Dwight, Olivia. Close His Eyes (New York: Harper & Brothers, c1961) 179 p.

A bibliographer named John Dryden is hired to catalogue a deceased poet's papers. Dryden does not like to be called a librarian.

In the first place I'm not one; you have to have a special sort of degree for it. In the second place, we all know what librarians are; they are nice middle-aged ladies who whisper and tell you not to mistreat the books. I am fond of many of them. But I am not one. (p. 66-67).

John speaks to the assistant college librarian, Miss Boucher, when he finds his papers have been tampered with. She explains that a spare key to the rare book vault is kept on a nail next to the door “for convenience.” (p. 153).