Lilian Jackson Braun
From the first Cat Who… book, I jumped to one of the more recent, as I’d lost track of the series several years ago, and felt the need to catch up. Qwilleran and the cats (KoKo aquired a female partner a few books into the series) are in the tiny town of Pickax now, and the characters woven through this story are mostly old friends.
It involves a local production of The Importance of Being Earnest, bananas, bookstores, and real estate.
Enough said.