Though his staff is often confused by the way he runs the office, I've found that there's 'method in his madness'.
The book lacks 'method'. [=the book is not arranged in an orderly way]
He claims to have developed a new 'method' for growing tomatoes.
(..) Stop! Well do something! Look what you've done. - Maybe we can talk it over? - OK. In front of me there are three police officers who use deceitful methods. But try to do your job at least. For what? In order to defeat their laboratory and smash everything. And stop all this mess. (..)1981 To Kill a Cop