conferences on countless occasions. Usually he was cool and analytical.K.

but we think you have a good chance of making a full recovery
but we think you have a good chance of making a full recovery. shared by many inside the Division. ??But she doesn??t have to reach the phone.?? ??Take us to a restaurant where we can get some decent food. please. ??O. As she swallowed the water she saw another person appear on her left side. I??d also like to know if you want Giannini to come here to G?teborg.?? ??I know.?? ??Did you get the sense that he knew you or perhaps recognized you??? ??No. ??I??m thinking of doing just that. Gullberg and his employees disappeared from public view ?C they were financed through a special fund.?? ??O. but I can??t reveal them to my sister. So good that I can read and copy what??s on Ekstr?m??s machine. ??What I have here is the report that Gunnar Bj?rck actually wrote in 1991. little girl. have been devoting themselves to criminal activity for a long time.?? ??Unhappily.S.P.

in short. even if he was beginning to get an idea of what he was up against.?? They paid a short visit to Salander??s sickbed. or send someone to sort out his things. Save yourself making a big mistake: check it out with your superior officers. and I assume that Palme appointed somebody to take over from me. ??I know that. But we have him in the system and can call him in again for questioning.?? ??Just doing my job.K. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep. Nieminen switched on an overhead light. But he was bothered by the fact that they had to dress like that in the middle of Stockholm. M?rtensson carries a portable photocopier with him. ??The problem is that the closest car we have at night is in Nacka centre. She was filled with doubt about the plan that her brother had outlined to her. keeping his weight on his uninjured leg before trying to stand on the other. or die. But after what happened today I??m more than ever persuaded that you were the ideal choice.S. police work was largely uncomplicated when it came to looking for one specific individual.

He might even be able to point you in the direction of Niedermann. dates. I??m calling it The Section. and who are you??? ??My name is Blomkvist. ??The defector had operated in other countries and knew nothing about Sweden. Modig and Andersson walked together down to the garage. we might save ourselves a lot of time. It??s Zalachenko who??s the problem. mostly seem to sit and kill time. which is six weeks for the basics.I. I do not mean for this to continue on my watch. and that over the years this conspiracy has committed what could be categorized as serious criminal acts. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan. a dental nurse who lived in Alings?s. He seemed to be interested only in how her muscles were working. I asked how she was feeling and whether she felt the need to have someone to talk to. Of course I haven??t done a psychiatric evaluation of her. ??Salander is still suspected of G. a professional board member. They were included as a sign of goodwill and to demonstrate that G?teborg wished to co-operate with their colleagues from the capital.

maybe even two million kronor. The Prime Minister glanced quickly at Edklinth and then at Blomkvist.?? ??But Blomkvist managed to overpower Niedermann all by himself. He thought for a long while and then began to write. ??How??s the headache??? ??I feel it now and then. ??Could you manage to tell us the whole story from the beginning??? Holmberg said. Status report??? ??Rather unsettled. he might have only himself to rely on. ??No. Lars Faulsson. too. 2. Over the next ten years it grew to include no more than eleven people. the journalist Dag Svensson.A.?? ??I couldn??t stand sitting at home one more day. Figuerola apologized and said she must have dialled the wrong number. which consisted solely of numbers. Armansky??s first thought was that the man was paranoid. This included almost everything that had to do with Zalachenko??s background.P.

That really would have thrown a spanner in the works. Then she ran a check in the criminal records and got a hit at once.?? Blomkvist said.K.?? Gullberg said. We have Karl Axel Bodin??s own testimony from the officers who interviewed him. The problem was that she could scarcely sit upright in bed.?? ??Where are you now??? ??At the Academy bookshop. ??Stockholm is making noises. I was just quicker on my feet than he was.* Gullberg remembered every detail of Election Day 1976. Nieminen was boiling over. Welcome. A man against whom S?po had lately initiated a preliminary investigation because he was a nutter who wrote threatening letters to public figures. ??These are interesting times we??re living in. Take a break. Cortez wrote feverishly. isn??t just hiring Erika Berger. And that led to a little clash at the Construction Fair in ?lvsj? last year. I repeat. She was filled with doubt about the plan that her brother had outlined to her.

The survival of the patient depended on the extent of the damage and on Dr Jonasson??s skill. I couldn??t swear to it. which Blomkvist studied.?? After that ?str?m had designed the logo that was on Black/White??s masthead for fifteen years before Black/White magazine went to its grave and became the book publishing house Black/White.6. Wasp wrote. What is it that you want from me??? Blomkvist spoke with a confidence that suggested that he had a source right at the heart of the affair and had followed every step Edklinth had taken.?? Only three people knew where Svavelsj? M. You came here in the nick of time. but later she asked if I had any scientific journals that dealt with genetics and brain research.?? She pointed.M.?? Edklinth and Figuerola were instantly alert. the car belongs to G?ran M?rtensson. Blomkvist spent half an hour explaining step by step how he had pieced together the story of Zalachenko. I know the way. And then she lay back and stared up at the ceiling. There are now nine hours left before we go to press and four before the front page has to be resolved.?? ??Could I see it??? Bublanski pushed across the desk a folder containing a police report dated 1991. You??ll have to accept what I??m saying. And I understood from Holger Palmgren that you had some information.

Give me information and I won??t try to compromise you.?? ??O.?? said Blomkvist.?? ??She was shot. ??And this morning it came out that Paulsson has been taking at least two different antidepressants.?? ??What you don??t understand is that our shareholders bought stock in the paper because they want to make money. She went so far as to obscure some obvious evidence and instead moved on to the next link in the chain of events. So what do we have??? ??She was shot with a Browning. inside and out. He pressed his stethoscope against his wrist for a moment to warm it.?? ??I??m not going to compete with you.?? ??How many in the Section are still here from my day??? ??Apart from me ?? only Otto Hallberg and Georg Nystr?m are still here.?? ??You started it. He wrote a carefully worded and noncommittal comment on her chart: Radiological examination gives a basis for definitive conclusions but the condition of the patient has deteriorated steadily during the day. he flipped open his mobile and saw that he had twenty unread messages. Which he had no intention of doing. Figuerola had given him a number of indisputable indications that something was rotten within S. It??s probably the only thing that??s a bit odd. into the living room. her boyfriend. It contained no lies that could entangle her.

He had filled in the gaps by saying that Bjurman had made a deal with Zalachenko which collapsed when Bjurman lost control. He slowed and turned on his windscreen wipers. Edklinth and Armansky had known each other for twelve years. She was alive. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces.F. Blomkvist wrote a note on a yellow Post-it. She wondered how she would have reacted if someone had broken into her place and stolen the D.?? ??I??m not sure that??s such a good idea. was not true. Two masked men had robbed at gunpoint a shop owned by an immigrant. She called the vehicle recovery service. Two had a background in the Fraud Division. She was in luck. And that particular murder was no longer one of the charges against her. That was not going to be enough. to an apartment with the name Martinsson on the door. So he must know that M?rtensson is not at Counter-Espionage. ??My last editorial. but with no success. But it felt good to be back in the saddle again after so many years of silence from his former employer.

The police wanted to question him also in connection with the murders in Stockholm. ??He did talk to the nurse and he left the flowers at the desk. and there was nothing new in Aftonbladet online.M. If he hasn??t managed it by then. The daughter would sooner or later be captured and that would be the end of it. Then she looked more closely at the computer and saw the little scratch on the top left corner. a hospital nightshirt and a pair of plastic flip-flops that she had managed to borrow. but also not a nutcase. which Niedermann was presumed to be using. and Zalachenko. Zalachenko is there too with an axe wound to his skull. Clinton??s background was in the air force and he began working for the Personal Protection Unit of the Security Police in 1967. and the fact that I??m a workout fanatic. but he??s above all the one who makes the decisions. the news editor. ??Do as I say and the Section might survive. He was asleep within thirty seconds. gentlemen. Malin is tough.?? ??Precisely.

very recently. Figuerola escorted Blomkvist out of police headquarters at 10. But. between 37 and 37. He walked slowly through the station.?? ??No. Blomkvist??s plan was to have the book printed and ready to distribute on the first day of the trial. That Millennium had leaked the story to her in advance was nothing but a courtesy ?C they wanted to reduce the damage to her personally.?? he said.?? ??Why did they pick me then??? Berger said. and that he had come to her room at 3. ??Believe it or not. Or that he could. First. and in his teens he was a skinhead. ??And the Zalachenko report is gone. By this time Ghidi had learned Swedish and obtained treatment for his shattered hip. Is it O. There were 223 employees. and Blomkvist had never hesitated if Baksi asked him a favour. She wasn??t interested in those.

M. More diplomatically than that. and detached his prosthesis.?? ??Nevertheless. Those positions have not been filled. Even though he hired me. the so-called Ronald Niedermann. the A.58 a. and in some miraculous way he had indeed managed to hold the mortality rate at zero. 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. When she looked up she saw Jonasson closing the door. worrying. She had thought that she was beginning to get to grips with the actual process of producing a newspaper and had planned to reward herself with a weekend off ?C the first since she started at S.?? ??What did he do??? ??He realized that he had no choice but to do what the gentlemen from S?po were proposing. He focused his gaze on the computer screen. But a source in the police whom I trust tells me that the evidence in each case is woolly. He was bound to take Nystr?m at his word.?? Modig said in a low voice. Then he picked up the telephone.?? ??I understand.

What we??re going to do in this book is to state what happened. the exhaustion of the day made him reckless.00. getting his bearings.?? Berger clenched her teeth and put down the article about the forthcoming Salander trial.?? Giannini went pale. then G?ransson??s car would have been parked at one of the ports. But she could not remember what it was.00 on Tuesday night.I. They didn??t find anything. ??Keep your distance so he doesn??t spot you. ??Nothing??? Bublanski said. execute someone who was the object of a police investigation ?C his investigation. 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. And now he??s trying a new angle which will put her at a disadvantage in the public consciousness.?? ??Not because of me. and she liked him. he could get himself into trouble if he closes the preliminary investigation.S. well someone did.

with a thousand policemen. In some mysterious way the ceiling lamp had been taken down and placed on the coffee table. nodded. If you want to deliver something.?? Erlander cleared his throat. He made her want more. I hope you know what you??re doing.Sunday.?? ??I agree with you there. One was from Malm. Then he shook his head. Zalachenko was out there somewhere.I. I am. Johannes. but it had been a long day and a long journey. then that??s speculation. It??s almost as powerful as good sex.?? ??I said that we probably didn??t have any more advanced books in the patient library ?C we have more Philip Marlowe than scientific literature ?C but that I??d see what I could dig up.K. She had a routine that I can??t compete with.

much of which was home-made stuff that Bob the Dog had set up.?? Teleborian laughed. Tell me ?? what do you think of Peter Teleborian??? Jonasson threw out the name so unexpectedly that Salander almost jumped. She said that she didn??t.?? He kissed her cheek and headed for the bus stop on Fridhemsplan. ??It??s a police killing and the press is out in force.?? ??Fredrik. where would he be??? ??He??s a German citizen. Edklinth thought him taciturn. She returned moments later with a cup of coffee. He doesn??t know who they are.?? ??Why??s that??? ??Circulation has dropped by nearly 150. When they were settled in her new Saab 9-5. How many of you are paying that much??? ??I couldn??t afford it. information that absolutely could not be disseminated. The only two books with any real ambition to portray the work of the Security Police were Power Struggle for S?po and Espionage in Sweden. and for possession of an illegal weapon. I??ve read Bj?rck??s report.v Blomkvist made sure that he was not being watched when he walked from the Millennium offices early on Friday morning to Salander??s old apartment block on Lundagatan. After a moment he nodded. Remember what it was like during the Wennerstr?m affair.

v Blomkvist made sure that he was not being watched when he walked from the Millennium offices early on Friday morning to Salander??s old apartment block on Lundagatan. she has been throughout a victim in the whole affair. ??And we??ve only known each other a few days.?? He tied a sheet around his waist. His injuries were causing him immense pain. and ???? ??And??? ??And I??m not sure that I??m ready to do it. and he did not ask any questions.?? ??We understand that. I??ll be back in Stockholm tomorrow if nothing else comes up.00 she had her foot wrapped in a thick bandage. He was not entirely sure what the letter of the law was on this point. heart and lungs shut down one after the other. As far as I understand it. Then their eyes met. ??No. played tennis. She tapped herself on the head.A. He hesitated for a long time. which began with KAB. But Salander??s being isolated presented one other acute problem.

and he??s one of the chief reasons why it??s almost impossible to get the staff to work as a team.?? ??I think you??d better explain. She was left to her own devices at the end of the working day. Instead of going back up the hill to Tavastgatan. I was posted to Egypt.?? Blomkvist headed for the bathroom. now I recognize you. a van pulled out and left a parking space on Bellmansgatan at the corner with Tavastgatan.?? ??What do you have in mind??? Wadensj?? said. but he thought he had been tailed by a red Audi that day. you would most probably be charged with manslaughter. ??I have to call for support. ??Why should that be a problem??? Eriksson said. Berger??s decision was made. she would simply have to plan her escape from St Stefan??s or whichever other nuthouse. Since Plague hardly ever left his apartment. The door was locked. He wondered how Niedermann would get along on his own. You all know that. Even so..

When he was finished with him.?? ??I need someone for a research job. ??He worked for something called the Section for Special Analysis. ??Hello. You??re withholding information.?? He rubbed his chest. I fall asleep like a blown-out candle as soon as I get home. Statistics also argued that the majority of poison pen artists were either teenagers or middle-aged. and throw a brick through the window. Opinions should be reserved for the editorial page. How did this get here??? one of them said. said a polite hello. dark-green English felt hat. But why doesn??t he react? A normal person would react. She was not allowed visitors and could not even read the newspapers. yet was relatively lucid and able to talk. Poison said that he had used it successfully. But let me make this quite clear ?? with regards to this affair it??s Clinton who will be making the operational decisions. then she wanted to face it first before anyone else got wind of it. I won??t get involved in any horse-trading that might be constitutionally dubious. Francke.

which prompted the newspaper to speculate about her mental state.?? ??The way you did with Hans-Erik Wennerstr?m??? ??Something like that. But she could afford it. Some years earlier a citizen of Hacker Republic.?? Sandberg turned. As a result the agency??s effectiveness in large areas was paralysed.M. just ring for us. Jew-lover. Niedermann is linked to the site through the kidnapping of Salander??s friend Miriam Wu. She punched in the door code her friend had given her.?? ??I??ve also had a conversation with an official who wants me to let Teleborian see you.?? ??Not a hope. You??ve read Bj?rck??s report.M.I. He started by walking to Park Avenue Hotel. It felt unreal. and you??re about to expose her chairman. ??You certainly have a way with headlines. which she was immediately given.

??Forgive me for pointing this out. That night Gullberg??s life underwent a radical change. At the end of upper Bellmansgatan. ??Benny K. ??My name is Benny Svantesson. was possibly that in his day there was nobody who would have come up with the wild idea of ordering raw fish. She supposed that her brain had not been too greatly damaged after being perforated by a bullet with a full-metal jacket. But I can??t talk about this. ??You could turn out to be a bad habit. Some years earlier that post had been occupied by the notorious Colonel Wennerstr?m. She heard the nurse go down the corridor to the left. Two of the guns were Polish P-83 Wanads. ??Yes??? ??Apologies for bothering you on the street outside your home.S.?? ??I??m jumping ahead and anticipating the final assessment.?? ??I??m not trying to evade your question. The signature of the Prime Minister meant that the Section was now a legally approved institution. also to coincide with the trial. ??Are we agreed that I pass this on to my contact??? Armansky said. He packed clothes. which was one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Someone would have called in a favour and got someone to talk. A working group had been formed to explore the matter. and checking how she swallowed.?? ??Exactly. He enjoys indulging in intrigue and playing people against each other. she decided.?? ??The question is. On any number of occasions they cleaned up behind his rampages.00 p.?? ??Was she angry. wrapped her arms around her client and lifted her up. and she liked him. ??I can handle it.V. I??ve never seen him before. That??s my part of the operation.?? Wadensj?? sounded doubtful. there??ll be a scandal that will affect both the conservative and social democratic parties. He pushed away the sheet of paper with the nine succinct points that Berger had presented at the weekly meeting of the budget committee. She went back to her inbox and opened the message that had arrived two days before.?? ??And since she went into your building I assume that Milton has put in some sort of hidden surveillance of your flat.

When she closed the door he arduously sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. By the early ??80s Zalachenko had calmed down and begun to adapt. Sweden has got to know her through police reports and press releases and the headlines in the evening papers. eleven days after the meeting with the Prime Minister.?? Nystr?m adopted a concerned expression. Because Trinity could record the calls from Ekstr?m. Thomasson knew that the money came from criminal activity. One problem of course is that she??s working for you and is bound and fettered by one of those damned confidentiality oaths. He had plenty of whores. we??re sure that Niedermann switched vehicles.?? ??No. The sports desk is dangerously understaffed. Francke was a bit of a cowboy who saw K. half a mile from home in Saltsj?baden when her mobile rang. Nieminen has been released. but there was never very much to report. but he had lived in north London since childhood. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know. He had met Chief of Secretariat Albert Shenke at meetings and internal conferences on countless occasions. Usually he was cool and analytical.K.