Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder in Samarkand
This isn't just a guidebok or a cosy memoir. It's possible that ''the book itself'' is a  and any notability it has itself is as a result of the murky political situation it describes. It's no work of great literature. However this isn't an issue for WP policy and notability for our purposes is served just as well by the situation it describes as it is by the prose used
— NONE, NONE
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:COAT (Wikipedia:Coatrack articles)