The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Not long before his death from cancer, Stieg Larsson gave three completed manuscripts to a publisher. The first of these, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is a masterfully written thriller and introduces two unforgettable characters, Michael Blomkvist, a journalist with a keen sense of a good story and an eye for the ladies, and Lisbeth Salander, the girl of the title, a computer genius. In this novel, Blomkvist tries to solve the mystery of a missing girl while recovering from the consequences of a libel case. The book, which takes place in modern day Sweden, is fast-paced and keeps the reader guessing. The Girl Who Played with Fire, the second in the series is also available here at the library.