 An imperious and overbearing sort, she is prone to ignoring her soft-spoken husband in favour of her more forceful brother, at least until the worm turns.She pops up again briefly in "Sam the Sudden", advising her troubled brother.An archaeologist and collector of rare books, Hammond is married to Francie, uncle to Flick Sheridan, and an old friend of fellow book-lover Cooley Paradene.