would the K. Eriksson??s office. at the request of Helena Endrin. ??Giannini.

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was asleep in the back. Are you with me? All of this she had already worked out for herself.?? Modig hesitated again. He??s going to be right up there with the directors of Skandia. ??O. and smelled coffee from the kitchen where his wife was already about her morning chores. Figuerola thought long and hard as to what she should do about Gullberg. our job is still to find the killer. The text had grown to thirty-three pages and she was nearing the end. ??We??ll have to postpone the meeting a bit longer. ferreted out a toothbrush and went to the bathroom. Janeryd. But you have already been placed under arrest on a charge of grievous bodily harm. Classify TOP SECRET. we did an extensive investigation of your background. which would then itself be incorporated within the European statistics put together by the E. She rolled it quickly over to the door and wedged the tabletop under the door handle.?? ??Interesting. but they had ditched the gun. Lundin should have been ready.5 metres tall. Has advanced rather quickly in her career. Gullberg and Clinton talked for a long time.

27. Unfortunately I won??t now be able to discharge you for at least two more weeks.S. and then Carl Bildt. I??m a police officer myself. When she was alone she gathered her strength. ??It??s a disaster. He knew he was being watched and he must have seen M?rtensson??s Volvo.??? Gullberg went down to Stureplan and hailed a taxi. I may be paranoid. ??Well. Can you open your eyes again??? She opened her eyes to narrow slits. She twisted her arms and stretched her left shoulder back and forth. Berger looked up and scanned the half-empty newsroom beyond the glass cage. even if the printer breaks every record for us. And then M?rtensson went to the toilet.?? She fell silent.?? ??Quite right. Waltari followed him. but they never argued either. but the crucial question was: how would security control within S.P.?? Flodin shrugged.

?? ??Let??s hear your diagnosis. or whether this would go on being the preserve of the Immigration Division. Way beyond the budget. she told him. And now I??m working here at Sahlgrenska and patching up people like you. she needs this. Usually the Sheraton.?? ??I??m sorry. It was only when he heard the details and studied Malm??s photographs that he reluctantly admitted that Blomkvist had good reason to be suspicious. and while he??s gone. Blomkvist smiled. I could only speak of it with the constitutional committee. Which said. When he was dropped off. What were we supposed to do? He??s your and Magge??s pal.?? ??What would it cost exactly??? ??You??d have to negotiate that with her. ??But we have more urgent issues to talk about.M. The original shows that Peter Teleborian was assigned by the district court to do a forensic psychiatric examination of Lisbeth Salander. That was a surprise.U. It??s a standard document saying that we at Milton require certain things of you and that we commit to certain things. Within the Section this was no obstacle.

?? ??What was that??? ??F?lldin??s visitors?? logbook at Rosenbad. compared to all other handguns. Figuerola nodded and thought for a few seconds. the attack on Annika. That meant that Blomkvist had about a month to finish writing and patching up all the holes in his text. either openly or covertly. She was carrying a black briefcase. He made sure he had left clear fingerprints on each sheet. layout artists. He knew that he had been married and had children. Berger had parked two hundred metres from the restaurant and was halfway to her car when she felt such strong heart palpitations that she had to stop and lean against a wall.?? ??I??m sorry.m. He was asleep by 11. and which he wants S.?? ??If I were to tell you that this story is untrue. ??Precisely. and I??m convinced that it??s the best care she could receive. WHORE She raised her index finger to delete the message. ??Borgsj? is coming in this afternoon and wants a meeting with you. ??I went to see him. blue eyed. then everything is fine.

?? he said and shook hands.N. Since your apartment and mobile seem to be bugged and we have reason to be discreet. He had never before seen a psychiatrist land like a flying saucer and more or less demand to be given access to a patient. Teleborian had offered concrete.?? ??I never believed you sent them. including anal penetration.I. This arrangement involves cooperation.P. And we can??t allow that to happen. I should have published the report the day I got it.50 he parked on a side street off Avenyn in G?teborg.v ?C 6. I never would have dreamed that???? ??Where??s the sister today? Camilla Salander. Then the memories came rushing back to her. ??I promised to give him an update on Niedermann yesterday. and I would very much like to represent you. gathering up Blomkvist??s documentation.?? Edklinth said tentatively. everything was under control. ??We have to be of one mind. It was the third time he had met Superintendent Nystr?m.

Blomkvist could tell that Ekstr?m??s search for Niedermann was making no headway. He got abuse from five directions at once. definite advice. Let??s meet at Samir??s Cauldron for a beer. ??Thanks. Salander got up from the edge of the bed and went to the window.?? They exchanged hotmail addresses. No visitors will be permitted other than you.?? Figuerola said: ??What do we do about Blomkvist??? ??In what sense??? ??We promised to give him feedback if we uncovered anything about Clinton and von Rottinger. Holm met her gaze. Gullberg arrived together with the then chief of S.00. That day had been utter chaos.?? He scrubbed her back and soaped her shoulders. then you should turn to me. They asked pretty much the same questions about Niedermann as they had the night before.S. ??I??d never even heard that Sweden had taken in and protected a Russian defector of such importance. For a second he seemed a stranger. We have an excellent film of how they break in and go through my papers.?? Blomkvist said. Drama last night as triple murderer Lisbeth Salander is finally captured. The important thing right now was to consolidate their forces.

modern. But this applies only if she??s sentenced to prison. And the paedophile industry. then the district court would have to issue you a warrant. Blomkvist could tell that Ekstr?m??s search for Niedermann was making no headway. She had not tackled the Peter Fleming account because she did not need to have full administrator rights. Salander is. She watched as M?rtensson walked to the machine to pay his parking fee. ??Maybe they??re out. however.?? ??Interesting.?? ??Blomkvist thinks there??s a faction within S?po. During the holiday Berger had discovered that her husband had a definite bisexual tendency.?? ??To be honest with you.?? ??Do you have any weaknesses??? ??I don??t read fiction. I was ignominiously ditched earlier today. This was all conceivable in practice. and apart from a couple of hour-long stops along the way. which included a short whip. Annika Giannini.??s board. Go and wake her up or something. I don??t want to turn it over to Annika without your approval.

He thinks I??m still at work. she hit back and threw a Molotov cocktail at him as he sat in his car. fucking airhead or fucking cunt. and she has big problems and is under stress. Teleborian did a routine psychiatric examination of Salander and concluded that she was mentally unbalanced. of being a Russian agent. ??Hello. Ricky. the media regarded S?po as an excellent news source.vi Salander finished her autobiography at 4.?? ??So you don??t think she??s crazy.M.?? ??And??? Figuerola said. The sports desk is dangerously understaffed.?? Modig raised her eyebrows. ??Well. ??Would you be angry with me if I asked you a personal question? I want to ask you as a private individual. his uncle took him to a farm well away from Mosul and there. He was also an excellent and cold-blooded organizer. They had their coffee at the pavement caf?? beside Norr M?larstrand. Berger had been a boss she could always rely on.M. but I think you??ll have to inform the speaker of parliament and the constitutional committee ?? This is going to leak out fast.

yes.?? Blomkvist shrugged and opened his laptop case. They also discussed the future structure of the magazine. For this I??m willing to pay you a thousand kronor a week. 31. First of all: I won??t abandon Millennium. ??But none of this solves the basic problem. and she had not used the program since starting at S. for example.?? Janeryd nodded. It was dark. It almost certainly won??t be published before the trial. He himself had grown up in H?lledal outside Ramvik. he would make mistakes. Convicted of safe-cracking in the ??80s and some other minor stuff. ??This is an untraceable hotmail address. In that respect Zalachenko was his worst enemy. She waited until the woman reached the crossing in front of her.?? ??Check her out anyway.?? Blomkvist stood at Armansky??s whiteboard and picked up a marker. I repeat. ??It is. I??m worried there might be swelling or bleeding in the brain.

??Mine too.?? He stopped and looked at the clock. He ordered a cup of black coffee and sat at a corner table near the entrance. Even so. Baksi and Blomkvist had been friends ever since. He was slightly surprised that the Swedish Security Police had been able to penetrate the Russian military to the degree Nystr?m was describing. as a matter of fact.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent. I couldn??t turn it down. She was locked up because she was deranged ?C any claims to the contrary are the sick fantasies of bitter journalists. and when he was pressingly invited to dinner and a private conversation. Suddenly he found it difficult to sleep.?? ??Why did S. I feel stressed out and unhappy. Erlander glanced up at the lowering rain clouds. then it was with these lunatics. Zalachenko knew that he could take liberties and that they would resolve whatever problems there might be. Actually I don??t want to talk about it. and a number of others. ??Come in ?? Evert Gullberg.?? ??Do I have a say in this??? ??No. handing him the letter from F?lldin. Immediately it was easier to breathe.

They handle coverage about 320 days a year. He issued instructions that required even the chief of S. O. Fuck you. The later conventional use of the term ??S?po?? was actually something that the potentially subversive communist publication Clart?? had coined as a pejorative name for the communist-hunters within the police force. You??re no innocent. Bathroom on the left. or that you don??t care??? ??I don??t know. which she planned to smoke by the vent window during the night. injure any vital areas.?? he said. That the Salander girl would go so far as to make a Molotov cocktail Gullberg had not foreseen. That folder is your most important evidence. She saw that this was nothing unusual. The inquiries had concentrated on finding G?ransson??s car. and put on some coffee. but she quickly regained her composure.?? He kissed her cheek and headed for the bus stop on Fridhemsplan. At 10. but I??m inclined to think he??s right.?? ??Have you got any good colleagues??? Morander laughed again. I assume you??re not just sitting there twiddling your thumbs.K.

??That??s not what I asked. Tell him that I have copies of ?? everything. That could not have been chance. Prosecutor Ekstr?m??s weakness was his conviction as to his own importance. you risk being convicted anyway. I refer to the fact that Salander hit her father with an axe. Editor-in-Chief Morander died at lunchtime. Of course it??s a long way from being a bonus as huge as the ones that some of the directors of Skandia grabbed. For us it??s important to bear in mind that this is a case of criminal activity perpetrated by a small number of individuals. If the staff hadn??t been cut. that is. Then he saw a figure by the window. ??Hello. In fact he had not planned to visit the capital ever again. Figuerola went implacably on. leaning her crutches against his desk as she sat down in the visitor??s chair. Advokat Palmgren. He was. is Niedermann still hiding out somewhere in Sweden?; two. He seems to be pleasant enough. He was not looking at her. ??You??ll probably be transferred pretty soon. I thought we might be able to come to an understanding here.

Salander began by deciding where to keep the hand-held. it??s the truth. Security Police officers in senior positions had looked the other way when a series of savage assaults were committed against a Swedish woman. and since she was feeling irritated in general she decided not to take it out on him. In theory that would be about twenty hours?? driving. possibly three.M. I took certain measures. ??The information he contributed was supplied. She felt tears in her eyes. and she recognized all the signs of a reporter who had a story in the works.?? ??So what should we do??? Bublanski said. ??Hello. leaned her crutches against the bookshelves.?? Modig made no answer.00. it was Bj?rck who set this whole mess rolling. which should mean that Zalachenko??s room was two doors down from hers. He was the one who recruited you. and living in Sk?vde. I??ll have to call Prosecutor Ekstr?m in Stockholm. The arrow entered at the outside edge of her left eyebrow and went straight through her head. an academic.

Instead he made his second mistake: he offered to hand over the weapon he had in his jacket pocket ?C the Colt . if she could find one in G?teborg. ??You don??t want to tell me what it??s about??? ??The fewer people who know. Jonas heading north. She disconnected and looked up at the ceiling. She was a computer expert.?? He put his arms around her.M.?? he said.?? Blomkvist said. I??ll come back tomorrow or the day after. and was one of Sweden??s most popular actors. She started by going on to a website that advertised rather uninteresting pictures by an unknown and not especially skilled amateur photographer called Gil Bates in Jobsville. Zalachenko. out on the car ever since.?? Erlander said.D. who formally advised him that he was a suspect in the grievous bodily harm or attempted murder of Lisbeth Salander.?? Nurse Agneta frowned. You have the option to remove me as leader of the investigation ?? but if you did that I would be forced to write a harsh memo about the matter. ??Twenty-two what??? said Holm. Zalachenko was Salander??s father and her worst enemy. She called the vehicle recovery service.

I can tell you that we have our equivalent of Inspector Paulsson. a folder on the kitchen table. ??Have a seat. when suddenly he became assistant director. you have a number of loyal idiots working on your behalf.?? ??But how did Bjurman get involved??? ??Palmgren had a stroke in the autumn of 2002. Salander was unlawfully committed in 1991 and Ekstr?m knows it. it??s a blot on the entire profession. The old bastard had a pistol too. Somalia was a much better place for that sort of attire. Returning to his office he discovered a man in a dark suit leaning against the wall outside his door. gentlemen. She had tested herself by going on the Net and picking out random H. S?po??? ??That??s what Blomkvist claims. who did the bookkeeping one day a week. where everyone was surprised to see him up so early. her stalker must have been somewhere nearby when she parked it. That??s my part of the operation. and I can??t say no.?? If Zalachenko could have laughed he would have. please. perhaps on their way to cover the May Day parade. and it??ll take me at least half an hour to put on my face.

I??m on my way. Blomkvist has made a connection to the murder several months ago of a prostitute in S?dert?lje. The patrol car that Niedermann is thought to have driven away was found in Alings?s this morning.?? Jonasson looked suspiciously at the Palm. But you??re going to owe me one. He was never going to be able to tell anyone about his triumphs. we have to know who they are. expressionless. This time he had left that bloody Modig woman behind and instead was accompanied by Inspector Holmberg. Did anyone ask Lisbeth Salander her opinion??? ??Quite frankly ?? we haven??t had the opportunity to speak with her yet.A.N. What do we know about them??? ??Prosecutor Ekstr?m. He did not shut down the computer until 6. Armansky??s wife Ritva had made a delicious casserole.?? ??As things now stand.?? said Sp?ngberg emphatically.??s board. She was looking at the building from the side. A second later a man in blue overalls passed her car and caught up with M?rtensson. but he was starting to get a line on how the letters should be expressed. which he arranged in the chest of drawers. room fourteen according to Jonas Sandberg.

the country might survive. And if M?rtensson was loaned out to some department that was tailing journalists. with which the company had a contract. and he got hold of the Prosecutor General. ??God damn it. she thought. ??He gives Teleborian instructions. and that the objective once more is to confine you to a nuthouse. But those two copies have to be recovered. These statistics are based on reports filed with local police authorities. Ten years ago I was doing rock-hard bodybuilding. He went back to the cabin as fast as his aching back would permit. ??Do you know what I??d like to do now??? she said. She first worked in Counter-Espionage. were particularly diligent in condemning exposed S?po agents if they had spied on Swedish citizens.?? ??Which positions??? Berger said. for G. it is a tragedy that could have been prevented if there had been more support within society. after all. the patient might die or perhaps wake up disabled for life.K.00. scanner that the hospital had lately acquired.

but for everything else to do with the magazine. She stretched and went on a 45-minute run out past R?lambshov hospital and around Fredh?ll and back via Smedsudden.P. But that??s the angle the police are taking. but it??s been three years since the last time. If you admitted that you put golf clubs around the place with the intent of arming yourself. You??re in a hospital. but he walked briskly from the Academic bookshop to the side entrance of N.?? She walked briskly through the newsroom and was aware of the drop in the noise level. He had postponed the visit because he had had too much to do. ??This is a complete mess. But listen ?? I don??t want to discuss this for the same reason I??ve already given. really bad bastard. A theatre nurse was applying bandages to the gunshot wound on Salander??s hip. At first he was sceptical about the information that the excited young officer was telling him. The revenue that had been set aside for investment was shrinking alarmingly fast.?? ??Alright. And I??ll have to buy a new shift dress or something on the way to work. ??I have my own investigative team and I decide for myself which colleagues to recruit for the investigation.?? ??And I have to explain to you why there??s a fundamental flaw in the story. If you have to work. This may have been because many documents were stamped Top Secret and were therefore off limits. We??re looking at a conflict of interest.

but there are strong indications that he did indeed attempt to kill her.?? ??It??s about a man named Alexander Zalachenko. you??re just about recovered.I. ??Thanks. Plague had obviously made it simple for himself by copying over Ekstr?m??s entire hard drive. ??It depends on how decisive you can be in the Section these days. The house itself is spartan. It had sounded logical at the time. We??ll have a complete security plan ready in a few days which will include a personal attack alarm. A man whose name in the public register was Karl Axel Bodin but whose real name. He was wearing blue jeans.?? ??He has to be tough to handle the job. and that one bullet had entered her brain and almost killed her. but he??s usable. ??I have no idea. ??Either you or Svantesson will have to take over her case. If it happens again I??m going to relieve you of your job as news editor. then the chief of Secretariat would have to know about that too. Then she tried to fix her eyes on the doctor. They spent a few minutes making arrangements for the weekend. we were fast asleep moments after we got here. The woman has a gunshot wound.

D. You were injured and you??re waking up after an operation. In what way has he become harder to handle??? ??The police chief up there is an old friend of Paulsson??s.?? ??I think you have to do a bit more physio on your shoulder muscles.?? ??Lisbeth. He had his story straight and did not slip up. So she can??t tell me what the two of you discuss. To raise the matter with the chief of Secretariat might be to chuck a very large stone into a pond. There were two kinds of injury that he hated.?? ??Yes. If it were discovered I??d be charged with a crime and lose my licence to practise.G. but rather his faith in human nature.?? ??Then what??? ??We kept close track of Lisbeth during those months. She left a putter in the hall and an 8-iron in the kitchen. agents everywhere. She immediately hired Milton Security to take over her personal protection. For special clients he would also offer his video surveillance and telephone tapping services.?? ??But we could ask the boss. if so. Thanks for warning me. I??m just bringing him in for questioning. all sorts of complaints.

Francke and P. This defines four restrictions on democracy. He swabbed floors six days a week including. to investigate whether there are grounds for a new trial.15 and rolled out of Salander??s bed. I want you to know this: you are my patient. Niedermann got away. because pain flew through her left shoulder. and who are you??? ??My name is Blomkvist. She discovered that the group had two members ?C herself and Blomkvist. No notes were taken at the meeting. but later she asked if I had any scientific journals that dealt with genetics and brain research. Hallberg is retiring this year. It was Gullberg who took up the thread.?? ??The chief of Secretariat is the only person who could make this sort of arrangement.?? He nodded curtly once before he went out and locked the door. ??Giannini. Henry ?? you??ll have to go full-time and take Malin??s place as assistant editor. but he was sure that he already had everything Janeryd could tell him. In the case of the robbery of the shop in Sunne. ??May I ask a personal question??? She looked at him..?? ??If I tried to go at your pace.

They sat in the living room for a private conversation. I??m not going to try to convince you one way or the other. ??You could say it was my fault.?? ??But??? ??He??s an analyst. so no point in looking forward to a long-term relationship. to invite himself for Sunday lunch. Are you satisfied with Millennium??s contribution??? Edklinth nodded reluctantly. She knew the text by heart already. He knows he??s being watched. She had 200 kronor in cash from Annika Giannini to pay for sweets from the hospital snack shop. That was how she felt about Fermat. and that he should have nothing more to do with the matter. of course.?? ??Goddamnit. are cutting into our ad.?? the detective went on. It??s not over.P. He was bright red in the face and looked as if he was about to have a stroke. Dakota wrote.?? he said. I??m going for a walk. Berger thought for while before she replied.

where he used Salander??s keys to get in.?? She nodded. It??s complicated. So why are you talking to me? Should I take it to mean that you have a certain amount of trust in me??? She did not reply. He shaved and took a long shower.M. ??Three weeks at S. On four separate occasions Gullberg tried to have Bergling removed. ??Congrats. ??Mikael. First. When she went into Slussen tunnelbana Figuerola picked up her pace. Did you try to call the police about what happened??? ??Yes. It dawned on him that he had not been worried about her. ??Mikael isn??t here today. Then the older of the two receptionists noticed who had just come into the office.?? ??I understand. and that S. No.?? ??But why would the K. Eriksson??s office. at the request of Helena Endrin. ??Giannini.