The Mystery at Hickory Hill
Annette Vetter Adventure #1
by ANN CAROL ULRICH
© 2006 (all rights reserved)
ISBN 978-0944851-25-8 August 2006
YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Mystery
Retail $9.95
REVISED EDITION -- June 2016
A gunshot
reverberated
in the air at the same time a bullet sprayed dirt up from the
ground just in front of Annette. Glancing up, she saw Paulo Volivar sitting on
his horse at the edge of the cliff ...
FIRST IN THE SERIES!
While visiting a ranch in the Cochetopa Hills of Colorado, Annette and her
best friend, Penny, get more than they bargained for when their new friend,
Mandy, leads them on horseback into forbidden territory.
A missing professor, a suspicious yellow envelope, and a mysterious old
mountain man are the ingredients for mystery, adventure and a spark of romance,
in this '60s era introduction to the Annette Vetter mystery series.
Read a Letter to Readers from Annette Vetter herself!
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
About the Series
The last incarnation took place 35 years later, after I
rediscovered the manuscript which I had tucked away and, more or
less, forgotten. Originally, Hickory Hill was in Texas, but it
seemed more interesting to place the locale in the Cochetopa Hills
of western Colorado -- one of my favorite places in the West -- and
so I changed the setting.
My teen-age friends were an inspiration to me, and their
personalities are reflected in the characters of the series.
Annette, of course, is the girl I always wanted to be -- bold,
rational, and grounded -- but mostly a girl who had the privilege
of growing up in the country.
It may seem odd that the first book of the series takes
place so far away from "home." The books that follow are situated
in Wisconsin, Annette's and my native state. At one time, I wanted
to "modernize" Annette by making her more contemporary, but I
decided the '60s time period was important in many respects, and
it gives the reader a flavorful serving of that era. So much was
different back then, yet so much has remained the same.
I wish to thank the many teachers throughout the span of my
educational years, who encouraged me and acknowledged my gift of
imagination. My parents were also supporters of my writing, and so
were the members of the first Writers Club I belonged to, in
Monona, Wisconsin, who allowed a youngster such as I to be a part
of them.
-- Ann Carol Ulrich (Ann Ulrich Miller)
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