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) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mystery |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Tokuya Higashigawa |
| Illustrated by | Yūsuke Nakamura |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Original run | September 2, 2010 – December 12, 2012 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tokuya Higashigawa |
| Illustrated by | Aya Kawase |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Flowers Comics α |
| Magazine | Petit Comic |
| Demographic | Josei |
| Original run | April 8, 2011 – November 10, 2011 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Television drama | |
| Novel series | |
| Shin Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de | |
| Written by | Tokuya Higashigawa |
| Illustrated by | Yūsuke Nakamura |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Original run | March 31, 2021 – September 18, 2024 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Mitsuyuki Masuhara |
| Written by | Mariko Kunisawa |
| Music by | Takeshi Hama |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | Amazon Prime Video |
| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
| Original run | April 4, 2025 – June 20, 2025 |
| Episodes | 12 (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.