The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Mikael Blomkvist, a financial journalist for the magazine Millennium, is convicted of libel and forced to take a leave of absence. During this time, he is hired by Henrik Vanger, a reclusive industrialist, to investigate the disappearance of his niece, Harriet, who vanished on a remote island in 1966. The investigation leads Blomkvist to Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant but socially isolated hacker with a troubled past. Together, they uncover a web of family secrets, financial corruption, and violent crimes that span decades, revealing a dark history of abuse and murder within the Vanger family.

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