sentences:  Des is the pride and joy of aging Cardinal Danaher because of his skill at developing church projects while keeping down costs.He cuts a corner now and then, overlooking the shady side of construction mogul Jack Amsterdam, a lay Catholic who uses his ties to the Monsignor for the congregation's benefit but mainly for his own.One day in Los Angeles, a young woman is found brutally murdered, her body cut in two in a vacant lot.