The Girl Who Played with Fire
by Stieg Larsson · first published 2009
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Mikael Blomkvist, 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, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.
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…Yann Martel - loved the main story of the book, the controversial ending didn't bother me too much because I don't feel like it takes away from the story at all. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson - cheap fun and suspenseful The Road by Cormac McCarthy - I don't think much needs to be said about this book White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - extremely interesting and gripping novel…
on “Ask HN: Great books you read in 2009?” ↗Infinite Jest, as a long slow process. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo/The Girl who Played with Fire, each of which I found myself burning through in a day (the new definition of the genre of Swedish crime writing, which is amazing).
on “What are you reading?” ↗…"Bordertown" (Finland), "Deadwind" (Finland), "Ófærð - Trapped" (Iceland), "Rebecka Martinsson" (Sweden, first season) I have the Millennium series queued up: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl who played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets" The only Nordic Noir book I've read is Smilla's Sense of Snow, but I can't recommend. There are two American Nordic Noir series I recommend: "The Killing", set in…
on “Sweden’s Northvolt raises $2.8B to supercharge EV battery output” ↗There is in the English translation of The Girl Who Played With Fire.
on “The girl with the ANSI tattoo” ↗