The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is hired by aging industrialist Henrik Vanger to investigate the disappearance of his niece Harriet — a cold case frozen in time for forty years. Teaming up with Lisbeth Salander, a tattooed, anti-social computer genius with a photographic memory, the pair dig deep into the Vanger family’s dark history of corruption, abuse, and violence. Larsson’s debut novel blends Scandinavian noir with fierce social commentary, weaving a web of corporate crime, misogyny, and buried truth. Its unforgettable characters and relentless pacing sparked a global phenomenon.