The Girl Who Played with Fire is the gripping second instalment in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, following journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the brilliant, dangerous outsider Lisbeth Salander. When two journalists investigating sex trafficking are murdered, evidence quickly points to Salander—plunging her into a nationwide manhunt.
 
As Blomkvist fights to clear her name, the investigation tears open a trail of corruption, hidden identities, and long-buried violence, drawing ever closer to Salander’s past. Dark, propulsive, and politically charged, the novel blends high-stakes crime plotting with an unflinching look at abuse of power and institutional cover-ups.