Mysterious
A car crashed killing the driver near a village in rural Norfolk but he has no identification and it may not be the simple accident that it originally looks like. Local police officer Tom enlists the help of his friends, Anna and Eddie, to help look into it
I found this book interesting but I did struggle with some of it, especially the character of Anna who seemed to be all over the place and unable to decide on her thoughts and feelings as well as seeming like a stereotypical woman of the 1940’s even though she has a sharp brain and can solve puzzles she annoyed me a lot more that she should, especially as a lot of the book is set from her perspective
I also wasn’t keen on how it seemed to jump all over the place between scenes and didn’t have the flow that I enjoy so it felt quite disjointed which was such a shame as I really enjoyed the story for the most part, the ending did feel quite rushed and there was a lot that didn’t always make sense at times but the character of Vinnie, the Liverpudlian evacuee, really made me smile and often bought a lightness to the book that it sometimes desperately needed
I realise my review sounds a bit negative but I must say that overall really enjoyed it and that it’s the kind of book that will stay with me for a while, especially as it brings to life an aspect of war that is so often missed
I would recommend this book to those who enjoy a historical novel full of drama and intrigue which will keep you reading

A Deadly Mistake is the third Lipton St. Faith historical cozy mystery by Keith Finney. Released 20th Jan 2022 by Lume Books, it's 306 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book (and the other extant book in the series) are currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.

This is a light WW2 cozy historical adventure set in Norfolk. The main protagonists, the local vicar's daughter and a US volunteer pilot "doing his bit" before the USA officially entered the war, are a fun light amateur duo investigating crimes. This installment starts with the death of an unidentified man in a car crash and soon encompasses espionage and the official secrets act. The author has taken some pains with historical and geographic research. He does quite a good job of evoking the time period through quaint dialogue and background descriptions (flyovers, ration coupons, the Women's Land Army, child evacuees, etc). There is one stylistic element which often dragged me out of the story where the main protagonist Anna has a nearly continuous monologue in the text in italics. She has something to say or think a couple times per page and I found it both distracting and annoying and never got used to the literary device.

The narrative is well written but slow-paced and readers used to hastier writing might find their attention wandering. All in all, I found it charmingly nostalgic if possibly a bit unrealistically saccharine. The spelling and vernacular are true to the area and location. The author has included a handy short glossary of terms for readers who might be unfamiliar with the vernacular.

Three and a half stars. Worth a look for fans of the time period. It's squeaky clean and there's nothing in the writing or language which would startle anyone's maiden aunt. There are now three book extant in the series. For fans of WW2 village cozies, it could be a good choice for a weekend binge read.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review.

A Deadly Mistake is the third and final book in the Lipton St Faith Mysteries. Having not read the first two books, I will try not to let that affect my review of the book.

This book is set in Norfolk during WWII. In 1941, Lipton St. Faith. Sergeant Tom Bradshaw is called out to investigate a car accident that results in the death of an unidentified man. Anna Grix, the daughter of a local vicar, hears that a young curate has failed to appear at his new curacy. She helps Sergeant Tom to find out whether this is truly an accident. Lieutenant Eddie Elsner joins the investigation as well. Soon complications arrive including more bodies and the Official Secrets Act.

This is a well-written and entertaining cozy historical mystery. I enjoyed the writing style and being someone who doesn't read a lot of historical fiction, I quite enjoyed this one!

3.5 / 5 ⭐

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the book!

1941 Lipton St. Faith. Sergeant Tom Bradshaw is called out to investigate a car accident and the resulting dead body of an unidentified man. Then Anna Grix hears that a young curate has failed to appear at his new curacy. It there a connection. Next to help in the investigation is Lieutenant Eddie Elsner. But soon complications arrive including more bodies and the Official Secrets Act.
A well-written and entertaining historical mystery. With its varied and likeable characters though I didn’t take to Anna Grix. Another good addition to this trilogy.
An ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to Net Galley and Lume Books for this ARC!

Lipton St. Faith is a quaint English town grappling with the effects of World War II in 1941. A Deadly Mistake is the 3rd book in a series that follows vicar's (pastor) daughter Anna Grix and her friend American Lieutenant Eddie Elsner. Local policeman Tom Bradshaw comes upon a body and the 3 of them follow clues to figure out how this happened in their sleepy town.

I don't read alot of historical fiction and I do not know much about WWII, so at some points I was a little bit lost. I really appreciated that the author included a glossary of terms from this time at the back. I enjoyed Anna's character and her banter with Eddie and Tom, however I didn't really buy her tension with Tom. I also did not really find the mystery that exciting. I think if I knew more about England at that time this would've been alot more interesting to me. However the ending did leave me wanting to know what was next for Anna! I think if you like historical/war fiction this would be a great read!

A compelling and entertaining historical mystery.
It's a solid mystery, full of twists, and I liked the plot and the fleshed out characters.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Set in Norfolk during WWII, A Deadly Mistake, the third in the Lipton St. Faith series, is simultaneously delightful, fascinating and gripping. It is a cozy Historical Fiction Mystery with bits of oomph in the form of espionage and the realities of war such as raids, food rationing and blackouts.

Anna Grix is the daughter of the local vicar and amateur sleuth. She helps policeman Tom Bradshaw investigate a car accident which may or may not be an accident after all. American Lt. Eddie Elsner is on the scene as well. But there is more than "just" this incident. Anna enjoys banter with both of her friends but we are privy to glimpses of romance and sparks fly. Characters have secrets, of course. My favourite aspects include domesticity with scenes of family life as well as the intrigue of spying.

A Deadly Mistake beautifully encompasses more than one genre and certainly has a wide ranging appeal. This is a lovely series to immerse oneself in.

My sincere thank you to Lume Books and NetGalley for the privilege of reading this compelling book!

I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every St Lipton Faith book, and I'm really sad that there has only been three books in the series. I was on a book tour for the first book, and when I saw book 2 and 3 available to request on Netgalley I immediately did just that and was thrilled to have been accepted. The books follow a Vicars daughter, Anna, who has become an amateur sleuth, who has help from the local constable and the dashing American RAF pilot Eddie. The characters are really fun, and the mysteries they set out solving are really well through out and planned amazingly. These are such incredible books!

This charming historical cozy mystery set in a quaint English during WWII is filled with family, budding romance and espionage. The local vicar's daughter Ann and her two companions; village police sergeant Tom and American lieutenant Eddie work together to solve the car crash mystery of an unidentified man. While I love cozy mysteries, A Deadly Mistake was actually a step out of my comfort zone as is was not your basic formula for a cozy mystery as it delved deeper into the spy world of WWII and espionage,which made for a more thrilling read. The main characters were reminiscent of Agatha Christie's sleuths Tommy and Tuppence and I really enjoyed the main characters of Ann, Tom, and Eddie. I especially adored the character of young Vinny as he brought an element of humor to the story. I loved how the author created a wonderful relationship with Ann's family and how they all loved and supported each other during WWII, which was such a dark and horrible time in history. I definitely recommend this book if you love murder mysteries set in an idyllic peaceful English village.

First I want to talk about what I did like, which was the setting. I love small-town murder mysteries, I haven't read many set during the war though so it was a nice surprise to say I liked it.
For the romance part It's setting up a love triangle between three characters but neither of the romances was interesting to me and Anna annoyed me in both. With Eddie, she acted as she hated him throughout most of the book but at the end, he got kidnapped and almost killed by a Nazi and she seemed worried which I didn't mind but the next scene was with all the main characters and one of them was blaming Anna for what had happed and she was upset that Eddie hadn't immediately started defending her, like lady he was almost killed a few a
hours ago not everything is about you. With Tom, I didn't even know he was a love interest until the end of the book when Anna started thinking about him more, which I don't mind if it's setting up a romance but it was all tell and not show which I didn't like.
I think that if you like wartime murder mysteries but don't care about romance then you'll like this one more than I did but unfortunately, it wasn't for me.

A Deadly Mistake is the first book that I have read by Keith Finney. This novel is a cosy mystery. The setting is December 1941, World War II England, All of the events occur within a one week period. The characters are worried about Nazi spies and crime. A lot of time is spent driving, discussing cars, and drinking tea. Although there are many references to food rationing, which was a real problem that continued long after the war ended, there was apparently no shortage of tea and brandy.
This is the third book in a series of three novels. A Deadly Mistake is a fast easy read. While reading I kept imagining the movie that could be made of it. Although the concerns about espionage and spying are real for this time period, it is equally clear that this is escapist reading and the protagonists will be just fine at the end of the book. I appreciate the author and publisher making this ARC available. NetGalley offers a great many opportunities to discover new authors, which I appreciate.
I do think a great deal of editing needs to be done before publication.

Chaos In Lipton…
The third and, it seems, final book in the Lipton St Faith mystery series finds the usually peaceful spot in Norfolk amidst some chaos when a car accident brings about unsettling events. Anna Grix, daughter of the local Vicar and sometime amateur sleuth, investigates alongside local police officer Tom Bradshaw. Will another crime be solved? Enjoyable amateur sleuthing ensues in this entertaining and atmospheric cosy mystery with a well drawn cast and a worthy addition to the series.

The first book in the series made a promising start, I missed the second and this is the third. Sleepy Lipton St Faith in Norfolk continues surviving the war with the addition of evacuated children from Liverpool. Vinnie, the lad taken in by the Vicarage is a definitive character. A young curate goes missing, a car accident claims the life of a young man - no identification, no number plates on the car, no nothing except death. Are they related. Vicar's daughter Anna is formally helping the police, her friend PC, now Sergeant, Tom Bradshaw but also brings in American Lt Eddie Elsner. They get involved with espionage, a Nazi sympathiser is trying to find out about American movements and there is a distinctly dodgy set of reverend gentlemen in the college from where the missing curate left. Enjoyable story but there is rather a lot of tea drinking, even for us, and even more driving around the countryside - even the police were rationed but you'd never realise it. On top of this Anna starts fantasising about which, if either, of the two men she prefers. As a pre-publication read it's fine but I do hope that there is a thorough edit before publication. Annoying grammar and text mistake - current buns!!! Thanks to NetGalley and Lume Books for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Perfect mystery for a chilly day to curl up and read. Loved the setting and characters. I’m a big fan of WWII books so it was nice to read a mystery in that genre. Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this early!

Cozy mysteries enjoy a distinctive place in the hearts of many book lovers, which I'm confident will include this new Lipton St. Faith Mystery from Keith Finney. The need to investigate begins with a car crash, and an anonymous dead driver whose ring finger is severed. From there on, the author provides twists and turns, red herrings, suspense, danger, and an excellent mystery.

The technique I loved the most was juxtaposing a typical farming village in Norfolk and using it as the background for the ferocity of WWII and the dangerous calling of espionage. The author achieves this by calling attention to the newspaper headlines; the Indo-China region threatened by Japanese forces and the Nazi Rush to Tobruk. The complexity of this mystery involves British and US agents, the local constabulary, and the pastoral community. In addition, there are intriguing vignettes of Norfolk and British history.

Anna, the outgoing daughter of the vicar, manages the influx of WWII evacuees to the village from London during the Blitz. She makes a new and perhaps unlikely friend, Eddie Elsner, an American lieutenant stationed in Norfolk after he accidentally ran her down in his car. She and Eddie help Anna's childhood friend Tom Bradshaw recently promoted to Sergeant, to investigate crimes with encouragement from his boss, Inspector Spillers. Anna's also a bit of a matchmaker and keeps nudging Tom to make a date with Fanny Coulson, a good-looking part-time driver for senior police officers.

Vinnie represents a humanizing and heartwarming character, a WWII wartime evacuee from Liverpool billeted by the vicar and his wife. The location is nostalgic for me as I have lived in Norfolk, UK, and I am humbled to realize I am now of an age to be part of this history.

The author has included an appendix of UK slang which brings a happy authenticity to the dialogue, as in "I fancy a spot of tea and cake," or "he's being done up like a kipper," or "Bakelite telephone handset." In addition, there is a cast of solid characters surrounding the protagonist, Anna. Her thoughts are written in italics and help to create a humorous ambiance for the story.

I rate this mystery 5 out of 5 stars for its complexity, coziness, and nostalgia. Others might remember it for its reminders of the British pub, the racecourse, and the religious settings. I noted the occasional editing error but nothing to take away the absolute pleasure of reading the mystery and getting to know the characters. I recommend it to lovers of mystery, espionage, excellent characterization, and plot.

This was intriguing and interesting. The plot is enough to keep me engaged from start to finish.
All the twists about murders were right on point. Really loved this one.