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Operation Playboy
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Operation Playboy
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Publisher's Summary
From the acclaimed author of best sellers 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 white-knuckle thriller - the true story of a manhunt code-named Operation Playboy.
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- jack
- 05-03-2022
Odd narrator choice
Still enjoyable, but it takes a while to get used to the narrators accent which feels very far removed from the characters. Another great story after Snowing in Bali.
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- Tim Phipps
- 18-01-2022
Poor choice of narrator.
Interesting story but very difficult to listen to. Narrator should be working with kids books.
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- Khan Alameddine
- 24-01-2023
where's george
we need another book surely there's more to tell george and andre updates are needed
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 09-12-2021
Good Book Ordinary Narrator
Enjoyed the story but thought the narration was terrible. Joan was definitely the wrong choice
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Jon
- 04-01-2022
In what world
Does it make sense for a middle-aged British woman to narrate a book where 99% of the voices are of young Brazilian men?
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- Anonymous User
- 20-10-2018
Great book
Narrator is pretty annoying but book is great continuing on with her other books! Yeh
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- sue.g
- 22-09-2021
Wrong Narrator
Sorry, story is great, but choice of narrator has not done this book any justice. Someone with vibrancy and perhaps a little naughtiness, even pull off the Portuguese accent or whoever the characters are. Joans flat monotone voice just didn’t do it for me, it just didn’t match the story.
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- Mr. S. J. Hamon
- 03-12-2021
Great Book terrible reader
This dynamic thriller is spoiled by a reader who over acts every line putting emphasis in the wrong places. She makes every sentence sound like a cliche. I would love to hear it read by a Brazilian accent or by the writer herself. After enjoying Snowing in Bali I was disappointed not by the book but by the narrator. I'll buy the paper version!
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- Anonymous User
- 28-12-2019
great story, narration could be better
great story of drug trafficing and the investigation around catching them. story is made from compilations of interviews from many involved. narration leaves a lot to be desired
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- FD
- 22-11-2023
Captivating story
I remember whatching it unfold in the Brazilian news, back in the day, and this book was a nice and entertaining way to travel back in time and have a fresh view of the story.
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