When Janice Whiteman met her husband Robert at the airport in Pembroke, ON, she was stunned when he was tackled in front of her by plainclothes police and arrested for armed robbery.ince the day they met, Robert had been leading a double life—husband and father at home and spectacularly successful armed robber on the road. In a spree lasting thirty-three months, in cities large and small from Vancouver to Halifax, Robert committed fifty-nine robberies, sometimes two in one day, for a combined take of over two million dollars.his is the extraordinary true story of the most daring criminal in the nation's history: Canada's Flying Bandit.

An in-depth account of an event that shocked the world: the murder of four RCMP officers near Mayerthorpe, Alberta, by a man named James Roszko. Roszko had a serious grudge against the police and had vowed to kill them the first chance he got.Through extensive research and interviews, Robert Knuckle takes us from the start of the tragedy on March 2, 2005, through the suspenseful hours as more and more RCMP members arrive at Roszko's farm, the shooting, and the aftermath: the comments of wives, parents, and friends; the trial of the accomplices; and conclusions. James Roszko left a huge wave of destruction in his wake, destroying families and sowing disillusionment.Knuckle unravels the details of all phases of the story, which is one of the most violent and complex tales in the annals of Canadian crime