The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (original title in , literally, "the air castle that was blown up") is the third novel in the best-selling "Millennium" series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published in Swedish in 2007; in English, in the UK, in October 2009; and in the US and Canada on 25 May 2010. The first three novels in the series, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2005), "The Girl Who Played with Fire" (2006), and "The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest" were written by Stieg Larsson before
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo of all—author Larsson's penchant for always telling us exactly what we should be feeling." On the other hand, Dr. Abdallah Daar, writing for "Nature", said, "The events surrounding the great-niece's disappearance are meticulously and ingeniously pieced together, with plenty of scientific insight." The "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" wrote, "It's a big, intricately plotted, darkly humorous work, rich with ironies, quirky but believable characters and a literary playfulness that only a master of the genre and its history could bring off." As of 3 June 2011, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" had sold over 3.4 million copies in hardcover or ebook formats,