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The Girl Who Played with Fire
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO RETURNS
"Even more gripping and astonishing than the first" Sunday Times
Lisbeth Salander can be viciously violent. Mikael Blomkvist knows it - and owes his life to it.
When a criminologist and a journalist who works with Blomkvist at Millennium magazine are killed on the brink of publishing a brutal exposé of human trafficking, the evidence points in one direction.
Salander's prints are on the murder weapon. But Blomkvist knows Lisbeth would never act without reason, and he cannot find one here.
The victims were his friends. But so is Salander. Something much more dangerous is surely at play . . .
"That rare thing - a sequel that is even better than the book that went before" Observer
"Even more gripping and astonishing than the first" Sunday Times
Lisbeth Salander can be viciously violent. Mikael Blomkvist knows it - and owes his life to it.
When a criminologist and a journalist who works with Blomkvist at Millennium magazine are killed on the brink of publishing a brutal exposé of human trafficking, the evidence points in one direction.
Salander's prints are on the murder weapon. But Blomkvist knows Lisbeth would never act without reason, and he cannot find one here.
The victims were his friends. But so is Salander. Something much more dangerous is surely at play . . .
"That rare thing - a sequel that is even better than the book that went before" Observer
576 pages, Paperback
Published August 29, 2023
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Stieg Larsson
95 books16.5k followersStieg Larsson (born as Karl Stig-Erland Larsson) was a Swedish journalist and writer who passed away in 2004.
As a journalist and editor of the magazine Expo , Larsson was active in documenting and exposing Swedish extreme right and racist organisations. When he died at the age of 50, Larsson left three unpublished thrillers and unfinished manuscripts for more. The first three books ( The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo , The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest ) have since been printed as the Millenium series. These books are all bestsellers in Sweden and in several other countries, including the United States and Canada.
Witnessed a rape when he was 15, and was helpless to stop it. This event haunted him for the rest of his life. The girl being raped was named Lisbeth, which he later used as the name of the heroine on his Millenium trilogy. Sexual violence against women is also a recurring theme in his work.
Personal quote:
To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.
As a journalist and editor of the magazine Expo , Larsson was active in documenting and exposing Swedish extreme right and racist organisations. When he died at the age of 50, Larsson left three unpublished thrillers and unfinished manuscripts for more. The first three books ( The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo , The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest ) have since been printed as the Millenium series. These books are all bestsellers in Sweden and in several other countries, including the United States and Canada.
Witnessed a rape when he was 15, and was helpless to stop it. This event haunted him for the rest of his life. The girl being raped was named Lisbeth, which he later used as the name of the heroine on his Millenium trilogy. Sexual violence against women is also a recurring theme in his work.
Personal quote:
To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.
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December 30, 2025
A truly excellent sequel to the first book of the millennium series. A lot more action than the first, and an excellent mystery that is amazing to read unfold.
It’s like Alien and Aliens these two books, I can only hope the third is not an Alien 3!
It’s like Alien and Aliens these two books, I can only hope the third is not an Alien 3!
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