said. the car was in the visitors?? car park. but he made these journeys less and less often. showered.

?? ??What I??m wondering is whether you consider the source to be reliable
?? ??What I??m wondering is whether you consider the source to be reliable. I can tell you that he is a defector.?? Sandberg said suddenly. I thought we might be able to come to an understanding here.P. If these very unpleasant pranks continue we will have to consider reporting them to the police. We??d be sent down so fast it??d make your head spin. Isn??t what??s-his-name. Even if we count you in. and your delicious grotto. ??How??s the old bastard doing??? ??Who? You mean???? ??The one who came in the same time as I did. Badenbrink was an implacable colleague in whom Gullberg had implicit trust.I. And then we??ll track down Niedermann. Salander used to train at a gym in S?der. ??Toilets. Don??t use my email. played tennis.D. He sat still for almost ten minutes before he heard movement in the corridor and was aware that the police had arrived. assign two personal assistants to help him with all the practical matters.S.

I won??t take it to S. however. Inspector Bublanski. you have to admit. Holm met her gaze.?? Gullberg nodded. getting his bearings. this would have been hard to avoid. you have to understand that Salander is exceptionally resourceful. ??I never knew Zalachenko. I thought we might be able to come to an understanding here. In the course of the day Figuerola??s team had interviewed a number of people now retired from the Swedish Atomic Energy Agency. since Dr Endrin was assigned to her case. possession of illegal weapons. We suggest that you share your knowledge. But it was. Blomkvist. I??d love to tell you the whole thing. Then he heard a sound to his right and saw the Prime Minister get up from an armchair. He heard the sound of the chopper and watched as it banked through the storm squalls down towards the helipad. In the ??70s and ??80s he was twice arrested and charged with breaking and entering.?? Sandberg said lightly.

One was a serious burn case.?? ??You don??t quite understand the hard economic facts.?? ??I heard that you had a disagreement about a headline with Anders Holm. He had ended up in the same situation as during the Wennerstr?m affair. how you came to be in possession of the Top Secret S?po report on Zalachenko.?? ??Negative too? It??s no good if the two of you can??t work together???? ??I have no problem working with him. The Russian defector who came to Sweden in 1976. ??O. He opened his mobile and called Cortez. ??What were you told about that group??? ??Nothing. ??I established it this morning. Sandberg and Nystr?m will do the legwork. In such serious instances the investigation was also assumed to come under the authority of the Prosecutor General.?? Blomkvist looked around the room. you??re not going to do anything for the moment. Wasp wrote. who was snoring peacefully. Everything was classified. If you have information to that effect you should take action. ??I need to fill them.?? ??Let??s hear it. He got up from the kitchen table.

But I can give you the authority to conduct a one-man investigation. Since this particular chief was a man who never asked questions that might yield unpleasant answers. Murder suspect or not. How was that possible? Edklinth tried to imagine what reasonably would have happened if he had been sitting at the chief??s desk at S.?? ??I would urge you to wait and see. I was terrified that something had happened. S?po??? ??That??s what Blomkvist claims.?? ??And he knows you??re twenty-seven and a temp and that you??re useful when he wants to plant information that the prosecutor wants put out. but she had also to deal with her own problems. At the last moment she changed her mind. If the situation had been reversed ?C if S. He wanted to get an idea of how the ward was laid out. and as discreetly as possible. and did not seem to lead a fast life. uncovered planned lovers?? trysts. stood up. Nieminen called him twice on his mobile.?? Salander looked at him. and now his hand rested on the trousers that he had dropped on the floor next to the bench. This was one of twelve similar matters which the assistant chief of S. there was only one way out of the dead end ?C up to Br?nnkyrkagatan via Pustegr?nd and towards Slussen. When we get to that courtroom the prosecutor won??t have a single syllable from any interrogation to fall back on.

?? Everyone around the table had heard of the Wennerstr?m affair and knew the name. She could not put her finger on what was wrong. Salander was not sure. Was G?ran M?rtensson working on anything important. ??I thought you were starting Monday. She realized that she was sufficiently recovered now that she could have walked out of the hospital. causing deep bruising there.?? ??No. Kalle Bloody Blomkvist was complicating life for her. If it were a fake. Can you bring me up to speed so that I can get the hang of what??s going on??? ??What happened here tonight is the culmination of the murders of two friends of mine in Enskede. Behind Wennerstr?m you can see three people. He was under great pressure. Mikael doesn??t know anything about it either. 2. The May issue is done ?C we??ve already worked hard on it. Blomkvist briefly explained what had happened and asked Cortez to pass the information to Millennium??s editor-in-chief.00 in the evening and Giannini did not usually appear this late. I tracked him to Gosseberga. It had taken him all day to work out that her room was two doors down the corridor to the right. In that case. assault.

I was told that Ruben ?? your Zalachenko. held it to his temple. think and believe anything whatsoever.?? ??Fredrik.. He represents the media.?? ??So you??re suggesting in all seriousness that the board should decide to abolish dividends and bonuses.?? he said in a gloomy voice. that is. The problem was that she did not know what she should do. I??ve been sent to invite you. I??m a friend. if this had been during the communist days???? ??That??s an illusion.?? Blomkvist turned and looked at her profile. He was recruited by S. When the X-rays came through he studied them intently. ??I??m guessing that he??s sitting there wishing he??d never heard of Zalachenko. She pulled up a chair and sat down. My orders. Salander swore in frustration and pinged Plague. But the officers were warned not to tire him. You??ll have to send the material to a hotmail address.

?? ??This doesn??t mean that I distrust you. Why had she not stayed outside? She would have recognized him when he came out. and Edklinth did not welcome the necessity to get mixed up in it. I??m going to walk to the Scandic Crown and book a room. ??What do you propose??? ??I don??t propose.?? Figuerola parked beside the Nordic Light Hotel next to the Arlanda Express platforms. She saw the glass doors of the editor-in-chief??s office. at any rate. department. Torstensson was still alive. One of the big costs is building materials. But he was bothered by the fact that they had to dress like that in the middle of Stockholm.?? ??I would urge you to wait and see. This was not very informative.U. a third to overheads. Zalachenko had gone and fucked that stupid whore Agneta Sofia Salander. were masters of forgery and disinformation. Holger Palmgren. such as the Prime Minister himself. Figuerola stared at her receiver for two minutes. Otherwise it??s new recruits.

there??ll be a massive scandal.?? As she waved him out of the glass cage she saw Holm watching her from the other side of the news desk. She had 37. After an hour the headache had grown worse. and if clashes between various interests threaten to arise. How now to handle the situation? Technically.?? ??How old is he now??? ??He turned seventy-one two months ago. I know names. it was not this. A uniformed officer drew his attention to a cigarette butt ?C a filterless Pall Mall ?C some distance from the hole. She asks questions non-stop. This was one of twelve similar matters which the assistant chief of S. He??ll understand. Her name is Annika Giannini. I just wanted to hear how you??re doing and if everything is going well.?? ??Run that by me again.M.?? ??It??s not the same thing. Anybody who could keep up surveillance inside the bustling N. that I won??t take the job if it??s illegal. and among colleagues he would also refer to ??the Company?? or ??the Firm. but she can??t work for nothing.

I??ve been considering bringing him in here.P. Apparently he was a tax lawyer.?? Edklinth studied Malm??s photographs of a man getting into a car with a registration number that began with the letters KAB.M. Next week I??ll be travelling. Starting now. has been to see me twice in the past few days. and came to the conclusion that the girl was mentally ill. but they had no choice. and then enrolled in the army. ??That??s a guess. they would have at the very least questioned me. That had not been part of the plan anyway. ??Pnkllrs. But someone else has. The shot in Lundin??s foot must have happened after she kicked him. ??Should I go now or should I wait for you??? ??Would it be O. I don??t intend to interrogate them. When she was admitted to Sahlgrenska hospital I performed a comprehensive medical examination on her. He looked somehow familiar. Where are you??? ??I??m at the bar.

Which meant that they all had to carry two mobiles with them. As far as a scandal goes ?? A retired tax lawyer wrote paranoid letters to newspapers. This was the ninth anonymous message she had received containing the word ??whore. no ???? ??Teleborian wrote this in a report that he sent to Bj?rck. His ill health had taken a heavy toll.?? ??And??? Figuerola said.?? ??I saw him a little while ago. Bloody Blomkvist. He was in G?teborg being his usual Blomkvist self. only vice versa. The fact that the Director of Constitutional Protection had gone to the trouble of bringing him in said that somebody was nervous. He??s asleep and has turned off his mobile. ??Coffee. the others were discussing to what extent the Swedish Prime Minister??s computer could be made to send civil but crazy emails to other heads of state. By tomorrow morning my career could be over. ??I??d be glad to discharge her because we certainly don??t have any beds to spare here. at eighteen. 13. But the elderly man who came in at the same time as you is critical but out of danger. ??Yes??? ??Apologies for bothering you on the street outside your home. In any case. said.

You made it sound as if you knew what was being discussed at the Prime Minister??s secretariat. which is supposed to be neutral. We??re interested in hearing what he has to say about the murders in Stockholm. Third. point by detailed point. Ingela Oscarsson. ??Twenty-two. At first she could not make any sense of it. past the parliament building. Blomkvist had devised a 24/7 roster.?? sent apparently by someone at a well-known media outlet in Sweden. I want to caress you and kiss your breasts. the way you do when you haven??t seen someone for some time. ??I have to go in to H. which do you prefer? Handcuffed or voluntary??? ??I??ve been handcuffed by the police once already this year. He knew that technically he was withholding evidence.?? ??But I have to remind you right from the start that I??m not a criminal lawyer. If I were to make the decisions they would be different again. She was irritated with Giannini. ??Stop. She bent down and bit him on the ear. She put the Palm in the recess behind the bedside table and waited while two Eritrean women vacuumed the room and changed her bedlinen.

If people in government are mixed up in this. but in any case she was in no condition to be questioned. and he has Niedermann as a scapegoat. She did. but I??d love to curl up and sleep next to you. so you have no way of backing up your claims.?? Berger??s life had been filled with meetings and work around the clock the minute she had stepped into Morander??s shoes. smiled sheepishly. Grimly they studied the site. ??I have to go in to H. with a thousand policemen. in 2001 and 2004. He saw immediately the need to create a new structure around the defector. She looked in astonishment at the icon bar. ?C but the discovery that her most personal and intimate possessions had been stolen. but I??ve got a feeling that Micke and Christer Malm and the others will be able to work things out. ??There are two problems remaining. The follow-up care had been a marathon of agony. Bublanski explained why he was calling. ??I think she??s out of danger. said nothing. a professional board member.

They used a technique called Random Frequency Tracking System. scaring the hell out of a couple and their kids. At a time when the newspaper was on the edge and a campaign of rejuvenation was under way. If he claimed not to have known that many of the workers there were only twelve or thirteen years old. It??s beautiful weather and Saturday afternoon. and in the end the price burden falls on the renters or the taxpayers. He took a clean sheet from a linen cupboard and cut it up to make bandages.I. But the most obvious purpose would have been to involve the Swedish government in a scandal.?? He nodded. Hitler salute. She stared at the screen for fifteen minutes without seeing the words. S. But what I??m asking is whether or not you??re willing to put yourself in her corner and get into a pitched battle with her enemies.?? ??There??s forensic evidence that???? ??Fuck the forensic evidence.?? ??How the hell can he know Zalachenko??s daughter ?? that sounds like too big a coincidence. Either we make the whole thing disappear.m. Her heart skipped a beat. I??m sorry ?? in the rush I forgot to let you know. ??The last thing we want to do is to interfere with the press. had nothing to do with this morning??s events.

??I suggest we don??t decide anything now. and he??s one of the chief reasons why it??s almost impossible to get the staff to work as a team. He had been chief of Secretariat for a decade. Berglund put a dog-eared. Has a shop at Norrtull. Blomkvist ?C or more likely somebody he had hired and who was out there ?C would have to change the batteries at regular intervals. we sent for a copy of her file from St Stefan??s. Salander had once checked it out and confirmed that the town of Jobsville did not exist.?? said Bublanski. there was a confrontation between the government security forces and her Milton bodyguards. a Mace canister and a pistol. He??s a tough old boy. but his colleagues had learned that Ekstr?m was planning for a trial in July. ??If all this about Gunnar Bj?rck is true and it comes out. I don??t understand what??s going on with her. a 26-year-old temp on the culture pages. She could not sit up even. it??s not a unique situation in the wake of the Soviet Union??s collapse. That could not have been chance. much of it dealt with Salander??s mental state. ??That means that Zalachenko was murdered by the Section.M.

and the Violent Crimes Division had racked up a vast amount of overtime since Wednesday. When she left patrol duty to become a criminal inspector. and he hacked his first computer when he was thirteen. As you yourself have pointed out.?? Edklinth told her.?? Blomkvist said. Above all. She had not tackled the Peter Fleming account because she did not need to have full administrator rights.?? He clicked on an image on his computer and turned the screen towards Faste.?? Blomkvist could feel the blood rush to his head. shut the door behind her.M. Their burek is fantastic. ??And how are you doing this evening??? ??I have a splitting headache and I feel feverish. After an hour the headache had grown worse. And they??re going to get it a few days before the trial. She waited until the night nurse had been and gone. for a fee of 30. Gullberg looked up to see a smartly dressed man of about sixty and a younger man in jeans and a tweed jacket.?? He stood up suddenly. which means that the operations budget has actually increased. he knows we??re going to find his prints on the gun.

??He was S. I got the forceps and pulled out the arrow and bandaged the wounds. It defies all rhyme or reason.?? ??Sounds like blackmail. He was soft-spoken. Erika had me to lean on. where he was required once more to provide precise directions to the spot. You approved it and gave her the assignment at 11.?? ??A little too fast. and in his teens he was a skinhead. The room was easier to guard. Nurse Nicander handed him a cup of tea. There were stalkers who travelled from Germany or Italy to follow a 21-year-old lead singer in a pop band from gig to gig. her husband. of Bjurman??s rape.?? ??This could get a bit awkward. There was a recess where a radio had been removed. The budget chief and the C. She was filled with doubt about the plan that her brother had outlined to her. against members of the Immigration Division.?? All of a sudden Zalachenko looked uncertain. which in this case meant that the chief had covered his back.

??It??ll pass. Or. We get access tomorrow. She saw that it was 5.M. The autopsy revealed that she died as a result of a staggeringly vicious assault. but after going back and forth about this.S. I thought it was a good idea to have something to fall back on if the medical studies didn??t work out. he could forget about Zalachenko.?? Ghidi said. and in fact he??s already on his way.?? ??Where??? ??Outside Seglora. Yet Gullberg??s injuries were considerably more serious than those that Salander had sustained. Blomkvist and Giannini ?C until further notice. What was I supposed to do. that??s what I need to know. You should be able to call for help. ??This is a great sleazy story. 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. Have you got the number of Mikael??s second mobile? The one that??s not tapped.I.

You??ll have to accept what I??m saying. he would stay in the intensive care unit for a few more days yet. They were the ones who had taken care of Zalachenko.?? Blomkvist finished for him. some years ago. She clenched her teeth and stifled an impulse to ask Blomkvist to sit on the story. We??ll do everything in our power to assist you with a lawyer and so on ?? but we need your cooperation. ??I think I can handle Millennium. But. I??ll be starting at another publication. Careers were built on Zalachenko. When Lisbeth was twelve. His voice softened slightly. That held for a few minutes until the head of Budget pointed out that S. ??Maybe we???? ??What if we???? Edklinth and Figuerola had started talking at the same time before falling silent. as well as to the murder of Bjurman. ??Zalachenko ?? so that??s your father??? Well. were of the kind that were never going to be proven. but he was sure that he already had everything Janeryd could tell him.?? ??That??s what I thought. Lisbeth Salander was shot in the head.?? ??Thirty seconds ago you did get an email from me.

?? Clinton said.?? Holm said. Presumably because of the threat of revelations about his sexual deviations. Gullberg followed the story in a state of awful confusion.?? ??But isn??t Russia a democracy now too? I mean.?? ??Then you can also obtain formal access to visit her through the appropriate channels without side-stepping regulations. No elaboration was forthcoming. above.S. He managed a slight curl of his lips. They cuddled for a while and then both fell asleep in seconds.?? ??What will this mean for the case against Salander??? ??For the moment. Berger swore when she got back to where she had parked her B. Eva Carlsson knocked on the door.?? ??I agree with you there. ??It would be a national catastrophe if the whole truth about Zalachenko were to leak out. with an apologetic glance at Blomkvist. I ?C or rather. are cutting into our ad. she would not have hesitated. but it could be something as simple as an allergy to her medication or to something else she??s come into contact with. which sells genuine Swedish toilets for 1700 kronor apiece.

Blomkvist was working on the Salander story and would not share any part of it. As the nurse was closing the door Salander glimpsed the guard on his chair out in the corridor. Your turn. Her constitutional rights are being violated by the very people who ought to be protecting her. ??Probably to see me dead. But for the time being all this lay outside Zalachenko??s control.?? ??And you??re coming to me because you don??t trust the leadership of the Security Police??? ??No. there??ll be a scandal that will affect both the conservative and social democratic parties. You??ll see what I mean when we talk. But not the prosecutor who brought the charges against her. I have a mountain of work before the trial begins. and he??s going to assist Ekstr?m. it??s because he knows or suspects that you??ve got something brewing. In January 1992 he left Upplands V?sby a free man. There was nothing wrong with the arrangement.00 p.?? Malm nodded thoughtfully. It was not the first time she had received a threatening email or a message from a crackpot. 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. Yet she felt indifferent. her I. He did meet with the fair-haired man.

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. then we have a constitutional crisis on our hands. She knew that he was loyal to the point of foolhardiness once he had made someone a friend. ??Where are you guys??? ??You said to call when we passed Ikea. In shock she stood still for about a minute. and in your bedroom. Retired in 1991.?? ??I know. Before I go to press I??m going to do a formal interview with you.?? Her heart sank. I was told that Ruben ?? your Zalachenko. against or the attempted murder of Zalachenko. But Malm had not participated in any parade ?C apart from Gay Pride ?C in at least ten years.?? said Fredriksson.P. By your reasoning. and for the past week she had not taken any headache tablets.?? Nystr?m said. We would be demolished. Otherwise it??s new recruits. He got out at Birger Jarlsgatan at 10. At least.

She could not stay away. ??He was S. It??s exercise more than hard training. with dormer windows looking out on Gamla Stan and the waters of Riddarfj?rden. After the tumult of Zalachenko??s murder and Gullberg??s attempted suicide. We??ve got a little time ?C find out exactly how long before the next issue is published ?C but we have to confiscate both those copies.. Wadensj??. ??That??s from a source I have to protect. Swedish Internal Security. the Securitas guard. to an apartment with the name Martinsson on the door. Do you remember me??? She shook her head. You??ll have your share of clashes with him. there is that possibility. As always.?? Blomkvist leaned forward and explained his plan. His voice took on a confidential tone. who had obviously not paid attention to a word he had said. the car was in the visitors?? car park. but he made these journeys less and less often. showered.