The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Series) - Hardcover

Stieg Larsson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847242537 ISBN 13: 9781847242532

Publisher: MacLehose Press, 2008

Synopsis

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. But her uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone in her own family - the deeply dysfunctional Vanger clan. Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomqvist is hired to investigate, but when he links Harriet's disappearance to a string of gruesome murders from forty years ago, he needs a competent assistant - and he gets one: computer hacker Lisbeth Salander - a tattoed, truculent, angry girl who rides a motorbike like a Hell's Angel and handles makeshift weapons with the skill born of remorseless rage. This unlikely pair form a fragile bond as they delve into the sinister past of this island-bound, tightly-knit family. But the Vangers are a secretive lot, and Mikael and Lisbeth are about to find out just how far they're prepared to go to protect themselves - and each other.

About this title

About the Author

Stieg Larsson was the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Expo. He was a leading expert on anti-democratic, right-wing extremist organisations. He died in 2004, soon after delivering the text of the novels that make up the Millennium Trilogy.

From the Back Cover

Crusading liberal journalist and author Stieg Larsson died suddenly, shortly after delivering three novels to his Swedish publisher. Tragically, he did not live to see the phenomenon that his work has become.
Famous journalist sentenced to prison: Mikael Blomkvist, editor of Millennium magazine, is found guilty of slandering billionaire financier Hans-Erik Wennerstrom.
Henrik Vanger, C.E.O. of the powerful Vanger Corporation, revives hunt for solution to niece's disappearance: Harriet Vanger vanished 40 years ago from secluded Hedeby Island.
Lisbeth Salander declared legally incompetent: Computer hacker Lisbeth (code-name "wasp") loses control of her own affairs. The notoriously delinquent 24-year-old surveillance agent could not be reached for comment.
"Contrary to so many other thrillers, powerful though they may be, Stieg Larsson's will not be forgotten once closed" Mona Chollet, Le Monde

From the Inside Flap

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: MacLehose Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847242537
• ISBN 13: 9781847242532
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 572