by Stieg Larsson, 2005
Intriguing characters but poorly written and very ugly – lots of perverse sick dark sexual crime and a serial murderer. Why is this an international best seller?
Lisbeth Salander – 24 yr. old – tattoos, piercing, ward of state (Sweden) – genius computer hacker, very unemotional, loves her mother, though – visits her in a home.
Mikael Blomkvist – journalist – hired to investigate Harriet Vanger’s supposed murder in 1966. They team up and together discover Harriet is alive and well in Australia – disappeared to escape her brother, Martin, a sexual lunatic- serial murderer-like her father, who she murdered. SICK!