'Seediness, obsessions, sex and violence, glimpses of underworld Brighton - all this might sound like Greeneland Revisited, but Colin Spencer's "Panic" is strong enough to stand on its own feet without invidious comparisons.... As an imaginative achievement Mr. Spencer's success in seeing the killer from the inside is especially impressive.' - "Observer" 'This is a disturbing, beautifully imagined novel, serious in intent . . . and written with a great sense of commitment.' - "New Statesman" 'Spen