Review by Mary Welk, Mystery Scene Magazine, February 2003

Lisa Polisar's BLACKWATER TANGO (ISBN 1-59133-013-0) is way more chilling than any of the above mentioned books. Published by Hilliard & Harris, this suspense novel features Gena Hollender as a retired criminal profiler who is called back into service when a woman's body is found folded into a lobster trap off the coast of Maine. The MO reminds Gena and her ex-police partner Marcus Valenzuela of a case both worked on years before. When Gena, Marcus, and a half-dozen other investigators are brought together to discuss the new case, they discover that the meeting may have been arranged by the killer himself. Convinced by the evidence that the murders have been committed by her old nemesis, Victor Trikonis, Gena travels to the island of Monhegan, Maine, to start her investigation. There she must cope with the terrors of the past as well as those of the present if she's to thwart the plans of this truly evil madman. Readers will want to lock their doors and light every lamp in the house before settling down with this book. Polisar weaves a scary story around a puzzling plot and credible characters in this, her debut novel.