The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

By the time you hit the third in Stieg Larsson's trilogy, you are very familiar with his voice and his fascination with sexual violence against women. Nevertheless, "The Hornet's Nest" still sucks you into its convoluted and many-peopled plot. It's a good read, but I think the author has (i.e., had -- he died in 2004) a problem about women.