Behind the gate, wealth had no rules. Billonia was built as a refuge for the ultra-rich—a private Florida enclave of mansions, security, privilege, and enough money to keep the outside world at a comfortable distance. No intrusive government. No unwanted attention. No ordinary problems. Until a body is found floating in the lagoon. Jean-Marc Dubois was not wealthy, powerful, or connected. He was a hardworking Haitian-American husband and father who entered Billonia to detail luxury cars and never made it back home. Now Miami-Dade detectives Nadège Laurent and Patrick Callahan must enter a world designed to keep people like them out. What begins as a homicide investigation quickly exposes missing security footage, manipulated access records, frightened employees, wealthy residents protecting one another, and a culture where scandal was routinely handled behind closed doors. As the evidence begins pointing toward one of Billonia’s most powerful residents, the community’s carefully constructed image starts to collapse. Behind the mansions, private roads, and iron gates are jealousy, obsession, class arrogance, and the dangerous belief that enough money can make consequences disappear. But Jean-Marc’s death has created one problem Billonia cannot buy its way out of. The law has finally come through the gate. BILLONIA is a gripping crime thriller from award-winning author Jerrimiah Stonecastle, blending murder mystery, dark humor, social commentary, and a sharp examination of wealth, power, privilege, and the rules people only appreciate after they are gone.
