&;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 Saturday
The 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.
