The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harriet Vanger, a scion of
one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared without a trace more
than forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to
try to discover what happened to her. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a
journalist recently sidelined by a libel conviction, to investigate.
Blomkvist is aided by the pierced and tattooed computer prodigy Lisbeth
Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and
astonishing corruption on their way to discovering the truth of Harriet
Vanger’s fate.
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Mikael Blomkvist, now the crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium,
has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex
trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters
responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on
the murder weapon belong to his friend Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist,
convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the
murders. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of
cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Lisbeth
Salander lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the
intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her
life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken
back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of
Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but
also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the
vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. On her own, she
will plot revenge—against the man who tried to kill her, and against the
corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.