Retro Read: Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Series - Stieg Larsson & David Lagercrantz

Thriller

Rating: 8/10

The books in this series are grisly, complex, and intelligent in plot as well as ingenious at building dysfunctional and enigmatic characters.

The stories bring together troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander, a woman in her twenties with a photographic memory, poor social skills and a horrific backstory, and Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist under scrutiny after the publication of an article with unsubstantiated facts.

These books are not breakneck speed page turners which is a wonderful change of pace in our recent release offerings. They never feel like a by the number’s thriller. The twists and revelations work all the better for being worked for, rather than flung at the reader, two to a page.

The Books In The Series:

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.

Girl Who Played With Fire

Mikael Blomkvist 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. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.

Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest

Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition in a Swedish hospital, a bullet in her head. But she’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll stand trial for three murders. With the help of Mikael Blomkvist, she’ll need to identify those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she’ll seek revenge.

Girl In The Spider’s Web

One night, Blomkvist receives a call from a source who claims to have been given information vital to the United States by a young female hacker. Blomkvist, always on the lookout for a story, reaches out to Salander for help. She, as usual, has plans of her own. Together they are drawn into a ruthless underworld of spies, cybercriminals, and government operatives – some willing to kill to protect their secrets.

Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye

Lisbeth Salander is serving time in Flodberga Prison. When a sadistic gang leader nicknamed Benito starts to torture Faria, a young Bangladeshi prisoner, Salander finds it impossible not to intervene. Now a target of Benito and her gang, Salander’s time in prison is further complicated by news from her old guardian, who tells her she may have been a subject in a secret experiment 

Girl Who Lived Twice – Coming Soon…