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Title:                  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Author:                 Stieg Larsson
Read By:                Simon Vance
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Book Description

Translated by:   Reg Keeland

Financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist has made his living uncovering
the corrupt and crooked practices of Stockholm's leading financiers
in his magazine, Millennium. But one expose unexpectedly backfires,
and Blomkvist's reputation is in tatters. When he is offered an investigative
job by powerful businessman Henrik Vanger, he is in no position to refuse.
But he is surprised to find it has nothing to do with high finance -
this time, it is a case of murder.

Many years ago, Henrik's niece, Harriet, disappeared during a family
gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the Vangers. No-one saw
her leave the island, and no body was ever found. Even so, Henrik is
convinced that she was murdered by a member of his own family - the
tightly knit but dysfunctional Vanger clan.

Blomkvist is soon in over his head. He has linked Harriet's disappearance
to a number of gruesome murders from forty years ago, but it has become
too dangerous to proceed alone. He needs a competent assistant, and
he gets one: the gifted and conscience-free computer specialist, Lisbeth
Salander.

This truculent young woman has problems of her own. She in unwilling
to take orders, rides a motorbike like a Hell's Angel and handles makeshift
weapons with a skill born of rage.

This improbably pair unravel a dark and appalling family history. But
the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about
to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.-

*  "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a striking novel. Just when
I was thinking there wasn't anything new on the horizon, along comes
Stieg Larsson with this wonderfully unique story. I was completely absorbed."
Michael Connelly
* "So much more than a thriller, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
is a dazzling novel of big ideas. It tackles issues of power, corruption,
justice, and innocenceûall the while drawing you into the twists and
turns of a frighteningly suspenseful mystery." Harlan Coben
* "As vivid as bloodstains on snow." Lee Child

Swedish journalist. 1954-2004. His mystery novels were published posthumously
and have been tremendously successful in Scandinavia.