The Man who Played with Fire

"A fascinating "˜creative nonfiction"™ account of the greatest unsolved mystery in Swedish history. " "”Wall Street Journal"It"™s more than just a thrilling book"¦There"™s a lot of evidence that points to an international conspiracy. " "”CBS This Morning SaturdayThe author of the Millennium novels laid out the clues. Now a journalist is following them. When Stieg Larsson died, the author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had been working on a true mystery that out-twisted his Millennium novels: the assassination on February 28, 1986, of Olof Palme, the Swedish prime minister. It was the first time in history that a head of state had been murdered without a clue who"™d done it"”and on a Stockholm street at point-blank range. Internationally known for his fictional villains, Larsson was well acquainted with their real-life counterparts and documented extremist activities throughout the world. For years he"™d been amassing evidence that linked their terrorist acts to what he called "one of the most astounding murder cases" he"™d ever covered. Larsson"™s archive was forgotten until journalist Jan Stocklassa was given exclusive access to the author"™s secret project. In The Man Who Played with Fire, Stocklassa collects the pieces of Larsson"™s true-crime puzzle to follow the trail of intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy begun by one of the world"™s most famous thriller writers. Together they set out to solve a mystery that no one else could.