The Yiddish Policemen's Union

In an alternate present where a temporary Jewish settlement was established in Alaska after World War II, the district of Sitka has become a vibrant, chaotic refuge—now on the brink of being dissolved. As the deadline for reversion looms, Detective Meyer Landsman, a weary and disillusioned homicide investigator, is called to a case that seems all too ordinary: a dead man in a cheap hotel room, with no one particularly interested in who he was.

But the victim is far from insignificant. As Landsman digs deeper, he uncovers a web of secrets that stretches from the streets of Sitka to powerful religious factions and shadowy political interests. What begins as a routine investigation becomes a dangerous pursuit, forcing Landsman to confront not only the truth behind the murder, but the fragile foundations of the world he inhabits.

Blending noir detective fiction with richly imagined alternate history, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union is a darkly humorous and deeply human story about exile, identity, and belonging. It is a mystery set at the edge of a vanishing world, where every answer comes with a cost—and nothing is quite as it seems.