The Dinner Table Detective

The Dinner Table Detective
First novel volume cover
謎解きはディナーのあとで
(Nazotoki wa Dinā no Ato de)
GenreMystery
Novel series
Written byTokuya Higashigawa
Illustrated byYūsuke Nakamura
Published byShogakukan
Original runSeptember 2, 2010December 12, 2012
Volumes3
Manga
Written byTokuya Higashigawa
Illustrated byAya Kawase
Published byShogakukan
ImprintFlowers Comics α
MagazinePetit Comic
DemographicJosei
Original runApril 8, 2011November 10, 2011
Volumes2
Television drama
Novel series
Shin Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
Written byTokuya Higashigawa
Illustrated byYūsuke Nakamura
Published byShogakukan
Original runMarch 31, 2021September 18, 2024
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed byMitsuyuki Masuhara
Written byMariko Kunisawa
Music byTakeshi Hama
StudioMadhouse
Licensed byAmazon Prime Video
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
Original run April 4, 2025 June 20, 2025
Episodes12 (15 segments)

The Dinner Table Detective (謎解きはディナーのあとで, Nazotoki wa Dinā no Ato de; lit. "The After-Dinner Mysteries") is a Japanese mystery novel series written by Tokuya Higashigawa and illustrated by Yūsuke Nakamura. Shogakukan have published three volumes from September 2010 to December 2012. A manga adaptation illustrated by Aya Kawase was serialized in Shogakukan's josei manga magazine Petit Comic from April to November 2011, with its chapters collected into two tankōbon volumes. A sequel novel series by the same author and illustrator, titled Shin Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de, was published by Shogakukan in two volumes from March 2021 to September 2024.

A 10-episode television drama adaptation aired from October to December 2011 on Fuji TV and its affiliates. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse aired from April to June 2025 on the same television network's Noitamina programming block.