The Girl Who Played with Fire

MikaelBlomkvist,crusadingjournalistandpublisherofthemagazineMillennium,hasdecidedtorunastorythatwillexposeanextensivesextraffickingoperationbetweenEasternEuropeandSweden,implicatingwell-knownandhighlyplacedmembersofSwedishsociety,business,andgovernment.Buthehasnoideajusthowexplosivethestorywillbeuntil,ontheeveofpublication,thetwoinvestigatingreportersaremurdered.AndevenmoreshockingforBlomkvist:thefingerprintsfoundonthemurderweaponbelongtoLisbethSalander—thetroubled,wise-beyond-her-yearsgeniushackerwhocametohisaidinTheGirlwiththeDragonTattoo,andwhonowbecomesthefocusandfierceheartofTheGirlWhoPlayedwithFire.AsBlomkvist,aloneinhisbeliefinSalander’sinnocence,plungesintoaninvestigationoftheslayings,Salanderherselfisdrawnintoamurderoushuntinwhichsheistheprey,andwhichcompelshertorevisitherdarkpastinanefforttosettlewithitonceandforall.