JUSTICE ON THE LAKE
A novel by Vicki Montet
Sticking your nose in other people’s business is like sticking your hand in dark water; you don’t know what’s in it until you’re in too deep or dead.The first line of Justice on the Lake
Coming soon
JUSTICE ON THE LAKE
GenreSouthern Mystery
Based on one of Louisiana’s most notorious unsolved true crimes.
“This is murder itself.”
Ada LeBoeuf
THE FRENCH DESCENDENT
“It’s a great southern sin to take private family facts and make them your public pain, that’s the kind of thing that can get you killed.”
A 1935 assassination, a tell-all letter and family secrets that should have been left buried with the dead.
Vicki Montet
Redheaded, left-handed and raised in the South, Vicki Montet is a multi-Emmy award-winning journalist with decades of experience as a TV news writer, reporter, producer and executive. Having written, reported and produced all her life, she writes from experience.
Contact Vicki
Southern mysteries by Vicki Montet
Coming soon
JUSTICE ON THE LAKE
GenreSouthern Mystery
Based on one of Louisiana’s most notorious unsolved true crimes.
“This is murder itself.”
Ada LeBoeuf
THE FRENCH DESCENDENT
“It’s a great southern sin to take private family facts and make them your public pain, that’s the kind of thing that can get you killed.”
A 1935 assassination, a tell-all letter and family secrets that should have been left buried with the dead.
Sticking your nose in other people’s business is like sticking your hand in dark water; you don’t know what’s in it until you’re in too deep or dead.The first line of Justice on the Lake
Contact Vicki
About
Redheaded, left-handed and raised in the South, Vicki Montet is a multi-Emmy award-winning journalist with decades of experience as a TV news writer, reporter, producer and executive.
She has two southern mysteries in the works. Her short stories have been honored and published by the San Francisco Writers Conference. She’s a member of the Atlanta Writers Club, where her writing has also been recognized.
Having written, reported and produced all her life, she writes from experience. Her books are fiction based in fact and involve historical true crimes and injustices that have alarming modern-day parallels.
Awards
National Academy of Television Arts & SciencesLifetime Achievement Emmy AwardNATAS Southeast Chapter Silver Circle AwardFor 25 or More Years of Outstanding Contribution to the Television Broadcasting Community (2021)- NATAS Mid-South Chapter Emmy AwardNews ExcellenceCharlotte, NC
- NATAS Southeast Chapter Emmy AwardOutstanding Achievement, Television Programming Excellence: Live Special EventsAtlanta, Georgia
- RTDNA Edward R. Murrow AwardRegional, Outstanding News DocumentaryCharlotte, NC
- Columbia University Graduate School of JournalismRecognizes Vicki Montet, WSOC-TV News Director, “9 Investigates Hate Crime Reporting”Charlotte, NC
News & Notes
- 2027New Orleans Book FestivalNew Orleans, Louisiana
- 2027RTDNA First Amendment AwardsWashington, DC
- 2027ThrillerFestNew York