"You must be the other cat."

"No, I'm not the other anything. I'm me. You people are spread all over the place. Cats, on the other hand, keep ourselves together. If you see what I mean. "

“I read a book in the sixties. I don’t remember the author, or the title. But it was green, and it made me laugh. Do you know which one I mean?”

“Do you have that book about those people in that place with the thing?”

“Hi, my best friend came in last weekend and bought a book, and she really loved it. Do you have another copy!

What’s the title?

Oh right, I don’t remember.”

3.5

"You belonged in the library, as much as any book."

"She's a feral librarian you see - raised by booklice, very tragic."

This plot has been seen quite a lot. Mysterious private investigator, resigned cop, a kidnapping, and a reluctant police force.