chair and sat down. He should never have been allowed to have anything to do with Zalachenko.

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00. and so on. ??Take a seat. he??s at the embassy in Madrid. But you do have to shut your eyes to the fact that I am. She sat there for some time.S. The doctors think she??ll make a full recovery. I can see at least a dozen that are a couple of millimetres long. He??s going to take pictures of the entire property and the immediate surroundings. but that there was a boundary and it could not be infringed. I??ll be starting at another publication. and who the killer was. Then he hung his overcoat and jacket in the wardrobe behind the door. Your supervisor must approve the consultation and make a formal request for you to be allowed to approach Dr Teleborian.?? Edklinth stared at Figuerola.?? ??He didn??t.

?? ??I??ll tell you later. but she already knew it would be impossible to explain this away. had knowledge of a crime and thus he had the obligation to submit a report to a prosecutor.?? Assistant Editor Fredriksson looked to be in a bad mood as he knocked on the door of Berger??s glass cage at 2. Occasionally he would jot down notes in a pocket diary. He has been retired for fifteen years. Malin Eriksson.?? ??That is unforgivably incompetent. The roster included himself. Nieminen was never very easy to deal with. that was an advantage. She did not expect anyone to be her friend. The question is. Then I??ll get started by giving you a message from Mikael. As recently as this morning. I know something about Salander. and one or other of us has to be here alone from time to time.

The doorbell interrupted his ruminations. ??O. Ekstr?m had brought a charge for grievous bodily harm in the case of Magge Lundin. and confront Borgsj? and demand his resignation.?? ??But let??s save the secrets till we meet again tomorrow. She complained of severe headaches and developed a fever that has been fluctuating up and down.?? ??Zalachenko??? Sandberg nodded.00 on Saturday morning. But he never regained consciousness and died after nine days in intensive care. of course. Blomkvist made a pretty acute observation.N. For the life of him Gullberg could never imagine why his former boss P. getting up. He alone controlled Zalachenko. He was one of the officers responsible on formal occasions for the safety of the Prime Minister.T.

?? he said. She would hardly notice the difference. and of course the whole force is keeping their eyes peeled. It corresponds to about fifty pages of book text. ??you had a message from Blomkvist. which meant that some operator would go in manually and listen to the conversation to decide whether it was of interest or not. He listened with increasing dismay to Giannini??s account of what had happened. and in the end the price burden falls on the renters or the taxpayers.?? ??Then I discovered that you were tailing him using Susanne Linder at Milton Security. But you have to work harder on the exercises.?? Modig said nothing. my mother knew the von Rottinger family. she drew an age curve and deleted everyone over fifty-five and under twenty-five.?? ??And in this instance Blomkvist is quite correct. or someone close to him. the magazine is a threat because of one thing only: Bj?rck??s 1991 police report.?? ??I see ?? yes.

on what??s going on. Ingela Oscarsson.?? ??Why do you ask??? ??Out of curiosity. My father was a psychopath. Asperger??s syndrome.?? ??Witnesses??? ??Well. He was wearing blue jeans. He had ended up in the same situation as during the Wennerstr?m affair. Even though he hired me. Do you think it??s a turn-off. she realised she was hungry. She requisitioned their passport photographs and identified at once the woman she had followed from Bellmansgatan as the Susanne Linder who lived in Nacka. ??Good.. ??So what the hell are we going to do??? Cortez said. She had reported the matter to the head of her party. But not at 7.

He turned back into the station.?? ??I??m not suggesting that they should lose money. For most of industry. The house itself is spartan. He was not going to mention the fact of Bjurman raping her. But she did not have the remotest wish to talk about her feelings or her actions. Then she clenched her teeth and concentrated on breathing.?? ??And??? ??He did his military service in Karlskrona in the ??40s. When he returned she had just finished her call. That was why she had written the plain. She spent nearly three hours scrutinizing folder after folder on Teleborian??s computer.P. but they were constantly being interrupted by Baksi??s mobile. to help??? ??I??d already decided that Milton ought to hire a lawyer for her???? ??Is that a yes or a no? I know what happened to her. a black T-shirt. Chairman Borgsj? appeared neutral. She was increasingly dependent on Fredriksson??s judgement in the light of her loss of confidence in Anders Holm.

?? ??That can be considered a step forward. At the same time my sister was mugged and her copy of the report was also stolen. as far as Nieminen could judge. if I came after 9. The solution to the problem had been very simple. Niedermann had brought Svavelsj? M. Forged documents had never been his department or his expertise. work it out! / Kalle B.?? ??I was never convicted of anything. Vinge (Wahlstr?m & Widstrand.50 he parked on a side street off Avenyn in G?teborg. He had been brought up in a Muslim family and he felt foolish wearing it.I. He was one of the new team. Jew-lover. but then it was to do with my work. So we are asking for your help.

but riddled with suspicion.I. Only when Salander had logged out of Hacker Republic did she go into Yahoo and log on to the private newsgroup [Idiotic_Table].U.?? She hesitated for a while before she met his gaze.?? Sp?ngberg raised her pen. the visit lasted precisely nine minutes. We have a number of things to discuss with you. The technology of R. He shot Zalachenko in the head several times and then shot himself. I went to the reception desk and showed my I. If it hasn??t already happened. But I need your help for an introduction ?C so that Idris will listen to me. but he??s bound to say that he was doing target practice two days ago. But he had seen M?rtensson go in through the front door of his building. Security Police officers in senior positions had looked the other way when a series of savage assaults were committed against a Swedish woman.?? ??Andersson is a tough customer.

?? ??I consider her to be withdrawn.?? Borgsj? thought for a moment and said: ??We??re going to have to solve these problems as they come up. and I can also say that we had conversations with him about once a month until recently. ??A scandal to bring down the government??? ??The survival of the government isn??t my concern.?? ??That??s true. But what was going to happen now? Erika had always been a crucial part of Millennium. It would have been essential. ??That??s a line I??d like to hear from Officer Bubble. will Millennium??s publication clash with our investigation.?? ??It??s called the Hilton now.I.m. still sleeping soundly beside her. Zalachenko was Salander??s father and her worst enemy.?? ??Maybe so. If you publish before Edklinth has completed it. trying to figure out if this was some puzzling bluff.

Jonasson leaned forward. What do you know about his role??? ??He??s one of the major players. ??And how would you rate her mental state??? ??Withdrawn.?? Salander gave Jonasson a lopsided smile. that Palme might be an agent of influence for the K.?? ??He seems not to have had any contact with his old friends in Hamburg. She sat on the edge of the bed and tried Cortez next and then Eriksson.?? ??I can??t help you with that.?? Nystr?m said. She unfolded it and read a line written in an elegant script: You??re the hacker. primarily a recapitulation of the night on which he had found Dag Svensson and Mia Johansson and why the police had focused on Salander as the suspected killer.?? ??Who in the police has read the report??? ??There were two copies which were read by Bublanski.?? Bj?rck felt suddenly resigned. She??s hiding something.?? ??It could be as simple as Lundin carrying the pistol and Salander disarming him. Agneta Sofia Salander would necessarily disappear into an institution for long-term care. The prosecutor is going to try to get you locked up in the psychiatric ward.

K. By the time the train went through Nyk?ping he had already discarded a number of drafts. ??You??re right. and the first thing he needed to do that morning was call him and tell him to get down there as swiftly as he could. which builds houses less expensively than anyone else by buying the materials themselves.?? Salander pressed her lips tight. I was in the police for six years and I??ve worked at Milton for four. She parked on Bergsgatan. She already knew that however she dealt with it. She put the canister of Mace from her shoulder bag on her bedside table. And she was in hot water. Gullberg??s condition was critical. Blomkvist had apparently reached the point in his story at which Paulsson had decided to ignore everything else he might say. in the form of convicts. And being a welder wasn??t so different from being a doctor. On Friday the Volvo was back.?? ??If he took the morning ferry.

T.O.?? ??Benny Karlsson??? Nieminen yelled. it??s my job to do the same.?? ??So how do we proceed??? Sp?ngberg wondered. ??Give me a couple of minutes. The N.000 Swedish citizens who were held to harbour undesirable political sympathies. With the authorization from the highest level. before then. I??m a trained bodyguard. ?C but the discovery that her most personal and intimate possessions had been stolen.?? ??I see. I??m probably not looking for a steady boyfriend either. Another seven messages were those so-called ??Nigeria letters?? from the widow of the former head of a bank in Abu Dhabi offering her ludicrous sums of money if she would only assist with a small sum of start-up money. How do the pieces fit together??? They talked for more than two hours. I have to have you.

?? Gullberg said. They handle coverage about 320 days a year.000 kronor in Germany. but I??d love to curl up and sleep next to you. This Amazon reign was a gynaecocracy. Edklinth would go through the roof. She tried to open her eyes.?? He looked Holmberg steadily in the eye. ??Imbecile. Bublanski still had the report. He called Malm as the train was coming into Stockholm and asked him what had prompted the tone of his text message. He chose the only clean shirt he had left in the brown briefcase and put on a brown-patterned tie. you tail Jonas. She had brought a book with her. Surfing on a Palm hand-held with a tiny screen and a stylus was not the same thing as surfing on a PowerBook with a 17?? screen. make her way to his farm.S.

none of this looks like much fun. Second. He was asleep by 11.. By 1989 he had advanced to lieutenant. It was dark and she had no sense of how long she had been aimlessly walking.?? ??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. That was why she had written the plain. Giannini understood what went on in her brother??s head. He knew that G?ransson was the one who handled the money. ??Yes ?? well ?? he said he needed to know exactly how many pieces of wood were in there. In three years. In the area around the warehouse in Nykvarn we have so far found three graves. We hope to be able to do so tomorrow.15 he introduced himself on the entry phone and was buzzed inside.7 million kronor for a staff of ninety-six people. ??You don??t have a choice.

as a twelve-year-old.T.I. The car was still there. and he??s one of the chief reasons why it??s almost impossible to get the staff to work as a team. We??ll need every contact we have in the clubs all over Scandinavia to keep their eyes peeled. Sorry. who lived just outside J?rna. months even. In 1973 the office building where he had claimed to be working was in fact torn down and replaced by an extension to King??s Cross Station. And governments come and go. yes. That was her intention.?? ??Which is what ????? ??Lisbeth Salander suffers from a serious mental disorder. They bought the apartment from the estate of the former owner. of course they did. Everything could have gone fine.

even in budget memoranda. Slowly he turned to look. ??We need to work on the ??cheese plane?? principle. I can??t poke around in her skull and extract bullets. I??m still on the Salander story. but situations do crop up. He was bright enough to keep his mouth shut. Vinge never saw eye to eye. The report was what finally put us on the right track. He opened the entrance door using the code and took the stairs to the top-floor apartment. By the time Mikael had finished his account. Dad??s doing fine.?? ??I hope she will. as you all know. this is a matter for the G?teborg police. We??ve also had enormous expenses.?? ??And if Ekstr?m is worried.

Magge gets shot and you??re busted. I grew up a few miles from there.?? Edklinth said. but she was pleased with herself. but when she got no response she continued.Q.?? Berger said. There??s a whisper that Nieminen has offered a big reward to anyone who could provide information as to Niedermann??s whereabouts.45 p. If Niedermann talked. But before the end of the year we will have to eliminate ten positions. do it. My name is Anders Jonasson.K. Before he turned up out of the blue at a meeting with Gullberg.?? ??What do you want??? ??What do you think??? Gullberg pulled up the chair and sat down. He should never have been allowed to have anything to do with Zalachenko.