The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
It appears that being converted into a film is a sign of an excellent mystery novel. The story of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is no exception. Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy begins with the introduction of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and freelance hacker Lisbeth Salander. Following a series of circumstances, the players finally find themselves seeking to discover the person who allegedly murdered Harriet Vanger, the niece of one of Sweden's richest men, forty years ago. Blomkvist is asked to spend the night on the affluent family's island, where he meets other family members who were there at the incident years before and wonders if any of them were involved.
Blomkvist gradually fills in the missing parts of this dysfunctional family's jigsaw as he decodes the vast number of decades-old notes and newspaper clippings. Larsson's novel combines old mystery motifs — family feuds, blackmailing scenes — with new developments in the characters' inner lives.
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