A Melody Beneath the Moonlight

By elizabeth tapia

Twelve-year-old Arabella Kingsley has little left after her father's death: a crumbling family estate, mounting debts, and an uncle determined to liquidate everything Jasper Kingsley once owned. On her birthday, however, a mysterious solicitor arrives with a sealed parcel that her father arranged to be delivered into her hands alone. Inside is an extraordinary mechanical instrument called the Harmonicon of Echoes, accompanied by a silver winding key and a cryptic letter containing one final instruction: "Listen to what the light conceals."When Arabella activates the device, its intricate gears produce an uncanny melody that seems to alter the very behavior of light and shadow. A strange silhouette appears where no person stands, moving with a grace and familiarity that awaken memories of her absent mother, Evelyn. With the help of Jonah, a resourceful young companion, Arabella begins investigating the instrument's hidden mechanisms and discovers that its music contains an elaborate cipher. The mechanical patterns lead to concealed coordinates beneath the Kingsley estate, while the melody itself carries a second, more personal code connected to Evelyn's forgotten musical work.Their investigation uncovers evidence of a dimensional boundary hidden beneath the manor's western foundations. Five years earlier, Evelyn's performance had weakened that boundary, leaving her trapped beyond the visible world. Jasper spent his final months constructing the Harmonicon as a means of finding and reopening the passage. As Arabella follows the clues through forgotten archives, architectural records, and dangerous experiments in sound and light, she must confront the truth behind her parents' disappearance and the silence that has haunted her family.But the instrument is not indestructible. Its delicate clockwork can sustain the passage only at tremendous cost, and a single failure threatens to separate Arabella from her mother forever. With the help of Jonah and even the reluctant Uncle Wesley, Arabella risks everything to complete the melody and bring Evelyn back. A gothic mystery of mechanical ingenuity, supernatural resonance, and enduring family love, A Melody Beneath the Moonlight explores how grief can conceal the truth-and how even the smallest voice can guide someone home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HQKGKPRH
• ISBN13: 9798183028386
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Elizabeth Tapia
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary