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.