innocent. ??He must have approved loaning out M?rtensson.

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Quite apart from her injuries. But that??s only if we can control Ekstr?m.?? Erlander cleared his throat. Petrova had injuries that could very well have been inflicted by a man??s bare hands ???? ??Niedermann??? ??It??s a reasonable assumption. He had a small bump and a very slight bruise. that I be informed of everything that has a bearing on the Salander case.?? ??Have you???? ??No. Since your apartment and mobile seem to be bugged and we have reason to be discreet. He??s walking fast. researchers.?? ??I didn??t ask you to give special treatment to specific articles. ??Come in ?? Evert Gullberg. I wish he had left a letter. or something else to drink??? Blomkvist looked around. a Mace canister and a pistol.

That should be enough for a cheap pair of jeans and a T-shirt at the Salvation Army store. Bj?rck proposes that Zalachenko??s rehabilitation ?C he suffered very severe burns ?C be carried out abroad. In what way has he become harder to handle??? ??The police chief up there is an old friend of Paulsson??s. All that was needed was a legal psychiatric report. and he had to pay the bill. He??s probably riding around in G?ransson??s Saab. I??m being paid a monthly salary of 88. fifty-five.?? ??Nevertheless. But when Blomkvist came over to give him a secure mobile. we have to play it safe.00. Officially he had held a post in the Immigration Division since the ??70s. And that??s how we??ve arrived at this point today. with a petrol bomb.

I hope you know what you??re doing. This he had not for a moment expected.. ??I know. On the right. He tried to murder Lisbeth. Does the message contain a virus??? ??I wouldn??t know. Blomkvist waved from a corner table.vi Blomkvist spent twenty-five minutes on the tunnelbana changing lines and going in different directions. In the autopsy report. and one metre eighty-four tall. not to discuss the topic in his office without taking special precautions. two police inspectors were given fifteen minutes to ask her questions. Thank you. department.

You came from Borl?nge and you??ve worked with the Uppsala police. Giannini understood what went on in her brother??s head.D. but he restrained himself for the simple reason that he did not know how far up in the organization the conspiracy reached. ??Here we are again. ??Nicely done.?? ??I think it??s probably longer than that. but I do not have any details to pass on to you. and had become one of its trusted veterans.?? ??I consider her to be withdrawn. hangs himself.?? Figuerola gave him a sceptical look. ??Do you have anything against a Milton employee staying here? I could call and find out if my colleague Susanne Linder is free tonight. energy and resources. taking a folder from his briefcase.

and nigger. 22. ??I talked with Bublanski half an hour ago.A. She learned that Billing was going out with a woman named Sofia and that he used an unpleasant tone with her. Salander had not thought about the fact that she would need a lawyer. As soon as he entered the apartment he saw that the folder he had left on the kitchen table was gone.?? he said.?? she said without greeting.?? ??That??s what I wanted to discuss with you.?? Blomkvist told him. He himself had grown up in H?lledal outside Ramvik. They had both left S. she??s chairman of the board until we can elect Harriet Vanger at the next board meeting. But after five governmental ?C and roundly criticized ?C S?po investigations.

?? ??Then I discovered that you were tailing him using Susanne Linder at Milton Security. ??I??ve understood that you know more about this story than anyone else. He was one of the new team. with I.?? ??I asked if you understood. The storm that had ravaged G?teborg earlier in the night had obviously passed to the south of the Nossebro area. I have no idea what these particular grey cells are for. and which he wants S.?? ??It sounds as if there are revolving doors into the place. You extended his contract and gave him a feature assignment. But Magge is in deep shit. There were not many ways it could have come about. She needed a weapon.S.?? Blomkvist said.

He would have to turn to the chief to secure political support for what he was working on. and the events that led to her being locked away in St Stefan??s in Uppsala. He sauntered after the man tailing Blomkvist even though he had not been instructed to do so. even if he was beginning to get an idea of what he was up against. She tried 52553. It was 9. Monica. surveillance and so on. All the blood was either in his head ?C the noose having prevented it from running into his body ?C or in the lower extremities. ??It??s me. Monica pondered this turn of events for a few seconds. He gripped the base of the bullet. But unfortunately you??re a bit too healthy. which multiplied by 15.S.

S.?? ??I don??t. You have a reputation for not pulling your punches when there??s corruption involved. Panic and terror had dogged her through the night.I. He reminded Edklinth vaguely of the writer Dashiell Hammett. But it??s the market decides whether you make a profit or take a loss. Formally.39.00. we did an extensive investigation of your background.?? ??Check her out anyway. She had got used to his visits.?? ??How will you proceed??? ??To use your terminology ?C get some forceps and extract the bullet by the same route it went in. She stood there for a while.

and turned to a blank page. but of gross falsifications.?? She thought for a moment before she looked at him again.?? ??My colleague is Jerker Holmberg. and put her through. In Sweden apparently they were untouchable. right next to the gate to the Maria lift. He??s ambitious. I took down your registration and ran a routine check.S. The investigation is still under way. Instinctively she wanted as little as possible to do with the hospital staff. It was not the first time she had received a threatening email or a message from a crackpot. since experience from far too many countries has shown that a political police department could easily transform itself into the principal threat to democracy. He had heart and artery problems.

you??re back-up for Henry. ??Have you got anybody on duty this weekend??? ??Modig. After an hour and a half a plan had begun to take shape.00 in the morning. He talked for a good thirty minutes. uncontested decision in a district court.?? Zalachenko said. She closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.?? ??Did you get the sense that he knew you or perhaps recognized you??? ??No. against or the attempted murder of Zalachenko.?? said Sp?ngberg emphatically. Keep in mind that he shot someone dead. I??d have to get myself a new lawyer. it could also be classified as murder. She clenched her teeth and stifled an impulse to ask Blomkvist to sit on the story.

Robbery. We have no idea what went wrong. the defector had lived in an anonymous apartment owned by the Section. she would simply have to plan her escape from St Stefan??s or whichever other nuthouse. He was angry.?? ??As do we all. Berger turned and looked out over the landscape of the newsroom. she called the duty officer at Nacka Integrated Protection. please do. It took her about a minute to gain control over her body.?? She had not expected Jonasson to make special visits to see her. and nigger. ??Mikael. She would lose him if she went to the machine and back. In short.

I??ve been reading a lot about you. When he had finished he took off his hat. And I??m going to write a full account in time for Lisbeth??s trial. of course not.?? ??That??s me.?? Jonasson unlocked the door and ushered the visitor in. We can put it inside a wardrobe or a cabinet so that it isn??t in full view. She opened her laptop and summarized the situation in an email to Armansky. The story was under control. Why should it cost 10.?? he said. ??He??s pulling out in front of you on Olof Palmes Gata ?? now. called Jonas Sandberg. unzipped the outside pocket of his case. She had originally intended to return to Stockholm that evening.

??Partly. I heard her lecture once. When it was explained to F?lldin how serious this preliminary investigation was. And yet Bj?rck had never had anything to do with Counter-Espionage. I??d have sounded the alarm.?? ??Mikael. According to the doctors. Borgsj? is going to be persona non grata. I transferred to the foreign ministry and became a diplomat. I??m not going to quote you or mention you even in anything I write. You don??t have to say a word or give me any information. that Bjurman had been Salander??s guardian; on the other hand he could not see why the old Zalachenko story should surface. The nurse gave her a beaker with a straw to drink water through. And then he had attempted suicide. it seems.

this is only between you and me. Zalachenko had been referred to Thomasson through a business associate five years earlier. Torstensson and Ingemarsson.G. Everyone was paranoid.30 on Tuesday.?? or merely ??the Division?? ?C but never ??S?po??.?? Armansky sat down opposite Bublanski.?? ??We always owe each other one. but they had no choice. Clinton??s career was hard to follow. In this photograph he was still with the Secret State Police. has a huge amount of dead meat in the newsroom.?? ??No friend of yours.M.

I have to see you.?? ??Mostly to do with women who are threatened??? ??I work with all kinds of things. ??How am I doing??? she said. the same in every A.?? ??Yes.?? ??What Blomkvist doesn??t grasp is that if the truth about Zalachenko comes out. She spent about two seconds on each message.?? Blomkvist said. Presumably because of the threat of revelations about his sexual deviations. there is no doubt that Lisbeth Salander was shot and buried alive on his property in Gosseberga. This meant that Holm was juggling a colossal number of tasks every day. obviously. He pulled open the door and went into the corridor. Jonasson had no idea whether she was guilty or innocent. ??He must have approved loaning out M?rtensson.