The Girl Who Played with Fire

A Lisbeth Salander Novel

By: Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

The electrifying follow-up to the phenomenal best seller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ("An intelligent, ingeniously plotted, utterly engrossing thriller" The Washington Post), and this time it is Lisbeth Salander, the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker, who is the focus and fierce heart of the story.

Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to publish a story exposing an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.

On the eve of publication, the two reporters responsible for the story are brutally murdered. But perhaps more shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander.

Now, as Blomkvist, alone in his belief in her innocence, plunges into his own investigation of the slayings, Salander is drawn into a murderous hunt in which she is the prey, and which compels her to revisit her dark past in an effort to settle with it once and for all.

Listen to the rest of The Millennium Trilogy.

©2009 Stieg Larsson (P)2009 Random House

Critic reviews

“Boasts an intricate, puzzle-like story line . . . even as it accelerates toward its startling and violent conclusion.” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)

“[A] gripping, stay-up-all-night read.” ( Entertainment Weekly)

“Gripping stuff. . . . A nail-biting tale of murder and cover-ups.” ( People)

GREAT BOOK

If you could sum up The Girl Who Played with Fire in three words, what would they be?

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS THAT I HAVE READ. AMAZING THE WAY THE CHARACTER IS DEVELOPED.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

THE MYSTERY WAS THERE

Have you listened to any of Simon Vance’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

AN OLDER LADY RECOMMENDED THIS BOOK TO ME BASED ON THE TYPE OF BOOKS THAT SHE KNEW I LIKED TO READ. THIS BOOK ONE WAS MY FIRST OF THE THREE BOOK SERIES BY VANCE.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

MY HUSBAND AND I LISTENED TO IT FROM UPPER EASTERN PART OF NORTH CAROLINA TO FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. WE LISTEN TO THE END AND IT WAS GREAT AND WE WANTED TO HEAR THE WHOLE STORY.

Any additional comments?

I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO OTHERS. THE GUY READING THE BOOK DID A GOOD JOB!

Great book!!

This was a great book!! I loved learning more about Lizbeth's life. It was as touch and go at the end. Shew!

Very Good Sequel

This was an excellent follow on to "Dragon Tatoo". The end seemed a bit like the author just wanted to finish it possibly because he was not finished with it before he died. The character development added to what I did not know but was hinted at from his first book - it filled in a lot of what may have been a distraction in the first book. There were too many characters with names that sounded a lot alike (being from the USA and not from Sweden) and that got a bit confusing. HINT: Start writing the characters names down the best you can and who they are early in the book, that way you can figure out which bad guy was the really bad guy or the really really bad guy or a victim. Very good except the end could have been more believable.

I bought the trilogy of audio books and the movies

What made the experience of listening to The Girl Who Played with Fire the most enjoyable?

Lizbeth is my hero. She is everything I wish I could be

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes! I could not turn it off

Which character – as performed by Simon Vance – was your favorite?

Lizbeth Salander

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes, I loved all three. I laughed and got frustrated.

Any additional comments?

I loved all 3 of the books and the movies. I am going to listen to them again just in case I missed something!

Couldn't put the book down

Very exciting and finally all the questions from her background are revealed. Could't put the book down. Can't wait to listen to book 3.

Amazing!

Just finished this second book in this series and oh my gosh, I didn't think anything could be any better than the first book. The second book is just as good! The narration is superb. I have never heard a narrator fluctuate their voice for so many characters and sounds so real. I'm now going to the third book and literally cannot wait to start it. The story is so intriguing keeps you wanting to listen you can't put it down.

wow!

when I thought it couldn't get better, it did! I honestly can't wait to start the next book!!

The Girl Who

Stieg Larson's character Lisbeth Salander is an interesting, exciting young woman to whom life has been most uncharitable. Though she has been abandoned, abused and used most of her life she has developed very strong survival skills that help her navigate through life's treachery. She also has an affinity for the under dog and will stand up for and try to protect anyone being bullied or threatened. Lisbeth is a well written, well developed, complex character who though she is often entangled in brutal dealings with nefarious creatures never gets lost in self pity. She keeps moving forward with strength and conviction.

soooo much better than i expected!

I am cautious about 2nd books in a series, even with a renown series!

But I could have been happier! Mr. Larsson, of happy memory, was a genius in the way he has craft his narrative and developed his characters.

This is worthy of your time and an indulgence of which you will not regret!

It took a while to warm up!!!

It took a while to warm up!!! I was going to DNF it. SO glad I stuck it out! Love the cliff hanger! Looking forward to the next book in the series!!!