In the novel “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” Lisbeth Salander finds herself in a life-threatening situation when her father, a covert Russian operative with a history in the KGB and now an oligarch, attempts to end her life. This occurs while they are both recuperating in a hospital after a violent confrontation where they tried to kill one another. It appears that Lisbeth and I share a comparable history, marked by family ties to clandestine Russian espionage.