goatee.O. He was a bodyguard. On the other hand. ??And what sort of excuse would I have to barge in on Ekstr?m??? Modig asked.

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he has to be treated as a madman. All the police reports on the case were collected up at S. the sports desk is on its knees already. Which said. Blomkvist could find no such enquiry in Ekstr?m??s email.00 in the morning. At 1. In Sweden the task is that of the Prosecutor General or the Parliamentary Ombudsman. ??I don??t go around accosting surgeons on the street.?? Wadensj?? shook his head. was not much better than S.?? ??Next. She thought for a moment. She took stock of the cabbage stew with resignation. past the parliament building. battle-axe. The discussion was about the slump in advertising and the downturn in single-copy sales. Then she remembered it all.* Gullberg remembered every detail of Election Day 1976. ??O.. ??You sent Figuerola to find out what was going on. it was that she was certainly not manipulative. and then within the Constitutional Protection Unit as an analyst and administrator.?? Damn ?? I??ve got to bring up the Vitavara thing. I only knew him by his cover name.

But she could afford it. He closed his iBook. he must have chosen a simple password. Identifying the woman who had filmed M?rtensson and Faulsson proved to be easier than she had anticipated. uncontested decision in a district court.?? he said. It probably depends on who made the decision.?? she said. ??The older one is G?ran M?rtensson. the state will be paying most of my salary. please do. or send someone to sort out his things.?? Nystr?m said. ??How does that work in practice??? ??That??s a very good question.?? ??It??s called the Hilton now.?? ??Good. Armansky had Blomkvist??s copy of Lidbom??s book An Assignment. searching look. plus eight apartments in a small building in the courtyard. He doesn??t know who they are. was going to spy on the spies? In August 1964 Gullberg was summoned to an afternoon meeting with the assistant chief of the Security Police. He was referred to only as a 66-year-old landowner from Gosseberga. daubed sexually explicit epithets on her living-room walls. ??You??ll probably be transferred pretty soon. ??Nicely done. He asked if I liked being pierced and then left the room.

She could not imagine how he could finish in time. Decision-making political bodies had been induced to take decisions in a certain direction. He did not even want to begin to estimate how many counts of illegal activity must have taken place. ??The outline story is pretty much correct. ??Jerker ?? this is how it is: Ekstr?m laid claim to it on Friday. and in this case it??s regrettable since it shouldn??t be necessary. I??m not going to steal your story.?? ??Not necessarily. You were injured and you??re waking up after an operation. Sonja. The woman who crushed Wennerstr?m??s empire. so he pushed the sushi aside. A doctor had explained that the axe blow had crushed his cheekbone and damaged his forehead. which was one of the most beautiful places in the world. So too was her brother. ??You want to run a story on toilets? In Millennium??? Eriksson could not help laughing. National Security Agency. You don??t have to say a word or give me any information. Annika won??t be able to go out and do a media campaign in the same way that the prosecution can (and does). You and your colleague are sources and you have complete source protection. I only knew him by his cover name. but there was no alternative. said. He had played it safe.?? Edklinth said. I don??t think so.

. They had taken 2. I just want to leave the flowers. ??Mikael isn??t here today. She had been at the helm when Svensson was murdered. is to provide you with information. plus being hung out to dry in the media. ??Sonja ?? I think you understand how things stand. ??When this is all over I??m going to found an association called ??The Knights of the Idiotic Table?? and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander. Annika has obeyed the rules. On the other hand. Her clinical status also includes periods of manic depression and she lacks empathy. But she also felt tremendously depressed.?? said Holmberg.?? Salander said breathlessly. well someone did. If you have to work. ??that we make the whole thing disappear and put Salander back in an asylum??? ??Salander we can handle.I. ??Say that again??? ????diot. We suggest that you share your knowledge. A policeman she thought.?? she said.?? ??But why would the K. Holmberg was studying his fingernails. He??s a journalist who happened to stumble upon one of the most secret operations ever conducted by Swedish defence.

??Let me guess. Jonasson put his hand on her forehead and felt that it was damp. A second later the man from Malm??s photograph materialized at Teleborian??s side. ??Listen. I don??t have to use their technical terms.?? Gullberg could not think of anything more to say.F. ??I made a copy for Curt but I never had a chance to give it to him before the Prosecutor General collected the others. Keep your eyes peeled ?? So tell me. a former agent of Soviet military intelligence. ??I don??t deserve any applause today. He was not going to make it. I??m a lawyer and I??d like to see my client again. She spent a while limping around the living room. She was looking for Zalachenko. I can??t do that if I have to cut staff. but there are strong indications that he did indeed attempt to kill her. as well as the tool drawer. Which means that she doesn??t intend to. some years ago.?? Wadensj?? said.B. On the other hand. Has a shop at Norrtull.?? The man held up his I. also possibly that she was injured.

In both latter instances. But that??s just the problem. demanding her attention and vexing her intellect. and he wasn??t sure how things would turn out at the magazine. The first time he was given a light prison sentence; the second time he got three years.?? or ??Salander??.P. ??You don??t understand.?? Malm said.?? Salander felt an icy chill run down her spine. who was also a temp. It was humiliating.?? ??I see.?? she said to the P. she won??t be able to do the research she needs to do to prepare her defence. and on her way through the city she noticed that the workers?? groups had begun to gather. Cortez now kept an ashtray on his desk. The switchboard told her that it sounded like Susanne Linder. He had spent ten days there on that occasion and been round the company??s factories. ??Promising??? ??If somebody has a bullet in their head and they??re still alive.?? ??Yes??? ??Well ?? er ?? good instincts. he does wear a size XXL. we won??t be able to draw any conclusions. and he wasn??t sure how things would turn out at the magazine. thinks that Bjurman raped Salander.?? Jonasson frowned.

I??ve read your file from S?po. She went around the car and got into the driver??s seat. The mailbox had one message.?? ??That sounds reasonable.?? ??We want the legal process to take its course even though this is a difficult situation. (2) They have to separate the ??Salander affair?? from the ??Zalachenko affair??. 11.?? ??Falsifications??? ??I think that??s the only appropriate description. S. She staggered to the door and turned to kick it with her heel. Blomkvist had told her once how Salander had put paid to the serial killer Martin Vanger with a golf club. Then he vanishes. Wadensj?? poured coffee. ??He??ll be home by 5.?? he said.?? ??I can??t help you with that. 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.?? He paused to let what he had said sink in. ??M?rtensson works for S?po. That part of the story focused on the deaths of Svensson and Johansson ?C what they were working on.?? ??So we have to ask ourselves. Finally Modig spoke up.?? she said in a low voice. Salander pressed her lips together and looked at the screen of her handheld.?? ??Hi.?? Blomkvist handed the mobile across the table.

00 p. his late wife??s name.?? He walked away down Hantverkargatan. His visits to her were outside his schedule. In any case. But that doesn??t mean he has to behave like an idiot. He??s been an investigator at Justice and has handled a number of cases that got a fair bit of attention. number to a server. and I don??t mean to criticize him.?? ??No. He waited until she nodded. ??Hello. ??What were you told about that group??? ??Nothing.?? Armansky nodded.?? ??Check her out anyway. and she looked miserable.?? She expected him to get up and say he would come back in a few days. I feel like a crazy teenager. and after six months they had put him on a flight to Spain. modern. I don??t think any one of us could even imagine what would happen if Zalachenko talked. ??I??ll hobble in as soon as I??ve pulled myself together. Right now it??s some seriously unpleasant individual???? ??Who??s got a hang-up about you in particular. They were just passing Sergels Torg in the city centre. slowly. Berger woke at 7.

After a while she turned her head. But it was now forty-eight hours since Niedermann had fled. You??re probably thinking of me as a guest you have to entertain. Comes from Norrland and is in fact a specialist in crime scene investigation. and the Violent Crimes Division had racked up a vast amount of overtime since Wednesday. kill the whole story? Orring turned in a good piece. You have a beach at the back of the house and a few large houses in the immediate vicinity.00 in the morning and reported Berger??s discovery that diaries.?? Nystr?m said. He visited her three times that evening and noted that her temperature had stabilized at 37. Could you give me your impression of her??? ??Well. ??No. Karim had parked herself at police headquarters and was doing her best to get some solid information out of someone.P. if that happened. I just wanted to hear how you??re doing and if everything is going well.?? ??Who could blame them.?? ??Credibility? That??s a peculiar question. writing down the registration number Cortez read off to him. nutters who had the gift to read messages hidden from the normal world.37. was given a liquid lunch. When he got up to the room he went straight to the bathroom. But today is my last day of work. We??ll see what he has in mind. But I??ve understood that you??re driven by several factors.

But tell me this: is there anything at all to even suggest that Salander might be involved in some way in the murders? Could she and Niedermann have somehow committed the murders together??? ??I very much doubt it. Zalachenko had at first been thought of as a potential breakthrough in the Palme mystery. are refusing to say anything ?C they??re claiming they??ve never heard of Niedermann. it??s his knife. She considered the doctor??s words. They parted company at the grey Volvo. Is there anything you want us to do??? ??No. Her foot was throbbing painfully. she lost interest. he had done his military service with the coast guard. he did learn Russian and Polish. and apart from a couple of hour-long stops along the way.?? ??O. ??I don??t want details of the investigation or anything like that. Daniel. He might also be a man who worked in maintenance. She was a threat to his entire future and well-being. She was shot and buried here. A woman in her forties opened the door. If Salander talked.?? Jonasson said. There would be a scandal of enormous proportions. You can give me hell tonight. She turned it on and searched for connectivity.?? ??I see. Plague ran Ekstr?m??s digitized voice through a program called V.

stood on tiptoe and unscrewed the three screws in the round white cover of a vent in the wall of Salander??s room. (Which he also did.?? Endrin hesitated for a moment. He had not been to Stockholm for two years. I don??t have your disgusting eating habits. On the other. When you??ve read it I want you to come again.R. She consulted the vehicle register and found that G?ran M?rtensson was the owner of a grey Volvo with the registration number legible in the photographs. He contributed to our investigation by profiling Lisbeth Salander. He had not. and lance. ??Sonja ?? I think you understand how things stand. or parallel to. Which means that Holm and the legal editor are up in arms.C. but he made these journeys less and less often. As she heard the key in the door she realized that the cloth bag and charger were still in view on the bedside table.P. I??m sure you??re going to be a journalist when you grow up.?? Nystr?m said. had landed in because of Salander and Niedermann. To be honest.?? ??Our activity is completely legal ?? we??re actually working under the auspices of the government. Figuerola giggled..

?? ??On the other hand I??m afraid that if I don??t do something. hasn??t done any serious coverage of the civil service and government agencies for at least eight years.?? ??So you know nothing about it.?? There was a charged silence around the conference table before Erlander went on.?? ??Until then I??d rather you didn??t stay here. But this will be O. But their proposal to shut down the Swedish government was not an idle threat. where he would seek protection among contacts in Zalachenko??s criminal empire.S.?? ??Take your time.?? He stood up and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Blomkvist described him as an Olympic-class idiot. that her hair was one big lump of dried clay. Whoever had stolen the report already knew that his copy too had been stolen. ??South. and was actually located within the Str?ngn?s police district in S?dermanland county. At first he was sceptical about the information that the excited young officer was telling him.?? he said. He turned his head to the right and saw the exit at the other end.. We just don??t have the editorial capacity for what we??re trying to do. T. but I doubt that??s who you??re working for.G.?? ??No ?? no. But as long as he risks being busted.

the Bildt government had cut back the Soviet desk for financial reasons and had at the same time got themselves involved in the international mess in Bosnia and Serbia ?C as if Serbia could ever threaten Sweden. it??ll cost a lot of money. Bates had taken more than 200 photographs of the community and created a gallery of small thumbnails. to make you aware of the sensitive nature of the situation. At 2. he must have chosen a simple password. for God??s sake.?? Modig said. He looked at his telephone with the utmost suspicion and took out his mobile.?? ??Two weeks should be sufficient. I??ll be out of my office tonight. What??s your take on this??? Wadensj?? said. Two years ago he was on sick leave for four months. or even with the duct tape that some inspired soul had applied. Then he turned on Salander??s computer.?? Erlander closed his mobile.V. One part concerns Zalachenko. Torstensson and Ingemarsson. ??I made a copy for Curt but I never had a chance to give it to him before the Prosecutor General collected the others. He did not exist in any register or in any public document. No-one voiced any objections. and then to India. you have to get on board with the program. All the police reports on the case were collected up at S. ??You were lucky.

?? ??Well.?? Salander said nothing. Criminal Inspector Faste was the investigative leader in all matters dealing with Salander. Believe me ?C it??s going to cause uproar. was involved in tax fraud ?C were gleefully posted on the Net. and F. Figuerola giggled. and it??s potentially as serious a threat as Zalachenko. And what does that mean??? ??The obvious explanation is that he was given a false identity. with capital letters. > Salander disconnected from Plague and accessed the server he had directed her to. ??So our starting point has to be to persuade Zalachenko to keep his mouth shut.?? Blomkvist said. I can??t determine what it is. He was one of the officers responsible on formal occasions for the safety of the Prime Minister. Instead he made his second mistake: he offered to hand over the weapon he had in his jacket pocket ?C the Colt . That was one thing. ??I need a favour. But it has to be done in one fell swoop.K. She gave him twenty minutes to deal with his post. She took a sip of coffee and had just opened her mouth to take a bite of toast when she heard the headlines.?? ??Where do you want me to begin??? ??Start with the simple things. He had not. All of a sudden a heavy downpour lashed at the window.).

The thieves were eventually caught.. and the garage.?? He wrote an email address on a page torn from his notebook. and then stopped about four centimetres into the brain.C.R. Berger woke at 7. 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. And we did a thorough investigation of Bj?rck??s place. scaring the hell out of a couple and their kids. F?lldin had in practice demonstrated that he had been informed. Somehow he had to establish contact with her. but we may have to postpone it for a month. which sells genuine Swedish toilets for 1700 kronor apiece. coffee and cake will have to do.?? ??As things now stand.S. and a prosecutor intended to charge her with attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.?? ??Yes.?? She paused for a moment. barring unforeseen complications. It took all of Linder??s powers of persuasion to send her to bed. But she knew that. Mikael Blomkvist.berger@smpost.

??We need images.?? ??That??s good. The next day it would take less. the alarm we installed today contains two components.?? ??Alright. She put the Palm in the recess behind the bedside table and waited while two Eritrean women vacuumed the room and changed her bedlinen. She knew that much from his biography. Even so. not for the past two years. But Millennium can??t be manipulated in the same straightforward way. and he had made the connection to the woman in 11C. It was impossible. It was blocked. She also has a bullet wound in her shoulder and another in her hip. and in 1987 he started his own company. Returning to his office he discovered a man in a dark suit leaning against the wall outside his door. to get him across the border into Turkey and thence with a false passport to Europe. What about the defence leadership and the government??? ??We cut off the defence leadership some ten years ago. Spain.I. were of the kind that were never going to be proven. Berger was in her B. He. After discussing the matter with Fru Berger. and then to India. I asked her to be here because what we??re going to discuss will also affect her job.

??We??ll be there in fifteen minutes.C. and then he produced rolls and coffee from a thermos. I??m thinking of the ferry to the east. Zalachenko looked up in surprise at his unannounced visitor. During the first year. But I???? ??You left the material with Holm. As he talked to Berger. ??It depends on how decisive you can be in the Section these days. ??What kind of car does G?ransson have??? Nieminen said. The issues we??ll be discussing now are in very many respects confidential and highly classified. so it was no surprise that she had killed these people.?? Figuerola was on her feet and reaching for her car keys. you??re receiving this information in accordance with your agreement with Edklinth.?? ??His own shop??? ??He became a consultant in security for industry. P. and I??ll try to work out what??s going on. had been suffering chronic pain for a long time ?? I don??t know. She??s the one who has to decide what she is willing to tell you. But???? ??Could she be faking??? Jonasson smiled politely. but that there was a boundary and it could not be infringed. ??I can take care of Ekstr?m. He would probably sleep through an artillery barrage. But we have several suspects. ??Hans Faste. where the contacts were made through personal friendship and trust.

we??re going to need new blood. ??So our starting point has to be to persuade Zalachenko to keep his mouth shut. ??She??s mid-twenties. ??It would be a national catastrophe if the whole truth about Zalachenko were to leak out. The file was stamped Top Secret.?? said the Minister of Justice. She stared in frustration at the blinking screen.?? Figuerola parked beside the Nordic Light Hotel next to the Arlanda Express platforms. that the police existed to prevent crimes like that. If you forget the password. For most of industry. a long time and he??s been news chief for fifteen years. ??I??m sorry for chasing you down. the better to represent you. He called it ??the last line of defence??. her state of mind??? After a while Karlgren said: ??I??m not sure how I should answer that question. He was asleep by 11.?? ??Zalachenko??s daughter.?? Gullberg turned his head very slowly and looked in surprise at the woman he had followed out of the lift. He??s at his best when things heat up. a member of the police. he graduated as an engineer and had been part of the ??great economic leap forward?? in the ??70s. He thought about the fact that his daughter was very close by. seventy-eight years old. Figuerola giggled. he invited Milton Security??s C.

wrapped her arms around her client and lifted her up. She had a taser. and the registration number.?? ??May I ask ?? Paulsson. who??s just here for the bus fare. I think you surprised us all.?? Salander??s heart sank. Now we have burglaries.?? Sandberg said. Until that moment Salander had meant nothing to him. and thereafter we increased our surveillance of her. getting up. He did not answer either. The biggest surprise was Lidbom??s An Assignment.?? ??It doesn??t have to be a physical attack. and did it in a way we didn??t think was possible. He undertook never to discuss the matter with anyone. ??How many killings do you reckon this case involves??? Holmberg rubbed his eyes wearily.?? ??And what??s their stated business??? ??God only knows. that. and that committing her in 1991 was justified. I assume it was Salander who nailed him. forty-three years old. Although. You??re a policeman down in Stockholm now. But Lisbeth has enemies.

Holm was off that day.?? ??It would be hard to do her any more damage. The focus has shifted to Niedermann. show him the document. ??Pnkllrs.Q. ??Yes??? ??Erika. for Christ??s sake. And ?C most disastrous of all ?C there was a video taken on holiday in the early ??90s when she and Greger had been guests of the glass artist Torkel Bollinger at his villa on the Costa del Sol. and had managed only by holding a gun on him the whole time.M. which was even now disappearing over the treetops in the direction of G?teborg. Add to this the unforgivably absurd bonuses that will cost S. As soon as he entered the apartment he saw that the folder he had left on the kitchen table was gone. What did you say? Helsing?rsgatan. Gunnar Bj?rck. direct crimes against the Swedish constitution. when Figuerola excused herself and went to the gym for some peace. and if she had been sober at the time. and no questions should be asked. Her left shoulder stabbed like a knife if she moved carelessly or tried to shift her weight.G. It was healing. Plague ran Ekstr?m??s digitized voice through a program called V. I would have gone for the Silbersky type or another of the heavy-duty criminal lawyers. This was enough for Figuerola??s team to initiate the preliminary investigation and to set about enquiring whether the robbers had a connection to the neo-Nazi gang in V?rmland.

He looked at his telephone with the utmost suspicion and took out his mobile.?? ??What sort of co-operation are you talking about??? ??You??re responsible for her medical condition. On the right.?? ??Others??? ??Hans von Rottinger. there was no mobile in the room. She calculated the distance. I was going out with a guy this spring. ??Twenty-two what??? said Holm. I got to bed at 1. There were no signs on my door of a break-in. She put down her pen and looked at the totals. Bj?rck??s prints were on the handle and the blade. I think the dyke needs some cock. The first half is basically what??s in the magazine. ??I have an appointment to meet someone I know here. No doubt someone made a blunder when the cover story was devised. Armansky studied Malm??s photographs of the men who had followed Blomkvist from the Copacabana. manslaughter and drug crime. Just that???? ??Yes??? ??Sonja.. Check the masthead.?? ??That??s what I wanted to discuss with you. cut more than 180 jobs since 1980. Jew-lover.D.O.

and started reading the Bj?rck report while she ate her sandwich. Nieminen bent down and looked at the bodies. I want to have something that shows that Prosecutor Ekstr?m is today working with Teleborian in some inappropriate manner. So Salander was locked up in an asylum because she tried to kill her father ?? this Zalachenko. She was a threat to his entire future and well-being. I refer to the fact that Salander hit her father with an axe.?? Wadensj?? said. My job is to produce a good newspaper. I??ve never seen him before. S.?? ??Oh.?? ??It wasn??t exactly an invitation. He has a three-year-old daughter. ??Partly. Kalle Bastard Blomkvist was out there somewhere ?C Giannini was for some reason reluctant to talk about her brother. especially when the violence was directed at full-grown men. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise.?? Blomkvist said again. He was on duty until 6. But he had stopped the bleeding from the wounds in her hip and shoulder in the simplest possible way. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko.?? ??I wish I could. however.Q.?? ??I see. Then she turned icy with rage.

F. At first he had travelled frequently to Stockholm.K.iv Dr Jonasson was woken by Nurse Nicander five minutes before the helicopter was expected to land.?? ??The appalling thing is that Bj?rck has hanged himself.?? ??Me??? Eriksson said. Who were those dead bodies??? Nieminen had a vicious retort on the tip of his tongue. it??s because he knows or suspects that you??ve got something brewing.?? Blomkvist wrote down the information. the journalist who was murdered. was a brand-new form of bandage. you are aware of the concept of damage control. He left the firm after ten years and opened his own practice.?? ??Micke ?? I ???? ??Your very last editorial. leaking information as they see fit. and most crucially: what was the truth surrounding Bj?rck??s report from 1991? ??That is a serious matter. ??What time is good??? They agreed that Giannini should turn up at around 6.?? Salander thought for a while. but to her surprise he crossed the street right in front of her car and turned down the hill towards Blomkvist??s building.?? ??What??s???? ??Just hurry. we??ll just cruise up to wherever he lives and ask the former Prime Minister if he faked identity documents for a defecting Russian spy. Berger stared at the screen in frustration. I can??t break the law. He??s ambitious. After a few minutes she had worked out what was routine mail in the form of daily memos. ??I??m sorry.

It is almost entirely fabricated. ??Not as far as we know. born 1971. and that impression was magnified by the fact that she was standing two steps above him. I think we can handle this matter successfully. In his day plans of Kronan and Wasa had hung on the walls. ??Hardly. yes. The problem was that she did not know what she should do.?? he said.?? ??Good man.?? ??If only that were the case. Who did you hand everything over to??? ??How do you mean??? ??When F?lldin??s term came to an end. Malm could see for himself that Blomkvist was indeed being tailed. to make you aware of the sensitive nature of the situation.?? ??So the sister was your informant??? ??Camilla was mortally afraid of her sister. ??Yes. That was the part she had spent the most time on.?? ??That??s exactly what I don??t understand. Lottie will follow Teleborian. Second. You??ll never regret it. almost as though it had nothing to do with her. Who were his friends? Who had he been in prison with? Where does his girlfriend live? Who did he drink with? In what area was his mobile last used? Where is his vehicle? At the end of that sequence the fugitive would generally be found. Some years earlier a citizen of Hacker Republic. But Jonasson had never before had a patient with a bullet in her skull.

L?derman. She looked at the bloodied piece of glass in amazement.M. you can. There were 223 employees.00. when he came back here. As things stood. Gullberg went to Salander??s room and tried the door handle. showered. the Juiciest Horse Fuck in the Universe. but we??re going to have to act fast so that we don??t squander the opportunity. The signature of the Prime Minister meant that the Section was now a legally approved institution. shut down her computer. about his conversation with Giannini. don??t you??? ??You were sitting with a map spread out on the front seat. I mean how long before I can get up and start walking and moving around??? ??That depends on how the healing progresses. She felt a fool. no question??? ??Yes. and I can??t direct what prosecutors and the courts decide. This is urgent. he had had a bad feeling about Lisbeth. The Russian defector who came to Sweden in 1976. What do you want me to do??? ??Meet Jerker Holmberg at Central Station. Take a break. ??But I haven??t been run over by a bus.

I have ordered an investigation.G.?? ??I need someone for a research job. In January 1992 he left Upplands V?sby a free man. ??I would never have guessed you were such a good poker player. He had not managed to catch the registration number. lined up the possibilities. ??And what are you going to do with that? Shoot me? You??ll spend the rest of your miserable life in prison. she did not intend to back out. They relied heavily on computers connected to the incident reporting network of the regular police. The question was how to travel there without being observed or leaving a trail. Blomkvist??s plan was to have the book printed and ready to distribute on the first day of the trial. shut the door behind her. we did an extensive investigation of your background. The prosecutor has also pushed through a prohibition of disclosure for her lawyer.?? ??Let him interrogate me. I??d give a lot of money to find out what they talked about. then he pulled up the visitor??s chair.F. She was afraid that it was a moral issue. But then she took him too. plump man in his fifties with a reddish goatee.O. He was a bodyguard. On the other hand. ??And what sort of excuse would I have to barge in on Ekstr?m??? Modig asked.