Partners in Crime

Salander and Blomkvist have been called today's Watson and Holmes. How could Doyle have solved the mystery without his sidekick? The perfect combination: A disturbed young lady whom has traded her troubles in life for some pretty sufficient computer hacking skills and a investigative journalist who is seeking for more answers in life. This pair work as a team and feed off each other to learn of more leads in the case. As equal participants, Salander and Blomkvist pick up each other's thoughts in solving the case of Harriet Vanger. After learning of the twisted Vanger family secrets, Lisbeth, oddly is the one to rescue Mickael from a near death happening. Larsson excludes one aspect from their relationship, and that is love. Stieg isn't interested in bringing these two characters together in that fashion, although Lisebeth falls for Blomkvist it could be a form of lust. His approach to their friendship is to focus on their work. There are times where intimate scenes arise, where Lisbeth and Mikael becomes closer, but only in centimeters. Thus, Salander does not give anything away about herself to Mikael even when he does seek for details of whom she really is.