Dedication The Happy Hollisters and the Swiss Echo Mystery is Volume 25 in a 33-book series The books are being reissued in honor of my grandfather Andrew Edward Svenson who began The Happy Hollisters series in 1953 using the pseudonym Jerry West The characters in the Hollister family were based in part on his family my grandmother father uncle and aunts and I am grateful to them for inspiring these books and for their support of this labor of love Marian S Svenson Elaine Hollister Andrew E Svenson Jr Pete Laura Svenson Schnell Pam Eric R Svenson Sr Ricky Jane Svenson Kossmann Holly Eileen Svenson de Zayas and Ingrid Svenson Herdman Sue Many thanks also to Janet Riley Callie Svenson and Libby Svenson for production and marketing assistance Andrew E Svenson III The Svenson Group Inc on behalf of The Hollister Family Properties Trust We would have got away with it if only
Contents 1 A Snowy Bump 2 An Iron Key 3 A Peppy Poodle 4 A Lost Friend 5 A Bucking Goat 6 A Ruined Chalet 7 The Thingamajig 8 The Kissing Cow 9 An Orange Warning 10 Swan Trouble 11 The Diamond Saw 12 A Runaway Ball 13 A Mule-Tail Ride 14 A Scary Chase 15 A Ghostly Whisper 16 Good News and Bad 17 Enemy Trap 18 Biffi’s Dessert 7 18 29 36 43 52 62 71 80 90 100 111 119 129 139 146 155 162
CHAPTER 1 A Snowy Bump A BIG wet snowflake landed on the tip of little Sue Hollister’s nose It melted before she could blink her brown eyes at the heavy mist that billowed over the woodland path Yikes Switzerland is spooky exclaimed seven year-old Ricky as he sloshed along the snowy trail The trees look like black ghosts We’ll be at the inn very soon said Pam who was ten and she straightened the scarf around her blond hair Here take my hand Holly Mrs Hollister was next in line behind six-year-old Holly whose pigtails peeked out from under a red hat Pete a handsome boy of twelve brought up the rear The family had just stepped off a cable car that had carried them to the top of Felsenegg a ridge overlooking the city of Zurich Although it was the second day of June a spring snowstorm was pelting the pine-clad mountain A white blanket several inches deep covered the ground Suddenly from the fog ahead came a hoarse shout Halt Halt This was followed by several sharp barks 7
