Operation Evasion

The Ghost in You

Pete Thron, Tobias Roche, Sharon Baum

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English

Independance
31 May 2025

Biography: general; True crime; Jurisprudence & general issues

Operation Evasion is a gritty, true-to-life law enforcement thriller based on the real-life investigation that shattered the largest passenger cocaine smuggling network ever uncovered at Miami International Airport. Written in the brutal, stripped-down voice of bestselling author and former cop Pete Thron, the book pulls no punches as it dives headfirst into a three-decade criminal saga driven by obsession, betrayal, and redemption.

At the center of this high-stakes narrative is Tobias ""Toby"" Roche, a legendary federal agent whose career spans nearly five decades across agencies like the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs, and ATF. Roche is a throwback-no politics, no filters, just a relentless hunger for justice. He's the kind of guy who kicks down doors while others are still writing up the search warrant. And when he locks onto a case, he doesn't let go. Ever.

The target? Evelyn Bozon Papa, the so-called ""Femme Fatale"" of the Cali Cartel. A former victim of abuse turned drug queen pin, Evelyn oversaw a sophisticated smuggling ring involving corrupt airline employees, cartel couriers, and multi-kilo shipments of cocaine flown in from Colombia. But Operation Evasion is more than just a take down. It's about the human cost-of crime, of justice, of lives torn apart and stitched back together in the shadows of federal courtrooms and prison walls.

What begins as a standard interdiction spirals into a 30-year odyssey involving betrayal from within federal agencies, corrupt defense attorneys, and narc-loyalty that stretches across borders. The narrative slams through sting operations, courtroom battles, federal betrayals, and a twisted epilogue where Roche-decades later-reconnects with Evelyn's daughter, now a grown woman fighting to free her mother. And in an act no one saw coming, the hunter and the hunted meet again-not in handcuffs, but in healing.

From cartel couriers waving coded handkerchiefs to agents going undercover with nothing but guts and burner phones, from courtrooms soaked in secrets to prison chapels filled with redemption, Operation Evasion is part cop memoir, part procedural thriller, and 100% real.

If you want to know how the system really works-the dirty deals, the inside players, the hard-earned justice-this is it. No heroes. No sugarcoating. Just the truth, told by the only man who could.

By: Pete Thron
Contributions by: Tobias Roche
Edited by: Sharon Baum
Imprint: Independance
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 195g
ISBN: 9798349379284
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 31 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Operation Evasion: The Ghost in You

On Tobias Roche: ""Let's not sugarcoat it, Roche is the kind of guy this country doesn't make anymore. A dinosaur with a badge and a memory sharper than a switchblade."" On Law Enforcement Reality: ""You don't work cases. You collect coffee cups."" - Roche, calling out an incompetent colleague On Corruption and Cowards: ""Roche despises 'Butt Snorkelers, ' who live off others' work with no significant investigative experience."" On Evelyn Bozon Papa and Justice: ""She's not the same person who was sentenced to die in prison. She is a survivor, a teacher, a mother, a leader, and a woman who has turned pain into purpose."" On the Operation: ""Operation Evasion. It's not just a case name. It's a time capsule."" Brutal Humor and Brotherhood: ""Brotherhood only works when everyone eats."" - After a petty pizza dispute among agents during a stakeout On Street Justice: ""If you were a worker, he would have your back... If you were one of the frauds... he'd smell you a mile off.""