Salvation of a Saint (Detective Galileo #2)

by Keigo Higashino

Disproving a hypo -thesis is progress. It narrows our options by closing off a possible path of entry for the poison into the coffee.’

‘You may have heard me mention the process of elimination, by which we

invalidate one hypothesis at a time, eliminating all the possibilities until we’re left with a single truth. However, when there is a basic error in the way we form our hypotheses, that method can lead to extremely dangerous results. Sometimes, when we’re too eager to get those bones, we end up missing the point.’