I found this to be a bit of a convoluted plot and something that would be more at home in a TV soap opera.

The setting of an alternate 1953 where Jews are being shipped to Madagascar instead of being burned in ovens is what I like about alternate history books. But the over laying story was just too confusing to be enjoyable. The characters, their motivation and their actions didn't make sense at times. Some characters disappeared, but there is clearly another book in this series to come so I can see them coming back.

My fear with any future book in the series is that the author will try to correct the alternate history and try to bring it back as close to the real world as he can. Just different countries doing the same thing that other countries did, or doing them at a later point in time. It's a different path through time so just go with it.