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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millenium Trilogy 1)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millenium Trilogy 1)

Author(s): Stieg Larsson

Location(s): Stockholm

Genre(s): Crime, Thriller

Era(s): Early 2000s

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Content

Setin Södermalm, a trendy, bohemian district in Stockholm, where charming galleries and cafes mingle with historic wooden cottages.
Central to the plot are Kalle Blomquist, a journalist convicted of libel and Lisbeth Salander, an expert system hacker and investigator, who can see patterns and links in the investigation that are not evident to to others. Blomquist is employed to investigate the unsolved disappearance of Harriet Vanger in the 1960’s and together they start to explore the complex story – violence, and suspense, set against a Nordic backdrop.

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“I would suggest that anyone – Larsson fan or no – sees the city through the author’s eyes,” says Helen Rumbelow in The Times. “The novels are more reliable than many guidebooks.”

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