Sublime

You’ll get results, Inspector, by always putting yourself in the other fellow’s place, and thinking what you would do yourself. It takes some imagination, but it pays. (Holmes; The Retired Colourman)

He [Doyle] created a shrewd, quick-sighted, inquisitive man...with plenty of spare time, a retentive memory, and perhaps with the best gift of all - the power of unloading the mind of all burden of trying to remember unnecessary details.

speak to A. Haddock?” asked the cop across

Strip away things that don’t count and focus on what matters - the core Eliminate possibilities - What can we exclude? - Assuming the true solution or explanation is among the considered possibilities