• The Girl Who Played With Fire

  • By: Stieg Larsson
  • Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
  • Length: 20 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,943 ratings)

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The Girl Who Played With Fire

By: Stieg Larsson
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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Publisher's summary

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her.

Mikael Blomkvist, Millennium magazine's legendary star reporter, does not believe the police. Using all his magazine staff and resources to prove Salander's innocence, Blomkvist also uncovers her terrible past, spent in criminally corrupt institutions. Yet Salander is more avenging angel than helpless victim. She may be an expert at staying out of sight - but she has ways of tracking down her most elusive enemies.

©2006/ 2009 Norstedts Agency / Reg Keeland (P)2009 WF Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"As good as crime writing gets." ( Times Literary Supplement)
"Even more gripping and astonishing than the first...this novel will leave readers on the edge of their seats." (Joan Smith, The Sunday Times)

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Great conspiracy sparked with original characters.

What did you love best about The Girl Who Played with Fire?

Great description of characteristics of each individual involved in the story.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Kalle Blomqvist. Well balanced dedicated charming journalist.

What about Saul Reichlin’s performance did you like?

The way he can narrate each individual according to their nature is simply beyond pure talent. There's more!

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

Haha, yes there were moments of glint in my eyes and definitely I was laughing my head off several times.

Any additional comments?

There must by something about the book when more than one film adaptations will have been done.

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The Girl who played with fire

Stig Larson's books will be with me forever. I will listen to them again and again.

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Great story

If you like a exciting book this is the one for you

Also great story teller!!!

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Can't get enough, where's the third book?

I absolutely loved this! Fabulous, Fantastic, I can now understand why this trilogy has sold over 12 million books. Brilliant, do yourself a favour, read Stieg Larsson

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One of my top ten audiobooks

This too-short series is a terrific read/listen. The characters are are rich, vital, and quirky with distinctive character flaws that make them incredibly tangible. The balance of character development and driving storyline is flawless. I found all three of the books very hard to stop listening to and the characters and their predicament stayed with me even when I wasn't listening. Once you've read one, you won't be able to stop and you'll be sorry when they're over.

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Good but far to graphic for me

The series is great, just a little to believable and graphic. It follows on well from the rpevious books, but I am afraid I did not like many parts due to the depth of voilence and calousness.

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Loved it!

Beautifully narrated and a fantastic story. Kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. Intricate plot but not so complex that it was difficult to keep up with. Characters wonderfully 'drawn', flawed yet still likeable. I will listen to this, and the two subsequent books, again. Well worth the listen

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Great!

Great book! You won't regret reading or listening. Narration was surprisingly good.

Only wish the author was still with us.

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The Girl Who Played with Fire

Exelent story and exelent narration by Saul Reichlin. Thanks.

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Shocking and brilliant

A shocking and brilliant story, The Girl Who Played With Fire sees Lisbeth Salander's past come to haunt her, when she is sudddenly on the run from police for a double murder. The journalist Mikael Blomkvist is determined to help unravel the mystery and to prove Lisbeth's innocence. This story takes so many twists and turns, it ends on a cliffhanger and is absolutely brilliant.

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