Raymond West approaches the Tuesday Night Club with a question. He has recently visited a friend, John Newman, who has been searching for the Spanish ship, Otranto, which was shipwrecked off the coast of Cornwall. There’s something strange, and he asks if the Club can offer guidance. John had disappeared for days, and upon his return he claimed that he had been abducted by the thieves who had stripped the ship of its gold. Will Miss Marple be the one to solve the mystery of the Otranto and its dangerous allure? Librarian’s note: this entry relates to the short story, Ingots of Gold. Collections and the other stories by the author are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The Miss Marple series includes twelve novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: a Miss Marple Short Story.