The Dinner Table Detective

Reiko Houshou may look like a typical high-society heiress, but she’s quietly starting out as a rookie detective in the Kunitachi Police Department. To keep her double life intact, she conceals her true identity from her superior, Kyouichirou Kazamatsuri—an ostentatious, well-connected heir to a motor business whose leadership leaves much to be desired.

When a case tied to Reiko’s college friends leaves her unable to pin down the culprit or motive, help arrives from an unexpected source: Kageyama, the butler newly assigned to her. Blunt and unafraid to point out her shortcomings, he listens to her concerns and then neatly pieces together what she can’t. With Kageyama’s razor-sharp deductions—and his sharper tongue—Reiko begins to inch closer to the detective she wants to become.