he needed a break. ??Compare his face with this passport photograph of Gullberg. She had cut back on bodybuilding.?? ??It??s a small monitor. We would be demolished. ??Yes??? ??You are requested to accompany me to Kungsholmen to assist the police in their investigations into the case involving Lisbeth Salander. Ideally he should have come under the auspices of the military intelligence service. He had a serious talk with Giannini and explained that she could have access to Salander for one hour a day. on the dot.
a policeman. You were the one who exposed Wennerstr?m last year. she had joined him at his table. and they had both ended up in bed with Torkel. She thought of Holm. Slowly he turned to look. And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience. we??ll deal with them. Blomkvist took a chance. She has to keep her conversations with Lisbeth confidential.00 in the evening. She could give a good description of the woman.?? ??You??ll have to get permission from the prosecutor. Her bare feet were bleeding. He was offered supervisory training a few years ago but turned it down. Sometimes three.P. and then he paused for a moment. But Malm had not participated in any parade ?C apart from Gay Pride ?C in at least ten years. But this injury happened long after the time of death. He looked at her arms and then at her legs and saw that she was much more muscular than he was. she had refused to say a single word to the police. He was about to call Cortez when the T10 rang in his hand. but all this is beside the point. He walked slowly through the station. S.
You can bill us for five days. He hadn??t been able to pull his gun. Salander heard the key turn in the door. ??The selection of a new editor-in-chief will have to be discussed and made by the board. When he started.?? ??Zalachenko was a top spy in the ??70s.?? ??For several years I was Lisbeth Salander??s psychiatrist when she was institutionalized at St Stefan??s. She heard footsteps outside the door and saw a nurse open it to admit a woman wearing black trousers.?? ??Have you got any idea at all??? ??Ekstr?m claims that Bj?rck??s report and the correspondence with Teleborian were falsified. But that will be up to all of you. Figuerola stopped short in consternation. They hate each other and. Save for the fact that she thought she recalled seeing a solution to Fermat??s theorem. I explained that I wanted information in advance on all proposed articles. Last night she had a temperature of 38 and vomited on two occasions. and be the news editor??? ??I wouldn??t do it for anything. He says that the resistance consisted of a forceful verbal attempt to prevent Torstensson and Ingemarsson from going to pick up Niedermann alone. My colleague here would like to question him also in connection with the three recent murders in Stockholm. He??s walking fast. Do you see what I mean??? ??Yes. about his conversation with Giannini. I had no ??need to know??. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson.: Clinton in 1971 and von Rottinger in 1973.I. His voice took on a confidential tone.
that??s what I need to know. If you want to publish tomorrow morning.?? ??I received a similar report. ??Before we begin to discuss anything. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. She wondered whether she could manage to get out of bed. your sister.00 and discovered Blomkvist still asleep. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her. She waved him away.00??? ??That??ll be fine. You will be paid by me.?? ??Why was that??? ??He was sweet.?? she said. I want that bastard??s head on a platter. Annika Bloody Giannini was most likely on her side. is guilty of these crimes. He ran into a group of youths on their way from Mosebacke. She did not like asking for help or showing any sign of weakness. they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. ??Ekstr?m??s holding a press conference at 3. and took a long drink of water. Nor did they need much convincing to carry out particular campaigns if the situation warranted. Gullberg pushed open the door to room fourteen and stepped quickly inside. Zalachenko abused her mother so viciously that she spent most of her life in hospital. He??s keeping track of what goes on around him.
You shouldn??t do that. Then. In the course of the day Figuerola??s team had interviewed a number of people now retired from the Swedish Atomic Energy Agency.?? Edklinth told her. Lars Faulsson. How can this have gone on for so long? How could this activity have been both concealed and financed??? ??Go on.R. ??Room twelve.?? which referred to the Security Police as a whole. and would value the chance to gauge how much deterioration has occurred over the past ten years.?? ??I wish I could.* But no politician would dare to be involved in such a decision. ??He??s going to be digging up that stuff himself if he keeps at it for a while. I propose cutting all management salaries by half. nurses and cleaners ?C everybody who works there in fact.v Figuerola got up at 5.K. Two men stood there. ??But I haven??t heard any complaints about him in the last ?? well.00 last night. and he had been on the staff of the Section for ten years. He had used her system disks to restore her computer to a functioning state. Zalachenko would give his word. and there he murdered the club??s treasurer and ?C we may assume ?C went off with an unspecified sum of money.?? Figuerola said..
The P. It was obviously premeditated ?C the attacker had brought his can of spray paint. It suits you somehow.?? ??That was Margareta Orring??s article.C. Formally. First she checked her email. She happened to identify him and track him down to Gosseberga. but we think you have a good chance of making a full recovery. but he was the last to arrive.. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. who nodded.?? ??It??s a family-owned business. I was rather young ?? I didn??t know how I should deal with these people. her I. He shook his head. Otherwise there??s one very large room. police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual. Berger looked up and scanned the half-empty newsroom beyond the glass cage. ??I??m looking for Gunnar Bj?rck.?? she said. but you have to think about Christer and the others on the staff too. Two hours after the murder there was still chaos in the corridor. Gullberg began to believe that Zalachenko was not quite right in the head. Gullberg was suddenly a big player: he was welcomed with respect in the exclusive club of selected warriors.
Or was it clumsy? The only reason he first noticed the car was the registration number. And Holm ?? you??re starting to look like dead meat to me. and Blomkvist had never hesitated if Baksi asked him a favour. Even so. conducted a normal investigation. For one thing. She struggled to her feet and put her hand to her forehead.?? Wadensj?? said. was a real person. thirty-nine. There??ll be opportunities later.D. and according to what I??ve overheard he was shot in the head all three times. the typesetter. ??I trod on a piece of glass and a shard lodged in my heel.?? ??What sort of burns??? ??I??m guessing a taser. He liked being a taxi driver except for two things. we determined that the theft must have occurred during the time she was at Nacka hospital.P.?? she said. In the long term there was another worry.?? ??Perfectly understood. He had had the feeling before and had trained himself to interpret it as an alarm triggered by instinct.?? he said. ??Wouldn??t you like to come and work for us??? ??Not on your life. and she got it at St Stefan??s.
This worried Zalachenko.?? ??Giannini works in women??s rights. is Niedermann still hiding out somewhere in Sweden?; two. if I may.?? He scrubbed her back and soaped her shoulders. The tone she used with him was polite. but Blomkvist somehow got hold of it. had made some damaging discovery about Millennium??s chairman of the board (who happened to be herself) ?C they would not have hesitated either. Niedermann is my priority at the moment. ??So what the hell are we going to do??? Cortez said. A defector of Zalachenko??s status would have to be handled with the utmost secrecy. ??I don??t want to be quoted.?? he said. She simply called Milton Security and explained that she was looking for a female employee she had met a while ago and whose name she had forgotten. ??Zalachenko ?? so that??s your father??? Well.iv Blomkvist had spent Saturday night with Berger.??? ??This evening if possible. ??The man who at 1.00 on a Saturday afternoon??? Figuerola and Blomkvist exchanged a sceptical look. He had seen him almost every day since he had been posted outside the room. Shall I show you where to find Editor-in-Chief Morander? I should say ??outgoing editor-in-chief????? ??Thank you. talking on the telephone.30 on Thursday. or skinhead. and I??m beginning to expect that we??ll find her fingerprints on the cigarette case. and seldom got the chance to sleep even if no emergency patients came in.
he switched to being a private security consultant. Berger looked at her watch.V. re: narcotics bust in S?dert?lje. ??Either you or Svantesson will have to take over her case. There were also old love letters which she had kept from her teenage years. and after two years in the job had undertaken his first tentative field work in 1952 and 1953 as an Air Force attach?? with the rank of captain at the embassy in Moscow. ??I??d like to examine you for a moment. In short. we sent for a copy of her file from St Stefan??s. She looked for other options.?? ??Until then I??d rather you didn??t stay here. For the rest of his life.?? ??Well. You have an infection in your body. Whatever it was.00 in the morning. Gunnar Bj?rck felt an almost unquenchable panic when he heard the news about the shooting at Sahlgrenska hospital. then they won??t want to be shareholders any longer. Isn??t there a friend you could stay with??? Berger thought for a moment about Blomkvist??s apartment but remembered that just now it was not such a good idea. if that time ever comes.?? She paused when she saw out of the corner of her eye that Borgsj? was staring at her. He opened the brown briefcase and unpacked two shirts. ??That??s all.K.?? he snapped.
But. or rather two. She assumed that she really would need a lawyer.M. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff. He was given a part-time job managing a cleaning crew at Sahlgrenska hospital. we??re caught between the proverbial rock and hard place. No matter how hard Blomkvist tried. seeing to it that documents disappeared and records were altered. but I think you??ll have to inform the speaker of parliament and the constitutional committee ?? This is going to leak out fast. I??m also proposing wage cuts for management. On Sunday she had a temperature of 102. ??I agree with Sonja. and most assuredly not against his colleagues. We met on Norr M?larstrand a while back. Then the assassin??s shots rang out on Sveav?gen and the matter became irrelevant. listening. and parallel to the rest of the Security Police. But it??s going to be a little up and down until we put this story to bed. maybe a week. For this I??m willing to pay you a thousand kronor a week. Then she retreated slowly to the bed. Her longest had been with a colleague in Uppsala ?C they had shared an apartment for two years. The tone she used with him was polite. well someone did. It would be a newspaper billboard sensation and there would be volcanic eruptions high up in the government bureaucracy.
?? ??What I mean is that you should go on with your life and not feel as though you need to entertain me. To her surprise she found the visits of Dr Jonasson pleasant.30 p.I. ??What happened??? he said.L. On the one hand. to investigate whether there are grounds for a new trial. and thereby hope to persuade him to resign before the story was published.?? ??How old are you??? ??Twenty-seven. Annika had been persuaded. There was a recess where a radio had been removed. the Social Democrats having been in power for more than forty years. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request. It seemed to be challenging her.?? It took some while before she got an answer. removed his glasses. Figuerola noted the time. M?rtensson??s C. I have to tell you too that I will receive advice and support during any trial from your former guardian. be able to work undisturbed for a while. A number of pictures were of infants. ??You wanted to know if Ekstr?m had a meeting. and it??s urgent. The deceased lawyer Nils Bjurman had worked in the Immigration Division at the same time as the deceased Bj?rck. she was a psychopathic mass murderer.
In 1973 the office building where he had claimed to be working was in fact torn down and replaced by an extension to King??s Cross Station.?? She told him that a nationwide manhunt was under way for Ronald Niedermann. He was running out of time. At morning rounds.?? Berger nodded.?? Edklinth frowned. Have you eaten??? ??A while ago. ??And what are you going to do with that? Shoot me? You??ll spend the rest of your miserable life in prison. I don??t suppose you have any chance of hearing what they??re saying. She lay on her back with the brace around her neck. ??Get back into bed at once. We don??t know his last name. wondering whether to leave the office. Why do you ask? Has something happened??? ??No. but rather his faith in human nature. ??I??m beginning to like my contact with S?po. listened to her heart and took her pulse.??Friday. But among the notes Blomkvist found several cryptic sentences. Married. the incoming Prime Minister was fully occupied appointing ministers and negotiating with other conservative parties. On the other hand it??s now clear that Ekstr?m is going to bring charges against Salander. She opened her laptop and summarized the situation in an email to Armansky.?? ??If you want to keep working at S. Bj?rck proposes that Zalachenko??s rehabilitation ?C he suffered very severe burns ?C be carried out abroad. She outlined the Poison Pen situation.
Q. she??s under arrest. talk to the press??? Wadensj?? said. and nothing was touched or moved ?C except for one thing. I??ll be starting at another publication.?? ??No. I was born on 30 April 1978. But he had no idea how to go about identifying these people. neither could he.?? ??I was wondering when you??d think of that.M. She turned back towards Kungstornet. wondering whether to leave the office. and did it in a way we didn??t think was possible. as like as not.?? Bj?rck felt suddenly resigned.?? Karim said. Amateur night. ??It would be terrible if she really has been subjected to the injustices that Millennium claims. An Agent in Place contained so much inaccurate information about Sweden in the first chapter that he threw the book into the wastepaper basket.W.?? ??I assumed that the case would be handled in Stockholm. with a mandate to see to it that authorities do not ride roughshod over the democratic process. And if problems crop up along the way. Vinge??s memoir as propaganda. Two people at least.
Not at mine. True. causing deep bruising there. rather. I tried to warn him. They have their own club that you can??t join.?? ??I feel extremely self-conscious. We have taps on Blomkvist??s landline and mobile. She hobbled over to her glass cage and sank into her chair with relief. but you can??t do it by mistake.?? Erika looked up. is not an exact science. fire security. For a moment she stood. she was not so sure she wanted a stable relationship herself ?C with a partner and a mortgage and kids. They had their coffee at the pavement caf?? beside Norr M?larstrand. The police are looking for a German citizen by the name of Ronald Niedermann.?? ??Perfectly understood.?? Giannini bit her lower lip. Surfing on a Palm hand-held with a tiny screen and a stylus was not the same thing as surfing on a PowerBook with a 17?? screen. 11. and they agreed to have another meeting the following week. Which means that she doesn??t intend to. at least three murders in Nykvarn. In 1987 Ghidi??s father was arrested on suspicion of being a Kurdish militant.20 in the afternoon.
and that something serious must have happened if you wanted to see me outside all normal channels.?? ??Please tell me how I??m doing. Do you know what this means? It means that S. she thought. what would you do??? ??I??d shut my eyes. You know I??m not a criminal lawyer.?? ??I understand. But there was one policeman dead and another severely wounded on the road to Nossebro. ??That was the crucial part of the evidence. ??Compare his face with this passport photograph of Gullberg. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery.?? ??It??s precisely the same thing. which was no surprise since S?po was deeply involved in what had happened. He always felt a bit bemused when he went into the apartment: twenty-one rooms. Threats to National Security. Lundin. The daughter would sooner or later be captured and that would be the end of it. whether I could bring her books of any sort. you may not speak with anyone but myself and Monica Figuerola. printed out the document and began to read it at once. ??Hardly. Am I disturbing you??? ??No problem. where she works ?? and anything else you can find. He had done something that Salander knew about. About toilets. These linguistic skills were one of the reasons he was recruited by the Security Police in 1950.
I??ve thought about it.?? After the meeting with Borgsj?. Finally he inserted narrow forceps with serrated jaws. ??I don??t understand this. he had come home and worked until 5.P. Right now. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. I??m dealing with pros here. Usually he was cool and analytical. ??That is ?? unfortunate to hear.?? Blomkvist said. 2. I never go to the cinema. Agneta Jervas. ??I??m beginning to understand why she felt an uncontrollable urge to slam an axe into your head. And since I??m co-operating with your Stasi-style bureaucracy. and this would be the perfect. Micke. Much more blood had obviously been shed in and around the trench.?? ??Interesting thought. who.?? ??His own shop??? ??He became a consultant in security for industry.?? Olsson was not born yesterday. we have had an analysis group working almost round the clock to discover exactly what happened. ??A mutual friend spoke with you.
they knew what had provoked Lisbeth to do what she did. and invited him into a living room with spartan furnishings. Then there were several lines of text where she identified the implements he had used during the rape.?? Salander still said nothing. the magazine is a threat because of one thing only: Bj?rck??s 1991 police report. He found another set of keys to the apartment in Mosebacke and a passport in the name of Irene Nesser. but he also gave lectures from time to time at S. obviously. If she??s sentenced to a secure psychiatric facility. He paid with a credit card and took a taxi to G?teborg Central Station. Finally he lit upon the obvious solution. Armansky??s first thought was that the man was paranoid.?? was Paulsson??s immediate response. She felt an intense desire to move.?? ??According to Blomkvist. I actually met him a couple of times. If it hasn??t already happened. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??Is it O.?? Magnusson said.?? Edklinth said. In other words. She had her own film of a personal nature which showed how Advokat Bastard Bjurman had raped her. ??Hello. Henry ?? you??ll have to go full-time and take Malin??s place as assistant editor. If it were discovered I??d be charged with a crime and lose my licence to practise.
??There??s one thing I??m curious about ?? were you really going to betray us after all we??ve done for you??? ??What do you think??? ??It depends how crazy you are. Ricky. Convicted of safe-cracking in the ??80s and some other minor stuff. Then he heard a sound to his right and saw the Prime Minister get up from an armchair. ??Dr Jonasson??? he said.?? He tied a sheet around his waist. He wished Sandberg had ordered Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberries. Then she heard the rattle of a set of keys. She put the appointment in her calendar and realized at once that she would have to change it because she had a major editorial conference planned for that day. In this way Plague could also monitor outgoing calls from Ekstr?m. I don??t believe Paulsson??s claim of aggressive resistance for a minute. A Sig Sauer that had been dismantled and was being oiled on the kitchen table. There was a report today that she??s going to be the new editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten. and put on long black trousers. Until now she had not confronted him in front of other colleagues in the newsroom.?? he said. ??Certainly. ever since a woman Member of Parliament had received death threats.?? ??Why would we be cooking something up??? ??Because Prosecutor Ekstr?m has asked me a dozen times how much you at Milton Security actually knew about the Salander investigation. Salander is a devil with computers. So. which she took back to her office. he invited Milton Security??s C. And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in. It??s about the police investigating the possibility that Lisbeth Salander was mixed up in the sale of anabolic steroids. for God??s sake.
She saw at once that he was not being funny.S. During a sleepless night spent mostly in the kitchen with Linder. or 1180 miles. as one doctor to another. Things could not go on this way. ??Clinton first??? ??If he??s still alive. born 1971. are refusing to say anything ?C they??re claiming they??ve never heard of Niedermann.30 in the afternoon. In Personal Protection they believed that M?rtensson had been loaned out to Counter-Espionage. even though he is a journalist.P. We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary. ??When this is all over I??m going to found an association called ??The Knights of the Idiotic Table?? and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander. He??s ambitious and on the lookout for anything that will benefit his career. Retired in 1991. They went from room to room. my briefcase was stolen. or even with the duct tape that some inspired soul had applied. ??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago. He listened at the door. He listened to the news and heard a summary of what had been said at the press conference. From a constitutional standpoint. let??s not play games. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??m thinking that Edklinth would be a little bit disturbed if he saw us right now.
?? Ekstr?m said. Prosecutor Fransson in S?dert?lje had finished her deliberations. either by customs or by passport control. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said. She checked her diary and saw that she had four meetings.?? ??Which is??? ??I??m an investigative journalist. ??It makes no difference to me who you appoint. including bow and arrow.?? ??The board approved your measures. including several from the family which owns the paper. When Salander logged off. It was an automatic response.M. Only one thing is important right now.?? ??And the woman ?? who??s she??? ??Sonja Modig. Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout. ??Hello.?? Erlander bent towards him. but he had a short fuse and was a dangerous man. I??ll have a car in place in five minutes. just a rumour??? ??It??s no rumour that the police are looking into the possibility. Ekstr?m straightened his glasses and stroked his well-groomed goatee. I??ve missed you. Blomkvist looked at the book and saw that it was in English.?? Berger sighed. ??He has almost a 24-hour head start now.
?? It was Gunnar Magnusson. She was filled with doubt about the plan that her brother had outlined to her. he did not feel that the cripple was any sort of threat.?? Clinton said. if the need arose. they just slip into the shadows. But the pain was manageable. Alexander Zalachenko. If Niedermann talked. His job was to investigate crimes. then G?ransson??s car would have been parked at one of the ports. Then the memories came rushing back to her.?? ??Come on.?? Blomkvist said and sat up straight in his chair.?? ??I see. He had no great hope that she would contact him.?? Sandberg said lightly. ??Do you think it??s such a good idea for me to be hanging around at police H. and she went through every public register she could find.?? ??Let??s see ?? it must be someone with administrative authority. searching look. but I doubt that??s who you??re working for. he had done an evaluation of Salander??s condition. We have a younger talent who does some field work. In what way has he become harder to handle??? ??The police chief up there is an old friend of Paulsson??s. ??I??m going to Kungsholmen now.
Suddenly she realized that her briefcase was gone. I managed to persuade Paulsson to let me talk to him for a moment. showered.S. That might cause a bit of turbulence. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep.00. The really damaging thing was that Borgsj? knew about all this and still went on ordering toilets from Fong Soo Industries. She needed a weapon. In both latter instances. He sounded like an anxious brother.?? ??I found it yesterday at Lisbeth Salander??s apartment when I finally worked out where she was. Francke was a bit of a cowboy who saw K. about sixteen hours after he had finished the operation. almost too close.?? and a subscription to fashion. In the background O. I??ve sent a team of externals to tail her. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep. He prescribed various medications and complete bedrest. and Blomkvist freely admitted that he himself had put him there. Not much to hang on the Christmas tree. and according to what I??ve overheard he was shot in the head all three times. only women were allowed to hold high office. we have to be able to offer him something substantial. They??ve committed serious criminal acts and they??ll be the object of a preliminary investigation.
??I??ve understood that you know more about this story than anyone else. The first nurse stopped short on the threshold. ??He left S.?? ??I??m not suggesting that they should lose money. The trade in building materials goes through wholesalers who set their own prices. Millennium did not have the resources to keep any employee on an open-ended budget with all sorts of expenses in the form of rental cars. In terms of espionage it was a sad chapter in their history.?? ??But she needs ammunition. and the second was an analysis of the bizarre sexual behaviour of an African diplomat. They relied heavily on computers connected to the incident reporting network of the regular police. She obviously wanted to tell you first. I know nothing about Niedermann??s affairs. Two had a background in the Fraud Division. the worst possible thing I could do in this situation would be to try to influence the shape or content of your story.R. But there??s someone I have to talk to tonight and it??ll take a while.?? ??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. He went down to the hotel??s breakfast room. Then he drove down to the Continental. they ask 10?C 12. First she checked her email. M?rtensson left home at 7. ??How interesting.S. and I won??t report it to the tax authorities.?? ??What is it??? ??Since you were shut up at St Stefan??s when you were twelve.
?? ??Take it easy. ??It??s a long story.?? ??Name??? ??Protected source??? ??Naturally. You make the decisions.M. ??A cup of coffee. Then a crooked grin spread across her face. First with Henry and Christer. One lived in Norrt?lje. ??That??s about it. The document was stamped top secret and filed in the special protocol of S.?? Gullberg said. and we can follow the correspondence that shows how Teleborian is conspiring with Jonas in the same way he conspired with Bj?rck in 1991. Then I can tell you that I like neither your tone nor your evasions nor your lies.??s board members??? ??That??s not what happened.00. ??Mine too. But if her car had been damaged on some random street in S?dermalm. and time kept slipping by ?? And then she found herself with an unbearably guilty conscience and was feeling terrible. ??Now now. Niedermann was on the run.?? ??Good.?? Clinton said. room fourteen according to Jonas Sandberg. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making.?? Giannini looked sceptical.
this is going to be tough. the I. Ever since he had heard the news at the Kaffebar he had had his heart in his throat and a panicky feeling that Salander might have been the killer. but the alternative was worse. Do you have a girlfriend??? ??No-one steady. you??re receiving this information in accordance with your agreement with Edklinth. He opened his mobile and called Cortez. this is only between you and me. ??We believe that Salander is in some way the link between all of them. I wish we had the leisure to stay in touch with faithful old colleagues. And I said I??d talk to you about it.30 she made Berger call S.T. At the same time I??m editor-in-chief of a newspaper that??s in danger of skidding because the newsroom doesn??t have the information that I have. But how the hell is she managing to communicate from Sahlgrenska. ??No.?? Jonasson looked so sceptical that Blomkvist had to laugh. Torstensson and Ingemarsson.P. ??Do you think she??d want me for her lawyer??? ??Probably she wouldn??t want any lawyer at all. and A(89)Cx#magnolia as the password. Herr Bodin. but there??s something really scary beneath his calculating facade. who had been silent for almost half an hour. No. The helicopter crew and two paramedics had proceeded in a routine and professional manner.
?? ??Anything else??? ??Sandberg lives in Sollentuna.00 p. whom he had known for many years and had dealings with at numerous departmental meetings. The problem was that Ekstr?m seldom or never used it for work-related calls. Annika.?? ??And the woman ?? who??s she??? ??Sonja Modig. He went down to the hotel??s breakfast room. One nurse had merely said in a neutral tone that her condition was stable. ??When Lisbeth was twelve. She looked for other options. I earned it.?? ??And??? Modig hesitated once again.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson. it seems to be a small-calibre bullet. feeling stressed. But today is my last day of work.?? Faste said. And that was enough. was freelancing at Millennium. ??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago.?? ??I see. He was slightly surprised that the Swedish Security Police had been able to penetrate the Russian military to the degree Nystr?m was describing.?? ??That is grossly unfair.?? ??And what happened??? ??His nearest competitor was a Swedish wholesale outfit called Vitavara Inc.?? Janeryd blinked and pressed his lips together. calmly nursing his coffee.
It was only when he heard the details and studied Malm??s photographs that he reluctantly admitted that Blomkvist had good reason to be suspicious. The Russian defector who came to Sweden in 1976. had climbed on to a stool.?? Figuerola gave a summary of the circus that had sprung up around Blomkvist??s building on Bellmansgatan. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m. perhaps more precarious than ever before. but he lost sight him on L?ngholmsgatan. If the Section??s archives were opened. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat.?? ??My superior is the one who wants to talk to you.S. I was posted to Egypt. ??Believe it or not. as far as I can see. Faste has been out sick since ?? hmm ?? he collapsed in April. ??Raped??? he said.?? ??I see. and I thought that he needed a break. ??Compare his face with this passport photograph of Gullberg. She had cut back on bodybuilding.?? ??It??s a small monitor. We would be demolished. ??Yes??? ??You are requested to accompany me to Kungsholmen to assist the police in their investigations into the case involving Lisbeth Salander. Ideally he should have come under the auspices of the military intelligence service. He had a serious talk with Giannini and explained that she could have access to Salander for one hour a day. on the dot.
a policeman. You were the one who exposed Wennerstr?m last year. she had joined him at his table. and they had both ended up in bed with Torkel. She thought of Holm. Slowly he turned to look. And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience. we??ll deal with them. Blomkvist took a chance. She has to keep her conversations with Lisbeth confidential.00 in the evening. She could give a good description of the woman.?? ??You??ll have to get permission from the prosecutor. Her bare feet were bleeding. He was offered supervisory training a few years ago but turned it down. Sometimes three.P. and then he paused for a moment. But Malm had not participated in any parade ?C apart from Gay Pride ?C in at least ten years. But this injury happened long after the time of death. He looked at her arms and then at her legs and saw that she was much more muscular than he was. she had refused to say a single word to the police. He was about to call Cortez when the T10 rang in his hand. but all this is beside the point. He walked slowly through the station. S.
You can bill us for five days. He hadn??t been able to pull his gun. Salander heard the key turn in the door. ??The selection of a new editor-in-chief will have to be discussed and made by the board. When he started.?? ??Zalachenko was a top spy in the ??70s.?? ??For several years I was Lisbeth Salander??s psychiatrist when she was institutionalized at St Stefan??s. She heard footsteps outside the door and saw a nurse open it to admit a woman wearing black trousers.?? ??Have you got any idea at all??? ??Ekstr?m claims that Bj?rck??s report and the correspondence with Teleborian were falsified. But that will be up to all of you. Figuerola stopped short in consternation. They hate each other and. Save for the fact that she thought she recalled seeing a solution to Fermat??s theorem. I explained that I wanted information in advance on all proposed articles. Last night she had a temperature of 38 and vomited on two occasions. and be the news editor??? ??I wouldn??t do it for anything. He says that the resistance consisted of a forceful verbal attempt to prevent Torstensson and Ingemarsson from going to pick up Niedermann alone. My colleague here would like to question him also in connection with the three recent murders in Stockholm. He??s walking fast. Do you see what I mean??? ??Yes. about his conversation with Giannini. I had no ??need to know??. interview with Prosecutor Martina Fransson.: Clinton in 1971 and von Rottinger in 1973.I. His voice took on a confidential tone.
that??s what I need to know. If you want to publish tomorrow morning.?? ??I received a similar report. ??Before we begin to discuss anything. Incoming calls were simpler because they were preceded by the fingerprint that would enable the telephone in question to receive the signal. She wondered whether she could manage to get out of bed. your sister.00 and discovered Blomkvist still asleep. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her. She waved him away.00??? ??That??ll be fine. You will be paid by me.?? ??Why was that??? ??He was sweet.?? she said. I want that bastard??s head on a platter. Annika Bloody Giannini was most likely on her side. is guilty of these crimes. He ran into a group of youths on their way from Mosebacke. She did not like asking for help or showing any sign of weakness. they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. ??Ekstr?m??s holding a press conference at 3. and took a long drink of water. Nor did they need much convincing to carry out particular campaigns if the situation warranted. Gullberg pushed open the door to room fourteen and stepped quickly inside. Zalachenko abused her mother so viciously that she spent most of her life in hospital. He??s keeping track of what goes on around him.
You shouldn??t do that. Then. In the course of the day Figuerola??s team had interviewed a number of people now retired from the Swedish Atomic Energy Agency.?? Edklinth told her. Lars Faulsson. How can this have gone on for so long? How could this activity have been both concealed and financed??? ??Go on.R. ??Room twelve.?? which referred to the Security Police as a whole. and would value the chance to gauge how much deterioration has occurred over the past ten years.?? ??I wish I could.* But no politician would dare to be involved in such a decision. ??He??s going to be digging up that stuff himself if he keeps at it for a while. I propose cutting all management salaries by half. nurses and cleaners ?C everybody who works there in fact.v Figuerola got up at 5.K. Two men stood there. ??But I haven??t heard any complaints about him in the last ?? well.00 last night. and he had been on the staff of the Section for ten years. He had used her system disks to restore her computer to a functioning state. Zalachenko would give his word. and there he murdered the club??s treasurer and ?C we may assume ?C went off with an unspecified sum of money.?? Figuerola said..
The P. It was obviously premeditated ?C the attacker had brought his can of spray paint. It suits you somehow.?? ??That was Margareta Orring??s article.C. Formally. First she checked her email. She happened to identify him and track him down to Gosseberga. but we think you have a good chance of making a full recovery. but he was the last to arrive.. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. who nodded.?? ??It??s a family-owned business. I was rather young ?? I didn??t know how I should deal with these people. her I. He shook his head. Otherwise there??s one very large room. police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual. Berger looked up and scanned the half-empty newsroom beyond the glass cage. ??I??m looking for Gunnar Bj?rck.?? she said. but you have to think about Christer and the others on the staff too. Two hours after the murder there was still chaos in the corridor. Gullberg began to believe that Zalachenko was not quite right in the head. Gullberg was suddenly a big player: he was welcomed with respect in the exclusive club of selected warriors.
Or was it clumsy? The only reason he first noticed the car was the registration number. And Holm ?? you??re starting to look like dead meat to me. and Blomkvist had never hesitated if Baksi asked him a favour. Even so. conducted a normal investigation. For one thing. She struggled to her feet and put her hand to her forehead.?? Wadensj?? said. was a real person. thirty-nine. There??ll be opportunities later.D. and according to what I??ve overheard he was shot in the head all three times. the typesetter. ??I trod on a piece of glass and a shard lodged in my heel.?? ??What sort of burns??? ??I??m guessing a taser. He liked being a taxi driver except for two things. we determined that the theft must have occurred during the time she was at Nacka hospital.P.?? she said. In the long term there was another worry.?? ??Perfectly understood. He had had the feeling before and had trained himself to interpret it as an alarm triggered by instinct.?? he said. ??Wouldn??t you like to come and work for us??? ??Not on your life. and she got it at St Stefan??s.
This worried Zalachenko.?? ??Giannini works in women??s rights. is Niedermann still hiding out somewhere in Sweden?; two. if I may.?? He scrubbed her back and soaped her shoulders. The tone she used with him was polite. but Blomkvist somehow got hold of it. had made some damaging discovery about Millennium??s chairman of the board (who happened to be herself) ?C they would not have hesitated either. Niedermann is my priority at the moment. ??So what the hell are we going to do??? Cortez said. A defector of Zalachenko??s status would have to be handled with the utmost secrecy. ??I don??t want to be quoted.?? he said. She simply called Milton Security and explained that she was looking for a female employee she had met a while ago and whose name she had forgotten. ??Zalachenko ?? so that??s your father??? Well.iv Blomkvist had spent Saturday night with Berger.??? ??This evening if possible. ??The man who at 1.00 on a Saturday afternoon??? Figuerola and Blomkvist exchanged a sceptical look. He had seen him almost every day since he had been posted outside the room. Shall I show you where to find Editor-in-Chief Morander? I should say ??outgoing editor-in-chief????? ??Thank you. talking on the telephone.30 on Thursday. or skinhead. and I??m beginning to expect that we??ll find her fingerprints on the cigarette case. and seldom got the chance to sleep even if no emergency patients came in.
He found Magnusson??s book to be especially worthwhile reading. We installed a steel safety door.
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If the situation had been reversed ?C if S. ??Let me guess. Finally Prosecutor Ekstr?m. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat. with mud. In great excitement she turned on the computer at once and discovered that it was password-protected.?? ??Not because of me.?? Malm said.?? Blomkvist said.?? Edklinth took off his glasses and polished them thoroughly with paper napkin. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions.?? ??I get it. 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. Berger had been a boss she could always rely on. has no alternative. We have an agreement with a local security company. The Zalachenko story was beginning to get tremendously complicated. It??s your mind I need. Salander had already discussed all of this with Giannini. and the younger one followed Blomkvist towards Hornstull tunnelbana station.?? ??If I??m going to survive. And if the person responsible for Zalachenko??s safety had seen fit to resign. who had sent him the brisk advice: It would be best if you took the first train home. the investigation and registration of Swedish citizens who might be suspected of harbouring communist or subversive views. or other handicaps from the injury. During the past ten years.
He wondered what had got into S?po to make them.X.?? ??Call me Erika. She had sat through a number of presentations there herself. And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in. ??Even though crucial evidence is lacking. and an endless number of wrong times. And she had the Borgsj? problem. One result of this increased workload was that Eriksson had had to contract several freelancers to produce articles for future issues. She looked at the bloodied piece of glass in amazement.?? Blomkvist said.?? in official contexts. I??m furious at the state and the government and S?po and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent. In short. As the nurse was closing the door Salander glimpsed the guard on his chair out in the corridor. in Stockholm. He was Kurdish. ??We??ll have to postpone the meeting a bit longer. Niedermann had brought Svavelsj? M. I had no ??need to know??. and what vehicles drop anyone off at that address. They went from room to room. I??ve reminded you about this at least half a dozen times. ??O. Hans von Rottinger. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area.
Then she got a bedpan.?? Edklinth swallowed and nodded. Henry shoots from the hip a little too often.S.?? ??That??s no excuse. The first hours of her workday had been taken up entirely with meetings.?? ??What did he do??? ??He realized that he had no choice but to do what the gentlemen from S?po were proposing. it still took five minutes to force the lock to Blomkvist??s apartment. He??s very experienced and doubtless one of the most competent news chiefs I??ve come across. why are apartments so bloody expensive? Because the people commissioning the buildings don??t know how to set the price. but there??s no sign of him. Salander was lying on her back on the floor when Nurse Marianne came in. Then Figuerola called the assistant chief of Counter-Espionage. Arresting him would reveal the existence of the investigation. He would then take the used batteries home and recharge them overnight. but he was so exhausted that he did not have the strength or the means to get out there to fetch it.?? Edklinth said. He suspected that the Russian defector wanted to be exposed.?? ??And you??re saying that it??s an invention. the fate of Sweden rests in your hands.00 per minute. She had twice texted her husband to tell him that she was still held up. Jesus Christ?? She looked into the living room and saw that the picture window was shattered and the floor was covered in shattered glass. he has to be treated as a madman. No-one ?C not in the government or in the Security Police or anywhere else ?C can interfere in how you run this investigation. He had no difficulty with the work.
She could go back to Stockholm knowing that she might have to take the train to G?teborg again as soon as the following day. was to uncover and prevent threats to the internal security of the nation. Olsson had dug up much more on Ghidi than on any other hospital worker. I??m not going to try to convince you one way or the other. It was not the first time she had received a threatening email or a message from a crackpot.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. From her bed at Sahlgrenska she could now reach the entire world. If she continued to heal at the same pace. he had a rough draft of two articles totalling twenty-one pages.000 a month if you wanted to move in. Under Berger??s leadership the magazine had always been a collective. ??Just what the bloody hell is going on??? Wadensj?? shrieked.?? ??O. Fr?ken Salander. who boxed with him. and he??s an ace. He reckoned that he would have to produce twice as much text again for the summer issue.?? ??Is that the truth??? Berger nodded. ??I assume that we??re going to tell him in a subtle way what he has to do to avoid an abrupt end to his career.?? ??If you have a long list of requirements.?? Blomkvist referred to M?rtensson??s C. In 1997 he was no longer on the official roster of the external service. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. ??There was one thing that struck me. He somehow tracked down where Salander was living but he won??t give us the address.?? ??Did you come straight here??? ??Yes ?? no.
kill the whole story? Orring turned in a good piece. sent from centraled@smpost. What??s the situation??? ??Our technicians were here and installed a proper alarm. I always thought I wanted to be a doctor.?? ??She had an operation soon after she was brought in and was awake in the early evening.?? Berger nodded. If she had been charged with the murders of Dag and Mia.00??? ??One more thing ?? I??m seeing my sister. Gullberg considered various alternatives and then chose to steer Bjurman carefully out of the picture.?? Jonasson pulled off his blood-stained nitrile gloves and dropped them in the bio-waste disposal bin. We??ve met before but it??s been a few years. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??I must admit ?? just between us ?? that sometimes I worry about Niedermann. but he restrained himself for the simple reason that he did not know how far up in the organization the conspiracy reached. At that time he was regarded as ??up and coming?? in criminal circles and had been questioned as a suspect in three other burglaries. ??Why the hell is it that the first thing Millennium does after I leave is to start running background checks on S. Erika has taken the job of editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten.G.I. He said that he couldn??t know who would be going to the Hague. had a certain opinion of Palme???? ??You??re suggesting that somebody forgot to inform the social democratic government??? Edklinth nodded.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. it is. Vinge had been dismissed from the service after he had given voice to the view. or swimming.
What general impression did you get of her nature.?? Fredriksson??s expression darkened. he was handcuffed and pushed into the back seat of Paulsson??s car. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings. There were four others there: his sister. there??s going to be a rack of other charges. Maybe you should call a press conference. The magazine suddenly felt foreign.30 Linder managed to talk Berger into getting into bed to rest.P. he was willing to listen. Karl Axel Bodin was brought up by an uncle living in Norway. but it passes. in any case. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know. Blomkvist emerged at 9. This attitude. Sometimes I start running regularly and lose a couple of kilos. and he did not ask any questions.?? ??Whichever. Is making coffee part of Milton??s service agreement??? He gave her a polite smile. and he reckoned that the final book would run to 320 or 336 pages. It??s a long story. and Holmberg wondered who did the sowing and harvesting.?? * Figuerola spent her lunch hour pumping iron in the police gym.?? ??I intend to kill this story.
M.?? ??Of course. and the Ministry of Justice. Blomkvist assumed it was Figuerola herself. not vice versa??? ??Exactly. schedules and other uninteresting stuff. ??Could you tell Malin that I??ll be back in two hours??? ??What??s going on??? ??I think I??ve got a lead on a story.?? ??I promise.?? She acknowledged as much with her eyes. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity. SixOfOne wrote. that is.?? Silence descended in Bublanski??s office as the four criminal inspectors considered these implications. She was wearing a short-sleeved summer dress and had laid a brick-red leather jacket over the top stair. S?po??s ears are going to be burning. a woman by the name of Kristina Cederholm. He had brushed up his prose. She heard a movement and turned to see Salander just starting to clamber out of bed again. Annika won??t be able to go out and do a media campaign in the same way that the prosecution can (and does). How could you be so bloody stupid? We give you a whole new life and you finish up here. and she enjoyed her job at Milton Security a great deal. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client. ??No. although there??s a drawback. I??d have to get myself a new lawyer.
I asked you for two things: first. Swedish workers were already out of that race in the ??90s. We ?? that is. I??ll be out of my office tonight. She forced herself to relax. asked him for it. What she was interested in was access to S. He drove down Hornsgatan and across to Bellmansgatan via Br?nnkyrkagatan. Plague. They??re not supposed to interfere with the content. which was available in the Republic??s archive for its citizens.P. Berger did not care if Borgsj? was or was not chairman of the board of Vitavara Inc. Then I got an article late in the evening. The pain in her left shoulder had subsided a bit. I??m quite sure Henry would agree to that. He defected in the ??70s. If we had to arrange for bodyguard protection that would be a different matter ?C and it would be rather expensive. She has to be acquitted by a court. Not much to hang on the Christmas tree.?? ??Congrats.?? ??Hello. I??m going to make you so happy. Borgsj? approached and touched her shoulder. He was based in London. This character Zalachenko ?? what can our colleagues from Stockholm tell us about him??? ??The truth is.
?? ??Because we??re facing a conflict of loyalties too.P. Where exactly this boundary was seemed to vary from one person to another.?? She told Blomkvist to fasten his seat belt and drove over Slussen to ?stermalm and parked on a side street off Artillerigatan. but he looked much older. The later conventional use of the term ??S?po?? was actually something that the potentially subversive communist publication Clart?? had coined as a pejorative name for the communist-hunters within the police force. Finally he lit upon the obvious solution.?? Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor. and that won??t be until August. He had himself received a number of calls concerning these rumours. These doors are so thin that the bullets would have gone clean through them if he had fired. Zalachenko had at first been thought of as a potential breakthrough in the Palme mystery. she had encouraged him to think for himself.?? ??We don??t know how this story??s going to turn out. She needed a weapon.?? ??What??s your impression of her??? ??What do you mean??? ??Martina. ??O. I??m in. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer. no matter what they ask you. But you didn??t see that??? ??No. She punched letters. He explained step by step how she had been targeted by a gang of Cold-Warmongers at S. At first he could not grasp what he was seeing. He asked her to open her mouth and examined her throat.00??? ??That??ll be fine.
You??re an errand boy. Zalachenko.G. small burn marks on his chest. * Zalachenko lay awake for a long time after the man who called himself Jonas Sandberg had left.?? Wadensj?? said. we??re going to need new blood. But that doesn??t mean he has to behave like an idiot.?? Giannini was both tired and irritated on Wednesday evening as she boarded the X2000 at G?teborg Central Station.. She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed. It must be some insult.30 a. ??I can handle it. you control the operation.?? ??This means that if you have questions about something. which just happened to mean something to him.M. Nothing to indicate anything but suicide by hanging.?? ??What sort of strategy had you in mind??? ??Herr Zalachenko ?? I??m afraid that a process has been set in motion in which the deleterious effects are hard to foresee.M. was founded. The first time it was parked near the entrance to his building on Bellmansgatan on Wednesday morning when he left to walk to the office. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist. E.?? Blomkvist said.
But they were every one of them computer wizards. At the same time my sister was mugged and her copy of the report was also stolen. The disk is very strong evidence. ??When it??s time. Thereafter Gullberg acted only as an adviser in especially sensitive matters.?? ??It??s not the same thing. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. He had to deal with Teleborian. It was 10. Nystr?m had first come to see him in the days following the murder of Karl Axel Bodin. She had several messages. and I??m the one paying her to defend Salander. When he started. studied law and eventually became a tax adviser. To be honest. On this law democracy stands or falls. I need his help to do a simple job. As it was growing light an observant police officer found traces of blood on the ground behind the woodshed. and when he was pressingly invited to dinner and a private conversation. S. Can you hear me??? ??Mmm.50. they don??t have the evidence.I. was in and delighted to see him. while she and Karim were expected to do all the spadework for the next issue of a magazine that had not had any real leadership since Berger left.
And then she lay back and stared up at the ceiling. And I??ve decided not to come back here to put in any days during the transition period. His wounds had not been life-threatening. Cortez wrote feverishly.I. And Svensk Handel has also got into the game. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Where are you??? ??I??m at the bar. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something. They??re on the U. ??I never thought I??d see you again. of course. and ask yourself whose interests it might serve. He thought for a long while and then began to write. The Zalachenko club. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat. lifted him off the ground. she would have recognized that she looked completely demented.?? ??You mean we should ???? Nieminen had already decided that Niedermann had to be got rid of.05. The problem is the ones who won??t let them do their jobs. Berger??s boss is a bloody crook.?? ??Nor do I. that would have been one thing. if the need arose.
It was. I have a mountain of work before the trial begins. He did not like this. ??Yes. She started by checking whether Fleming was online and at work. There are also windows on the ground floor and six basement windows that were left without alarms by our predecessors. he had. but Paulsson presumably thought it was Blomkvist??s own. When he got back to ?stermalm he sat at his desk and wrote down a list of the people who knew about Zalachenko: himself. She looked up. She knew right away that it was not one of the night nurses. One reason for this was the expenses incurred by Blomkvist in connection with the Salander story. the government cannot do a thing. It has come to my attention that an employee of S.?? Mikael glanced at the clock. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request. He called Figuerola.M. He had not been to Stockholm for two years. He simply concluded that Salander was suffering from stress.?? ??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. cares about it.?? ??Why the hurry??? ??Because as soon as you come back I need you to make love to me.?? ??He succeeded in getting a policeman killed tonight. and rejected various options. for God??s sake.
The United Nations keeps an eye on child labour. By 10.?? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s Lisbeth Salander. Figuerola changed gear and turned up Vasagatan. At 2. ??Then he has a four-hour head start. Seconds later Blomkvist could also see Cortez.?? ??Can you prove that??? ??I can. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even.?? ??Meanwhile. You have a beach at the back of the house and a few large houses in the immediate vicinity. Blomkvist could see from Baksi??s expression that he started out with words of greeting and small talk before he got serious and explained why he was calling.?? Edklinth said.I. Edklinth thought long and hard about how to proceed. His leave of absence had begun on April 10. and I come into the picture before a crime is committed. WHORE She raised her index finger to delete the message. then we??ll decide what to do. She could not piece together all that had happened. I couldn??t even take notes. ??a public defence has already been appointed.?? On the reverse was a stamp saying that the picture belonged to ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and that the photographer??s name was Julius Estholm. but it could be something as simple as an allergy to her medication or to something else she??s come into contact with. taking her pulse. and came to the conclusion that the girl was mentally ill.
If the plan failed. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut. ??I??ve understood that you know more about this story than anyone else. He felt vulnerable and exposed. Sonja.?? When she hung up she called the office and left a message for Fredriksson. 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. You??ve been hurt and had surgery.?? ??I see. P. ??Vitavara Inc. It was Blomkvist who found Svensson and his girlfriend??s bodies.?? Edklinth stared at Figuerola. I usually draw a blank. All of a sudden a heavy downpour lashed at the window. That was where he had stayed on previous visits. He did his military service in the ??40s and became an accountant or some such.. ?C among the few people who actually knew about the existence of the Section ?C a certain amount of criticism had surfaced. But if she left her car. Gullberg had a bunch of flowers in his hand when he got into the lift at Sahlgrenska hospital at the same time as a short-haired woman in a dark jacket. She simply did not grasp or did not care that the only way Giannini could provide her with an effective defence would be if she had access to all the facts. who was much more agreeable. They??re a reputable manufacturer. He was dead tired but running on adrenaline.S.
??I think you can.?? Wadensj?? shook his head. The thieves were eventually caught. but he assumed it had something to do with the military.?? Armansky told her.?? ??But let??s save the secrets till we meet again tomorrow. That was the part she had spent the most time on.?? ??Nonetheless. She was in a bad way. To do that I have to have something to work with. ??The last thing we want to do is to interfere with the press. He very seldom called in sick.00 and then she turned off her computer and put it to recharge in the recess at the back of her bedside table. ??We??re really putting Erika on the spot.?? ??Car. Giannini had supposed it must be some phase. So he must know that M?rtensson is not at Counter-Espionage. make her way to his farm. Someone who was trying to cover Zalachenko??s tracks. If this were a regular police investigation of an ordinary crime. Millennium??s staff sat in silence. a white top. Teleborian had indeed had dealings with S. I have already established an elite body called The Knights of the Idiotic Table. But Malm had not participated in any parade ?C apart from Gay Pride ?C in at least ten years. nothing.
??Fredrik Clinton. I won??t get involved in any horse-trading that might be constitutionally dubious. Her foot was hurting so badly that she could not put any weight on it. My guess is that several employees of the Section would go to prison. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. So he had decided to play it safe. ??Twenty Questions??? What are you after??? Her voice sounded like sandpaper.?? ??Good luck. almost friendly manner. Lunch consisted of black coffee and a meatball sandwich with beetroot salad. I??m out. Open up S.?? The Prime Minister frowned and glanced at Figuerola. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in. It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry. Zalachenko was used to pain. which in this case is a bit of a handicap.000 copies since the glory days of the ??60s. Cortez. ??And how did you know that this meeting was going to take place??? ??I have to protect my source. This attitude. nor had Monika Nilsson. ??It??s a Colt 1911 Government. I assume you will ignore it. ??Lisbeth Salander.K.
At long last D. It doesn??t matter how hard Annika works for you. But it has to be done in one fell swoop. and if I were you I wouldn??t voice that theory in public. disappeared. it must have been something that Niedermann decided to do. It took her a few seconds to make the connection. either by customs or by passport control. She had a routine that I can??t compete with. married to Hans Wilhelm Francke. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann. The telephone tapping was a more difficult task than the computer monitoring. Then identify the other person in the pictures taken by Blomkvist??s photographer. She was not interested in being editor-in-chief of Millennium and working a minimum of twelve hours a day as well as sacrificing her weekends.?? Clinton went on. The Section was not a criminal enterprise. My job is to produce a good newspaper. but they had evidently found nothing of value to the Nykvarn investigation.S.?? He looked at her and mumbled something. But after a few months he was always back with the Salander woman. Then he shut off the computer and sat down at Salander??s kitchen table with an editing pencil. It??s almost as powerful as good sex. our job is still to find the killer. Give me information and I won??t try to compromise you. We depend for that on freelancers and the material from the T.
??Vietnam.?? she added.?? ??Exactly.?? ??I understand. He was gone from 1985 to 1987. the question of Palme??s possible Russian contacts was never resolved. I don??t know how he??s going to react if they catch him. ??You can??t be involved in this. If it hasn??t already happened.R. First of all. ??Listen ?? I??m not an open book for everyone to read. at Nacka hospital. No visitors will be permitted other than you.?? ??That ?? wasn??t so good. Then she called a taxi and jumped into the shower for a minute.B. We??ve been friends so long ?C nothing can destroy that. Her hands were tied behind her back. He already had a lawyer.?? ??Alright. but unacceptable for a newly appointed editor-in-chief.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. that person could not have known in advance that he was on his way to meet Jonas Sandberg. This time they failed.?? He went back to her bedside and looked her in the eye.
But it??s been classified Top Secret by order of the district court. and part-time student. She knew that much from his biography. Could you possibly write it??? Magnusson hesitated a moment but then said.?? Blomkvist headed for the bathroom. He took the registration number and looked me up. It was the most horrendous thing I??ve ever experienced. but she could not untie the rope that bound her hands behind her back. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. It was the third time he had met Superintendent Nystr?m. to every word I say.?? he said.?? Modig looked at the time again. She began to have doubts about the ability of the Security Police to protect her. Von Rottinger came originally from the military intelligence service and worked for several years in the office that coordinated military defence with the Security Police. to gather documentation about its extent.T. She had brought a green military bag containing her laptop. and Blomkvist had got himself somehow involved in the killing of a policeman in G?teborg. you risk being convicted anyway. He knows he??s being watched. But I can??t talk about this. One nurse had merely said in a neutral tone that her condition was stable.?? ??Right now we??re confronted with an exceptionally complicated situation that requires operational expertise. One of the robbers had a mid-length jacket with a Swedish flag shoulder patch. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her.
?? ??What do we know??? Blomkvist shouted after him. Edklinth thought him taciturn. ??I was thinking of going home tonight. we have to know who they are. ??That sounds good. Someone. not the source. He had terrible pain in his back.?? ??O. The boy was going to be a formidable reporter.?? ??As do we all.?? ??The house is a monster.?? ??I can do complicated.?? Edklinth said.?? He wrote an email address on a page torn from his notebook. Of course not.?? ??Evert Gullberg. Shall we go and have some coffee??? Berger sat up. which you call the Zalachenko club. I??m so tired. but there is always a risk of bleeding or some other complication. and with all the wisdom of hindsight.. Finally Blomkvist read what Olsson had produced about Dr Anders Jonasson. Sandberg was accompanied by a man who went by the nickname of Falun and who in his youth had been a professional burglar. they smiled and said that it was outside my security clearance level.
so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. We have to publish. He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive. She was tall. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks. She has secrets I happen to know about. but this was no deviation from the daily routine.?? the P. and lance.?? She pointed. no matter what havoc he wrought. reached out and grabbed the pencil. He did not seem to take in anything that Blomkvist said. I followed up with her until she turned eighteen. right away. maybe three.?? ??I find you incredibly attractive. She started by going on to a website that advertised rather uninteresting pictures by an unknown and not especially skilled amateur photographer called Gil Bates in Jobsville. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning.?? ??I??m not sure that??s such a good idea. He had hung up his jacket and was leaning back in his chair at the conference table.M.I. which was mostly figuring out what was going on on the other side of the Baltic. If the government was involved. (2) They have to separate the ??Salander affair?? from the ??Zalachenko affair??.
P. But not active. retrained as a locksmith. Neither of them had noticed the man in the lobby who had been watching them as they stepped into the lift.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. When she returned to her station. I urge you to listen to his story and answer his questions.00 in the afternoon he turned on his iBook and took up the thread of the text he had begun writing at the hotel in G?teborg. that is.?? The Prime Minister nodded grimly. were still haunting the former C. What the hell is going on??? Bublanski took off his reading glasses and tucked them into his breast pocket. she would not have hesitated. and underwear. She was taken completely by surprise when the door opened and Faste came out. For the first time in modern history. I consider this office of central importance to Swedish democracy. and now we have to reach some sort of agreement about what??s going to happen. I can??t give you the name. ??Evert Gullberg. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings.?? he said at last. They chatted for a while.?? Blomkvist burst out laughing. was Zalachenko.?? ??A Christian frogman with two weapons and offspring in S?dert?lje.
?? ??Micke ?? I??m so sorry.?? Her lips curled a little. At 4. ??Yes??? ??Apologies for bothering you on the street outside your home. The document must not state that you are conducting a preliminary investigation ?C I may be wrong. The organization in London had been very willing to supply the evidence.?? ??Good Lord. which was mostly figuring out what was going on on the other side of the Baltic. and lastly Inspectors Modig and Holmberg from the Stockholm police. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths. Mikael Blomkvist. he??ll only tell me what he feels like telling me. ??Should I call her??? ??No. but usually we use someone from the external organization if necessary. And you can??t use any of that material at the trial.?? ??And you reckon that he??s S?po.M. ??I miss you. According to the doctors.?? ??Naturally. This was not very informative.I.. The Zalachenko unit had taken on the role of clean-up patrol in that sense. whoever did it had access to the very typewriter that Bj?rck used. and delinquent in his youth.
But after a month of conversations ?C ignoring the fact that the first two weeks had been wasted time because Salander was hardly able to speak ?C their communication was still distinctly one-sided. They had both left S. So we??re bound to observe the bureaucratic procedures. He issued instructions that required even the chief of S. They have their own club that you can??t join. Clinton and von Rottinger were the ones who took the lead. some of it.?? ??But this thing with Erika is a real fly in the ointment. The costs would certainly run into the billions if Salander gave it the thumbs-up. a government agency. Sex was almost as satisfying as a rigorous workout at the gym. You were injured and you??re waking up after an operation. She tugged her lip.M. Something has come across my desk that is so remarkable that I believe both you and the Prime Minister need to be informed. Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy. You shouldn??t worry your pretty head over complex matters.00 on Saturday morning. Millennium had paid a fee to Advokat Giannini which was supposed to come out of the general fund. I gave her Dexofen. but Paulsson presumably thought it was Blomkvist??s own.?? ??Third. S?po got saddled with Zalachenko in the middle of the Cold War.?? Blomkvist referred to M?rtensson??s C.?? ??And when would you like me to publish? After the next election. I??m dealing with pros here.
He took him out to Viktor??s. and a rapist.?? ??Correct. so she could not see the front door itself. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor.00 and then she turned off her computer and put it to recharge in the recess at the back of her bedside table. Millennium??s staff sat in silence. but it??s also a risk. They do marketing analyses and have annual sales of around thirty million kronor. I was pretty busy. The pain in her left shoulder had subsided a bit. If these very unpleasant pranks continue we will have to consider reporting them to the police. I won??t. and on top of it all. That meant that he would have to disappear. Then there was the incident in the tunnelbana. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. but her intellectual gifts are undeniable. In 1996 he became assistant chief of the Immigration Division and ended up in a stressful position.?? ??Do you know him??? ??I certainly do.00 on Friday morning and sent a copy to Blomkvist via the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. was alive and healthy. He sat naked on the bed and took Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 from the inside pocket of his jacket. He can be surly sometimes. He found Magnusson??s book to be especially worthwhile reading. We installed a steel safety door.
If the situation had been reversed ?C if S. ??Let me guess. Finally Prosecutor Ekstr?m. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat. with mud. In great excitement she turned on the computer at once and discovered that it was password-protected.?? ??Not because of me.?? Malm said.?? Blomkvist said.?? Edklinth took off his glasses and polished them thoroughly with paper napkin. Zalachenko??s answers were much more aggressive and hostile when she asked the questions.?? ??I get it. 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. Berger had been a boss she could always rely on. has no alternative. We have an agreement with a local security company. The Zalachenko story was beginning to get tremendously complicated. It??s your mind I need. Salander had already discussed all of this with Giannini. and the younger one followed Blomkvist towards Hornstull tunnelbana station.?? ??If I??m going to survive. And if the person responsible for Zalachenko??s safety had seen fit to resign. who had sent him the brisk advice: It would be best if you took the first train home. the investigation and registration of Swedish citizens who might be suspected of harbouring communist or subversive views. or other handicaps from the injury. During the past ten years.
He wondered what had got into S?po to make them.X.?? ??Call me Erika. She had sat through a number of presentations there herself. And of course it was usually after somebody had given in to such impulses that Inspector Bublanski was called in. ??Even though crucial evidence is lacking. and an endless number of wrong times. And she had the Borgsj? problem. One result of this increased workload was that Eriksson had had to contract several freelancers to produce articles for future issues. She looked at the bloodied piece of glass in amazement.?? Blomkvist said.?? in official contexts. I??m furious at the state and the government and S?po and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent. In short. As the nurse was closing the door Salander glimpsed the guard on his chair out in the corridor. in Stockholm. He was Kurdish. ??We??ll have to postpone the meeting a bit longer. Niedermann had brought Svavelsj? M. I had no ??need to know??. and what vehicles drop anyone off at that address. They went from room to room. I??ve reminded you about this at least half a dozen times. ??O. Hans von Rottinger. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area.
Then she got a bedpan.?? Edklinth swallowed and nodded. Henry shoots from the hip a little too often.S.?? ??That??s no excuse. The first hours of her workday had been taken up entirely with meetings.?? ??What did he do??? ??He realized that he had no choice but to do what the gentlemen from S?po were proposing. it still took five minutes to force the lock to Blomkvist??s apartment. He??s very experienced and doubtless one of the most competent news chiefs I??ve come across. why are apartments so bloody expensive? Because the people commissioning the buildings don??t know how to set the price. but there??s no sign of him. Salander was lying on her back on the floor when Nurse Marianne came in. Then Figuerola called the assistant chief of Counter-Espionage. Arresting him would reveal the existence of the investigation. He would then take the used batteries home and recharge them overnight. but he was so exhausted that he did not have the strength or the means to get out there to fetch it.?? Edklinth said. He suspected that the Russian defector wanted to be exposed.?? ??And you??re saying that it??s an invention. the fate of Sweden rests in your hands.00 per minute. She had twice texted her husband to tell him that she was still held up. Jesus Christ?? She looked into the living room and saw that the picture window was shattered and the floor was covered in shattered glass. he has to be treated as a madman. No-one ?C not in the government or in the Security Police or anywhere else ?C can interfere in how you run this investigation. He had no difficulty with the work.
She could go back to Stockholm knowing that she might have to take the train to G?teborg again as soon as the following day. was to uncover and prevent threats to the internal security of the nation. Olsson had dug up much more on Ghidi than on any other hospital worker. I??m not going to try to convince you one way or the other. It was not the first time she had received a threatening email or a message from a crackpot.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. From her bed at Sahlgrenska she could now reach the entire world. If she continued to heal at the same pace. he had a rough draft of two articles totalling twenty-one pages.000 a month if you wanted to move in. Under Berger??s leadership the magazine had always been a collective. ??Just what the bloody hell is going on??? Wadensj?? shrieked.?? ??O. Fr?ken Salander. who boxed with him. and he??s an ace. He reckoned that he would have to produce twice as much text again for the summer issue.?? ??Is that the truth??? Berger nodded. ??I assume that we??re going to tell him in a subtle way what he has to do to avoid an abrupt end to his career.?? ??If you have a long list of requirements.?? Blomkvist referred to M?rtensson??s C. In 1997 he was no longer on the official roster of the external service. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. ??There was one thing that struck me. He somehow tracked down where Salander was living but he won??t give us the address.?? ??Did you come straight here??? ??Yes ?? no.
kill the whole story? Orring turned in a good piece. sent from centraled@smpost. What??s the situation??? ??Our technicians were here and installed a proper alarm. I always thought I wanted to be a doctor.?? ??She had an operation soon after she was brought in and was awake in the early evening.?? Berger nodded. If she had been charged with the murders of Dag and Mia.00??? ??One more thing ?? I??m seeing my sister. Gullberg considered various alternatives and then chose to steer Bjurman carefully out of the picture.?? Jonasson pulled off his blood-stained nitrile gloves and dropped them in the bio-waste disposal bin. We??ve met before but it??s been a few years. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??I must admit ?? just between us ?? that sometimes I worry about Niedermann. but he restrained himself for the simple reason that he did not know how far up in the organization the conspiracy reached. At that time he was regarded as ??up and coming?? in criminal circles and had been questioned as a suspect in three other burglaries. ??Why the hell is it that the first thing Millennium does after I leave is to start running background checks on S. Erika has taken the job of editor-in-chief at Svenska Morgon-Posten.G.I. He said that he couldn??t know who would be going to the Hague. had a certain opinion of Palme???? ??You??re suggesting that somebody forgot to inform the social democratic government??? Edklinth nodded.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. it is. Vinge had been dismissed from the service after he had given voice to the view. or swimming.
What general impression did you get of her nature.?? Fredriksson??s expression darkened. he was handcuffed and pushed into the back seat of Paulsson??s car. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings. There were four others there: his sister. there??s going to be a rack of other charges. Maybe you should call a press conference. The magazine suddenly felt foreign.30 Linder managed to talk Berger into getting into bed to rest.P. he was willing to listen. Karl Axel Bodin was brought up by an uncle living in Norway. but it passes. in any case. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know. Blomkvist emerged at 9. This attitude. Sometimes I start running regularly and lose a couple of kilos. and he did not ask any questions.?? ??Whichever. Is making coffee part of Milton??s service agreement??? He gave her a polite smile. and he reckoned that the final book would run to 320 or 336 pages. It??s a long story. and Holmberg wondered who did the sowing and harvesting.?? * Figuerola spent her lunch hour pumping iron in the police gym.?? ??I intend to kill this story.
M.?? ??Of course. and the Ministry of Justice. Blomkvist assumed it was Figuerola herself. not vice versa??? ??Exactly. schedules and other uninteresting stuff. ??Could you tell Malin that I??ll be back in two hours??? ??What??s going on??? ??I think I??ve got a lead on a story.?? ??I promise.?? She acknowledged as much with her eyes. and in our estimation she still represented a threat to Zalachenko??s anonymity. SixOfOne wrote. that is.?? Silence descended in Bublanski??s office as the four criminal inspectors considered these implications. She was wearing a short-sleeved summer dress and had laid a brick-red leather jacket over the top stair. S?po??s ears are going to be burning. a woman by the name of Kristina Cederholm. He had brushed up his prose. She heard a movement and turned to see Salander just starting to clamber out of bed again. Annika won??t be able to go out and do a media campaign in the same way that the prosecution can (and does). How could you be so bloody stupid? We give you a whole new life and you finish up here. and she enjoyed her job at Milton Security a great deal. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client. ??No. although there??s a drawback. I??d have to get myself a new lawyer.
I asked you for two things: first. Swedish workers were already out of that race in the ??90s. We ?? that is. I??ll be out of my office tonight. She forced herself to relax. asked him for it. What she was interested in was access to S. He drove down Hornsgatan and across to Bellmansgatan via Br?nnkyrkagatan. Plague. They??re not supposed to interfere with the content. which was available in the Republic??s archive for its citizens.P. Berger did not care if Borgsj? was or was not chairman of the board of Vitavara Inc. Then I got an article late in the evening. The pain in her left shoulder had subsided a bit. I??m quite sure Henry would agree to that. He defected in the ??70s. If we had to arrange for bodyguard protection that would be a different matter ?C and it would be rather expensive. She has to be acquitted by a court. Not much to hang on the Christmas tree.?? ??Congrats.?? ??Hello. I??m going to make you so happy. Borgsj? approached and touched her shoulder. He was based in London. This character Zalachenko ?? what can our colleagues from Stockholm tell us about him??? ??The truth is.
?? ??Because we??re facing a conflict of loyalties too.P. Where exactly this boundary was seemed to vary from one person to another.?? She told Blomkvist to fasten his seat belt and drove over Slussen to ?stermalm and parked on a side street off Artillerigatan. but he looked much older. The later conventional use of the term ??S?po?? was actually something that the potentially subversive communist publication Clart?? had coined as a pejorative name for the communist-hunters within the police force. Finally he lit upon the obvious solution.?? Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor. and that won??t be until August. He had himself received a number of calls concerning these rumours. These doors are so thin that the bullets would have gone clean through them if he had fired. Zalachenko had at first been thought of as a potential breakthrough in the Palme mystery. she had encouraged him to think for himself.?? ??We don??t know how this story??s going to turn out. She needed a weapon.?? ??What??s your impression of her??? ??What do you mean??? ??Martina. ??O. I??m in. Thomasson was and remained a corporate lawyer. no matter what they ask you. But you didn??t see that??? ??No. She punched letters. He explained step by step how she had been targeted by a gang of Cold-Warmongers at S. At first he could not grasp what he was seeing. He asked her to open her mouth and examined her throat.00??? ??That??ll be fine.
You??re an errand boy. Zalachenko.G. small burn marks on his chest. * Zalachenko lay awake for a long time after the man who called himself Jonas Sandberg had left.?? Wadensj?? said. we??re going to need new blood. But that doesn??t mean he has to behave like an idiot.?? Giannini was both tired and irritated on Wednesday evening as she boarded the X2000 at G?teborg Central Station.. She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed. It must be some insult.30 a. ??I can handle it. you control the operation.?? ??This means that if you have questions about something. which just happened to mean something to him.M. Nothing to indicate anything but suicide by hanging.?? ??What sort of strategy had you in mind??? ??Herr Zalachenko ?? I??m afraid that a process has been set in motion in which the deleterious effects are hard to foresee.M. was founded. The first time it was parked near the entrance to his building on Bellmansgatan on Wednesday morning when he left to walk to the office. The operations unit of Constitutional Protection spent Friday trying to get a handle on the information they had received from Blomkvist. E.?? Blomkvist said.
But they were every one of them computer wizards. At the same time my sister was mugged and her copy of the report was also stolen. The disk is very strong evidence. ??When it??s time. Thereafter Gullberg acted only as an adviser in especially sensitive matters.?? ??It??s not the same thing. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. He had to deal with Teleborian. It was 10. Nystr?m had first come to see him in the days following the murder of Karl Axel Bodin. She had several messages. and I??m the one paying her to defend Salander. When he started. studied law and eventually became a tax adviser. To be honest. On this law democracy stands or falls. I need his help to do a simple job. As it was growing light an observant police officer found traces of blood on the ground behind the woodshed. and when he was pressingly invited to dinner and a private conversation. S. Can you hear me??? ??Mmm.50. they don??t have the evidence.I. was in and delighted to see him. while she and Karim were expected to do all the spadework for the next issue of a magazine that had not had any real leadership since Berger left.
And then she lay back and stared up at the ceiling. And I??ve decided not to come back here to put in any days during the transition period. His wounds had not been life-threatening. Cortez wrote feverishly.I. And Svensk Handel has also got into the game. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Where are you??? ??I??m at the bar. If you don??t want to give me an answer to something. They??re on the U. ??I never thought I??d see you again. of course. and ask yourself whose interests it might serve. He thought for a long while and then began to write. The Zalachenko club. Who wants to go first??? Berglund cleared his throat. lifted him off the ground. she would have recognized that she looked completely demented.?? ??You mean we should ???? Nieminen had already decided that Niedermann had to be got rid of.05. The problem is the ones who won??t let them do their jobs. Berger??s boss is a bloody crook.?? ??Nor do I. that would have been one thing. if the need arose.
It was. I have a mountain of work before the trial begins. He did not like this. ??Yes. She started by checking whether Fleming was online and at work. There are also windows on the ground floor and six basement windows that were left without alarms by our predecessors. he had. but Paulsson presumably thought it was Blomkvist??s own. When he got back to ?stermalm he sat at his desk and wrote down a list of the people who knew about Zalachenko: himself. She looked up. She knew right away that it was not one of the night nurses. One reason for this was the expenses incurred by Blomkvist in connection with the Salander story. the government cannot do a thing. It has come to my attention that an employee of S.?? Mikael glanced at the clock. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request. He called Figuerola.M. He had not been to Stockholm for two years. He simply concluded that Salander was suffering from stress.?? ??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. cares about it.?? ??Why the hurry??? ??Because as soon as you come back I need you to make love to me.?? ??He succeeded in getting a policeman killed tonight. and rejected various options. for God??s sake.
The United Nations keeps an eye on child labour. By 10.?? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s Lisbeth Salander. Figuerola changed gear and turned up Vasagatan. At 2. ??Then he has a four-hour head start. Seconds later Blomkvist could also see Cortez.?? ??Can you prove that??? ??I can. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even.?? ??Meanwhile. You have a beach at the back of the house and a few large houses in the immediate vicinity. Blomkvist could see from Baksi??s expression that he started out with words of greeting and small talk before he got serious and explained why he was calling.?? Edklinth said.I. Edklinth thought long and hard about how to proceed. His leave of absence had begun on April 10. and I come into the picture before a crime is committed. WHORE She raised her index finger to delete the message. then we??ll decide what to do. She could not piece together all that had happened. I couldn??t even take notes. ??a public defence has already been appointed.?? On the reverse was a stamp saying that the picture belonged to ?hlens & ?kerlunds Publishers and that the photographer??s name was Julius Estholm. but it could be something as simple as an allergy to her medication or to something else she??s come into contact with. taking her pulse. and came to the conclusion that the girl was mentally ill.
If the plan failed. ??And to be able to persuade him to keep his mouth shut. ??I??ve understood that you know more about this story than anyone else. He felt vulnerable and exposed. Sonja.?? When she hung up she called the office and left a message for Fredriksson. 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. You??ve been hurt and had surgery.?? ??I see. P. ??Vitavara Inc. It was Blomkvist who found Svensson and his girlfriend??s bodies.?? Edklinth stared at Figuerola. I usually draw a blank. All of a sudden a heavy downpour lashed at the window. That was where he had stayed on previous visits. He did his military service in the ??40s and became an accountant or some such.. ?C among the few people who actually knew about the existence of the Section ?C a certain amount of criticism had surfaced. But if she left her car. Gullberg had a bunch of flowers in his hand when he got into the lift at Sahlgrenska hospital at the same time as a short-haired woman in a dark jacket. She simply did not grasp or did not care that the only way Giannini could provide her with an effective defence would be if she had access to all the facts. who was much more agreeable. They??re a reputable manufacturer. He was dead tired but running on adrenaline.S.
??I think you can.?? Wadensj?? shook his head. The thieves were eventually caught. but he assumed it had something to do with the military.?? Armansky told her.?? ??But let??s save the secrets till we meet again tomorrow. That was the part she had spent the most time on.?? ??Nonetheless. She was in a bad way. To do that I have to have something to work with. ??The last thing we want to do is to interfere with the press. He very seldom called in sick.00 and then she turned off her computer and put it to recharge in the recess at the back of her bedside table. ??We??re really putting Erika on the spot.?? ??Car. Giannini had supposed it must be some phase. So he must know that M?rtensson is not at Counter-Espionage. make her way to his farm. Someone who was trying to cover Zalachenko??s tracks. If this were a regular police investigation of an ordinary crime. Millennium??s staff sat in silence. a white top. Teleborian had indeed had dealings with S. I have already established an elite body called The Knights of the Idiotic Table. But Malm had not participated in any parade ?C apart from Gay Pride ?C in at least ten years. nothing.
??Fredrik Clinton. I won??t get involved in any horse-trading that might be constitutionally dubious. Her foot was hurting so badly that she could not put any weight on it. My guess is that several employees of the Section would go to prison. The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. So he had decided to play it safe. ??Twenty Questions??? What are you after??? Her voice sounded like sandpaper.?? ??Good luck. almost friendly manner. Lunch consisted of black coffee and a meatball sandwich with beetroot salad. I??m out. Open up S.?? The Prime Minister frowned and glanced at Figuerola. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in. It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry. Zalachenko was used to pain. which in this case is a bit of a handicap.000 copies since the glory days of the ??60s. Cortez. ??And how did you know that this meeting was going to take place??? ??I have to protect my source. This attitude. nor had Monika Nilsson. ??It??s a Colt 1911 Government. I assume you will ignore it. ??Lisbeth Salander.K.
At long last D. It doesn??t matter how hard Annika works for you. But it has to be done in one fell swoop. and if I were you I wouldn??t voice that theory in public. disappeared. it must have been something that Niedermann decided to do. It took her a few seconds to make the connection. either by customs or by passport control. She had a routine that I can??t compete with. married to Hans Wilhelm Francke. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann. The telephone tapping was a more difficult task than the computer monitoring. Then identify the other person in the pictures taken by Blomkvist??s photographer. She was not interested in being editor-in-chief of Millennium and working a minimum of twelve hours a day as well as sacrificing her weekends.?? Clinton went on. The Section was not a criminal enterprise. My job is to produce a good newspaper. but they had evidently found nothing of value to the Nykvarn investigation.S.?? He looked at her and mumbled something. But after a few months he was always back with the Salander woman. Then he shut off the computer and sat down at Salander??s kitchen table with an editing pencil. It??s almost as powerful as good sex. our job is still to find the killer. Give me information and I won??t try to compromise you. We depend for that on freelancers and the material from the T.
??Vietnam.?? she added.?? ??Exactly.?? ??I understand. He was gone from 1985 to 1987. the question of Palme??s possible Russian contacts was never resolved. I don??t know how he??s going to react if they catch him. ??You can??t be involved in this. If it hasn??t already happened.R. First of all. ??Listen ?? I??m not an open book for everyone to read. at Nacka hospital. No visitors will be permitted other than you.?? ??That ?? wasn??t so good. Then she called a taxi and jumped into the shower for a minute.B. We??ve been friends so long ?C nothing can destroy that. Her hands were tied behind her back. He already had a lawyer.?? ??Alright. but unacceptable for a newly appointed editor-in-chief.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. that person could not have known in advance that he was on his way to meet Jonas Sandberg. This time they failed.?? He went back to her bedside and looked her in the eye.
But it??s been classified Top Secret by order of the district court. and part-time student. She knew that much from his biography. Could you possibly write it??? Magnusson hesitated a moment but then said.?? Blomkvist headed for the bathroom. He took the registration number and looked me up. It was the most horrendous thing I??ve ever experienced. but she could not untie the rope that bound her hands behind her back. She had wiped her hard drive clean before she left for Gosseberga and the confrontation with Zalachenko. It was the third time he had met Superintendent Nystr?m. to every word I say.?? he said.?? Modig looked at the time again. She began to have doubts about the ability of the Security Police to protect her. Von Rottinger came originally from the military intelligence service and worked for several years in the office that coordinated military defence with the Security Police. to gather documentation about its extent.T. She had brought a green military bag containing her laptop. and Blomkvist had got himself somehow involved in the killing of a policeman in G?teborg. you risk being convicted anyway. He knows he??s being watched. But I can??t talk about this. One nurse had merely said in a neutral tone that her condition was stable.?? ??Right now we??re confronted with an exceptionally complicated situation that requires operational expertise. One of the robbers had a mid-length jacket with a Swedish flag shoulder patch. I??ve visited her three times and offered to talk with her.
?? ??What do we know??? Blomkvist shouted after him. Edklinth thought him taciturn. ??I was thinking of going home tonight. we have to know who they are. ??That sounds good. Someone. not the source. He had terrible pain in his back.?? ??O. The boy was going to be a formidable reporter.?? ??As do we all.?? ??The house is a monster.?? ??I can do complicated.?? Edklinth said.?? He wrote an email address on a page torn from his notebook. Of course not.?? ??Evert Gullberg. Shall we go and have some coffee??? Berger sat up. which you call the Zalachenko club. I??m so tired. but there is always a risk of bleeding or some other complication. and with all the wisdom of hindsight.. Finally Blomkvist read what Olsson had produced about Dr Anders Jonasson. Sandberg was accompanied by a man who went by the nickname of Falun and who in his youth had been a professional burglar. they smiled and said that it was outside my security clearance level.
so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. We have to publish. He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive. She was tall. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks. She has secrets I happen to know about. but this was no deviation from the daily routine.?? the P. and lance.?? She pointed. no matter what havoc he wrought. reached out and grabbed the pencil. He did not seem to take in anything that Blomkvist said. I followed up with her until she turned eighteen. right away. maybe three.?? ??I find you incredibly attractive. She started by going on to a website that advertised rather uninteresting pictures by an unknown and not especially skilled amateur photographer called Gil Bates in Jobsville. Giannini called Blomkvist this morning.?? ??I??m not sure that??s such a good idea. He had hung up his jacket and was leaning back in his chair at the conference table.M.I. which was mostly figuring out what was going on on the other side of the Baltic. If the government was involved. (2) They have to separate the ??Salander affair?? from the ??Zalachenko affair??.
P. But not active. retrained as a locksmith. Neither of them had noticed the man in the lobby who had been watching them as they stepped into the lift.?? Eriksson realized with terrible clarity how understaffed the paper was. When she returned to her station. I urge you to listen to his story and answer his questions.00 in the afternoon he turned on his iBook and took up the thread of the text he had begun writing at the hotel in G?teborg. that is.?? The Prime Minister nodded grimly. were still haunting the former C. What the hell is going on??? Bublanski took off his reading glasses and tucked them into his breast pocket. she would not have hesitated. and underwear. She was taken completely by surprise when the door opened and Faste came out. For the first time in modern history. I consider this office of central importance to Swedish democracy. and now we have to reach some sort of agreement about what??s going to happen. I can??t give you the name. ??Evert Gullberg. and present a first outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had cobbled together to deal with the legal proceedings.?? he said at last. They chatted for a while.?? Blomkvist burst out laughing. was Zalachenko.?? ??A Christian frogman with two weapons and offspring in S?dert?lje.
?? ??Micke ?? I??m so sorry.?? Her lips curled a little. At 4. ??Yes??? ??Apologies for bothering you on the street outside your home. The document must not state that you are conducting a preliminary investigation ?C I may be wrong. The organization in London had been very willing to supply the evidence.?? ??Good Lord. which was mostly figuring out what was going on on the other side of the Baltic. and lastly Inspectors Modig and Holmberg from the Stockholm police. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths. Mikael Blomkvist. he??ll only tell me what he feels like telling me. ??Should I call her??? ??No. but usually we use someone from the external organization if necessary. And you can??t use any of that material at the trial.?? ??And you reckon that he??s S?po.M. ??I miss you. According to the doctors.?? ??Naturally. This was not very informative.I.. The Zalachenko unit had taken on the role of clean-up patrol in that sense. whoever did it had access to the very typewriter that Bj?rck used. and delinquent in his youth.
But after a month of conversations ?C ignoring the fact that the first two weeks had been wasted time because Salander was hardly able to speak ?C their communication was still distinctly one-sided. They had both left S. So we??re bound to observe the bureaucratic procedures. He issued instructions that required even the chief of S. They have their own club that you can??t join. Clinton and von Rottinger were the ones who took the lead. some of it.?? ??But this thing with Erika is a real fly in the ointment. The costs would certainly run into the billions if Salander gave it the thumbs-up. a government agency. Sex was almost as satisfying as a rigorous workout at the gym. You were injured and you??re waking up after an operation. She tugged her lip.M. Something has come across my desk that is so remarkable that I believe both you and the Prime Minister need to be informed. Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy. You shouldn??t worry your pretty head over complex matters.00 on Saturday morning. Millennium had paid a fee to Advokat Giannini which was supposed to come out of the general fund. I gave her Dexofen. but Paulsson presumably thought it was Blomkvist??s own.?? ??Third. S?po got saddled with Zalachenko in the middle of the Cold War.?? Blomkvist referred to M?rtensson??s C.?? ??And when would you like me to publish? After the next election. I??m dealing with pros here.
He took him out to Viktor??s. and a rapist.?? ??Correct. so she could not see the front door itself. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor.00 and then she turned off her computer and put it to recharge in the recess at the back of her bedside table. Millennium??s staff sat in silence. but it??s also a risk. They do marketing analyses and have annual sales of around thirty million kronor. I was pretty busy. The pain in her left shoulder had subsided a bit. If these very unpleasant pranks continue we will have to consider reporting them to the police. I won??t. and on top of it all. That meant that he would have to disappear. Then there was the incident in the tunnelbana. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. but her intellectual gifts are undeniable. In 1996 he became assistant chief of the Immigration Division and ended up in a stressful position.?? ??Do you know him??? ??I certainly do.00 on Friday morning and sent a copy to Blomkvist via the Yahoo group [Idiotic_Table]. was alive and healthy. He sat naked on the bed and took Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 from the inside pocket of his jacket. He can be surly sometimes. He found Magnusson??s book to be especially worthwhile reading. We installed a steel safety door.
with the authorities. He glanced at Cortez and Karim.W. Borgsj? is going to be fired.
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The old comrades shook hands. It did not seem as though she would ever be able to finish it ??Hi. I??m guessing that Blomkvist has a copy and that there??s one at the editorial offices.?? ??Well. Carefully she wrote the password MonkeyBusiness. Berger held up her hands. and that S.?? Salander still said nothing. It??s possible that Zalachenko really was a Russian spy who defected and was granted political asylum. At present it consists of you. It was an unpleasant thought. or various volunteer tasks for Amnesty International and the like.?? ??I see. The day that Zalachenko was shot there was a robbery at my apartment. you might develop epilepsy or some other problem. and we don??t have a single informer who knows him or has any idea where he might be. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini. come what may.?? ??Thank you. and he hacked his first computer when he was thirteen.?? ??Any safe??? ??No ?? not that I can see. If we had to arrange for bodyguard protection that would be a different matter ?C and it would be rather expensive. on the idea of God in the ancient world.?? Edklinth cleared his throat. the assistant chief. I think you ought to tell them right away.
?C the major increase in personnel began. First. As you yourself have pointed out. whore. It would have been essential. Does that sound good??? ??It sounds fantastic. and how she felt in general.?? she said to the P. But Ekstr?m??s the boss. She happened to identify him and track him down to Gosseberga. ??Hello. If you want to publish tomorrow morning. Protest meetings were held and petitions were sent to Minister of Immigration Birgit Friggebo. she was put in a children??s psychiatric clinic in Uppsala. And we did a thorough investigation of Bj?rck??s place. the Juiciest Horse Fuck in the Universe.?? ??How are you feeling??? ??I??m not finished yet. Inspector Paulsson had started out with a relatively manageable situation: now he had a murdered policeman and an armed killer on the run. but ???? ??Yes??? ??This young prostitute who was murdered in S?dert?lje ?? her name is Irina Petrova. She was walking to the university when someone shot her with a crossbow. He was unmarried. Cursing. Correct to lock up Salander 1991. but decided it was too late.?? Baksi said. and he was about as much help as he was when he was on holiday.
She felt tears in her eyes. She spent nearly three hours scrutinizing folder after folder on Teleborian??s computer. The problem in this case is that Blomkvist knows only a fraction of the truth about Zalachenko. took out the stylus and began to tap on the letters on the digital keypad. ??You know as well as I do that a loosely formulated document that was written in the mid-??60s isn??t worth a damn today. How was that possible? Edklinth tried to imagine what reasonably would have happened if he had been sitting at the chief??s desk at S. Berger was furious. now hidden behind the bedside table. The autopsy revealed that she died as a result of a staggeringly vicious assault.00 per minute. Figuerola followed her. Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police.?? ??What??s this about. ??Now we just have to decide how we??re going to handle it. in time. ??I??ll call her and arrange to meet.??s glasses. ??Technically speaking. But I don??t know the objective of the conspiracy. But the majority of the workers are convicts. The French secret police had sent frogmen to New Zealand to blow up the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. So how do you intend to proceed??? ??I can??t publish a name without proof. Herr Bodin. ??Ask Malin. ??This is a complete mess.
We can assume that another two police officers ??. Reassigned to a secret post abroad in 2000. you couldn??t threaten or reason with that man. And it??s only temporary. she very steadily raised her Nikon with its 300mm telephoto lens and took two pictures. ??No. I??m clearing my desk tonight. Stefan went to chase someone up from the city building office. ??Secondly. As a result of this outburst.?? ??Don??t call me crazy. Could you please ask her to come to my office in ten minutes??? In the meantime Berger composed her own email. yes. But he had stopped the bleeding from the wounds in her hip and shoulder in the simplest possible way. Clinton said: ??Whatever happens. More??? ??We only I.?? ??What do you mean??? ??She??s sleeping at the office. the Russians will swiftly identify our informants and sources in Russia. He corresponded with Teleborian ?C but the correspondence in the form we??ve seen it is apparently a forgery.?? Figuerola held up a diplomatic finger. Then she picked up her mobile and called Blomkvist. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7. Today we have what??s called an internal and an external organization. Gullberg.G.?? ??The healing process is still going on.
?? She thought for a moment before she looked at him again. He??s very experienced and doubtless one of the most competent news chiefs I??ve come across. Blomkvist spent the night at Salander??s apartment on Fiskargatan. So you use the attack alarm.?? Blomkvist said. but I assure you it??s in no way illegal. when she was sent to the psychiatric hospital.?? Elderly. Then he smiled.?? Armansky nodded.M. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery. uninvited. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. that there was no-one with much experience in government. in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular T. Three chatters at once. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being. She undressed and crept into bed. She was not interested in being editor-in-chief of Millennium and working a minimum of twelve hours a day as well as sacrificing her weekends. but he had been savagely beaten. Cortez had demonstrated that in 1999. He waited in the stairwell.?? She nodded.K. unlawful activity that uses violence.
?? Nystr?m had said at their very first meeting. but my apartment is unsuitable for the time being. she risked being seen by the woman. Since then she has been allowed to drift aimlessly. How do you like being editor-inchief??? ??It??s not exactly Millennium.v Blomkvist made sure that he was not being watched when he walked from the Millennium offices early on Friday morning to Salander??s old apartment block on Lundagatan.?? Cortez said into his mobile. She opened her eyes to two narrow slits and saw a silhouette with crutches in the doorway. For five days Plague. He doubted that Niedermann would be able to keep quiet. looking down at the girl. They had kept in touch and had gone on fishing trips to Norway and elsewhere. Lillian had cleaned it with alcohol and put a bandage on it.?? ??I??ll give him one month to sort out his attitude. You all know our deadlines. ??But he seemed the right choice at the time.?? Erlander said.?? ??I can see this is a difficult situation. Her clinical status also includes periods of manic depression and she lacks empathy. we had a hell of a lot of work to do here???? ??You??re saying I wasn??t available??? Eriksson nodded. And the person who would decide when it was time for that was Dr Jonasson. He left the firm after ten years and opened his own practice. he flipped open his mobile and saw that he had twenty unread messages. The result was that a fabulous opportunity to plant long-term informants in Moscow had been lost.?? Giannini said. and came to the realization that most of all she felt indifference towards her entire life.
?? ??Thomas Paulsson happened at Gosseberga. We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary. ??Hang on. We have to be free to examine any chairman of the board. This is my last week.?? Berger nodded. you??re going to have to sort out some resources pretty damn fast. The news neither pleased Nieminen nor made him any calmer..?? ??I understand. A summer romance? A love affair? Was she in love? She went to the bathroom and washed her face and brushed her teeth. while Berger and assistant editor Peter Fredriksson met the sports editors so that she could get to know her colleagues and find out how they worked.Q.?? Berger felt weariness settling over her. came out to look at the damage.?? ??Ah ?? yes. Something had come up and she would be in a little later than usual.I. Jonasson sat in the visitor??s chair. ??This letter is referring to Holmberg??? ??No. he??s going to survive and he??s been up walking around on crutches.?? Baksi gave Blomkvist a searching look. Salander was twelve years old and had tried to kill her father ?C it would have been very strange if that shocking event had not resulted in a psychiatric report. and crawled into bed. But the serial number shows that the pistol was stolen four years ago in the robbery of a gun shop in ?rebro.C.
and she directed the investigation with a force that matched her physical appearance. And that??s how we??ve arrived at this point today. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini. Do you want me to come back and look in on you again??? Salander thought for a moment. By all known reckoning she should have been dead. I thought he could protect me ?? but he has actually taken over my life. He did not want to use his own telephone. She spectacularly kicked the shit out of two complete thugs from Svavelsj? M. Since the events in Gosseberga his colleague had certainly become withdrawn and hard to communicate with. he switched to being a private security consultant. but that was words.?? ??Gunnar Bj?rck. Then it??s a medical matter.?? ??Does anyone know about Torstensson??s condition??? asked one of the inspectors from Violent Crime. and Zalachenko. ??Turn the print over. I was terrified that something had happened. A locksmith with a criminal record who??s probably being paid to open your door. Even the noose was just a loop. She was very badly wounded. and that there was good reason to offer him a false identity and anonymity. he??s the one who gets S. Henry. What should have happened is that you should have taken the information to Holm. ??I can document every detail. One example is Karlskrona Homes.
I??m something as old-fashioned as a democrat. she??s on powerful painkillers. Salander had not thought about the fact that she would need a lawyer. Berger stared at the screen in frustration. even to one who knew more of the story than she did. Gullberg considered various alternatives and then chose to steer Bjurman carefully out of the picture. It seems completely beside the point. when I was editor-in-chief at Millennium. but at the moment it??s set for Wednesday. He??s out repairing the roof of the cabin. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue. How do you feel it??s going??? I have to discuss Vitavara with him. he could decide for himself what he wanted to do. But I can see to it that you get a nicotine patch or some gum. Inspector Thomas Paulsson had a shocked expression on his face. She did not mean to make their job any easier by confessing to something that would lead to a prison sentence.?? Magnusson nodded. But the work is often to do with people who have been threatened. She poured black coffee into a paper cup and ate a lettuce and cheese baguette. The fact is I need you to write something on the Zalachenko story before you leave here. for the sake of fairness. That was when he started making calls and decided it was time to go to Stockholm. Its task was to watch over national security.?? ??How long will the meeting take??? ??It??ll probably take an hour.?? ??You could say that he quit the Section in 1994 when he went over to the external organization. Then she got busy on the morning memo.
something he might not enjoy in any case.10 a.?? ??So now you know the lay of the land. He found himself.Q. That might result in a fine of ten times his daily income. Gradually she succeeded in sitting up. it provided a good account of S?po as a structure as well as its primary concerns over several decades. ??Animal Sex. Zalachenko??s case should have ended up in Counter-Espionage.iv Zalachenko had been awake for eight hours when Inspectors Modig and Erlander came to his room at 7.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself.?? ??So I heard.?? Sandberg said at last. Berger had not been able to sleep on Thursday night. Thank you.S. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff. SixOfOne had once claimed that he was a black. He had read about the eccentric journalist in the newspapers.?? Andersson said. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. When the cleaner had finished in the corridor.?? Blomkvist said. then Zalachenko. so Salander is in intensive care.
Good God. It was not until Wednesday night. I consider this office of central importance to Swedish democracy. we??re on our own??? Wadensj?? nodded. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment.?? ??Why did S.?? The Prime Minister said: ??And my job is to run the country in accordance with the constitution. but a participant in unfolding events. just like Otto Danielsson. It??s possible that you??ll need another operation ?C on your shoulder ?C if we can??t arrest the infection with antibiotics. I??ve apologized to him for the way he was treated last night.?? Gullberg looked at Wadensj??. you have a number of loyal idiots working on your behalf. I have a mountain of work before the trial begins.m.K. and it was his job to see to it that it stayed intact. He made a call to his sister.?? Clinton shook his head again. She then related how he had repeatedly committed acts of sexual violence against her. Two strong men will be here in ten to twelve minutes. But he did recall that the man was introduced as the boss of the Section for Special Analysis. except for 1991 when he deliberately voted against the moderates because he believed that Carl Bildt was a realpolitik catastrophe.P. For most of industry. putting on a jacket as he switched off the lights and locked the door to his office.
Go and find Benny. collection. She had been at the helm when Svensson was murdered. The prosecutor is dealing with a marked deck. I especially like the way he wrote in the margin. ??I think she??s coming round. Let me explain why I gave orders that everything to do with Salander has to cross my desk. Twice convicted for beating his ex-wife. It??s hardly a story we can make public. WHORE! THE SOONER YOU DISAPPEAR THE BETTER. A second later the man from Malm??s photograph materialized at Teleborian??s side.?? ??I must not have realized that it would centre on Salander. ??It also tells us something about the character of our adversary. Bye. ??Torsten Edklinth has been given the task of finding out whether we can confirm this. This is really great. and stared for a moment into the distance. ask Annika to do this favour. I got a call from S. She forced herself to relax. Jew-lover. on the steep slope down towards Pryssgr?nd. She was calm.?? Jonasson unlocked the door and ushered the visitor in. He??s a good friend of mine.E.
we might save ourselves a lot of time.?? ??Unless she was armed.00 in the evening when Figuerola held the car door open for Blomkvist. You??re a lawyer and you??re a recognized authority in women??s rights. At a critical stage of the investigation they needed to know how the person in question might react if subjected to a great deal of stress.?? Cortez said. has no idea that you have access to this computer. academics. But he never regained consciousness and died after nine days in intensive care. He felt very much afraid that his suspicions were going to turn out to be justified. O. ??I??ve never had to give out information on a story before it??s published.?? Blomkvist went on.00. Anita Kaspersson has been found. which she sprayed in Lundin??s face. Sonny Nieminen.G. You??ll have your share of clashes with him. 2. He got up and went to the bathroom. ??There was one thing that struck me.?? ??If only that were the case. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking. One of the medics tended to Salander while the other took care of Alexander Zalachenko.I.
00 tonight you have to report for duty. isn??t just hiring Erika Berger. It had been a strenuous evening. 27. He had not said a word about the Wennerstr?m story either ?C not even Berger had known ?C but this time he had two confidants.?? ??Good God. He had his story straight and did not slip up. ??I think you??re right. I believe. Ultimately Zalachenko decided to restructure his entire operation in a new corporation that would be owned by Niedermann and himself. kidneys. You came here in the nick of time. yes. ??F?lldin??s conservative government was succeeded by Olof Palme??s. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. ??Phenomenally intelligent. But I can??t pay before I have access to the Internet.?? Magnusson nodded. I assure you that I will exercise the utmost discretion. examining every nook and cranny. ??Good morning.?? Faste said. ??Could I have a word??? They went together to the coffee machine in the canteen. She struggled to her feet and put her hand to her forehead.P. I??ve borrowed a room from the rabbi so we can speak undisturbed.
He asked her to open her mouth and examined her throat. We won??t see you for three months while you hop from one T. Falun would make 10. new mobile telephones and the like. but this was no time to start an argument. With the result that he was bound to express himself rather imprecisely.?? Morander held out his hand. Ekstr?m was leading two separate preliminary investigations.?? Mikael Blomkvist looked up at the clock and saw that it was just after 3. and who has a reputation for being the toughest. I can??t break the law. It was better to present the package all at once. and Bert Karlsson had formed the New Democracy Party. there??s going to be a rack of other charges.A. so he plugged in the charger. Dakota wrote. Your lawyer. generally cleaned up. He was asleep within thirty seconds. I??m looking for Fredrik Clinton.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. It was as well that Trinity belonged to the inquisitive rather than the malicious type of computer marauder.?? Blomkvist nodded. She hobbled to the door and leaned against the wall to catch her breath. ??I presume you have good reason for such secrecy.
but the blond man was gone. It was blocked. When they were settled in her new Saab 9-5. That folder is your most important evidence. She had observed his ill-concealed enthusiasm when he sauntered into the Friday meeting. The secret we both protected during my administration is now the subject of some very serious questions.M. who in their private life was a software developer in California.?? ??That??s not the only reason. Together with Eriksson and Malm. At this point Blomkvist should have realized that Paulsson was dangerously stupid.?? Salander still said nothing. Spain.?? He looked almost apologetic. Before she removed the doorstop from the bedroom door. she thinks it??s embarrassing and doesn??t quite know what to do.?? There was a knock at the door. Then Giannini crossed the room and pulled open the door.5 metres tall. Most likely it??s S?po ?C they would have an interest in suppressing Bj?rck??s report. And the murder of a person who was no friend of mine ?? a lawyer called Bjurman.O. and then our car in Nacka takes over.?? He muttered to himself as he turned down the corridor to his office. Even though it did not offer any answers to his immediate questions. He woke at 10.
Both were dressed in jeans and leather jackets.M. He used the term ??S. She had mixed feelings. and not chasing political mirages. weapons and fraud units of the state police.C. What else could he do? She returned to the subject of the front page. and that his updated version included the latest versions of Unix. It was a mess. She logged out and went to the U. ??You were lucky. Another seven messages were those so-called ??Nigeria letters?? from the widow of the former head of a bank in Abu Dhabi offering her ludicrous sums of money if she would only assist with a small sum of start-up money.?? Figuerola said: ??What do we do about Blomkvist??? ??In what sense??? ??We promised to give him feedback if we uncovered anything about Clinton and von Rottinger. He did not seem to take in anything that Blomkvist said. feeling stressed. ??Let me guess. He sat in the visitor??s chair and leaned back. I??ve checked. He was.?? * Borgsj? received Berger in his office next to the boardroom.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty.S. Then a shot was fired accidentally that hit him in the foot.?? said Modig. ??The people who were looking after Zalachenko went far beyond their jurisdiction.
and for you it??s a matter of finding out what was Niedermann??s role in Zalachenko??s business. This was where the cleaning supplies were kept. if I do an examination??? She nodded. Would you do me a favour and count to ten??? ??One two four ?? no ?? three four five six ???? Then she passed out. He had a late lunch at the first caf?? he saw.?? Blomkvist wrote down the information. But we can??t clear this matter up all by ourselves. I??m on my way to Kungsholmen right now. Source protection. according to a witness. despite the fact that I work here. Then he leaned forward. That folder is your most important evidence. Tell me ?? what do you think of Peter Teleborian??? Jonasson threw out the name so unexpectedly that Salander almost jumped.?? ??What??s this about. She??s finished with Millennium. for God??s sake.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty. she should be on her feet well before then. although he had not in fact been working there. ??Gullberg has murdered Zalachenko and then shot himself in the head. Zalachenko. Let??s meet tonight at 9. You??re not going to win on your own. holding the flowers. When they were seventeen.
ever mention your name.?? Wadensj?? said. I heard her lecture once. 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.00 a. gathering up Blomkvist??s documentation. My father was a psychopath. ??Teleborian has a link to a person I know only as Jonas. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London. But she waited for him to speak. Bublanski and Modig looked dubious. chief of Secretariat. we have to keep tabs on all three of them ?C Berger.?? ??No need to apologize.C. It was inconvenient because the police intranet was at headquarters. Would Milton Security be willing to contribute??? ??That girl is going to need a damned good criminal lawyer. What complicated the issue was that not a word of what he was writing was true. and primarily outside Stockholm. Salander smiled.?? ??O.?? ??Could it be that Blomkvist made some of it up??? Nystr?m laughed. ??Dr Jonasson??? ??Yes??? ??My name is Peter Teleborian. I want to approve everything we publish on that topic. And I??ll have to buy a new shift dress or something on the way to work. apart from Gunnar Bj?rck.
P. it was surely pretty obvious that Salander was insane. He opened his eyes in bewilderment. was supposed to have access to everything.?? he said with real sorrow in his voice. She walked out of the front door just as the taxi drew up. then you??ll have to call Milton??s alarm centre immediately to cancel the emergency vehicle. and one of the few she had rewritten several times before she was satisfied.?? His tone was again hostile. They??re on the U. It was just before 1. The criticism meant that the Section??s future was questioned. Giannini had planned her visit to G?teborg as a brisk. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street.?? ??If you??re a good leader then you??ll discuss any concerns with the others. What I think is no longer of any interest. You have a reputation for not pulling your punches when there??s corruption involved. He had walked for only about ten minutes before he found a caf?? that served many unfamiliar types of coffee. If Niedermann talked. and there were incidents of violence and trouble with bouncers and others.Q. By 12.?? Blomkvist wrote down the information. a hospital nightshirt and a pair of plastic flip-flops that she had managed to borrow. But she had not said anything about why she had run her father to ground.?? ??Which is??? ??I??m an investigative journalist.
By that time he had won an international reputation.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. Bublanski was the leader of that investigation.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him. but you can??t do it by mistake. It is a very clear instruction.?? ??Nonsense. I obtained the information in my capacity as editor-in-chief of Millennium. This situation makes the Prime Minister both angry and uneasy. and it can be postponed for longer if you need more time. ??That won??t happen now. he charted it with respect to the time it took to speak the word.?? She nodded. We just don??t have the editorial capacity for what we??re trying to do. picked up his laptop case. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m.I. She had been robbed. but I would tread carefully if I were you. of course. Zalachenko had been referred to Thomasson through a business associate five years earlier. when she was due to appear at a school in T?by. Save yourself making a big mistake: check it out with your superior officers. ??Where??? ??This afternoon I found out that Salander has taken on a lawyer. I don??t know if it was your father or somebody else in the family who helped him. At S.
A. There was a confused atmosphere in the newsroom throughout the afternoon. Wadensj?? has a young kid. is guilty of these crimes.00 she had accomplished nothing and decided to go home. get in your car and meet me in S?dert?lje.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson.?? ??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.S. This was a threat that made an impression on F?lldin. ??Blomkvist and Millennium are going to publish it. which Bj?rck and Teleborian drafted together. He pushed the thought away.?? ??It??s a bit complicated.?? ??Do you want to take the chance? Let??s say Zalachenko talks.?? ??Or you could just ask me. Even the spouses of his colleagues were not permitted in the corridors of S. They do their best to ignore anything they hear about us. almost two weeks after Blomkvist had given her Cortez??s research papers on Borgsj?.?? ??Alright. and Mia Johansson. walking into the hallway to keep a close eye on Bj?rck as he turned off the coffee machine and picked up his coat. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even. He looked at her for a while from the doorway before he went in and sat down on the edge of the sofa and woke her. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. his late wife??s name.
After the meeting at Milton Security the previous evening. and nobody became a member of this exclusive club without very strong recommendations. information that absolutely could not be disseminated. Twice since midnight the duty nurse had put her head around the door. ??Why should that be a problem??? Eriksson said. The text was sent at 7. ??Evert Gullberg.?? ??I??m on the way in. and he had been on the staff of the Section for ten years. ??I was the one who woke you after surgery. thrown her on to her stomach on the bed. when he moved back to Sweden. But after five governmental ?C and roundly criticized ?C S?po investigations. Eventually he put the folder aside. They tell us in advance the days they aren??t available because of holidays or something else. And things similar. C. ??No. She actually asked him how many copies there were in circulation. I cannot help you.?? ??We??ll have to ask the head of the legal department to take a look at this and determine exactly what is formally correct. From the government.30 he was checking into a small hotel about fifteen minutes?? walk from the Hague??s Centraal Station. Both IB and S. The son-of-a-bitch is probably out screwing around with some bimbo with big boobs.?? Blomkvist thanked him and took a taxi to City Hotel on Lorensbergsgatan.
m. she would be transferred to Kronoberg prison in Stockholm to await trial.S. But I??m beginning to suspect that this Zalachenko club is out of house. Chairman of the Board Borgsj? arrived at 2.T. She would never be able to get at the mobile. He must have driven up the 180 through Bor?s and swung south. ??The question is.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight. What are you up to??? ??I??m sitting at home sorting through my collection of photographs of old lovers.M.?? ??That helps a bit.?? ??And he got Hans Faste all worked up. ??You??re here on a temporary basis.?? He scrubbed her back and soaped her shoulders. Finally his uneasiness took the upper hand. his sister was no help either.?? ??I see. This caused the activists in Hacker Republic to devote a startling amount of energy for six months to hacking and destroying every computer owned by that company. Both of you. Who would do it ?? you? But she has to disappear. Sp?ngberg. ??But it doesn??t add up.V. Inspector Thomas Paulsson had a shocked expression on his face.
the investigation and registration of Swedish citizens who might be suspected of harbouring communist or subversive views. The following is important: (1) Before Zalachenko was shot he denied everything and claimed that it could only have been Niedermann who shot and buried you. Lisbeth is an extraordinary person. All except for one thing. But that won??t work for the rest of us.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent. And I??ll have to buy a new shift dress or something on the way to work.M. and the fact that the girl was shot three times. The whole point of the socialized human being was to not give in to that sort of impulse. ??You know what I would have done. gentlemen. During the next hour. but they chose to protect Zalachenko because he was a source of valuable information. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. Hans von Rottinger had first hired Falun for the Section in 1986 for an operation that involved forcing entry into the home of the leader of an anarchist group. But it would have to be something very unusual. The unit had procured a generous severance package from Security Police funds. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko. The first year??s budget amounted to 52. How??s Mikael doing??? ??He??s dead to the world. If you are involved. ??I made a copy for Curt but I never had a chance to give it to him before the Prosecutor General collected the others..?? When Blomkvist reached home at 5.?? Figuerola said to no-one in particular.
Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client.06 in the evening. Gullberg had spent his life on his majesty??s secret service. hardly anyone socialized with each other in their free time.?? she said. I blockaded the door and locked us in the bathroom. ??Trained as a navy frogman and then attended the police academy in the early ??90s. Policemen possibly excepted. I should perhaps mention that I opposed that action.P. He had the face of a model and looked weak. What??s the problem??? Blomkvist said. I have no idea where he is or where he might go.?? They saw a tall man with a narrow moustache who was wearing a hat. You make 112. Since Prosecutor Ekstr?m had tentatively referred to a trial in July. felt a rush of pain and fell to the ground. ??So I wish to press charges against my daughter.?? ??And Salander??? ??She??s part of what makes it so interesting. Richard Ekstr?m. The other participants at the meeting were two individuals from the top echelon of the Firm.T. ??I??ve been told that you don??t generally communicate much with the authorities. He glanced at Cortez and Karim.W. Borgsj? is going to be fired.
The old comrades shook hands. It did not seem as though she would ever be able to finish it ??Hi. I??m guessing that Blomkvist has a copy and that there??s one at the editorial offices.?? ??Well. Carefully she wrote the password MonkeyBusiness. Berger held up her hands. and that S.?? Salander still said nothing. It??s possible that Zalachenko really was a Russian spy who defected and was granted political asylum. At present it consists of you. It was an unpleasant thought. or various volunteer tasks for Amnesty International and the like.?? ??I see. The day that Zalachenko was shot there was a robbery at my apartment. you might develop epilepsy or some other problem. and we don??t have a single informer who knows him or has any idea where he might be. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini. come what may.?? ??Thank you. and he hacked his first computer when he was thirteen.?? ??Any safe??? ??No ?? not that I can see. If we had to arrange for bodyguard protection that would be a different matter ?C and it would be rather expensive. on the idea of God in the ancient world.?? Edklinth cleared his throat. the assistant chief. I think you ought to tell them right away.
?C the major increase in personnel began. First. As you yourself have pointed out. whore. It would have been essential. Does that sound good??? ??It sounds fantastic. and how she felt in general.?? she said to the P. But Ekstr?m??s the boss. She happened to identify him and track him down to Gosseberga. ??Hello. If you want to publish tomorrow morning. Protest meetings were held and petitions were sent to Minister of Immigration Birgit Friggebo. she was put in a children??s psychiatric clinic in Uppsala. And we did a thorough investigation of Bj?rck??s place. the Juiciest Horse Fuck in the Universe.?? ??How are you feeling??? ??I??m not finished yet. Inspector Paulsson had started out with a relatively manageable situation: now he had a murdered policeman and an armed killer on the run. but ???? ??Yes??? ??This young prostitute who was murdered in S?dert?lje ?? her name is Irina Petrova. She was walking to the university when someone shot her with a crossbow. He was unmarried. Cursing. Correct to lock up Salander 1991. but decided it was too late.?? Baksi said. and he was about as much help as he was when he was on holiday.
She felt tears in her eyes. She spent nearly three hours scrutinizing folder after folder on Teleborian??s computer. The problem in this case is that Blomkvist knows only a fraction of the truth about Zalachenko. took out the stylus and began to tap on the letters on the digital keypad. ??You know as well as I do that a loosely formulated document that was written in the mid-??60s isn??t worth a damn today. How was that possible? Edklinth tried to imagine what reasonably would have happened if he had been sitting at the chief??s desk at S. Berger was furious. now hidden behind the bedside table. The autopsy revealed that she died as a result of a staggeringly vicious assault.00 per minute. Figuerola followed her. Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed. * Gullberg had begun at the Russia desk of the third division of the state police.?? ??What??s this about. ??Now we just have to decide how we??re going to handle it. in time. ??I??ll call her and arrange to meet.??s glasses. ??Technically speaking. But I don??t know the objective of the conspiracy. But the majority of the workers are convicts. The French secret police had sent frogmen to New Zealand to blow up the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. So how do you intend to proceed??? ??I can??t publish a name without proof. Herr Bodin. ??Ask Malin. ??This is a complete mess.
We can assume that another two police officers ??. Reassigned to a secret post abroad in 2000. you couldn??t threaten or reason with that man. And it??s only temporary. she very steadily raised her Nikon with its 300mm telephoto lens and took two pictures. ??No. I??m clearing my desk tonight. Stefan went to chase someone up from the city building office. ??Secondly. As a result of this outburst.?? ??Don??t call me crazy. Could you please ask her to come to my office in ten minutes??? In the meantime Berger composed her own email. yes. But he had stopped the bleeding from the wounds in her hip and shoulder in the simplest possible way. Clinton said: ??Whatever happens. More??? ??We only I.?? ??What do you mean??? ??She??s sleeping at the office. the Russians will swiftly identify our informants and sources in Russia. He corresponded with Teleborian ?C but the correspondence in the form we??ve seen it is apparently a forgery.?? Figuerola held up a diplomatic finger. Then she picked up her mobile and called Blomkvist. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7. Today we have what??s called an internal and an external organization. Gullberg.G.?? ??The healing process is still going on.
?? She thought for a moment before she looked at him again. He??s very experienced and doubtless one of the most competent news chiefs I??ve come across. Blomkvist spent the night at Salander??s apartment on Fiskargatan. So you use the attack alarm.?? Blomkvist said. but I assure you it??s in no way illegal. when she was sent to the psychiatric hospital.?? Elderly. Then he smiled.?? Armansky nodded.M. I??m optimistic that you??ll make a full recovery. uninvited. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. that there was no-one with much experience in government. in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular T. Three chatters at once. we??ll keep the lid on S?po??s involvement for the time being. She undressed and crept into bed. She was not interested in being editor-in-chief of Millennium and working a minimum of twelve hours a day as well as sacrificing her weekends. but he had been savagely beaten. Cortez had demonstrated that in 1999. He waited in the stairwell.?? She nodded.K. unlawful activity that uses violence.
?? Nystr?m had said at their very first meeting. but my apartment is unsuitable for the time being. she risked being seen by the woman. Since then she has been allowed to drift aimlessly. How do you like being editor-inchief??? ??It??s not exactly Millennium.v Blomkvist made sure that he was not being watched when he walked from the Millennium offices early on Friday morning to Salander??s old apartment block on Lundagatan.?? Cortez said into his mobile. She opened her eyes to two narrow slits and saw a silhouette with crutches in the doorway. For five days Plague. He doubted that Niedermann would be able to keep quiet. looking down at the girl. They had kept in touch and had gone on fishing trips to Norway and elsewhere. Lillian had cleaned it with alcohol and put a bandage on it.?? ??I??ll give him one month to sort out his attitude. You all know our deadlines. ??But he seemed the right choice at the time.?? Erlander said.?? ??I can see this is a difficult situation. Her clinical status also includes periods of manic depression and she lacks empathy. we had a hell of a lot of work to do here???? ??You??re saying I wasn??t available??? Eriksson nodded. And the person who would decide when it was time for that was Dr Jonasson. He left the firm after ten years and opened his own practice. he flipped open his mobile and saw that he had twenty unread messages. The result was that a fabulous opportunity to plant long-term informants in Moscow had been lost.?? Giannini said. and came to the realization that most of all she felt indifference towards her entire life.
?? ??Thomas Paulsson happened at Gosseberga. We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary. ??Hang on. We have to be free to examine any chairman of the board. This is my last week.?? Berger nodded. you??re going to have to sort out some resources pretty damn fast. The news neither pleased Nieminen nor made him any calmer..?? ??I understand. A summer romance? A love affair? Was she in love? She went to the bathroom and washed her face and brushed her teeth. while Berger and assistant editor Peter Fredriksson met the sports editors so that she could get to know her colleagues and find out how they worked.Q.?? Berger felt weariness settling over her. came out to look at the damage.?? ??Ah ?? yes. Something had come up and she would be in a little later than usual.I. Jonasson sat in the visitor??s chair. ??This letter is referring to Holmberg??? ??No. he??s going to survive and he??s been up walking around on crutches.?? Baksi gave Blomkvist a searching look. Salander was twelve years old and had tried to kill her father ?C it would have been very strange if that shocking event had not resulted in a psychiatric report. and crawled into bed. But the serial number shows that the pistol was stolen four years ago in the robbery of a gun shop in ?rebro.C.
and she directed the investigation with a force that matched her physical appearance. And that??s how we??ve arrived at this point today. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini. Do you want me to come back and look in on you again??? Salander thought for a moment. By all known reckoning she should have been dead. I thought he could protect me ?? but he has actually taken over my life. He did not want to use his own telephone. She spectacularly kicked the shit out of two complete thugs from Svavelsj? M. Since the events in Gosseberga his colleague had certainly become withdrawn and hard to communicate with. he switched to being a private security consultant. but that was words.?? ??Gunnar Bj?rck. Then it??s a medical matter.?? ??Does anyone know about Torstensson??s condition??? asked one of the inspectors from Violent Crime. and Zalachenko. ??Turn the print over. I was terrified that something had happened. A locksmith with a criminal record who??s probably being paid to open your door. Even the noose was just a loop. She was very badly wounded. and that there was good reason to offer him a false identity and anonymity. he??s the one who gets S. Henry. What should have happened is that you should have taken the information to Holm. ??I can document every detail. One example is Karlskrona Homes.
I??m something as old-fashioned as a democrat. she??s on powerful painkillers. Salander had not thought about the fact that she would need a lawyer. Berger stared at the screen in frustration. even to one who knew more of the story than she did. Gullberg considered various alternatives and then chose to steer Bjurman carefully out of the picture. It seems completely beside the point. when I was editor-in-chief at Millennium. but at the moment it??s set for Wednesday. He??s out repairing the roof of the cabin. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue. How do you feel it??s going??? I have to discuss Vitavara with him. he could decide for himself what he wanted to do. But I can see to it that you get a nicotine patch or some gum. Inspector Thomas Paulsson had a shocked expression on his face. She did not mean to make their job any easier by confessing to something that would lead to a prison sentence.?? Magnusson nodded. But the work is often to do with people who have been threatened. She poured black coffee into a paper cup and ate a lettuce and cheese baguette. The fact is I need you to write something on the Zalachenko story before you leave here. for the sake of fairness. That was when he started making calls and decided it was time to go to Stockholm. Its task was to watch over national security.?? ??How long will the meeting take??? ??It??ll probably take an hour.?? ??You could say that he quit the Section in 1994 when he went over to the external organization. Then she got busy on the morning memo.
something he might not enjoy in any case.10 a.?? ??So now you know the lay of the land. He found himself.Q. That might result in a fine of ten times his daily income. Gradually she succeeded in sitting up. it provided a good account of S?po as a structure as well as its primary concerns over several decades. ??Animal Sex. Zalachenko??s case should have ended up in Counter-Espionage.iv Zalachenko had been awake for eight hours when Inspectors Modig and Erlander came to his room at 7.?? Wadensj?? was almost beside himself.?? ??So I heard.?? Sandberg said at last. Berger had not been able to sleep on Thursday night. Thank you.S. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff. SixOfOne had once claimed that he was a black. He had read about the eccentric journalist in the newspapers.?? Andersson said. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. When the cleaner had finished in the corridor.?? Blomkvist said. then Zalachenko. so Salander is in intensive care.
Good God. It was not until Wednesday night. I consider this office of central importance to Swedish democracy. we??re on our own??? Wadensj?? nodded. My guess is that Faulsson opened the door and M?rtensson spent the time in Blomkvist??s apartment.?? ??Why did S.?? The Prime Minister said: ??And my job is to run the country in accordance with the constitution. but a participant in unfolding events. just like Otto Danielsson. It??s possible that you??ll need another operation ?C on your shoulder ?C if we can??t arrest the infection with antibiotics. I??ve apologized to him for the way he was treated last night.?? Gullberg looked at Wadensj??. you have a number of loyal idiots working on your behalf. I have a mountain of work before the trial begins.m.K. and it was his job to see to it that it stayed intact. He made a call to his sister.?? Clinton shook his head again. She then related how he had repeatedly committed acts of sexual violence against her. Two strong men will be here in ten to twelve minutes. But he did recall that the man was introduced as the boss of the Section for Special Analysis. except for 1991 when he deliberately voted against the moderates because he believed that Carl Bildt was a realpolitik catastrophe.P. For most of industry. putting on a jacket as he switched off the lights and locked the door to his office.
Go and find Benny. collection. She had been at the helm when Svensson was murdered. The prosecutor is dealing with a marked deck. I especially like the way he wrote in the margin. ??I think she??s coming round. Let me explain why I gave orders that everything to do with Salander has to cross my desk. Twice convicted for beating his ex-wife. It??s hardly a story we can make public. WHORE! THE SOONER YOU DISAPPEAR THE BETTER. A second later the man from Malm??s photograph materialized at Teleborian??s side.?? ??I must not have realized that it would centre on Salander. ??It also tells us something about the character of our adversary. Bye. ??Torsten Edklinth has been given the task of finding out whether we can confirm this. This is really great. and stared for a moment into the distance. ask Annika to do this favour. I got a call from S. She forced herself to relax. Jew-lover. on the steep slope down towards Pryssgr?nd. She was calm.?? Jonasson unlocked the door and ushered the visitor in. He??s a good friend of mine.E.
we might save ourselves a lot of time.?? ??Unless she was armed.00 in the evening when Figuerola held the car door open for Blomkvist. You??re a lawyer and you??re a recognized authority in women??s rights. At a critical stage of the investigation they needed to know how the person in question might react if subjected to a great deal of stress.?? Cortez said. has no idea that you have access to this computer. academics. But he never regained consciousness and died after nine days in intensive care. He felt very much afraid that his suspicions were going to turn out to be justified. O. ??I??ve never had to give out information on a story before it??s published.?? Blomkvist went on.00. Anita Kaspersson has been found. which she sprayed in Lundin??s face. Sonny Nieminen.G. You??ll have your share of clashes with him. 2. He got up and went to the bathroom. ??There was one thing that struck me.?? ??If only that were the case. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking. One of the medics tended to Salander while the other took care of Alexander Zalachenko.I.
00 tonight you have to report for duty. isn??t just hiring Erika Berger. It had been a strenuous evening. 27. He had not said a word about the Wennerstr?m story either ?C not even Berger had known ?C but this time he had two confidants.?? ??Good God. He had his story straight and did not slip up. ??I think you??re right. I believe. Ultimately Zalachenko decided to restructure his entire operation in a new corporation that would be owned by Niedermann and himself. kidneys. You came here in the nick of time. yes. ??F?lldin??s conservative government was succeeded by Olof Palme??s. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. ??Phenomenally intelligent. But I can??t pay before I have access to the Internet.?? Magnusson nodded. I assure you that I will exercise the utmost discretion. examining every nook and cranny. ??Good morning.?? Faste said. ??Could I have a word??? They went together to the coffee machine in the canteen. She struggled to her feet and put her hand to her forehead.P. I??ve borrowed a room from the rabbi so we can speak undisturbed.
He asked her to open her mouth and examined her throat. We won??t see you for three months while you hop from one T. Falun would make 10. new mobile telephones and the like. but this was no time to start an argument. With the result that he was bound to express himself rather imprecisely.?? Morander held out his hand. Ekstr?m was leading two separate preliminary investigations.?? Mikael Blomkvist looked up at the clock and saw that it was just after 3. and who has a reputation for being the toughest. I can??t break the law. It was better to present the package all at once. and Bert Karlsson had formed the New Democracy Party. there??s going to be a rack of other charges.A. so he plugged in the charger. Dakota wrote. Your lawyer. generally cleaned up. He was asleep within thirty seconds. I??m looking for Fredrik Clinton.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. It was as well that Trinity belonged to the inquisitive rather than the malicious type of computer marauder.?? Blomkvist nodded. She hobbled to the door and leaned against the wall to catch her breath. ??I presume you have good reason for such secrecy.
but the blond man was gone. It was blocked. When they were settled in her new Saab 9-5. That folder is your most important evidence. She had observed his ill-concealed enthusiasm when he sauntered into the Friday meeting. The secret we both protected during my administration is now the subject of some very serious questions.M. who in their private life was a software developer in California.?? ??That??s not the only reason. Together with Eriksson and Malm. At this point Blomkvist should have realized that Paulsson was dangerously stupid.?? Salander still said nothing. Spain.?? He looked almost apologetic. Before she removed the doorstop from the bedroom door. she thinks it??s embarrassing and doesn??t quite know what to do.?? There was a knock at the door. Then Giannini crossed the room and pulled open the door.5 metres tall. Most likely it??s S?po ?C they would have an interest in suppressing Bj?rck??s report. And the murder of a person who was no friend of mine ?? a lawyer called Bjurman.O. and then our car in Nacka takes over.?? He muttered to himself as he turned down the corridor to his office. Even though it did not offer any answers to his immediate questions. He woke at 10.
Both were dressed in jeans and leather jackets.M. He used the term ??S. She had mixed feelings. and not chasing political mirages. weapons and fraud units of the state police.C. What else could he do? She returned to the subject of the front page. and that his updated version included the latest versions of Unix. It was a mess. She logged out and went to the U. ??You were lucky. Another seven messages were those so-called ??Nigeria letters?? from the widow of the former head of a bank in Abu Dhabi offering her ludicrous sums of money if she would only assist with a small sum of start-up money.?? Figuerola said: ??What do we do about Blomkvist??? ??In what sense??? ??We promised to give him feedback if we uncovered anything about Clinton and von Rottinger. He did not seem to take in anything that Blomkvist said. feeling stressed. ??Let me guess. He sat in the visitor??s chair and leaned back. I??ve checked. He was.?? * Borgsj? received Berger in his office next to the boardroom.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty.S. Then a shot was fired accidentally that hit him in the foot.?? said Modig. ??The people who were looking after Zalachenko went far beyond their jurisdiction.
and for you it??s a matter of finding out what was Niedermann??s role in Zalachenko??s business. This was where the cleaning supplies were kept. if I do an examination??? She nodded. Would you do me a favour and count to ten??? ??One two four ?? no ?? three four five six ???? Then she passed out. He had a late lunch at the first caf?? he saw.?? Blomkvist wrote down the information. But we can??t clear this matter up all by ourselves. I??m on my way to Kungsholmen right now. Source protection. according to a witness. despite the fact that I work here. Then he leaned forward. That folder is your most important evidence. Tell me ?? what do you think of Peter Teleborian??? Jonasson threw out the name so unexpectedly that Salander almost jumped.?? ??What??s this about. She??s finished with Millennium. for God??s sake.?? ??Hans Faste is back on duty. she should be on her feet well before then. although he had not in fact been working there. ??Gullberg has murdered Zalachenko and then shot himself in the head. Zalachenko. Let??s meet tonight at 9. You??re not going to win on your own. holding the flowers. When they were seventeen.
ever mention your name.?? Wadensj?? said. I heard her lecture once. 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.00 a. gathering up Blomkvist??s documentation. My father was a psychopath. ??Teleborian has a link to a person I know only as Jonas. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London. But she waited for him to speak. Bublanski and Modig looked dubious. chief of Secretariat. we have to keep tabs on all three of them ?C Berger.?? ??No need to apologize.C. It was inconvenient because the police intranet was at headquarters. Would Milton Security be willing to contribute??? ??That girl is going to need a damned good criminal lawyer. What complicated the issue was that not a word of what he was writing was true. and primarily outside Stockholm. Salander smiled.?? ??O.?? ??Could it be that Blomkvist made some of it up??? Nystr?m laughed. ??Dr Jonasson??? ??Yes??? ??My name is Peter Teleborian. I want to approve everything we publish on that topic. And I??ll have to buy a new shift dress or something on the way to work. apart from Gunnar Bj?rck.
P. it was surely pretty obvious that Salander was insane. He opened his eyes in bewilderment. was supposed to have access to everything.?? he said with real sorrow in his voice. She walked out of the front door just as the taxi drew up. then you??ll have to call Milton??s alarm centre immediately to cancel the emergency vehicle. and one of the few she had rewritten several times before she was satisfied.?? His tone was again hostile. They??re on the U. It was just before 1. The criticism meant that the Section??s future was questioned. Giannini had planned her visit to G?teborg as a brisk. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street.?? ??If you??re a good leader then you??ll discuss any concerns with the others. What I think is no longer of any interest. You have a reputation for not pulling your punches when there??s corruption involved. He had walked for only about ten minutes before he found a caf?? that served many unfamiliar types of coffee. If Niedermann talked. and there were incidents of violence and trouble with bouncers and others.Q. By 12.?? Blomkvist wrote down the information. a hospital nightshirt and a pair of plastic flip-flops that she had managed to borrow. But she had not said anything about why she had run her father to ground.?? ??Which is??? ??I??m an investigative journalist.
By that time he had won an international reputation.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. Bublanski was the leader of that investigation.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him. but you can??t do it by mistake. It is a very clear instruction.?? ??Nonsense. I obtained the information in my capacity as editor-in-chief of Millennium. This situation makes the Prime Minister both angry and uneasy. and it can be postponed for longer if you need more time. ??That won??t happen now. he charted it with respect to the time it took to speak the word.?? She nodded. We just don??t have the editorial capacity for what we??re trying to do. picked up his laptop case. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m.I. She had been robbed. but I would tread carefully if I were you. of course. Zalachenko had been referred to Thomasson through a business associate five years earlier. when she was due to appear at a school in T?by. Save yourself making a big mistake: check it out with your superior officers. ??Where??? ??This afternoon I found out that Salander has taken on a lawyer. I don??t know if it was your father or somebody else in the family who helped him. At S.
A. There was a confused atmosphere in the newsroom throughout the afternoon. Wadensj?? has a young kid. is guilty of these crimes.00 she had accomplished nothing and decided to go home. get in your car and meet me in S?dert?lje.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson.?? ??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.S. This was a threat that made an impression on F?lldin. ??Blomkvist and Millennium are going to publish it. which Bj?rck and Teleborian drafted together. He pushed the thought away.?? ??It??s a bit complicated.?? ??Do you want to take the chance? Let??s say Zalachenko talks.?? ??Or you could just ask me. Even the spouses of his colleagues were not permitted in the corridors of S. They do their best to ignore anything they hear about us. almost two weeks after Blomkvist had given her Cortez??s research papers on Borgsj?.?? ??Alright. and Mia Johansson. walking into the hallway to keep a close eye on Bj?rck as he turned off the coffee machine and picked up his coat. that he saw visions ?C ghosts even. He looked at her for a while from the doorway before he went in and sat down on the edge of the sofa and woke her. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. his late wife??s name.
After the meeting at Milton Security the previous evening. and nobody became a member of this exclusive club without very strong recommendations. information that absolutely could not be disseminated. Twice since midnight the duty nurse had put her head around the door. ??Why should that be a problem??? Eriksson said. The text was sent at 7. ??Evert Gullberg.?? ??I??m on the way in. and he had been on the staff of the Section for ten years. ??I was the one who woke you after surgery. thrown her on to her stomach on the bed. when he moved back to Sweden. But after five governmental ?C and roundly criticized ?C S?po investigations. Eventually he put the folder aside. They tell us in advance the days they aren??t available because of holidays or something else. And things similar. C. ??No. She actually asked him how many copies there were in circulation. I cannot help you.?? ??We??ll have to ask the head of the legal department to take a look at this and determine exactly what is formally correct. From the government.30 he was checking into a small hotel about fifteen minutes?? walk from the Hague??s Centraal Station. Both IB and S. The son-of-a-bitch is probably out screwing around with some bimbo with big boobs.?? Blomkvist thanked him and took a taxi to City Hotel on Lorensbergsgatan.
m. she would be transferred to Kronoberg prison in Stockholm to await trial.S. But I??m beginning to suspect that this Zalachenko club is out of house. Chairman of the Board Borgsj? arrived at 2.T. She would never be able to get at the mobile. He must have driven up the 180 through Bor?s and swung south. ??The question is.?? ??They want to take you over to the prison in G?teborg tonight. What are you up to??? ??I??m sitting at home sorting through my collection of photographs of old lovers.M.?? ??That helps a bit.?? ??And he got Hans Faste all worked up. ??You??re here on a temporary basis.?? He scrubbed her back and soaped her shoulders. Finally his uneasiness took the upper hand. his sister was no help either.?? ??I see. This caused the activists in Hacker Republic to devote a startling amount of energy for six months to hacking and destroying every computer owned by that company. Both of you. Who would do it ?? you? But she has to disappear. Sp?ngberg. ??But it doesn??t add up.V. Inspector Thomas Paulsson had a shocked expression on his face.
the investigation and registration of Swedish citizens who might be suspected of harbouring communist or subversive views. The following is important: (1) Before Zalachenko was shot he denied everything and claimed that it could only have been Niedermann who shot and buried you. Lisbeth is an extraordinary person. All except for one thing. But that won??t work for the rest of us.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent. And I??ll have to buy a new shift dress or something on the way to work.M. and the fact that the girl was shot three times. The whole point of the socialized human being was to not give in to that sort of impulse. ??You know what I would have done. gentlemen. During the next hour. but they chose to protect Zalachenko because he was a source of valuable information. The notion of secrecy took on a whole new dimension. Hans von Rottinger had first hired Falun for the Section in 1986 for an operation that involved forcing entry into the home of the leader of an anarchist group. But it would have to be something very unusual. The unit had procured a generous severance package from Security Police funds. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko. The first year??s budget amounted to 52. How??s Mikael doing??? ??He??s dead to the world. If you are involved. ??I made a copy for Curt but I never had a chance to give it to him before the Prosecutor General collected the others..?? When Blomkvist reached home at 5.?? Figuerola said to no-one in particular.
Unfortunately Dr Jonasson had made it difficult even for Giannini to have access to her client.06 in the evening. Gullberg had spent his life on his majesty??s secret service. hardly anyone socialized with each other in their free time.?? she said. I blockaded the door and locked us in the bathroom. ??Trained as a navy frogman and then attended the police academy in the early ??90s. Policemen possibly excepted. I should perhaps mention that I opposed that action.P. He had the face of a model and looked weak. What??s the problem??? Blomkvist said. I have no idea where he is or where he might go.?? They saw a tall man with a narrow moustache who was wearing a hat. You make 112. Since Prosecutor Ekstr?m had tentatively referred to a trial in July. felt a rush of pain and fell to the ground. ??So I wish to press charges against my daughter.?? ??And Salander??? ??She??s part of what makes it so interesting. Richard Ekstr?m. The other participants at the meeting were two individuals from the top echelon of the Firm.T. ??I??ve been told that you don??t generally communicate much with the authorities. He glanced at Cortez and Karim.W. Borgsj? is going to be fired.
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