The Girl with Ice in Her Veins

A Lisbeth Salander Novel

By: Karin Smirnoff

Narrated by: Simon Vance

“Lisbeth Salander is back—and maybe better than ever.” —Lee Child

“Fresh, fearless. . . . One of the great crime series of our time could not be in safer, more capable hands.” —Chris Whitaker

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Lisbeth Salander returns in this chilling new installment of the multi-million-copy bestselling Millennium series, from the author of The Girl in the Eagle's Talons.

Sweden’s far north is growing colder; even in springtime, the town of Gasskas is buried under a relentless snow. As temperatures drop, tensions rise between a global corporation shamelessly exploiting the area's natural resources and wary locals who have scores to settle. A bomb blasts apart a crucial bridge. Soon after, a young journalist is found murdered.

Meanwhile, Lisbeth is at home in Stockholm, looking to fill the void her last lover left behind. When she discovers that fellow hacker Plague has been kidnapped and taken up north, and finds her niece, Svala, on her doorstep, she has no choice but to return to Gasskas—with Mikael Blomkvist at her side. Blomkvist takes the helm at Gasskas's newspaper, and Lisbeth tries to locate Plague. But then Svala goes missing, and Lisbeth's worst fears come to haunt her. . . .

Lured back to a lawless town full of predators disguised as saviors and foes disguised as friends, forced to face down their own troubling pasts and those of their loved ones, Salander and Blomkvist must untangle a history of violence before it's too late. The Girl with Ice in Her Veins is a twisty, vertiginous, hard-hitting thriller that breathes new life into Stieg Larsson's epic series and unforgettable characters.

Critic reviews

“Fully up to the standard of its celebrated predecessors. . . . Exciting work.” —Wall Street Journal

“Smirnoff’s spin on the Millennium series exposes the characters’ emotional vulnerabilities without sacrificing the series’ complexity and unflinching thrills.” —Booklist

“A treat for longtime series fans. . . . [There are] clever twists and poignant developments in the relationships among the core cast. This continues Smirnoff’s hot streak.” —Publishers Weekly

“Criminally fast-paced.” —Femina

“This author takes the Millennium series to a new level.” —Arbetarbladet

“A splash of Tolkien, two scoops of Marvel, a shattered girl’s world. . . . A gaze that meets Larsson's feminist anger but continues to dig a little deeper.” —Västerbotten-kuriren

“Karin Smirnoff’s language is worth reading for its own sake.” —Dagens Nyheter

“Well-written and exciting.” —Dast

Knowing that the story continues

All of it. Never a disappointment with Liz and Michael’s adventures
I don’t have any more words

Nothing special

Enjoyed reading it, but this was probably my least favorite title in the "Girl With" series.

what's wrong

Mikael Lisbeth are only background characters at best ! its a good story ,but isnt a Millenium novel !

Where’s Blomquist?

Millennium is gone. Blomquist in his mid 60’s has almost nothing to do with the new book. Even Lizbeth takes a back seat for most of it. Its all about her barely teenage niece. Ive listened to all the other books multiple times. This is the least Solander and Blomquist of them all and by far the worst of the 8.

Confusing

Story line a bit confusing on who was who because multiple things going on in the story