Imagined crossover · Nordic noir
What if Lisbeth Salander met Carl Mørck?
The hacker and the cold case cop. Two prickly outsiders who cannot let injustice stand.
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The pair
Lisbeth SalanderHacker and investigator with a violent pastBy Stieg Larsson · Millennium · first in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Chemistry6/10
Friction8/10
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Where and when
Stockholm and Copenhagen
The 2000s and 2010s
The story
- How they might meet
- A cold case in Department Q involves a Swedish company that Lisbeth Salander has been watching for years.
- Why they would work
- Two prickly outsiders who cannot let injustice stand.
- What each brings
- Lisbeth can find anything that is hidden in a computer. Carl has patience for old files and the help of Assad and Rose.
- Where they would clash
- Lisbeth does not trust police, and Carl does not trust anyone. Assad would get on with her best.
Strengths compared
Lisbeth Salander Carl Mørck
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- The Girl with the Dragon TattooStieg Larsson · 2005 · Lisbeth Salander's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- MercyJussi Adler-Olsen · 2007 · Carl Mørck's first appearanceBuy on Amazon