“This brilliant read proves reality can indeed be stranger than fiction.”
About Operation Playboy
Operation Playboy by Kathryn Bonella is an Australian true crime book about Brazilian surfers, international drug trafficking, Bali’s cocaine trade and the Brazilian Federal Police investigating drug smuggling inside surfboards.
An explosive true story of surfers turned international drug traffickers and the Brazilian Federal Police Operation that hunted them down.
A page-turning, white-knuckle thriller. – Tracks Magazine
Operation Playboy follows the rise and fall of surfers drawn into Bali’s international drug trade, exposing how money, risk, glamour and crime collided across Brazil, Bali and beyond.
This book is part of Kathryn Bonella’s collection of true crime books about Bali, crime, courts and prison life.
More Bali True Crime Books
If you enjoyed Operation Playboy, read Snowing in Bali, Kathryn Bonella’s bestselling true crime book about Bali’s cocaine underworld and international drug traffickers.
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