The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams

In 1964, wealthy Vivian Schuyler lives in New York City, working at a magazine in a lowly position rather than taking the usual route of marriage. One day, she picks up a package from the post office and discovers it's a large suitcase from a great aunt that she never knew. Violet, Vivian's aunt, was a scientist who disappeared in Europe on the eve of World War I while accused of murdering her husband, Walter. Thinking this will make a great story, Vivian begins to delve into the magazines archives and asks her relatives what they know about Violet. She is also trying to come to terms with her feelings for a doctor named Paul that she has just met. In The Secret Life of Violet Grant, the reader travels between Vivian's and Violet's storylines in this portrait of two women who bucked the traditional norms of their times. This is also the first book of the Schuyler Sisters trilogy. For readers who enjoy historical fiction with strong romantic subplots.