M?rtensson was loaned out to some department that was tailing journalists. She put down her book about God in antiquity.

She concentrated on the present and opened her eyes again
She concentrated on the present and opened her eyes again. He tried to reconcile the picture that Teleborian was painting with his own image of Salander. He had been brought up in a Muslim family and he felt foolish wearing it. She had no criminal record. Do you know anything about it??? ??Absolutely not. and consulted a list. She waved him away.00 she had her foot wrapped in a thick bandage. Giannini decided. Then she walked back to the door and punched in the code again.?? ??And the third name??? Edklinth said.?? Mikael Blomkvist looked up at the clock and saw that it was just after 3.?? ??Sure.?? ??Can we find out when Millennium??s going to publish??? ??We could ask. the visit lasted precisely nine minutes. The same rules apply as in your day.?? ??And I have to explain to you why there??s a fundamental flaw in the story. almost all) agreed had an indispensable value. She clicked on it and read: First of all. you??re back-up for Henry.

The guard put his nose back into his book about the national economy and kept reading. ??The people who were looking after Zalachenko went far beyond their jurisdiction. We can imagine two alternatives.. Holm.S. Edklinth was wondering what was on Armansky??s mind. ??I??ve never had to give out information on a story before it??s published. and there??s been such turmoil here that I buried it. It was short.?? ??So soon??? He nodded. ??Could I have a word??? They went together to the coffee machine in the canteen.?? ??O. Her left shoulder stabbed like a knife if she moved carelessly or tried to shift her weight. We had a hole we needed to fill so I had to put in something. The Prime Minister gave the Director of Constitutional Protection a long. One of these is a well-known and respected person. Palme continued to baffle them. It was the only possible explanation. That??s much more serious.

??Ask the boss??? said Bublanski. I have a source who provides me with some info. the human resources were available. Yet Gullberg??s injuries were considerably more serious than those that Salander had sustained.?? ??Since we have now had confirmation that a conspiracy exists within an exceptionally sensitive part of the administration. Three times Paulsson had asked the urgently occupied medical orderly whether the girl could be arrested on the spot. After a while Jonasson glanced at his watch and saw that it was almost 7. with a petrol bomb. And then locked it. but for everything else to do with the magazine. ??Here??s the plan. and she realized to her dismay that she had not even thought about him for several weeks and that she missed him terribly. He did his military service first as an officer cadet and was then accepted for officer training. listened to her heart and took her pulse. You will have to be something of a mentor to me for the time being.?? ??Order everything you can find from parliament: budgets. he graduated as an engineer and had been part of the ??great economic leap forward?? in the ??70s. Dag Svensson and Mia Johansson. His head was wrapped in so many bandages that you could see only his left eye and a narrow slit of mouth. Then she looked at him.

Salander pressed her lips together and looked at the screen of her handheld.?? ??How will you proceed??? ??To use your terminology ?C get some forceps and extract the bullet by the same route it went in. or possibly a ridiculous dream. Blomkvist called from Caf?? Madeleine on his anonymous mobile to book a flight to Amsterdam. She had a routine that I can??t compete with. They were victims of accidents at work or of violent abuse at home. Maybe he??ll talk. Salander leaned back against the pillow and followed the conversation with a smile. Henry. but it ought to be brought into a single investigation. She probably went in to collect the film. Berger??s boss is a bloody crook. He could not be sure why the Prime Minister had set up a meeting with him in a borrowed apartment in ?stermalm. 4.?? Bublanski said nothing for a long while. Mikael.M. for the attempted murder of Salander. Ekstr?m says he??s received evidence that the report is a fake ?C that there is no real report with that protocol number. Where are we going??? She had parked around the corner down on Pryssgr?nd.

She was suffering from acute headaches and a high fever. She clicked on New Document.?? Edklinth looked thoughtful. Besides them. That was good. You can??t call and say that it was a mistake. ??I??m beginning to understand why she felt an uncontrollable urge to slam an axe into your head. thin as a stick. And a number of these sources are still active.?? ??That was a smart thing to have done. But that was not his concern. such as the Prime Minister himself. fucking airhead or fucking cunt.P. said a polite hello.?? ??And this suggestion is not in the original report. It should have been obvious that everything was not going well. I??m looking for Fredrik Clinton.?? ??I don??t believe in collective guilt. She sounded shocked.

Salander got up from the edge of the bed and went to the window. ??Should I go now or should I wait for you??? ??Would it be O. ??How do I get out of here??? he asked. four police officers and one prosecutor. Shall we go and have some coffee??? Berger sat up. ??How can I help you??? ??It??s about one of your patients. Salander would just stare at her and smile her crooked smile.v Three days after Berger started as acting editor-in-chief of S.?? ??On the other hand I??m afraid that if I don??t do something. And he could not resist going to intensive care to look in on the patient whose brain he had rootled around in early that morning. rather idealistically. He frowned as he stared out of the window.?? ??Is that really so??? ??This story. examining every nook and cranny. He was amazed that such a small. given the circumstances. He had an office on Stureplan. The board is going to???? ??The board is going to do as I say.?? Cortez said. the board will have to find somebody else for August.

and especially around his neighbourhood. He flipped open his mobile and checked the battery. But here??s the bad news: Assistant County Police Chief Sp?ngberg has been here since 5.) He could initiate his own investigations or carry out telephone tapping without having to justify his objective or even report it to a higher level. Plus.?? ??Thank you.?? ??Why is that??? ??You??re proposing that the newspaper should not be profitable.B. The patient should be confined to bedrest and kept under strict observation until further notice. who was once more reading his book. and I can??t tell the others before I tell him. ??That??s all.?? ??I work for S. I wasn??t listening. He felt a sudden tenderness. but that??s almost a month away. have been devoting themselves to criminal activity for a long time. underlining.?? ??I??ll do my best. for God??s sake.

Otherwise what sounds like a cross-section of middle-class Sweden.55 and walked to Caf?? Madeleine. and to the board. At 2. Bjurman discovered the connection. ??Could you tell Malin that I??ll be back in two hours??? ??What??s going on??? ??I think I??ve got a lead on a story. We??ll deal with that problem when it arises. Her heart sank again. The Prosecutor General usually replied that the principle of democracy was so important that it was only in an extreme emergency that he should step in and bring a charge. It??s your mind I need.m. ??On the train. Peter Teleborian. all sorts of complaints. which was noted on her chart.S. pain shot like a knife through his back. There were computers now.T. I??m inviting the media to a press conference.

When they were alone she had asked her why she so provocatively refused to talk to the police.07. Prosecution of Gullberg and several other employees of the Section would inevitably follow.S. That time the Volvo was parked on a side street near the Millennium offices. we no longer have access to the report. she had stabbed Zalachenko. Used a hotmail account.?? ??So you??re saying that Salander isn??t exactly what she seems to be. ??Stop. Figuerola followed her. She studied the photographs of the two men who had allegedly followed the journalist Blomkvist from Caf?? Copacabana on May 1. Niedermann must have bloodied his knuckles pretty badly during the beating.?? Figuerola promised that she would. And ?? this discussion never took place.?? ??That??s my husband??s studio. Instead of investing in something as fundamental as a new colour laser printer for 45. He had not. I do recall that he needed a little rest and wanted to expand his horizons. cleared her desk.

I see him sitting in the glass cage over there. ??I have to check on my other patients.I. National Democrat. I was never privy to the details.?? said Sandberg. was that an organization assigned to spy on citizens must remain under strict public scrutiny. It??s clear that there must have been financing. But we think that the so-called Section for Special Analysis set up shop somewhere outside.?? ??Presumably in normal circumstances you would be doing everything you could to keep journalists away from a meeting like this. had been shot dead. also possibly that she was injured.?? Edklinth frowned.?? ??And what the fuck would that be? We??re the ones who took the job for the sake of the club.?? ??Think like a reporter. ??I have to call for support. Control was everything. sitting on the bed. His role was to make sure that the pages of S. are refusing to say anything ?C they??re claiming they??ve never heard of Niedermann.

P.?? ??You??re from Uppsala. She had been told not to feel obliged to entertain her ??guest. How do you know about that??? ??Stop arguing and make it snappy. ??I??ve never had to give out information on a story before it??s published. The sides of the van advertised Lars Faulsson Lock and Key Service ?C with a telephone number. Berger cursed the whole time she was at the hospital. Eriksson realized that he was reporting in to her the way he had with Berger. he??s at the embassy in Madrid.?? Wadensj?? felt the panic rise. she tried to avoid padding her bill with expensive hotel charges. the IB affair.?? Endrin said. strengths and weaknesses of all his colleagues. it is. stamped top secret. The roster included himself.A. where everyone knew everyone else. Nine people were seated around the conference table in her office at police headquarters.

?? When she hung up she called the office and left a message for Fredriksson.?? ??F?lldin lives in ?s.?? ??That??s what he says. And now she has attacked him with an axe. Salander was out of sorts and had a bad headache. We have him in the Secret State Police from the early ??50s to 1964. I thought you might be amused to tag along. Agneta Sofia Salander. He put on his sports jacket and went downstairs. I know the way. the police are necessary. ??Karl Axel Bodin. Edklinth thought long and hard about how to proceed. but got no answer. ??The day after we publish this. 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. He followed me like a guilty conscience for at least a week. newspaper and government offices received letters in which he threatened to kill Karl Axel Bodin. I??m sending you a picture. ??Hi.

When she looked up she saw Jonasson closing the door. Lisbeth.?? ??But the present situation has arisen because you have been subject to a direct threat from a specific individual. or whatever problem arose.I. if I understood correctly. and no operations arm. he also got voiceprints that Plague could process. since he had faithfully voted for the moderates in one election after another. When he checked the clock he quickly closed his iBook.P. but if this pans out we??ll have a fantastic article for the June issue.S. ??This is. First. ??I have to go in to H.T.?? Blomkvist said to Edklinth with a smile. but she suspected that Dakota was a woman. handing him the letter from F?lldin.

He shook his head. It was absurd. silent partner to handle the financial side of the business. The scandals had undoubtedly been many. who managed to spring her loose. Transfers of that kind had to be approved by the chief of Secretariat. maybe even two million kronor. She had been thinking for so long that the bathwater was now cold. Even though it did not offer any answers to his immediate questions. and a muted brick-red jacket. And I don??t have sex quite that often either. from right under the noses of the policemen circling around him. He went back to the cabin as fast as his aching back would permit. He had made the right decision. ??Now we know. He works for Prosecutor Ekstr?m. I just want to leave the flowers.?? ??It??s a small monitor. above. Niedermann had brought Svavelsj? M.

as well as to the murder of Bjurman. She was imprisoned. We??ll arrange for Faste to be assigned to investigate Salander. dates.?? ??Who in the police has read the report??? ??There were two copies which were read by Bublanski. And that was enough. but the preliminary investigation against Salander for the murder of your friends seems to have been shelved. because the vast majority of injured people had an obvious and specific problem. who informs me that it is very easy to fake a sender??s address. Thanks for warning me. and he seemed unconcerned with prestige. which right now is a nightmare. then Bj?rck would have said so when we brought him in. Figuerola stopped short in consternation. She felt the alarm spreading up from her diaphragm. Millennium was going to publish the story.00 she drove her white Saab 9-5 to Vittangigatan in V?llingby. Dr Anders Jonasson was blond and blue-eyed. ??That??s from a source I have to protect. trying to dissect the various aspects of their dilemma.

and obviously he would be interested in any related information.K. The disk is very strong evidence.?? Fransson said. She could scarcely believe what she was reading.?? the P. She had not moved it anywhere else. Niedermann was on the run. But I noticed that the report was vague in the extreme. to ?? what? A complete loony? Salander might be innocent of murder. ??Sonja ?? I think you understand how things stand. I??m just so swamped here. to leave. But it??s been classified Top Secret by order of the district court.S. on May 18.?? ??Andersson is a tough customer.P. and Trelleborg. I said asap.

what would have happened if you??d been run over by a bus? Then they would have been without an editor-in-chief with only a moment??s notice..?? ??This doesn??t mean that I distrust you. Who on earth do you think can resist that??? ??You??re very kind.?? Ekstr?m repeated in a brittle tone. I actually met him a couple of times. drumming her fingertips in annoyance. I can take you all down.?? He felt oddly exhilarated as he left by the main entrance of Sahlgrenska.?? ??Precisely.?? Wadensj?? said. even though she may have felt a certain frustration that she was not going to be the editor of that particular issue. talking on the telephone. Where is everybody??? Waltari told him where the other five members of Svavelsj? M. ??And what are you going to do with that? Shoot me? You??ll spend the rest of your miserable life in prison. He had undergone a rather extensive operation in which a significant section of his jaw was realigned and fixed with titanium screws. I saw him four or five times. At the same instant Anders Berglund knocked on the door. Mikael Blomkvist.?? ??I??m sorry about that.

The old comrades shook hands. In some sections she was particularly reticent about details and went to a lot of trouble not to supply any evidence that could back up in any way the many claims she was making. Three were messages to call Berger. He shrugged just as Beatrice the receptionist came in with coffee and milk. the car belongs to G?ran M?rtensson.D. 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. I got in at the same time he did.B.?? ??O. And while I??m on this topic ?? I??ll be writing editorials from time to time. Outside the Section the information was known by the chief of S. If he won??t say anything.?? Giannini sighed. But he had done something extremely shrewd. I don??t know why.?? Figuerola nodded. He has to go regularly to the hospital for dialysis. but it could be used as evidence that the meeting had taken place. which should mean that Zalachenko??s room was two doors down from hers.

Alexander Zalachenko. Not surprisingly. I had never heard his name before. What the hell is going on??? Bublanski took off his reading glasses and tucked them into his breast pocket. A nice-looking man. ??This morning S?po got calls from several newspapers who had received letters from Gullberg. he was handcuffed and pushed into the back seat of Paulsson??s car. She was feeling guilty because she had not contacted Blomkvist even once since the day she had walked into S.?? ??I??m happy to have you as my lawyer.?? ??So how do we counter that??? Borgsj? said. The tide of this crap never receded. I??d like to let you know that your friend Mikael Blomkvist has told us that a lawyer by the name of Annika Giannini is willing to represent you.?? Modig said.?? He told her he was going to be at home all day writing. ??I don??t know. but she was not sure whether that was a good thing or bad. S. Millennium had paid a fee to Advokat Giannini which was supposed to come out of the general fund. Gullberg had a bunch of flowers in his hand when he got into the lift at Sahlgrenska hospital at the same time as a short-haired woman in a dark jacket. that I be informed of everything that has a bearing on the Salander case.

If it were a fake. Jerker. which has Bj?rck instructing Teleborian to falsify a mental examination. since he had faithfully voted for the moderates in one election after another. there is Torstensson. Sp?ngberg. ??I know exactly who you are. he previously worked as an accountant and tax lawyer. He happened to read the registration number. There were no signs on my door of a break-in.M. So I want to know if you hear of anything going on. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. It was ten days after the shooting in Gosseberga before Dr Jonasson gave permission for the police to conduct their first real interview. but there are strong indications that he did indeed attempt to kill her. Ronald Niedermann. Gullberg had spent his life on his majesty??s secret service. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know. And if M?rtensson was loaned out to some department that was tailing journalists. She put down her book about God in antiquity.