Consider This A Fair Warning.

Taking Away A Person's Control Of Her Own Life - Meaning Her Bank Account - Is One Of The Greatest Infringements A Democracy Can Impose, Especially When It Applies To Young People. It Is An Infringement Even If The Intent May Be Perceived As Benign And Socially Valid.

Salander Leaned Back Against The Pillow And Followed The Conversation With A Smile. She Wondered Why She, Who Had Such Difficulty Talking About Herself With People Of Flesh And Blood, Could Blithely Reveal Her Most Intimate Secrets To A Bunch Of Completely Unknown Freaks On The Internet.

She Saw Him Drenched With Gasoline. She Could Actually Feel The Box Of Matches In Her Hand.

In Ordinary Detective Novels You Never See The Consequences Of What Happens In A Story In The Next Book. That You Do In Mine.

Being A Homicide Detective Ca Be The Loneliest Job In The World. The Friends Of The Victim Are Upset And In Despair, But Sooner Or Later - After Weeks Or Months - They Go Back To Their Everyday Lives. For The Closest Family It Takes Longer, But For The Most Part, To Some Degree, They Too Get Over The Grieving And Despair. Life Has To Go On; It Does Go On. But The Unsolved Murders Keep Gnawing Away And In The End There's Only One Person Left Who Thinks Night And Day About The Victim: It's The Office Who Is Left With The Investigation.