Have you ever heard of Carmen Mola and her trilogy? Do you know who this writer is? Although she has very few books on the market, her first novel was successful, but who is the author?
If you would like to know more about Carmen Mola, her trilogy and some curiosities of his pen, do not stop reading what we are going to tell you about it.
Who is Carmen Mola?
The first thing you should know about Carmen Mola is that that name is not real, but is a pseudonym. The author herself has wanted, in this way, to keep her personal life aside from the professional one, which is why very few people know the writer. Not only that, but he also does not give many personal interviews to try to maintain his identity. However, the success of her first novel, followed by the other two that are part of the trilogy, has made more and more people look for her.
From what is known about the author, Carmen Mola was born in Madrid. It is known that he is a person who loves to work, and his family. But also keep anonymity to the maximum, which is why he looked for a pseudonym to publish his works.
La The first novel he published did so in 2018 and it is the first book of a trilogy. The following year he released the second part while, in 2020, he released the third installment. According to the sales data, Carmen Mola has sold more than 250 thousand copies, translated into 11 languages.
In addition, and quite an achievement for the writer, is the fact that Diagonal TV and Viacom International Studios have noticed the trilogy and have signed a contract to adapt it to the big screen.
Unfortunately, there is no more information about the author, it is not even known if it really is a woman, or a man. Neither advertising or promotional events of her works are organized, but everything moves through social networks and without showing who the author is (to put a face on her).
In the words of Carmen Mola
In an interview of Maria Fasce in Zenda the author herself - or author - answered that question.
—Why hide behind a pseudonym?
—Actually, there are so many reasons that I don't understand why other authors don't. To begin with, I think that the important thing is the novel, not who wrote it. What difference does it make if she's a tall, pretty woman or a short, ugly man? My interest was for people to read the story of the two gypsy girlfriends and the song-loving police inspector of Mina Mazzini who was investigating their deaths. But I said there were more reasons. It is my first novel and that means that I dedicate myself professionally to something else.
I did not want my colleagues, my friends, my sisters-in-law or my mother to know that it occurred to me to write about someone who kills a young woman by drilling holes in her skull to put worm larvae and sit and watch how they are eating the brain ... They would not understand, for all of them I am so conventional ... There is more. What if the novel had been an absolute failure? He would have to explain himself and he would be very embarrassed. And, on the contrary, if it were a resounding success? Maybe I was forced to change my life, which is something that I do not feel like, I am very satisfied with mine ... I could think of more reasons, I'm sure.
Carmen Mola's pen
When promoting Carmen Mola, one of the great affirmations was the one who was the «Spanish Elena Ferrante». Actually, if the writing of one and the other is analyzed, many think that they are opposed. They are totally different in the way of narrating. Now, in terms of the general form of the crime novel, we could say that it is very similar.
And it is that Carmen Mola is very direct in his narration, so much so that the events that are told in his stories are so crude, terrible and with a brutality that it may cost you to keep reading. For her, evil exists in her books and she presents it in the most cruel and ruthless way possible, without prudence. The pure evil.
Also, it shows that has investigated the elite police force since his knowledge of how it works is quite accurate, as well as the development of the investigation, of the "tricks" to prevent a case from being closed ...
Another aspect to stand out from the pen of Carmen Mola is the way in which it makes us know the "bad" characters. In other words, it gets into the minds of the antagonists, or secondary antagonists, to make us discover a twisted character, pure evil, savagery ... In fact, of the three books, perhaps it is the last one that leaves you with a feeling closest to the most exacerbated evil.
Carmen Mola: her trilogy
We know about Carmen Mola her trilogy, since right now they are the books she has published so far. However, we know that it will not be the only one, especially with the success that the trilogy has meant.
Therefore, we want to tell you about each of the books so that you know a little about what they are about.
The gypsy bride
The Gypsy Bride is the first book in the trilogy. In it you will find a story very similar to that of a crime novel. But as you go along, you realize that there is something else. And it is that instead of a murder, you will have two of them, related to each other where a main character must clarify the facts.
The good thing about this novel is that the writing makes the reader participate in that mystery, because it turns him into a detective, slowly reeling off and brushing his teeth so that he is able to know how it is going to end.
The purple net
After The Gypsy Bride, in 2019 came The Purple Network, the second part of the trilogy where we continue with the main character that we already met in the first book. However, far from introducing us to a colder and more closed character, it goes shelling a little the human being that hides in it. In other words, it makes you begin to know why he is like this, why he behaves that way.
And for this, the case he presents is a heartbreaking one: the disappearance of the protagonist's son. Therefore, you will not only get a more personal and humane image of an inspector, but also of a mother capable of doing whatever she can to find her son, even when it borders on illegality and endangers her own life (and that of others.
The babe
The last book in Carmen Mola's trilogy was published in 2020 and so far it has been one of the best books she has written. In addition, there is a clear evolution of the female character, Inspector Elena Blanco.
Although in the second book he showed us a more human character, in this third story he continues to enhance that aspect. That is, search humanize the character to empathize with the reader. In this case, the mystery is going to be finding a missing friend.
Of course, you will find a more direct, raw, or even terrifying narration. An authentic ending in keeping with the crime novel.