Summary After returning to Hedeby, Blomkvist immediately checks in with Frode regarding Vanger’s condition. Once he’s reassured that Vanger has stabilized and improved, he discusses with Frode the type of power Martin has over Millennium as long as Vanger’s in the hospital. Frode reminds Blomkvist that Frode, not Martin, would […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 3: Mergers: Chapter 20 – Tuesday, July 1-Wednesday, July 2

Summary After a brief visit with Vanger, Blomkvist returns to his cabin, deciding to make the most of this strange Midsummer’s Eve. He sits on his front porch and receives two visitors, the first of which is Frode. Frode assures him that he’ll continue to back Blomkvist no matter how […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 3: Mergers: Chapter 19 – Thursday, June 19-Sunday, June 29

Summary Salander, sleepy from a long night at a bar and a sexual encounter with her on-again-off-again female lover, is shocked when someone rings her doorbell. She’s even more shocked when Mikael Blomkvist stands before her, offering her a bagel and a job. After Salander recovers from her initial panic, […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 3: Mergers: Chapter 18 – Wednesday, June 18

Summary Ready to talk with Cecilia about her whereabouts on the day Harriet disappeared, Blomkvist knocks on her door, only to hear Harald emerge from his nearby cabin and yell, “Your whore isn’t home.” Shocked by Harald’s behavior, Blomkvist briefly confronts him before storming off to see Vanger. Vanger explains […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 3: Mergers: Chapter 17 – Wednesday, June 11-Saturday, June 14

Summary As June begins, new clues emerge in Harriet’s case. First, Blomkvist realizes what he first noticed in the photograph album: The picture of Harriet at the Children’s Day Parade in Hedestad the day she disappeared shows her looking away from the parade with dismay and possibly, fear on her […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 3: Mergers: Chapter 16 – Sunday, June 1-Tuesday, June 10

Summary After two months in prison, Blomkvist is released early and immediately heads to Hedeby. Vanger is happy to see him. When Blomkvist stops by Cecilia’s, she’s not only surprised, but also cold and distant, asking him to leave. He goes home and begins to flip through the photograph album […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 3: Mergers: Chapter 15 – Friday, May 16-Saturday, May 31

Summary Salander slowly recovers from the physical trauma following the rape, and turns to the Internet for information that will help her. She learns that sadists, such as Bjurman, target victims. Realizing how he — and no doubt others who know of her legal state — perceives her, she decides […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 2: Consequence Analysis: Chapter 14 – Saturday, March 8-Monday, March 17

Summary Salander proceeds with her decision to act against Bjurman by doing a thorough investigation of him. Unfortunately, her search leads nowhere. Bjurman is a lawyer who has never been censured, a divorcee whose wife has happily settled elsewhere. None of his former trustees ever reported wrongdoing on Bjurman’s part. […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 2: Consequence Analysis: Chapter 13 – Thursday, February 20-Friday, March 7

Summary Unusually, Chapter 12 begins without entering directly into a scene. The chapter opens with a description of the Swedish legal system and insight into how Salander became a ward of the state. The young woman was one of many adults who, due to a variety of mishaps and mental […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 2: Consequence Analysis: Chapter 12 – February 19

Summary After Berger and Blomkvist take a walk around Hedeby Island on a rare sunny day, they stop in to visit Vanger on their way home. Vanger starts questioning Berger about Millennium’s financial state and, as she reveals the difficulties the publication is facing, Vanger offers to become a silent […]

Read more Summary and Analysis Part 2: Consequence Analysis: Chapter 11 – Saturday, February 1-Tuesday, February 18