The father of Lisbeth in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series by Steig Larsson is an ex-Soviet spy and crime boss who beats his wife nearly to death and is an even worse father. His daughter’s revenge: She becomes a vigilante hacker. For the story of another bad dad, read The Great Stork Derby, based on an actual contest in which a husband pressures his wife to have babies for cash and, fifty years later, learns the true value of fatherhood. Read more about the book in NOVELS.
