About The Book

The Rhythm of the Dark begins as a mystery but becomes something deeper, a study of grief that listens back.

When a six-year-old girl, Ella, vanishes inside an old house with too many stories and not enough light, her uncle, a police officer, takes on the case no one else will. What begins as a search for answers turns into a confrontation with loss itself.

Natalia Marconi doesn’t rush the darkness; she lets it breathe. The attic hums with memory, guilt, and the echo of a child’s laughter that never fully fades. Every sentence feels like a heartbeat, steady, fragile, and inevitable.

Readers often describe closing the book in silence, unsure whether they’ve read a ghost story or simply found one inside themselves.