pt. I. Fascism and anti-Fascism. Revisiting an assassination : the death of Carlo Rosselli / Stanislao G. Pugliese ; Fascists and fetishes : Clara Petacci and the masochistic scene / Elizabeth Leake ; What does it matter if you die? The seven Cervi brothers / Philip Cooke
pt. II. State killings. Rosi's Il caso mattei : making the case for conspiracy / Mary P. Wood ; The death of Giuseppe Pinelli : truth, representation, memory / John Foot ; The Genoa G8 and the death of Carlo Giuliani
pt. III. The Moro affair. The Moro affair : interpretations and consequences / Tobias Abse ; From history to mystery : the parliamentary inquiries into the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, 1979-2001 / David Moss
pt. IV. Mafia murders. The murder of Emanuele Notarbartolo and the origins of the mystique of the Mafia / Salvatore Coluccello ; Mafia and antimafia : Sciascia and Borsellino in Vincenzo Consolo's Lo spasimo di Palermo / Daragh O'Connell
pt. V. True crime. Chi l'ha vista? Reflections on the Montesi case / Karen Pinkus ; Pasolini's murder : interpretation, event narratives, and postmodern Impegno / Roberto S. C. Gordon ; Making a killing : the 'monster of Florence' and the trial(s) of Pietro Pacciani / Ellen Nerenberg ; Fashion victims : the Gucci and Versace murders / Stephen Gundle, Lucia Rinaldi ; Between true crime and fiction : the world of Carlo Lucarelli / Giuliana Pieri
pt. VI. The legacy of anarchism. The anarchist assassin and Italian history, 1870s to 1930s / Carl Levy ; Failed assassins and anti-heroes in Lina Wertmüller's Amore e anarchia / Dana Renga.