??I understand you.?? Nurse Agneta frowned. Good cop. When they were seventeen. We??re going to be talking to each other quite a lot.

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Berger was furious. I do. Monika is working her backside off. Nystr?m saw that Ekstr?m had swallowed the bait. and others. but stopped with his hand on the receiver. according to the report. or whether he was overheard making racist remarks at the time of the murder. which was probably because of her. Linder spread a blanket over her. his late wife??s name. One quick look around told him that they were there too late. It was humiliating. She finished at Millennium yesterday. and we??re going to go through a period of adjustment. As she heard the key in the door she realized that the cloth bag and charger were still in view on the bedside table. he did not feel that the cripple was any sort of threat. Do you remember me??? She shook her head. Jonasson sat for a while. I suppose you??re the one who has to make the decision about charging him ???? She looked at Jervas. Then the assassin??s shots rang out on Sveav?gen and the matter became irrelevant.iv Blomkvist had spent Saturday night with Berger.

where place settings were already laid out. a passport. and together we would have decided what to do. That??s never happened. But you could do it. (Which he also did. She smiled. He chose his words with care. And Inspector Erlander in G?teborg has been focusing his search in that direction from day one.?? ??I??m not interrupting anything??? ??No. Does that make sense??? ??It does.?? he said.?? ??Not so.000 other mobile telephones within a kilometre of police headquarters. but he had been told to go to the passport police and immediately to ask for political asylum.?? Jonasson said wearily. What??s the problem??? Blomkvist said.?? ??I know.M. dried herself. It must be some insult. He would probably sleep through an artillery barrage.

?? ??O. I thought we might be able to cut through all the red tape in this case. At least. but he did not by any means consider himself a brain surgeon. Then Falun waited on the landing as Sandberg went in. plus eight apartments in a small building in the courtyard. There has been almost no limit to the fantasies that have been circulated about her. Of course it??s a long way from being a bonus as huge as the ones that some of the directors of Skandia grabbed. You??re my best friend. and transferred by way of the assistant head of Secretariat to the Section. and I??m the one paying her to defend Salander. which helped them turn the informer so that he could become a double agent. it??s a blot on the entire profession. and Holger. a change of clothes. writing down the registration number Cortez read off to him. trying to figure out if this was some puzzling bluff. I couldn??t swear to it. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise. but she could not untie the rope that bound her hands behind her back. Here we are. ??My dear Mikael.

?? ??I get it.?? ??And what did they do there??? ??It couldn??t have been to plant bugs. the ball??s in your court. The hopes for a breakthrough. ??Good morning. She was a suspect in all three murders. I??ve never seen him before. I slept here alone last night. The pain in her left shoulder had subsided a bit.?? ??Which positions??? Berger said. She signalled and headed off a couple of pedestrians who tried to sneak across even though their light was red.M. If the worst came to the worst. even though he was obviously not supposed to write it until after he had been given the opportunity to examine her. He was too busy monitoring the movements of the journalist Mikael Blomkvist. and much of what he thinks he knows is wrong. I was told by a former colleague that he has difficulty working with women.. It was just after 8. ??M?rtensson works for S?po. Nor did Giannini tell him anything of what she and her client discussed. The other seemed a bit older.

I don??t understand how it??s done.?? Armansky said. But I really don??t want you to stay here alone. but this was no deviation from the daily routine. They were just passing Sergels Torg in the city centre. ??It??s all about getting Ekstr?m to split the two cases. and the crime scene investigation proceeded as best it could under the circumstances.?? Eriksson said. ??Yes.?? They exchanged hotmail addresses. had not replied to any of the letters. You were the one who met them.?? ??What ?? huh??? He sat up and looked around in bewilderment. writing with the stylus on the keypad.?? ??Do you have your car nearby??? ??The last time I checked it was in the parking space outside..). but let??s assume.O. I??ve had threats before. ??So where do you come from??? ??Most recently from G?teborg. out of shape as he was.

?? ??Are you hurt??? ??No.?? ??Who??s H. And then we??ll track down Niedermann. You know Salander was the victim of an injustice in the early ??90s. just a rumour??? ??It??s no rumour that the police are looking into the possibility. In addition.06 in the evening.?? she said. ??You want my co-operation. Just then he was sober. The solution to the problem had been very simple. We don??t have the resources for what you??d think of as an operations unit. In the distance she heard a voice that seemed to be talking to her. isn??t just hiring Erika Berger.?? Giannini repeated. There were plenty of examples of these fools taking the leap from fantasy to action. It was an unpleasant subject. Trinity had a van with thirty kilos of electronic equipment. Then he spoke in a lighter tone of voice. He looked at her dragon. or whether this would go on being the preserve of the Immigration Division. He was looking straight ahead.

he knows we??re going to find his prints on the gun. ??It??s a police killing and the press is out in force. but his sick leave was extended and now it??s a question of waiting for an operation. That folder is your most important evidence.?? ??Well. When they were alone she had asked her why she so provocatively refused to talk to the police.?? ??Who got in first??? ??We got in more or less at the same time. She also decided that since her brother and her client had not so far communicated with each other. that is. it??s Monica from S.?? Clinton shook his head again. She had heard the man explain to a nurse right outside her door that he had to see Herr Karl Axel Bodin on an urgent matter.00 in the morning. ??This whole story is going to be published very soon. that he was co-operating. In any case he had a penchant for civil disobedience on a private level. Blomkvist looked pleased.?? Bublanski said. He had ridden over there with Lundin to burn the damned summer cabin down.?? ??But Blomkvist has already been warned ?? they stole Bj?rck??s report from there. Jonasson ordered tomography with the new and improved C. if the entire underworld is looking for him.

??That??s right.I.?? ??I??ve taken care of her since she was twelve.M.?? ??Well. but all very correct. He happened to look into the living room and stopped short in surprise.?? ??Car. If I thought that.?? Ellis had raven-black hair with a touch of grey. ??Zalachenko was a defector from a foreign power. Furthermore. where he was received by Birger Wadensj??. and together we would have decided what to do. She found the assessment Rosin had carried out of Berger??s house. I??ve been here five months ?C this is my last week. she had stabbed Zalachenko. as Berger was going through the headlines on page two and discussing the texts with the head of revisions. Why should it cost 10. But as yet I have no reason to believe that is the case. Poison Pen might easily be a married man with five children and a dog. Salander logged off by writing a brief message: Everyone sent her hugs and kisses and admonished her to keep the hole in her head warm.

??Rikardsson. a terrible pain shot up his leg. He gripped the base of the bullet. ??I know that.?? ??I see.?? ??Don??t pull the wool over my eyes. ??I think he knows that already. The rest of the investigation concerning Niedermann would be handled by Ekstr?m himself.B.?? ??In what way bizarre??? Erlander glanced at Modig and Holmberg. seventy-eight years old. deceased ?C a suicide.?? ??What??s happened??? ??Blomkvist found Salander. but I think you??ll have to inform the speaker of parliament and the constitutional committee ?? This is going to leak out fast. The autobiography was a fiction in the sense that she had not. ??So we??ve got a month before the next issue. The follow-up care had been a marathon of agony. listening. ??And what are you going to do with that? Shoot me? You??ll spend the rest of your miserable life in prison. His job was to save his patient??s life. ??I??ll sum up so that I am absolutely certain that I understood you correctly. hasn??t done any serious coverage of the civil service and government agencies for at least eight years.

?? Modig held up a photograph of Bj?rck??s distorted face. Tell me about this story. and paused to watch two Muslim women in veils hurry past him. nothing yet. That really would have thrown a spanner in the works. and where the commonest qualification for a new recruit was that his father was or had been an officer.?? ??This is one hell of an investigation. He hovered between life and death for several days. That will be done later this week. but not before a long and diplomatic circumlocution.K. The most important characteristic was one that Clinton did not mention. ??I can assure you. Or if he felt betrayed and wanted to get even. She closed her door. But then she realized that this isn??t exactly your style and then ???? ??Then??? ??Well.M. She had nothing specific to work on. you just say ??No comment??.?? ??O. It??s your job to take care of Lisbeth??s physical and mental health. when she was sent to the psychiatric hospital.

And Wasp was one of its citizens. An agent already connected to the most secret of the secret. Protest meetings were held and petitions were sent to Minister of Immigration Birgit Friggebo.?? ??I understand ?? Frank. She took out her stylus and wrote the word Remarkable on the screen as her I. The legal department has been informed that I possess this knowledge but cannot discuss it with them.?? ??How are you doing? Are you able to have a conversation??? ??I want to report a serious crime. most of the books published about the Security Police were from the late ??80s. When we recruit somebody. Trust me.?? Modig blinked twice. was not true. just like Otto Danielsson. months even. She wondered whether he was an ostentatious nouveau riche. one of whose drivers punched his windscreen in fury. Maybe it was a planned operation that was shelved. He??s ambitious and on the lookout for anything that will benefit his career.?? Nurse Agneta frowned. We haven??t found hide nor hair of her since. She felt a fool. and jogged past the Pocket bookshop before slowing down so as not to attract attention.

We have excellent documentation in Dag Svensson??s notes. Mandrake wrote. Here we are. Criminal Inspector. That was how she felt about Fermat. 19. Clinton is your boss. who??s responsible??? the P. so he tried her number at the Millennium offices. During that period the Sj?bo debate* had been conducted in Sweden. and by 2001 she had moved to Stockholm.?? ??That??s correct. I??m on my way.. You can??t wear both hats. She tried to open her eyes. Did she go there expressly to murder him ?C as the prosecutor claimed ?C or was it to make him listen to reason? When Giannini raised the subject of her former guardian. I??m beginning to think that I made a colossal mistake taking on the job. then we will assist each other in finding solutions.?? A smile spread over Cortez??s face. It was not until a month after the government was formed that the chief of S. He would never regain full health.

Then she lowered her eyes.?? ??I got a tip this morning and took it to Holm.R. and I??m afraid she??s going to get the same medicine when the trial begins.?? Jonasson pulled off his blood-stained nitrile gloves and dropped them in the bio-waste disposal bin. I don??t think that. she had assembled everything that could be found out about him in the public archives.?? ??I??m not interested in military secrets. She took a photograph with the mobile that she knew would be only 72 dpi ?C low quality. ??Since the newspapers have already written about a lesbian gang. She sat on the edge of her bed. He took a shower and changed his clothes while Waltari waited patiently in the kitchen. I was posted to Egypt. Whoops. She tired easily and her left shoulder was tight and hurt at the very least effort. the car was in the visitors?? car park. and several years later some members of the ??people??s militia?? in Hacker Republic. ??You know more than you ought to. but we haven??t been able to identify him. a mass murderer. If you work out you can eat whatever you want.S.

She waited until the night nurse had been and gone. ??A mutual friend spoke with you. He assumed it was Wadensj?? who was responsible for the Chagall and Mondrian reproductions. Got himself arrested for insulting a police officer. I was pretty busy. he must have chosen a simple password. Zalachenko was a Soviet defector. No police report was ever filed.?? Nystr?m had said at their very first meeting. But that??s not why you came. She wondered what she thought of herself. ??Hmm. that would have been against the law. She knew her brother. ??It just ended.?? said the Minister of Justice.??Friday. She knew her brother. Berger looked up and scanned the half-empty newsroom beyond the glass cage.K. ??Hello. can only pursue recommendations forwarded to them by other departments.

?? Jonasson said. should also be informed. one of them the globally recognized International Joint Effort Against Child Labour in London. also in some quarters known as the Salander case. ??As far as the G?teborg police are concerned. In his editorials he came across as boring and conservative. Inspector Bublanski. and those responsible must be held accountable. ??So what I just handed in is part of a continuing campaign against her.?? ??Why did they pick me then??? Berger said. What we??re going to do in this book is to state what happened.?? ??Micke ?? I ???? ??Your very last editorial.?? ??I mean ?? they called you.?? ??Doing what??? ??I??m guessing ?C since she was filming M?rtensson and Faulsson on the street ?C that she??s documenting their activities. We can pretty much assume that she took the pistol with her to Gosseberga. that really upset him.?? ??Then I have something to tell you too. Figuerola expected him to follow his quarry.?? ??So you don??t think she??s crazy. ??You know what? I??m incredibly hungry. and to identify the individuals responsible or in any way involved. It was 9.

?? ??You would be a source.?? ??I see. When he was faced with the prospect of deportation. We have taps on Blomkvist??s landline and mobile. I??m going to the media if these bastards piss all over Salander one more time. hotel rooms.?? Modig said.?? Gullberg and Wadensj?? glared at each other for a long moment. She had tracked him to Gosseberga fully intending to kill him. BuckRogers. For that the response time is at best twenty minutes but more likely twenty-five. but it resurfaced whenever she tried to move. Immediately it was easier to breathe. ??Good idea. which corresponded to the letters W-A-S-P on the keyboard. Careers were built on Zalachenko. He heard faint voices to the left and turned to look. She would be forced to explain herself and to beg for forgiveness because she had defended herself. said they would fix it first thing in the morning. She could not help but smile. And now the murderer herself had been shot. He was as bewildered as Erlander on that score.

He knew he was being watched from the kitchen window. thin as a stick. Her vision was blurred.?? ??Curt Andersson. That??s my part of the operation. who had evidently stayed at Berger??s house the night before and who had emailed a report late that night.?? ??Why did S. suspected of attempting to murder the fugitive Lisbeth Salander. and sat for three minutes staring at the blank screen. What are you looking for??? ??I want you to do a workplace report on Sahlgrenska hospital. ??I have today off.?? Figuerola said. have you ever wondered if the two of us aren??t completely nuts??? ??What do you mean??? ??It??s true for me. At morning rounds. One was the chief of S?po. but Paulsson was not interested. since her assignments were largely to act as a counter-force to raging lunatics. At lunchtime she returned to police headquarters in Kungsholmen and spent two hours thinking as she pumped iron in the gym. 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. I want you to go to the hospital and observe the work in the emergency ward and the intensive care unit for a couple of days.?? It was Gunnar Magnusson. We don??t know who this person is.

O. about his conversation with Giannini. but I know an excellent Bosnian place at Fridhemsplan. He had worked like a fiend with Zalachenko. ??I need a favour. some sort of authority is needed to guarantee the observance of these laws. ??O. It was 10. Then he turned on Salander??s computer.?? ??Could you explain your relationship to Niedermann??? ??I??m disabled. What he was expected to confess. if I came after 9. but until such time he??s the police??s problem. She wondered where she had put Cortez??s file on Borgsj? and Vitavara Inc. hypothetically. ??Borgsj? is chairman and majority shareholder of a company called Svea Construction. they are anxious to arrest him as soon as possible. deep inside she was pleased with Salander??s silence. Bj?rck messed around with teenage prostitutes and Millennium were going to expose him. ??And there??s going to be war when we publish it.?? ??You have to hand in a statement. What else could he do? She returned to the subject of the front page.

But we have several suspects. on the steep slope down towards Pryssgr?nd. It was three storeys to the ground. had to be added to the list: Peter Teleborian. One of the men looked to be in his late thirties or early forties and had blond hair. When Holmberg told him that we suspect that Salander was locked up by the people who were protecting Zalachenko. People who have risked their lives for democracy will be in danger of being killed. Janeryd turned pale.00 in the evening and Giannini did not usually appear this late.?? ??And??? ??When we were discussing this yesterday. What do we know about them??? ??Prosecutor Ekstr?m. he shouldn??t have had a clue that she was Zalachenko??s daughter; it??s not in any public records. He watched the flow of people on G?tgatan.M.?? ??Deterioration??? ??Compared with when she was receiving qualified care as a teenager. but her intellectual gifts are undeniable. Millennium functioned without him precisely the way the magazine is going to have to function without me now. But the rest is guesswork. such as the Prime Minister himself. Why is that??? Salander??s eyes darkened. Everyone was paranoid. He had known him since the ??80s.

But he does have a problem with me.iv Blomkvist got up just after 9. The risk you are running is that you could have bleeding in your brain. But why doesn??t he react? A normal person would react. It sounds a little cryptic. ??Raped??? he said. ??We??ve given you a name. ??The chief of Secretariat and the chief of Budget belong to us. In the ??70s and ??80s he was twice arrested and charged with breaking and entering. Teleborian to the south. But Magge is in deep shit. ??The killing of the police officer is the main thing right now. then pulled the forceps straight out. One was from another member. she did not intend to back out. ??So what??s this visit all about then??? Holmberg looked out of the window and saw a magpie land next to his car and peck at the ground. Wadensj?? stared in disbelief when Gullberg returned at 2. so they won??t be publishing it tomorrow.?? Salander felt an icy chill run down her spine. The police had released nothing about Salander??s condition. Not only that; she was terribly frightened. if he walked into the corner of a table or a bench.

Her life was her own business. You??re no innocent. a change of clothes.?? Blomkvist said.?? ??I??m sorry. ??He??s turning north on Kungsgatan. Instinctively she wanted as little as possible to do with the hospital staff.?? Figuerola was making notes. In the late morning it dawned on Blomkvist that his rental car was still at the Gosseberga farm.?? ??I did not say there was no rush. journal or notes. At first she could not make any sense of it. have a seat. He somehow tracked down where Salander was living but he won??t give us the address. but he??ll try to get out of the country as soon as he can. ??Get back into bed at once.?? ??No. I went to the reception desk and showed my I. As far as he could see she had no complications in the form of memory lapses. so they??ve been trying to make it easier for companies to buy less expensive products that are equally good. Eriksson and Malm. ??The board will never go along with this.

??Sonja ?? I think you understand how things stand. ??Rikardsson. ??You played your cards very well. It was an improbable stroke of luck that when Alexander Zalachenko walked into Norrmalm police station on Election Day 1976 and requested asylum. I have to fight dirty.K.M. ??Editor-in-chief of S.?? to differentiate it from ??the Division?? or ??the Firm. She created a new folder called [MediaFool] and saved both messages.?? ??Anything new on Svavelsj? M. blood pressure is 100/70. 8.?? It was several seconds before he could absorb the whole impact of the news. ??O.?? ??Why? I mean.?? Berger said.?? ??I understand you.?? Nurse Agneta frowned. Good cop. When they were seventeen. We??re going to be talking to each other quite a lot.