The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Once you start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, there's no turning back. This debut thriller--the first in a trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson--is a serious page-turner rivaling the best of Charlie Huston and Michael Connelly. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name is extended by an old-school titan of Swedish industry. The catch--and there's always a catch--is that Blomkvist must first spend a year researching a mysterious disappearance that has remained unsolved for nearly four decades. With few other options, he accepts and enlists the help of investigator Lisbeth Salander, a misunderstood genius with a cache of authority issues. Little is as it seems in Larsson's novel, but there is at least one constant: you really don't want to mess with the girl with the dragon tattoo. Very slow start. I almost had to put it down. I wasn't sure what I had even read (and I'm still not sure) but after you get past the first couple chapters it actually gets pretty exciting. Lots of twists and turns. Sme I saw coming others I didn't. I ally did like this book and will continue the series but I've decided to read something a little bit lighter to give my mind a break from all the heavy it has been taking in lately. 4 out of 5 stars