A Fourth Criticism Of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Blomkvist has discovered that Anita was involved in Harriet's disappearance but Henrik asks how he, Blomkvist, knew that Anita had not murdered Harriet. Blomkvist replies that, if Anita had murdered Harriet, then the body would have been found.

No. If Anita smuggled Harriet's living body off the island, then she could have smuggled a dead body, then disposed of it at sea as Martin Vanger did with his victims. However, Blomkvist was independently finding reasons to suspect Martin.

The novel needs a rewrite to give a better explanation of why the photo showing Anita at Harriet's window remained undiscovered for so long.