followed by another two novels set in the same town on the Livorno Coast, whose protagonists are four old detectives: Il gioco delle tre carte (nine editions and a finalist for the Bancarella Award and the Chianti Award 2009) and Il Re dei giochi (2010). He also published Odore di chiuso (2011), an historical detective novel whose main character is the most renowned culinary expert in Italian history, Pellegrino Artusi, author of Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well. Foreign rights for Odore di chiuso have been sold in the UK to Maclehose Press, in Germany to Piper, in Spain to Destino, in France to Christian Bourgois, in Denmark to Arvids

«Malvaldi stages a comedy of manners describing a certain kind of Italian province where relationships between people are authentic, where deep moods and passions are tempered by irony and gossiping becomes a kind of public vigilance».
— La Repubblica

«A chemist who writes novels: we love the idea (and it reminds us of the great Primo Levi). It’s as if there were more substance and less beating around the bush in his plots».
— Il Sole 24 Ore

«Malvaldi likes to construct a classic mystery around a simple plot (a bit like Agatha Christie who distracts the reader to hide the rabbit in the hat), at times very comical, at others provocative, but also educational».
— Corriere della Sera

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