The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

Part of Millennium, book 2

First published 2006

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is set to expose a sex trafficking ring implicating Sweden's elite. But before he can publish, the investigators are brutally killed. Shockingly, the evidence points to Lisbeth Salander, the brilliant hacker with a troubled past. Now a fugitive, Salander must evade the police and uncover who framed her to clear her name once and for all.

Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller

Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator

Setting: Stockholm, St. George, Grenada, Sweden

630 pages · Paperback · Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Content warnings: sexual-content, trafficking, violence

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