Rendell

British  

/ rɛnˈdɛl, ˈrɛndəl /

noun

1. Ruth ( Barbara ), Baroness. born 1930, British crime writer: author of detective novels, such as Wolf to the Slaughter (1967), and psychological thrillers, such as The Lake of Darkness (1980) and (under the name Barbara Vine ) A Fatal Inversion (1987) and The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (1998)

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Example Sentences

In 2003, Gov. Ed Rendell offered up a $264 million incentive package designed to placate USAir by improving facilities in both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, but the airline didn’t bite, at least not exactly.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

Luke Rendell, lecturer in biology at the Sea Mammal Research Unit for the University of St. Andrews, questions the ability to translate the sounds made by sperm whales into human language.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

But Rendell, who was not involved with the current work, worries the impulse to liken sperm whale communication with human language risks mistaking what’s distinctive about whales.

From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024

Roth’s feature realization, scripted by Jeff Rendell from a story by both Rendell and Roth, opens with a Carpenter tribute, a shot from an unknown point of view, approaching a door, perhaps menacingly.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2023

That his books couldn’t compare to the works of Ruth Rendell or James Ellroy, and that he wasn’t even fit to tie Elmore Leonard’s shoes.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson