Invitation to an Inquest is a 1950 mystery crime novel by the British writer Richard Hull.

[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.

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.