This is a great cozy mystery featuring Maddie Kosloski, sole owner & proprietor of The Paranormal Museum. The story begins with Maggie driving to San Benedetto's Town Square where a 30 foot straw cow stands every December. Despite surveillance the Christmas Cow always goes up in flames. This year is no different. Maggie arrives to see the cow burning. The guards this evening are Maggie's mother and a local businessman. Her mom is fine, but the other guard is dead.

There are several suspects, both for the cow burning and the murder. Maggie and her mother are determined to find the culprits.

I enjoyed the book and look forward to reading more in the series.

Deja Moo by Kirsten Weiss
Book #3: Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Series
Source: Netgalley
My Rating: 4½/5 stars


Maddie Kosloski has always known her hometown of San Benedetto is a bit odd, but perhaps the town’s oddest tradition is the construction of the yearly Christmas Cow. And, the inevitable burning of said Christmas Cow. Determined the cow will stay standing through the holiday, Maddie’s mom and select group of Christmas Cow committee members work out a guard duty rotation that should see the cow safely through the days and nights. Unfortunately, things don’t go quite according to plan.

Just as Maddie and the delectable Detective Slate arrive on the scene of the burning cow, a dead body shows up. Typical, Maddie is on the scene when a dead body appears. Can her luck get any worse? The answer to that is a resounding yes! Immediately, Maddie’s mother feels responsible for the incendiary incident and wants to get to the bottom of both the burning and the dead body. Though Maddie is beyond hesitant to get involved, she sees the determination in her mother’s eyes and knows resisting would be a futile effort.

As the Kosloski women quickly discover, the dead man wasn’t all that well liked and there are a host of people who look good for the crime. There’s the ex-lover, the rogue raw milk dealer, and various members of various committees and groups. With each new question and answer comes a slew of new questions and answers and before Maddie and her mom know it, they’re up to their ears in suspects, information, and puzzle pieces that just don’t quite fit together. Additionally, the closer they get to the truth, the testier the police get about their involvement, and the more attempts are made on their lives. Yeah, Maddie and her mom are up to their butts in this mess and if they can’t figure out whodunit, the Kosloski women might not live to see the New Year.

The Bottom Line: The deeper into this series I get, the more I am liking it! This third book came out swinging with a quirky plot – a Christmas COW! – a delightful cast of returning characters, and character evolution that makes my reader bits all kinds of happy. Maddie’s fiercely determined mother steps up to the plate in this one as does Detective Slate, two characters I am ever so glad to get to know better. Maddie’s best friends are still in the picture, as are her employee, paranormal dealer, local bookie, and ex. With the new-to-this-book characters, Deja Moo is full of fun, well-rounded characters who make San Benedetto all the more delightfully weird. The plot is just twisty enough to keep you guessing, there are several could-only-happen-to-Maddie accidents/incidents, and a smallish love triangle. In all, this cozy mystery is a quick, fun read that certainly adds to the strength of the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum series!

decently written but way too light hearted for me. this mix of murder and huge cow trickiness is too out there for my tastes. if you like a cosy crime caper maybe you will appreciate the small town feel and the tone.

The third installment of this series had me laughing, scratching my head, and totally immersed in the story. We join the same cast of characters with a focus on Maddie and her day to day with the paranormal museum. She is gearing up for the Christmas season and with that comes the Christmas Cow. Once again, someone sets the cow aflame but this time murder comes right along with it. Maddie jumps head first into the investigation this time with help from her mother.
This series is such a joy and just so much fun. Every detail about the paranormal museum and Maddie I love and cannot get enough of. I find it so hard to compose a review without spoilers because I just want to share everything, The characters are so wonderfully simple yet complex, the story line perfection, and the relationships written so well you feel like you are right there. I cannot wait for the next installment.

A cute cozy with a fair mystery and solution that kept me guessing. Maddie Kosloski is getting a handle on running the Paranormal Museum in San Bernadetto when she gets involved with investigating another death. For the past several decades, a straw Christmas cow is built for the Christmas holiday celebration. Unfortunately, part of that tradition has been for pranksters to burn the cow. And even worse, one of volunteers trying to protect it has been killed. Maddie is helped by her mother, a charming assortment of friends and a special police detective. An enjoyable read.

Lovely and funny cozy mystery.. A humorous cozy that is two whodunnit in one with some romance.
Many thanks Midnight Ink and Netgalley for giving me the chance to read and review.

Really enjoyable. I love these characters.

My college roommate would have loved this Christmas cow tradition as much as she loved cows! But this is a wonderfully quirky, make you laugh mystery that I seriously loved and enjoyed despite not reading the rest of the series, I will have to check the rest of it out though.

You have got to love a mystery where the words “The cow is under attack” are central to the story. The cow in question is actually made of straw and is a Christmas tradition in the small California town that Maddie Kosloski calls home. People often try to destroy it, but this year someone has been killed in the crossfire. An accident? Maybe not. Maddie, owner of the local paranormal museum and gift shop sets out to find out why the local farmer was killed, much to the dismay of a very attractive police detective. This series is so much fun, I love the little town and Maddie’s kooky family and friends and was thrilled to see her getting closer to Detective Slade

Charming, quirky and laugh out loud tell you snort like a pig funny. It's a well written mystery, with a down to earth female protagonist that you will love. There is something in this book for everyone, mystery, secrets a little romance, burning straw cow set on fire by crossbow shooting gingerbread men, cursed cow bell's all that good stuff and so much more. Hope there will be a book 4 and that it tops this one.