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Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy Bundle
By Stieg Larsson
Fiction, General, Thrillers, Suspense, City Life | 503 pages
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Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy is now available in a complete hardcover set.
All across America, readers are talking about Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novels, set in Sweden and featuring Lisbeth Salander-“one of the most original and memorable heroines to surface in a recent thriller”(The New York Times).The trilogy isan international sensation that will grab you and keep you “reading with eyes wide open”(San Francisco Chronicle). “[It] is intricately plotted, lavishly detailed but written with a breakneck pace and verve”(The Independent,U.K.), but “be warned: the trilogy is seriously addictive.”(The Guardian,U.K.).
“Believe the hype . . . It’s gripping stuff.”
-People
“Stieg Larsson clearly loved his brave misfit Lisbeth. And so will you.”
-USA Today
“Larsson has bottled lightning.”
-Los Angeles Times
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared without a trace more than forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to try to discover what happened to her. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist recently sidelined by a libel conviction, to investigate. Blomkvist is aided by the pierced and tattooed computer prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption on their way to discovering the truth of Harriet Vanger’s fate.
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Mikael Blomkvist, now the crusading publisher of the magazineMillennium,has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the murders. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. On her own, she will plot revenge-against the man who tried to kill her, and against the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.
“Unique and fascinating . . . Like a blast of cold, fresh air.”-Chicago Tribune
“Wildly suspenseful . . . Intelligent, ingeniously plotted, utterly engrossing.”
-The Washington Post
“A gripping, stay-up-all-night read.” -Entertainment Weekly
“Dynamite.” -Variety
All across America, readers are talking about Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novels, set in Sweden and featuring Lisbeth Salander-“one of the most original and memorable heroines to surface in a recent thriller”(The New York Times).The trilogy isan international sensation that will grab you and keep you “reading with eyes wide open”(San Francisco Chronicle). “[It] is intricately plotted, lavishly detailed but written with a breakneck pace and verve”(The Independent,U.K.), but “be warned: the trilogy is seriously addictive.”(The Guardian,U.K.).
“Believe the hype . . . It’s gripping stuff.”
-People
“Stieg Larsson clearly loved his brave misfit Lisbeth. And so will you.”
-USA Today
“Larsson has bottled lightning.”
-Los Angeles Times
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared without a trace more than forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to try to discover what happened to her. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist recently sidelined by a libel conviction, to investigate. Blomkvist is aided by the pierced and tattooed computer prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption on their way to discovering the truth of Harriet Vanger’s fate.
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Mikael Blomkvist, now the crusading publisher of the magazineMillennium,has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the murders. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. On her own, she will plot revenge-against the man who tried to kill her, and against the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.
“Unique and fascinating . . . Like a blast of cold, fresh air.”-Chicago Tribune
“Wildly suspenseful . . . Intelligent, ingeniously plotted, utterly engrossing.”
-The Washington Post
“A gripping, stay-up-all-night read.” -Entertainment Weekly
“Dynamite.” -Variety
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Veronica Allan
"The runaway bestseller Millenium trilogy by the late Stieg Larsson is not a read for the faint hearted. However, it is a superb introduction to the Swedish way of life, both its positive and negative aspects. When I visited Stockholm I couldn’t help thinking back to Larsson’s descriptions of the city, though as a tourist I didn’t venture too far from the core, nor was I there to endure the winter weather the author describes in some scenes! Beyond Stockholm, all the locations, islands and small towns in the books are real except Hedestad, and the fictional Millennium magazine is a thinly disguised version of Expo, the anti-racist magazine founded by the author and also headquartered in Stockholm.
In the first novel, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, we meet the main characters: the journalist Mikel Blomkvist and investigator and expert computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. We are also introduced to Sweden’s social and cultural problems involving racism, drugs, violence and exploitation of immigrants, particularly women, which run through the entire trilogy.
Larsson had plans for 10 books, but his sudden death in 2004 meant that the original three books were published posthumously, after which their publisher commissioned two other Swedish authors to continue. With over 100 million copies sold worldwide by 2019, Millenium has become one of the world’s best-selling book series. I would thoroughly recommend reading the Millenium series if you are considering a visit to Sweden."
In the first novel, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, we meet the main characters: the journalist Mikel Blomkvist and investigator and expert computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. We are also introduced to Sweden’s social and cultural problems involving racism, drugs, violence and exploitation of immigrants, particularly women, which run through the entire trilogy.
Larsson had plans for 10 books, but his sudden death in 2004 meant that the original three books were published posthumously, after which their publisher commissioned two other Swedish authors to continue. With over 100 million copies sold worldwide by 2019, Millenium has become one of the world’s best-selling book series. I would thoroughly recommend reading the Millenium series if you are considering a visit to Sweden."
