Spotlight: Fun City Heist by Michael Kardos

A washed-up rockstar gets his old band back together for one final gig . . . and one daring robbery! A brilliantly funny, twisty heist caper from Pushcart Prize-winning author Michael Kardos.

Mo Melnick used to be a drummer in rock band Sunshine Apocalypse. He used to be someone. These days he rents beach umbrellas on the Jersey Shore.

The last thing he expects is for Johnny Clay, his old bandmate turned enemy, to ask him a favor. Johnny's dying, and before he passes he wants Sunshine Apocalypse to reunite for one last gig at Fun City, the beachfront amusement park where their musical journey began.
Mo's in—reluctantly. But then Johnny reveals his real plan: He doesn't just want to play at Fun City on the fourth of July. He wants to rob it.

The plan is crazy. It has more holes than a golf course. But Mo's sick of barely keeping his head above water, and, ironically, this crime may provide Mo's one chance to connect with the daughter he's never known. So he and his gang of middle-aged has-beens dive into what will be the most outrageous heist New Jersey's ever seen—if, that is, they can pull it off alive . . .

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About the Author

Michael Kardos is the author of the novels FUN CITY HEIST (coming Dec 2!), BLUFF, BEFORE HE FINDS HER, and THE THREE-DAY AFFAIR, as well as the story collection ONE LAST GOOD TIME and the textbook THE ART AND CRAFT OF FICTION: A WRITER'S GUIDE. His work has won two Pushcart Prizes, and his novels have been selected as “best of the year” in Esquire, the Miami Herald, and elsewhere. Michael grew up on the Jersey Shore, received a degree in music from Princeton University, and played the drums professionally for a number of years before focusing on fiction writing. He received an MFA from Ohio State and a PhD from the University of Missouri, and for 15 years he co-directed the creative writing program at Mississippi State University.