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The man who played with fire, Stieg Larsson's lost files and the hunt for an assassin, Jan Stocklassa ; translated by Tara F. Chace

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The man who played with fire

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Jan Stocklassa ; translated by Tara F. Chace

Stieg Larsson's lost files and the hunt for an assassin

When Stieg Larsson died, the author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had been working on a true mystery that out-twisted his Millennium novels: the assassination on February 28, 1986, of Olof Palme, the Swedish prime minister. It was the first time in history that a head of state had been murdered without a clue who had done it, and on a Stockholm street at point-blank range. Internationally known for his fictional far-right villains, Larsson was well acquainted with their real-life counterparts and documented extremist activities throughout the world. Larsson's archive was forgotten until journalist Jan Stocklassa was given exclusive access to the author's secret project. Stocklassa collects the pieces of Larsson's true-crime puzzle to follow the trail of intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy begun by one of the world's most famous thriller writers. Together they set out to solve a mystery that no one else could

Foreword -- Editor's note -- Prologue -- The day of the assassination -- The opposition -- The murder map -- Sherlock Holmér -- Victor -- The prosecutor's accusation -- Deeper in to the archive -- Status quo -- After Chernobyl -- The alpha male -- Stieg's tip -- The riddle -- The minutes -- Severin -- Cafés -- Holmér strikes again -- No, no, yes -- Mission: Olof Palme -- 1987 -- The stars align -- Warning! Warning! -- Palme's worst enemy -- The middleman? -- Between what an what? -- Deep Wedin -- Gerry -- The right-wing extremists -- Operation appendix -- Sweden's grand prize for journalism -- Hans II -- Ebbe picks up speed -- Doubts -- Profile of a killer -- A suitable murderer -- The killer -- Trophy -- Lots of show, little to show for it -- South Africa, 1996 -- Keystone Cops in Africa -- Last chance -- Stieg's most important battle -- Eva -- A new career -- Seven flights -- Stieg is dead -- Space syntax -- The campaigner -- The dead children #1 -- The dead children #2 -- The double widow -- The librarian -- The analysis -- Lisbeth #1 -- Anna-Lena -- Lisbeth #2 -- To the archive -- Rorschach -- OCR -- Moscow mule -- GT -- With the middleman -- Wedin -- first day -- Wedin -- second day -- Wedin -- third day -- The delivery -- Rockets that will never come again -- The New Yorker -- The composite photo -- A study of assassination -- The dead children #3 -- Crossing the Rubicon -- The heart of darkness -- The wig -- The Italian version -- Patsy -- Deep state -- Cui bono? -- Interrogated -- The person who saved Sweden -- The decision -- Jakob and Lída -- Jakob -- first day -- Jakob -- second day -- The grave -- Back to the scene of the crime -- Lost -- Aliyah -- "M" -- Revolver -- Epilogue -- Afterword