Millennium book 2 · 2006
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Two researchers working on a Millennium exposé of human trafficking are murdered, and Lisbeth Salander’s fingerprints are on the gun. Blomkvist sets out to prove her innocent.
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Book facts
- Author
- Stieg Larsson
- Series
- Millennium, book 2 of 7
- Published
- 2006
- Setting
- Set in Stockholm
- Characters charted
- 7
- Chart confidence
- High
The Girl Who Played with Fire on screen
- The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009, film, Cinema). The second Swedish film, in which Salander becomes a suspect in a triple murder.
- Millennium (2010, miniseries, SVT). An extended television version of the three Swedish films, with additional scenes.
Who is in The Girl Who Played with Fire
7 recurring or key characters from Stieg Larsson’s chart. Introduces Alexander Zalachenko and Ronald Niedermann.
Lead 2
- Lisbeth SalanderHacker and investigator with a violent pastAccused of a triple murder
- Mikael BlomkvistInvestigative journalist at Millennium
Major 3
- Erika BergerEditor of Millennium and Blomkvist’s lover
- Alexander ZalachenkoFirst appearanceLisbeth’s father, a Soviet defector
- Ronald NiedermannFirst appearanceZalachenko’s giant enforcer
Minor and cameo 2
- Dragan ArmanskyHead of the security firm that employs Lisbeth
- Holger PalmgrenLisbeth’s former guardian
Also featuring these characters
Other Stieg Larsson books that share the most characters with The Girl Who Played with Fire.
- The Girl in the Spider’s Web2015 · Millennium · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye2017 · Millennium · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Girl Who Lived Twice2019 · Millennium · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons2022 · Millennium · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon