One of Those Things is a 1949 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.

[1] Although best known for his series featuring Lemmy Caution and Slim Callaghan, this was one of several stand-alone novels he wrote featuring hardboiled private detectives.

Irish private eye Terence O’Day attends the Plumpton Races picking up tips about both a horse and a woman, the attractive but treacherous Merys Vanner.

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