Mr Hoo's characteristics in the beginning were sort of bad. He seemed like he was mad all the time and was sad that his restaurant wasn't having a lot of business. He always was yelling at Doug to go study. He seemed like a grumpy old man. In the end though he seems a lot nicer, it says he was bright and cheery. He has know reason to be mad, his son won 2 Olympic medals, and his business was doing great. My predictions were very close to being right. I predicted that James would get some money from the winner and start a new business. I was almost right because he did start a new business by selling innersoles, but he didn't have to borrow money. One other prediction I had was that James would move to China with his wife. I was wrong about that one, he never even brought her back to visit, when he promised her he would. My last prediction was that James would become very rich from his business, I was right about that one. His innersoles are being sold in Chicago, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and New York.

Grace Wexler bought Hoo's on First and made it very popular. She offers free meals to any sports players that are in Milwaukee. On her wall she has a signed picture of Doug Hoo the famous track star. The Hoo's had moved to a lakefront home, James innersoles started selling in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, he became a wealthy man. In the last chapter, when Turtle is watching Sandy die, Sandy ask how everybody is doing. Turtle goes through the list of heirs and when she reaches James name she tells Sandy that James is business is doing well, when actually he is dead. It does not say how he died, but it said he said he was dead.

James decided to try to sell his foot product. He named them Hoo's Little Foot-Eze, on page 175 it says his product is selling well in drug stores. Also that when he captures the Milwaukee market he will take his wife to China.

James invented paper innersoles. Crow was complaining about something in her foot, so James gave Crow the innersoles for free. At first she thought he put a bomb in them, then she realized he was just trying to help her. He seems like a very smart man, he has had a couple inventions in his life.

Hoo's on Firstt???!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Grace and Mr. Hoo got in a fight at their restaurant. Then Jake came and they decided to ask him. Grace's idea was to have a advertising campaign called Hoo's on first. James wanted to have it called Shin Hoo's. Jake decided to agree with his wife, so James took his food away.

At Mr. Hoo's restaurant there was a bomb recently. Someone put the bomb in the kitchen behind something so nobody would notice. When it went off nobody got hurt seriously injured. Sydelle was walking toward the kitchen when it happened though. She fractured her ankle. That was the second bombing in two days. The day before there was a bombing in the coffee shop. When the cops came, they said that it was a gas explosion, not a bomb. Mr. Hoo is mad about this bombing.

Mr. Hoo has became more stressful lately. He always yells at his son for not studying, or for going to the coffee shop instead of his restaurant. Before Judge Ford's party, she was looking up back round information on James Shin Hoo and found out that Mr. Hoo claimed that Sam Westing stole his idea of a disposable paper diaper. So she found out that Mr. Hoo had a recent connection with Mr. Westing.

James Shin Hoo paper towel clues are fruited purple waves for sea. Grace and him get in a lot of fights while trying to figure it out. She thinks its 4c, but he thinks its the sea where a turtle lives.

James Shin Hoo partner is Grace Wexler. He was disappointed that five thousand dollars was lost because his wife didn't come to the meeting. He said that he was cheated again by Sam Westing.

James Shin Hoo is the owner of a restaurant. He is married and has one boy. He is Chinese and lives at the Sunset Towers.