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Operation Playboy
Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
9 posts | 3 read
FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF BESTSELLERS HOTEL KEROBOKAN AND SNOWING IN BALI Sex. Drugs. Danger. Death. This is the adrenaline-pumping story of the world's most audacious drug runners and the police hunt, 'Operation Playboy', to track them down. These drug-running playboys travel the globe: they ski in Europe, surf in Bali, hook up with celebrity models and live in five-star hotels. They are 24/7 party boys with brass balls, steely nerves and reckless ambitions. They pay for their high-risk, hedonistic lifestyle by trafficking cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana on international flights and through the world's biggest airports. But to ride the wave you have to roll the dice. And in this game a bust means prison - or even a firing squad. A Brazilian cop is watching closely, determined to close the net. With a small team, he battles corrupt colleagues and bent judges to learn the secrets of the playboys and bring about their downfall. Celebrated true-crime writer and journalist Kathryn Bonella has travelled the world to collect first-person testimony from an international network of mules and their bosses, as well as from the elite cops who are hot on their trail. The result is a page-turning, white-knuckle thriller - the true story of a manhunt codenamed OPERATION PLAYBOY. PRAISE FOR KATHRYN BONELLA "[A] graphic insight into the hidden world of Bali's top western cocaine bosses... With unprecedented access into their lives author Kathryn Bonella charts their rise to incredible wealth and power... [and] also follows many to the depths of hell when they are busted." Tracks on Snowing in Bali "... an insightful and sharply ovbserved account of life inside Indonesia's most notorious prison. Bonella casts a cool journalistic eye over some horrific events..." Sun Herald on Hotel Kerobokan "Bonella's portrayal of the jail... will make readers flinch with its graphic descriptions of violence and debauchery taking place under the eyes of bent guards." South China Morning Post on Hotel Kerobokan
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JenDR
Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
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Picked this book up at the airport on my way back from Bali. I thought it would be interesting to read about the underworld of one of my favorite vacation spots. I enjoy a good true crime nonfiction and this is hitting the spot. I needed a break from fiction.

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shmreads
Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
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Mehso-so

Good for you, Lucas. Or maybe not. This is my 3rd Kathryn Bonella book, maybe that's why I gave it a so-so (3 stars) cos it felt repetitive.

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shmreads
Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
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Reading lately has been like, meeting my storyteller once every few days, and always short. Well. Better than not being able to read anything I guess.

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Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
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getting my tires changed. Is it horrible to say this to your kids - "okay boys, go read some car magazines and let me read my book."? one of my boys is so hyper and talkative I feel bad for reading because he's so chatty he needs me to indulge him all the time.......

wordzie 6y
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Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
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At the dentist. Kid's terrified, so I'm on the floor while he's on the chair. Dentist offered to get me a chair, but nah. Better off reading on the floor!

Crazeedi That's a dedicated mama!👏👍 6y
shmreads @Crazeedi haha thank you! 6y
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Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
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Still at page 99. The book is awesome. It's my kids. My kids. They won't "let" me read. Which is why I only read at night. But afternoons. Man. Can't waste an entire afternoon not reading??? So I read two pages across four hours most afternoons. REALLY. #fml

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Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
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my reading sin = chips and juice.

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Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
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Good morning, playboys.

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No1Suze
Operation Playboy | Kathryn Bonella
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A real page turner about a group of Brazilian drug traffickers.