| Invitation to an Inquest | |
| Author: | Richard Hull |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Mystery crime |
| Publisher: | Collins Crime Club |
| Release Date: | 1950 |
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Invitation to an Inquest is a 1950 mystery crime novel by the British writer Richard Hull. It was published by Collins Crime Club.[1] Hull, a member of the Detection Club during the Golden Age, was known for his stories involving cynical, unpleasant protagonists.[2] He was strongly influenced by Anthony Berkeley's Malice Aforethought.[3] It was his penultimate work, followed by The Martineau Murders in 1953.
Inspector Yarrow of Scotland Yard investigates the case of a drowned body recovered from the River Thames in London. Yarrow encounters his two unpleasant cousins and would happily pin a murder on either of them if he can find enough evidence to do so.