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The result was redirect‎ to R. Barri Flowers. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:02, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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No actual reviews, has been tagged for notability since 2016 (it was accidentally placed on the talk page until yesterday, which I fixed). The one "review" contains no analytical content and is a straightforward non interpretive summary of the book (and is also an unarchived dead link). There's another similar summary in Reference & Research Book News. Oct2012, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p106-109, which says basically nothing about the book other than what it is about and that it is exists. Other than that, nothing. There's the Portland review in external links but that website has a note about "sponsored" reviews that makes me unsure of its independence. I don't think either of these sources is enough to build an article on. Redirect to author R. Barri Flowers? PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:36, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature and Crime. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:39, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There's also a Midwest Book Review review but that publication has, since 2011, also accepted paid reviews, so that's not useful here. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:56, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:47, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: No book reviews that I can find, only hits on versions of the title/phrasing. not meeting notability. Oaktree b (talk) 14:36, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Opinion on redirect? The author's article mentions the book. PARAKANYAA (talk) 22:38, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect as an WP:ATD. Found nothing usable online, and ProQuest only returned the Reference & Research Book News piece mentioned above. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:06, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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