THE BESTSELLING TRUE CRIME BOOKS
ABOUT BALI


Kathryn Bonella is the bestselling Australian author of true crime books about Bali, including Snowing in Bali, Hotel Kerobokan and Operation Playboy — real stories of Bali’s drug trade, Kerobokan Prison and international traffickers.›

SNOWING IN BALI

You will never see Bali in the same way again.
Inside Bali’s hidden drug world — surfers turned international drug traffickers, cocaine hidden in surfboards and the darker side of Bali’s surf culture. Paradise with a death penalty.

"A graphic insight into the hidden world of Bali’s top western cocaine bosses." - Tracks Magazine

‘I was always a kind of pirate. If I have my clothes and money, I can go anywhere and adapt myself.'

- Jorge, Brazilian surfer and drug boss
OPERATION PLAYBOY

OPERATION PLAYBOY

A Bali surf trip became an international drug trafficking empire. A true crime story of surfers, cocaine and the Bali drug trade, spanning Bali, Europe and South America as the Brazilian Federal Police close in on an international network of drug traffickers.

HOTEL K

Inside Bali’s most notorious prison, normal rules don’t apply.
A shocking true crime book about Kerobokan Prison — the infamous Bali jail where drug traffickers, murderers and tourists collide in a world of corruption, violence and survival. Take a trip inside.

“An insightful and sharply observed account of life inside Indonesia’s most notorious prison. Bonella casts a cool journalistic eye over some horrific events.”

- Sun Herald

SCHAPELLE CORBY, MY STORY

No More Tomorrows

The Bali drug case that gripped Australia and the world. The inside story of Schapelle Corby, from the discovery of marijuana in her bodyboard bag at Bali airport to her trial, conviction and years inside Kerobokan Prison.

“Schapelle’s story is like no other.”

- Booktopia

ABOUT KATHRYN

Bestselling true crime author. Former television journalist. Rare access to Bali’s criminal underworld.

Kathryn Bonella’s books draw on years of reporting, firsthand interviews and extraordinary true stories from inside Indonesia’s most notorious cases.

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