Lost in the confusion?
I am writing about the end of the whole novel.  I didn't somewhat understand why it ended the way it did except the only thing that I could think of is that Mr. Huff's empolyers didn't want then to look like Huff was the mastermind behind this and they didn't want to be part of the investagation.  It's crazy that how the end of the story ends Phillys the whole time was a killer of other people Lola's mom was killed by Phillys and three other children at the hospital that she was a nurse for.  I feel Walter and Phillys should have bin burned at the stake for what they have done to Mr. Nirdlinger.  I think that Walter should possibly had a different sentance then Philly's because he played the pawn in this situation and that she has commitied murder before and this was his first offense.  I really didn't understand the last of the story where they both go on to a ship and that they're together again Phillys and Walter.  And how Keyes played a big part of them getting back together even Philly's said that he played a good match maker I really had a hard time following the end of the novel.  All I could suspect at the end Walter kept looking at the sharks fin and probably wanted to off himself before he and she got caught. Or maybe before Philly's tried to kill him again because as they said she's a lunatic.

Film Noir

 The Weight of my own Conscience

I had killed a man to get a women. (pg 54 Mr. Huff). He quotes that he was in her power and their was only one person that could fry him and it was her Phillys Nirdlinger. It's crazy in the start of the book Phillys and Walter have this lust for eachother and half way in to the story they become angry and resentfull towards one another Mr. Huff even says that he can't stand to look at her. Because he finally feels bad that he killed a innocent man for a women that he doesn't really care for now but when at first he had lustfull thoughts for. This is why in a big way film Noir is interesting to me that a man can be so easily manipulated into doing something that they wouldn,t normally do without a push from an outside source. It's not only Walters emotions that change him but it's also the way Phillys is comming off towards him after they commit the murder of Mr. Nirdlinger Walter starts to question his own motive and he finds that he really had none and that Phillys coasted him into doing exactly what she wanted him to do. He even tries to forget about what he has done and can't concentrate on what has to be done and tries to sing a song to calm him down and say the lords prayer but nothing can help him in his current state of disbalief. And that he had to live this the rest of his life that he killed a innocent for a women he can't stand to look at now.