When a renowned New York photographer and her new husband arrive for a holiday in a close-knit Jamaican resort town, their dream vacation becomes a scenario out of a murder mystery.

Royal Palm Estate mirrors life on an old sugar manor set in Jamaica. The drama spins around the lives of the well off Blackburn family who remain symbols of a provincial period long gone. It is a story loaded with worldwide interest, anticipation, comic drama, love and murder.

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.