The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest – Stieg Larsson

The perfect Christmas present from Sue – and all 600 pages demolished in a couple of days. The third and final installment of the Millennium series wraps up the loose ends left trailing at the end of The Girl who Played with Fire, and some, but not all of the mystery surrounding Lisbeth Salander.

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The Girl Who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson

The second in the “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” series picks up a year or so after the end of the Wennerstrom affair with Lisbeth Salander’s return to Stockholm. Mikael Blomqvist is about to publish Millenium’s next expose, on the sex trade and trafficking.

Three murders later, and the Swedish police have Lisbeth firmly in their sights. As the plot twists and turns, we encounter motor cycle gangs, corrupt civil servants and the Scandinavian mafia before all is revealed, including “All the evil” that set the direction of young Lisbeth Salander’s life.

The English translation of the third and final installment – The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest – is due for publication in October this year, so either wait a while before reading volumes 1 and 2, or be prepared to be patient….

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson

Recommended by many, and definitely worth reading if you like crime/thrillers with depth, and don’t mind unpleasant plotlines and imagery.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo introduces two great characters – investigative reporter/journalist Mikael Blomqvist and unpigeonhole-able Lisbeth Salander – whose paths cross in an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Harriet Vanger, almost 40 years previously.

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