Playing With Fire

The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second book in this Stockholm based Millenium trilogy that has sold more than 22 million copies worldwide. When author Stieg Larsson died unexpectedly in 2004 the rights to his manuscripts prompted a legal battle for publishing rights. The plots to ten different novels had been meticulously researched but never sent to print.

The first book in the series, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, introduces readers to Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist. Despite all the Swedish street names and towns that can't be typed on a standard keyboard, the plot quickly draws you in and before you know it you're purchasing book three from the United Kingdom because you just can't wait till the American release date in May 2010.

As my one German friend said, "Everyone from my best friend's little sister to my grandmother have all read the entire trilogy and are setting the TiVo for the European television series based on the books", (six episodes, two episodes for each book). Look for an English movie version in the works.