These are the first two volumes of our new historical dramaseries Friends and Enemies. The action
takes place in the years 1939-45, and it is scheduled to be published in eight volumes. We sincerely
hope that you will like this new non-crime series :-).
On a quiet residential road in Liseleje, a projectile fired from
hundreds of meters away kills a newborn baby. As Konrad Simonsen and
his team get a chance to look into the matter, it turns out that the
ammunition is homemade, created to do the most damage possible. But
why should a baby, born of two ordinary citizens, die in what most of
all looks like a professional execution?
SOLDIER BLUE is the 10th and last volume in Lotte and Søren Hammer's
popular series about investigator Konrad Simonsen.
This will be the 9th book in the series with Konrad Simonsen as the main character.
We hope people
will enjoy reading it as much as we have enjoyed writing it.
This will be the 8th book in the series with Konrad Simonsen as the main character. We hope people will enjoy reading it as much as we have enjoyed writing it.
The 27th of October 2016 we publish Mørkemanden in danish. This is book no. 7 in the series with Konrad Simonsen as the main character.
Because ROSA is not a mystery novel, it seems almost like a debut novel for us. We think it has been successful, and now we can only hope that everyone else think the same.
"The Vanished" is the third book in the series about Konrad Simonson. It'll be published in the U.K. on march 24th and in the U.S. later this year. With the announcement, we received this beautiful buket from our publisher Bloomsbury.
The second book in the series about Konrad Simonson has been published in the U.S, with the title "The Girl in the Ice". The book has received amazing reviews from both Wall Street Journal and Bookreporter.com.
The reviews can be read here.
We debuted in 2010, with the bestselling crime novel "The Hanging" (org. title "Svinehunde"), and has it been a ride. We have sold more than 200,000 copies in Denmark alone, and we've been published in 23 countries around the world. We are so thankful for the success we've had, and are still having.
In connection with publishing our books in England and the U.S., Gyldendal has made a pamphlet containing info about us, and short summaries and reviews of our books.
Book number 6 in the series with Konrad Simonsen "The Revenge" (org. title "Elskede Heidi") has been published in danish on March the 6th 2015. We're happy to say that it got wonderful reviews.
The cover for The girl in the ice (org. Alting har sin pris) is now officially done. We think it's absolutely stunning :-)
The first volume of the series with Konrad Simonsen as the main character has been a great succes in England. Therefore Gyldendal have just closed a big 4-book deal with Bloomsbury UK and US for Hammer and Hammer's popular crime novels.
”a terrific, thrilling and gripping novel with strong emotions and powerful political tones.”
”A novel of high international standard. And a novel that could - and should – make it to the big screen.”
”I was caught from first till last page and couldn’t put the book down, despite the fact that I wanted to save some
pages for special moments. ’The Woodman’ is a thriller about deceit and betrayel, about intrigues and manipulation
and political cynicism – all very realitically done.”
- Politikken
”Hammer and Hammer are linguistic naturals in the league of Arne Dahl and Håkan Nesser.”
”They can deliver a plot with one surprising twist after the other. And how refreshing for once
in the genre, that both good and evil in society’s elite is depicted.”
- Jyllandsposten
”Not just a terrifically thrilling crime novel, but also an insight into what it is like for veterans
to live with their traumas – without getting the necessary help.”
- Ugebladet Søndag
”The siblings Lotte and Søren Hammer take a tough stance in the fifth book in their crime series
with the likeable Chief Detective Inspector Konrad Simonsen and his team from the Homicide Division in Copenhagen.”
- Dagbladenes Bureau
Book number 5 (org. title "Den Sindssyge Polak") has now been published in Denmark on March 24th 2014.
After "The hanging" has been published in both England and the United States, there has been great attention towards it, and it has received great reviews. This is a videointerview with the british Book Zone.
For the sand sculpture exhibition currently running at Hundested Harbour,
we have written a nice little fairytale about the small Forest Troll and his time in North Zealand.
If you would like to read the story, you can do so here: Tovelil's ring
Would you like to know more about the exhibition in Hundested, you can follow the link here
"The Hammers, a sister and brother writing team, make their U.S. debut with this outstanding crime thriller... Everything works in this dark Scandinavian procedural - the intelligent and complex plot, the fallible lead, and the atmospheric prose."
The rights to volume 1 (Svinehunde), have just been sold to country no. 20, Brazil.
The rights to volume 1 (Svinehunde), have just been sold to country no. 20, Egypt.
Org. title Svinehunde will be published in the USA and England June 2013. The title has been changed to "The hanging".
Our first two books will be published in Russia, September this year.
The fourth book in the series about Konrad Simonsen and his team will be released in Denmark the 27th of August.
The Danish book “Alting har sin pris”(the second in the series) will be published in Germany in the Autumn, titled “Die Frau im Eis”. We are very excited!
Bazar in Finland will publish the second book in the series about Konrad simonsen (org.title “Alting har sin pris”) on April 31 this year.
The title of the English/American translation of “Svinehunde” has been confirmed. It will be titled “The Beast Within”.
The rights to publish the third volume in the series about Konrad Simonson have now been sold to Dutch publisher A.W. Bruna. The book's Dutch title has not yet been determined.
In Autumn 2011 the crime anthology ”More Bitter Almonds” is published by Danish publisher Lindhardt&Ronghof. We have participated alongside 11 other crime writers. This anthology is a sequal to the successful ”Bitter Almonds” which was published in 2010, in which we also had a short story featured.
August 29, 2011 the third volume in the crime-novel series, about Konrad Simonson and his team of investigators was published.
After a successful debut in France with our first book “The Beast Within”, the French fashion magazine Elle have now published one of our short stories in a booklet alongside their magazine.
The film rights to “The Beast Within”(org.title “Svinehunde”) have been bought by “Nordisk Film”. The finished film will most likely not premiere until 2015.
Lotte Hammer (born 1955) finished her training as a nurse in 1977. She has since worked and lived many places, such as Greece, Germany, the North Sea’s oil rigs and the American air force bases in Greenland. From 1995 to 2010 she was head of the Public Eldercare in Halsnaes, Denmark. From 2006 to 2010 she was actively involved in local politics and has been writing full time since 2010.
Søren Hammer (born 1952) holds a teaching degree, but has primarily been working as a programmer and a lecturer at Copenhagen University College of Engineering. Like his sister Søren is also politically active and has been writing full time since 2010.
