The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonI picked up this book that seemed to have some cult following after hearing everyone and their hairdresser was reading it. I had only known it was a "mystery." Nothing else. Mystery yes, but not quite what I had anticipated. Blomkvist, a Swedish financial journalist, has just been charged with libel. The book opens with the subplot, a particularly dry chapter explaining part of the story behind this, but I couldn't quite keep my interest in it. The book then moves on to the main plot. Blomkist has been asked by the aging Vanger patriarch to investigate the disappearance of his granddaughter, Harriet, who disappeared in the 60s. Presumed dead, Vanger wants to know who killed her. Initially wanting no involvement, Vanger dangles the bait of information to restore Blomkvist's good name regarding the case he recently lost. Aided by the ingenious yet disturbed Salander, the two uncover a horrifying Vanger family past.
I'm not sure I loved this book so much that I would want to read the second two, but it was a page-turning mystery at the very least.
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