The spacious apartment was quiet even when Salander was making use of it. She saw no need to alert her neighbours of her presence as she worked, seeing as it was best that her business was left well alone by others. But even then, the silence was interrupted with a staccato of “tick-tack” as her fingers worked the keyboard of her Mac, and occasionally there would be a beep as the computer obeyed the instructions of its coding.
This time, the apartment’s silence was one devoid of any form of life, artificial or otherwise. There were envelopes piling in front of the door, and the whole place was shrouded in darkness.
Then the door creaked open, and light flooded the apartment.

















