Mercy plot
Detective Catherine Palmer investigates a series of serial murders with an obvious sexual slant. The women appear to be the victims of an SM ritual that got out of hand, in which, among other things, their eyelids were cut away. The investigation leads Catherine Palmer to a group of wealthy women with unusual sexual excesses. She tracks down the prime suspect, Vickie Kittrie, a woman with a penchant for SM and women, and the victims' therapist, Dr. Broussard.