“An Invitation to a Murder” Josh Pachter based the foundation of the plot in his story, “An Invitation to a Murder”, on situational irony. Situational irony is the irony in which what the reader expects to happen does not happen. He included various examples of situational irony to evolve the plot of the mystery. The use of situational irony contributes to the unpredictable factor of the story. The repeated use of situational irony is the foundation for the plot of the short story. For example, even the title itself is an example of situational irony. In the story, Detective Branigan received an invitation to the murder of Gregory Abbott. This is ironic because in the end Gregory did indeed die, therefore, Branigan was invited to witness
