long report. The thieves were eventually caught. It??s a question of his need to control us. ??The four of us are just dumb police officers. Edklinth nodded.

As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan
As soon as he closed the door Figuerola was on her feet and back out on Kungsgatan.?? Jonasson said. It was dark and she had no sense of how long she had been aimlessly walking. and there was a robbery in Norrk?ping in which one person was injured. introduced himself. More than just fine. Clinton is retired.?? ??Why not? Has something happened??? ??Well.?? ??Do you have any reason to believe that he had planned. I don??t know who??s going to be in charge of this case or if it??ll be transferred to Ekstr?m in Stockholm. if that time ever comes. But since we don??t know who the enemy is. Figuerola nodded and started the engine. Part of it is probably that she??s very impressed by you and likes you a lot ?? as a boss. ??Do you think she??d want me for her lawyer??? ??Probably she wouldn??t want any lawyer at all. She estimated that the width of her room was about five metres. Jonasson was left with the second patient.

was but she seldom chatted. the reporter.?? Modig said. You were the one who called the paramedics. Then he opened his own shop. but she had a body like ?? hmm. The first patrol car with Torstensson and Ingemarsson from the station in Trollh?ttan arrived a few minutes after the helicopter landed. whom they believed to be Jonas. It was a gigantic step up from Millennium with a staff of five to a daily newspaper with eighty reporters and another ninety people in administration. He had tried to kill her.780 kronor and a carton of cigarettes. There were plenty of examples of these fools taking the leap from fantasy to action. Bj?rck had not acted alone. The best thing would be for you to think of me as a temporary work colleague. Figuerola nodded and thought for a few seconds. Salander herself was critically injured and at Sahlgrenska hospital in G?teborg. ??But I don??t think we could manage that even if we had a whole year.

but it resurfaced whenever she tried to move. and in A. along with the media.?? Malm sat motionless for a few seconds. Jonasson met them in the emergency admissions area.?? ??What I learned at Millennium tells me that I can say without a doubt that this story is a lie. What were we supposed to do? He??s your and Magge??s pal. Instead. He was expert at breaking and entering.D. At 2. 31. which supplies the only reliable statistics on political crime.?? ??Activity of this kind is most definitely not sanctioned by the government.I. He put a hand to his brow.I.

and then a brief and. means invading your privacy ?C preferably with your approval. Berger woke at 7. But Counter-Espionage had not ever had him. terribly sorry.T.?? ??No leads??? ??No. He knew he was being watched and he must have seen M?rtensson??s Volvo. I talked to Teleborian. and that means that you risk writing an article proposing that Swedish industry should be outbid by Thai industry. Henry is chasing it down. ??One flight up.S. Blomkvist was working with Eriksson and Cortez. the antivirus program didn??t react. But you do have to shut your eyes to the fact that I am.?? She stopped and smiled at him.

including the Prime Minister. He would never see them again. I??m not going to steal your story. Salander found the report. She had to be at S. She was slammed up against a tiled wall next to the door. think and believe anything whatsoever. but Salander could hear her a long way off and even before she turned the key the computer was hidden and the patient asleep. I want you to lock yourself in your bedroom and let me handle the situation. Instead she clicked on the [O] in [ERROR].?? ??Did he say how much he knew??? ??F?lldin told him that the chief of S?po at the time and a colleague came to visit him very soon after he became Prime Minister. She raised her right hand and felt her head. which she planned to smoke by the vent window during the night. If he made the wrong decision. I think you??re an excellent reporter. It had been Plague??s contacts on the Net who had provided her with a Norwegian passport in the name of Irene Nesser. Even if it was only a ten-minute walk.

The headache was still there. his colleague Inspector Modig. ??I??m O.?? ??Speaking of which. but in effect he confessed and slunk home with his tail between his legs.?? ??That was Margareta Orring??s article.?? ??Good. In Personal Protection they believed that M?rtensson had been loaned out to Counter-Espionage. but there are questions that still have to be answered. the reporter.?? Clinton sighed. I??m just so swamped here.?? ??Great.?? ??Which is??? ??I??m an investigative journalist. You feel an enormous sense of wellbeing when you give something your all. information that absolutely could not be disseminated. Offhand I would guess it??s to do with an internal shake-up of some sort.

?? Zalachenko turned his head away from his visitor. welcome to S.M.?? Ghidi nodded. a role that took on added significance in the wake of Wennerstr?m??s exposure as a double agent. Over the next ten years it grew to include no more than eleven people. and then he produced rolls and coffee from a thermos. The next moment she saw a thin. On the other hand. that answer was simple. She felt sick. It had sounded logical at the time. It has to stay that way. Salander??s condition was fair and the doctors were cautiously optimistic. and Holger. Eriksson realized that he was reporting in to her the way he had with Berger. Blomkvist did not speculate about Bjurman??s motives.

?? ??Right. She sat so that the light from the window fell on her back. but just before the trial begins we might be able to publish a whole feature that examines the accuracy of all the statements that have been made about Salander. That was a surprise. Idris Ghidi landed at Arlanda airport in Sweden on 19 October. No. The boy was going to be a formidable reporter.30 in the morning. Edklinth nodded and the Minister of Justice poured coffee from a thermos jug. which in this case is a bit of a handicap. and against all odds the court decided to follow his recommendation ?C so long as she was placed under guardianship. He gets calls on a mobile that we cannot monitor. This thought upset Zalachenko. I wasn??t the one who found him.?? ??Does he have any connection to Lisbeth Salander??? ??No. briskly. It was Millennium??s scoop.

?? Sp?ngberg raised her pen. It was 9. Deep in thought. For most of industry. M?rtensson punched in the code and they disappeared into the stairwell. a dangerous psychopath. He would scorch us out of sheer malice.?? ??I??m going to expose two doctors who were errand boys for S?po. And here we can??t go through the Prosecutor General. Then he picked up the telephone. He closed his iBook.H on another officer.?? ??Jonas. In that respect Zalachenko was his worst enemy. For the Section.?? ??It??s Mikael. In Sweden this function is divided between two institutions.

?? ??Hmm. Millennium??s financial situation had been healthy at the last annual general meeting. But she also felt tremendously depressed. well.K. Berger had been a boss she could always rely on. He was almost at the door when he heard Zalachenko??s voice again. but soon after he would have had to abandon the car in Finland. yes.?? ??Good enough. In any case. She simply needed to prune the number of names on the list. She put her weight on her feet and stood up.?? ??Nor do I. cutting prices is the constant challenge. And then we??ll track down Niedermann. 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.

but he??s usable. shook his head. Which was why Nieminen had been released. Then came the awkward part. A Colt 1911 Government ?C that??s the pistol that Blomkvist tried to hand in to Paulsson.?? Andersson waved his hand. She forced herself to relax.?? he said.?? Berger said. Inspector Monica Figuerola. Blomkvist understood the reasoning. Well.00 she got up and drove to S. I??m leaving for good and I didn??t tell anybody. Right now we??re examining a large number of old personnel files. I think you ought to tell them right away. We based a lot of our thinking on what he told us.

and vigorous.?? She picked up his article and read it one more time. and illegal possession of a weapon.?? ??I don??t think so. Dr Anders Jonasson was blond and blue-eyed. Then a shot was fired accidentally that hit him in the foot.?? They made their way to the police canteen to have breakfast. And as such you need help. In the United States you can cross-examine members of the government in a normal court of law. and what we believe to have happened. which contradicted all law and justice and which would result in a disastrous scandal if it were ever discovered.??? ??Are you bullshitting me??? Ellis had lived in Sweden for many years and was fluent in Swedish ?C albeit with an American accent ?C but when Jonasson spoke to him in Swedish. Hardly an apprentice any longer. In theory that would be about twenty hours?? driving. She put the Palm in the recess behind the bedside table and waited while two Eritrean women vacuumed the room and changed her bedlinen.?? ??I won??t have time to write all the missing pieces myself. ??Not as far as we know.

Blomkvist could see from Baksi??s expression that he started out with words of greeting and small talk before he got serious and explained why he was calling.?? said Sp?ngberg emphatically.O. She showered and towelled herself and went to the bedroom to put on a dressing gown. on the first of May. I??m just so swamped here. Ellis shrugged. we have to keep tabs on all three of them ?C Berger.?? she said without greeting. We have a stock portfolio that has dropped in value by about 30 per cent compared to ten years ago. in 1968 whom he had personally evaluated as unsuitable. ??He??s at Sahlgrenska. ??I think I have an argument that will persuade Zalachenko to keep his mouth shut. By that time the new chief of S. We??ve always been friends. ??Lisbeth. I want to have something that shows that Prosecutor Ekstr?m is today working with Teleborian in some inappropriate manner.

She thought for a moment. What do you think the odds are that the investigation will be transferred to S?po??? Modig shook her head. This is really great.. She had scarcely sent the message before she heard that Berger was up and moving about again. So they have. but I??ve been up to my eyes in A.?? ??Which means that ???? He let the question hang in the air between them. It is a very clear instruction.?? Blomkvist gave in. ??And Zalachenko? Have you questioned him??? ??Yes. Why had Bublanski called her? What was this meeting about? She glanced across the corridor. ??That??s from a source I have to protect.?? said Figuerola hesitantly. ??I think we??ll have to do a quick examination. She saw that Erlander had noticed the same thing.K.

?? ??I can well imagine. When Gullberg formally retired in 1992. And her stomach. Has a shop at Norrtull. You were in pretty bad shape. events. She has been badly treated and is under a lot of pressure. then he isn??t worth the time you??ve put in for him. and whose background and political loyalty made him eminently qualified to work alongside the officers in the Section. In 1997 he was no longer on the official roster of the external service. She rasped out a single word: ??Giannini. he summed up the d??nouement in Gosseberga which led to Salander being shot and buried alive. the loose cannon who quarrelled with P. I don??t know what he??s referring to.?? Clinton said.?? he said. And item two: today this piece by Johannes shows up on my desk.

Or.?? Blomkvist said. In the meantime her twin sister. Unfortunately.?? ??The appalling thing is that Bj?rck has hanged himself. months even. He called it ??the last line of defence??. weighing her chances. Right now he had to focus on himself. unusually early. seeing to it that documents disappeared and records were altered. it??s Blomkvist again. the trail will fizzle out.?? Salander looked to be not particularly bothered by either the fever or the headache.?? ??The police want to interrogate you again. then? There must be a story to track down there. And any applications for visits must also be referred in advance to Salander??s lawyer.

I heard three shots.?? Endrin said. ??Are you livid??? ??Insanely.?? ??I know. He crossed the German border at Aachen and then took the Autobahn north towards Hamburg and on to Denmark. of being a Russian agent.?? she said in a cheerful voice. ??Bjurman had a tattoo across his belly which read I am a sadistic pig. You were shot in the head. But I can??t talk about this. and a patient. he knows we??re going to find his prints on the gun. despite the fact that the whole business is the subject of a long report. The thieves were eventually caught. It??s a question of his need to control us. ??The four of us are just dumb police officers. Edklinth nodded.