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Lotte Hammer remembers her older brother as domineering and cruel during their childhood. After 20 years apart, he moved in with her. Over the past 15 years, they’ve published 26 books together.

Renowned author on her brother: »I don't recall Søren being a pleasant person during our childhood«

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In the fall of 2009, Lotte Hammer was vacuuming her home in Frederiksværk when the phone rang.

It was Gyldendal. The publishing house had taken the crime novel debut she co-wrote with her brother to the Frankfurt Book Fair.

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