By: Stieg Larsson
Genre: Crime Fiction
Stars: 5 out of 5
After being sentenced for libel and defaming a huge Swedish financer in his magazine The Millennium, Mikael Blomkvist decides to take a break. However after being summoned by Henrik Vanger to write his family’s biography and investigate the disappearance of his niece over forty years ago, Mikael gets thrown into a world of corruption and violence. With the help of Lisbeth Salander, a pierced punk who is a sneaky investigator, Mikael and Lisbeth unlock a mystery that will shock more than Henrik Vanger’s world.
It is really too bad that Stieg Larsson is no longer around to see how his novel has become such a major hit. This is really a fascinating and intriguing read. A little slow going at first because Larsson explains the Swedish financial system and also provides a lot of family history and background about the Vanger’s. But once you read past the first hundred pages, you are flung into a mystery that shocks you. I only picked this book up because so many customers at work were buying it – and now I know why. I cannot wait to read the second and third installments.
I'll bring you the 2nd book next time you are working! Let me know a good day!
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