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.