September 1st, 1997. Two children are born at Danderyd’s hospital. A boy and a girl who will grow up on each side of Sollentuna. Josef, with an immigrated single mother. Antonia, in a nuclear family in the upper middle class.

Josef grows up on Malmvägen and sees the Clan seize power over the streets. There’s no law here, only the Mansour family. He doesn’t want to get involved with them, but options are few for a young guy wanting to protect his mother and friends. The policeman Hjalmar watches his hometown being overtaken by the Clan. Is there even a chance for him to stop them?

Ali Mansour runs the Clan with precision. The son, Muhammed, is being raised to take over one day while the daughter, Zara, who was once the apple of Ali’s eye, has become a woman who needs to be restrained. Antonia’s world has also started to crack and she dreams of places far away from her sheltered suburb.

The Clan is an epic story about the growing gang criminality in Sweden during the 21st century. The drug trade, escalating violence, and constant fatal shootings are depicted from a number of individuals’ perspectives. The novel also explores honor-related violence, family relations, personal circumstances, and the love that tears down all walls.

“The Clan is one of the best crime stories I have read in later years. Pascal Engman is an incredible storyteller, and he keeps outdoing himself with each new novel.”
–Camilla Läckberg

“The best crime novel I have read in years. The Clan is both intensely exciting, extremely topical, and written with a lot of heart for suburban kids. Both social realist gangster crime and touching melodrama – this is Once Upon a Time in Sweden. The Clan trilogy will become a Scandi crime classic.”
–Aslak Nore