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The Girl Who Played with Fire |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Vintage
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 3
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
ASIN: B001NLKT60
Publication Date: July 20, 2009
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Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best of the Month, July 2009: The girl with the dragon tattoo is back. Stieg Larsson's seething heroine, Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise. Only this time, Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past (more specifically, an event coldly known as "All the Evil") if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive. The Girl Who Played with Fire is a break-out-in-a-cold-sweat thriller that crackles with stunning twists and dismisses any talk of a sophomore slump. Fans of Larsson's prior work will find even more to love here, and readers who do not find their hearts racing within the first five pages may want to confirm they still have a pulse. Expect healthy doses of murder, betrayal, and deceit, as well as enough espresso drinks to fuel downtown Seattle for months. --Dave Callanan
Product Description
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.
But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander—the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and who now becomes the focus and fierce heart of The Girl Who Played with Fire.
As Blomkvist, alone in his belief in Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the slayings, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous hunt in which she is the prey, and which compels her to revisit her dark past in an effort to settle with it once and for all.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Burning Inferno September 9, 2010
EnjoysBooksMovies
This book starts where the other book "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo"
left off. Old and new enemies start to attack Lisbeth and we find out
more what is behind her solitary exterior. Excellent follow-up to the first book and the ending just makes one want to read the next book to find out about Lisbeth.
Good Read September 9, 2010
Teacup (Texas)
Really takes the reader into the action. So many book clubs and friends read this book that I felt i "had" to read it. Worth the time. I'm ready to read the next in the series.
 Salander and Blomkvist are back! September 8, 2010
Anna McCall (Atlanta, GA)
I could hardly wait to get my hands on this after devouring "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" in a 24-hour period. The characters are picked up where they left off, with Salander now a world-traveling billionaire and Blomkvist back at his beloved Millennium newspaper. The story this time around revolves around a journalist and his girlfriend who are murdered on the eve of exposing many high-ranking and public Swedish officials in a sex trafficking scandal. They are murdered and Lisbeth Salander is the main suspect. Blomkvist and her mentor Dragan Armansky are convinced of her innocence and set about proving so.
This book delves further into Lisbeth Salander's mysterious and damaged psyche. We learn the root of "all the Evil" that was referenced in the first book as well as the mystery of her family. It's all delicious and makes for one hell of a ride!
 so-so superhero novel September 8, 2010
Michael Lewyn (Jacksonville, FL)
I bought this as an airport novel, and I think it turned out to be a moderately entertaining one. The first third of the novel was quite dull, but eventually it became interesting enough to finish - not a classic by any means, just the sort of book that is a nice diversion if you have nothing better to read.
Basically, this is a kind of superhero novel; Salander uses her brainpower, her computer skills, and her skill with weapons to defeat any enemy, including one who is basically a supervillian- a giant who feels no pain. When Salander is not part of the action, the novel drags; most of the supporting characters are not particularly memorable.
Pleased with vendor September 7, 2010
H. Buckley Cording (usa)
I want to let you know how pleased I am with Lilly Street Books. They are a small business out of their home and they got the book The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson to me amazingly fast. I heard from them the day after I placed the order and they had already mailed the book to me. Considering there was a weekend and a holiday, they still got the book to me in less than a week! A five star experience.
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