Michael Chabon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author with numerous New York Times best-sellers to his credit. Here he draws upon his considerable literary talents to craft a murder mystery based on the premise that a Jewish settlement was created in Alaska following World War II. In the small town of Sitka, Alyeska, Detective Meyer Landsman finds the body of a prominent town figure who has ties to organized crime. As Landsman digs deeper, he discovers that this is only the tip of the iceberg—and all signs point to a greater danger lurking in the shadows.