title: Almost a Lifetime: A True Story
author: Eva Vary
description: The author grew up in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II, the Russian occupation, escaped after the 1956 revolution. An immigrant in the USA, first a factory worker, advancing to director of a major chemical company. A female pioneer in management positions, raising her daughter as single parent.
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  ## Long Time Dying
  
  
  Long Time Dying
  
  
  Private Investigator Crime Thriller series book 3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # One
  
  
  
  
  
  Early summer, 2014
  
  
  
  
  
  The day began in the ordinary style – the usual combination of hiding, waiting
  and watching - yet today was the end of ordinary for Eva Roberts. In her
  gleaming red Alfa Romeo, parked at the side of the wealthy Queens Road, her
  trusty Olympus Ultra Zoom hidden on her lap, Eva was busy pretending to be
  someone else. She waited for her prey. Part of the act meant she sometimes
  flipped a page in a glossy fashion magazine. Then, slipping out of character,
  she looked towards the immaculate townhouse across the road, checking the
  netted windows and the oak front door for any movement. No sign yet. Then,
  back in character, she pointed her face back through the passenger window
  towards the grand glass hall of St. Georges. She peered into its massive glass
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