The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The genre-defining thriller that introduced the world to Lisbeth Salander

Author(s): Stieg Larsson

Crime - Thriller

Murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue combine into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel, the first in Stieg Larsson's thrilling Millenium series featuring Lisbeth Salander.   Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.


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I doubt you will read a better book this year Val McDermid Intelligent, complex, with a gripping plot and deeply intriguing characters. The author's early death is a great los Philip Pullman What a cracking novel! I haven't read such a stunning thriller debut for years. Brilliantly written and totally gripping Minette Walters

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.

General Fields

  • : 9780857054036
  • : Quercus Books
  • : MacLehose Press
  • : 0.371
  • : June 2015
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : April 2015
  • : August 2023
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Stieg Larsson
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 839.73/8