Book Review: The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye By David Lagercrantz

Book Five in the “Millennium” series. Salander is sentenced to two months in Flodberga women’s prison for saving a young boy’s life by any means necessary, refusing to say anything in her own defence; she has more important things on her mind.

Mikael Blomkvist makes the long trip to visit every week and receives a lead to follow for his pains. For him, it looks to be an important expose for Millennium, for her, it could unlock the facts of her childhood.

Even from a corrupt prison system run largely by the inmates, Salander will stand up for what she believes in, whatever the cost.

Salander will seek the truth that is somehow connected to her childhood memory of a woman with a blazing birthmark on her neck that looked as if it had been burned by a dragon’s fire. Continuing this series is no easy task, the characters and gritty plot Stieg Larsson invented are near impossible to replicate.

However, Lagercrantz manages to deliver an enjoyable page turner, staying true to the characters and introducing new storylines. Perfect for some easy but also exciting beach reading. Hachette Australia $32.99