cover image The Mystery Roast

The Mystery Roast

Peter Gadol. Picador USA, $13 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-312-15176-8

This novel of a West Village cafe, which begins with the theft, by an estranged husband, of a marble statue, is ""a brew of exotic strains whose strengths and nuances connoisseurs will enjoy tasting for themselves,"" PW wrote in a starred review. (Jan.)