Operation Big Flounder

"Ron Hickman always could tell a good story. With years of radio background Ron always brings out the vivid and colorful characters who make the headline news. Manny Silva is someone we have in our travels, a flawed person with a gruff manner who in the end knows what he really needs if not what he really wants-to-again be part of Tarpon Springs. Mr. Hickman blends it all into a good read based loosely on actual events in real locations. Only Ron could make 'Choo Choo' a person we all know in government work, a man with a public purpose and a kind of personal life worth retelling. Enjoy the book! For those of us who have known Ron for years, he could just as well be sitting in his living room recounting this tale with all the embellishments that makes it so believable and enjoyable."


Richard Clark, esq.

Senior partner of Laddy, Clark & Ryan, Sparta, New Jersey

"OPERATION BIG FLOUNDER tells a real tale stranger than fiction that could only happen in America. 'Manny Silva', a seemingly ordinary working man in broad daylight in his fish market in a busy tourist town skimmed millions off the top over several years. But then again, like the song 'How deep is the ocean?' nobody knows how many fish are in the sea. Ron Hickman tells a fascinating story that takes place in Tarpon Springs, Florida, intertwining fact with a fictional, sizzling love affair between Nikki, a local Greek Goddess, and 'Choo Choo,' an IRS undercover investigator. You'll be hooked from the start!"


Les Carpenter,

Musician and Composer of "The Charm of Newport"