The Redeemer (Harry Hole, #6)

by Jo Nesbø

sometimes did what he was doing now—he went down to the basement fitness room at Police HQ and cycled. Not because it made him think better, but because it made him stop thinking.

“Our founder, William Booth, said his best men were women. Nevertheless, we are like the rest of society. Stupid, self-assured men ruling over smart women with a fear of heights.”