It’s winter in Stockholm, and the city is blanketed in snow. You’re Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist just released from prison after losing a libel case that ruined your reputation. The media has turned on you, your magazine is under financial strain, and your personal life is in shambles.

Then comes the offer: Henrik Vanger, a retired industrialist, wants to hire you. Not for a news story—but to solve a mystery. His grandniece, Harriet, disappeared forty years ago from the family’s private island. Every year since, he’s received a pressed flower on his birthday—the kind she used to give him. Someone is still watching.

You arrive at Hedestad Island, a frozen, isolated estate shrouded in fog and family secrets. The Vangers are wealthy, influential, and deeply dysfunctional. As you begin digging through old photographs and records, you realize Harriet’s disappearance is tied to a series of brutal murders.

Meanwhile, in Stockholm, Lisbeth Salander—your future ally—is fighting her own war. Her legal guardian, Nils Bjurman, has just raped her. But he doesn’t know she recorded it. And he has no idea what she’s about to do.

You don’t know it yet, but your investigation will lead you to her. And together, you’ll uncover a killer who’s been hiding in plain sight.