THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO IS BACK WITH A UK NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Lisbeth Salander and
Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time. Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned
Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger but more concerned for
his son's well-being Balder wants Millennium to publish his story - and it is a terrifying
one. More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder's world-leading advances in Artificial
Intelligence is his connection with a certain female superhacker. It seems that Salander like
Balder is a target of ruthless cyber gangsters - and a violent criminal conspiracy that will
very soon bring terror to the snowbound streets of Stockholm to the Millennium team and to
Blomkvist and Salander themselves. Lagercrantz has constructed an elegant plot around different
concepts of intelligence ... his continuation while never formulaic is a cleaner and tighter
read than the originals ... Without ever becoming pastiche the book is a respectful and
affectionate homage to the originals. -- Mark Lawson Guardian. As I read Lagercrantz's The Girl
in the Spider's Web I found that I kept forgetting for several pages at a time that I wasn't
reading genuine Larsson ... One devours Larsson's books for the plots the action the anger
and most of all for Lisbeth Salander ... Lagercrantz has caught her superbly and expertly spun
the sort of melodramatic yarn in which she can thrive. -- Jake Kerridge Daily Telegraph. Fans
of Stieg Larsson's captivating odd couple of modern detective fiction - the genius punk hacker
Lisbeth Salander and her sometime partner the crusading investigative journalist Mikael
Blomkvist - will not be disappointed ... Salander and Blomkvist have survived the authorship
transition intact and are just as compelling as ever. -- Michiko Kakutani New York Times.
Elegantly paced slickly executed and properly thrilling. -- Alison Flood Observer First the
conclusion. David Lagercrantz has done well ...The Girl in the Spider's Web conveys the essence
and atmosphere of Larsson's Millennium novels. He has captured the spirit of their characters
and devised inventive plots most of them suitably exaggerated ... On the evidence of Spider's
Web most Millennium fans will want to continue following their Lisbeth. -- Marcel Berlins The
Times. Lagercrantz's real achievement here is the subtle development of Lisbeth's character he
allows us access to her complex alienated world but is careful not to remove her mystery and
unknowability. Lisbeth Salander remains in Lagercrantz's hands the most enigmatic and
fascinating anti-heroine in fiction. -- Barry Forshaw Financial Times. Rest easy Lisbeth
Salander fans - our punk hacker heroine is in good hands ... Swedish crime novelist David
Lagercrantz takes the reins with prowess not only mimicking Larsson's shamelessly pulpy prose
but admirably expanding the deliciously depraved world of the novels. -- Patrick Ryan USA
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