298:. Whether or not the murders are notable or that they've had two books written about it doesn't really matter. Even if they were notable, this book wouldn't inherit that notability. All it would mean is that a highly visible and notable crime would make it far easier to find sources and reviews for the book. What matters here is that there's enough independent and reliable sources to show this book is notable, which are almost always articles and reviews about the book. They're just not out there and believe me, I searched. There's a lot of interviews where the book is briefly mentioned, but nothing that would be considered continuous coverage of the book and most importantly, there's nothing out there review-wise for this book. Everything that I find is unusable as a RS. I just can't find anything to show that this book has notability independent of the murders and all of the articles I've found talk more about the father and the murders. This doesn't pass
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Scholar by mistake might do it, but I can't think of any other likely error :) The article can appropriately mention the other book, and news stories on the event. As far as I can tell the event is notable, more so than the book, because there are 2 books, and also the actual news accounts, and the article could be moved there, as Murder of Whitaker family. I don't see the need for two articles.
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