On the surface the club appeared to be simply another colorless organization for the highest niche of socially prominent English Ladies. But beneath the tinkle of teacups and the shallow rattle of genteel conversation, there lurked an insatiable monster before whose altar knelt in total devotion.

The Cult of Pain is an explosive study in prose of the demented passions which drove those Ladies to the murky depths of evil in their quest for the final secret thrill.