Why is Lisbeth Salander making news

The girl with the dragon tattoo? isn’t her story all done and dusted?

Nope. She’s back. Plus there’s tatvertising.

Errk! what is that? and what do you mean she’s back?

The fourth book in the series, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, is set for August 27 launch.

Whoa! but the author of the millennium trilogy books, Steig Larsson, died in 2004, no?

True. But then Enid Blyton is dead too, so is Mario Puzo.

You mean a new writer has written the fourth book?

Yes. I see you are getting sharper.

Smartypants! and the journosleuth, mikael blomkvist, is back too?

Yes, him plus the Swedish secret police and Millennium magazine, pretty much the old formula.

Who is the author?

David Lagercrantz, another author and journalist like Larsson.

So fans must be crazy in anticipation.

Not quite. Larsson’s friends are calling Lagercrantz a grave robber.

Oops! that’s sad. and what is that tatvertising?

The publishers in Australia wanted a girl to donate her back to ink a permanent dragon tattoo for publicity.

And they got someone?

Nah, they got bad press and dropped it.

A lot of bad press for Lisbeth Salander.

Can be great for a book launch. If you’ve been following the Batman games.