fax of a threatening letter that hadn??t yet reached its addressee. with an address near Norrtull in Stockholm. SixOfOne wrote.

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?? ??Some girl. ??Then I??ll have to start by thanking you for coming to me with this matter as soon as you did. ??Probably. ??And how long have you known about this??? ??Since today. He had transferred the most crucial documentation to her desk. and she had severe headaches.K. And what does that mean??? ??The obvious explanation is that he was given a false identity. established cover companies outside the building in the ??50s and ??60s. but somebody in the newsroom got an email from you. You don??t have to stress out about it. Four were spam. She had read Blomkvist??s articles and brooded over what he had to say. The technology of R. I have no idea what these particular grey cells are for. He took into account that Salander must be under a great deal of stress for having been suspected of three murders plus a damn-near fatal assault on her late father. ??I don??t deserve any applause today. I have to go. ??What in God??s name are you doing up??? the night nurse said.I.?? Three inspectors gave Holmberg an astonished look.?? ??As I said. When she left patrol duty to become a criminal inspector. And her stomach. What was maddening was that she had the feeling she had seen a solution ?? that she had discovered a solution. ??I just wanted to check on you.

?? ??But the present situation has arisen because you have been subject to a direct threat from a specific individual. The system had an obvious weakness. He can be surly sometimes. She isn??t the type to ask anyone for help.?? ??I hope she will.000 kronor a month for a three-cube apartment. He took a shower and changed his clothes while Waltari waited patiently in the kitchen. put on her dressing gown and leaned on a crutch.?? Ekstr?m had a dozen questions that Nystr?m meticulously noted.?? said Andersson. I don??t know whether that affects things.S. ??You wouldn??t happen to have a cigarette. Consequently Blomkvist had no clue whether Salander had revealed that her previous guardian had raped her. Swedish democracy is based on a single premise: the Right to Free Speech (R. Those positions have not been filled. And Skanska calculates it and comes back and says it??ll cost around 500 million kronor. He used the probe cautiously to prise at the edge of the bullet.?? ??Which of course you are not. I know I have to sign a contract. Then there was the incident in the tunnelbana.?? Bublanski said. All such matters should be discussed with Malin. and besides. he did learn Russian and Polish.?? ??Someone??? ??Dragan.

An ultra-secret unit that was given strategic positions within the Firm. he had decided that Millennium Publishing would publish Svensson??s text about sex trafficking. Someone would have called in a favour and got someone to talk. For the moment he needed medical attention. ??I??m Karl Axel Bodin now. Blomkvist had given him no good reason for insisting that he patrol the neighbourhood near the Copacabana on Sunday afternoon looking for a grey Volvo with a registration beginning KAB. She called her friend on her mobile. My colleague here would like to question him also in connection with the three recent murders in Stockholm. The tide of this crap never receded. The prosecutor is going to try to get you locked up in the psychiatric ward. David Rosin was a short. Salander never talked to the authorities.?? Blomkvist said. out every day. Then she stumbled up the stairs to the fifth floor and pounded on her friend??s door. That did not work either. 18. which Niedermann was presumed to be using. asked him for it. He listened with increasing dismay to Giannini??s account of what had happened. by the look of them. if you add in your annual bonus.?? ??O.M. Go on.M.

You??re an errand boy. Which means that Holm and the legal editor are up in arms. are simply practical extensions of the Right to Free Speech.?? Gullberg and Wadensj?? glared at each other for a long moment. She knew. Nieminen estimated that Svavelsj? M. They were summoned to Edklinth??s office and told of their assignment as well as the need for absolute secrecy. printed out the document and began to read it at once. She bent down and bit him on the ear. He infiltrated the B. deceased ?C a suicide. ??This is a man with an impressive criminal history. You make the decisions. But I need somebody to tell me if I??m doing anything stupid. That drove him to such depths of despair that he took his own life. the toilets??? ??The little that has changed since the Construction Cost Delegation??s report has happened at the local level. My mother was Agneta Sofia Salander. so far as they could tell. But for the KAB.??s department of Counter-Espionage in a quite different case. but I just didn??t have time???? ??We??ve been doing our own investigation at Milton.?? Blomkvist looked at Malm intently. after all. If it were just a matter of anonymous hate mail we would make a decreased threat assessment. Espionage in Sweden by Mikael Rosquist (Tempus. Plus.

When he passed ?rstabron he took out a ballpoint pen and a plain paper pad. It must have been backed by the government.P. ??How did you know who Inspector Figuerola was??? Edklinth said. Blomkvist did not speculate about Bjurman??s motives.?? ??I understand.I.P.?? ??Blomkvist thinks there??s a faction within S?po.?? Cortez said. married to Hans Wilhelm Francke.I. At least Morander understood the necessity of the reductions.m. the U. Salander had not thought about the fact that she would need a lawyer. but there are sites on the Internet where such things can be arranged. but it will take only a minute of your time. He could be in Oslo by now. and taped hours and hours of conversations of no interest whatsoever. if this had been during the communist days???? ??That??s an illusion. The van was eighteen years old and was not able to go much faster anyway. Ronald Niedermann. and I??m afraid she??s going to get the same medicine when the trial begins. Zalachenko is an ordinary gangster who??s probably mixed up in several murders and other criminal activities. ??I??m going to need somebody on the inside I can trust.

Then I??ll tell you here and now that until Fr?ken Salander says otherwise.M. 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 you know.?? Beckman was completely O.?? Ghidi said. If you feel threatened in any way. since they were the closest things to God??s representatives here on earth. who did the investigation in G?teborg. When he started. Francke and P.?? ??Please explain.?? ??Fourth. Blomkvist was working with Eriksson and Cortez.W.?? ??It??s going to be hard to keep this under wraps. Eventually he became director of the agency. He switched on the T. ??Is there any way we can isolate them??? Wadensj?? lit another cigarillo. Holmberg had been tasked to work out how Bj?rck had died. What bothered her was that something had happened at the office. and we have extensive forensic evidence against her. From the moment I sat down in that glass cage. they ask 10?C 12. ??Congrats. The fact was that if Salander could claim to have any sort of family or group affiliation.

?? ??What??s this about??? ??I??ll tell you when you get here.?? ??And what??s their stated business??? ??God only knows. Holmberg nodded. When Blomkvist??s objections were ignored by Paulsson. ??It sounds to me as though your suspicions are for the most part based on assumptions and circumstantial evidence. One part concerns Zalachenko. And I don??t have sex quite that often either. I don??t dare get mixed up in anything like that. He shaved and took a long shower. Holmberg had been tasked to work out how Bj?rck had died. the budget of the Security Police was in excess of 350 million kronor. and Trelleborg. He could not stay in the borrowed summer cabin in Sm?dalar?.?? Holmberg said. Now! Teleborian is meeting Jonas at the Ring in Central Station at 3. the news editor ?C you??ll be working with him a lot.?? Blomkvist said. she had spent her time trying to work out how to escape from this locked room at Sahlgrenska. She looked about her in astonishment.?? ??He will be. but there are sites on the Internet where such things can be arranged. apparently with a serious wound to the face. by a single blow to the neck. originally from Ume? in northern Sweden. of course. and when I asked for it back he said he??d make me a copy.

The Section was faced with its worst crisis since the day he had created it. What about G?ransson??s car??? ??Since we found Kaspersson??s car at G?ransson??s place.?? said Ekstr?m. If we??re going to have the slightest chance. It??s Mikael. V. have been devoting themselves to criminal activity for a long time. and did it in a way we didn??t think was possible.?? Gullberg??s excursion lasted nearly three hours. the night before. in your opinion. ??Do you think it??s such a good idea for me to be hanging around at police H. He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on. ??What happened??? he said. and Lisbeth still hasn??t talked to the police about it. and appearing in the order and position they had decided on in the morning meeting. and not chasing political mirages.?? Inspector Erlander saw Giannini through the doorway to Salander??s room.?? ??Who answered if you called the number??? ??I don??t know.M.K.?? ??O. it??s you ?? wait a second. He started up the hill straight towards her. He left her standing by her car in astonishment. The other participants at the meeting were two individuals from the top echelon of the Firm.

She used Mace and kicked Lundin in the balls and face with such aggression that she crushed one of his testicles and then broke his jaw. 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.?? They sat in silence for a moment before Jonasson stood up. The usual.00.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??I won??t tell him. Via the front door. The trapdoor is secured by nothing more than a latch. 2. including bow and arrow. ??Mine too. When she left her office she locked the door. It??s not until page thirty-three.?? ??Is it possible to trace an email like that??? ??Almost impossible.?? said Berger with a smile. He glanced one last time at the door to Salander??s room. He looked about for a taxi. ??Hello! So you??re still here??? and then sailed right in. but I??m putting what I know in mothballs.30.?? ??I understand ?? Frank. The problem is the ones who won??t let them do their jobs. Because Trinity could record the calls from Ekstr?m. ??Could I give you a piece of advice??? ??Of course. We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary.

Bjurman commented on the fact that I had several tattoos and piercings. and maybe a hundred other reporters had by now been briefed at police headquarters. But I advise that you wait for the report from forensics.?? Bublanski added the suggestion of a press conference out of sheer cussedness. since Billing took an unpleasant tone with most of the people to whom he wrote messages ?C reporters. assault. Just let??s see if you understand this message.?? Modig said. Mikael.?? Sandberg nodded his agreement. It was always a shock to meet him in person.?? ??And??? ??There are seven full-timers.E. I had to read them the riot act.?? Sandberg said.?? ??I don??t even know which colleague you??re talking about.?? ??Fine. Salander woke with a start when she heard the door open. He was a chubby and very charming man. The incident in Stallarholmen was connected with the discoveries at Nykvarn. He wished that the decisive Fredrik was still there.?? Malm said. She wanted to leap up and follow him.?? ??Henry. but you sat in your office for a while and didn??t know in which direction to go. ??I think it??s time we had a discussion in peace and quiet to try to make sense of this mess.

assistant chief of Immigration Division. with which the company had a contract. but it was not likely that he would be able to take thirty kilos of electronic gear on a normal flight. So he must know that M?rtensson is not at Counter-Espionage. At 10. He saw an unusually tall and muscular woman looking back at him with a polite.?? ??I can show you chapter and verse to prove that the person who leaked this information is a police officer called Hans Faste. What would he have done? Absolute secrecy. I don??t think so. She scrolled back and read through the text of a section where she told how Advokat Bjurman had violently and sadistically raped her. What complicated the issue was that not a word of what he was writing was true. But what really interested Salander were the forty-seven folders containing close to nine thousand photographs of explicit child pornography.H against Carl-Magnus Lundin at Stallarholmen ?C i. I can make another copy???? He broke off as he felt the hair rise on the back of his neck. eliminated all the men in the twenty-six to fifty-four age group who were married. Edklinth??s palms were sweating when he put down the telephone. ??Editor-in-chief of S. Niedermann got away. ??He drove a Saab. assigned to prosecute crimes against F. But more precisely.?? ??Exactly.?? Flodin shrugged. you??re not going to do anything for the moment. He himself had grown up in H?lledal outside Ramvik. That??s why I insisted on seeing you at once.

she had pushed all thoughts of the Section to one side and concentrated on Berger??s problem. Erika ?? that may be true. olive skin and black hair going grey at the temples.?? ??And the woman ?? who??s she??? ??Sonja Modig.?? ??I understand. I??d also like to know if you want Giannini to come here to G?teborg. It was through this organization that the young man was brought to the attention of the Section and recruited. He could be clean out of the country.00 in the morning. ??He claims he had no idea what Lundin was up to in Stallarholmen.?? Her husband sighed. manoeuvring back and forth around his bed. He stopped in surprise. ??Sorry. even to one who knew more of the story than she did. by turns as researcher. During surgery the night before. If he decided to fight.?? ??That??s my husband??s studio.?? the Prime Minister said. That might result in a fine of ten times his daily income. and they planned to do something as old-fashioned as have a bite to eat and go to the movies. Then give me some insight into Edklinth??s investigation. Right now he had to focus on himself.?? The Security Police did not normally spend time investigating robberies of groceries. but after going back and forth about this.

??? Gullberg went down to Stureplan and hailed a taxi. and he would not exchange his appointment for any other position in the entire Swedish legal system or police force. Agneta Sofia Salander. He looked somehow familiar. who formally advised him that he was a suspect in the grievous bodily harm or attempted murder of Lisbeth Salander.S. ??Which I assume is good news.?? ??Very well written too. Whatever happens. The question is. series. they would have at the very least questioned me. I ???? Zalachenko hesitated a few seconds.com>. by turns as researcher. on what??s going on.?? ??It??s not the same thing. Two hours after the murder there was still chaos in the corridor.C.?? ??Margareta called me with the proposal at 11. He has to go regularly to the hospital for dialysis. gentlemen.?? Berger suddenly felt an enormous wave of relief.S. but her head was immobilized by the brace. trying to convince me to let him examine you.

P. she had had it up to here with other work. She looked up towards the roof of Bellmansgatan 1. and she kept trying to call her husband or Blomkvist. He fumbled to turn on the bedside lamp and looked at the clock. And Berger??s account had complete access to those. Gunnar Bj?rck.P. they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical. I??m going to stay on as a partner and will attend board meetings. There were two kinds of injury that he hated.?? At 8.S.?? ??It??s a matter of intuition. She got up from the bed and made for the shower. For fun. She ran her hand over the neck brace and located the fastenings that held it in place.?? she said. There were 223 employees. He knew that his guesswork was on the mark when Edklinth??s eyes widened. For all practical purposes. ??I can document every detail. It had upset F?lldin that an important Soviet agent had sought asylum in Sweden. ??Hello. as you know. such a revelation would be a political disaster for the Prime Minister.

Neither Teleborian nor Faulsson ?C especially not Faulsson ?C had any position inside S. ??Erika ???? ??Mikael. pushed open the door. She had short. whose task it was to handle the most sensitive of the sensitive. That??s why F?lldin sent me to see you.?? ??I don??t have any news on Salander. Between the time when she had stepped on the shard of glass and Rosin??s arrival that morning. She dressed in black trousers.?? ??I know.C. is still one of the big papers. He??s not married. I need to know now. Salander visited him only once in a blue moon.?? Edklinth said. Eriksson realized that he was reporting in to her the way he had with Berger. where she??s been isolated since April? She doesn??t want the police to know she has access to the Net. A dental nurse by the name of Anita Kaspersson left her home by car at 7. and he wasn??t mentioned in Svensson??s material. Some of the board members.?? she said. 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. Figuerola suddenly had the feeling that she was a policewoman. I don??t want to see any rings on the water or hear of a single ruffled feather. We went over to tabloid format ?C which we should have done twenty years sooner.

The first hours of her workday had been taken up entirely with meetings. and she recognized all the signs of a reporter who had a story in the works.K. He??s going to get away again. Plague ran Ekstr?m??s digitized voice through a program called V. Malm raised his Nikon in the shadows of Caf?? Rosso??s awning across the street and took a series of twelve photographs of the two men who followed Blomkvist out of the caf?? and past the Kvarter cinema. If the pinkos want to start a war with Denmark. ??Yes??? ??Apologies for bothering you on the street outside your home.?? ??Good man. This arrangement involves cooperation. I didn??t know that. it is a tragedy that could have been prevented if there had been more support within society. I know I have to sign a contract. surveillance and so on. kept the cash that was waiting to be invested and laundered. For that to happen. ??I don??t understand this. ??Listen. which reported to the police commission or the justice department. She pinged him. Her stay at Sahlgrenska was in any case going to come to an end in a few more weeks. ??Monday. She saw at once that he was not being funny. putting the pencil in her pocket. on sick leave from his job as assistant chief of the Immigration Division of the Security Police. A man in advanced old age.

But the work is often to do with people who have been threatened.00. She was exhausted. He noticed the grey Volvo at once. He walked to Dressman on Kungsgatan and bought a shirt and a change of underwear. you may regard me as her legal representative. In great excitement she turned on the computer at once and discovered that it was password-protected. And he could not have that conversation because she was under arrest and no visitors were allowed. After some palaver over jurisdiction between Str?ngn?s and S?dert?lje.T. and pulled up a chair. He??s going to be in the slammer for a while. At lunchtime on Monday she had a visit from Dr Jonasson. Meanwhile. ??You should have the answer to that question quite soon. Zalachenko dragged himself to the toilet. ??As Prime Minister you may not influence the judicial process in any way.P.?? ??Hi.s that are five or six years old ???? ??It??s simply out of the question that we invest in new computers in the coming year.?? ??She is extremely manipulative. A man in advanced old age. Daniel. Finally she found a rubber doorstop and wedged it under the bedroom door. as it turned out. so Erlander was willing to listen.

She could not stay away. It would have been a fine ending to her years at Millennium. as you can appreciate.?? ??Why ??unfortunately????? He gave her a cheerful smile.?? ??And who is your superior??? ??I regret it.S.?? ??It sounds like the bedroom won??t be such a romantic place in the future. his whole cover. he would slip into an indolent state of indecision. ??My name is Benny Svantesson. ??Christer will need a couple of days for the layout. Erlander glanced at Salander and then back to her lawyer.?? said Sp?ngberg emphatically. well. ??I??m sorry for chasing you down. and import everything from Thailand. She??s considering taking on Salander as a client. Then the assassin??s shots rang out on Sveav?gen and the matter became irrelevant. Teleborian had done a strikingly good analysis.?? Blomkvist said.

after all. to give a second example. whoever did it had access to the very typewriter that Bj?rck used. I should perhaps mention that I opposed that action.?? Jonasson thought that if it had been anyone other than Blomkvist he would have refused. some pathologically obsessed ones who stalked celebrities and looked for love by hiding in woods near their villas. it is not merely a criminal conspiracy ?C it is a threat to national security. she was his patient. & E. Peter. And here we can??t go through the Prosecutor General. I??m just bringing him in for questioning. letters and photographs.P. a passport. And now here we all are. And sex with Blomkvist.?? Modig said. but the blond man was gone. She had tried friendly reasoning and direct orders.

??No bones broken??? he said. ??May I say something??? ??Please do. Given a few years she would probably be able to make a good anarchist out of Dr Anders Jonasson.000 kronor a month. Gunnar Bj?rck. ??Listen. we determined that the theft must have occurred during the time she was at Nacka hospital. He doesn??t know who they are. Dear Bertil. but not what it was. ??Could I give you a piece of advice??? ??Of course. but also not a nutcase. room fourteen according to Jonas Sandberg.G. ??My name is Jonas Sandberg.?? ??It sounds like the bedroom won??t be such a romantic place in the future. the assistant editor.?? ??Could you possibly reach her or anyone else on the investigative team who might be able to take a look in Prosecutor Ekstr?m??s corridor ?? to see if there??s a meeting going on in his office at the moment.?? ??I gather you??re still busy with excavations in Nykvarn. she lay awake and worried.

What is it I have to do??? ??One of your jobs at Sahlgrenska hospital ?C six days a week. What I think is no longer of any interest. and a democracy needs a political safeguard. It cannot be ruled out that there is a minor bleed that is not visible on the images. She never felt that he was giving her strange looks. The fact was that if Salander could claim to have any sort of family or group affiliation. he had joined the navy. Things did not change until 1977. really??? Modig said. ??We started with two. ??He hung there for something like twenty-four hours before the hook gave way. So here I am. The first thing she did was to check the protocol number. he was the victim of a crime. Blomkvist leaned towards her.?? ??I see. and [PrelimInv/Niedermann]. when Paolo Roberto had fought his boxing match with Niedermann in the warehouse there. she was not so sure she wanted a stable relationship herself ?C with a partner and a mortgage and kids. Is it O.

Well. Bambi. Reassigned to a secret post abroad in 2000. I??m just here to have your version of the story and find out what your intentions are ?? so that we can work out a common strategy. Does that sound good??? ??It sounds fantastic. Sorry not to have been in touch. when suddenly he became assistant director. ??I thought you??d be dead by now. possibly for the end of this week. And you send a couple of village policemen to arrest him as if he were some Saturday night drunk. and the garage. My name is Jerker Holmberg. He was not entirely sure what the letter of the law was on this point.??Saturday. ??Raped??? he said. Ekstr?m had also to investigate and bring charges against Lisbeth Salander.?? ??When they leave the pub. Then the attack on her home.?? ??I??ve been keeping it under wraps all this time ?C Mikael??s going to???? ??Micke??s going to go through the roof. He did not know a word of Swedish.

Holmberg??s father was a city councillor for the Centre Party in the ??70s. that requires evaluating a person??s credibility and general mental health. I went through Forelius. ??We just have to discover what it was they really were doing. But there??s no proof yet. he could never rid himself of the feeling that he was looking at an advertisement for something.?? ??No.8 ?C too high.00. ??She feels sick and she has a strong headache.F. ??On the other hand. At 9. Zalachenko dragged himself to the toilet. She clicked hesitantly on Answer.?? Nieminen nodded. but Bj?rck could not possibly be the only man responsible.Q. The legal desk does not even in practice exist ?? there we have a chief editor who borrows reporters from the news desk for each of his features. it was a junior officer called Gunnar Bj?rck who received him in his capacity as administrator of the Immigration Division.

Figuerola decided to leave her car behind and turned left in the direction of Slussen on Br?nnkyrkagatan. Plague locked the parabolic antenna on to the exact frequency. it??s like the old days. what??s the situation??? Andersson shook his head. You??re to contact an Inspector Thomas Paulsson at the Trollh?ttan police. didn??t you??? ??Yes. They will do everything they can to reduce the damage to themselves and their group. and she limped into the kitchen and sank on to the nearest chair. I propose cutting all management salaries by half.?? ??The eternal vicious circle. Finally Prosecutor Ekstr?m. just as when we were editing Dag??s book. She kept hers in the chest of drawers in her bedroom. He had called on his way to G?teborg.?? ??Why didn??t you say anything??? Blomkvist said. but really that seems his most logical course. She went back to bed and pulled the covers over her. Gullberg squeezed the trigger and put the bullet right in the centre of Zalachenko??s forehead just as the patient was starting to swing his prosthesis over the edge of the bed. 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. He says that Salander won??t be in a condition to participate in an interview for several days yet.

It had been Plague??s contacts on the Net who had provided her with a Norwegian passport in the name of Irene Nesser.?? She seemed stressed. and when I wake up. Figuerola decided to leave her car behind and turned left in the direction of Slussen on Br?nnkyrkagatan.?? ??Now you??ve got me worried. There was a photocopy of a passport application form for one Idris Ghidi.?? Erlander rubbed the back of his neck. and there??s been such turmoil here that I buried it. The first email ?C which was also the most crude and intimidating with its suggestion that she would be fucked with a screwdriver ?C had come on May 16.?? ??How are you??? ??I??m sick. I never go to the cinema. but soon after he would have had to abandon the car in Finland. For the moment he needed medical attention. Then she steeled herself and took hold of the shard and pulled it out. Blomkvist did not see the grey Volvo on Monday.?? ??Sounds like blackmail. but it could be something as simple as an allergy to her medication or to something else she??s come into contact with. he had decided that Millennium Publishing would publish Svensson??s text about sex trafficking. Then he drove down to the Continental. Then he logged on to the media archive and picked out several of the articles on which Olsson??s report was based.

??No. ??No. The magazine suddenly felt foreign. but Asperger??s patients do not generally set fire to their parents. and for more than a year two positions have remained unfilled. direct crimes against the Swedish constitution. he would have known how to tie proper knots. ??Forget the bodies. but not before a long and diplomatic circumlocution. You remember when Mikael was up in Hedestad sulking for almost a whole bloody year.. She??s the one who makes the decisions on these things.T. dear ?? please get to the point. It would have been a fine ending to her years at Millennium. He had kept working on the articles that were to go into the summer issue. according to Blomkvist. sending a fax of a threatening letter that hadn??t yet reached its addressee. with an address near Norrtull in Stockholm. SixOfOne wrote.