They are called, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, and The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Okay, I know what you are thinking…those sound so weird!
Well in fact they were written in Swedish so perhaps there is some meaning lost in translation, but the first title really does fit well with the book. So, it is really hard to describe what they are about, but it is your classic mystery, who done it and why type of novel, thrown in a little conspiracy theory, journalistic figures and computer hacking and you have yourself a really great series.
The first 2 books took me a minute to get into because they are placed in Sweden and so many of the words are towns and street with 12 letters in it, none of which being vowels. So I would try to pronouce them but after a while I just gave up. But once I gave up on trying to read those weird words, I couldn’t put it down. And by the time I got to the third one I was dying to finish it!!
So for a quick summary, here is what is listed online:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomqvist is hired by Henrik Vanger to investigate the disappearance of Vanger’s great-niece Harriet. Henrik suspects that someone in his family, the powerful Vanger clan, murdered Harriet over forty years ago.Starting his investigation, Mikael realizes that Harriet’s disappearance is not a single event, but rather linked to series of gruesome murders in the past. He now crosses paths with Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker, an asocial punk and most importantly, a young woman driven by her vindictiveness.
Together they form an unlikely couple as they dive deeper into the violent past of the secretive Vanger family
The Girl who Played with Fire
Lisbeth Salander is wanted for a triple murder. All three victims are connected to a trafficking exposé about to be published in Mikael Blomqvist’s magazine Millenium, and Lisbeth’s fingerprints are on the weapon.Lisbeth vanishes to avoid capture by the justice. Mikael, not believing the police, is despairingly trying to clear her name, using all his resources and the staff of his magazine. During this process, Mikael discovers Lisbeth’s past, a terrible story of abuse and traumatizing experiences growing up in the Swedish care system.
When he eventually finds her, it’s only to discover that she is far more entangled in his initial investigation of the sex industry than he could ever imagine.
The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Two seriously injured people arrive at the emergency ward of the Sahlgrensa hospital in Gothenburg. One is the wanted murderer Lisbeth Salander who has taken a bullet to the head and needs immediate surgery, the other is Alexander Zalachenko, an older man who Lisbeth has attacked with an axe.In this third novel in the Millennium trilogy, Lisbeth is planning her revenge against the men who tried to kill her, and even more importantly, revenge against the government which nearly destroyed her life. But first she must escape from the intensive care unit and exculpate her name from the charges of murder that hangs over her head.
In order to succeed with the latter, Lisbeth will need the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist. He is writing an exposing article that will shake the Swedish government, the secret service and the whole country by its foundations. Finally there is a chance for Lisbeth Salander to put her past behind her and finally there is a chance for truth and justice to prevail.
And I have heard that Hollywood is making them into a movie. Sweden has already done so and apparently they were a hit. Rumor has it that the main male character in the Hollywood version is going to be Daniel Craig….which after reading the books, I think he would be PERFECT as the main character!!!! I cannot wait to see it come to life in the theaters!
3 more books off my 101!!!
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