The Yiddish Policemen's Union

This novel follows the Jewish refugees and their descendants living in the Federal District of Sitka, a temporary safe haven created after the Holocaust and Israel's collapse. Detective Meyer Landsman, a homicide detective with a failing personal life, has to investigate a murder in his hotel before the District is set to revert to Alaskan control. Chabon weaves together a suspenseful murder mystery, a love story, and an exploration of exile and redemption in this one-of-a-kind novel.