Yves “Apache” Trudeau doesn’t fit the Hollywood mould of a contract killer: He wasn’t towering or magnetic, he didn’t have a menacing presence—if anything, he was an unremarkable and surprisingly forgettable person, which is exactly what made him so dangerous. At least that’s the way he’s described.
In Hitman: The Untold Story of Canada’s Deadliest Assassin, veteran investigative journalists Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman dive into the life and legacy of a man who killed 43 people for the Hells Angels (and other local gangs) and got away with it over and over again.
A story with sharpened perspective
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