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?? ??So.?? ??Denmark??? ??Correct.00 p. had imported goods from a company on the United Nations blacklist of companies using child labour ?C and in this case slave labour too. even if the printer breaks every record for us. The secret was known also to a thirteenth person.?? ??Lisbeth???? ??Wait. Luckily she does accept information. ??His behaviour was a bit odd and a little too eager. ??I??m guessing that he??s sitting there wishing he??d never heard of Zalachenko. He saw a dining-room table of dark wood that was cluttered with glasses. He was based in London. ??So you??re telling me instead. Edklinth and Figuerola looked at him. And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience. And you send a couple of village policemen to arrest him as if he were some Saturday night drunk. He then engaged Thomasson on a couple of other matters. & M.?? ??Well.00 on Friday night. When she returned to her station. She was the one who got in touch with us after Lisbeth??s unexpected visit.
puzzled.00. If we don??t have a source for something. The investigation was totally inadequate.?? ??Umm-hmm. Only four people in the world knew how he had come by that scar. The editor-in-chief has to be the one who takes the initiative.. other people can. And I??ll have to buy a new shift dress or something on the way to work. ??My name is Annika Giannini and I??ve been taken on to represent Lisbeth Salander. He was moved from Personal Protection and is working on his own. So we??ve cut back. The scandals had undoubtedly been many. She considered calling Daniel Mogren. Hiding behind the arras in this situation is a wildly overrated tactic in view of all that has been written about you since Easter. she very steadily raised her Nikon with its 300mm telephoto lens and took two pictures.G. he watched as Torstensson and Ingemarsson drove off in their patrol car. as he often did for patients after an operation. then we have to produce a smaller newspaper. but it did not look so good now.
nor could she see him in the newsroom. There were two kinds of injury that he hated. It??s Friday night. The sky was filled with leaden thunderclouds. At 2.?? The discussion went on until lunchtime.?? ??Did you come straight here??? ??Yes ?? no. No.?? Figuerola said ??What??s that??? ??Evert Gullberg. he actually slept in the car coming down from Nossebro. and damn near destroy him with two blows of an axe. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. First of all.?? the P.. He did not want Niedermann to die.?? Berglund said. But what do we do if a threat to the constitution comes from within our own organization??? For the next half hour he told her what Armansky had told him the night before. but he stopped himself. injure any vital areas.00 on a Saturday afternoon??? Figuerola and Blomkvist exchanged a sceptical look. Berger did not regularly write a diary.
?? ??It seems to be a modest group. ??I??m going home.?? ??So you??re saying that Salander isn??t exactly what she seems to be. ??Zala is a Russian hit man ?C apparently without a grain of conscience ?C who defected in the ??70s. Its mandate put it outside regular operations.?? ??How are you??? ??I??m sick.?? ??Hi. ??When the city edition of the paper landed in my letterbox this morning we had a three-column story about Salander and the developments in the Stallarholmen incident in our best news spot. She sat for a long time thinking about the day??s events. Malin.K. She??ll have to choose between selling her share of Millennium and leaving our board ?? or in the worst case. and they had both ended up in bed with Torkel. Let??s agree on what??s most important right now. ??I can suggest a few names. too.M. She pulled out her mobile and pretended to be talking. where Dr Jonasson received him and immediately initiated a battery of measures to maintain his vital functions.?? ??That??s correct.?? ??That??s me. either by customs or by passport control.
?? Figuerola said ??What??s that??? ??Evert Gullberg. I don??t know exactly what happened here tonight. Finally Bublanski got up and stood at the window. That bastard Zalachenko. She could give a good description of the woman.?? They shook hands.m. then she signalled yes. ??In other words.. Nor Cortez for that matter. Wrong. It was this last which created potentially acute political problems. tubes loose as she carried her to the bathroom and set her on the toilet seat. Gullberg had been appointed head of a newly created division with the working title of ??the Special Section??. or other handicaps from the injury. including the Prime Minister. ??I??m going home. and that over the years this conspiracy has committed what could be categorized as serious criminal acts. We have him in the Secret State Police from the early ??50s to 1964.?? ??My priority is that Salander should be acquitted and declared competent. Millennium is going to publish a story that I am contractually bound not to reveal to S.
But that wasn??t why I had to see you tonight. Eriksson and Malm. At lunchtime on Monday she had a visit from Dr Jonasson.?? ??F?lldin is an honest man.A. Malm put down the printout of his article. ??This is the most important weapon Lisbeth has in her arsenal ?C she has to have it. Accordingly he had to contrive some cause that would legitimize what he was doing. ??So what??s this visit all about then??? Holmberg looked out of the window and saw a magpie land next to his car and peck at the ground. and called Eriksson and Cortez into his office. but we??ve had no report of a car being stolen thereabouts. Berger could not see why Holm had adopted this attitude towards her. He??s actually in worse shape than you are. Lunch consisted of black coffee and a meatball sandwich with beetroot salad. if I came after 9.?? She nodded.?? ??I have to make a call and???? ??You can make your call from Kungsholmen. My name is Jerker Holmberg. ??Can I buy you breakfast??? ??Can one get pancakes and jam anywhere round here??? ??Waffles. ??I don??t want to be quoted. He had come on board recently to clean up the shambles of what was known as the Internal Bureau affair. She dialled the number and explained where she was and why she had not come home.
?? Holmberg said. you have to understand that Salander is exceptionally resourceful.?? As she lay in bed Berger thought about what Linder had said. What do you know about his role??? ??He??s one of the major players. so that you can decide whether you can or you can??t. Blomkvist??s magazine was intending to expose him. ??But you??re the leader of the preliminary investigation. He didn??t go into any detail. who did not have the authority to walk into the Security Police and start demanding documents and other evidence.?? ??Sure. I don??t know if it contains anything compromising.?? ??Alright. Doctors had tried resuscitation immediately after the shooting. He??s worked at S. It was a gigantic step up from Millennium with a staff of five to a daily newspaper with eighty reporters and another ninety people in administration. ??I??ve kicked myself a hundred times about it.?? He nodded curtly once before he went out and locked the door.?? ??There??s forensic evidence that???? ??Fuck the forensic evidence.?? said Modig. She picked up her mobile to call Fredriksson and explained that she had hurt herself. but they did not exist anywhere in the formal structure of the Security Police. to see how her pupils contracted and expanded.
??My pleasure. We haven??t had any tip-offs. and in fact he??s already on his way. ??Listen ?? I??m not an open book for everyone to read. The Prime Minister had begun to talk about how.?? ??The reason I work out is that it feels great. consultant at the Trades Union Federation ?C his only venture into the I. An awkward situation. But someone with Niedermann??s distinctive appearance is not going to go unnoticed for long.. He called his sister. Naturally he has stayed in contact with the Section throughout. could home in highly sensitive antennae on a specific building anywhere in the world. so mostly I see the negative things. He was obviously not the faithful type. then that??s speculation.. He bought a pack of Lucky Strike and a tin of G?teborg??s Rap?? snuff. in your study upstairs. Henry ?? you??ll have to go full-time and take Malin??s place as assistant editor.?? said Bublanski. Berger??s boss is a bloody crook.
?? Modig nodded. Yet Blomkvist was right: behind the conspiracy there had to be others not known to her who had contributed to the shaping of her life. and some cash. Fredriksson was forty-five years old and also relatively new to the paper. She opened them and dropped the brace to the floor. She was increasingly dependent on Fredriksson??s judgement in the light of her loss of confidence in Anders Holm.P.?? ??Armansky.C. Absentmindedly she read his email. she would leave hospital with a scar on her scalp. He would not be able to get back to sleep. Serial number unknown. One question he could not answer ?C based on the existing documentation ?C was who in S?po. I want you to focus on the follow-up care given to severely injured patients in corridor 11C. An alarm is an alarm and is completely pointless if some nutcase is standing in your living room with an automatic weapon.?? ??Calculating what??? ??I mean. including in the military. This thought upset Zalachenko. She had to put names and social security numbers to these people. I couldn??t even take notes. even fear.
The image was pornographic: a naked woman with exceptionally large breasts. He happened to read the registration number.?? ??The board approved your measures. Thomasson could provide him with all that. ??Hello. And not quite right in the head. in accordance with his own paranoid delusions. account pinged. a black leather jacket and running shoes. The doctors think she??ll make a full recovery. More than 230 people. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London. That was a crime. He could not identify any one of them. Have you got a mobile on you??? ??A what??? ??A mobile. to bring some clarity to the fog in which Paulsson was apparently enveloped. They were officers used to investigating real crimes. and G. May I come in??? Holmberg sat at the kitchen table while F?lldin poured them some coffee. and all that stuff about a lesbian Satanist gang is probably a smokescreen originating mainly from him. and this paper will come out tomorrow too. He took the registration number and looked me up.
and came to the realization that most of all she felt indifference towards her entire life. ??Right. As I understand it. Malin. Gullberg. Each day he had checked the address he had given to Criminal Inspector Modig. You all know our deadlines. That address doesn??t exist. His parents lived in ?rebro and they were his sole heirs. such as ??O. The only spot from which the entrance door to the building could be observed directly was from the promenade and footbridge on upper Bellmansgatan near the Maria lift and the Laurinska building. and one in Nacka. and that in turn would lead to even more damaging speculation and perhaps yet more insistent investigation. He took the registration number and looked me up. with thin reddish-blond hair. who knows? Maybe I??ll come back to Millennium before I retire. Is that understood??? ??Yes. But first I??d like to examine you.M. even though his motives were not to harm her.?? Ekstr?m said. he had helped in the attempt to murder and bury her.
S.?? ??If anything should happen. then pulled the forceps straight out.?? ??Just doing my job. Kurdo??? ??Of course. But it was. agent who had apparently turned up in Sweden on Election Day in 1976. but I anticipate we??ll have grounds for charging him with the three murders here in Stockholm. She had decided to stay in G?teborg at 4. But I understand making newspapers.?? ??Anything else??? ??Sandberg lives in Sollentuna.?? ??It??s an excellent system.?? ??In 1989 a refugee by the name of Idris Ghidi came to Sweden from Iraq.?? ??Micke. and she got it at St Stefan??s.?? ??That is grossly unfair.?? ??O. And yet she had connectivity.?? ??As Prime Minister I??m not in a position to deliver any such information. Agneta Sofia Salander.?? ??Sounds good.?? ??And who is your superior??? ??I regret it.
Then she shook enough life into her husband to explain where she was off to. ??Not quite yet. He wondered what would happen if he acted on his impulse. but I doubt that??s who you??re working for. She was still thinking when she heard footsteps in the corridor. but bit by bit she gathered that a man was being sought for the killing. So he spent the whole of Friday brooding alone in his office. At morning rounds.T. Nothing could compare with the pain he had undergone for several weeks. I can tell you that I see no sign of mental illness. All this happened on the day Zalachenko was murdered. and import everything from Thailand. then surely there was good reason to take her in for psychiatric treatment. none of this looks like much fun. the signature of the Prime Minister meant that he had sanctioned the need for a unit that would be responsible for ??internal personnel control??. and when he was pressingly invited to dinner and a private conversation. replaced by new technology ?? but the number of reporters contributing to copy was reduced by 48 during that period.?? ??Any safe??? ??No ?? not that I can see.I. He spent a chapter debunking first what the press had written about Salander. but she kept her distance.
He focused his gaze on the computer screen.?? ??And what if I make a wrong decision??? ??If I see or hear anything out of the ordinary.?? ??But what about a budget? An operation like this has to be financed. the Russians will swiftly identify our informants and sources in Russia.?? ??I think you have to do a bit more physio on your shoulder muscles. and we??ve begun to co-operate???? ??We??ll hold off on the press conference until we know more. Foolish to think otherwise.?? ??You??re at the Sahlgrenska in G?teborg. When she closed the door he arduously sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed.?? Sellberg said.M. but he walked briskly from the Academic bookshop to the side entrance of N. a lot of jobs and good money for several years. Trust me. but it??s the research we??re after.?? ??Good. I can??t do it ?? that would be presumptuous of me. I cannot help it if some idiot in the Security Police fantasizes in his reports.I. or at least suffered such massive trauma that she would have been in a coma.?? ??It??s a fake.I.
And the reasoning among the board was to bring in the most improbable editor-in-chief they could think of. And tell them that next time they should send a grown man for me to discuss things with. Salander visited him only once in a blue moon. but it was being carried out so clumsily that he could hardly have helped but notice. She went to her study and turned on the light.?? he said. about two hours later than usual.?? he said. ??Everyone??s here. ??Ekstr?m??s holding a press conference at 3. Our operations chief Johan Fr?klund has been looking into his background. May I come in??? Holmberg sat at the kitchen table while F?lldin poured them some coffee.?? ??You said there was no rush. Go and find Benny.?? Blomkvist turned and looked at her profile. without his father there to guide him. An hour??s research turned up the information that M?rtensson held the title of business consultant and owned a private company whose address was a P. At first he had been almost hostile. That would be placing myself in the same relation to you as the Minister of Justice??s predecessor once stood to the journalist Ebbe Carlsson.?? This. One was pronounced D. For a moment she envied Berger.
Possibly also to show them how a real police investigation should be run.?? Edklinth swallowed and nodded. I??ve been reading a lot about you. The problem is the ones who won??t let them do their jobs. But you ought to know that you could easily kill an intruder with a golf club. Through the service??s language school. She was walking to the university when someone shot her with a crossbow. if the entire underworld is looking for him. 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. Through its global satellite monitoring the N. you say??? ??I don??t believe F?lldin would have covered up something like this. ??Can I share information with you and discuss things with you without the risk of your leaking it to the police or to anyone else??? ??I can??t get involved in criminal activity. They??ve committed serious criminal acts and they??ll be the object of a preliminary investigation.?? ??There was a ?? Clinton. For them costcutting was what counted. Salander found the report. exposed Wennerstr?m and eventually got him a life sentence for treason at L?ngholmen prison. Have you got the number of Mikael??s second mobile? The one that??s not tapped. it could also be classified as murder.?? ??Aha what??? ??Nothing. She had a memory of being surprised that he had run away and she did not know why. turned on but not uplinked.
I would use the thinnest forceps you have. Henry Cortez answered. another half-dozen citizens had come online and welcomed back Wasp before joining the debate. There were bandages.?? ??Gunnar Bj?rck. The doctors think she??ll make a full recovery. Then she checked the hard drives of Ekstr?m (some routine correspondence about the trial) and Teleborian. ??There??s something I have to do. She ran her hand over the neck brace and located the fastenings that held it in place.?? ??Anything new on Svavelsj? M.00. If the government was not informed. And things similar.?? ??What is it you want??? ??Over the years there have been a number of public reports on S?po. The old bastard had a pistol too. and then he produced rolls and coffee from a thermos. This is one cold bastard. He thought for a long while and then began to write. They contained data. From now on Blomkvist would be allowed only into the temporary office at Fridhemsplan.?? They shook hands. She reached out and slid the bag under the covers and pressed the coil of cord into her crotch.
The nurses obviously had been instructed not to discuss other patients. for the sake of fairness. In the States a special group of internal spy chasers was created within the C. and picked up the three A4 pages that comprised the meagre results of their search for Niedermann. Nieminen walked the fifty metres to the barn. but she worked so furiously on her projects that she was encouraged to go home when the day was done. had a reputation for not wasting time on formalities or mere courtesies. And when he saw the car again the next morning he was not surprised. He was on leave of absence from the Section for two years in the ??80s when he worked as intelligence attach??. He must have. This happened because Bublanski had repeatedly tried to get hold of Bj?rck. that her hair was one big lump of dried clay.P. for some unknown reason. Teleborian. ??Oops.S.?? ??Does anyone have any information on Lisbeth Salander??s condition??? Blomkvist said. somebody had gone into her bathroom and taken Millennium??s material about Vitavara Inc. and there??s no-one who can tell us who his clients were.P. It cannot be ruled out that there is a minor bleed that is not visible on the images.
of course. where I work.?? he said. and a typical libertarian when it came to freedom of the press. One policeman killed and another seriously wounded.P.?? Gullberg said. you check it out. He could not move it even a millimetre.?? She took Salander??s hand and helped her into the bed.?? Clinton shook his head again. so she followed him. Zalachenko acknowledged for the umpteenth time that it was a shame and a crime that his son did not possess certain qualities.20.?? ??I follow your reasoning.?? ??Could we stop going round in circles? Why do you think I arranged this meeting??? ??To find out what I know and what I intend to do with it. shrink-wrapped and sent out with the special summer issue. Gullberg drew up a list of names that were connected to Palme: Carl Lidbom. Then Dr Jonasson and Blomkvist had upset her plans by smuggling in her Palm. Teleborian to the south. ??Probably. It was 2.
03.?? Blomkvist said. It was the reorganization of 1964 that had shaped Gullberg??s future career.K. When they started plying him with questions about his possible involvement in trafficking and other criminal activities. He looked like a bit player in E. ??I can understand why you??d want to quit this madhouse ?? but to be the head of Sweden??s most turgid old-boy newspaper ?? that??s going to take some time to sink in. Without actually uttering a single inappropriate word. Inspector Figuerola was named as their chief. You??ll have to think about this possibility when you plan your strategy.S. Do you think it??s a turn-off. Zalachenko was technically an immigrant. Never mind that Zalachenko had supposedly been murdered by a nutter. For the construction industry it??s the opposite. What have you got??? ??Three names. ??I??m on call this weekend.000 other mobile telephones within a kilometre of police headquarters.?? ??So ?? what else? Illegal tapping or something??? Edklinth said. it is sick. I??ve worked at Constitutional Protection for three years. threat or coercion for the purpose of altering our form of government.
albeit under guardianship.?? Fransson said. ??Where are you guys??? ??You said to call when we passed Ikea.?? ??Good enough. She rang for the nurse and asked for another Tylenol. P.?? ??Thanks. and was one of Sweden??s most popular actors. where she had written: She had spent several weeks in the Caribbean last winter working herself into a frenzy over Fermat??s theorem. ??Take a seat. He sat still for while. Espionage in Sweden by Mikael Rosquist (Tempus. ??Find out what he??s working on. and a navy blue jacket. The older man got in. It??s your job to take care of Lisbeth??s physical and mental health.P. Inspector Paulsson had started out with a relatively manageable situation: now he had a murdered policeman and an armed killer on the run. a work of art.?? ??I didn??t have much choice. and gave them one last instruction. ??There was one thing that struck me.
Day-to-day stuff they could and should do on their own mobiles. So he spent the whole of Friday brooding alone in his office. particularly in the Malm? area. and parliament??s security detail had been informed. They had arranged for him to have the best rehabilitative care. he had done an evaluation of Salander??s condition. He had been given large doses of painkillers. He had a limp. but in a week nobody will even remember the name Zalachenko. He became aware that his ears were ringing after the shot and he rubbed his left one with his free hand. It has been 56 days since your last visit. ??To your right. That was unusual.?? ??You still haven??t answered the question. I have no idea where he is or where he might go. He was gasping as if he had just run a marathon. He had never been arrested. He was trained in accounting and had begun his career as financial adviser to a Yugoslav who owned a string of bars. ??In the first instance. Classify TOP SECRET.?? ??Why didn??t you say anything??? Blomkvist said. she knew.
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night. but he was taken to St G?ran??s hospital and the group had more of a mop-up job to do than ever. Ekstr?m hated press conferences.
and taped hours and hours of conversations of no interest whatsoever
and taped hours and hours of conversations of no interest whatsoever. Behind them came an older. She was a little shaky now that the adrenaline had worn off. As luck would have it.I. and they lack credibility. If I understand the matter correctly. since Billing took an unpleasant tone with most of the people to whom he wrote messages ?C reporters.?? ??It??s a hell of a dilemma. But they were every one of them computer wizards.V.30 on Wednesday morning. She waited until the woman reached the crossing in front of her. He was offered supervisory training a few years ago but turned it down. But he could not work out this strange girl. it??s all speculation. forty-four. looking around in desperation. They had both left S. Second.??* ??I??m not Ebbe Carlsson. That was the sound I heard last night.
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. There were photographs from various parties. I might be able to use some leverage if I need to. and a number of individuals were acting outside of. given the circumstances. Lena Nygren. But when Blomkvist came over to give him a secure mobile. Blomkvist knows Salander and has always believed in her innocence. Then he raised the revolver one last time.?? ??But what about a budget? An operation like this has to be financed.?? ??Toilets. Then he took his mop and swabbed the corners in the reception area where the brushes of the floor polisher could not reach. and then with great resolve kicked the stool across the room. We??ve had him under surveillance round the clock for the past week.?? he said.00 and gathered the employees for a brief memorial to Morander. for having struck Zalachenko on the head with an axe.?? Nystr?m said.M. She reached for the telephone to call him. In came Jonasson. S.
00 at the Ring in Central Station. researcher or media that had carried out a critical examination of S?po. It was dark and she had no sense of how long she had been aimlessly walking.?? ??That??s the story I??m going to publish. Once at the Amaranth on Kungsholmen and sometimes at the Continental pub. ??They??ll twist what I say and use it against me. or swimming. ??Evert. Hans von Rottinger was always a pleasant chap.?? Andersson said.R. But the thing is. ??The staff would like to have a word. I??m not allowed to reveal what I know about the Salander story.C.?? ??We??? ??I mean the staff and the board.?? Berger smiled. and vigorous. what tone of voice and frequency range it had. much of it dealt with Salander??s mental state.?? Wadensj?? said. But he??s an idiot.
Starting now. he had no objection to doing Blomkvist this favour ?C a favour worth 1000 kronor a week. ??May I come in??? Salander studied her without expression. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. He wondered what would happen if he acted on his impulse.?? Sandberg said into a handsfree mobile. and appeared in several articles. He opened the entrance door using the code and took the stairs to the top-floor apartment. you were the only one in the group who offered any opposition when he answered our questions. who was also a temp. She sounded surprised.?? ??Cancer??? ??He??s been carrying that gun around for the past six months. and the purpose of the trial is to get me committed to a secure psychiatric ward.??? ??Nieminen has taken over as club president while Lundin remains in custody. We have more serious issues to discuss. with an apologetic glance at Blomkvist. who had obviously not paid attention to a word he had said. he had been head-hunted from outside the company ?C so he had once taken that very same first walk to his office. It must have been done with the consent of the authorities. and he had to stop after each step to deal with the pain. That was when she felt that there was something hard beneath her head. The headache will eventually go away altogether.
you may not speak with anyone but myself and Monica Figuerola. she easily decoded the correspondence. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands. and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich.?? ??What happened if you needed to get in contact with them? For instance.?? He put his arms around her.M. He made his way to the end of the corridor. in the form of convicts. but you have to think about Christer and the others on the staff too. who??s leading the investigation into Zalachenko??s murder.?? ??A whole bunch of crimes. how are you all doing??? ??Sandberg is brighter than we thought. The smoking ban at Millennium had soon been relaxed after Berger left.?? the Minister of Justice said.?? ??O.?? Jervas said. He can be surly sometimes. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. had enormous resources and used a vast network in order to capture a large number of mobile conversations in a certain region simultaneously. he had a rough draft of two articles totalling twenty-one pages. that is.
But today is my last day of work. even if the printer breaks every record for us. Shall we say 6. He logged on to her broadband connection. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. he began to recover.?? Gullberg shook his head. we??re going to need telephone taps and bugs in everyone??s homes.?? Olsson said. regardless of how belligerently an opponent might behave. So we are asking for your help. She looked at the text for a minute and pursed her lips. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. And I soon found out that some crimes are never even investigated. Most regrettably it was Thorbj?rn F?lldin who became Prime Minister. was being sought for the killing of a policeman.?? ??Hmm. Then he called Berger. I just need to know if he has a meeting with anybody right now. She could not tell how bad the situation was. He was gone from 1985 to 1987. I??m going to the media if these bastards piss all over Salander one more time.
With the possible exception of President Nixon??s lunatic break-in at Watergate. Zalachenko patiently explained that.C. then I??m sure she will. Ideally he should have come under the auspices of the military intelligence service. or where. He looked at the girl??s shaved and wounded head. 11. she had pushed all thoughts of the Section to one side and concentrated on Berger??s problem. one in Stockholm. recently treated for depression. She parked on Bergsgatan.?? ??I see what you mean when you say I might land in it up to my neck. but check her E. You might be able to trace the I. We haven??t found hide nor hair of her since. Contact with the Net. And if the person responsible for Zalachenko??s safety had seen fit to resign. Plague. She got up. he had gone back in time and described Zalachenko??s arrival in Sweden. he was sent to Karlskrona as a signal tracker in the navy??s intelligence service.
As a result of this outburst.M. He did not see anyone. As he ran he called Cortez on his T10.?? Trinity said. But the surgeon says he has high hopes that she??ll survive.000 kronor for a week??s research on a story that was not now going to be published.?? He grunted some more and promised to scold her when she got home. Cortez had come to his apartment in the afternoon with six books.?? Berger explained what had happened and asked whether Milton Security could take over the contract from Nacka Integrated Protection. Berger had reluctantly agreed and then fallen asleep on the living-room sofa in front of the boarded-up picture window.M. extracting a full-metal-jacketed bullet from human brain tissue. It was Gullberg who took up the thread. but Lisbeth tracked down her father whom she hadn??t seen for fifteen years. This is about a small group of conspirators. lined up the possibilities. The fact that her home had been subject to an attack was understandable ?C it was where it was and impossible to disguise. Holmberg nodded. which in turn is sole owner of a subsidiary called Vitavara Inc. Bublanski had called the meeting on Sunday because he knew that preliminary investigation leader Richard Ekstr?m was busy elsewhere.?? ??Take your time.
And yet it was her life that was going to be turned inside out. If there??s a crisis and you need help.?? said Berger. Every time she accessed Teleborian??s hard drive she felt as if her body temperature dropped a few degrees.00 and called Eriksson at Millennium. Straight ahead of her.?? Blomkvist explained how F?lldin had reacted to the information about Zalachenko and how he had travelled to the Hague to interview Janeryd. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson.P. She was feeling guilty because she had not contacted Blomkvist even once since the day she had walked into S. Then he called Dragan Armansky. Morander put a great deal of trust in you.?? ??This doesn??t mean that I distrust you. Edklinth would go through the roof. the alarm we installed today contains two components. to whom he had to deliver monthly reports. The fourth was a copy of Ekstr?m??s email folder made at 2. She had caught up with him just as he was leaving for home; she had suggested a conversation over a cup of coffee. but stopped when she saw the woman head for the Pressbyr?n kiosk instead of through the turnstiles. And I??m dead tired. had come under question more and more in recent years. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor.
It was inconvenient because the police intranet was at headquarters. You mustn??t ever forget something like that. her blood pressure. He called Karim in.?? the girl said. she drew an age curve and deleted everyone over fifty-five and under twenty-five. He??s not married. The batteries.C. As always. Gullberg was pleased as well. I asked her to be here because what we??re going to discuss will also affect her job. It was parked on a side street 350 metres from the railway station. she called the police. The car was still there. that??s not how a magazine is supposed to look. and we??ll make you a proposal. ??Could I borrow your balcony??? ??As long as you brush your teeth afterwards. is still one of the big papers. All the company??s secrets and emails ?C along with some fake documents that might lead people to think that its C. She had no intention of doing that. He would have to cancel the 10.
??And who do you think is going to investigate Salander??? Bublanski said. It was through this organization that the young man was brought to the attention of the Section and recruited. he was sent to Karlskrona as a signal tracker in the navy??s intelligence service. ??What kind of car does G?ransson have??? Nieminen said.?? * Erlander had a chat with Giannini in a brief interlude between one or other or both of them talking on their mobiles.M. held it to his temple. Salander was one of them. After a while she took her Filofax from her briefcase and opened it to the notes section. I want you to promise to give him protection as a source.?? Eriksson said. But I need your help for an introduction ?C so that Idris will listen to me. He was beyond all help. The person who bears this letter is working unofficially and has my trust.?? ??I didn??t give anyone permission to arrest Bj?rck. or how much Armansky and Palmgren and I. ??I miss you. That could not have been chance.?? ??I don??t even know which colleague you??re talking about. ??Hans von Rottinger and Fredrik Clinton.?? Mikael Blomkvist looked up at the clock and saw that it was just after 3. It was a structure with only two ranks.
?? Nystr?m said. it??s not certain that anyone would believe him. He??ll be leading the Section??s operations department until the present crisis is over.30 p. if you??ll forgive me for saying so. ??Give me a few years at the daily and then.?? ??As things now stand.?? ??This sounds fun. To raise the matter with the chief of Secretariat might be to chuck a very large stone into a pond. the trail will fizzle out. so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. Blomkvist took a chance. ?C among the few people who actually knew about the existence of the Section ?C a certain amount of criticism had surfaced. moving away. author of the report. He had crossed Mariatorget and was just turning up St Paulsgatan when his mobile beeped. She was a pretty. The difficulty is that this report does not correspond with other reports that we have in our archives. That would be placing myself in the same relation to you as the Minister of Justice??s predecessor once stood to the journalist Ebbe Carlsson. Then he stood up. spear. He would need crutches.
it??s not a unique situation in the wake of the Soviet Union??s collapse. which came a couple of times a week.?? Bublanski said nothing for a long while.?? ??I see. There were two kinds of injury that he hated. but he??s afraid to make operational decisions. Ever since the girls were nine or ten. Yet she felt indifferent.?? ??Next. I??ll explain the situation. that she had been shot three times. and that impression was magnified by the fact that she was standing two steps above him. According to the P.?? ??What do we do now??? ??I have no idea.37. not really. Her mobile was being monitored. as a result of which Wu was rescued from certain death.30 on Monday morning.?? ??You still haven??t answered the question. but when you were uncovered I was pretty busy stopping the bleeding and extracting bullets and so on. and pretty strongly at that ?? He must have something up his sleeve.
For the second time in less than a week Jonasson performed emergency surgery. Clinton sank silently on to the chair that was offered. Salander was obviously deranged. In point of fact. So we??re bound to observe the bureaucratic procedures. but usually he just followed through with what other people had already decided. He had offered credentials to indicate that he worked for S.?? ??But let??s save the secrets till we meet again tomorrow. He??s over two metres tall and built like a tank. Every other basic right. I would very much like to discover how you came by all this information. ??I assume that this is bound to leak to the media. but he??s usable.?? ??He had a hell of a good motive.?? ??That sounds good.?? ??But if you get difficult about the fact that I??m going to use unethical methods.P. She bought a tin of Catch Dry snuff and went back out on to S?dermalmstorg and turned right across Katarinav?gen.C.?? ??That??s a comfort. We??ll keep in touch by mobile. work it out! / Kalle B.
?? Salander flipped the mobile shut so that Berger would not be tempted to waste precious seconds with unnecessary questions. She could just reach it without having to move her body. Then he inserted a thinner probe and located the bullet. and then Niedermann. Nilsson was not unhappy that she had been passed over. Correct to lock up Salander 1991.?? ??I myself would have checked into a hotel. There were plenty of examples of these fools taking the leap from fantasy to action. had to be added to the list: Peter Teleborian. but now she??s really going to need a lawyer.?? Gullberg looked at Sandberg with blank astonishment. Jonas heading north. ??I was thinking of going home tonight.?? ??And the entire underworld should be excluded as well ?? Any girlfriend we don??t know about??? They could speculate.?? ??He was once one of the very best we had here in the Section. She called the vehicle recovery service. There??s one apartment that raises a question mark though. Whoever had stolen the report already knew that his copy too had been stolen. They went straight to the front desk. in other words. I can??t believe Salander knows anything about it.?? ??I??m going to keep an eye on her overnight.
She remembered the terrible hatred she had felt.?? Niklas Adamsson. but it was not. Scars on her soul were another matter. I recognize you.?? ??What is it??? ??Out here. ??Spare me the lectures. If the plan failed. very close to Sand?bron. You??re a lawyer and you??re a recognized authority in women??s rights. Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy. In any event she has to have a lawyer.C. and he has Niedermann as a scapegoat. ??I think we??re done. when she was sent to the psychiatric hospital.?? ??Oh. It would take a very few seconds to stretch out her arm and break off the rim of the glass with a firm rap against the hard edge of the table. Then he burst out laughing. She felt fettered to her bed. Which is why she??s still alive. we won??t know anything until she wakes up.
Via the front door. he could always fall back on the fact that it was a policeman??s duty to investigate a crime ?C but the breach was now so sensitive from a constitutional standpoint that he would surely be fired if he took a single wrong step. We are now close to the point where we can draw conclusions. A speech bubble materialized with the text [WHO GOES THERE?].?? Olsson said.K. A really important favour. either by customs or by passport control. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report. My guess is that several employees of the Section would go to prison. Since he had come on duty at 6. when Paolo Roberto had fought his boxing match with Niedermann in the warehouse there. and Ulf Flodin. His job was to investigate crimes. don??t you??? ??You were sitting with a map spread out on the front seat.I. then surely there was good reason to take her in for psychiatric treatment. ??That??s from a source I have to protect. But what do we do if a threat to the constitution comes from within our own organization??? For the next half hour he told her what Armansky had told him the night before. Salander was sweating. Bambi wrote. you control the operation.
and it??s important that we see to it at once that this is the image presented to the press. she was being unfair. I just happened to be passing by. but it had to be something that her brother considered important enough to conceal. and several years later some members of the ??people??s militia?? in Hacker Republic. ??Hardly. but it had a strong moral and emotional impact. Perhaps the murder of Zalachenko is a part of it too.?? Clinton gave him a feeble smile.?? Janeryd blinked and pressed his lips together.00. no great fortune. Events had been rapid and unpredictable.iv ?C Tuesday. At 4. it means that someone is acting against us. This thing about steroids has to do with her connection to boxers.I. You know how the paper is made and I have a while to go on the school bench. and around two kilos of explosives. He??s thirty-eight and comes from the gangs unit in S?der. It took twenty minutes to find the address where Idris Ghidi lived.
so the torture continued. But Blomkvist. Berger got some coffee and watched the screen. as if Blomkvist were not in the room. He had postponed the visit because he had had too much to do.?? Salander actually smiled. Her stay at Sahlgrenska was in any case going to come to an end in a few more weeks. So let??s move on. Let me first say that the government has absolutely no hand in this matter. What we??re going to do in this book is to state what happened.?? ??Could you explain your relationship to Niedermann??? ??I??m disabled. drumming her fingertips in annoyance. ??I??m still in shock that Erika is gone and you want me to take her place. Shit. She would test the system. ??Good morning. She had sat undisturbed and motionless for an hour. Blomkvist had come into the building via the garage. he had openly discussed the matter with County Governor Lassinanti on a visit to Norrbotten. dark-green English felt hat.I.C.
It took ten minutes for the cleaner to work his way over to Adamsson??s spot at the end of the corridor.U.?? ??If he has gone. We??re looking at the blueprints for all the relevant offices and apartments. ??I??ve decided that Salander should be moved to a different room.?? ??Anything new on Svavelsj? M. along with a video of a personal nature. Your job is to ascertain the truth and bring the guilty parties to court.I. Before that I studied both philosophy and the history of ideas. He became aware that his ears were ringing after the shot and he rubbed his left one with his free hand. She walked calmly back to the top of the hill just in time to see the woman disappear through the entrance door of Blomkvist??s building.A. Blomkvist had blown 150. no matter what havoc he wrought. police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual.K??. You??re all members. Zalachenko said that he would mull over the matter. when there was less demand for this type of operation. That might cause a bit of turbulence. I am personally very upset over what happened to her.
?? Blomkvist smiled. July 13. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. In other words. writing his own programs and planting insidious tendrils on the Internet.?? ??Two weeks should be sufficient.?? ??If you leak that report. She had her first client meeting at 8. after all.?? Ellis said. He isn??t one of us. ??Blomkvist. Which was entirely correct on his part. At any rate Holmberg thought so. Keep me posted by mobile. ??Dr Jonasson??? He turned towards her. ??Compare his face with this passport photograph of Gullberg. He answered on the run. ??So what happens now??? Blomkvist said. Blomkvist will have given his sister a copy.M. She clenched her teeth and stifled an impulse to ask Blomkvist to sit on the story.
?? ??No.?? ??I was wondering when you??d think of that.00 in the evening. The meeting at the Constitutional Protection Unit lasted until after 5.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians.K. Salander smiled.?? ??Armansky??s detailed her to keep an eye on what goes on around my apartment. turned to the Minister of Justice. It was 9. As the situation now stood. And that led to a little clash at the Construction Fair in ?lvsj? last year. 2. She opened her eyes to two narrow slits and saw a silhouette with crutches in the doorway. who took charge immediately.?? ??Am I to conclude that you??re running some sort of surveillance on Teleborian??? Figuerola shook her head. or he cracks the Section wide open. No answer.?? Malm sat motionless for a few seconds.30 on Friday night. but he was taken to St G?ran??s hospital and the group had more of a mop-up job to do than ever. Ekstr?m hated press conferences.
and taped hours and hours of conversations of no interest whatsoever. Behind them came an older. She was a little shaky now that the adrenaline had worn off. As luck would have it.I. and they lack credibility. If I understand the matter correctly. since Billing took an unpleasant tone with most of the people to whom he wrote messages ?C reporters.?? ??It??s a hell of a dilemma. But they were every one of them computer wizards.V.30 on Wednesday morning. She waited until the woman reached the crossing in front of her. He was offered supervisory training a few years ago but turned it down. But he could not work out this strange girl. it??s all speculation. forty-four. looking around in desperation. They had both left S. Second.??* ??I??m not Ebbe Carlsson. That was the sound I heard last night.
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. There were photographs from various parties. I might be able to use some leverage if I need to. and a number of individuals were acting outside of. given the circumstances. Lena Nygren. But when Blomkvist came over to give him a secure mobile. Blomkvist knows Salander and has always believed in her innocence. Then he raised the revolver one last time.?? ??But what about a budget? An operation like this has to be financed.?? ??Toilets. Then he took his mop and swabbed the corners in the reception area where the brushes of the floor polisher could not reach. and then with great resolve kicked the stool across the room. We??ve had him under surveillance round the clock for the past week.?? he said.00 and gathered the employees for a brief memorial to Morander. for having struck Zalachenko on the head with an axe.?? Nystr?m said.M. She reached for the telephone to call him. In came Jonasson. S.
00 at the Ring in Central Station. researcher or media that had carried out a critical examination of S?po. It was dark and she had no sense of how long she had been aimlessly walking.?? ??That??s the story I??m going to publish. Once at the Amaranth on Kungsholmen and sometimes at the Continental pub. ??They??ll twist what I say and use it against me. or swimming. ??Evert. Hans von Rottinger was always a pleasant chap.?? Andersson said.R. But the thing is. ??The staff would like to have a word. I??m not allowed to reveal what I know about the Salander story.C.?? ??We??? ??I mean the staff and the board.?? Berger smiled. and vigorous. what tone of voice and frequency range it had. much of it dealt with Salander??s mental state.?? Wadensj?? said. But he??s an idiot.
Starting now. he had no objection to doing Blomkvist this favour ?C a favour worth 1000 kronor a week. ??May I come in??? Salander studied her without expression. During this hour she could talk with her or just sit quietly and keep her company. He wondered what would happen if he acted on his impulse.?? Sandberg said into a handsfree mobile. and appeared in several articles. He opened the entrance door using the code and took the stairs to the top-floor apartment. you were the only one in the group who offered any opposition when he answered our questions. who was also a temp. She sounded surprised.?? ??Cancer??? ??He??s been carrying that gun around for the past six months. and the purpose of the trial is to get me committed to a secure psychiatric ward.??? ??Nieminen has taken over as club president while Lundin remains in custody. We have more serious issues to discuss. with an apologetic glance at Blomkvist. who had obviously not paid attention to a word he had said. he had been head-hunted from outside the company ?C so he had once taken that very same first walk to his office. It must have been done with the consent of the authorities. and he had to stop after each step to deal with the pain. That was when she felt that there was something hard beneath her head. The headache will eventually go away altogether.
you may not speak with anyone but myself and Monica Figuerola. she easily decoded the correspondence. She had a cyber-stalker on her hands. and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich.?? ??What happened if you needed to get in contact with them? For instance.?? He put his arms around her.M. He made his way to the end of the corridor. in the form of convicts. but you have to think about Christer and the others on the staff too. who??s leading the investigation into Zalachenko??s murder.?? ??A whole bunch of crimes. how are you all doing??? ??Sandberg is brighter than we thought. The smoking ban at Millennium had soon been relaxed after Berger left.?? the Minister of Justice said.?? ??O.?? Jervas said. He can be surly sometimes. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. had enormous resources and used a vast network in order to capture a large number of mobile conversations in a certain region simultaneously. he had a rough draft of two articles totalling twenty-one pages. that is.
But today is my last day of work. even if the printer breaks every record for us. Shall we say 6. He logged on to her broadband connection. staying at the Radisson on Avenyn. he began to recover.?? Gullberg shook his head. we??re going to need telephone taps and bugs in everyone??s homes.?? Olsson said. regardless of how belligerently an opponent might behave. So we are asking for your help. She looked at the text for a minute and pursed her lips. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. And I soon found out that some crimes are never even investigated. Most regrettably it was Thorbj?rn F?lldin who became Prime Minister. was being sought for the killing of a policeman.?? ??Hmm. Then he called Berger. I just need to know if he has a meeting with anybody right now. She could not tell how bad the situation was. He was gone from 1985 to 1987. I??m going to the media if these bastards piss all over Salander one more time.
With the possible exception of President Nixon??s lunatic break-in at Watergate. Zalachenko patiently explained that.C. then I??m sure she will. Ideally he should have come under the auspices of the military intelligence service. or where. He looked at the girl??s shaved and wounded head. 11. she had pushed all thoughts of the Section to one side and concentrated on Berger??s problem. one in Stockholm. recently treated for depression. She parked on Bergsgatan.?? ??I see what you mean when you say I might land in it up to my neck. but check her E. You might be able to trace the I. We haven??t found hide nor hair of her since. Contact with the Net. And if the person responsible for Zalachenko??s safety had seen fit to resign. Plague. She got up. he had gone back in time and described Zalachenko??s arrival in Sweden. he was sent to Karlskrona as a signal tracker in the navy??s intelligence service.
As a result of this outburst.M. He did not see anyone. As he ran he called Cortez on his T10.?? Trinity said. But the surgeon says he has high hopes that she??ll survive.000 kronor for a week??s research on a story that was not now going to be published.?? He grunted some more and promised to scold her when she got home. Cortez had come to his apartment in the afternoon with six books.?? Berger explained what had happened and asked whether Milton Security could take over the contract from Nacka Integrated Protection. Berger had reluctantly agreed and then fallen asleep on the living-room sofa in front of the boarded-up picture window.M. extracting a full-metal-jacketed bullet from human brain tissue. It was Gullberg who took up the thread. but Lisbeth tracked down her father whom she hadn??t seen for fifteen years. This is about a small group of conspirators. lined up the possibilities. The fact that her home had been subject to an attack was understandable ?C it was where it was and impossible to disguise. Holmberg nodded. which in turn is sole owner of a subsidiary called Vitavara Inc. Bublanski had called the meeting on Sunday because he knew that preliminary investigation leader Richard Ekstr?m was busy elsewhere.?? ??Take your time.
And yet it was her life that was going to be turned inside out. If there??s a crisis and you need help.?? said Berger. Every time she accessed Teleborian??s hard drive she felt as if her body temperature dropped a few degrees.00 and called Eriksson at Millennium. Straight ahead of her.?? Blomkvist explained how F?lldin had reacted to the information about Zalachenko and how he had travelled to the Hague to interview Janeryd. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson.P. She was feeling guilty because she had not contacted Blomkvist even once since the day she had walked into S. Then he called Dragan Armansky. Morander put a great deal of trust in you.?? ??This doesn??t mean that I distrust you. Edklinth would go through the roof. the alarm we installed today contains two components. to whom he had to deliver monthly reports. The fourth was a copy of Ekstr?m??s email folder made at 2. She had caught up with him just as he was leaving for home; she had suggested a conversation over a cup of coffee. but stopped when she saw the woman head for the Pressbyr?n kiosk instead of through the turnstiles. And I??m dead tired. had come under question more and more in recent years. She took the stairs up to the next floor and stopped at the door to the corridor.
It was inconvenient because the police intranet was at headquarters. You mustn??t ever forget something like that. her blood pressure. He called Karim in.?? the girl said. she drew an age curve and deleted everyone over fifty-five and under twenty-five. He??s not married. The batteries.C. As always. Gullberg was pleased as well. I asked her to be here because what we??re going to discuss will also affect her job. It was parked on a side street 350 metres from the railway station. she called the police. The car was still there. that??s not how a magazine is supposed to look. and we??ll make you a proposal. ??Could I borrow your balcony??? ??As long as you brush your teeth afterwards. is still one of the big papers. All the company??s secrets and emails ?C along with some fake documents that might lead people to think that its C. She had no intention of doing that. He would have to cancel the 10.
??And who do you think is going to investigate Salander??? Bublanski said. It was through this organization that the young man was brought to the attention of the Section and recruited. he was sent to Karlskrona as a signal tracker in the navy??s intelligence service. ??What kind of car does G?ransson have??? Nieminen said.?? * Erlander had a chat with Giannini in a brief interlude between one or other or both of them talking on their mobiles.M. held it to his temple. Salander was one of them. After a while she took her Filofax from her briefcase and opened it to the notes section. I want you to promise to give him protection as a source.?? Eriksson said. But I need your help for an introduction ?C so that Idris will listen to me. He was beyond all help. The person who bears this letter is working unofficially and has my trust.?? ??I didn??t give anyone permission to arrest Bj?rck. or how much Armansky and Palmgren and I. ??I miss you. That could not have been chance.?? ??I don??t even know which colleague you??re talking about. ??Hans von Rottinger and Fredrik Clinton.?? Mikael Blomkvist looked up at the clock and saw that it was just after 3. It was a structure with only two ranks.
?? Nystr?m said. it??s not certain that anyone would believe him. He??ll be leading the Section??s operations department until the present crisis is over.30 p. if you??ll forgive me for saying so. ??Give me a few years at the daily and then.?? ??As things now stand.?? ??This sounds fun. To raise the matter with the chief of Secretariat might be to chuck a very large stone into a pond. the trail will fizzle out. so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. Blomkvist took a chance. ?C among the few people who actually knew about the existence of the Section ?C a certain amount of criticism had surfaced. moving away. author of the report. He had crossed Mariatorget and was just turning up St Paulsgatan when his mobile beeped. She was a pretty. The difficulty is that this report does not correspond with other reports that we have in our archives. That would be placing myself in the same relation to you as the Minister of Justice??s predecessor once stood to the journalist Ebbe Carlsson. Then he stood up. spear. He would need crutches.
it??s not a unique situation in the wake of the Soviet Union??s collapse. which came a couple of times a week.?? Bublanski said nothing for a long while.?? ??I see. There were two kinds of injury that he hated. but he??s afraid to make operational decisions. Ever since the girls were nine or ten. Yet she felt indifferent.?? ??Next. I??ll explain the situation. that she had been shot three times. and that impression was magnified by the fact that she was standing two steps above him. According to the P.?? ??What do we do now??? ??I have no idea.37. not really. Her mobile was being monitored. as a result of which Wu was rescued from certain death.30 on Monday morning.?? ??You still haven??t answered the question. but when you were uncovered I was pretty busy stopping the bleeding and extracting bullets and so on. and pretty strongly at that ?? He must have something up his sleeve.
For the second time in less than a week Jonasson performed emergency surgery. Clinton sank silently on to the chair that was offered. Salander was obviously deranged. In point of fact. So we??re bound to observe the bureaucratic procedures. but usually he just followed through with what other people had already decided. He had offered credentials to indicate that he worked for S.?? ??But let??s save the secrets till we meet again tomorrow. He??s over two metres tall and built like a tank. Every other basic right. I would very much like to discover how you came by all this information. ??I assume that this is bound to leak to the media. but he??s usable.?? ??He had a hell of a good motive.?? ??That sounds good.?? ??But if you get difficult about the fact that I??m going to use unethical methods.P. She bought a tin of Catch Dry snuff and went back out on to S?dermalmstorg and turned right across Katarinav?gen.C.?? ??That??s a comfort. We??ll keep in touch by mobile. work it out! / Kalle B.
?? Salander flipped the mobile shut so that Berger would not be tempted to waste precious seconds with unnecessary questions. She could just reach it without having to move her body. Then he inserted a thinner probe and located the bullet. and then Niedermann. Nilsson was not unhappy that she had been passed over. Correct to lock up Salander 1991.?? ??I myself would have checked into a hotel. There were plenty of examples of these fools taking the leap from fantasy to action. had to be added to the list: Peter Teleborian. but now she??s really going to need a lawyer.?? Gullberg looked at Sandberg with blank astonishment. Jonas heading north. ??I was thinking of going home tonight.?? ??And the entire underworld should be excluded as well ?? Any girlfriend we don??t know about??? They could speculate.?? ??He was once one of the very best we had here in the Section. She called the vehicle recovery service. There??s one apartment that raises a question mark though. Whoever had stolen the report already knew that his copy too had been stolen. They went straight to the front desk. in other words. I can??t believe Salander knows anything about it.?? ??I??m going to keep an eye on her overnight.
She remembered the terrible hatred she had felt.?? Niklas Adamsson. but it was not. Scars on her soul were another matter. I recognize you.?? ??What is it??? ??Out here. ??Spare me the lectures. If the plan failed. very close to Sand?bron. You??re a lawyer and you??re a recognized authority in women??s rights. Don??t do anything until we can agree a strategy. In any event she has to have a lawyer.C. and he has Niedermann as a scapegoat. ??I think we??re done. when she was sent to the psychiatric hospital.?? ??Oh. It would take a very few seconds to stretch out her arm and break off the rim of the glass with a firm rap against the hard edge of the table. Then he burst out laughing. She felt fettered to her bed. Which is why she??s still alive. we won??t know anything until she wakes up.
Via the front door. he could always fall back on the fact that it was a policeman??s duty to investigate a crime ?C but the breach was now so sensitive from a constitutional standpoint that he would surely be fired if he took a single wrong step. We are now close to the point where we can draw conclusions. A speech bubble materialized with the text [WHO GOES THERE?].?? Olsson said.K. A really important favour. either by customs or by passport control. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report. My guess is that several employees of the Section would go to prison. Since he had come on duty at 6. when Paolo Roberto had fought his boxing match with Niedermann in the warehouse there. and Ulf Flodin. His job was to investigate crimes. don??t you??? ??You were sitting with a map spread out on the front seat.I. then surely there was good reason to take her in for psychiatric treatment. ??That??s from a source I have to protect. But what do we do if a threat to the constitution comes from within our own organization??? For the next half hour he told her what Armansky had told him the night before. Salander was sweating. Bambi wrote. you control the operation.
and it??s important that we see to it at once that this is the image presented to the press. she was being unfair. I just happened to be passing by. but it had to be something that her brother considered important enough to conceal. and several years later some members of the ??people??s militia?? in Hacker Republic. ??Hardly. but it had a strong moral and emotional impact. Perhaps the murder of Zalachenko is a part of it too.?? Clinton gave him a feeble smile.?? Janeryd blinked and pressed his lips together.00. no great fortune. Events had been rapid and unpredictable.iv ?C Tuesday. At 4. it means that someone is acting against us. This thing about steroids has to do with her connection to boxers.I. You know how the paper is made and I have a while to go on the school bench. and around two kilos of explosives. He??s thirty-eight and comes from the gangs unit in S?der. It took twenty minutes to find the address where Idris Ghidi lived.
so the torture continued. But Blomkvist. Berger got some coffee and watched the screen. as if Blomkvist were not in the room. He had postponed the visit because he had had too much to do.?? Salander actually smiled. Her stay at Sahlgrenska was in any case going to come to an end in a few more weeks. So let??s move on. Let me first say that the government has absolutely no hand in this matter. What we??re going to do in this book is to state what happened.?? ??Could you explain your relationship to Niedermann??? ??I??m disabled. drumming her fingertips in annoyance. ??I??m still in shock that Erika is gone and you want me to take her place. Shit. She would test the system. ??Good morning. She had sat undisturbed and motionless for an hour. Blomkvist had come into the building via the garage. he had openly discussed the matter with County Governor Lassinanti on a visit to Norrbotten. dark-green English felt hat.I.C.
It took ten minutes for the cleaner to work his way over to Adamsson??s spot at the end of the corridor.U.?? ??If he has gone. We??re looking at the blueprints for all the relevant offices and apartments. ??I??ve decided that Salander should be moved to a different room.?? ??Anything new on Svavelsj? M. along with a video of a personal nature. Your job is to ascertain the truth and bring the guilty parties to court.I. Before that I studied both philosophy and the history of ideas. He became aware that his ears were ringing after the shot and he rubbed his left one with his free hand. She walked calmly back to the top of the hill just in time to see the woman disappear through the entrance door of Blomkvist??s building.A. Blomkvist had blown 150. no matter what havoc he wrought. police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual.K??. You??re all members. Zalachenko said that he would mull over the matter. when there was less demand for this type of operation. That might cause a bit of turbulence. I am personally very upset over what happened to her.
?? Blomkvist smiled. July 13. Her neck had been broken when her head was turned 180 degrees. In other words. writing his own programs and planting insidious tendrils on the Internet.?? ??Two weeks should be sufficient.?? ??If you leak that report. She had her first client meeting at 8. after all.?? Ellis said. He isn??t one of us. ??Blomkvist. Which was entirely correct on his part. At any rate Holmberg thought so. Keep me posted by mobile. ??Dr Jonasson??? He turned towards her. ??Compare his face with this passport photograph of Gullberg. He answered on the run. ??So what happens now??? Blomkvist said. Blomkvist will have given his sister a copy.M. She clenched her teeth and stifled an impulse to ask Blomkvist to sit on the story.
?? ??No.?? ??I was wondering when you??d think of that.00 in the evening. The meeting at the Constitutional Protection Unit lasted until after 5.5 who in good Philby style was working for the Russians.K. Salander smiled.?? ??Armansky??s detailed her to keep an eye on what goes on around my apartment. turned to the Minister of Justice. It was 9. As the situation now stood. And that led to a little clash at the Construction Fair in ?lvsj? last year. 2. She opened her eyes to two narrow slits and saw a silhouette with crutches in the doorway. who took charge immediately.?? ??Am I to conclude that you??re running some sort of surveillance on Teleborian??? Figuerola shook her head. or he cracks the Section wide open. No answer.?? Malm sat motionless for a few seconds.30 on Friday night. but he was taken to St G?ran??s hospital and the group had more of a mop-up job to do than ever. Ekstr?m hated press conferences.
that??s what??s brought you out here.A. and she might live to be a hundred. He spoke as if thinking out loud.
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?? Clinton said. chatted a while. Berger had received twenty-three emails by the time she arrived at S. Berger had been a boss she could always rely on. There were computers now. This was a threat that made an impression on F?lldin. She checked the sender and then picked up the telephone and called Peter Fleming. when Bergling became the object of suspicion outside the Section as well. By this time Ghidi had learned Swedish and obtained treatment for his shattered hip. maybe three. along with a laboriously crafted personal history ?C a fictitious but verifiable background in Swedish records. it??ll be sheer hell. She glanced at Blomkvist.Friday. Even though he hired me. Why Aftonbladet? The address was another fake. which Blomkvist studied. then knocked on his door. and then in the ??50s he vanished into thin air. It would be outside all our formal agreements.?? ??We want the legal process to take its course even though this is a difficult situation.?? ??Not necessarily.
and by 6. There??s a small kitchen alcove at the far end on the right. 4. She could not piece together all that had happened. It was this last which created potentially acute political problems. which came a couple of times a week. It??s my husband??s old family home.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have. I told you that you would have to handle him like a live grenade. which at that time was a name used for all of north Africa west of Egypt. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were. He could then more easily have acted upon the information he had been given by Armansky: by initiating a police report and handing the documentation to the court. And yet it was her life that was going to be turned inside out. ??I??m getting to that.T.?? ??I see.?? ??I should also say that Annika Giannini. stamped top secret. ??How are you??? she said.?? ??Why do you ask??? ??Out of curiosity. Now it??s this German who??s being sought in connection with the murders. She was going to have to have a talk with him.
such a revelation would be a political disaster for the Prime Minister. She was incredibly lucky. And item two: today this piece by Johannes shows up on my desk. I hired Niedermann as an assistant a number of years ago. and so a potential criminal in Saddam Hussein??s Iraq. But we have several suspects. She would be fascinated by a problem.K. She was working with a broad brush. We??ll meet again in an hour. Dr Endrin could tell that there was infection in her body. And now here we all are. They were to be used only for conversations that absolutely must not be overheard. She had been working fifteen hours a day since May 1. I cannot help it if some idiot in the Security Police fantasizes in his reports. Both IB and S. ??Annika. He spent several nights a week at the apartment. grey-haired man Modig had never seen before. Maybe Figuerola had a point. was given a liquid lunch. She emailed him a brief reply and thanked him for the upgrade.
?? or merely ??the Division?? ?C but never ??S?po??. And governments come and go.?? ??So if the balloon goes up. a madman. He??s fearless and shows promise. Lisbeth??? Go away. He felt groggy although he had slept for only half an hour. He faxed copies of the letters he had written the day before.S. We have more serious issues to discuss.?? ??Zalachenko was a top spy in the ??70s. Ask if I can visit him at home. but having Kalle Bastard Blomkvist??s sister working for her was hard to stomach. but Waltari felt uneasy about having Nieminen as their leader in the future. And Edklinth is on a very thin ice if he does so.?? ??I had a patient a number of years ago. S.P.?? Berger knew exactly what kind of editorial he wanted. ??Berger. two from Eriksson. On Friday morning Jonasson was faced with an obviously irritated Inspector Faste on the other side of his desk.
at least several million kronor annually I??d say. the journalist who was murdered. An A.E. Just let??s see if you understand this message. But when Blomkvist came over to give him a secure mobile. There were four others there: his sister.A.?? ??That??s what Blomkvist at Millennium is evidently alleging. You have only to do the first check. When I got to him he was unconscious. until the immigration authorities decided that Ghidi did not have sufficient grounds for a residency permit. & E. But what does a twenty-year-old do who wants to move out of the family home? They can??t afford to. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. But I??m not lumbered with that sort of restriction. He had a view of medicine that was at times unorthodox. Magnusson was often onstage at the Dramaten.?? Blomkvist said. and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich. In this issue. It won??t exactly bolster Salander??s credibility.
?? Figuerola said. His good leg kicked four. Whoever had stolen the report already knew that his copy too had been stolen. She watched as M?rtensson walked to the machine to pay his parking fee. Then I risk proceeding on faulty or misunderstood information. To put it simply. ??Well. Where are we going??? She had parked around the corner down on Pryssgr?nd. In Blomkvist??s copy.?? ??Extraordinary. he must have been acting rationally during the twenty-four hours since his flight from Gosseberga. Maybe Figuerola had a point. I have to tell you. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko. ??Mumbo jumbo.?? Silence. had been distracted all morning. He took the registration number and looked me up. unfortunately. But Jonasson had never before had a patient with a bullet in her skull. ??I trod on a piece of glass and a shard lodged in my heel. What the hell does he think he??s doing? Then Figuerola raised her eyes to the rear-view mirror and gave a start when she saw Blomkvist again.
As they started up the hill towards her. ??Died in the early ??90s. Then she opened a notebook and took a pen from her jacket pocket. and appeared in several articles. Modig was waiting for him with a cup of black coffee in front of her. you just say ??No comment??. After the war. if a group of police officers decided to stretch the laws so that an individual??s constitutionally guaranteed rights were infringed. He pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck. They were not pleasant thoughts.?? ??Sounds good. I recognize you. and fell asleep with photographs of gross child pornography whirling through his mind.?? ??It sounds as if you think I??m organizing some sort of conspiracy against you.?? ??And this story about Gunnar Bj?rck and S?po and the 1991 report ???? ???? is going to be handled by Faste and Ekstr?m. Then she jumped up and dug into her jacket pocket. his late wife??s name. I??m at home. There are a few minor things that need fixing. affect you or your welfare. but if I had spontaneously to hazard a guess. Edklinth.
but he stayed. But she could not remember what it was.?? ??Alright. But every time she had decided to sleep at Blomkvist??s.?? ??O. Salander was surprised that the officers had treated her in such a correct. ??Lisbeth ?? I??m wondering ???? He then said nothing for such a long time that Salander almost asked what it was he wanted. He would have to cancel the 10. He hovered between life and death for several weeks. where she??s been isolated since April? She doesn??t want the police to know she has access to the Net. She saw a nurse in a white uniform bending over her. but she could sense Blomkvist looking at her as he passed. Alexander. I wasn??t listening. and time kept slipping by ?? And then she found herself with an unbearably guilty conscience and was feeling terrible. He??s one of the nastiest people I??ve ever met. Zalachenko looked up in surprise at his unannounced visitor. ??Hello. Gradually she succeeded in sitting up. In her role as undercover officer her looks worked against her. ??The private investigators won this round. He was not.
department.?? ??Which is what ????? ??Lisbeth Salander suffers from a serious mental disorder. He was sent to a refugee camp in Upplands V?sby. but as I told you I??m not active in any political party. Whoever it was had known that she had hurt her foot. At 2. Her foot was throbbing painfully.?? said the Minister of Justice. Unlike Lundin. And she??s not known for being a shrinking violet. But this rape took place two years ago. ???? that Curt Andersson and Jerker Holmberg at least.I.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker.S. dear ?? please get to the point. ??What you have to understand is that the Section functions as the spear head for the total defence of the nation. a government agency. Response time would be about thirty minutes. ??You know who I am ?C so you don??t have to be afraid of me. but statistics showed that the absolute majority of people who harassed women were men. alias Karl Axel Bodin.
It was 9.?? Malm nodded thoughtfully. Today??s message contained no text. Take a break. colliding with the second nurse. But right now she had to make decisions on several matters. like everyone else. ??That??s all. Edklinth felt the floor sway slightly beneath his chair. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks.?? Nurse Agneta frowned. But the media jumped all over the Security Police whenever anything improper or foolish came to light. When the police arrived one of them tried to question Lisbeth before they even bothered to ask what shape she??s in. I was rather young ?? I didn??t know how I should deal with these people. but it had been a long day and a long journey. ??Nothing??? Modig said. ??Coffee. In the States a special group of internal spy chasers was created within the C. I am here to ask you a favour. with the result that Vinge was summoned to explain himself at a one-on-one meeting. I checked with the embassy. The message on May Day has to touch on the immigrant integration question.
?? ??If you had been the prosecutor. That gives us only two hours to make up for a whole lot of lost time.?? Finally Giannini nodded. he had openly discussed the matter with County Governor Lassinanti on a visit to Norrbotten. But I can hire you as an external consultant. and that her still-extant declaration of incompetence is revoked. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan. particularly in the Malm? area. for Christ??s sake. yes. but the source was a fake. First of all. Finally he had a hole big enough to give access to Salander??s brain. ??Take your time.?? ??What??s the status of the search??? ??We??re keeping an eye on all trains arriving in Stockholm and Malm?. Since it was a woman in the car. ??What I??m thinking of asking you is unethical.?? He stood up and gave her a kiss on the cheek. but the chairman of the board was intently studying Berger??s nine-point program.T.?? ??Nonetheless. then? There must be a story to track down there.
. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report. and they might not be the same ones Erika would have made. yes. He had a very deep gash across his face and another just below one kneecap. he would make mistakes. At the same moment she felt intense pain in her left shoulder. I was wondering about your involvement in this story. No doubt someone made a blunder when the cover story was devised. When it was explained to F?lldin how serious this preliminary investigation was. He had transferred the most crucial documentation to her desk. Even if she??s acquitted of murder. ??I??ve been told that you don??t generally communicate much with the authorities. In other words. As it was growing light an observant police officer found traces of blood on the ground behind the woodshed. so he plugged in the charger. Then we??ll have to sign a contract. was given a liquid lunch. card and stating that he had urgent business. ordered the report confiscated from the police ?C it??s not to be disseminated or copied.?? Figuerola was on her feet and reaching for her car keys. I??ve been reading a lot about you.
??Hello.C. and it might also be illegal.?? Edklinth said. He was running out of time. ??Niedermann seems to have been swallowed up by the earth. Then she made up her mind and. But before the end of the year we will have to eliminate ten positions. In this issue.?? to differentiate it from ??the Division?? or ??the Firm. of course. I??ve been considering bringing him in here. He might also be a man who worked in maintenance. 18. Blomkvist wondered to what extent this was a coincidence and to what extent it was contrived. since Giannini left for G?teborg this morning. It was 1. She was a pretty. no question??? ??Yes. Now he hated her with a fury that astonished him. No matter how many questions remained unanswered. Salander hasn??t even been examined.
K. He had no difficulty with the work. Then I risk proceeding on faulty or misunderstood information.?? ??What??? ??The names of the individuals you had your meetings with.?? ??And did any of them buy it??? ??Yes. but situations do crop up. the incoming Prime Minister was fully occupied appointing ministers and negotiating with other conservative parties. Furthermore. or the Section will cease to exist a few weeks from now. He stood for a moment in the sea of travellers. department store. you??re not to say a single word to the police. looking at her pupils.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside. Can you manage that??? Salander waited patiently for almost a minute before Annika nodded. to push through their own headlines and angles.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. Twice convicted for beating his ex-wife.?? ??Hello.U. 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. ??Good morning.
Someone who rummaged around in your brain had to be treated with respect. and a mentally ill lesbian mass murderer. ??You??ll probably be transferred pretty soon. Two of their team had moved into a temporary office at Fridhemsplan. I got a message that you were looking for me..?? Figuerola said.M. Blomkvist had even taken out his mobile and offered to dial the number for him. Then everything had gone haywire.I.?? she said in a cheerful voice. Accordingly. As you yourself have pointed out. ??I don??t talk to crazy-doctors because they never listen to what I have to say. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo. But now they want me to start asap.?? Blomkvist nodded. Occasionally he would jot down notes in a pocket diary. The disagreement with Bublanski seems to have been about Salander. You??re a man who gets more than his fair share of action. thereby compromising some secret operation.
S. ??Go to work. If he made the wrong decision. She was alive. but what the hell are we going to do??? ??Malin??s going to be acting editor-in-chief starting with the next issue. And if Carlsson had received an email like that. private clients ?? whoever they might have been. ??And how did you know that this meeting was going to take place??? ??I have to protect my source. There must be several others like it. Then Dr Jonasson and Blomkvist had upset her plans by smuggling in her Palm. The sports desk has six and a half jobs at the moment.?? said the Minister of Justice. Erlander put it in an evidence bag and labelled the find. a couple of weeks ago. She pondered for a moment her suspicion that the person threatening her had something to do with S. I won??t take it to S. This too was saved in an evidence bag and labelled.?? ??No.C. His mouth was dry so his first stop was a corner shop where he bought a Pepsi. ??Thanks.?? ??Listen.
installing alarm systems and managing burglary protection. His became the worst scandal in the history of the Swedish Security Police. She had a memory of being surprised that he had run away and she did not know why. and he was in fact a naval officer. The older man got in. I don??t even believe S?po has the expertise to do anything like this. He was there without warning. Baksi had been caught in the act by Per-Erik ?str?m ?C the same man who went on to be the paedophile hunter at Save the Children ?C who in the ??80s was the research secretary at the Trades Union Federation. he received help from your family until he was granted a residency permit. ??First of all. Then he placed his hands gently around her neck and turned her head back and forth and to the sides a few times. I have to tell you. he arranged. He did not answer either. and he had heedlessly told her his real name ?C Zalachenko.?? ??Time is more or less all I have. If you can??t rejuvenate this paper.?? ??What is it??? ??Out here. and he was proud of what had been achieved that night when Salander was brought into A. ??What day is it today??? she said. ??Monday. schedules and other uninteresting stuff.
You write well and you have an eye for detail.?? ??And in normal circumstances everything would be dismissed as muddled red tape. However. Tell us what you know.?? he said. was sent out to get some food. to see how her pupils contracted and expanded. but that was his problem. it was Bj?rck who set this whole mess rolling.?? Berger slept until 2. The really damaging thing was that Borgsj? knew about all this and still went on ordering toilets from Fong Soo Industries. why are apartments so bloody expensive? Because the people commissioning the buildings don??t know how to set the price.S. the week the trial is scheduled to begin. ??Raped??? he said. That was a crime. It had been one of Gullberg??s last responsibilities. They spent a few minutes making arrangements for the weekend. Convicted of safe-cracking in the ??80s and some other minor stuff. She wore only a pair of wet trousers and a thin sweater.I. That really would have thrown a spanner in the works.
She waited while he read her four pages. originally from Ume? in northern Sweden.K. Pennsylvania. of course ?C that was among the most secret to be found in Sweden.S. She put down the report and focused her attention on other aspects of the information that Edklinth had given her. ??I think I??ve found Evert Gullberg.?? Cortez said.?? ??This will be our only meeting here. have a seat.?? ??Kurdo said you wanted to hire me for a job.S. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. and urged him to send a platoon armed with automatic weapons to pick him up. Holm was off that day.K. We??ll keep in touch by mobile.?? ??Lisbeth. but your damned brother is in G?teborg today.?? Armansky said. They asked pretty much the same questions about Niedermann as they had the night before.
?? ??That??s pretty vague. It had been parked outside her building since March. she tried to avoid padding her bill with expensive hotel charges. Ghidi had seen in an advertisement that it cost around 3.?? ??Damn. I assume. She looked around the room. Worse still. ??You mean that you can??t think of any reason why Lisbeth Salander attacked you in 1991??? ??My daughter is mentally ill. pinged. seeing to it that documents disappeared and records were altered. He very seldom called in sick. The first thirty pages of the report that Blomkvist discovered agree with the original.?? ??Right. then said.?? Edklinth gave Blomkvist a look of surprise. 3. Her name is Lisbeth Salander. Then the attack on her home. He gritted his teeth and took a step. So how do you intend to proceed??? ??I can??t publish a name without proof.?? Edklinth exhaled a little.
??And what did he say??? ??He was very concerned about her safety and wished her well. I??m a survivor. Berger sat at her desk in the glass cage. An Agent in Place contained so much inaccurate information about Sweden in the first chapter that he threw the book into the wastepaper basket.?? She nodded. chief of Secretariat. Then she skipped month to month and read only the subject lines.?? Blomkvist said again. He had started out from Laholm just after 8.?? ??That??s what he says. You have no idea. Gullberg was the chief. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??ve always wondered what she did to get her revenge. Prosecutor Ekstr?m??s weakness was his conviction as to his own importance. She looked as if she had been beaten to death. Cortez exhaled in relief. but having Kalle Bastard Blomkvist??s sister working for her was hard to stomach. I??ve read Bj?rck??s report. I was just quicker on my feet than he was. With the result that he was bound to express himself rather imprecisely. briskly.T.
?? ??I??ll come to your place at 8. If anything happens you should quickly seek shelter and lock the door while you wait for assistance. ??He started at S?po in the ??50s. It cannot be ruled out that there is a minor bleed that is not visible on the images. He was satisfied with the progress of her physical rehabilitation.?? ??I??m going to expose two doctors who were errand boys for S?po. Sweden had voted for a conservative government. but in a week nobody will even remember the name Zalachenko.K.?? Wadensj?? felt the panic rise. she realised she was hungry.?? ??And so am I. ??This is how things stand. you??re going to have to sort out some resources pretty damn fast. Erlander said: ??I knew Officer Ingemarsson personally. The heavy weapons cabinet stood wide open.?? ??Thanks for everything. Blomkvist knows Salander and has always believed in her innocence. ??I assume that??s what??s brought you out here.A. and she might live to be a hundred. He spoke as if thinking out loud.
?? Clinton said. chatted a while. Berger had received twenty-three emails by the time she arrived at S. Berger had been a boss she could always rely on. There were computers now. This was a threat that made an impression on F?lldin. She checked the sender and then picked up the telephone and called Peter Fleming. when Bergling became the object of suspicion outside the Section as well. By this time Ghidi had learned Swedish and obtained treatment for his shattered hip. maybe three. along with a laboriously crafted personal history ?C a fictitious but verifiable background in Swedish records. it??ll be sheer hell. She glanced at Blomkvist.Friday. Even though he hired me. Why Aftonbladet? The address was another fake. which Blomkvist studied. then knocked on his door. and then in the ??50s he vanished into thin air. It would be outside all our formal agreements.?? ??We want the legal process to take its course even though this is a difficult situation.?? ??Not necessarily.
and by 6. There??s a small kitchen alcove at the far end on the right. 4. She could not piece together all that had happened. It was this last which created potentially acute political problems. which came a couple of times a week. It??s my husband??s old family home.?? ??It??s a question of saving money we??re not going to have. I told you that you would have to handle him like a live grenade. which at that time was a name used for all of north Africa west of Egypt. the Prosecutor General was too lenient with cases concerning what were. He could then more easily have acted upon the information he had been given by Armansky: by initiating a police report and handing the documentation to the court. And yet it was her life that was going to be turned inside out. ??I??m getting to that.T.?? ??I see.?? ??I should also say that Annika Giannini. stamped top secret. ??How are you??? she said.?? ??Why do you ask??? ??Out of curiosity. Now it??s this German who??s being sought in connection with the murders. She was going to have to have a talk with him.
such a revelation would be a political disaster for the Prime Minister. She was incredibly lucky. And item two: today this piece by Johannes shows up on my desk. I hired Niedermann as an assistant a number of years ago. and so a potential criminal in Saddam Hussein??s Iraq. But we have several suspects. She would be fascinated by a problem.K. She was working with a broad brush. We??ll meet again in an hour. Dr Endrin could tell that there was infection in her body. And now here we all are. They were to be used only for conversations that absolutely must not be overheard. She had been working fifteen hours a day since May 1. I cannot help it if some idiot in the Security Police fantasizes in his reports. Both IB and S. ??Annika. He spent several nights a week at the apartment. grey-haired man Modig had never seen before. Maybe Figuerola had a point. was given a liquid lunch. She emailed him a brief reply and thanked him for the upgrade.
?? or merely ??the Division?? ?C but never ??S?po??. And governments come and go.?? ??So if the balloon goes up. a madman. He??s fearless and shows promise. Lisbeth??? Go away. He felt groggy although he had slept for only half an hour. He faxed copies of the letters he had written the day before.S. We have more serious issues to discuss.?? ??Zalachenko was a top spy in the ??70s. Ask if I can visit him at home. but having Kalle Bastard Blomkvist??s sister working for her was hard to stomach. but Waltari felt uneasy about having Nieminen as their leader in the future. And Edklinth is on a very thin ice if he does so.?? ??I had a patient a number of years ago. S.P.?? Berger knew exactly what kind of editorial he wanted. ??Berger. two from Eriksson. On Friday morning Jonasson was faced with an obviously irritated Inspector Faste on the other side of his desk.
at least several million kronor annually I??d say. the journalist who was murdered. An A.E. Just let??s see if you understand this message. But when Blomkvist came over to give him a secure mobile. There were four others there: his sister.A.?? ??That??s what Blomkvist at Millennium is evidently alleging. You have only to do the first check. When I got to him he was unconscious. until the immigration authorities decided that Ghidi did not have sufficient grounds for a residency permit. & E. But what does a twenty-year-old do who wants to move out of the family home? They can??t afford to. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. But I??m not lumbered with that sort of restriction. He had a view of medicine that was at times unorthodox. Magnusson was often onstage at the Dramaten.?? Blomkvist said. and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich. In this issue. It won??t exactly bolster Salander??s credibility.
?? Figuerola said. His good leg kicked four. Whoever had stolen the report already knew that his copy too had been stolen. She watched as M?rtensson walked to the machine to pay his parking fee. Then I risk proceeding on faulty or misunderstood information. To put it simply. ??Well. Where are we going??? She had parked around the corner down on Pryssgr?nd. In Blomkvist??s copy.?? ??Extraordinary. he must have been acting rationally during the twenty-four hours since his flight from Gosseberga. Maybe Figuerola had a point. I have to tell you. He had not gone back to the woodshed to tend to Zalachenko. ??Mumbo jumbo.?? Silence. had been distracted all morning. He took the registration number and looked me up. unfortunately. But Jonasson had never before had a patient with a bullet in her skull. ??I trod on a piece of glass and a shard lodged in my heel. What the hell does he think he??s doing? Then Figuerola raised her eyes to the rear-view mirror and gave a start when she saw Blomkvist again.
As they started up the hill towards her. ??Died in the early ??90s. Then she opened a notebook and took a pen from her jacket pocket. and appeared in several articles. Modig was waiting for him with a cup of black coffee in front of her. you just say ??No comment??. After the war. if a group of police officers decided to stretch the laws so that an individual??s constitutionally guaranteed rights were infringed. He pushed up his glasses and scratched the back of his neck. They were not pleasant thoughts.?? ??Sounds good. I recognize you. and fell asleep with photographs of gross child pornography whirling through his mind.?? ??It sounds as if you think I??m organizing some sort of conspiracy against you.?? ??And this story about Gunnar Bj?rck and S?po and the 1991 report ???? ???? is going to be handled by Faste and Ekstr?m. Then she jumped up and dug into her jacket pocket. his late wife??s name. I??m at home. There are a few minor things that need fixing. affect you or your welfare. but if I had spontaneously to hazard a guess. Edklinth.
but he stayed. But she could not remember what it was.?? ??Alright. But every time she had decided to sleep at Blomkvist??s.?? ??O. Salander was surprised that the officers had treated her in such a correct. ??Lisbeth ?? I??m wondering ???? He then said nothing for such a long time that Salander almost asked what it was he wanted. He would have to cancel the 10. He hovered between life and death for several weeks. where she??s been isolated since April? She doesn??t want the police to know she has access to the Net. She saw a nurse in a white uniform bending over her. but she could sense Blomkvist looking at her as he passed. Alexander. I wasn??t listening. and time kept slipping by ?? And then she found herself with an unbearably guilty conscience and was feeling terrible. He??s one of the nastiest people I??ve ever met. Zalachenko looked up in surprise at his unannounced visitor. ??Hello. Gradually she succeeded in sitting up. In her role as undercover officer her looks worked against her. ??The private investigators won this round. He was not.
department.?? ??Which is what ????? ??Lisbeth Salander suffers from a serious mental disorder. He was sent to a refugee camp in Upplands V?sby. but as I told you I??m not active in any political party. Whoever it was had known that she had hurt her foot. At 2. Her foot was throbbing painfully.?? said the Minister of Justice. Unlike Lundin. And she??s not known for being a shrinking violet. But this rape took place two years ago. ???? that Curt Andersson and Jerker Holmberg at least.I.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker.S. dear ?? please get to the point. ??What you have to understand is that the Section functions as the spear head for the total defence of the nation. a government agency. Response time would be about thirty minutes. ??You know who I am ?C so you don??t have to be afraid of me. but statistics showed that the absolute majority of people who harassed women were men. alias Karl Axel Bodin.
It was 9.?? Malm nodded thoughtfully. Today??s message contained no text. Take a break. colliding with the second nurse. But right now she had to make decisions on several matters. like everyone else. ??That??s all. Edklinth felt the floor sway slightly beneath his chair. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks.?? Nurse Agneta frowned. But the media jumped all over the Security Police whenever anything improper or foolish came to light. When the police arrived one of them tried to question Lisbeth before they even bothered to ask what shape she??s in. I was rather young ?? I didn??t know how I should deal with these people. but it had been a long day and a long journey. ??Nothing??? Modig said. ??Coffee. In the States a special group of internal spy chasers was created within the C. I am here to ask you a favour. with the result that Vinge was summoned to explain himself at a one-on-one meeting. I checked with the embassy. The message on May Day has to touch on the immigrant integration question.
?? ??If you had been the prosecutor. That gives us only two hours to make up for a whole lot of lost time.?? Finally Giannini nodded. he had openly discussed the matter with County Governor Lassinanti on a visit to Norrbotten. But I can hire you as an external consultant. and that her still-extant declaration of incompetence is revoked. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan. particularly in the Malm? area. for Christ??s sake. yes. but the source was a fake. First of all. Finally he had a hole big enough to give access to Salander??s brain. ??Take your time.?? ??What??s the status of the search??? ??We??re keeping an eye on all trains arriving in Stockholm and Malm?. Since it was a woman in the car. ??What I??m thinking of asking you is unethical.?? He stood up and gave her a kiss on the cheek. but the chairman of the board was intently studying Berger??s nine-point program.T.?? ??Nonetheless. then? There must be a story to track down there.
. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report. and they might not be the same ones Erika would have made. yes. He had a very deep gash across his face and another just below one kneecap. he would make mistakes. At the same moment she felt intense pain in her left shoulder. I was wondering about your involvement in this story. No doubt someone made a blunder when the cover story was devised. When it was explained to F?lldin how serious this preliminary investigation was. He had transferred the most crucial documentation to her desk. Even if she??s acquitted of murder. ??I??ve been told that you don??t generally communicate much with the authorities. In other words. As it was growing light an observant police officer found traces of blood on the ground behind the woodshed. so he plugged in the charger. Then we??ll have to sign a contract. was given a liquid lunch. card and stating that he had urgent business. ordered the report confiscated from the police ?C it??s not to be disseminated or copied.?? Figuerola was on her feet and reaching for her car keys. I??ve been reading a lot about you.
??Hello.C. and it might also be illegal.?? Edklinth said. He was running out of time. ??Niedermann seems to have been swallowed up by the earth. Then she made up her mind and. But before the end of the year we will have to eliminate ten positions. In this issue.?? to differentiate it from ??the Division?? or ??the Firm. of course. I??ve been considering bringing him in here. He might also be a man who worked in maintenance. 18. Blomkvist wondered to what extent this was a coincidence and to what extent it was contrived. since Giannini left for G?teborg this morning. It was 1. She was a pretty. no question??? ??Yes. Now he hated her with a fury that astonished him. No matter how many questions remained unanswered. Salander hasn??t even been examined.
K. He had no difficulty with the work. Then I risk proceeding on faulty or misunderstood information.?? ??What??? ??The names of the individuals you had your meetings with.?? ??And did any of them buy it??? ??Yes. but situations do crop up. the incoming Prime Minister was fully occupied appointing ministers and negotiating with other conservative parties. Furthermore. or the Section will cease to exist a few weeks from now. He stood for a moment in the sea of travellers. department store. you??re not to say a single word to the police. looking at her pupils.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside. Can you manage that??? Salander waited patiently for almost a minute before Annika nodded. to push through their own headlines and angles.?? ??What about the reports that Bodin tried to murder his daughter??? ??That is under investigation. Twice convicted for beating his ex-wife.?? ??Hello.U. 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. ??Good morning.
Someone who rummaged around in your brain had to be treated with respect. and a mentally ill lesbian mass murderer. ??You??ll probably be transferred pretty soon. Two of their team had moved into a temporary office at Fridhemsplan. I got a message that you were looking for me..?? Figuerola said.M. Blomkvist had even taken out his mobile and offered to dial the number for him. Then everything had gone haywire.I.?? she said in a cheerful voice. Accordingly. As you yourself have pointed out. ??I don??t talk to crazy-doctors because they never listen to what I have to say. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo. But now they want me to start asap.?? Blomkvist nodded. Occasionally he would jot down notes in a pocket diary. The disagreement with Bublanski seems to have been about Salander. You??re a man who gets more than his fair share of action. thereby compromising some secret operation.
S. ??Go to work. If he made the wrong decision. She was alive. but what the hell are we going to do??? ??Malin??s going to be acting editor-in-chief starting with the next issue. And if Carlsson had received an email like that. private clients ?? whoever they might have been. ??And how did you know that this meeting was going to take place??? ??I have to protect my source. There must be several others like it. Then Dr Jonasson and Blomkvist had upset her plans by smuggling in her Palm. The sports desk has six and a half jobs at the moment.?? said the Minister of Justice. Erlander put it in an evidence bag and labelled the find. a couple of weeks ago. She pondered for a moment her suspicion that the person threatening her had something to do with S. I won??t take it to S. This too was saved in an evidence bag and labelled.?? ??No.C. His mouth was dry so his first stop was a corner shop where he bought a Pepsi. ??Thanks.?? ??Listen.
installing alarm systems and managing burglary protection. His became the worst scandal in the history of the Swedish Security Police. She had a memory of being surprised that he had run away and she did not know why. and he was in fact a naval officer. The older man got in. I don??t even believe S?po has the expertise to do anything like this. He was there without warning. Baksi had been caught in the act by Per-Erik ?str?m ?C the same man who went on to be the paedophile hunter at Save the Children ?C who in the ??80s was the research secretary at the Trades Union Federation. he received help from your family until he was granted a residency permit. ??First of all. Then he placed his hands gently around her neck and turned her head back and forth and to the sides a few times. I have to tell you. he arranged. He did not answer either. and he had heedlessly told her his real name ?C Zalachenko.?? ??Time is more or less all I have. If you can??t rejuvenate this paper.?? ??What is it??? ??Out here. and he was proud of what had been achieved that night when Salander was brought into A. ??What day is it today??? she said. ??Monday. schedules and other uninteresting stuff.
You write well and you have an eye for detail.?? ??And in normal circumstances everything would be dismissed as muddled red tape. However. Tell us what you know.?? he said. was sent out to get some food. to see how her pupils contracted and expanded. but that was his problem. it was Bj?rck who set this whole mess rolling.?? Berger slept until 2. The really damaging thing was that Borgsj? knew about all this and still went on ordering toilets from Fong Soo Industries. why are apartments so bloody expensive? Because the people commissioning the buildings don??t know how to set the price.S. the week the trial is scheduled to begin. ??Raped??? he said. That was a crime. It had been one of Gullberg??s last responsibilities. They spent a few minutes making arrangements for the weekend. Convicted of safe-cracking in the ??80s and some other minor stuff. She wore only a pair of wet trousers and a thin sweater.I. That really would have thrown a spanner in the works.
She waited while he read her four pages. originally from Ume? in northern Sweden.K. Pennsylvania. of course ?C that was among the most secret to be found in Sweden.S. She put down the report and focused her attention on other aspects of the information that Edklinth had given her. ??I think I??ve found Evert Gullberg.?? Cortez said.?? ??This will be our only meeting here. have a seat.?? ??Kurdo said you wanted to hire me for a job.S. She wondered whether she ought to go into the city to spend the night at a hotel. and urged him to send a platoon armed with automatic weapons to pick him up. Holm was off that day.K. We??ll keep in touch by mobile.?? ??Lisbeth. but your damned brother is in G?teborg today.?? Armansky said. They asked pretty much the same questions about Niedermann as they had the night before.
?? ??That??s pretty vague. It had been parked outside her building since March. she tried to avoid padding her bill with expensive hotel charges. Ghidi had seen in an advertisement that it cost around 3.?? ??Damn. I assume. She looked around the room. Worse still. ??You mean that you can??t think of any reason why Lisbeth Salander attacked you in 1991??? ??My daughter is mentally ill. pinged. seeing to it that documents disappeared and records were altered. He very seldom called in sick. The first thirty pages of the report that Blomkvist discovered agree with the original.?? ??Right. then said.?? Edklinth gave Blomkvist a look of surprise. 3. Her name is Lisbeth Salander. Then the attack on her home. He gritted his teeth and took a step. So how do you intend to proceed??? ??I can??t publish a name without proof.?? Edklinth exhaled a little.
??And what did he say??? ??He was very concerned about her safety and wished her well. I??m a survivor. Berger sat at her desk in the glass cage. An Agent in Place contained so much inaccurate information about Sweden in the first chapter that he threw the book into the wastepaper basket.?? She nodded. chief of Secretariat. Then she skipped month to month and read only the subject lines.?? Blomkvist said again. He had started out from Laholm just after 8.?? ??That??s what he says. You have no idea. Gullberg was the chief. ??What??s so funny??? ??I??ve always wondered what she did to get her revenge. Prosecutor Ekstr?m??s weakness was his conviction as to his own importance. She looked as if she had been beaten to death. Cortez exhaled in relief. but having Kalle Bastard Blomkvist??s sister working for her was hard to stomach. I??ve read Bj?rck??s report. I was just quicker on my feet than he was. With the result that he was bound to express himself rather imprecisely. briskly.T.
?? ??I??ll come to your place at 8. If anything happens you should quickly seek shelter and lock the door while you wait for assistance. ??He started at S?po in the ??50s. It cannot be ruled out that there is a minor bleed that is not visible on the images. He was satisfied with the progress of her physical rehabilitation.?? ??I??m going to expose two doctors who were errand boys for S?po. Sweden had voted for a conservative government. but in a week nobody will even remember the name Zalachenko.K.?? Wadensj?? felt the panic rise. she realised she was hungry.?? ??And so am I. ??This is how things stand. you??re going to have to sort out some resources pretty damn fast. Erlander said: ??I knew Officer Ingemarsson personally. The heavy weapons cabinet stood wide open.?? ??Thanks for everything. Blomkvist knows Salander and has always believed in her innocence. ??I assume that??s what??s brought you out here.A. and she might live to be a hundred. He spoke as if thinking out loud.
react if they catch him. But he??s an idiot. ??But not me. He copied the address into Explorer.?? ??Good.. If Salander talked.
even though this time there was no strap holding her down
even though this time there was no strap holding her down.?? She poked him in the stomach. She took a hammer from the tool box in the basement and put that in the master bathroom too. the intensive care unit.?? Salander pressed her lips tight. ??You don??t know about the tattoo Bjurman had on his abdomen??? ??What tattoo??? Blomkvist was taken aback.?? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s Lisbeth Salander. He thought doctors often drew conclusions that they could not substantiate. Modig wondered how much she should say to a reporter. Lisbeth??? Go away. ??That won??t happen now. Second. We??ve also had enormous expenses.?? ??I don??t think???? ??It??s up to you. I??m leaving for G?teborg later this afternoon. There would certainly be headlines in the evening papers and it would probably result in an assault charge. The prosecutor is going to try to get you locked up in the psychiatric ward. and for the past week she had not taken any headache tablets. That will be done later this week. I??ve never had a confrontation with a prime minister before. M?rtensson and his companion were talking in low voices.?? ??But you two ?? he??ll publish it??? Armansky gave a curt nod.?? ??Which means that ???? He let the question hang in the air between them. so he stuck his head out a little further. ??a public defence has already been appointed.
They had had a long. Policemen aren??t supposed to think in those terms.?? ??I don??t like institutions that are beyond normal parliamentary scrutiny.?? ??But how did Bjurman get involved??? ??Palmgren had a stroke in the autumn of 2002. series. He worked as a newspaper boy. What could I say? If I asked what it meant. The evening papers and a morning paper had reported a person being badly injured in a car fire on Lundagatan on the date in question in 1991.S. Monika is working her backside off. The closest car will come from Adam Security in Fisks?tra. and generally she had done everything she could think of to make him understand how she wanted the newspaper to be shaped. The difference is that it locks automatically when you close it. It was highly unlikely that Evert Gullberg would ever be brought before a court. ??We??ve borrowed the place for tonight??s meeting. What can I tell him??? ??Two days ago I was ready to approve a discharge. Waltari may be an idiot. 2.?? ??On the other hand I??m afraid that if I don??t do something. When she wore a sleeveless T-shirt or a summer dress.?? ??An excellent career advancement. Baksi had been caught in the act by Per-Erik ?str?m ?C the same man who went on to be the paedophile hunter at Save the Children ?C who in the ??80s was the research secretary at the Trades Union Federation. ??Annika. Lottie? Dig up her passport picture. ??No again.
But it ended. and examined her to check on her progress. ??Benny K. Her foot was hurting so badly that she could not put any weight on it.?? ??That ?? wasn??t so good. At 7. Cortez had demonstrated that in 1999. Nothing unusual about this. If the government was not informed. he had established his own headquarters at Salander??s apartment. & M. ??How long do I have to lie here like this??? ??You mean in the hospital? It will be at the least a couple of weeks before we can let you go. I told her to go home. Otherwise what sounds like a cross-section of middle-class Sweden.F.?? Berger put down her fork and stared at him. Our work is less and less about identifying spies. ??Do we have the name of the assailant??? Eriksson shook her head as the telephone rang again. some of it. He hadn??t been able to pull his gun. I can??t believe Salander knows anything about it.?? ??My superior is the one who wants to talk to you. The hopes for a breakthrough. but she could not. He was amazed that such a small.
??Three weeks at S. When they got back to the news desk they saw Morander get up and come over to the door of the glass cage. the journalist Dag Svensson. But now I have to be careful that the muscles don??t turn to fat. you have to enter a three-digit code on a plate on the door handle. ??Raml?sa. Then she turned and locked the bathroom door. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request. ??That??s about it.?? ??Did you make eye contact??? ??No. She then glanced at the bedside table and saw the water glass. I have no idea what these particular grey cells are for. We??ve got a little time ?C find out exactly how long before the next issue is published ?C but we have to confiscate both those copies. It was a code that Kalle Bloody Blomkvist had been forced to work out when he got into her apartment on Fiskargatan uninvited and tripped the burglar alarm. and obviously he would be interested in any related information.P. ??He turned east???? ??We can see you both. I??d have to get myself a new lawyer. and his request was instantly met. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. She could not see him anywhere. for Christ??s sake. ??Hmm. one in Stockholm. According to Erlander.
Monica??? ??We??re following up on the robbery of the grocer??s in Sunne. She radiated a cheerful confidence. Don??t misunderstand me ?? I??ll tell the truth as I see it in what I publish. If she wants to tell you where she lives. And you send a couple of village policemen to arrest him as if he were some Saturday night drunk.M. a madman. Zalachenko is Salander??s father. We??re looking at the blueprints for all the relevant offices and apartments. He did recognize that the Member of Parliament had reason enough for complaint. Berger had not even known of his existence. he called Berger himself. the IB affair. It was impossible. which provided electricity for her bedside lamp and digital clock.I. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo. I??ve got a young woman here who??s been shot in the head. ??Hello.00 p. But Lisbeth should be able to choose whether she wants to make use of them in her trial.?? Erlander had no more questions. You must understand how improbably complicated this story has become. ??And we??ve only known each other a few days. The problem would then unfold in two parts.
which in this case meant that the chief had covered his back.K. At 2. capitalism is what matters here.?? ??Of course. editor-in-chief. She saw the face of a complete stranger and memorized every detail.?? the assistant chief of the Violent Crimes Division concluded.?? ??An attack alarm can??t be cancelled the same way you would cancel the burglar alarm.?? Jonasson said.?? ??How badly hurt am I??? ??Your prognosis is good. ??Can you hear me.?? ??Take it easy. ??Am I going to get mixed up in something I ought to know about??? ??You??re not going to get involved. either openly or covertly. Henry is chasing it down. Blomkvist studied her carefully as she came back from the ladies??. In short. It appears to be older than the others.?? ??I??m not suggesting that they should lose money.?? ??You have my word. which she was immediately given. * Salander handed back the mobile to Dr Jonasson. She poured black coffee into a paper cup and ate a lettuce and cheese baguette.?? ??That helps a bit.
you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. Besides ???? ??Besides what??? ??It??s nothing. It had been two days now since the break-in. Hello. I checked with the embassy.?? ??I understand. It??s possible that when this conversation is over. Someone would have called in a favour and got someone to talk. She spent a while limping around the living room.?? Nystr?m said. psychiatrist Lars Faulsson.I. her army scattered. And this is the document that proves me right. He needed cash. & E. First. And somewhere the idea seems to have popped up that she might have been involved in selling steroids. or even with the duct tape that some inspired soul had applied. It was a question only of how the case was presented. One part concerns Zalachenko. ??Then look into Gullberg??s background. But I noticed that the report was vague in the extreme. which eventually became a law office at Odenplan. ??I??ll make sure you get some painkillers in a minute.
Keep your eyes peeled ?? So tell me. ??Give him a copy. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann. all of which had contained the word ??whore. but his mind was working on a completely different level as he reconstructed the key points. At around 11.?? He sat down on the sofa in the living room with his iBook on his lap and worked without any breaks all day. but a great many institutions and phenomena also fell within the bailiwick of the division. deep inside she was pleased with Salander??s silence.?? ??It??s precisely the same thing.?? If Zalachenko could have laughed he would have. Her only problem was that she had an arrow through her skull. I??d have sounded the alarm. You??ve had an operation and you??re in the intensive care unit.?? ??I don??t think so.P. and I can??t tell the others before I tell him. This will require extraordinary measures. possibly three. ??Excuse us for summoning you to this meeting at such short notice.?? Blomkvist burst out laughing.?? ??As do we all. ??You still haven??t got it.?? Bublanski said. who??s in the neighbouring rooms.
It ended in a violent argument and a spectacular fight between the sisters. I checked with the embassy..?? ??I promise. ??Hi. exposed Wennerstr?m and eventually got him a life sentence for treason at L?ngholmen prison. He looked concerned. However. The technique was simple but not 100 per cent effective. right ?? here??s what it says in the daily memo: quote. and that the objective once more is to confine you to a nuthouse. but saw no-one who seemed to be paying him any attention. having met her before. but Cortez had solid evidence. To the bathroom with you. Vitavara Inc. It was beautiful and well done. Which Nieminen doubted ?C Lundin had never been clever with money. In that respect. either openly or covertly. ??We??re going down the perfect-bound trade paperback route. I asked you for two things: first.?? he confirmed. other people can. and I can also say that we had conversations with him about once a month until recently.
To her surprise she found the visits of Dr Jonasson pleasant. She realized that once again she was confined to an institutional bed. for the sake of fairness.?? he said. She signalled and headed off a couple of pedestrians who tried to sneak across even though their light was red. As long as you live. And the person who would decide when it was time for that was Dr Jonasson. time to get up.K. If you admitted that you put golf clubs around the place with the intent of arming yourself. He was running out of time. 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. and he would have to take control of the situation. According to the doctors. Holm.?? He knows that I have a photographic memory ?? and that I??m a hacker. with a petrol bomb. She looked on the verge of tears.v ?C Thursday. He thanked the nurse and followed the sign to the staircase. but???? ??I can??t wave a magic wand and conjure up the contents of a daily newspaper by sitting in my glass cage and just wishing for things. Lottie will follow Teleborian.E. She studied the photographs of the two men who had allegedly followed the journalist Blomkvist from Caf?? Copacabana on May 1. through her report.
Hmm. and he has a very painful facial wound. ??No. But there was one policeman dead and another severely wounded on the road to Nossebro. they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. All that is nonsense. and opened the folder of notes from her last conversation with Salander. It took her a few seconds to make the connection. the youngest person at the meeting. and I won??t report it to the tax authorities.?? Ekstr?m repeated in a brittle tone. He was arrested with Lundin at Stallarholmen.Sunday. Blomkvist sat on a sofa while Baksi got coffee from a machine in the hallway.P. Formally.?? ??Not a problem. ??I wouldn??t be able to swear it??s the same person???? ??But it is. Even though by now the statute of limitations has run out on the specific instances of crime. but somebody in the newsroom got an email from you. In 1969. Finally she shrugged. If it benefits him to talk to the media ?? if he thought he could get an amnesty or a reduced sentence. & E. but she could not untie the rope that bound her hands behind her back.
was founded in the ??70s. She was locked up inside her shell and kept her distance from those around her. S. The disk is very strong evidence. Her own job was to keep tabs on the government departments and parliament on behalf of Millennium.?? ??But F?lldin is alive and willing to talk about the matter. ??Teleborian??? Jonasson could not help overhearing the name. ??You look tired. Lisbeth??? Go away. on G?tgatan.00 in the evening and Rosin showed her around the house.U. Curt. 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. a production company and a management company. Various assignments had been given to Cortez and Eriksson. Blomkvist regarded P. I have ordered an investigation. I had to read them the riot act. Annika is doing her best to prepare for your trial. He hesitated for a long time. A Russian agent. and his job was to make sure she got well. Henry. he would not have given the car a second glance.
operations managers. past the parliament building.?? ??We didn??t agree on the angle in the article about the government??s tax proposal. ??You??re here on a temporary basis. She walked out of the front door just as the taxi drew up.?? ??Have you appointed an assistant editor??? ??Henry. she accepted.?? ??She had an operation soon after she was brought in and was awake in the early evening. and I??m beginning to expect that we??ll find her fingerprints on the cigarette case. He??s ambitious and on the lookout for anything that will benefit his career. Improbable??? ??Doesn??t it? One might think it??s the stuff of a spy novel. Someone wanted to sell her Viagra. How??s it going with the case of Svavelsj? M. he was following in the footsteps of another well-known spy. and so on.?? Salander looked at him with sudden alertness as soon as he mentioned the word ??psychiatrist??. Despite persistent attempts to establish the truth and uncover the crucial evidence ?C the smoking gun ?C the Section had never found any proof.?? ??I was afraid of that. No such address exists. ??I just wanted to say that I??m really very pleased with the way you took control today. ??we??re sitting here with P.G. I want you to focus on the follow-up care given to severely injured patients in corridor 11C. He was Salander??s friend. Lisbeth Salander logged on to Hacker Republice and saw that Plague was online.
?? ??You??ve got to let things settle down. Annika has obeyed the rules.22 calibre Browning.. right next to the gate to the Maria lift. He had transferred the most crucial documentation to her desk. How about that??? ??This hypothetical computer is soon going to send you a hypothetical email. Zalachenko was watching her in the light that came from the corridor. She could not imagine how he could finish in time. 2. names and organizational charts. ??Are you ready to come back to work??? Clinton looked up. and I do need to talk to you. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses. All this nonsense about security classification was little more than words anyway. he had identified the most glaring holes in the story. By that time you had retired. It was the same hotel Blomkvist had spent the night in several days before. has anyone received any more weird emails??? ??Not that I??ve heard. that is.?? ??The whole thing has to do with my contract with Millennium. but she could sense Blomkvist looking at her as he passed. and smelled coffee from the kitchen where his wife was already about her morning chores. and he was offering her a chance to escape in a very different way. I wish he had left a letter.
?? ??And the third name??? Edklinth said. 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. ??That??s possible. and one of the few she had rewritten several times before she was satisfied. Not much to hang on the Christmas tree. there is that possibility. She sat up in bed and looked at the man beside her. and film roles.?? ??And you don??t want to be dependent on anything.?? she said. Just as Figuerola reached the Bishop??s Arms. I don??t know how we??re going to make it. The man from N.?? Rosin thought for a moment.00 the next morning.?? ??We won??t have time to dig up the whole story. Gullberg saw a red flower-shaped splatter on the wall behind the bedhead. What she was interested in was access to S.?? ??What sort of burns??? ??I??m guessing a taser. The trade in building materials goes through wholesalers who set their own prices.?? She burst out laughing. The exceptions were on those occasions when Inspector Erlander had asked her what she knew about Niedermann. to make you aware of the sensitive nature of the situation. ??Lisbeth Salander. You??re a victim.
She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed.?? Gullberg said. He shook hands with ArmanskyWednesday. ??I??ll sum up so that I am absolutely certain that I understood you correctly. who nodded. They chatted for a while. At the clubhouse.P. Blomkvist looked in surprise at the cigarette he had extracted from his jacket.?? ??In this case ??nothing?? could be quite a lot. but he??s afraid to make operational decisions.?? Armansky said. I suspect it??s Holm??s doing. I??m now on a side street off Linn??gatan. And what about the events of April 12? Zalachenko was conveniently murdered at Sahlgrenska hospital by a mentally ill fanatic at the same time as a burglary was committed at Blomkvist??s apartment and Advokat Giannini was mugged. newspaper and government offices received letters in which he threatened to kill Karl Axel Bodin.?? said Holmberg. Otherwise what sounds like a cross-section of middle-class Sweden. ??Because the median age of our readers is fifty-plus.00. Malin. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks.
She had no clue as to what had happened after she had swung the axe at Zalachenko??s head. That should be enough for a cheap pair of jeans and a T-shirt at the Salvation Army store. less regular breathing. if a group of police officers decided to stretch the laws so that an individual??s constitutionally guaranteed rights were infringed. Karl Axel Bodin. She had some general conversations with Salander and hinted at the outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had planned.?? It took some while before she got an answer. Who was the other??? ??F?lldin met him only on that one occasion and couldn??t remember his name. who told me that they had recently initiated a preliminary investigation against him. Come on. a spring baton. But the pain was manageable. Who was murdered??? ??Herr Bodin. If I take on her defence. She radiated a cheerful confidence. Bublanski was working only on Niedermann. But now they want me to start asap. And if they did not. unzipped the outside pocket of his case.P. he would be forced to tender his resignation immediately. ??Based on current information.
She had a headache again. And you can still spend nine hours every other day on dialysis. I??m sorry I??ve not come to see you the past few days.?? ??Understood. I don??t like your tone of voice. and a kidnapping.P. If the situation had been reversed ?C if S. but he had some paperwork to catch up on. You must be a raving masochist. at least. ??She??s been described as a psychotic.?? ??It all sounds a bit ?? I don??t know.?? Malm said. I??m beginning to think that I made a colossal mistake taking on the job. In the distance she heard a voice that seemed to be talking to her. ??That??s right. and no operations arm.T. They didn??t find anything. possibly three. I??m a police officer myself.
He said there was nothing to indicate that the murder was other than the impulsive act of a sick human being. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m. don??t do it.?? ??So you??re saying that Salander isn??t exactly what she seems to be. Zalachenko is an ordinary gangster who??s probably mixed up in several murders and other criminal activities.?? ??Good Lord. Malin is tough. only vice versa. Do we suspect this Niedermann of all of them? If so. He says that he had nothing to do with the murders in Stockholm. He was. There was a photocopy of a passport application form for one Idris Ghidi. It was an indication that Niedermann was functioning. leadership will have an unpleasant surprise. agent who had apparently turned up in Sweden on Election Day in 1976.?? ??Yes??? ??It??s this: if I??m not present.?? ??Could I make a small. And he could not help feeling flattered that he was being given information ?C off the record. I know that you??ve worked together for twenty years or so and you??ve had your ups and downs. It involves big beasts who are either retired now or close to retirement. ??We??re the ones nobody will ever thank. who had an alcohol problem.
Berger had gathered her colleagues into Millennium??s small conference room with only a few minutes?? notice.?? ??You misunderstand me. Right now we??re examining a large number of old personnel files. and most crucially: what was the truth surrounding Bj?rck??s report from 1991? ??That is a serious matter. both as a kid and as an adult. He withdrew cash from an A. 1966).?? ??I heard the news.C. It could be if someone is trying to break in or turns up in the garden or something like that. The problem was that she could scarcely sit upright in bed.??Friday. First of all.?? the Minister of Justice said. Gullberg had no doubt that Zalachenko was a sick bastard. If anyone can inject life into that dying body.?? ??Credibility? That??s a peculiar question.?? ??Oh??? ??He wants you to know that he??s told me most of the story. since Dr Endrin was assigned to her case.?? ??I didn??t think you were or you wouldn??t have slept here last night.?? ??Which is what ????? ??Lisbeth Salander suffers from a serious mental disorder.?? Sellberg looked rather startled.
to the point. Lunch consisted of black coffee and a meatball sandwich with beetroot salad. ??Lisbeth. that I be informed of everything that has a bearing on the Salander case. How else can we explain the report from 1991 ending up in the hands of Advokat Bjurman??? ??Another man who spends his time with prostitutes??? Gullberg said. ??Fredrik Clinton. Is that understood??? ??Yes. S. the supplementary information that the prosecutor considered irrelevant to the preliminary investigation.?? ??O. The technique was not uncommon. By this time Ghidi had learned Swedish and obtained treatment for his shattered hip. just ring for us.?? ??Curt Andersson. June is a double issue. My prognosis is that the third quarter will produce a significant loss. Niedermann is a murderer who has no grain of conscience. ??Go on. Her problem was how to respond to his questions. had begun his criminal career stealing cars at seventeen. That should be happening ???? ?C Bublanski looked at his watch ?C ???? yes.iv Modig and Holmberg arrived at G?teborg Central Station just after 8.
who was snoring peacefully. We have routines here at S..?? Modig sighed. but his clients were for the most part corporations with head offices in Switzerland or Liechtenstein. he had helped in the attempt to murder and bury her. and he did not ask any questions. and locked away in a psychiatric hospital to stop her blowing the gaff on Zalachenko. so we??re all square. They agreed that the situation might be more serious than S?po had at first assumed. Bj?rck messed around with teenage prostitutes and Millennium were going to expose him. yes. If you are involved. And until we??ve found out what??s wrong. because you shot him in the foot and broke his jaw when you kicked him. and it was only when she had to turn off the alarm in the hall that she remembered her husband was not at home. But she could see that he was lost in his own thoughts. He prescribed various medications and complete bedrest. nor will it cause any problems for you or for Ghidi. The tone of his muscles testified to the fact that he spent a number of hours each week at the gym. ??Focus on the information. And sex with Blomkvist.
He took a pinch of snuff. The P. 8. and even suggestions that the operation was altogether unnecessary. thought Malm. You are going to have some painful times ahead while your body heals. He was on the night shift in A. Through its global satellite monitoring the N. The Filofax.?? ??I have a feeling that this story is going to be about something altogether different.?? ??Thank you. which dealt with the Wennerstr?m affair. The difference between Trinity and the N. Just let??s see if you understand this message. Status report??? ??Rather unsettled. ??Hello. lost in thought. not tonight or next week or whenever you feel like getting your arse out of your chair. The French secret police had sent frogmen to New Zealand to blow up the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior.?? Gullberg said.?? ??My superior is the one who wants to talk to you. But he was still alive.
?? ??A little. agent who defected from the Soviet Union seems impossible to verify. and through the building behind theirs on to H?kens Gata. and I??ll try to work out what??s going on. Blomkvist leaned towards her.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him.M. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue. Then she checked the hard drives of Ekstr?m (some routine correspondence about the trial) and Teleborian.M.?? Gullberg drew a series of concentric circles on his notepad. then we??ll decide what to do. Even if they provoke you or accuse you of whatever ?? Can you promise me??? ??I could manage that. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces. But instead of the usual assignment at sea that he had anticipated.?? Modig blinked twice.?? ??All food is decent.?? ??What??? ??It??s on the top floor. If it were just a matter of anonymous hate mail we would make a decreased threat assessment. then. and I??m afraid she??s going to get the same medicine when the trial begins.P.
?? ??Alright. As a result of this outburst.?? ??I??ll come to your place at 8. so he limped to the telephone booth at the grocer??s to call Landsort and book himself a room in the old ships?? pilot lookout. He needed time and space to think. patients and visitors. He looked up at her. It was Giannini. Tell us what you know. There has been almost no limit to the fantasies that have been circulated about her. Bj?rck hangs himself ?C a person with whom Edklinth wished he could have had a serious talk. forty-two. ??Gullberg is out of his mind. I don??t have time for a long conversation now ?C I have to meet Prosecutor Jervas in forty-five minutes. said. I don??t know how he??s going to react if they catch him. But he??s an idiot. ??But not me. He copied the address into Explorer.?? ??Good.. If Salander talked.
even though this time there was no strap holding her down.?? She poked him in the stomach. She took a hammer from the tool box in the basement and put that in the master bathroom too. the intensive care unit.?? Salander pressed her lips tight. ??You don??t know about the tattoo Bjurman had on his abdomen??? ??What tattoo??? Blomkvist was taken aback.?? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s Lisbeth Salander. He thought doctors often drew conclusions that they could not substantiate. Modig wondered how much she should say to a reporter. Lisbeth??? Go away. ??That won??t happen now. Second. We??ve also had enormous expenses.?? ??I don??t think???? ??It??s up to you. I??m leaving for G?teborg later this afternoon. There would certainly be headlines in the evening papers and it would probably result in an assault charge. The prosecutor is going to try to get you locked up in the psychiatric ward. and for the past week she had not taken any headache tablets. That will be done later this week. I??ve never had a confrontation with a prime minister before. M?rtensson and his companion were talking in low voices.?? ??But you two ?? he??ll publish it??? Armansky gave a curt nod.?? ??Which means that ???? He let the question hang in the air between them. so he stuck his head out a little further. ??a public defence has already been appointed.
They had had a long. Policemen aren??t supposed to think in those terms.?? ??I don??t like institutions that are beyond normal parliamentary scrutiny.?? ??But how did Bjurman get involved??? ??Palmgren had a stroke in the autumn of 2002. series. He worked as a newspaper boy. What could I say? If I asked what it meant. The evening papers and a morning paper had reported a person being badly injured in a car fire on Lundagatan on the date in question in 1991.S. Monika is working her backside off. The closest car will come from Adam Security in Fisks?tra. and generally she had done everything she could think of to make him understand how she wanted the newspaper to be shaped. The difference is that it locks automatically when you close it. It was highly unlikely that Evert Gullberg would ever be brought before a court. ??We??ve borrowed the place for tonight??s meeting. What can I tell him??? ??Two days ago I was ready to approve a discharge. Waltari may be an idiot. 2.?? ??On the other hand I??m afraid that if I don??t do something. When she wore a sleeveless T-shirt or a summer dress.?? ??An excellent career advancement. Baksi had been caught in the act by Per-Erik ?str?m ?C the same man who went on to be the paedophile hunter at Save the Children ?C who in the ??80s was the research secretary at the Trades Union Federation. ??Annika. Lottie? Dig up her passport picture. ??No again.
But it ended. and examined her to check on her progress. ??Benny K. Her foot was hurting so badly that she could not put any weight on it.?? ??That ?? wasn??t so good. At 7. Cortez had demonstrated that in 1999. Nothing unusual about this. If the government was not informed. he had established his own headquarters at Salander??s apartment. & M. ??How long do I have to lie here like this??? ??You mean in the hospital? It will be at the least a couple of weeks before we can let you go. I told her to go home. Otherwise what sounds like a cross-section of middle-class Sweden.F.?? Berger put down her fork and stared at him. Our work is less and less about identifying spies. ??Do we have the name of the assailant??? Eriksson shook her head as the telephone rang again. some of it. He hadn??t been able to pull his gun. I can??t believe Salander knows anything about it.?? ??My superior is the one who wants to talk to you. The hopes for a breakthrough. but she could not. He was amazed that such a small.
??Three weeks at S. When they got back to the news desk they saw Morander get up and come over to the door of the glass cage. the journalist Dag Svensson. But now I have to be careful that the muscles don??t turn to fat. you have to enter a three-digit code on a plate on the door handle. ??Raml?sa. Then she turned and locked the bathroom door. What makes you ask such a dramatic question??? ??It??s prompted by a dramatic and extraordinary request. ??That??s about it.?? ??Did you make eye contact??? ??No. She then glanced at the bedside table and saw the water glass. I have no idea what these particular grey cells are for. We??ve got a little time ?C find out exactly how long before the next issue is published ?C but we have to confiscate both those copies. It was a code that Kalle Bloody Blomkvist had been forced to work out when he got into her apartment on Fiskargatan uninvited and tripped the burglar alarm. and obviously he would be interested in any related information.P. ??He turned east???? ??We can see you both. I??d have to get myself a new lawyer. and his request was instantly met. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. She could not see him anywhere. for Christ??s sake. ??Hmm. one in Stockholm. According to Erlander.
Monica??? ??We??re following up on the robbery of the grocer??s in Sunne. She radiated a cheerful confidence. Don??t misunderstand me ?? I??ll tell the truth as I see it in what I publish. If she wants to tell you where she lives. And you send a couple of village policemen to arrest him as if he were some Saturday night drunk.M. a madman. Zalachenko is Salander??s father. We??re looking at the blueprints for all the relevant offices and apartments. He did recognize that the Member of Parliament had reason enough for complaint. Berger had not even known of his existence. he called Berger himself. the IB affair. It was impossible. which provided electricity for her bedside lamp and digital clock.I. She could just see the back window of M?rtensson??s Volvo. I??ve got a young woman here who??s been shot in the head. ??Hello.00 p. But Lisbeth should be able to choose whether she wants to make use of them in her trial.?? Erlander had no more questions. You must understand how improbably complicated this story has become. ??And we??ve only known each other a few days. The problem would then unfold in two parts.
which in this case meant that the chief had covered his back.K. At 2. capitalism is what matters here.?? ??Of course. editor-in-chief. She saw the face of a complete stranger and memorized every detail.?? the assistant chief of the Violent Crimes Division concluded.?? ??An attack alarm can??t be cancelled the same way you would cancel the burglar alarm.?? Jonasson said.?? ??How badly hurt am I??? ??Your prognosis is good. ??Can you hear me.?? ??Take it easy. ??Am I going to get mixed up in something I ought to know about??? ??You??re not going to get involved. either openly or covertly. Henry is chasing it down. Blomkvist studied her carefully as she came back from the ladies??. In short. It appears to be older than the others.?? ??I??m not suggesting that they should lose money.?? ??You have my word. which she was immediately given. * Salander handed back the mobile to Dr Jonasson. She poured black coffee into a paper cup and ate a lettuce and cheese baguette.?? ??That helps a bit.
you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. Besides ???? ??Besides what??? ??It??s nothing. It had been two days now since the break-in. Hello. I checked with the embassy.?? ??I understand. It??s possible that when this conversation is over. Someone would have called in a favour and got someone to talk. She spent a while limping around the living room.?? Nystr?m said. psychiatrist Lars Faulsson.I. her army scattered. And this is the document that proves me right. He needed cash. & E. First. And somewhere the idea seems to have popped up that she might have been involved in selling steroids. or even with the duct tape that some inspired soul had applied. It was a question only of how the case was presented. One part concerns Zalachenko. ??Then look into Gullberg??s background. But I noticed that the report was vague in the extreme. which eventually became a law office at Odenplan. ??I??ll make sure you get some painkillers in a minute.
Keep your eyes peeled ?? So tell me. ??Give him a copy. It was in an upstairs room used by Niedermann. all of which had contained the word ??whore. but his mind was working on a completely different level as he reconstructed the key points. At around 11.?? He sat down on the sofa in the living room with his iBook on his lap and worked without any breaks all day. but a great many institutions and phenomena also fell within the bailiwick of the division. deep inside she was pleased with Salander??s silence.?? ??It??s precisely the same thing.?? If Zalachenko could have laughed he would have. Her only problem was that she had an arrow through her skull. I??d have sounded the alarm. You??ve had an operation and you??re in the intensive care unit.?? ??I don??t think so.P. and I can??t tell the others before I tell him. This will require extraordinary measures. possibly three. ??Excuse us for summoning you to this meeting at such short notice.?? Blomkvist burst out laughing.?? ??As do we all. ??You still haven??t got it.?? Bublanski said. who??s in the neighbouring rooms.
It ended in a violent argument and a spectacular fight between the sisters. I checked with the embassy..?? ??I promise. ??Hi. exposed Wennerstr?m and eventually got him a life sentence for treason at L?ngholmen prison. He looked concerned. However. The technique was simple but not 100 per cent effective. right ?? here??s what it says in the daily memo: quote. and that the objective once more is to confine you to a nuthouse. but saw no-one who seemed to be paying him any attention. having met her before. but Cortez had solid evidence. To the bathroom with you. Vitavara Inc. It was beautiful and well done. Which Nieminen doubted ?C Lundin had never been clever with money. In that respect. either openly or covertly. ??We??re going down the perfect-bound trade paperback route. I asked you for two things: first.?? he confirmed. other people can. and I can also say that we had conversations with him about once a month until recently.
To her surprise she found the visits of Dr Jonasson pleasant. She realized that once again she was confined to an institutional bed. for the sake of fairness.?? he said. She signalled and headed off a couple of pedestrians who tried to sneak across even though their light was red. As long as you live. And the person who would decide when it was time for that was Dr Jonasson. time to get up.K. If you admitted that you put golf clubs around the place with the intent of arming yourself. He was running out of time. 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. and he would have to take control of the situation. According to the doctors. Holm.?? He knows that I have a photographic memory ?? and that I??m a hacker. with a petrol bomb. She looked on the verge of tears.v ?C Thursday. He thanked the nurse and followed the sign to the staircase. but???? ??I can??t wave a magic wand and conjure up the contents of a daily newspaper by sitting in my glass cage and just wishing for things. Lottie will follow Teleborian.E. She studied the photographs of the two men who had allegedly followed the journalist Blomkvist from Caf?? Copacabana on May 1. through her report.
Hmm. and he has a very painful facial wound. ??No. But there was one policeman dead and another severely wounded on the road to Nossebro. they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. All that is nonsense. and opened the folder of notes from her last conversation with Salander. It took her a few seconds to make the connection. the youngest person at the meeting. and I won??t report it to the tax authorities.?? Ekstr?m repeated in a brittle tone. He was arrested with Lundin at Stallarholmen.Sunday. Blomkvist sat on a sofa while Baksi got coffee from a machine in the hallway.P. Formally.?? ??Not a problem. ??I wouldn??t be able to swear it??s the same person???? ??But it is. Even though by now the statute of limitations has run out on the specific instances of crime. but somebody in the newsroom got an email from you. In 1969. Finally she shrugged. If it benefits him to talk to the media ?? if he thought he could get an amnesty or a reduced sentence. & E. but she could not untie the rope that bound her hands behind her back.
was founded in the ??70s. She was locked up inside her shell and kept her distance from those around her. S. The disk is very strong evidence. Her own job was to keep tabs on the government departments and parliament on behalf of Millennium.?? ??But F?lldin is alive and willing to talk about the matter. ??Teleborian??? Jonasson could not help overhearing the name. ??You look tired. Lisbeth??? Go away. on G?tgatan.00 in the evening and Rosin showed her around the house.U. Curt. 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. a production company and a management company. Various assignments had been given to Cortez and Eriksson. Blomkvist regarded P. I have ordered an investigation. I had to read them the riot act. Annika is doing her best to prepare for your trial. He hesitated for a long time. A Russian agent. and his job was to make sure she got well. Henry. he would not have given the car a second glance.
operations managers. past the parliament building.?? ??We didn??t agree on the angle in the article about the government??s tax proposal. ??You??re here on a temporary basis. She walked out of the front door just as the taxi drew up.?? ??Have you appointed an assistant editor??? ??Henry. she accepted.?? ??She had an operation soon after she was brought in and was awake in the early evening. and I??m beginning to expect that we??ll find her fingerprints on the cigarette case. He??s ambitious and on the lookout for anything that will benefit his career. Improbable??? ??Doesn??t it? One might think it??s the stuff of a spy novel. Someone wanted to sell her Viagra. How??s it going with the case of Svavelsj? M. he was following in the footsteps of another well-known spy. and so on.?? Salander looked at him with sudden alertness as soon as he mentioned the word ??psychiatrist??. Despite persistent attempts to establish the truth and uncover the crucial evidence ?C the smoking gun ?C the Section had never found any proof.?? ??I was afraid of that. No such address exists. ??I just wanted to say that I??m really very pleased with the way you took control today. ??we??re sitting here with P.G. I want you to focus on the follow-up care given to severely injured patients in corridor 11C. He was Salander??s friend. Lisbeth Salander logged on to Hacker Republice and saw that Plague was online.
?? ??You??ve got to let things settle down. Annika has obeyed the rules.22 calibre Browning.. right next to the gate to the Maria lift. He had transferred the most crucial documentation to her desk. How about that??? ??This hypothetical computer is soon going to send you a hypothetical email. Zalachenko was watching her in the light that came from the corridor. She could not imagine how he could finish in time. 2. names and organizational charts. ??Are you ready to come back to work??? Clinton looked up. and I do need to talk to you. then pay out as much as you want in bonuses. All this nonsense about security classification was little more than words anyway. he had identified the most glaring holes in the story. By that time you had retired. It was the same hotel Blomkvist had spent the night in several days before. has anyone received any more weird emails??? ??Not that I??ve heard. that is.?? ??The whole thing has to do with my contract with Millennium. but she could sense Blomkvist looking at her as he passed. and smelled coffee from the kitchen where his wife was already about her morning chores. and he was offering her a chance to escape in a very different way. I wish he had left a letter.
?? ??And the third name??? Edklinth said. 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. ??That??s possible. and one of the few she had rewritten several times before she was satisfied. Not much to hang on the Christmas tree. there is that possibility. She sat up in bed and looked at the man beside her. and film roles.?? ??And you don??t want to be dependent on anything.?? she said. Just as Figuerola reached the Bishop??s Arms. I don??t know how we??re going to make it. The man from N.?? Rosin thought for a moment.00 the next morning.?? ??We won??t have time to dig up the whole story. Gullberg saw a red flower-shaped splatter on the wall behind the bedhead. What she was interested in was access to S.?? ??What sort of burns??? ??I??m guessing a taser. The trade in building materials goes through wholesalers who set their own prices.?? She burst out laughing. The exceptions were on those occasions when Inspector Erlander had asked her what she knew about Niedermann. to make you aware of the sensitive nature of the situation. ??Lisbeth Salander. You??re a victim.
She called the registrar and was informed that no report with that protocol number existed.?? Gullberg said. He shook hands with ArmanskyWednesday. ??I??ll sum up so that I am absolutely certain that I understood you correctly. who nodded. They chatted for a while. At the clubhouse.P. Blomkvist looked in surprise at the cigarette he had extracted from his jacket.?? ??In this case ??nothing?? could be quite a lot. but he??s afraid to make operational decisions.?? Armansky said. I suspect it??s Holm??s doing. I??m now on a side street off Linn??gatan. And what about the events of April 12? Zalachenko was conveniently murdered at Sahlgrenska hospital by a mentally ill fanatic at the same time as a burglary was committed at Blomkvist??s apartment and Advokat Giannini was mugged. newspaper and government offices received letters in which he threatened to kill Karl Axel Bodin.?? said Holmberg. Otherwise what sounds like a cross-section of middle-class Sweden. ??Because the median age of our readers is fifty-plus.00. Malin. How fast can you have the story ready??? ??Two weeks.
She had no clue as to what had happened after she had swung the axe at Zalachenko??s head. That should be enough for a cheap pair of jeans and a T-shirt at the Salvation Army store. less regular breathing. if a group of police officers decided to stretch the laws so that an individual??s constitutionally guaranteed rights were infringed. Karl Axel Bodin. She had some general conversations with Salander and hinted at the outline of the strategy that she and Blomkvist had planned.?? It took some while before she got an answer. Who was the other??? ??F?lldin met him only on that one occasion and couldn??t remember his name. who told me that they had recently initiated a preliminary investigation against him. Come on. a spring baton. But the pain was manageable. Who was murdered??? ??Herr Bodin. If I take on her defence. She radiated a cheerful confidence. Bublanski was working only on Niedermann. But now they want me to start asap. And if they did not. unzipped the outside pocket of his case.P. he would be forced to tender his resignation immediately. ??Based on current information.
She had a headache again. And you can still spend nine hours every other day on dialysis. I??m sorry I??ve not come to see you the past few days.?? ??Understood. I don??t like your tone of voice. and a kidnapping.P. If the situation had been reversed ?C if S. but he had some paperwork to catch up on. You must be a raving masochist. at least. ??She??s been described as a psychotic.?? ??It all sounds a bit ?? I don??t know.?? Malm said. I??m beginning to think that I made a colossal mistake taking on the job. In the distance she heard a voice that seemed to be talking to her. ??That??s right. and no operations arm.T. They didn??t find anything. possibly three. I??m a police officer myself.
He said there was nothing to indicate that the murder was other than the impulsive act of a sick human being. ??Teleborian went straight to Ekstr?m. don??t do it.?? ??So you??re saying that Salander isn??t exactly what she seems to be. Zalachenko is an ordinary gangster who??s probably mixed up in several murders and other criminal activities.?? ??Good Lord. Malin is tough. only vice versa. Do we suspect this Niedermann of all of them? If so. He says that he had nothing to do with the murders in Stockholm. He was. There was a photocopy of a passport application form for one Idris Ghidi. It was an indication that Niedermann was functioning. leadership will have an unpleasant surprise. agent who had apparently turned up in Sweden on Election Day in 1976.?? ??Yes??? ??It??s this: if I??m not present.?? ??Could I make a small. And he could not help feeling flattered that he was being given information ?C off the record. I know that you??ve worked together for twenty years or so and you??ve had your ups and downs. It involves big beasts who are either retired now or close to retirement. ??We??re the ones nobody will ever thank. who had an alcohol problem.
Berger had gathered her colleagues into Millennium??s small conference room with only a few minutes?? notice.?? ??You misunderstand me. Right now we??re examining a large number of old personnel files. and most crucially: what was the truth surrounding Bj?rck??s report from 1991? ??That is a serious matter. both as a kid and as an adult. He withdrew cash from an A. 1966).?? ??I heard the news.C. It could be if someone is trying to break in or turns up in the garden or something like that. The problem was that she could scarcely sit upright in bed.??Friday. First of all.?? the Minister of Justice said. Gullberg had no doubt that Zalachenko was a sick bastard. If anyone can inject life into that dying body.?? ??Credibility? That??s a peculiar question.?? ??Oh??? ??He wants you to know that he??s told me most of the story. since Dr Endrin was assigned to her case.?? ??I didn??t think you were or you wouldn??t have slept here last night.?? ??Which is what ????? ??Lisbeth Salander suffers from a serious mental disorder.?? Sellberg looked rather startled.
to the point. Lunch consisted of black coffee and a meatball sandwich with beetroot salad. ??Lisbeth. that I be informed of everything that has a bearing on the Salander case. How else can we explain the report from 1991 ending up in the hands of Advokat Bjurman??? ??Another man who spends his time with prostitutes??? Gullberg said. ??Fredrik Clinton. Is that understood??? ??Yes. S. the supplementary information that the prosecutor considered irrelevant to the preliminary investigation.?? ??O. The technique was not uncommon. By this time Ghidi had learned Swedish and obtained treatment for his shattered hip. just ring for us.?? ??Curt Andersson. June is a double issue. My prognosis is that the third quarter will produce a significant loss. Niedermann is a murderer who has no grain of conscience. ??Go on. Her problem was how to respond to his questions. had begun his criminal career stealing cars at seventeen. That should be happening ???? ?C Bublanski looked at his watch ?C ???? yes.iv Modig and Holmberg arrived at G?teborg Central Station just after 8.
who was snoring peacefully. We have routines here at S..?? Modig sighed. but his clients were for the most part corporations with head offices in Switzerland or Liechtenstein. he had helped in the attempt to murder and bury her. and he did not ask any questions. and locked away in a psychiatric hospital to stop her blowing the gaff on Zalachenko. so we??re all square. They agreed that the situation might be more serious than S?po had at first assumed. Bj?rck messed around with teenage prostitutes and Millennium were going to expose him. yes. If you are involved. And until we??ve found out what??s wrong. because you shot him in the foot and broke his jaw when you kicked him. and it was only when she had to turn off the alarm in the hall that she remembered her husband was not at home. But she could see that he was lost in his own thoughts. He prescribed various medications and complete bedrest. nor will it cause any problems for you or for Ghidi. The tone of his muscles testified to the fact that he spent a number of hours each week at the gym. ??Focus on the information. And sex with Blomkvist.
He took a pinch of snuff. The P. 8. and even suggestions that the operation was altogether unnecessary. thought Malm. You are going to have some painful times ahead while your body heals. He was on the night shift in A. Through its global satellite monitoring the N. The Filofax.?? ??I have a feeling that this story is going to be about something altogether different.?? ??Thank you. which dealt with the Wennerstr?m affair. The difference between Trinity and the N. Just let??s see if you understand this message. Status report??? ??Rather unsettled. ??Hello. lost in thought. not tonight or next week or whenever you feel like getting your arse out of your chair. The French secret police had sent frogmen to New Zealand to blow up the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior.?? Gullberg said.?? ??My superior is the one who wants to talk to you. But he was still alive.
?? ??A little. agent who defected from the Soviet Union seems impossible to verify. and through the building behind theirs on to H?kens Gata. and I??ll try to work out what??s going on. Blomkvist leaned towards her.?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him.M. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue. Then she checked the hard drives of Ekstr?m (some routine correspondence about the trial) and Teleborian.M.?? Gullberg drew a series of concentric circles on his notepad. then we??ll decide what to do. Even if they provoke you or accuse you of whatever ?? Can you promise me??? ??I could manage that. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces. But instead of the usual assignment at sea that he had anticipated.?? Modig blinked twice.?? ??All food is decent.?? ??What??? ??It??s on the top floor. If it were just a matter of anonymous hate mail we would make a decreased threat assessment. then. and I??m afraid she??s going to get the same medicine when the trial begins.P.
?? ??Alright. As a result of this outburst.?? ??I??ll come to your place at 8. so he limped to the telephone booth at the grocer??s to call Landsort and book himself a room in the old ships?? pilot lookout. He needed time and space to think. patients and visitors. He looked up at her. It was Giannini. Tell us what you know. There has been almost no limit to the fantasies that have been circulated about her. Bj?rck hangs himself ?C a person with whom Edklinth wished he could have had a serious talk. forty-two. ??Gullberg is out of his mind. I don??t have time for a long conversation now ?C I have to meet Prosecutor Jervas in forty-five minutes. said. I don??t know how he??s going to react if they catch him. But he??s an idiot. ??But not me. He copied the address into Explorer.?? ??Good.. If Salander talked.
and night.F. for using child labour. Let??s meet tonight at 9. Response time would be about thirty minutes.
even though he was obviously not supposed to write it until after he had been given the opportunity to examine her
even though he was obviously not supposed to write it until after he had been given the opportunity to examine her. have you got anything new??? ??Nothing I haven??t already told you on the phone. or preventing individual citizens from exercising their constitutionally protected rights and liberties. She did not even know if his mobile worked in other countries. Blomkvist could not help being fascinated. They had set a table with cake and Friday afternoon coffee. ??What happened??? he said. ??Today is all about May 1. I cannot defend myself.?? ??I??ll make the decisions and do the surgery.?? ??Car. He could not identify any one of them. It was not her fault that her father had been a pathological sadist and murderer. At first he could not grasp what he was seeing.?? * Jonasson left Salander??s room somewhat confused. not through official channels and bureaucratic regulations.?? Wadensj?? turned to Gullberg. could not afford to keep him as chairman.?? ??But that??s all speculation ???? ??Where are the old personnel files kept??? ??Gullberg isn??t in them. Zalachenko abused her mother so viciously that she spent most of her life in hospital. ??Was it S?po that called you??? ??That??s what I told you. In that case I should say how grateful I am that you and your colleagues are willing to facilitate matters for me.?? Gullberg leaned forward. ??So. where Bj?rck draws conclusions and makes recommendations.
And a number of these sources are still active.?? a list which towards the end of the ??60s amounted to around 300. The Kaspersson woman kicked on the door of a house at 3. She was a little shaky now that the adrenaline had worn off. Edklinth did not believe in coincidence on such a grand scale. Instead she clicked on the [O] in [ERROR]. Whoops. There were plug sockets by the door and in the panel behind the bed.?? Gullberg nodded.00 in the morning. He asked her to please ?C on overtime ?C hurry over to the pub as back-up for Cortez. there was no crime. She remembered the terrible hatred she had felt. He had slept most of the day and then drove back to the hospital at around 7.M. They??re not supposed to interfere with the content.?? She wondered if he were pulling her leg. Cortez could not put his finger on what was wrong. I??d also like to know if you want Giannini to come here to G?teborg.30 that evening. Jonas Shit. but you sat in your office for a while and didn??t know in which direction to go. We have Karl Axel Bodin??s own testimony from the officers who interviewed him. So ?C S?po.E.
a role that took on added significance in the wake of Wennerstr?m??s exposure as a double agent. Until now she had not confronted him in front of other colleagues in the newsroom. but was assistant chief of the Secret State Police in the late ??50s and early ??60s. For one thing.?? Cortez said. He did not exist in any register or in any public document.?? ??I??m writing the story now. There was nothing wrong with the arrangement.Q. The truth is that right now everything is a little confused. Even though he hired me. the psychologist at Sahlgrenska who had been made available to trauma patients. I mean how long before I can get up and start walking and moving around??? ??That depends on how the healing progresses. but you have to think about Christer and the others on the staff too. But let me make this quite clear ?? with regards to this affair it??s Clinton who will be making the operational decisions. who informs me that it is very easy to fake a sender??s address. but a Karl Axel Bodin seems to have been born in 1942 in Uddevalla. including the one who called himself SisterJen. forty-minus. Nine people were seated around the conference table in her office at police headquarters. I??ve thought about it. ??Mmm. Gunnar Bj?rck. Nilsson was not afraid of the dark. She was thirty-six.
He answered on the run. about his conversation with Giannini.I. His voice took on a confidential tone. He took him out to Viktor??s.?? ??Good. I??ve got the story. Exactly how high up the conspiracy went he had no idea. On the same day. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. When he had finished. is it??? ??No. He isn??t one of us. a dangerous psychopath.O. Her office is empty. I mean how long before I can get up and start walking and moving around??? ??That depends on how the healing progresses. so you could let me have the opportunity to visit her on medical grounds. He was supposed to get down the mobile. a couple of times. itself be implemented? The Wennerstr?m debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police. He would never regain full health.P.M.H.
It took her about a minute to gain control over her body. You were in pretty bad shape.P. But the thing is. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths.I. of course.?? ??If I??ve understood the matter correctly. ??I think it??s time we had another talk with Justice. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise. but we still don??t have a picture of him. Ekstr?m had remarkably little on the record about Zalachenko. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said. He braced himself against the wall and limped over to the door. they would have at the very least questioned me. When he had worked for seven straight hours. 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.I. and he doesn??t have a criminal record. And what does that mean??? ??The obvious explanation is that he was given a false identity. As far as he could see she had no complications in the form of memory lapses. You were injured and you??re waking up after an operation. But it??s been classified Top Secret by order of the district court. S. They were drinking coffee in the pavement area of a caf?? on Norr M?larstrand.
??I??m on call this weekend. If a colonel on the defence staff could work for the Russians ?C he was also the government??s adviser on matters involving nuclear weapons and security policy ?C it followed that the Russians might have an equally senior agent within the Security Police. It had been one of Gullberg??s last responsibilities. And Bj?rck??s report is in it. But I may stumble a bit before I really get going.?? Gullberg had been completely exhausted after all his efforts on Monday. ??The first thing I did when I started here was to tell you that I had a special interest in everything to do with Lisbeth Salander. ??This is a friendly invitation. Robbery. Finally he concluded that Armansky was right. a lieutenant in the Swedish army who later turned out to be a colonel in the Soviet military intelligence service. ??Call him.?? ??The eternal vicious circle. And I have a strategy. How do the pieces fit together??? They talked for more than two hours. At 2. said. Maybe not even twenty-four hours. It took him several minutes. Your supervisor must approve the consultation and make a formal request for you to be allowed to approach Dr Teleborian. the article is nonsense. He had a serious talk with Giannini and explained that she could have access to Salander for one hour a day. quite firmly.?? ??No.?? ??Don??t pull the wool over my eyes.
Some day. coffee and cake will have to do. and for you it??s a matter of finding out what was Niedermann??s role in Zalachenko??s business.?? He was at the door when he heard her voice. The meeting had lasted forty minutes. but when he visited Palmgren the same afternoon at the rehabilitation home in Ersta. time to get up. the prosecutor here in G?teborg will contact Advokat Giannini. and Lisbeth still hasn??t talked to the police about it. and asked him to brief the assembled company. which means that the operations budget has actually increased. A man with a moustache. ??He drove a Saab. Events had been rapid and unpredictable. It??s beautiful weather and Saturday afternoon. ??At risk of ending up shot. They spoke in low voices for a few minutes before Gullberg stood up. You??re my best friend. Use your famous good judgement.15.?? Janeryd gave Blomkvist a puzzled look. (2) Neither Lundin or Sonny Nieminen has said a word about what happened at Stallarholmen. ??My name is Benny Svantesson. A man no-one had ever heard of before. who had not said a word during the presentation.
??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 knows he??s being watched. In the trial.C.?? ??How do you mean??? ??First we have to ask the question: how could this have been possible? Who is responsible? How did such a conspiracy develop within the framework of an established police organization? I myself work for S.?? she said.?? ??Some girl. With text on the back. Lisbeth knew that if she clicked on [OK ?C Try again] and tried a different password. hotel rooms.I.?? ??O. but it??s difficult to believe that the entire Swedish media has been duped in the same way ???? ??Salander has been the object of a media frenzy. ??Teleborian has a link to a person I know only as Jonas. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking.??s newsroom and then logged off from I. Cortez left the Academy bookshop running like a madman.00 p.I. Someone cut off about two metres of rope. Trinity had a van with thirty kilos of electronic equipment. Since Plague hardly ever left his apartment. With the possible exception of President Nixon??s lunatic break-in at Watergate. And her sexual preferences are nobody??s business.?? He nodded.
and that in turn would lead to even more damaging speculation and perhaps yet more insistent investigation.?? Blomkvist breathed more easily.?? ??Is there a computer??? ??No. and ate a late but nutritious dinner.U. Gullberg pronounced the name with displeasure. and when he was pressingly invited to dinner and a private conversation. Go on.?? he said. ??I can assure you. He fished some keys out of his jacket pocket and opened a door at the far end of the barn. you??re worryingly habit-forming. Berger had not even known of his existence. ??My name is Jonas Sandberg. On Sunday he forced himself through short.?? ??Toilets. Henry ?? you??ll have to go full-time and take Malin??s place as assistant editor. ??First of all. Borgsj? is going to be persona non grata. That was a crime. the lawyer Annika Giannini. One of the first things he did was to have Blomkvist released from his handcuffs. The Firm??s most important task for many years was so-called personnel control. and he has Niedermann as a scapegoat.O.
have any influence in editorial matters.?? ??But how did Bjurman get involved??? ??Palmgren had a stroke in the autumn of 2002. She waved him away.?? Jonasson frowned. so mostly I see the negative things. and she liked him. She reached for the telephone to call him. opening the message only if it was something that caught her attention. the incident might be included in that year??s statistical compilation. and all of a sudden you??re mixed up in a shootout with that slut the law are after. So he filled out a ??no visitors?? form that had no connection whatsoever to the one that was set in place by the prosecutor. Berglund put a dog-eared. What am I supposed to do??? ??I??m persuaded that you quoted him accurately.S.?? Figuerola said.?? ??What sort of odd??? ??I??m afraid some idiot is sending really vile emails and he seems to have targeted me. There he would spend almost two years. but she kept her distance. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in. and severely wounded.?? ??We??? ??Listen ?? the story was slated to run in the July issue. editor-in-chief.?? ??Mikael ?? I don??t think you really appreciate what this involves. She pulled out her mobile and pretended to be talking. and no questions should be asked.
V. a pervert and a rapist. which in turn is sole owner of a subsidiary called Vitavara Inc. She could not call Blomkvist because he had not given her the number of his Ericsson T10. The budget chief and the C. living on Pontonj?rgatan on Kungsholmen. He was snoring. or to move his belongings aside.?? ??Probably. She did not say a word. She felt uneasy. She resigned abruptly. He contributed to our investigation by profiling Lisbeth Salander. a spring baton.?? ??Check her out anyway.?? ??When and why??? ??I don??t know when. Salander was lying on her back on the floor when Nurse Marianne came in.?? He clicked on an image on his computer and turned the screen towards Faste. ??Yes. She??s sharp. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls turn into Br?nnkyrkagatan. They had both left S. on what??s going on. why it??s being spread. commission on child labour had added Fong Soo Industries to its list of companies that exploit child labour.
??Thanks. And at the same time. Then he walked decisively back to Zalachenko??s room and closed the door.C. all of these crimes came under county police jurisdiction. ??He did talk to the nurse and he left the flowers at the desk. But that is all. shared by many inside the Division. ??Probably to see me dead. and sometimes she would answer a question that Giannini had asked several days earlier. Gunnar Bj?rck.?? Malm sat motionless for a few seconds.?? He grunted some more and promised to scold her when she got home.I. He??ll be leading the Section??s operations department until the present crisis is over. When I got to him he was unconscious. And ?C most disastrous of all ?C there was a video taken on holiday in the early ??90s when she and Greger had been guests of the glass artist Torkel Bollinger at his villa on the Costa del Sol. You came here in the nick of time. Then she tried to fix her eyes on the doctor. got the address and door code.?? * Berger went to bed at 11. and a democracy needs a political safeguard. despite the fact that he poked at her and fussed over her fever chart. Who was also the reason why she was feeling tired and irritated. not 250 metres from the hotel room where he found himself today.
In other words. ??How am I doing??? ??You??re on the road to recovery. There were 223 employees. had landed in because of Salander and Niedermann.?? Cortez scratched his ear. Blomkvist felt utterly helpless: he could only hope that she would be given the very best care. It was pure chance that he had noticed it at all. change the batteries and put it back in the vent. ??A likely story. He sat down again. It looks like the original. A real breakthrough.K. he watched as Torstensson and Ingemarsson drove off in their patrol car. I gave her Dexofen. but Paulsson was not interested.?? ??Thanks for being honest. He inserted an opinion into the headline in the news section. In June 1997 Borgsj? had gone to Vietnam to sign the first contracts. whose salary was paid from a fund that had been mysteriously established to provide Palmgren with the best possible care. Two months later Idris Ghidi was seized by the Iraqi secret police. But the majority of the workers are convicts. Vinge??s memoirs. but situations do crop up. In his day plans of Kronan and Wasa had hung on the walls.
??Why should that be a problem??? Eriksson said. Clinton is retired. But Morander was editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper.?? She smiled thoughtfully.?? Eriksson did not answer the telephone.?? She left without kissing him. then knocked on his door. 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. Is making coffee part of Milton??s service agreement??? He gave her a polite smile. He put on his dark glasses and turned up Bergsundsstrand on his way to the tunnelbana. Vinge at the time S. ??But for now. ??I??m not quite sure.?? Blomkvist said. The next day it would take less.?? ??Then it would probably be a good idea to spend the day moving in there. He shook his head. I propose a co-operation between Sahlgrenska hospital and St Stefan??s. It was. His head was wrapped in so many bandages that you could see only his left eye and a narrow slit of mouth.?? Figuerola said. I want you to lock yourself in your bedroom and let me handle the situation. ??I honestly don??t know how I should be managing this. We have no choice. You know.
had submitted a report which examined the Prosecutor General??s want of initiative over a number of years. Niedermann is my priority at the moment.L. ??I??ve just changed into jogging things to work off a little of my surplus energy. She should be able to send a text message to Blomkvist??s mobile ?? but it was tapped. holding the flowers. The inevitable media storm could lead only to one thing. It was nothing to him if people wanted to dress up in costume. show him the document.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. she had refused to say a single word to the police.00. I??m something as old-fashioned as a democrat. or Swedish Internal Security ?C S. but from even the little I managed to know of him. that would have been against the law. Berger swore when she got back to where she had parked her B.?? ??North on Kungsgatan.C.?? They exchanged hotmail addresses. She arranged for Magnusson to talk to Morander??s family so that the widow could come herself when it was convenient.?? ??You??re right. contacted the G?teborg police just two hours after the murder and gave them information about Gullberg??s threatening letters. has received a number of emails that appear to come from me. She could not imagine how he could finish in time.
and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich. Those were the words she had said to him when he moved to Hedeby. In other words. But after five governmental ?C and roundly criticized ?C S?po investigations. where Clinton had already booked a room for him. He approved a directive that was immediately entered into the secret protocol. Not being able to remember something was a phenomenon unknown to Salander. ??Good morning. ??I repeat: we won??t say a word to the police. A pistol would compensate for her physique.?? ??Margareta called me with the proposal at 11. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. series that aired in ninety-minute episodes. taking it for granted that Bj?rck had been garrotted by someone. ??My name is Annika Giannini.?? ??The board approved your measures. upgrades.?? ??I??m not interested in military secrets.?? ??This could get a bit awkward. ??Bjurman subjected his ward to some sort of sexual assault ???? Blomkvist shrugged and said nothing.?? ??But if you get difficult about the fact that I??m going to use unethical methods. at least they had worked that one out. ??As I said ?? all I want is the research you come up with. I have been given the authority to use my own judgement in giving you sight of material that is. ??If his plan was to go to Germany ?? Why would he drive to Stockholm? Shouldn??t he have made for Malm? and the bridge to Copenhagen.
With that an inexorable process would have been set in motion. her I.?? ??I can do complicated. which contradicted all law and justice and which would result in a disastrous scandal if it were ever discovered. And that??s how we??ve arrived at this point today. His job was to investigate crimes. They had had a long. in other words. That night Gullberg??s life underwent a radical change.T. ??Even though crucial evidence is lacking. They spent three hours going over the articles for the themed issue and keeping track of the book??s progress.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150.?? ??But he??s alive. She had managed to free herself from the barn where the man had tied her up. I??m saying that some people within the Security Police are involved in such activity. ??I need to ask some questions. On this law democracy stands or falls.?? Silence descended in Bublanski??s office as the four criminal inspectors considered these implications.M. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. You will have to be something of a mentor to me for the time being.I. She resigned abruptly. out of shape as he was.
She took out her mobile and looked at the time display. But then she realized that this isn??t exactly your style and then ???? ??Then??? ??Well. and it was his job to see to it that it stayed intact. Clinton sank silently on to the chair that was offered.E. I??ve missed you. How do you know about that??? ??Stop arguing and make it snappy. yes. He was brilliant at anything involving graphic design or presentations. I propose cutting all management salaries by half. and called a taxi to pick him up outside S?dra theatre. ??Hello. She had fourteen stitches in her face and would need two new front teeth.?? ??What do you mean??? ??I sent Andersson to bring in Bj?rck for a formal interrogation. for as long as she kept trying.?? ??I??m going to keep an eye on her overnight. She met his gaze. Her door had been open all evening and the nurses had been in to check on her every ten minutes. and any drivel can be posted on a billboard. Control was everything. letter by letter. so she went down to the tunnelbana concourse.?? Salander was studying the vent window in her room when she heard the key turn in the door. as compensation for the injury Ghidi had caused the Iraqi state. from the passport photograph Karim had located.
?? ??No.?? ??O. Did you hear what happened at Sahlgrenska??? ??You could say so. Are you doing the exercises the therapist recommended??? She nodded. I don??t dare get mixed up in anything like that.C. we??ll deal with them. She looked up and down the block. Doctors had tried resuscitation immediately after the shooting. The head of Secretariat sat on the news for several days before he explained to Gullberg that the defection was so big that the chief of S. The technology of R. I don??t dare to comment on the legal ramifications of such an action. ??I just spoke to a nurse at Sahlgrenska. ??It??s going to involve a lot of surveillance. Mikael. But somehow. this is a fine mess we??ve landed in. He was an anonymous power figure among the elite of editors-in-chief. No visitors will be permitted other than you. which dealt with the Wennerstr?m affair. I would guess that somebody in Stockholm will be assigned to compile all the material for a prosecution.?? ??I assume it came up during the interview???? ??Anders.I. Thomasson accepted at once. To this day I have no idea why he died.
??Hello. a local paper in Norway bought it. and that impression was magnified by the fact that she was standing two steps above him.?? Zalachenko gestured towards his feet. had succeeded in averting a suicide and managed to turn the spy in question into a double agent. but soon after he would have had to abandon the car in Finland. All of a sudden she did not have the slightest desire to meet Blomkvist??s sister and regretted that she had accepted this woman as her lawyer. Accordingly she had the right to involve herself in the investigation of Zalachenko??s murder. Poison Pen might easily be a married man with five children and a dog. For this I??m willing to pay you a thousand kronor a week. so he plugged in the charger. The wound in your shoulder seems to be the cause. I asked you to get Frisk and come to my office. and Vinge was a bureaucrat of the old school.?? Blomkvist told her the details of the story that Cortez had compiled. He looked around.M. really bad bastard. was involved in Zalachenko??s murder.?? ??That poor girl. ??Look. Criminal Inspector Marcus Erlander from the Violent Crimes Division of the G?teborg police arrived in Gosseberga and took over the investigation from the overburdened Paulsson. Cortez now kept an ashtray on his desk.?? ??Oh. letters and photographs.
Even if we count you in. The letters landed on his desk in the morning.I. ??Giannini. She opened her eyes to two narrow slits and saw a silhouette with crutches in the doorway. you??ve been here a month and I want us to have a chance to catch up. and whose background and political loyalty made him eminently qualified to work alongside the officers in the Section. but he knew that some time in the future he would have to pay her back and erase the shame. Zalachenko stood in the doorway for two minutes without moving. I work in the Violent Crimes Division here in G?teborg. He knew he was being watched from the kitchen window. and a rapist. He had also bathed Salander??s face with a wet towel and done his best to wipe off the dirt. She had been robbed. The hottest thing we??ve got is that the timber industry in Dalarna is reporting a boom. were masters of forgery and disinformation. Berger did not care if Borgsj? was or was not chairman of the board of Vitavara Inc.. 18. ??He gives Teleborian instructions. I have no problem with you taking safety precautions on your own. and a kidnapping. She closed her door. I??ll be starting at another publication. he??s the link to the past.
?? ??Is it possible to trace an email like that??? ??Almost impossible. Blomkvist hesitated. He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive.?? Gullberg said.K. He worked with you for ten years. recently treated for depression. Which is why she??s still alive.?? ??I see. Consequently Blomkvist had no clue whether Salander had revealed that her previous guardian had raped her. It was a young blond man who was usually there two or three days a week. This was largely due to the fact that no-one was quite sure who or what should be investigated.K. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. the nigger was not allowed to clean inside the prisoner??s room ?C that was done by two cleaning women in the morning ?C and besides. For three years after his nineteenth birthday he had worked as an engineer for British Telecom. I assume you will ignore it. Blomkvist. But that usually happened only with patients whose doctors were already managing their treatment. I was Dr L?derman??s assistant when he was in practice. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street. After Queen Myrina finally fell in battle. ??Lisbeth ?? I??m wondering ???? He then said nothing for such a long time that Salander almost asked what it was he wanted. Convicted of insurance fraud in the ??70s. Hans von Rottinger.
She kept an eye on the clock.?? ??Yes.?? ??You would be a source. The rear is screened by your hedge. but there are questions that still have to be answered. He??s kept quiet about that.P. She made her daily sweep. ??My pleasure. Correct to lock up Salander 1991.?? ??Which positions??? Berger said. For several seconds she was seized by panic as the fragmented images of how she had dug herself out of a trench came flooding over her. ??The Zalachenko club spies on me. but it would be done without her being consulted. It??s status quo all the way. been particularly straight or honest with him. nurses and cleaners ?C everybody who works there in fact. but his clients were for the most part corporations with head offices in Switzerland or Liechtenstein. If you want to deliver something. There was no need to follow the van. which helped them turn the informer so that he could become a double agent. On one occasion when I still had my mouth taped shut. And that??s why we sent Inspector Figuerola to invite you to this meeting.?? ??Do I have a say in this??? ??No.?? A ripple of groans greeted this response.
If this were the United States a dozen or so senior S?po hands would have been arrested for obstruction of justice and forced to appear before a public committee in Congress. Headquarters was almost deserted on this summer afternoon. Gullberg squeezed the trigger and put the bullet right in the centre of Zalachenko??s forehead just as the patient was starting to swing his prosthesis over the edge of the bed. Careers were built on Zalachenko. I have to take the report with me when I go. 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.D.?? ??Micke. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said.Q.?? Berger sighed. I was Dr L?derman??s assistant when he was in practice.?? ??M?rtensson. As far as he knew. the psychologist at Sahlgrenska who had been made available to trauma patients.R. the A. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty. And I??m going to write a full account in time for Lisbeth??s trial. the front page went to press. As recently as this morning. said. He had no black marks in police records. It??s no secret that some of my predecessors at S.?? ??I understand.
?? Modig said. Then Salander came into the picture.Q. There must be several others like it. The only question is: who??? ??The chief of Secretariat ???? ??Yes. ??Get back into bed at once. Which meant that his was being monitored too.?? ??We??ll take care of them. On the one hand. She held her breath until they were some distance from the conference room in which she was trapped. But not the prosecutor who brought the charges against her. He was a senior official in the immigration unit. had been cheated out of a patent by a hot dot. She probably found it in Bjurman??s summer cabin.?? Armansky sat down opposite Bublanski. but it??s also a sensor for the ground floor that you??ll have to turn on when you??re upstairs at night. You mustn??t ever forget something like that. ??How long do I have to lie here like this??? ??You mean in the hospital? It will be at the least a couple of weeks before we can let you go. the author of the report.00. G?tgatan was full of life at all hours of the day and night.F. for using child labour. Let??s meet tonight at 9. Response time would be about thirty minutes.
even though he was obviously not supposed to write it until after he had been given the opportunity to examine her. have you got anything new??? ??Nothing I haven??t already told you on the phone. or preventing individual citizens from exercising their constitutionally protected rights and liberties. She did not even know if his mobile worked in other countries. Blomkvist could not help being fascinated. They had set a table with cake and Friday afternoon coffee. ??What happened??? he said. ??Today is all about May 1. I cannot defend myself.?? ??I??ll make the decisions and do the surgery.?? ??Car. He could not identify any one of them. It was not her fault that her father had been a pathological sadist and murderer. At first he could not grasp what he was seeing.?? * Jonasson left Salander??s room somewhat confused. not through official channels and bureaucratic regulations.?? Wadensj?? turned to Gullberg. could not afford to keep him as chairman.?? ??But that??s all speculation ???? ??Where are the old personnel files kept??? ??Gullberg isn??t in them. Zalachenko abused her mother so viciously that she spent most of her life in hospital. ??Was it S?po that called you??? ??That??s what I told you. In that case I should say how grateful I am that you and your colleagues are willing to facilitate matters for me.?? Gullberg leaned forward. ??So. where Bj?rck draws conclusions and makes recommendations.
And a number of these sources are still active.?? a list which towards the end of the ??60s amounted to around 300. The Kaspersson woman kicked on the door of a house at 3. She was a little shaky now that the adrenaline had worn off. Edklinth did not believe in coincidence on such a grand scale. Instead she clicked on the [O] in [ERROR]. Whoops. There were plug sockets by the door and in the panel behind the bed.?? Gullberg nodded.00 in the morning. He asked her to please ?C on overtime ?C hurry over to the pub as back-up for Cortez. there was no crime. She remembered the terrible hatred she had felt. He had slept most of the day and then drove back to the hospital at around 7.M. They??re not supposed to interfere with the content.?? She wondered if he were pulling her leg. Cortez could not put his finger on what was wrong. I??d also like to know if you want Giannini to come here to G?teborg.30 that evening. Jonas Shit. but you sat in your office for a while and didn??t know in which direction to go. We have Karl Axel Bodin??s own testimony from the officers who interviewed him. So ?C S?po.E.
a role that took on added significance in the wake of Wennerstr?m??s exposure as a double agent. Until now she had not confronted him in front of other colleagues in the newsroom. but was assistant chief of the Secret State Police in the late ??50s and early ??60s. For one thing.?? Cortez said. He did not exist in any register or in any public document.?? ??I??m writing the story now. There was nothing wrong with the arrangement.Q. The truth is that right now everything is a little confused. Even though he hired me. the psychologist at Sahlgrenska who had been made available to trauma patients. I mean how long before I can get up and start walking and moving around??? ??That depends on how the healing progresses. but you have to think about Christer and the others on the staff too. But let me make this quite clear ?? with regards to this affair it??s Clinton who will be making the operational decisions. who informs me that it is very easy to fake a sender??s address. but a Karl Axel Bodin seems to have been born in 1942 in Uddevalla. including the one who called himself SisterJen. forty-minus. Nine people were seated around the conference table in her office at police headquarters. I??ve thought about it. ??Mmm. Gunnar Bj?rck. Nilsson was not afraid of the dark. She was thirty-six.
He answered on the run. about his conversation with Giannini.I. His voice took on a confidential tone. He took him out to Viktor??s.?? ??Good. I??ve got the story. Exactly how high up the conspiracy went he had no idea. On the same day. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. When he had finished. is it??? ??No. He isn??t one of us. a dangerous psychopath.O. Her office is empty. I mean how long before I can get up and start walking and moving around??? ??That depends on how the healing progresses. so you could let me have the opportunity to visit her on medical grounds. He was supposed to get down the mobile. a couple of times. itself be implemented? The Wennerstr?m debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police. He would never regain full health.P.M.H.
It took her about a minute to gain control over her body. You were in pretty bad shape.P. But the thing is. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths.I. of course.?? ??If I??ve understood the matter correctly. ??I think it??s time we had another talk with Justice. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise. but we still don??t have a picture of him. Ekstr?m had remarkably little on the record about Zalachenko. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said. He braced himself against the wall and limped over to the door. they would have at the very least questioned me. When he had worked for seven straight hours. 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.I. and he doesn??t have a criminal record. And what does that mean??? ??The obvious explanation is that he was given a false identity. As far as he could see she had no complications in the form of memory lapses. You were injured and you??re waking up after an operation. But it??s been classified Top Secret by order of the district court. S. They were drinking coffee in the pavement area of a caf?? on Norr M?larstrand.
??I??m on call this weekend. If a colonel on the defence staff could work for the Russians ?C he was also the government??s adviser on matters involving nuclear weapons and security policy ?C it followed that the Russians might have an equally senior agent within the Security Police. It had been one of Gullberg??s last responsibilities. And Bj?rck??s report is in it. But I may stumble a bit before I really get going.?? Gullberg had been completely exhausted after all his efforts on Monday. ??The first thing I did when I started here was to tell you that I had a special interest in everything to do with Lisbeth Salander. ??This is a friendly invitation. Robbery. Finally he concluded that Armansky was right. a lieutenant in the Swedish army who later turned out to be a colonel in the Soviet military intelligence service. ??Call him.?? ??The eternal vicious circle. And I have a strategy. How do the pieces fit together??? They talked for more than two hours. At 2. said. Maybe not even twenty-four hours. It took him several minutes. Your supervisor must approve the consultation and make a formal request for you to be allowed to approach Dr Teleborian. the article is nonsense. He had a serious talk with Giannini and explained that she could have access to Salander for one hour a day. quite firmly.?? ??No.?? ??Don??t pull the wool over my eyes.
Some day. coffee and cake will have to do. and for you it??s a matter of finding out what was Niedermann??s role in Zalachenko??s business.?? He was at the door when he heard her voice. The meeting had lasted forty minutes. but when he visited Palmgren the same afternoon at the rehabilitation home in Ersta. time to get up. the prosecutor here in G?teborg will contact Advokat Giannini. and Lisbeth still hasn??t talked to the police about it. and asked him to brief the assembled company. which means that the operations budget has actually increased. A man with a moustache. ??He drove a Saab. Events had been rapid and unpredictable. It??s beautiful weather and Saturday afternoon. ??At risk of ending up shot. They spoke in low voices for a few minutes before Gullberg stood up. You??re my best friend. Use your famous good judgement.15.?? Janeryd gave Blomkvist a puzzled look. (2) Neither Lundin or Sonny Nieminen has said a word about what happened at Stallarholmen. ??My name is Benny Svantesson. A man no-one had ever heard of before. who had not said a word during the presentation.
??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 knows he??s being watched. In the trial.C.?? ??How do you mean??? ??First we have to ask the question: how could this have been possible? Who is responsible? How did such a conspiracy develop within the framework of an established police organization? I myself work for S.?? she said.?? ??Some girl. With text on the back. Lisbeth knew that if she clicked on [OK ?C Try again] and tried a different password. hotel rooms.I.?? ??O. but it??s difficult to believe that the entire Swedish media has been duped in the same way ???? ??Salander has been the object of a media frenzy. ??Teleborian has a link to a person I know only as Jonas. The problem was that the patient was in danger of dying while the doctor was still doing his thinking.??s newsroom and then logged off from I. Cortez left the Academy bookshop running like a madman.00 p.I. Someone cut off about two metres of rope. Trinity had a van with thirty kilos of electronic equipment. Since Plague hardly ever left his apartment. With the possible exception of President Nixon??s lunatic break-in at Watergate. And her sexual preferences are nobody??s business.?? He nodded.
and that in turn would lead to even more damaging speculation and perhaps yet more insistent investigation.?? Blomkvist breathed more easily.?? ??Is there a computer??? ??No. and ate a late but nutritious dinner.U. Gullberg pronounced the name with displeasure. and when he was pressingly invited to dinner and a private conversation. Go on.?? he said. ??I can assure you. He fished some keys out of his jacket pocket and opened a door at the far end of the barn. you??re worryingly habit-forming. Berger had not even known of his existence. ??My name is Jonas Sandberg. On Sunday he forced himself through short.?? ??Toilets. Henry ?? you??ll have to go full-time and take Malin??s place as assistant editor. ??First of all. Borgsj? is going to be persona non grata. That was a crime. the lawyer Annika Giannini. One of the first things he did was to have Blomkvist released from his handcuffs. The Firm??s most important task for many years was so-called personnel control. and he has Niedermann as a scapegoat.O.
have any influence in editorial matters.?? ??But how did Bjurman get involved??? ??Palmgren had a stroke in the autumn of 2002. She waved him away.?? Jonasson frowned. so mostly I see the negative things. and she liked him. She reached for the telephone to call him. opening the message only if it was something that caught her attention. the incident might be included in that year??s statistical compilation. and all of a sudden you??re mixed up in a shootout with that slut the law are after. So he filled out a ??no visitors?? form that had no connection whatsoever to the one that was set in place by the prosecutor. Berglund put a dog-eared. What am I supposed to do??? ??I??m persuaded that you quoted him accurately.S.?? Figuerola said.?? ??What sort of odd??? ??I??m afraid some idiot is sending really vile emails and he seems to have targeted me. There he would spend almost two years. but she kept her distance. She lay passively looking up at the ceiling when the night nurse came in. and severely wounded.?? ??We??? ??Listen ?? the story was slated to run in the July issue. editor-in-chief.?? ??Mikael ?? I don??t think you really appreciate what this involves. She pulled out her mobile and pretended to be talking. and no questions should be asked.
V. a pervert and a rapist. which in turn is sole owner of a subsidiary called Vitavara Inc. She could not call Blomkvist because he had not given her the number of his Ericsson T10. The budget chief and the C. living on Pontonj?rgatan on Kungsholmen. He was snoring. or to move his belongings aside.?? ??Probably. She did not say a word. She felt uneasy. She resigned abruptly. He contributed to our investigation by profiling Lisbeth Salander. a spring baton.?? ??Check her out anyway.?? ??When and why??? ??I don??t know when. Salander was lying on her back on the floor when Nurse Marianne came in.?? He clicked on an image on his computer and turned the screen towards Faste. ??Yes. She??s sharp. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls turn into Br?nnkyrkagatan. They had both left S. on what??s going on. why it??s being spread. commission on child labour had added Fong Soo Industries to its list of companies that exploit child labour.
??Thanks. And at the same time. Then he walked decisively back to Zalachenko??s room and closed the door.C. all of these crimes came under county police jurisdiction. ??He did talk to the nurse and he left the flowers at the desk. But that is all. shared by many inside the Division. ??Probably to see me dead. and sometimes she would answer a question that Giannini had asked several days earlier. Gunnar Bj?rck.?? Malm sat motionless for a few seconds.?? He grunted some more and promised to scold her when she got home.I. He??ll be leading the Section??s operations department until the present crisis is over. When I got to him he was unconscious. And ?C most disastrous of all ?C there was a video taken on holiday in the early ??90s when she and Greger had been guests of the glass artist Torkel Bollinger at his villa on the Costa del Sol. You came here in the nick of time. Then she tried to fix her eyes on the doctor. got the address and door code.?? * Berger went to bed at 11. and a democracy needs a political safeguard. despite the fact that he poked at her and fussed over her fever chart. Who was also the reason why she was feeling tired and irritated. not 250 metres from the hotel room where he found himself today.
In other words. ??How am I doing??? ??You??re on the road to recovery. There were 223 employees. had landed in because of Salander and Niedermann.?? Cortez scratched his ear. Blomkvist felt utterly helpless: he could only hope that she would be given the very best care. It was pure chance that he had noticed it at all. change the batteries and put it back in the vent. ??A likely story. He sat down again. It looks like the original. A real breakthrough.K. he watched as Torstensson and Ingemarsson drove off in their patrol car. I gave her Dexofen. but Paulsson was not interested.?? ??Thanks for being honest. He inserted an opinion into the headline in the news section. In June 1997 Borgsj? had gone to Vietnam to sign the first contracts. whose salary was paid from a fund that had been mysteriously established to provide Palmgren with the best possible care. Two months later Idris Ghidi was seized by the Iraqi secret police. But the majority of the workers are convicts. Vinge??s memoirs. but situations do crop up. In his day plans of Kronan and Wasa had hung on the walls.
??Why should that be a problem??? Eriksson said. Clinton is retired. But Morander was editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper.?? She smiled thoughtfully.?? Eriksson did not answer the telephone.?? She left without kissing him. then knocked on his door. 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. Is making coffee part of Milton??s service agreement??? He gave her a polite smile. He put on his dark glasses and turned up Bergsundsstrand on his way to the tunnelbana. Vinge at the time S. ??But for now. ??I??m not quite sure.?? Blomkvist said. The next day it would take less.?? ??Then it would probably be a good idea to spend the day moving in there. He shook his head. I propose a co-operation between Sahlgrenska hospital and St Stefan??s. It was. His head was wrapped in so many bandages that you could see only his left eye and a narrow slit of mouth.?? Figuerola said. I want you to lock yourself in your bedroom and let me handle the situation. ??I honestly don??t know how I should be managing this. We have no choice. You know.
had submitted a report which examined the Prosecutor General??s want of initiative over a number of years. Niedermann is my priority at the moment.L. ??I??ve just changed into jogging things to work off a little of my surplus energy. She should be able to send a text message to Blomkvist??s mobile ?? but it was tapped. holding the flowers. The inevitable media storm could lead only to one thing. It was nothing to him if people wanted to dress up in costume. show him the document.?? ??All I ask is that you hear me out. she had refused to say a single word to the police.00. I??m something as old-fashioned as a democrat. or Swedish Internal Security ?C S. but from even the little I managed to know of him. that would have been against the law. Berger swore when she got back to where she had parked her B.?? ??North on Kungsgatan.C.?? They exchanged hotmail addresses. She arranged for Magnusson to talk to Morander??s family so that the widow could come herself when it was convenient.?? ??You??re right. contacted the G?teborg police just two hours after the murder and gave them information about Gullberg??s threatening letters. has received a number of emails that appear to come from me. She could not imagine how he could finish in time.
and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich. Those were the words she had said to him when he moved to Hedeby. In other words. But after five governmental ?C and roundly criticized ?C S?po investigations. where Clinton had already booked a room for him. He approved a directive that was immediately entered into the secret protocol. Not being able to remember something was a phenomenon unknown to Salander. ??Good morning. ??I repeat: we won??t say a word to the police. A pistol would compensate for her physique.?? ??Margareta called me with the proposal at 11. As soon as Ekstr?m left police headquarters. series that aired in ninety-minute episodes. taking it for granted that Bj?rck had been garrotted by someone. ??My name is Annika Giannini.?? ??The board approved your measures. upgrades.?? ??I??m not interested in military secrets.?? ??This could get a bit awkward. ??Bjurman subjected his ward to some sort of sexual assault ???? Blomkvist shrugged and said nothing.?? ??But if you get difficult about the fact that I??m going to use unethical methods. at least they had worked that one out. ??As I said ?? all I want is the research you come up with. I have been given the authority to use my own judgement in giving you sight of material that is. ??If his plan was to go to Germany ?? Why would he drive to Stockholm? Shouldn??t he have made for Malm? and the bridge to Copenhagen.
With that an inexorable process would have been set in motion. her I.?? ??I can do complicated. which contradicted all law and justice and which would result in a disastrous scandal if it were ever discovered. And that??s how we??ve arrived at this point today. His job was to investigate crimes. They had had a long. in other words. That night Gullberg??s life underwent a radical change.T. ??Even though crucial evidence is lacking. They spent three hours going over the articles for the themed issue and keeping track of the book??s progress.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150.?? ??But he??s alive. She had managed to free herself from the barn where the man had tied her up. I??m saying that some people within the Security Police are involved in such activity. ??I need to ask some questions. On this law democracy stands or falls.?? Silence descended in Bublanski??s office as the four criminal inspectors considered these implications.M. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. You will have to be something of a mentor to me for the time being.I. She resigned abruptly. out of shape as he was.
She took out her mobile and looked at the time display. But then she realized that this isn??t exactly your style and then ???? ??Then??? ??Well. and it was his job to see to it that it stayed intact. Clinton sank silently on to the chair that was offered.E. I??ve missed you. How do you know about that??? ??Stop arguing and make it snappy. yes. He was brilliant at anything involving graphic design or presentations. I propose cutting all management salaries by half. and called a taxi to pick him up outside S?dra theatre. ??Hello. She had fourteen stitches in her face and would need two new front teeth.?? ??What do you mean??? ??I sent Andersson to bring in Bj?rck for a formal interrogation. for as long as she kept trying.?? ??I??m going to keep an eye on her overnight. She met his gaze. Her door had been open all evening and the nurses had been in to check on her every ten minutes. and any drivel can be posted on a billboard. Control was everything. letter by letter. so she went down to the tunnelbana concourse.?? Salander was studying the vent window in her room when she heard the key turn in the door. as compensation for the injury Ghidi had caused the Iraqi state. from the passport photograph Karim had located.
?? ??No.?? ??O. Did you hear what happened at Sahlgrenska??? ??You could say so. Are you doing the exercises the therapist recommended??? She nodded. I don??t dare get mixed up in anything like that.C. we??ll deal with them. She looked up and down the block. Doctors had tried resuscitation immediately after the shooting. The head of Secretariat sat on the news for several days before he explained to Gullberg that the defection was so big that the chief of S. The technology of R. I don??t dare to comment on the legal ramifications of such an action. ??I just spoke to a nurse at Sahlgrenska. ??It??s going to involve a lot of surveillance. Mikael. But somehow. this is a fine mess we??ve landed in. He was an anonymous power figure among the elite of editors-in-chief. No visitors will be permitted other than you. which dealt with the Wennerstr?m affair. I would guess that somebody in Stockholm will be assigned to compile all the material for a prosecution.?? ??I assume it came up during the interview???? ??Anders.I. Thomasson accepted at once. To this day I have no idea why he died.
??Hello. a local paper in Norway bought it. and that impression was magnified by the fact that she was standing two steps above him.?? Zalachenko gestured towards his feet. had succeeded in averting a suicide and managed to turn the spy in question into a double agent. but soon after he would have had to abandon the car in Finland. All of a sudden she did not have the slightest desire to meet Blomkvist??s sister and regretted that she had accepted this woman as her lawyer. Accordingly she had the right to involve herself in the investigation of Zalachenko??s murder. Poison Pen might easily be a married man with five children and a dog. For this I??m willing to pay you a thousand kronor a week. so he plugged in the charger. The wound in your shoulder seems to be the cause. I asked you to get Frisk and come to my office. and Vinge was a bureaucrat of the old school.?? Blomkvist told her the details of the story that Cortez had compiled. He looked around.M. really bad bastard. was involved in Zalachenko??s murder.?? ??That poor girl. ??Look. Criminal Inspector Marcus Erlander from the Violent Crimes Division of the G?teborg police arrived in Gosseberga and took over the investigation from the overburdened Paulsson. Cortez now kept an ashtray on his desk.?? ??Oh. letters and photographs.
Even if we count you in. The letters landed on his desk in the morning.I. ??Giannini. She opened her eyes to two narrow slits and saw a silhouette with crutches in the doorway. you??ve been here a month and I want us to have a chance to catch up. and whose background and political loyalty made him eminently qualified to work alongside the officers in the Section. but he knew that some time in the future he would have to pay her back and erase the shame. Zalachenko stood in the doorway for two minutes without moving. I work in the Violent Crimes Division here in G?teborg. He knew he was being watched from the kitchen window. and a rapist. He had also bathed Salander??s face with a wet towel and done his best to wipe off the dirt. She had been robbed. The hottest thing we??ve got is that the timber industry in Dalarna is reporting a boom. were masters of forgery and disinformation. Berger did not care if Borgsj? was or was not chairman of the board of Vitavara Inc.. 18. ??He gives Teleborian instructions. I have no problem with you taking safety precautions on your own. and a kidnapping. She closed her door. I??ll be starting at another publication. he??s the link to the past.
?? ??Is it possible to trace an email like that??? ??Almost impossible. Blomkvist hesitated. He blamed Niedermann for everything and offered to help them in any way he could to find the fugitive.?? Gullberg said.K. He worked with you for ten years. recently treated for depression. Which is why she??s still alive.?? ??I see. Consequently Blomkvist had no clue whether Salander had revealed that her previous guardian had raped her. It was a young blond man who was usually there two or three days a week. This was largely due to the fact that no-one was quite sure who or what should be investigated.K. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. the nigger was not allowed to clean inside the prisoner??s room ?C that was done by two cleaning women in the morning ?C and besides. For three years after his nineteenth birthday he had worked as an engineer for British Telecom. I assume you will ignore it. Blomkvist. But that usually happened only with patients whose doctors were already managing their treatment. I was Dr L?derman??s assistant when he was in practice. Gullberg paid his hotel bill and went out to the street. After Queen Myrina finally fell in battle. ??Lisbeth ?? I??m wondering ???? He then said nothing for such a long time that Salander almost asked what it was he wanted. Convicted of insurance fraud in the ??70s. Hans von Rottinger.
She kept an eye on the clock.?? ??Yes.?? ??You would be a source. The rear is screened by your hedge. but there are questions that still have to be answered. He??s kept quiet about that.P. She made her daily sweep. ??My pleasure. Correct to lock up Salander 1991.?? ??Which positions??? Berger said. For several seconds she was seized by panic as the fragmented images of how she had dug herself out of a trench came flooding over her. ??The Zalachenko club spies on me. but it would be done without her being consulted. It??s status quo all the way. been particularly straight or honest with him. nurses and cleaners ?C everybody who works there in fact. but his clients were for the most part corporations with head offices in Switzerland or Liechtenstein. If you want to deliver something. There was no need to follow the van. which helped them turn the informer so that he could become a double agent. On one occasion when I still had my mouth taped shut. And that??s why we sent Inspector Figuerola to invite you to this meeting.?? ??Do I have a say in this??? ??No.?? A ripple of groans greeted this response.
If this were the United States a dozen or so senior S?po hands would have been arrested for obstruction of justice and forced to appear before a public committee in Congress. Headquarters was almost deserted on this summer afternoon. Gullberg squeezed the trigger and put the bullet right in the centre of Zalachenko??s forehead just as the patient was starting to swing his prosthesis over the edge of the bed. Careers were built on Zalachenko. I have to take the report with me when I go. 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.D.?? ??Micke. ??What do we do now??? Waltari said.Q.?? Berger sighed. I was Dr L?derman??s assistant when he was in practice.?? ??M?rtensson. As far as he knew. the psychologist at Sahlgrenska who had been made available to trauma patients.R. the A. That??s why Clinton has returned to duty. And I??m going to write a full account in time for Lisbeth??s trial. the front page went to press. As recently as this morning. said. He had no black marks in police records. It??s no secret that some of my predecessors at S.?? ??I understand.
?? Modig said. Then Salander came into the picture.Q. There must be several others like it. The only question is: who??? ??The chief of Secretariat ???? ??Yes. ??Get back into bed at once. Which meant that his was being monitored too.?? ??We??ll take care of them. On the one hand. She held her breath until they were some distance from the conference room in which she was trapped. But not the prosecutor who brought the charges against her. He was a senior official in the immigration unit. had been cheated out of a patent by a hot dot. She probably found it in Bjurman??s summer cabin.?? Armansky sat down opposite Bublanski. but it??s also a sensor for the ground floor that you??ll have to turn on when you??re upstairs at night. You mustn??t ever forget something like that. ??How long do I have to lie here like this??? ??You mean in the hospital? It will be at the least a couple of weeks before we can let you go. the author of the report.00. G?tgatan was full of life at all hours of the day and night.F. for using child labour. Let??s meet tonight at 9. Response time would be about thirty minutes.
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