would run to 320 or 336 pages. ??Mumbo jumbo. Clinton would take care of Giannini.

??Can you lift it by yourself??? She lifted her arm
??Can you lift it by yourself??? She lifted her arm. Even small movements of his facial muscles caused sharp pains in his jaw and cheekbone. He felt vulnerable and exposed. of whom two were administrative secretaries of the old school and the remainder were professional spy hunters. He was unmarried. After Salander??s attack on Zalachenko.?? He scrubbed her back and soaped her shoulders. The room was easier to guard.M. or to make use of the art of espionage. I mean. F?lldin was never told Zalachenko??s name. Do we know who the killer was??? ??Not yet. ??How long do I have to lie here like this??? ??You mean in the hospital? It will be at the least a couple of weeks before we can let you go. contacted the G?teborg police just two hours after the murder and gave them information about Gullberg??s threatening letters. but I??m a doctor and I??ve studied psychiatry. ??It was someone in Personal Protection who faxed them through.O. her patient??s only exercise space. It was a job she enjoyed. The difficulty is that this report does not correspond with other reports that we have in our archives. The first thing he did was to rename it ??Special Analysis??.

He ordered a coffee and a cheese and liver pat?? sandwich. He has a three-year-old daughter. Director of Constitutional Protection at the Security Police. What the hell is going on??? Bublanski took off his reading glasses and tucked them into his breast pocket. Trinity wrote. who was under suspicion for a long list of crimes. If it happened while he was trying to escape. ??Do you have the address??? Blomkvist nodded. In which case Sandberg. With the authorization from the highest level.?? ??Well ???? ??Do you have a friend who could come and stay with you??? ??Sure. ??I??d like to examine you for a moment.?? ??She is extremely manipulative.?? ??I??m jumping ahead and anticipating the final assessment. thereby indicating her doubts about the wisdom of this style of conduct in the intensive care unit. No police report was ever filed. If you can??t manage a simple job like that then you might as well sit here with your thumb up your backside until the constitutional committee comes knocking on your door.?? ??I??m sorry. or maybe even Stockholm. I??m going for a walk. You??re healing. ??Well.

in his view. she would have to resign. I think you ought to tell them right away.?? Edklinth looked thoughtful.?? Berger studied the chairman of the board.?? said Sandberg. If she??s sentenced to a secure psychiatric facility.?? ??Holm has devoted his life to S.G. the magazine is a threat because of one thing only: Bj?rck??s 1991 police report. But he was bothered by the fact that they had to dress like that in the middle of Stockholm. have you got anything new??? ??Nothing I haven??t already told you on the phone. Their affair was carried on with his assent.?? ??Uh ?? there must be some sort of misunderstanding. 9. ??Sonja ?? I think you understand how things stand. 19. ??Ekstr?m??s holding a press conference at 3.?? ??That??s right. It??s possible that you??ll need another operation ?C on your shoulder ?C if we can??t arrest the infection with antibiotics. but he had only a vague idea of what the Section actually did. but we still don??t have a picture of him.

but their conversations should not deal with Salander??s problems or impending legal battles. She could tell from Salander??s reaction that something deadly was in the offing.?? ??Tell me. ??The long and the short of it is that we??re to hand all our material on Salander over to him this afternoon. ??Mikael Blomkvist. I was ignominiously ditched earlier today.M.?? Edklinth and Figuerola read through at the text before them. and that his updated version included the latest versions of Unix.?? ??I talked with Dragan today. She started with Ernst Teodor Billing. 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.?? ??What are you suggesting??? ??I??m only asking you to let me know if you discover that Salander is being subjected to another miscarriage of justice. He got up and went to the bathroom.?? ??That??s O.?? She thought for a moment before she looked at him again. Erlander shook his head. I have spent years trying to help Lisbeth Salander. then she wanted to face it first before anyone else got wind of it. She??s with me right now. No. I beg you to reciprocate my feelings.

and her group was now down from forty-eight to eighteen since her latest cut. who had an alcohol problem.I. How can this have gone on for so long? How could this activity have been both concealed and financed??? ??Go on. No visitors will be permitted other than you. Oh no.M. was Bellmansgatan 1. For a moment he stood indecisively outside the door. As she swallowed the water she saw another person appear on her left side. Everybody??s off work. He was standing about ten metres behind her. By any interpretation that would be attempted murder. If he hasn??t managed it by then.m. advertising reps. Salander was one of them. and about evaluating the political suitability of individuals in sensitive positions. Lisbeth needs help before the trial. ??One more thing. in a couple of instances. But someone else has.

Blomkvist calls them ??the Zalachenko club??.?? Wadensj?? said. But Malm had not participated in any parade ?C apart from Gay Pride ?C in at least ten years.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. That was Bj?rck??s job. It??s more serious than that. ??If it??s true that the government doesn??t know about this operation. sitting at his dialysis machine ?? what would happen if he turned religious and felt bitter about everything and everyone? What if he wanted to make a confession? Believe me. Lottie??s going after him. Consequently. He took a clean sheet from a linen cupboard and cut it up to make bandages.?? Fransson said. Before I??m through with you. but she had refrained from telling her anything about Bjurman. After a few minutes she had worked out what was routine mail in the form of daily memos. almost too close. But it has to be done in one fell swoop.V. at least they had worked that one out. She was shot and buried here.. close to twelve thousand fulltime agents.

?? ??Forgive me for mentioning this. A locksmith with a criminal record who??s probably being paid to open your door. Why has one of our reporters spent the day working on Salander without anybody telling me??? Frisk squirmed. He had no difficulty with the work. ??I think she??s out of danger. Which must have been Edklinth. But instead of the usual assignment at sea that he had anticipated. ??This is what I want you to do.I. I??ve decided.03. They sat in the living room for a private conversation. tied a rope to the lamp hook. put on coffee. So you went to the justice minister. He was talented.?? ??It seems to be a modest group. in short. First he called Cortez who was in a caf?? in Vasastad and had a few details to discuss. He chose the only clean shirt he had left in the brown briefcase and put on a brown-patterned tie. she easily decoded the correspondence. He adjusted the seat and saw that the petrol tank was half full.

I??m here for Bj?rck??s S?po report. want to plant such a forgery??? ??We don??t know that either.?? the P.?? ??Yes??? ??Well ?? er ?? good instincts.I. Shit. Dakota wrote. and he was proud of what had been achieved that night when Salander was brought into A. He had been given large doses of painkillers. The P. That??s much more serious. he said that she was lethally dangerous and might well resist arrest. We??re looking at a conflict of interest. which she unpacked in Berger??s spare room. A defector of Zalachenko??s status would have to be handled with the utmost secrecy.V.?? Berger said. ??Bjurman had a tattoo across his belly which read I am a sadistic pig. from where he took a taxi to Centraal. What complicated the issue was that not a word of what he was writing was true.M. Dr Sivarnandan of the Ersta rehabilitation home had been less than enchanted at the idea of letting him out.

He was meticulously cleaning his glasses. but he did not know her well. She drove to G?tgatan where the offices of Millennium were and spent the next half hour walking around the streets in the area. He went into Salander??s room and held out his hand to introduce himself.?? Edklinth cleared his throat.?? ??And you never briefed your successor??? ??No. Then he walked decisively back to Zalachenko??s room and closed the door. thirty-five. She requisitioned the report. and present documentation that annihilates the prosecution??s game. In addition. Herr Blomkvist. She has to keep her conversations with Lisbeth confidential. The man would always nod politely but never laughed if he said anything humorous. Bj?rck??s original doesn??t match Blomkvist??s version.?? The detectives stood up. I mean.?? Gullberg leaned forward. I won??t make any record of your answer and I won??t discuss it with anyone else. He weighed the pros and cons. are you still there??? ??Sorry. As soon as the trial begins???? ??No.

?? she said. Ekstr?m says he??s received evidence that the report is a fake ?C that there is no real report with that protocol number. a role that took on added significance in the wake of Wennerstr?m??s exposure as a double agent. It??s about the police investigating the possibility that Lisbeth Salander was mixed up in the sale of anabolic steroids. Salander is no longer a suspect. She was locked up because she was deranged ?C any claims to the contrary are the sick fantasies of bitter journalists. Luckily she does accept information. She put the Palm in the recess behind the bedside table and waited while two Eritrean women vacuumed the room and changed her bedlinen. our job is still to find the killer.?? ??Agreed. Plague had obviously made it simple for himself by copying over Ekstr?m??s entire hard drive. Berger made coffee. ??Yes. with a damn near photographic memory.00. She tried 52553. ??It??s going to involve a lot of surveillance.R. At present he??s being sought only for the murder of Officer Gunnar Ingemarsson. and stared for a moment into the distance. Prostitutes. forty-seven years old and known by the nickname Falun.

M. Someone had sprayed in metre-high letters on the back wall: WHORE It was just after 9. Zalachenko??s cover was at risk. Every other basic right. I already know that. They waited for almost an hour before Inspector Erlander arrived from Gosseberga with Blomkvist. Janeryd. It turned out that whoever had installed the alarm several years before had neglected to connect the leads from the windows in the living room. Georg. Are you with me? All of this she had already worked out for herself.00. but as soon as anyone came out on to the street.v Superintendent Torsten Edklinth. but they were old colleagues.?? ??She sort of halfway believed the first email although she was quite surprised by it. I need to know now. I do.?? ??Forget I asked. What he most feared was that the situation in the Salander family would give rise to a social welfare report that named Zalachenko. ??Shame??? Wadensj?? burst out. Her only problem was that she had an arrow through her skull. She could not sit up even.

unless he had given clear instructions to Lundin. It was several years since he had slept through a whole night. I know nothing about Niedermann??s affairs. As long as he had a licence. She instantly switched off her Palm and slipped it under the mattress. That was one thing. which right now is a nightmare. ??Because while Niedermann was out digging a grave for me. ??Good evening. called Jonas Sandberg.?? ??He??s so upset that he??s complained to the board. ??Perhaps we haven??t found the car because Niedermann drove out of the country to the north via Haparanda? A big detour around the Gulf of Bothnia. could present a more forceful strategy. thank you. nodded.?? Eriksson said. She said she??d read books on the subject before. ??As you no doubt know.K.000 kronor in Sweden. The Soviet Union had ceased to exist and Zalachenko??s usefulness was definitively on the wane. ??What was that??? ??Oh.

We had also informed Camilla that her sister was violent and mentally ill. but ???? ??You think it??s excessive. but he was the last to arrive.G.?? Magnusson said. The Section was faced with its worst crisis since the day he had created it. ??You wouldn??t happen to have a cigarette. ??There was one thing that struck me.?? Berger almost blushed.?? She sat down.C.?? Edklinth turned to Blomkvist.?? ??Yes. It??s possible that when this conversation is over.?? Sp?ngberg said. ??Even though crucial evidence is lacking. There??s a new realpolitik in Europe since the Soviet Union collapsed. but he thought he had been tailed by a red Audi that day.?? Monica was already on her way and passing Drottninggatan. ??Which I assume is good news. His role was to make sure that the pages of S. After the tumult of Zalachenko??s murder and Gullberg??s attempted suicide.

At the bottom of the picture was one word. shut down her computer. as Berger was going through the headlines on page two and discussing the texts with the head of revisions. You??ll have to accept what I??m saying. I asked if I could help her with anything. You made it sound as if you knew what was being discussed at the Prime Minister??s secretariat. I actually met him a couple of times. We??ve just fine-tuned it. and now we have to reach some sort of agreement about what??s going to happen. We also have a contract which explicitly gives me free rein to make the editorial changes I deem necessary.?? As she waved him out of the glass cage she saw Holm watching her from the other side of the news desk.40. so finally he called Inspector Erlander. it was no longer possible to monitor his mobile. and then he paused for a moment. personnel.S. she felt a sharp pain in her foot. By then it was 5. He had not managed to catch the registration number.?? ??O. Let me first say that the government has absolutely no hand in this matter.

?? There was a knock at the door. do it.O. It??s possible that you??ll need another operation ?C on your shoulder ?C if we can??t arrest the infection with antibiotics. If we took the job I??d have to subcontract out your house. I informed the Prime Minister on a couple of occasions. You??re all members. just that. He asked her to lean forward and placed the stethoscope on her back to listen to her lungs. But this letter tells you to use your own good judgement. It probably depends on who made the decision. and we can follow the correspondence that shows how Teleborian is conspiring with Jonas in the same way he conspired with Bj?rck in 1991. assault. What??s the problem??? Blomkvist said. With infinite care he inserted a probe into the brain and enlarged the wound channel by a few millimetres. But she had no idea what Salander was up to.?? Wadensj?? turned to Gullberg. That??s not the way we do things at Millennium. Erika shrugged. but he had only a vague notion of their family lives. the police. itself be implemented? The Wennerstr?m debacle had given rise to an avalanche of dilemmas within the Security Police.

I know roughly what??s behind it all. Bjurman commented on the fact that I had several tattoos and piercings. definite advice. We don??t know his last name. She was looking at the building from the side.?? ??Tell me. and lastly Inspectors Modig and Holmberg from the Stockholm police. The text was short. Bublanski is the investigative leader for the murders of Bjurman and the couple in Enskede.?? ??Do you feel like having dinner later??? ??Bosnian again??? ??No. I cannot have a news editor that I can??t trust or work with and who devotes his precious time to undermining my decisions. I usually draw a blank. Two of the guns were Polish P-83 Wanads. He needed time and space to think. Maybe he??ll talk.Q. It??ll be on J?rnv?gsgatan.S. But that??s the angle the police are taking. She??s made it plain that she wants you up and over to Bor?s to interview the woman. Now it seemed all wrong. Finally Holmberg pushed his coffee cup aside.

kill the whole story? Orring turned in a good piece.?? ??That may not be such a bright idea.?? Blomkvist laid Salander??s Palm Tungsten T3 hand-held computer and a battery charger on the table between them. But in the half-staffed Saturday newsroom everything was normal. and we??re going to go through a period of adjustment. A police dog followed the trail to a narrow trench in a clearing in a wood about four hundred metres north-east of the farmhouse. but she kept her distance. it seems. I??d rather explain when we can talk in private. National Security Agency. I cannot help you. Its task. Malm wanted to know what had happened in Gosseberga.?? he said. piecing together what had happened overnight. You don??t need any more weeks of rehab. and he??s one of the chief reasons why it??s almost impossible to get the staff to work as a team. but he was taken to St G?ran??s hospital and the group had more of a mop-up job to do than ever. Eriksson had only called. I repeat. But she isn??t Zalachenko. He very soon realized that Paulsson was a pompous.

?? the nurse said.?? she said. She also strapped on a shoulder holster and took her Sig Sauer from the gun cabinet. they knew what had provoked Lisbeth to do what she did. but in A. the media regarded S?po as an excellent news source. who did the investigation in G?teborg. which indicated that the document was Top Secret. Finally. strengths and weaknesses of all his colleagues.?? she said. She would test the system. examining every nook and cranny. a week. listening to her breathing. How should I deal with it??? ??I don??t have the energy to think that through right now. He thanked Janeryd for the meeting and walked the short distance along Lange Voorhout to Hotel des Indes.S. ??She feels sick and she has a strong headache. and then the clock clicked over to 2. How had Blomkvist been able to persuade Bj?rck to reveal such explosive material? And to a journalist at that. then.

??I have to go in to H. Today we have fewer employees responsible for producing more text every day. But not active. and that S. He froze when he saw another entry wound. Fredriksson was the acting news editor. he did go to the reception desk.P. Pippi and the password is p9i2p7p7i. You remember when Mikael was up in Hedestad sulking for almost a whole bloody year. a police officer living on Vittangigaten in V?llingby. the news editor??? ??Yes.C. Blomkvist had apparently reached the point in his story at which Paulsson had decided to ignore everything else he might say. [Slush/Salander]. but we don??t yet know how. By now he was not thinking of anything in particular. Then she opened a notebook and took a pen from her jacket pocket. Salander stared for a long time at the locked door. Gullberg sat down next to Clinton when their meeting was over. ??Simply stated. The signature of the Prime Minister meant that the Section was now a legally approved institution.

thank you. assistant editor of the front page who had worked on the paper for thirty-five years. and this feels exactly like the time you disappeared to Hedestad two years ago. What have you found out??? ??His name is Jonas Sandberg. and he had made the connection to the woman in 11C.?? said Holmberg. He??s keeping track of what goes on around him. Blomkvist was working with Eriksson and Cortez. Johannes. Anyway ???? ??Yes??? ??She had no good reason to trust the police. as well as for the murders of Svensson and Johansson. which meant that some operator would go in manually and listen to the conversation to decide whether it was of interest or not.?? ??We??ll use the whole front page and move everything else back. We don??t need to hide the fact that they concern playing down the Zalachenko affair in the media and so forth.?? she said. Blomkvist noticed that the chief of the Constitutional Protection Unit hesitated for only a second before he got up and brought the thermos over to the conference table. They spent a few minutes making arrangements for the weekend. and dressed.iv Modig and Holmberg arrived at G?teborg Central Station just after 8. She lifted her foot and saw to her dismay that a shard of glass had pierced her heel. Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in ?stermalm. She then glanced at the bedside table and saw the water glass.

??There??s going to be a scandal of enormous proportions.?? ??I can see that they might be. Figuerola stopped short in consternation.?? ??No. ??you had a message from Blomkvist. As luck would have it. Teleborian. If we don??t lift all the copies simultaneously. ??What??s happened??? he said. and was built into an unknown number of satellites that performed pinpoint monitoring of capitals around the world as well as flashpoints of special interest. But that??s now your third lie in about the same number of minutes. it means that a group of officers within S. In the organization. Through this network she could also find herself hideouts abroad. Plus she had stolen Magge??s Harley. He had not yet been brought up to date with all the details. ??Nothing. The problem is that there isn??t anyone in the Section who can actually run it. On the other hand. How now to handle the situation? Technically. He would never see them again. the officers were to handcuff the person in question and bring him to the farm at Gosseberga.

who had obviously not paid attention to a word he had said. ??Our number one objective is to discover if she has any information as to where Ronald Niedermann might be. My prints are all over the house. And her breasts.Saturday. You??re an errand boy. and then he produced rolls and coffee from a thermos. I??m quite sure Henry would agree to that. I want them on my desk when I get back to H. which showed every nook and cranny of the patient Salander??s brain. do it. Which. forty-eight men between the ages of twenty-six and fifty-four. just as when we were editing Dag??s book. originally from Ume? in northern Sweden. the renowned children??s psychiatrist would be one of the most detested men in Sweden. In any case.?? ??We??ll use the whole front page and move everything else back. had conspired to lock Salander away in the asylum. and he reckoned that the final book would run to 320 or 336 pages. ??Mumbo jumbo. Clinton would take care of Giannini.