El Clan (Inspectora Elena Blanco 5) by Carmen Mola (Spanish edition)

In “El Clan”, the fifth instalment of the celebrated Inspector Elena Blanco saga, Carmen Mola raises the stakes to their ultimate limit. Elena Blanco leads the BAC (Brigada de Análisis de Casos), a special police unit accustomed to dark secrets—but this time the secret is on an entirely different scale. A powerful organization, simply known as the Clan, infiltrates every layer of society: corporate boardrooms, political offices, the judiciary, and even the police itself.

The novel opens with a chilling image: Zárate, Elena’s trusted colleague, found lying in a pool of blood. Elena commits an unforgivable error—and suddenly she becomes the hunted rather than the hunter. Accused of murdering a police officer, she is on the run, while her team—Mariajo, Reyes, Orduño and Buendía—are forced into independent warfare. A replacement inspector arrives, one who may have been sent by the Clan itself, with orders to bring down the BAC and frame Elena. 

Blood-eviscerated bodies appear, the game goes deeper into the shadows, and the rules are broken. Elena must confront moral collapse, alliances she cannot trust, and enemies she cannot identify. The commanding theme: when death is no longer the worst outcome, how far will a person go to save their own? “El Clan” marks not just a climax for the series, but a study in the corruption of power and the resilience of a woman who refuses to bow. With 464 pages of unrelenting tension and a mounting body count, this is a thriller for readers who demand both plot and character in equal measure.