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Prologue
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Alingsås
The missing patrol car was found in Alingsås early this morning.
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City Hotel, Lorensbergsgatan, Göteborg
Blomkvist thanked him and took a taxi to City Hotel on Lorensbergsgatan.
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Ernst Fontells Plats
They were to take a taxi to police headquarters on Ernst Fontells Plats, ...
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Göteborg Central Station
Modig and Holmberg arrived at Göteborg Central Station just after 8.00 a.m.
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Chapter 3
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Allhelgonagatan
Blomkvist took the tunnelbana to Medborgarplatsen and walked to Allhelgonagatan.
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Borås
Erlander visualized the map in his head.“South,” he said. “He’s taking the ...
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Helsingborg
“Yes, and Helsingborg, Landskrona, and Trelleborg. And Karlskrona. I’m ...
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Landskrona
“Yes, and Helsingborg, Landskrona, and Trelleborg. And Karlskrona. I’m ...
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Mölndal
He had returned to his apartment in Mölndal at 1.00 in the morning having ...
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Seglora, south of Borås
“News. Anita Kaspersson has been found.”“Where?”“Outside Seglora, south of ...
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Trelleborg
“Yes, and Helsingborg, Landskrona, and Trelleborg. And Karlskrona. I’m ...
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Chapter 4
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City Hall, Stockholm
He took the tunnelbana to City Hall, walked to police headquarters on ...
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Järna
Viktor Göransson was the club’s treasurer and financial expert, who lived ...
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Kumla prison
He had met Lundin at Kumla prison in the early nineties. He was the only ...
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Nyköping
Where are you?”“Nyköping.”“What the fuck are you doing in ...
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Örebro
“Sure. But the serial number shows that the pistol was stolen four years ...
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Puerto Banús, Spain
It had eventually been established that the warehouse was owned by the ...
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Södertälje police station
Nieminen was in a vile mood when he left the cells at Södertälje police ...
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Strängnäs
The incident in Stallarholmen was connected with the discoveries at ...
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Chapter 5
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Frey’s Hotel, Vasagatan
He walked the three hundred metres to Frey’s Hotel next to the old post ...
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Laholm
A man carrying a brown briefcase stepped carefully down from the 7.30 p.m. ...
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Långholmen prison
Back in Sweden, Gullberg had worked in Counter-Espionage, and ten years ...
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Lidingö
He deleted all the messages from reporters and called his sister, Annika, ...
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Odenplan
He left the firm after ten years and opened his own practice, which ...
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Rosenbad
It was not until a month after the government was formed that the chief of ...
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Bergling
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Carl Bildt
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Carl Lidbom
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Clarté
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Colonel Wennerström
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Erlander
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Gösta Bohman
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Hans Wilhelm Francke
Francke, Hans Wilhelm – fictional character. Cf. Hans Frank (1900-46) who worked as a Nazi lawyer.
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Ingvar Carlsson
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Långholmen
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Lassinanti
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Marita Ulfskog
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Palme
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Per Gunnar Vinge
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Peter Althin
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Pierre Schori
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Pressbyrån
Pressbyrå kiosk, Pressbyrån – a very widespread brand of convenience store in Sweden.
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Silbersky
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Sten Andersson
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Thorbjörn Fälldin
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Chapter 6
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Artillerigatan
Then he took a taxi to Artillerigatan in Östermalm.
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Bromma
Gullberg went down to Stureplan and hailed a taxi. He gave the driver an ...
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Frey’s café
Gullberg had a single slice of bread and a cup of black coffee in Frey’s ...
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Stureplan
Gullberg went down to Stureplan and hailed a taxi. He gave the driver an ...
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Chapter 7
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City Hotel, Lorensbergsgatan
Blomkvist thanked him and took a taxi to City Hotel on Lorensbergsgatan.
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Linnégatan
“No, of course not. But I’ve moved. I’m now on a side street off ...
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Olivedalsgatan
At 6.00 she paid her bill and walked to Lillian’s place on Olivedalsgatan.
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Park Avenue Hotel
He started by walking to Park Avenue Hotel, where he asked to use the fax ...
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Sveaplan
What the hell? She went out on to the street and just caught a glimpse of ...
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Chapter 8
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Café Copacabana
When Blomkvist left Café Copacabana next to the Kvarter cinema at ...
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Café Rosso
Exactly twenty seconds after Blomkvist left Café Copacabana, Malm raised ...
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Kronoberg prison
As soon as the doctors discharged her, she would be transferred to ...
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Långholmsgatan
He sauntered after the man tailing Blomkvist even though he had not been ...
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Vittangigaten
A call to the national vehicle register revealed that the car belonged to a ...
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Angered
Baksi spoke for a short while before he hung up.“Idris lives in Angered,” ...
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Gustav Adolfs Torg
He turned off both his mobiles and walked through the Galleria to Gustav ...
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N.K. department store (side ...
Blomkvist did not see the grey Volvo on Monday, nor did he have the feeling ...
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Sjöbo
During that period the Sjöbo debate[5] had been conducted in Sweden, ...
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The Academic bookshop
Blomkvist did not see the grey Volvo on Monday, nor did he have the feeling ...
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The Galleria
He turned off both his mobiles and walked through the Galleria to Gustav ...
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Upplands Väsby (refugee camp)/Carlslund
Idris Ghidi landed at Arlanda airport in Sweden on 19 October, 1989. He did ...
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Chapter 11
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Danvikstull
“No, of course not. But you already live in a one-bedroom apartment by ...
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Gåshaga
“Understandable. But when N.C.C. bangs together some sheet-metal cubes for ...
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Hagagatan
Jonasson slowed his pace when he saw a man with a briefcase leaning on the ...
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Hammarbyhamnen
“But that is the point. Why should it cost 10,000 a month to live in those ...
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Chapter 12
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Dalarna
Inspector Monica Figuerola, in spite of her unusual name, was born in ...
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Pontonjärgatan
When she was finished she went home to her one-bedroom apartment on ...
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S:t Eriksplan
By then it was 5.00 p.m. Figuerola locked all the material in her safe, ...
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Sunne
“We’re following up on the robbery of the grocer’s in ...
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Värmland
This was enough for Figuerola’s team to initiate the preliminary ...
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Brännkyrkagatan
She sat still. In her rear-view mirror she saw the man in the blue overalls ...
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Katarinavägen
She bought a tin of Catch Dry snuff and went back out on to Södermalmstorg ...
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Laurinska building
The only spot from which the entrance door to the building could be ...
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Milton Security.
She simply called Milton Security and explained that she was looking for a ...
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Norrtull
But he had retrained himself to be a locksmith (of all professions), and in ...
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Pryssgränd
Straight ahead of her, on the steep slope down towards Pryssgränd, was ...
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Pustegränd
If she had a car parked down on Pryssgränd, Figuerola was out of luck. But ...
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Riddarfjärden
She looked up towards the roof of Bellmansgatan 1. She knew that ...
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The Bishop’s Arms pub Tavastgatan
He turned left on to Tavastgatan at the Bishop’s Arms pub and parked at the ...
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The Hilton, Slussen
Figuerola decided to leave her car behind and turned left in the direction ...
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The Maria lift
The only spot from which the entrance door to the building could be ...
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The Stadsmuseum
Figuerola decided to leave her car behind and turned left in the direction ...
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Chapter 15
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Aachen
He crossed the German border at Aachen and then took the Autobahn north ...
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Ås outside Ramvik in Härnösand county.
Holmberg parked his father’s Ford in the drive of former Prime Minister ...
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Bradford
Trinity was born in Bradford, but he had lived in north London since childhood.
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Calais
Trinity thought it was sheer hell driving in Europe, since everyone on the ...
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Dover
Trinity thought it was sheer hell driving in Europe, since everyone on the ...
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Hälledal
He himself had grown up in Hälledal outside Ramvik, very close to ...
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Hamburg
He’s German, was born in Hamburg, and in his teens he was a skinhead. Right ...
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Kungens Kurva, Skärholmen
When they passed Ikea at Kungens Kurva in Skärholmen, Trinity flipped open ...
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Kungsgatan
He turned left on to Kungsgatan, and went into Kungstornet.
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Kungstornet
He turned left on to Kungsgatan, and went into Kungstornet.
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Liège
Trinity thought it was sheer hell driving in Europe, since everyone on the ...
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Luntmakargatan
Figuerola parked seven cars behind Mårtensson’s Volvo on Luntmakargatan, ...
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Öresundsbron
The sky was filled with leaden thunderclouds, and when the man known as ...
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Sveavägen
He then walked on to Sveavägen.
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Chapter 16
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Ambassador’s residence on Lange Voorhout
Ambassador Janeryd was in no mood for small talk when he offered Blomkvist ...
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Birger Jarlsgatan
He got out at Birger Jarlsgatan at 10.55 and walked to Café Madeleine.
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Café Madeleine
The message consisted of a single line:Café Madeleine, upper level, 11.00 ...
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Centraal Station, the Hague
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Dressman
Blomkvist called from Café Madeleine on his anonymous mobile to book a ...
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Hökens Gata
He took the stairs down to the ground floor, but instead of going out on to ...
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Hotel des Indes, Lange Voorhout, the Hague
He thanked Janeryd for the meeting and walked the short distance along ...
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Hotel Sheraton
“In the lobby of some hotel. Usually the Sheraton. Once at the Amaranth on ...
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Schiphol, Amsterdam
The plane landed at Schiphol airport at 4.50, and by 6.30 he was checking ...
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The Amaranth
“In the lobby of some hotel. Usually the Sheraton. Once at the Amaranth on ...
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The Arlanda Express (Central Station)
He checked carefully to see that he was not being followed and hurried to ...
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The Hague
It was Bertil K. Janeryd, now Swedish ambassador in the Hague. When it was ...
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The Sturegalleria
“Yes. I have to meet my husband and kids at the Sturegalleria in ten ...
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Fredhäll
She stretched and went on a 45-minute run out past Rålambshov hospital and ...
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Norr Mälarstrand
“If I tried to go at your pace, I’d have a heart attack on Norr ...
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Rålambshov
She stretched and went on a 45-minute run out past Rålambshov hospital and ...
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Smedsudden
She stretched and went on a 45-minute run out past Rålambshov hospital and ...
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Chapter 20
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Åhléns department store
Eriksson did not answer the telephone, but Blomkvist got lucky and caught ...
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Armémuseum
Jonas parked a block away from the Armémuseum. He walked across the street ...
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Bergsgatan
She parked on Bergsgatan, took the lift up to Bublanski’s office, and ...
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Helsingörsgatan, Kista
“Jonas Sandberg, born 1971. What did you say? Helsingörsgatan, Kista. ...
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Holländargatan
“He’s turning down Holländargatan. Hello… Car. Red ...
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Nordic Light Hotel
Figuerola parked beside the Nordic Light Hotel next to the Arlanda Express ...
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P.U.B. department store
“Opposite P.U.B. department store. He’s walking fast. Whoops, he’s turned ...
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The Katarina Lift
Blomkvist spent twenty-five minutes on the tunnelbana changing lines and ...
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The Tre Remmare pub, Vasagatan
I’ve got them. They’re sitting in the Tre Remmare pub on Vasagatan by the ...
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Vasagatan, Kungsgatan, Drottninggatan, ...
The chase in central Stockholm. All the streets are around here.
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
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Drottningholm
Blomkvist and Berger were lodged on the top floor of a safe house just ...
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Hallunda
“Correct. G.B.H. About a year ago. A street fight down in Hallunda.”
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Husarö
That day she had been busily finishing up one or two routine matters so she ...
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Riddarholmen
As they passed Riddarholmen, Edklinth called to tell them that neither ...
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Samir’s Cauldron
He’s supposed to be meeting Erika Berger at Samir’s Cauldron,” Figuerola ...
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St Göran’s (hospital)
“I’ll take you to A.&E. at St Göran’s.”
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 28
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Chapter 29
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Arc de Triomphe
She landed at Charles de Gaulle airport at 2.30 in the afternoon, took the ...
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Charles de Gaulle airport (Paris)
She landed at Charles de Gaulle airport at 2.30 in the afternoon, took the ...
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Harry’s Bar, side street off Main Street
In the middle of the afternoon five days later, Salander fell off her stool ...
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Málaga
She had a seat on the morning flight to Málaga and landed in the blazing ...
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Notre Dame
She took a shower and called Miriam Wu. They met that evening at a bar near ...
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The Rock Hotel, Europa Road, Gibraltar
The taxi dropped her off at British passport control and she walked across ...
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The Seine
She walked south towards the Seine and finally found a room at a small ...
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The Straits of Gibraltar
She showered and sat on the balcony wrapped up in a bath towel, looking out ...
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The Victor Hugo (Hotel) on rue Copernic
She walked south towards the Seine and finally found a room at a small ...
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Epilogue

















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