out somewhere.?? Salander pressed her lips tight.

??Evert ?? you have to understand that ?? we don??t do things like that any more
??Evert ?? you have to understand that ?? we don??t do things like that any more. ??One more thing. You??ve asked for an extension of your temporary job. He did not even bother to look for it. Then she opened a notebook and took a pen from her jacket pocket. but if he uses an account that he set up at hotmail. He went out in grand style.?? Blomkvist said to himself. and reproduced exactly. ??Police headquarters at 5. She had reported the matter to the head of her party.?? ??How many are working for the Section today??? ??We??ve reorganized a bit. along with a video of a personal nature. Is that O. ??Are you in a hurry??? ??Yes. He explained that he had decided to go public with the information in the light of events that had occurred in G?teborg that day.I. Lisbeth is an extraordinary person. which is utter insanity for a newspaper that can??t add a job to its sports desk.?? All of a sudden Zalachenko looked uncertain. She had been an outstanding gymnast in her teens and almost qualified for the Olympic team when she was seventeen.

?? ??It??s not the same thing.?? ??The lab has identified the weapon used on Lundin. Born in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. Robbery. But there??s someone I have to talk to tonight and it??ll take a while. What would his next step be??? ??He has to get out of Sweden. During surgery the night before.?? He paused and looked around the room. 1989); An Assignment by Carl Lidbom (Wahlstr?m & Widstrand. it provided a good account of S?po as a structure as well as its primary concerns over several decades.M. Good to know.?? she said. and by now rather stout. it??s because he knows or suspects that you??ve got something brewing. nor did he have the feeling that he was being watched or followed.?? ??We??ll use the whole front page and move everything else back. The prosecutor is going to go on about this being the second time you have tried to kill him. you can write an article on the subject if you want and we??ll publish it. even if Skanska Construction opens an office in London and stuff like that. He took the late afternoon train to G?teborg.

?? ??Isn??t that part of the brain associated with numbers and mathematical capacity??? Jonasson said. She was in a bad way. they were surprised to see me there. Together with Eriksson and Malm. Not until Monday evening did Dr Endrin decide.?? Sandberg nodded his agreement. It??s about using child labour and exploiting political prisoners in Vietnam.?? ??Really??? ??It contains no diagnosis.01. The only question is: who??? ??The chief of Secretariat ???? ??Yes.K. Then Figuerola called the assistant chief of Counter-Espionage. ??I thought you were starting Monday. About toilets. Not for my brother or for Armansky. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know. I??ve met him several times. Unremarkable. But it has to be done in one fell swoop. Then she made some coffee and called Armansky. and by 2001 she had moved to Stockholm.

But it??s going to be a little up and down until we put this story to bed.G. ??Hello. Before you take one single positive action I want to be informed. because the vast majority of injured people had an obvious and specific problem. He was high as a kite all night.?? Figuerola said. The body produces a pain-suppressing chemical and you become addicted to it. 100 B. The Section was not a criminal enterprise. We have him in the Secret State Police from the early ??50s to 1964. It is forbidden to engage in the persecution of an ethnic group. They make toilets at a factory in Vietnam which has been condemned by the U.?? He looked Holmberg steadily in the eye. In this case there are no differences of opinion to divide us.C. But he??s tricky to deal with. removed his glasses. The reason was simple. ran a hand through his thick blond hair. Blomkvist briefly explained what had happened and asked Cortez to pass the information to Millennium??s editor-in-chief.

Now it was time to express herself more clearly. She glanced at Blomkvist. I was told that Ruben ?? your Zalachenko. An article she had rejected in the afternoon would appear in the newspaper sometime after she had gone home.30. ??Sonja.?? ??Lars Faulsson. She went back to bed and pulled the covers over her. in other words. Salander got up from the edge of the bed and went to the window. and I can also say that we had conversations with him about once a month until recently.?? she called. 1991); Power Struggle for S?po by Erik Magnusson (Corona. but he could not remember his name ?C some sort of foreign name ?C but Adamsson did not feel the need to check his I. In Edklinth??s opinion. don??t say a word. Your job description as a journalist is to question and scrutinize most critically. Violation of the prostitution laws. Three chatters at once. ??Turn the print over. Even if they provoke you or accuse you of whatever ?? Can you promise me??? ??I could manage that.

He was on duty until 6. Her heart sank like a stone. She should have dealt with Teleborian years ago. ??Would he. Illegal weapons are more serious. She??s made it plain that she wants you up and over to Bor?s to interview the woman. She did survive and her prognosis has been exceedingly satisfactory ?? so much so that my colleagues and I were getting ready to discharge her.M. A third goes to salaries. But someone else has. The Ministry of Justice also called. as set out in the government??s instruction.H on another officer.Q. He had made a round to check on the state of his patients. and we??ve had an A. Blomkvist could contact Figuerola if he needed to be in touch with S. ??Where is he now??? Blomkvist said as they turned on to Kungsgatan. if I sleep at your place??? ??Oh. I fall asleep like a blown-out candle as soon as I get home.?? Bublanski said.

?? ??The type of email Eva Carlsson got??? ??Right. Either we ancients step in and do our bit.P. ??Take a break and come back around 9. If you have information to that effect you should take action. the board will have to find somebody else for August. the night nurse looked in. but she had very straightforwardly conceded that she had no authority to interview him and that naturally he was perfectly free to tell her nothing at all if he did not want to. ??Hello. With the possible exception of President Nixon??s lunatic break-in at Watergate.K. Ekstr?m was most upset.?? ??I have a feeling that this story is going to be about something altogether different. She had no memory of seeing the folder that morning.?? ??Tell me. to leave all of you in the lurch in such a bad situation.00. On Monday he had begun his research by sending Cortez to the second-hand bookshops on S?dermalm. That will be done later this week. ??I think we??re done. He works for Karl Axel Bodin.

but ???? ??Yes??? ??This young prostitute who was murdered in S?dert?lje ?? her name is Irina Petrova. I??m dealing with pros here. ??How can I help you??? ??It??s about one of your patients. His head was wrapped in so many bandages that you could see only his left eye and a narrow slit of mouth. to ask her about that ?? even if you??re not present??? ??That??s fine ?? you may ask her questions relating to the police hunt for Niedermann. You??re very sexy. She was given a pack of nicotine gum. She was irritated with Giannini. He??s a tough old boy. Via the front door. She started by ordering passport photographs of Faulsson.S.O. If we don??t have a source for something.M. Then she remembered it all. ??Hello.?? ??No. she would call an emergency board meeting. He had had a miserable formal education. There were simply too many incidents for this to be coincidence.

but it was hopeless. you. By the time she felt sufficiently entrenched it was 1.?? ??And in order to do that.K. We have a younger talent who does some field work. who??s leading the investigation into Zalachenko??s murder.?? ??And if Ekstr?m is worried. Figuerola changed gear and turned up Vasagatan. SixOfOne wrote. Her heart sank like a stone.?? The expression did not sit well with Zalachenko.?? ??Can he handle it??? ??He??s no idiot. but rather that he was an especially cunning and intelligent spy who was not tempted to make the same mistakes that other Soviet spies had made. you can write an article on the subject if you want and we??ll publish it.?? Blomkvist sighed. That??s not a bad step up from this sorry little rag. ??Has anything else of interest happened??? he said. So let??s move on.?? ??Well. In addition.

Malin Eriksson. to condemn you again to the locked psychiatric ward.?? ??I believe you. We found the weapon. Source protection. out and we??ve alerted the police in Norway and Denmark. S?po got saddled with Zalachenko in the middle of the Cold War. or parallel to. My two uncles were murdered by Saddam in the ??90s.?? ??I see. Do you intend to hide things from me too??? ??I don??t know.?? ??Yes. but she had not even reflected on the fact at the time. they??re given a leave of absence for a time to go to our school. They settled themselves again around the table in Wadensj????s office. ??We have to try to tone this down. At 6. ??Give me a couple of minutes. At the very least Zalachenko was a witness; but in the worst case he was involved up to his neck in a series of murders. ??When Lisbeth was twelve. She moved as gracefully as a ballerina.

for the triple murder in Stockholm. It took her a few seconds to make the connection. for a fee of 30. ??Sure. In that case I should say how grateful I am that you and your colleagues are willing to facilitate matters for me.?? Edklinth was careful to use the word ??we??. He spent a long time thinking things over. he had to relay the conversations via another mobile back home to Plague. In great excitement she turned on the computer at once and discovered that it was password-protected. * Giannini was with Prosecutor Jervas for fifteen minutes. Zalachenko??s cover was at risk. confused.?? Blomkvist gave him a wan smile. but during the night some bastard had punctured all four tyres. It was the same hotel Blomkvist had spent the night in several days before. Even a falling-down drunk Professor Ellis is several classes better than I could ever be when it comes to assessing brain damage. 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. He knew that the helicopter was coming in in the nick of time. She opened them and dropped the brace to the floor. He drove down Hornsgatan and across to Bellmansgatan via Br?nnkyrkagatan. execute someone who was the object of a police investigation ?C his investigation.

??This letter is referring to Holmberg??? ??No. He was sick. But we think that the so-called Section for Special Analysis set up shop somewhere outside. but not without having serious problems. As she heard the key in the door she realized that the cloth bag and charger were still in view on the bedside table.?? Edklinth said with a faint smile. The bleeding had apparently subsided. We have no idea what went wrong.?? ??You??re wrong. the new chief of the Section.?? ??Tell me about our relationship to S. but her face was otherwise expressionless.?? Gullberg had been completely exhausted after all his efforts on Monday. They were scrutinizing the results of the preliminary investigation that Holmberg had completed that morning. He said that he??d told you almost everything. She was incredibly lucky. he did go to the reception desk.?? Silence. and his wash bag. I??m here on a work issue. ??Please hear me out.

Erika Eva. He was obviously not the faithful type. You make 112. in Stockholm. for example. I hope you??re not thinking of taking the story with you to S.?? ??A sort of secret spy police??? ??There are in fact parallels overseas. even though in reality he was not her problem.?? he said. He had spent most of the night worrying about how he was going to deal with the information Armansky had given him. Ellis liked living in Sweden.?? the Prime Minister said. and its purpose is to damage Salander before the trial.?? ??She was shot. He was advised that he alone had to make the decisions. He scanned every face of every person standing or walking near the Ring. But Jonasson was head of the trauma unit. no listed mobile.?? ??A little too fast. If he could have kicked Figuerola in the shin he would have done so.C.

But what did they do with him? Somebody must have made the decision. ??I??m not so sure about that. he might have only himself to rely on. He would then take the used batteries home and recharge them overnight. He reminded Edklinth vaguely of the writer Dashiell Hammett. said. Figuerola noted the time. She had to be at S.?? Erlander said to Blomkvist as they walked back to the farmhouse. You were the person nearest to him in the corridor.?? ??A picture? I??m in your debt. ??Then he has a four-hour head start. But all the signs indicate that you made it through fine. She had been up until all hours emptying her desk and bookshelves of all personal belongings and sorting papers that she wanted to keep. The storm that had ravaged G?teborg earlier in the night had obviously passed to the south of the Nossebro area.?? ??Alright. Constitutional Protection is a small and more or less self-sufficient unit. The batteries. ??The investigation has already reached a sensitive stage. then pulled the forceps straight out. list everything that??s been said about her.

the Securitas guard. Eleven rooms and apparently a bit of a snazzy joint. His companion. but at a mature thirty-plus or. Salander had already discussed all of this with Giannini. Occasionally he would jot down notes in a pocket diary. On the right.?? ??But if things go well. And now I have the world??s worst guilty conscience.?? Figuerola said. Or else the falsification was done for a completely different purpose by someone inside the Security Police. but in effect he confessed and slunk home with his tail between his legs. the woman turned 180 degrees and went down the steep hill towards Bellmansgatan 1. Jonasson put his hand on her forehead and felt that it was damp. studied law and eventually became a tax adviser. The blinds were down. He had met Chief of Secretariat Albert Shenke at meetings and internal conferences on countless occasions. Edklinth would go through the roof. he was the victim of a crime.. and as discreetly as possible.

?? Cortez put down the telephone and drummed so loudly with his fingertips on the edge of his desk that Nilsson glared at him. We have to check their email.?? Salander gave Jonasson a lopsided smile. By now Blomkvist was so infuriated with Paulsson.I. He knew one.R.?? Bublanski replied curtly. ??You??re getting better too fast. Do we have a description of the third man??? ??Even better.?? ??How do you know that??? ??Gullberg met Prime Minister F?lldin six weeks after Zalachenko??s defection. ??Well. itself be implemented? The Wennerstr?m debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police.?? said Bublanski. but I think he went to the reception desk too. He needed cash. but he was in no position to pick and choose among defecting G. so that forensics can work out that they died while I was still locked up. ??My dear Mikael. It would make a passable weapon ?C for stabbing a face or an eye. As soon as you see him approach a car.

It was a reasonable decision. ??Now let me say my piece. He works for Prosecutor Ekstr?m. Blomkvist was working on the Salander story and would not share any part of it.?? ??I understand ?? Frank. but no name was given. He tried to commit suicide.?? Figuerola said. ??The book states only that the Prime Minister met with the chief of S?po along with a colleague to discuss general questions. and a dark jacket. But he could not keep a trace of incredulity out of his voice. the police.?? he said. which doesn??t bother to turn up at all. Hitler salute. Gullberg was transported at top speed to the hospital??s trauma unit. ??We??re the ones who don??t exist. She concentrated on the present and opened her eyes again. are set by the Freedom of the Press regulation (F. She followed him to the kitchen and filled a large glass with cold water. ??Once again we have to haul you out of the furnace.

She broke out in a big smile. and they had both ended up in bed with Torkel. to be honest. The man would always nod politely but never laughed if he said anything humorous.?? Ghidi poured Turkish coffee. I??ll be starting at another publication. ??You could take this as a complaint from the staff. It was too early to go to bed. ??that we make the whole thing disappear and put Salander back in an asylum??? ??Salander we can handle. even though this time there was no strap holding her down.?? ??It??s about Lisbeth Salander??s future and wellbeing. The tape kept bacteria out and the blood in. We can??t just dump it on Erika??s desk as a newspaper billboard. not the source. After lunch she would not. ??And Zalachenko? Have you questioned him??? ??Yes. it means that someone is acting against us. He was a dangerous bastard and a psychopath ?C a psychopath that the police were looking for with a vengeance. Are you with me? All of this she had already worked out for herself. He??s charming. getting his bearings.

If anyone opened the door she would have quite a problem explaining what she was doing there. we??ll deal with them.?? said Berger with a smile. Is that a clear enough answer??? She shut her eyes to say yes. ??O. Figuerola suddenly had the feeling that she was a policewoman. ??And the Zalachenko report is gone. Maybe not even twenty-four hours. It??s no secret that some of my predecessors at S. The outgoing Prime Minister was certainly not to be informed. He was only sixty-eight. First.G. but F?lldin didn??t reply.?? ??Nonsense.?? Nurse Agneta frowned. Personal Protection. Berger had reluctantly agreed and then fallen asleep on the living-room sofa in front of the boarded-up picture window. Officially moved to a place where he doesn??t exist. ??You don??t have any pain in your neck??? he said. He raised the pistol and fired at a picture hanging on the wall at the end of the corridor.

S. Bublanski??s face clouded over. Was G?ran M?rtensson working on anything important.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. but she already knew it would be impossible to explain this away.S. That??s the question our analytical group is working very hard to answer. so she couldn??t tell the rest of us. we have to work faster.?? ??Oh. ??Technically speaking. ??Evert Gullberg. But it ended.C.?? Blomkvist nodded. The difference. She staggered to the door and turned to kick it with her heel. In March 1989. ??These are interesting times we??re living in. But I can hire you as an external consultant.Friday.

you may regard me as her legal representative. a production company and a management company. Both Holger and I have accepted your plan and are co-operating with you. Jonasson leaned forward. I??ve sent a team of externals to tail her. after careful consideration. Cortez exhaled in relief. except for a few details. Now!?? When he heard the desperation in her voice he dug into his inside pocket and handed her his Motorola. Suddenly she realized that her briefcase was gone.30 that afternoon. That??s why you asked about your credibility. so I??ll stay out of it. Which said.?? ??I??ll get back to you. I??m a trained bodyguard. Write it whenever you like. and the spy??s background indicated that he might be inclined to suicide in the event that his actions were exposed. or rather two. ??Erika??s out somewhere.?? Salander pressed her lips tight.