El juego de las tres cartas

Synopsis of El juego de las tres cartas

«El juego de las tres cartas» is the mystery novel by Marco Malvaldi, published by Ediciones Destino in paperback, with 216 pages, in Spanish.

At a chemists' convention in Pineta, Professor Asahara dies after dinner and the autopsy points to poisoning. Massimo, owner of BarLume and caterer, becomes implicated. The detained attendees discuss the case at the bar, and retirees Aldo, Gino, Pilade, and Ampelio drive the investigation amid banter and irony.

Second installment of the I delitti del BarLume series, originally published in Italian as «Il gioco delle tre carte» (2008) and translated by Carlos Vitale.

For readers of crime and mystery fiction with humor, and for those following the BarLume series.