Maud Wye

In the short story The Herb of Death, Maud Wye is a young girl who is a friend of Sylvia Keene. At the time of the events in the story she was a house guest at Clodderham Court where Sylvia and her guardian Sir Ambrose Bercy reside.

Dolly Bantry described Maud as "one of those dark ugly girls who manage to make an effect somehow". During the story, Dolly was a house guest at Clodderham Court also and she found Maud kissing Jerry Lorimer who was engaged to Sylvia. Dolly could see that she was really fond of him. Significantly, some time after Sylvia's death, she married Jerry. Among the Tuesday Night Club members, she was considered as someone who had a motive and had the most to gain in murdering Sylvia.