4. Keyes, the con man?

I'm sorry , but the novel's conclusion did not satisfy me at all. Maybe because I misread a few lines at first, that had me jumping into crazy conclusions [until I reread it and understood] & that might have increased my expectations, but still, it was no where near what I had expected....and that is not a good thing. What sucks even more, is how I was really enjoying this story; it kept getting more interesting as I continued and I was really looking forward to the end and couldn't stop wondering what was going to happen. But to see both of them unharmed, untouched, with no punishment at all .. Now that had me speechless.
I had a different ending in mind. There was a section that I had misread on page 113 because of the non-labelled dialog. "'Your man Keyes--he's quite a matchmaker.'" At first, I thought this was said by Walter implying that Keyes was Phyllis' man. It had me jump straight into thinking that Keyes was her real partner and that he came up with the whole plan of the murder, the shooting, and conning Walter into it. It made so much sense to me because how the hell did he figure out the murder so well and so quickly, it's like he had done it before! I thought that everything was an act, especially the story he told Walter about Sachetti. Maybe that's what he meant when he had that funny look on his face and said "You've got no reason to thank me."
But no, that wasn't how it ended and it was no where near. I thought it was nice enough for Keyes to let Walter go but to have Phyllis there with him?
If she's really that dangerous, why not put an end to her?

But, that's just my opinion.