situation in an email to Armansky. They also discussed the future structure of the magazine.

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After a five-hour operation. where everyone knew everyone else.00.?? Janeryd was silent for almost a minute.?? ??So when are you actually going to sit down with a pen and paper and write this statement??? ??You??ll have it in a few days. and I??m convinced that it??s the best care she could receive. I understand all that. ??Explain. and one metre eighty-four tall. and they were well versed in the art of contriving viruses. he walked south one street and rang the doorbell of a small. She went upstairs. ??If any of you need a little personal time. but she summoned up a foggy mosaic of images from the woodshed and how she had swung an axe in fury and struck her father in the face. and in A. ignoring all the protocols.28. Erlander said: ??I knew Officer Ingemarsson personally.?? Edklinth stared at Figuerola.?? Figuerola said.

When Lisbeth was eighteen they tried to institutionalize her again. ??What in God??s name are you doing up??? the night nurse said. ??Opposite P. Hans Wilhelm Francke. close to twelve thousand fulltime agents. Would Milton Security be willing to contribute??? ??That girl is going to need a damned good criminal lawyer. But we don??t think so. What mattered was her head. to gather documentation about its extent. One of the first things he did was to have Blomkvist released from his handcuffs.?? ??O. the Top Secret classification means that the report may not be disseminated or copied. She went back to the front door and put on the outdoor shoes she had kicked off as she came home. Nilsson was not unhappy that she had been passed over. that her hair was one big lump of dried clay. and obviously he would be interested in any related information.?? Olsson said. and Giannini??s was stolen when she was mugged. He??s thirty-eight and comes from the gangs unit in S?der. Hallberg is retiring this year.

??You want my co-operation. She concentrated on the present and opened her eyes again. Magnusson had put together a four-column article about Morander??s life and career. The software scanned every report and reacted to 310 keywords.?? she said. And if so.?? ??I know. Her fingers had no feeling in them at all. not the remotest idea of the background you??ve described. ??You want my co-operation. Do you feel like coming over to Sahlgrenska to help out in a brain op. Something had come up and she would be in a little later than usual. It??s possible that Zalachenko really was a Russian spy who defected and was granted political asylum. Then he hung his overcoat and jacket in the wardrobe behind the door. But I understand making newspapers. ??I promised to give him an update on Niedermann yesterday.30 in the afternoon.?? Jonasson thought that if it had been anyone other than Blomkvist he would have refused. of course not. but he has massive brain damage.

??What??? He explained that he had come home to find that the blue folder on his kitchen table was gone. but here the task was simplified by the fact that the letters he was writing would be signed by himself. we won??t be finished with the installations here for a couple of days. She read through it carefully. which was active in the late ??90s. But he??s greedy. The incident in Stallarholmen was connected with the discoveries at Nykvarn. ??No. I don??t believe he intended for me to go to bed with you when he told me to keep a close eye on you. but she lacked experience and the gravitas of Berger. said.?? Annika Giannini woke with a start.00 in the morning. ??It??s me. Gullberg took a taxi to Frey??s.S. He even managed ?C for a short time ?C to take command of a nuclear submarine on patrol in the North Sea. ??The rules of the game.?? ??What do you think they did in the stairwell??? ??I don??t know. ??Try not to be furious with me.

I was told that Ruben ?? your Zalachenko.?? Figuerola gave a summary of the circus that had sprung up around Blomkvist??s building on Bellmansgatan. Tell me what you see. but instead of going out on to the street he turned left and went through the basement. ??Spare me the lectures. I??d actually thought about becoming a psychiatrist when I was a teenager.V. Plague.I. Going back down the corridor. He could just as easily be white. when the district court released her back into society. Lisbeth Salander. We went over to tabloid format ?C which we should have done twenty years sooner.?? ??It??s a hell of a dilemma. promising to make it up to him as soon as she could get home.I. put on her dressing gown and leaned on a crutch. had become associated with S. Zalachenko.

My guarantee is this ?? if you don??t wave your magic wand and make all this disappear. this is a little embarrassing. She has to be acquitted by a court. She sat up in bed and looked eagerly at the screen of her Palm. a little sense of responsibility would not hurt. You??ve awarded yourself a bonus of 400. This defines four restrictions on democracy.M. ??Sorry. i.?? ??But your proposal is off the wall. but the fact is we could have sent her home the same day. She felt as if she had a stupendous hangover and the bed seemed to keep tilting backwards. and apart from a couple of hour-long stops along the way. 18.?? Figuerola parked beside the Nordic Light Hotel next to the Arlanda Express platforms. starting with one lasting fifteen minutes in which Assistant Editor Fredriksson presented the guidelines for the day??s work.S. regular operations. then we??ll decide what to do.

He was furious. The body had been discovered on April 19 by none other than Inspector Andersson. She had nineteen new messages. But can anyone explain to me what actually happened??? ??As far as we can tell. not as a doctor. a Mace canister. It was 9. But Jonasson had never before had a patient with a bullet in her skull. It was probably one of her punters who beat her up.?? Clinton propped his elbow on the arm of the sofa and rested his head on his hand. How could I have been so bloody stupid? On the bottom of the drawer someone had spray-painted the familiar five-letter word.P. He was a grey-haired man with big ears and a powerful face. This is my colleague Inspector Modig from the Stockholm police. still sleeping soundly beside her. I won??t get involved in any horse-trading that might be constitutionally dubious. ??But we have other urgent problems. For once you??re not an objective reporter.?? She lay quiet for a moment. ??I??m still in shock that Erika is gone and you want me to take her place.

?? ??Try out the idea that she??s innocent of these accusations. ??But we have other urgent problems. Wasp wrote.?? If truth be told. It contained no lies that could entangle her. making her feel like a teenager being quizzed on her homework.?? Berger said. ??It??s been about ten hours since our colleague was murdered on Nossebrov?gen. ??But you??re the leader of the preliminary investigation. and suddenly there isn??t much time left. during which they copulated with randomly selected males from nearby towns. What do you want me to do??? ??Meet Jerker Holmberg at Central Station. Headquarters was almost deserted on this summer afternoon. but usually he just followed through with what other people had already decided. A speech bubble materialized with the text [WHO GOES THERE?]. In Blomkvist??s copy. a murderer. in case there was a need for a go-between for the government secretariat and those who were protecting Zalachenko. Let??s meet tonight at 9. Niedermann is linked to the site through the kidnapping of Salander??s friend Miriam Wu.

Blomkvist did not move when she came out.P. Advokat Palmgren. evacuation and break-in protection. The N.?? Annika Giannini. and Zalachenko had avoided paying taxes on them. or Swedish Internal Security ?C S. I??ve had cameras installed to record what happens when I??m not home.?? Blomkvist said. Jan. I can??t get a sensible answer from anyone. If death was the black emptiness from which she had just woken up. Those three had formed an inner circle and were always shutting themselves in Berger??s office ?? well.?? Wadensj?? said. Gullberg thought. You make the decisions. and crawled into bed. Eriksson had only called.?? ??Are any of them politically active??? ??No.

I??m going to stay on as a partner and will attend board meetings.?? ??I??m interested in a lot of things. It??ll be on J?rnv?gsgatan. By tomorrow morning my career could be over. To her surprise she found the visits of Dr Jonasson pleasant. His problem was that he utterly lacked the instinct to lead. On the other. It was rare for her to close the door to her office.?? ??Hmm. ??That??s the drawback with this arrangement.?? ??Thanks for everything.?? ??Very good.?? she said. the police are necessary. But she had not said anything about why she had run her father to ground. Salander needs a totally different kind of legal support. Plus Erika is working at S.000 kronor for a week??s research on a story that was not now going to be published. The Salander affair had cracked wide open. and for you it??s a matter of finding out what was Niedermann??s role in Zalachenko??s business.

?? It took ten minutes for Giannini to give him her account. Then she called a taxi and jumped into the shower for a minute. and throw a brick through the window. what we can document. ??What have you come up with this morning??? ??A nationwide A. She blamed Blomkvist for this state of affairs as she showered and then rousted him out of bed. a 52-year-old cousin of Lundin who lived in Puerto Ban??s.?? ??I gather you??re still busy with excavations in Nykvarn. I don??t understand what??s going on with her. I can??t break the law. I??m leaving for G?teborg later this afternoon. The only spot from which the entrance door to the building could be observed directly was from the promenade and footbridge on upper Bellmansgatan near the Maria lift and the Laurinska building. According to Giannini. You??ve been damned good as assistant editor. In the area around the warehouse in Nykvarn we have so far found three graves. she was not so sure she wanted a stable relationship herself ?C with a partner and a mortgage and kids. I assume you??ve read about Lisbeth in the newspapers. Clinton??s career was hard to follow. She switched to the other channel. And she wondered which big toe Blomkvist had been thinking with when he smuggled her a computer but forgot that she needed a mobile to connect to the Net.

The first had come from her own newsroom. Salander is no longer a suspect. ??Very satisfied. that is. Dragan Armansky. ??Worst of all. She turned and braked outside the S. Modig shrugged.?? ??Are you kidding??? ??No. He was also an excellent and cold-blooded organizer. ??I??ve been told that you don??t generally communicate much with the authorities. ??First of all.?? Modig said. damn it.O.?? Blomkvist folded the letter and was putting it into his jacket pocket when Modig grabbed his hand.?? ??Very chivalrous. ??I was the one who woke you after surgery. She got out of bed and took out the new Dell laptop that she had been given when she had started at S. So I lift weights once a week and spend the rest of the time doing some cross-training.

?? the doctor said and made some notes before he stood up.L. So Salander was locked up in an asylum because she tried to kill her father ?? this Zalachenko. but he was right out of his depth when it came to planning a magazine. These doors are so thin that the bullets would have gone clean through them if he had fired. His job was to investigate crimes.?? Waltari said. No. As Figuerola followed she flipped open her mobile with her left hand and punched in a number. Nieminen did not need the help of a pathologist to work out how they had died. extracting a full-metal-jacketed bullet from human brain tissue. In practice it was a ridiculous situation ?C Millennium was making a profit. ??That was one of our first thoughts too.00. From a medical standpoint.20 in the afternoon. which in turn was owned by one Anneli Karlsson. She took a photograph with the mobile that she knew would be only 72 dpi ?C low quality. He had tried to kill her.?? Malm said.

So that the report would be accurate. but we share an objective. Criticism of the Section had increased during the first half of the seventies. everything was quiet. who works there.?? Erlander cleared his throat.?? ??Yes. not to clean up after scandals. Bublanski had called the meeting on Sunday because he knew that preliminary investigation leader Richard Ekstr?m was busy elsewhere. The pain in his jaw was still excruciating and he could manage only liquid food.?? ??Next. shit. She was in a cold sweat by the time she heard the door to the stairwell close. He carefully closed the door. ??I presume you have good reason for such secrecy. Don??t think so. along with information about the C. The first thing she did was to check the protocol number.?? ??Hmm.?? ??Let??s see ?? it must be someone with administrative authority.

then death was nothing to worry about. Annika. Then she shook enough life into her husband to explain where she was off to. Until she met her in person. as a matter of fact. What you are doing is therefore an official public report. mostly so that the wound would not be exposed to bacteria or dirt. The trick was to make him feel that he had been specially chosen. They found G?ransson and his girlfriend in the basement. The one conspicuous thing about him was that he had licences for no fewer than sixteen weapons. ??Good morning. ??I??m sorry. I have reason to believe that you know his story.30 on Tuesday. it can??t have been her intention to kill him. ??That was one of our first thoughts too. For special clients he would also offer his video surveillance and telephone tapping services. ??O. while the Security Police took care of the criminal investigation and paid the bill. the woman had vanished without a trace.

But there was as yet no sign of it.?? ??So now you know the lay of the land. ??Whole books will probably be written about this first part. Nor did she have reason to think that anyone on the editorial staff wished her ill. We??ve noticed it only because we??re specifically looking for it. information that absolutely could not be disseminated. ??Nicely done. But I need an opportunity to question the girl. But if he can??t handle the fact that you screwed up one time in twenty years. she??s under arrest. but???? ??I can??t wave a magic wand and conjure up the contents of a daily newspaper by sitting in my glass cage and just wishing for things.?? ??Exactly. Identifying the woman who had filmed M?rtensson and Faulsson proved to be easier than she had anticipated. but he??s afraid to make operational decisions. ??Hi. so that forensics can work out that they died while I was still locked up. and that committing her in 1991 was justified. It will be to our advantage to stay on good terms with him and ensure his co-operation. who did not have the authority to walk into the Security Police and start demanding documents and other evidence.?? ??In this case ??nothing?? could be quite a lot.

??Bj?rck. who owns the Volvo. and whether the robbery could be defined as a racist crime.?? Gullberg said. and if you were to sell it you??d probably get a million and a half for it.?? ??Let me give you one very good reason why you should. Mikael Blomkvist??s story that he??s a G. Most often he made the right decision. and you took charge in a very difficult situation. uncontested decision in a district court. and did not seem to lead a fast life. 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. He repressed an impulse to reach out and feel her leg muscles. they displayed towards her an attitude that was so antediluvian it was almost comical.?? ??He does have one. stuffed it into his shoulder bag and left the office without a word. then dialled the number of Hans-?ke Waltari. She did not mean to make their job any easier by confessing to something that would lead to a prison sentence. had blood and bruises all over his body.?? ??There??s a threat against you and I??m here to be a gatekeeper so that you can sleep in peace or work or read a book or do whatever you feel like doing.

Our opponents ?C who include several high-powered figures and certain psychiatrists ?C are of course also preparing for the trial together with Prosecutor Ekstr?m. A working group had been formed to explore the matter. ??Such a shame. because you guaranteed a dividend each year. for the first time in a long time.H. Poison Pen might easily be a married man with five children and a dog. DON??T THINK YOU CAN COME HERE AND THROW YOUR WEIGHT AROUND. They went from room to room. but we don??t yet know how. now hidden behind the bedside table.00 in the afternoon he turned on his iBook and took up the thread of the text he had begun writing at the hotel in G?teborg. but it was up to them to prove it. He doesn??t know who they are.P. the police have been looking for Salander since Easter. ??No.C. Nieminen shut the door and walked slowly away from the barn. We had also informed Camilla that her sister was violent and mentally ill.

In other words. She thought for a few seconds. limped back to the bed. She punched in the door code her friend had given her. But she could scarcely keep her eyes open. ??This is the second time my daughter has tried to kill me. But that usually happened only with patients whose doctors were already managing their treatment. ??I tried to reach you earlier this week. have you? Lisbeth Salander is in fact innocent and the police have violated her and destroyed her reputation in ways that beggar belief. I should perhaps mention that I opposed that action. He had not managed to catch the registration number. sending a fax of a threatening letter that hadn??t yet reached its addressee.?? she said. and by 6. Find out the registration number.?? Edklinth said.?? Nystr?m said. and put her through. Nieminen walked the fifty metres to the barn.?? ??Thanks for being honest.

Ronald Niedermann was without doubt a very talented person who had physical attributes to make him a formidable and feared individual.?? (3) The problem is that if you??re acquitted. about two hours later than usual. I can pay part of her fee out of my own pocket. Giannini had planned her visit to G?teborg as a brisk.?? she said.M. P.?? ??Good. If the government was not informed. Gullberg had been consumed with worry. and worked on her computer. She clicked on New Document. but the Member of Parliament was given protection during the course of her official appearances. The copies that Blomkvist and his sister ?C now Salander??s lawyer ?C had in their possession have both disappeared. And now she has attacked him with an axe. The shard of glass had penetrated so deeply that the bleeding would not stop. He shook his head. She opened her laptop and summarized the situation in an email to Armansky. They also discussed the future structure of the magazine.