Kayleigh Suggett

Kayleigh Suggett writes the kind of mysteries she couldn't find on the shelf: the ones where the detective is a "private dick" (mostly because she likes the pun), the humor is unapologetically crass, and the plot moves faster than a billionaire fleeing a crime scene.Inspired by the subversive, absurdist wit of authors like Christopher Moore, Kayleigh created Verona Montero to fill the gap between "polite" mysteries and gritty noir. Having spent years in customer service, she’s seen the absolute weirdest of human behaviour—and she’s putting it all on the page, unfiltered and with a perfectly snide simile for every occasion.When she isn’t documenting "crotch headaches" or chasing killers through the rainy pubs of Ireland, Kayleigh is a wedding singer, a choir nerd, and a frustrated solver of NYT crosswords. She lives in Calgary, AB, with her husband and son, where she remains a proud member of the Crime Writers of Canada and a firm believer that most situations simply require a F*ck It smoothie.