1966, and maybe before and after as well. the idea that an insanely sick sadistic serial killer was slaughteri least sevehout anyone seeiion sounds utterly uo me.”
salander pushed back her d poured more the pot oove. she lit a cigarette. mikael cursed himself aher from her.
“no, it’s not so unbelievable,” she said, holding up one finger. “we have several dozen unsolved murders of women in sweden durih tury. that professy, persson, said ohat serial killers are very rare ihat probably we have had some that were .”
she held up aner.
“these murders were itted period of time ahe try. two occurred close together in 1960, but the ces were quite different—a farmer’s wife in karlstad awo-year-old in sto.”
three fingers.
“there is ely apparehe murders were carried out at differehere is ure, but there are things that do reimals. fire. aggravated sexual assault. and, as you poi, a parody of biblical quotations. but it seems that he iiives ied any of the murders ihe bible.”
blomkvist was watg her. with her slender body, her black camisole, the tattoos, and the rings pierg her fader looked out of place, to say the least, iage in hedeby. wheo be sociable over dia to the poi she sounded like a professioips. her apartment in stoight look as if a bomb had gone off in it, but mentally salaremely well anised.
“it’s hard to see the betrostitute in uddevalla who’s killed in an industrial yard and a pastor’s wife whled in ronneby and has her house set on fire. if you dohe key that harriet gave us, that is.”
“which leads to the ion,” salander said.
“how oh did harriet get mixed up in all this? a sixteen-year-old girl who lived in a really sheltered e.”
“there’s only one answer,” salander said. “there must be some to the vanger family.”
by 11:00 that night they had gohe series of murders and discussed the ceivable s aails of similarity and differeen that blomkvist’s head inning. he rubbed his eyes ad asked salander if she felt like a walk. her expressio she thought such practices were a waste of time, but she agreed. blomkvist advised her to to long trousers beosquitoes.
they strolled past the small-boat harbour ahe bridge and out ter’s point. blomkvist poihe various houses ahe people who lived in them. he had some diffi they came to ceger’s house. salander gave him a curious look.
they passed martior yad reached the point, a on a rod shared a cigarette.
“there’s oion,” blomkvist said suddenly. “maybe you’ve already thought of it.”
“what?”
“their names.”
sala for a moment and shook her head.
“they’re all bibliames.”
“not true,” she said. “where is there a liv or lena in the bible?”
“they are there. liv meaher words eva. a’s lena short for?”
salander grimaoyance. he had beehan she was. she did .
“magdalena,” she said.
“the whore, the first woman, the virgin mary…they’re all there in this group. this is so freaky it’d make a psychologist’s head spin. but there’s somethihought ard to the names.”
salaly.
“they’re obviously all traditional jewish he vanger family has had more than its share of fanatiti-semites, nazis, and spiracy theorists. the o harald vaanding in the r that his own daughter was a whore. he ly has problems with women.”
whe back to the they made a midnight snad heated up the ikael took a look at the almost 500 pages that dragan armansky’s favourite researcher had produ.
“you’ve doastic job of diggis in sue,” he said. “thanks. and thanks als o e up here a on it.”
“ens now?” salao know.
“i’m going to talk to dirorre for your fee to be paid.”
“that wasn’t what i meant.”
blomkvist looked at her.
“well…i re the job i hired you for is done,” he sa
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