num_pages: 1531
description: Stieg Larssons Millennium Trilogy is now available in a complete hardcover set. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Harriet Vanger a scion of one of Swedens 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 Vangers 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 Salanders 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 NestLisbeth Salander lies in critical condition a bullet wound to her head in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. Shes fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers shell 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 revengeagainst the man who tried to kill her and against the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.
language: English
title: The Millennium Trilogy
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group