Introduction / Bella DePaulo -- Predator on the prowl / Jared DeFife -- Rethinking Dexter / Lisa Firestone -- Naughty by nature, Dexter by design / Joshua L. Gowin -- The psychology of Dexter's kills / Marisa Mauro -- Deception: it's what Dexter does best (well, second best) / Bella DePaulo -- The scientist and the serial killer / Morrie Mullins -- On becoming a real boy / Stephen D. Livingston -- The angels on his shoulder / Jeremy Clyman -- The dark passenger in all of us / Melissa Burkley, Edward Burkley -- The dark defenders / Wind Goodfriend, Chase Barrick -- It's all about Harry / Marisa Mauro -- The killer within / Adi Jaffe -- Rita's rocky relationships / David Barber-Callaghan, Nigel Barber -- Denial and Rita / Tamara McClintock Greenberg -- Why psychopaths like Dexter aren’t really all that bad / Paul Wilson -- Faster, Dexter! Kill! Kill! / Matthew E. Jacovina, Matthew A. Bezdek, Jeffrey E. Foy, William G. Wenzel, Richard J. Gerrig -- Being Dexter Morgan / Christopher Ryan.