Mrs Devereux

In the short story The Case of the Perfect Maid, Mrs Devereux is newly wed woman who lives with her husband in one of the flats at Old Hall in St. Mary Mead. When the building suffers a spate of robberies, Mrs Devereux is not spared and she loses some diamonds which she kept in an unlocked drawer and some valuable furs which had been given to her as a wedding present.

Portrayals
In the NHK anime adaptation The Perfect Maid, Mrs Devereux is featured but not her husband. She is shown gossiping with neighbours in the grounds outside the Old Hall building, talking about how difficult it is to find domestic help and wondering what sort of new maid the Pinkertons have managed to recuit. The voice actress behind the character in not credited.