All the works included in the collection “Death of the Inquisitor” belong to the genre of sociocultural detective, the creator of which is Leonardo Sciascia. Almost all the works presented in the collection are based on detective stories. But these stories are only a pretext for Shasha; the writer’s main task is to present the concept of Italian reality as he sees it. A crime, according to Shasha, occurs when the interests of public and state institutions collide - the mafia, the church, parties, newspapers, the government, the prosecutor’s office. Addressed to a wide range of readers.