by StiegLarsson (Author)
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.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 572
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: MacLehose Press
Published: 10 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 1847242537
ISBN 13: 9781847242532
Prizes: Winner of Galaxy British Book Awards: Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year 2009. Shortlisted for Heathrow Travel Product Award: Travel Read, Fiction 2009 and CWA Duncan Lawrie International Dagger 2008.