Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de SP ~ Senjou Tantei Kageyama (2013)

Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de SP ~ Senjou Tantei Kageyama 2013 / 謎解きはディナーのあとで ~ 船上探偵・影山 2013 / The After Dinner Mysteries ~ Detective Aboard Kageyama

An excited Hosho Reiko and her butler Kageyama board Asia’s largest luxury liner Princess Reiko, which is bound for Singapore, to enjoy a rare vacation. However, not long after they sail, a murder mystery occurs on board. A peculiar dead body is dropped into the sea from the luxury liner. As the situation grows tense, they hear that man’s voice. It is none other than Reiko’s boss Inspector Kazamatsuri Kyoichiro who is for some reason on the same cruise. This bothers Reiko who had been looking forward to her vacation. However, a statement from the criminal reaches Princess Reiko. Furthermore, the transmitting signal is within the luxury liner. The criminal is among 3,000 passengers and crew, and there are five more days until Princess Reiko reaches Singapore. While Inspector Kazamatsuri and Reiko question the passengers and crew during the five days in order to arrest the murderer, what does Kageyama do? Because the crew have all been mobilised to investigate the murder and police the luxury liner, Kageyama is approached by passengers on various matters. He is the unknown detective who solves their requests with his brilliant deductions. ~~ Adapted from the novel ‟Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de‟ (謎解きはディナーのあとで) by Higashikawa Tokuya (東川篤哉).