Track down The Girl Who Played With Fire and win prizes!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo may be gearing up for a Hollywood remake but fans of Stieg Larsson's acclaimed Millennium Trilogy are already looking forward to the UK release of the second installment, The Girl Who Played With Fire, which hits cinemas on August 27th.

To celebrate, Momentum Pictures have teamed up with Metro Online and book sharing site BookCrossing to offer a unique opportunity for fans in Bristol, London, Oxford, Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Newcastle, Dublin, Liverpool, Sheffield and Manchester to take part in a nationwide search for ‘The Girl’ and win a variety of fantastic prizes from private screenings to cinema tickets and exclusive film merchandise.

So, what do you have to do to be in with a shout? Well, 60 copies of the book have been hidden in the above cities, each containing special codes to unlock the prizes. The hunt for The Girl Who Played With Fire starts at BookCrossing where keen investigators can find clues to locate the hidden books and unlock their secrets on Lisbeth’s bookshelf . Over a seven day period clues will be provided to locate books and those lucky enough to locate one of these special books will not only have an opportunity to read one of the most popular thrillers in recent history, but can also use the code inside the book to redeem their prize at Metro.co.uk. Simple, so what are you waiting for?

The Girl Who Played With Fire sees Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) once again caught up in a brutal murder investigation. Having served his prison sentence, Blomkvist returns to Millennium intent on exposing a billion dollar sex trafficking ring. When two of his researchers are murdered, Salander is framed for the murders and emerges as the police’s chief suspect. Unconvinced, Blomkvist attempts to track her down and find out the truth but secretive hacker Salander goes on the run and soon stumbles upon secrets of her own past.

The Girl Who Played With Fire UK trailer:


The Girl Who Played With Fire is released on August 27th, 2010. Visit the official website for more information.