Meet strong and colorful  characters in each of these cozy suspense novels with  jazz themes and great settings:  Paris, NYC, DC, and a southern Florida island.  

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Discover Forbidden Circles, the story of an American artist  studying in Paris, France, for a year during the era of the Harlem Renaissance and Hot Jazz! 

In The Jazz Flower, follow the evolution of a jazz singer from DC to New York City and to Paris, during the Swing and Bebop eras!  

And with Whatever It Takes, in which smooth Jazz is a motif, thrill to the suspense of a writer caught up in romance and danger on an island in southern Florida. 

Order these novels via the Books &Services  page.  

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APPLAUSE FOR FORBIDDEN CIRCLES:   

"Vee Garcia has unveiled a world of beauty, treachery, and deep-seated passion."

                                                                                          -     ---- Florida Sentinel Bulletin

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Former journalist Carleena Treadwell travels to San Pluma Island in southern Florida to write a mystery novel against a deadline.  But on the island she meets gorgeous Omar Henderson, a vacationing doctor; and Gerald, her island landlady's strange-looking handyman.  She then spirals into romance and danger.

 

KUDOS FOR WHATEVER IT TAKES:                                         

"Ms. Garcia blends the mystery with the love interests as she showcases the mystique of this quaint island." 

                         -- aNN Brown             The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers                     

Mocha-hued beauty Rosa Johnson Stills evolves into a jazz singer in 1930s-'50s Washington, DC, and New York City, in spite of her grandmother Lilly's color prejudice; her own illicit love affairs with racketeer Jackson Parker and attorney Alan Covington; and a brutal murder.  A riveting family saga and murder mystery, this novel moves at a nice pace and comes to a conclusion in Paris, France.

PRAISE FOR THE JAZZ FLOWER:

"A captivating tale...The Characters of the Jazz Flower are well developed, heartfelt and are faced with circumstances that are very real.  Although this book is the sequel to Forbidden Circles...it is a stand alone book."

                 ---- Nedine  Hunter            The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers                                                                

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“ . . . The Jazz Flower chronicles the life of Rosa Johnson Stills, the eldest daughter of Nora and Douglas Stills.  … Garcia definitely does her research. . . Believe me, you will be reading this book well into the wee hours.” 

             — Janice Sims, Novelist                       Central Florida, USA  

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