Book 2 in the series. So. much. better than the first. In my humble opinion.
It picks up where "Dragon Tattoo" leaves off but quickly turns out plot twists and unexpected turns galore. The movement of the story is much more quickly forward-moving then in the first or (as I found later) third book, and it was definitely one of my "here's another movie, boys" books. Mikael Blomkvist, investigative journalist, becomes involved in a sex trafficking investigation which includes high-ranking government officials. When his two fellow journalists turns up dead, circumstantial evidence and a reputation for hating men who abuse women point to Lisbeth Salander as the murderer. Being the loner she is, she only has her own wits and wherewithal and the belief in her innocence of Mikael Blomkvist (who subsequently begins his own investigation into the matter) to discover the identity of the true criminal(s). What begins to unfold for the reader in this story is the mysterious heroine's background; a background that she must face and defeat before the crime can be solved.
BOTTOM LINE: Once you (quickly) reach the end, you will be left in suspense, begging for the last book!
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