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Hitman : the untold story of Canada's deadliest assassin  Cover Image Book Book

Hitman : the untold story of Canada's deadliest assassin / Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman.

Sher, Julian, 1953- (author.). Fitterman, Lisa, (author.).

Summary:

"For Yves Trudeau, the blood was all business. An assassin for the Hells Angels in the '70s and '80s, Trudeau was known as Apache, the Mad Bumper and the Mad Bomber. As a contract killer, he did his job so well that the bikers sometimes lent him out to other organized-crime empires in Montreal, including the east-end French gangs led by the deadly Dubois brothers and the upstart Irish Mafia in the west end. Yves Trudeau remains one of Canada's most prolific serial killers. When he narrowly missed being assassinated because he was in rehab, he turned government informant and confessed to his crimes, which included killing forty-three people. But as a witness, Trudeau was a disaster. His testimony led to so many acquittals that prosecutors avoided him. Award-winning writers Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman tell the incredible story of how this assassin escaped the police and the justice system for over a decade. A compelling and revealing account of corruption, incompetence and murder, Hitman is based on extensive research and exclusive new interviews with police, lawyers and bikers who knew Yves "Apache" Trudeau"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781443471510 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Trudeau, Yves, 1946-2008.
Assassins > Canada > Biography.
Informers > Canada > Biography.
Motorcycle gangs > Canada.
Organized crime > Canada.
Genre: Biographies.
Personal narratives.
True crime stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Stroud Branch 364.1524092 Trude-S 31681010414704 NONFIC Available -

Summary: "For Yves Trudeau, the blood was all business. An assassin for the Hells Angels in the '70s and '80s, Trudeau was known as Apache, the Mad Bumper and the Mad Bomber. As a contract killer, he did his job so well that the bikers sometimes lent him out to other organized-crime empires in Montreal, including the east-end French gangs led by the deadly Dubois brothers and the upstart Irish Mafia in the west end. Yves Trudeau remains one of Canada's most prolific serial killers. When he narrowly missed being assassinated because he was in rehab, he turned government informant and confessed to his crimes, which included killing forty-three people. But as a witness, Trudeau was a disaster. His testimony led to so many acquittals that prosecutors avoided him. Award-winning writers Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman tell the incredible story of how this assassin escaped the police and the justice system for over a decade. A compelling and revealing account of corruption, incompetence and murder, Hitman is based on extensive research and exclusive new interviews with police, lawyers and bikers who knew Yves "Apache" Trudeau"--

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