Emma Wales

In the novel Towards Zero, Emma Wales is a maid at Gull's Point in the employ of Lady Tresilian.

The household staff had all been interviewed by Inspector Leach and Superintendent Battle and nothing much had been learnt about the circumstances surrounding Lady Tressilians's death. Battle decided to recall Emma because he had a hunch that she knew something. Pressed for details during the second interview, Emma admitted that, on the night of Lady Tressilian's murder, she had passed by the door and had heard Lady Tressilian having an argument with Nevile Strange. Lady Tressilian said that she wouldn't have something or other going on in the house. Neville was "all worked up" and said something about "Don't you dare say anything against her."

Battle referred to Emma Wales as "that tall thin bit of vinegar".