Chapters 8 through 9 Summary

Chapter 8, which takes place in early January, finds Blomkvist arriving at the Vanger estate, where he will live in a guest house on the property. Vanger takes him on a tour of the area and introduces him to several people. The cover story for Blomkvist's presence is that he is helping Vanger write his autobiography, which will enable him to poke around in family business. Vanger also fills Blomkvist in on various members of his large family, some of whom he thinks are possible suspects and others not. Blomkvist reminds him that he will have to serve his prison sentence at some point and that he might have to return to Stockholm at times to take care of magazine business, and Vanger says he might be able to help with the magazine's financial problems.

After getting settled in his house, Blomkvist...