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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The genre-defining thriller that introduced the world to Lisbeth Salander
By Stieg Larsson
Series: Millennium
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Meet Lisbeth Salander - the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide. As vivid as bloodstains on snow... a perfect introduction to the unique strengths of Scandinavian crime fiction - LEE CHILD Lisbeth Salander gets under the skin of her targets like no-one else.... Read More
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Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. But her uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone in her own family - the deeply dysfunctional Vanger clan.

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Meet Lisbeth Salander - the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide.

As vivid as bloodstains on snow... a perfect introduction to the unique strengths of Scandinavian crime fiction - LEE CHILD

Lisbeth Salander gets under the skin of her targets like no-one else. Those who underestimate her live to regret it. If they're lucky...

Mikael Blomkvist - disgraced journalist, womaniser - is everything she ought to hate. But when she is hired by a security firm to investigate him, her report on his life reveals an integrity that fascinates her.

Then she discovers that Blomkvist is cracking open the cold case of a missing girl - uncovering secrets that have poisoned a family through generations.

And only one thing gives Salander greater satisfaction than exposing a liar: stopping a killer.

With an introduction by Val McDermid

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Series: Millennium

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    "Expertly told, the plot crackles with life" - DAILY MAIL "Salander is centre stage . . . A pacy read" - SUNDAY EXPRESS "Exciting and disturbing" - LITERARY REVIEW The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has fresh outrage to avenge As Salander follows the scorched trail of her twin sister to Moscow, Blomkvist fears for her safety. He should, perhaps,...
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  • The Girl in the Spider's Web
    THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO IS BACK WITH A UK NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time. Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story – and...
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  • The Girl Who Played With Fire
    THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO RETURNS "Even more gripping and astonishing than the first" Sunday Times Lisbeth Salander can be viciously violent. Mikael Blomkvist knows it - and owes his life to it. When a criminologist and a journalist who works with Blomkvist at Millennium magazine are killed on the brink of publishing a brutal expose of human trafficking,...
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  • The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
    Meet Lisbeth Salander, the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide. "Salander remains, in Lagercrantz's hands, the enigmatic and fascinating anti-heroine in fiction" Financial Times "Salander and Blomkvist have survived the authorship transition intact and are just as compelling as ever" New York Times Lisbeth Salander is an unstoppable force. Sentenced to two months in a women's prison...
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  • Pre-order
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    Meet Lisbeth Salander - the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide. As vivid as bloodstains on snow... a perfect introduction to the unique strengths of Scandinavian crime fiction - LEE CHILD Lisbeth Salander gets under the skin of her targets like no-one else. Those who underestimate her live to regret it. If they're lucky... Mikael Blomkvist -...
    By Stieg Larsson
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    Out 24 Nov 2026

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529452297

Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: MacLehose Press

Illustration: N/A

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 544

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About the Author

Stieg Larsson was the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Expo. He was a leading expert on anti-democratic, right-wing extremist organisations. He died in 2004, soon after delivering the text of the novels that make up the Millennium Trilogy.

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    Meet Lisbeth Salander - the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide. As vivid as bloodstains on snow . . . a perfect introduction to the unique strengths of Scandinavian crime fiction - LEE CHILD Lisbeth Salander gets under the skin of her targets like no-one else. Those who underestimate her live to regret it. If they're lucky...
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  • The Girl Who Played With Fire
    THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO RETURNS "Even more gripping and astonishing than the first" Sunday Times Lisbeth Salander can be viciously violent. Mikael Blomkvist knows it - and owes his life to it. When a criminologist and a journalist who works with Blomkvist at Millennium magazine are killed on the brink of publishing a brutal expose of human trafficking,...
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    ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: “Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and...
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