Along with 20 million others who've bought the books, I'm a fan of the three long, complex, convoluted, imaginative Swedish mysteries by Steg Larsson:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
As you other fans know, Larsson meant to write a volume of ten, but, after writing and delivering three and a half manuscripts, he died.
All of us fans known a lot about Lizabeth Salander, his complex heroine. But Larsson gave us many strong women characters. More than I can remember from a series of three books
In just "Hornet's Nest" alone:
Monica Figuerola - the super fit, attractive inspector with the Swedish Police Department.
Sussan Linder - the snuff-dipping former policewoman, current investigator for Milton Security who gives us a very satisfying solution to the problem Eric Berger has with a stalker.
Annika Giannina - the sister of Blomkvist and domestic violence attorney who defends Salander in one of the most exciting and satisfying trials ever.
Erica Berger - Blomkvist's boss/off and on lover.
All of these women are Katy Bar the Door, Take No Prisoners, Super Smart gals. It's pretty clear that Larsson had huge respect for women. Period.
Not just Salander.
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