The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

The third of the trilogy, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist are back, trying to prove her innocence in the murder of her father as well as the guilt of a secret government agency who have tried to destroy Lisbeth's life since before her teens. 

Starting with "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and then "The Girl Who Played With Fire", "Hornet's Nest" picks up literally moments after "Fire" ends.  For someone like me, who read "Fire" some time ago, it was hard to get back into the flow and the characters.  It would probably have been easier to read all three in succession.  Like the first book, this one spent a lot of time discussing the government, which tends to bore me.  But I stuck with it, because the other two books were so good.

There seemed to be a lot of extra in this book that could have been cut out.  Government conspiracy themed books hold little interest for me usually, but I enjoyed this series.  It's too bad Larsson died after delivering the manuscript for "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest".