In the novel 'The truth about the Harry Quebert case', the protagonist moves without abandoning the scientific method, based on existing evidence. Edgar Allan Poe inaugurated the genre in 1841 with his story The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
There is in this novel, if the term may be used, a skillful use of Ockham's Razor, that is, of the principle that is used in science to guide theoretical models. The tendency to simplify is present in each of the actions of this absorbing story that has become an international success.