think you ought to see a doctor. Then he spoke in a lighter tone of voice. The car was still there. ??I think we??re done. as you all know.

taking a folder from his briefcase
taking a folder from his briefcase. We have to concentrate on finding Niedermann and working on the graves in the woods at Nykvarn. Don??t misunderstand me. Something was eluding him. ??I assume that this is bound to leak to the media. he would stay in the intensive care unit for a few more days yet. He watched the flow of people on G?tgatan. and he??s dead. Magge gets shot and you??re busted. What??s happened to him since I retired??? ??Bj?rck is probably one of the very few internal colleagues who left the Section and went back to external operations. She might develop epilepsy. She wanted to know what charges she was intending to bring against Salander.?? ??Because we??re facing a conflict of loyalties too. The meeting at the Constitutional Protection Unit lasted until after 5. and then you??ll find yourself editing the family page or the comics page or something like that. The articles they turn out are terrible. But they had never worked together.?? ??And the answer is ????? ??We don??t know. Lisbeth. regular operations.

Blomkvist could find no such enquiry in Ekstr?m??s email. I??ve had a whole string of crazy emails accusing me of being all kinds of things ?C and suggesting various perverse things that ought to be done to me. She spectacularly kicked the shit out of two complete thugs from Svavelsj? M.?? There was a charged silence around the conference table before Erlander went on. and delinquent in his youth. Gullberg followed the story in a state of awful confusion. would you??? she said. I??m furious at the state and the government and S?po and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent. a black leather jacket and running shoes. He simply concluded that Salander was suffering from stress. make her way to his farm. The question is. or die. He saw a dining-room table of dark wood that was cluttered with glasses. In the autopsy report. This isn??t the first time I??ve handled Top Secret information. Finally his uneasiness took the upper hand. And he??s right. semidetached house. but he stopped himself.

?? ??Ekstr?m says Bj?rck refused to discuss it. ??The problem is that the closest car we have at night is in Nacka centre. Are you going to disappear to work or do you want to come to my place and come to bed with me??? ??Well ???? ??You don??t have to feel pressured. I know that you??re not a psychiatrist. ??You??re here on a temporary basis. but there are strong indications that he did indeed attempt to kill her. Figuerola most definitely had no right to invite him here on her own authority.P. She had managed to free herself from the barn where the man had tied her up. have any influence in editorial matters. Are you and Erika Berger together??? ??Erika Berger??s married.30. He glanced at his watch. He has a three-year-old daughter.?? ??Very chivalrous. But not at 7. He crossed Sveav?gen on the viaduct at M?ster Samuelsgatan and went straight down to Klara Norra. Millennium did not have the resources to keep any employee on an open-ended budget with all sorts of expenses in the form of rental cars. there was a possibility that the Section would be subjected to official scrutiny. and present documentation that annihilates the prosecution??s game.

Teleborian was assistant head physician at St Stefan??s psychiatric clinic for children in Uppsala. That night Gullberg??s life underwent a radical change.?? Edklinth studied Malm??s photographs of a man getting into a car with a registration number that began with the letters KAB. He listened to the news and heard a summary of what had been said at the press conference. Dr Teleborian. He put on a jacket and walked to Milton Security??s offices at Slussen. How was Kaspersson found??? ??She turned up at a house on the outskirts of Seglora.?? ??I didn??t have much choice.K.C.?? Blomkvist looked around the room. she won??t be able to do the research she needs to do to prepare her defence. Good to know. But we have several suspects. the way you do when you haven??t seen someone for some time. but did not doubt the truth of it..?? ??Aha. But you have already been placed under arrest on a charge of grievous bodily harm. also keeping one for himself.

We live in a democracy and naturally we cannot influence what is written in the press. 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. And there??s a connection to Niedermann there too.?? Inspector Bublanski listened to Prosecutor Ekstr?m without expression. Now he hated her with a fury that astonished him. testing his sense of balance. A third goes to salaries. Lisbeth Salander. Right now. I??m not holding back anything that could be useful to your investigation of the Section or throw light on the various crimes that have been committed.00 on Saturday evening when Armansky left his office and walked to the synagogue of the S?der congregation on St Paulsgatan.?? ??What kind of job??? ??Do you trust me. There had been no doubt in his mind that Salander was guilty of three murders. The nurses obviously had been instructed not to discuss other patients. He reached for his prosthesis stored in the cabinet next to his bed and attached it to the stump of his leg. when Bergling became the object of suspicion outside the Section as well.?? ??What about Gullberg. Extremely good at puzzles. Whoever did the falsification was extremely well informed. and Zalachenko could not predict how he would react under interrogation.

No-one can go into her room without permission except for doctors or nurses who work here at Sahlgrenska. Nieminen shut the door and walked slowly away from the barn. Accordingly she had the right to involve herself in the investigation of Zalachenko??s murder. Half were graphic artists and so on. She did not expect anyone to be her friend. If the situation had been reversed ?C if S. Both were dressed in jeans and leather jackets. who then provided him with a steady stream of assignments to keep him busy.?? ??I was never convicted of anything.?? she said cheerfully.?? ??Which means that if problems arise.?? ??I understand.?? ??That??s what he says. Next week I??ll be travelling.P. after all. Then she was allowed to go back to sleep. The sports desk has six and a half jobs at the moment.D. whose regulations simplified his visits to the Continent.

??I hear what you??re saying. On Monday he had begun his research by sending Cortez to the second-hand bookshops on S?dermalm. After some palaver over jurisdiction between Str?ngn?s and S?dert?lje. From now on we??ll meet in an office we??ve rented at Fridhemsplan. I??ll have a car in place in five minutes. Blomkvist closed his eyes. she was a psychopathic mass murderer.?? ??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.?? Ellis went on.?? ??O. I have a mountain of work before the trial begins. And thank God nobody yet knew that he was her brother. She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and pulled the electrodes off her arms and chest. Within reason. Either way she would have a fearful conflict of interest.?? he said. All they??ll have is the statement that I??m composing now. he would say that he personally had given Blomkvist clearance. He had a very deep gash across his face and another just below one kneecap. Then there was the incident in the tunnelbana.

??In other words. Zalachenko seemed to be grinning beneath his bandages. while the Security Police took care of the criminal investigation and paid the bill. In Sweden apparently they were untouchable. I can??t go up stairs without gasping for breath. Henry ?? I agree with Mikael that we should publish the story. ??Can I ask you what you think of Wadensj??. He carefully closed the door. At 1. and the Ministry of Justice. which Bj?rck and Teleborian drafted together.?? ??Which part was truth and which part was fantasy. Nieminen switched on an overhead light. nodded. I officially leave on the last day of April. He also gathered samples of blood-soaked clumps of dirt. And her breasts. Afterwards the discussion went on for almost three hours. and so on. and Mia Johansson.

to renew the contracts. As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan.?? Nystr?m said. Besides ???? ??Besides what??? ??It??s nothing. Assistant Chief Fredrik Clinton. In his opinion. Four or five more of the same.?? ??Those were necessary cuts. the magazine is a threat because of one thing only: Bj?rck??s 1991 police report. But Svantesson hasn??t had much to do with her ???? ??I??ll arrange to be her primary care doctor while you??re on holiday.?? ??Good. ??You know what I would have done. But Lisbeth should be able to choose whether she wants to make use of them in her trial. A pistol would compensate for her physique. ??Today is all about May 1. we determined that the theft must have occurred during the time she was at Nacka hospital.000 kronor. He was Prime Minister at the time. Armansky had Blomkvist??s copy of Lidbom??s book An Assignment. He did not really need permission to publish the book in Svensson??s name.

?? ??Thanks. the seat of the County Criminal Police in Western G?taland. For them costcutting was what counted.I. even less with his daughter. I was told that we would have to wait until after the next election. Bublanski and the others who arrived at the summer house had treated it as a crime scene from the word go. and would have been passed over to the next administration. She was a little shaky now that the adrenaline had worn off. He??s actually in worse shape than you are. and we have extensive forensic evidence against her. And yet Bj?rck had never had anything to do with Counter-Espionage. You were in pretty bad shape. The pain in her left shoulder had subsided a bit.?? ??He isn??t a bad person. round man in his fifties with grey hair. She had not had access to ongoing editorial work at Millennium since early April.?? he said. I??m the one you hired to run the paper. She radiated a cheerful confidence.

I write whatever I want ?C and I also have an entire magazine at my disposal. ??Bellona Inc. When the trial begins.M.?? He smiled at her. Erlander knew from long experience that there were plenty of nutters out there. He had a very deep gash across his face and another just below one kneecap. ??I??m sorry. He checked carefully to see that he was not being followed and hurried to catch the Arlanda Express. S. When I got to him he was unconscious. this is how things really are.??s administration. In the long term there was another worry.10 this morning. He went down to the hotel??s breakfast room. Do we have a description of the third man??? ??Even better. plainly irritated. ??Have we got a plan??? ??We??re going to drive over and have a talk with Niedermann. At last they exchanged glances and then looked at Blomkvist.

82 of whom were women. He was reserving judgement until he knew what this was all about.?? She saw that Borgsj? had opened his mouth as if to say something himself. She put her hand on Salander??s chest and shoved her client down on to the bed.I.00.?? ??I??d like to take you home and undress you. Cortez. but she lacked experience and the gravitas of Berger. I can??t afford to keep him on as a dead weight all that time. Let me tell you the main points that I??m going to put in my statement. much of which was home-made stuff that Bob the Dog had set up. but we can make a few assumptions. Trinity had an antenna constructed by Bob the Dog which had an effective range of about five hundred metres. has received a number of emails that appear to come from me. She turned ice-cold and spent the next five minutes searching the bathroom and going through the stacks of papers and newspapers in the kitchen and bedroom. But I can??t swallow the scenario that says she was the one who was armed. Surely? Edklinth felt cold shivers of apprehension. There??s a new realpolitik in Europe since the Soviet Union collapsed. Otherwise.

?? ??How much would it take for you to come to S.?? the P. one of Ghidi??s uncles paid the equivalent of 50. ??Thanks. ??Pnkllrs. I just happened to be passing by. of course. Lisbeth.-savvy. It was agreed that Zalachenko would be handled by the Section for Special Analysis. so far as they could tell.?? Sellberg looked rather startled. and in the end the price burden falls on the renters or the taxpayers. It was Armansky who had set this in train by giving information to someone he trusted. He had at first worked in the field in the Personal Protection Unit.?? Sandberg said at last. worked primarily on incoming calls to Ekstr?m. knew about the Section for Special Analysis.M. I would consider some form of autism.

why are apartments so bloody expensive? Because the people commissioning the buildings don??t know how to set the price. to the local leader of the Ba??ath Party. But she did not have the remotest wish to talk about her feelings or her actions.?? They made their way to the police canteen to have breakfast. She concentrated on the present and opened her eyes again. ??Can you lift it by yourself??? She lifted her arm. Figuerola decided to leave her car behind and turned left in the direction of Slussen on Br?nnkyrkagatan.I.?? ??Anything else??? ??Sandberg lives in Sollentuna.?? ??Evert Gullberg. Perfect dramaturgy with a bad guy who swindles Swedish tenants through the system ?C which is legal ?C but who is so greedy and so bloody stupid that he outsources to this company in Vietnam. ??This is how things stand.I. This recurred at around 3. We do it out at the Naval School.M. But he??s tricky to deal with. Blomkvist gave him a succinct account. I never would have dreamed that???? ??Where??s the sister today? Camilla Salander. and when??? ??What would you have done if we??d uncovered this story two months ago??? Berger looked intently at her friend.

slept in her bed.10 he took the tram to Angered and got off in the centre of town. who took pity on him and vouchsafed that. He??s very experienced and doubtless one of the most competent news chiefs I??ve come across. ??You were reading a book about it on my staircase.?? ??And who are his superiors??? ??He won??t say. The woman??s face had been replaced with Berger??s. Naturally I don??t want the scandal to affect S. She was barefoot and suffering from severe hypothermia.M. I??m swamped too. I??m assuming you??ve already left for the day. political parties.B.?? ??How do you know it was his room??? ??Well. That left a period of c. the answer was not so simple. Is that a clear enough answer??? She shut her eyes to say yes.?? Blomkvist kissed his sister on the cheek and immediately asked: ??Are you going to be representing Lisbeth Salander??? ??I??m going to have to say no. and grievous bodily harm or attempted murder in the case of Karl Axel Bodin.

BuckRogers. surveillance of the farm.?? ??This conversation is over. Or else the falsification was done for a completely different purpose by someone inside the Security Police. getting up.00 on Tuesday night. She came back with four mugs and the coffee pot. She actually asked him how many copies there were in circulation. who in turn must decide whether charges should be brought. 2. which was mostly figuring out what was going on on the other side of the Baltic.?? Giannini said. so that Millennium??s office was always staffed and someone slept there every night. The cost of all that work would be almost 50. Remember the Wennerstr?m affair. He enjoys indulging in intrigue and playing people against each other.?? he confirmed.?? ??Blomkvist thinks there??s a faction within S?po. I??ll have to call Prosecutor Ekstr?m in Stockholm. Late as it was.

Whoever did the falsification was extremely well informed.30 a. ??O. He??s asleep and has turned off his mobile. She put her weight on her feet and stood up. which meant that he would be able to control the flow of information. but on the blueprints from the city construction office she knew that it was on the other side of the building. ??You suspect that there??s a conspiracy within the Security Police that is acting outside its constitutional mandate. at least three murders in Nykvarn. ??Can you explain what prompted her to do that??? ??You would have to ask my daughter. ??I??m cutting back on the training now. a government agency.35 when she heard the key in the lock and Nurse Agneta looked in on her.?? ??He was once one of the very best we had here in the Section. People greeted her as she limped past the central desk.?? he said. When he reached Slussplan he was badly out of breath.?? Armansky said. ??It??s about Vitavara Inc. as a result of which Wu was rescued from certain death.

but the editor. ??She was operated on during the night. Because Trinity could record the calls from Ekstr?m. staring in bewilderment at the Palm. They handle coverage about 320 days a year. ??Nothing??? Modig said. S?po??s ears are going to be burning. at her instruction.?? ??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. First. I was Dr L?derman??s assistant when he was in practice.B. All except for one thing.?? ??Alright.?? ??It sounds like a good way for me to get booted off the force. ??Idris lives in Angered. and he was more or less forced to resign at the age of fifty or fifty-five. A bastard defected Soviet Russian agent and professional gangster.?? Nystr?m said. must have been persuasive.

??Is there any way we can isolate them??? Wadensj?? lit another cigarillo. That was how he lit upon Zalachenko. She got the instant reply [PROVE IT ?C OR ELSE ??] as the animated Lara Croft unlocked the safety catch on her gun. He saw a dining-room table of dark wood that was cluttered with glasses. the government cannot do a thing. and in his opinion no government had been less prepared to meet the new political opportunities emerging in the East. You say that you never beat your girlfriend. By now resigned to his futility. as you know. I don??t have time to give special treatment to specific articles.000 kronor. He??s not married. ??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. He took his breakfast back to his room and read the paper. ??Within these four walls. He got out of the car and looked around. She had a fever that would not abate. ??The question is.?? ??What do you want??? Bublanski said.??s treasurer??? ??Viktor G?ransson ?C and his girlfriend.

and squeezed the trigger. But I advise that you wait for the report from forensics. what??s he doing here??? ??Clinton has decided to return to active duty. She kissed his cheek and waved as she left.?? ??Who gave him the instruction??? ??The chief of Secretariat??s assistant. Anything else of interest on the table??? ??Books. It??s all about patching up things. Paulsson finally asked how Niedermann had come to be in that ditch. During the police interviews. and he has backing from higher up in the bureaucracy. Slowly he turned to look. it??s Monica from S.M. It was just before 4. entry wound. I think you ought to see a doctor. Then he spoke in a lighter tone of voice. The car was still there. ??I think we??re done. as you all know.