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ersideofthebridge.Vangerhadshownhimascrapwitharticlesfromboththelocalnewspaperandthenationalmedia.Therehadbeenquiteabitofmediainterestforawhile—girlfromnotedindustrialist’sfamilydisappears.Butwhennobodywasfoundandtherewasnobreakthroughintheinvestigation,interestgraduallywaned.Despitethefactthataprominentfamilywasinvolved,thirty-sixyearslaterthecaseofHarrietVangerwasallbutfotten.Theprevailingtheoryinarticlesfromthelatesixtiesseemedtobethatshedrownedandwassweptouttosea—atragedy,butsomethingthatcouldhappentoanyfamily.

    Blomkvisthadbeenfascinatedbytheoldman’saount,butwhenVangerexcusedhimselftogotothebathroom,hisscepticismreturned.Theoldmanhadstillnotgottotheend,andBlomkvisthadfinallypromisedtolistentothewholestory.

    “Whatdoyouthinkhappenedtoher?”hesaidwhenVangercamebackintotheroom.

    “Normallythereweresometwenty-fivepeoplelivinghereyear-round,butbecauseofthefamilygatheringthereweremorethansixtyonHedebyIslandthatday.Ofthese,betweentwentyandtwenty-fivecanberuledout,prettymuchso.Ibelievethatofthoseremaining,someone—andinalllikelihooditwassomeonefromthefamily—killedHarrietandhidthebody.”

    “Ihaveadozenobjectionstothat.”

    “Let’shearthem.”

    “Well,thefirstoneisthatevenifsomeonehidherbody,itshouldhavebeenfoundifthesearchwasasthoroughastheoneyoudescribed.”

    “Totellyouthetruth,thesearchwasevenmoreextensivethanI’vedescribed.Itwasn’tuntilIbegantothinkofHarrietasamurdervictimthatIrealisedseveralwaysinwhichherbodycouldhavedisappeared.Ican’tprovethis,butit’satleastwithintherealmofpossibility.”

    “Tellme.”

    “Harrietwentmissingsometimearound3:00thatafternoon.Atabout2:55shewasseenbyPastorFalk,whowashurryingtothebridge.Atalmostexactlythesametimeaphotographerarrivedfromthelocalpaper,andforthenexthourhetookagreatnumberofpicturesofthedrama.We—thepolice,Imean—examinedthephotographsandconfirmedthatHarrietwasnotinanyoneofthem;buteveryotherpersonintownwasseeninatleastone,apartfromverysmallchildren.”

    Vangertookoutanotheralbumandplaceditont

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