Bahama Burnout — Don Bruns

For rock and roll writer Mick Sever, another story, another deadly island paradise is all in a day' s work. This time, Mick heads to Nassau, Bahamas, home of the legendary Highland Studio.

Known for pumping out hits that burn up the charts, Highland is where the magic happens -- or rather, where the magic happened until a devastating fire destroyed the entire studio. No one knows how the fire started, who started it -- or whose body was found among the charred remains.

Sent to get the inside story on the opening of the new Highland Studio, Mick finds this is hardly the Phoenix-rising-out-of-the-ashes story he expected.

Some say the studio' s haunted; some say it' s cursed, but one thing is for sure: someone -- or something -- wants to stop the music. A smashed guitar and erased tracks send a subtle warning, but murder? That' s an entirely different tune.

If Mick doesn' t act fast, Highland Studio, along with everything and everyone in its path, could go up in smoke.

It' s not always better to burn out than to fade away.