Jim Shon

Poison In Paradise Jim Shon

The year is 1986 in the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic mosaic that is Hawaii. Poison in Paradise is about power politics, crime arrogance, cover-ups, the media, and the inner working of a legislature. It is set at a time when the environmental movement was just learning to challenge the growing appetite for development and profit.

Follow the inner thoughts and maneuvers of rival legislators, and how the world of the state capitol is interwoven with the corporate appetites of a declining agricultural industry, the state of the media and how it covered public affairs before the arrival of the Internet.

Main Characters

Ramsey Bingham - Chair of the Board of the Sandwich Isles Chemical Corp.

Carleton Brent - London based Insurance mogul

Eastland Bridges - a Hawaii State Senator

Mei-Ling Bridges - wife of Senator Eastland Bridges

Flora Garcia - Children affected by possible pollution

Stephani Harrison- Carleton Brent's personal assistant

Betsy Ito - Office Manager for Eastland Bridges

Barbara Lum - TV Reporter

Bobby Martin - State Senator

Randall Ogawa - State Senator, close friend of Helen Tokugawa

Byron Park - Honolulu detective

Michael Robinson - former staff for Bridges, State Representative

Steven Sinclair - private investigator

Helen Tokugawa - Former staff for Eastland Bridges, State Senator

Bill Wilcox - Plantation Forman

Thelma Winters - Native Hawaiian; Chair, Leeward Community Action Coalition