The exciting, action-packed novel “The Rabbit Tamer” is the first of Kirill Shelestov’s “Provincial Secrets” trilogy. A series of murders of businessmen and crime bosses, an intricacy of political intrigues of the ruling elite, reckless orgies of the new Russians, their life and customs - all this is described by the author with brilliant wit and undoubted knowledge of secret springs, carefully hidden from prying eyes. Unpredictable plot twists and sensational revelations make the novels of Kirill Shelestov a true masterpiece of the detective genre and make them read in one breath. The author, hiding his name under a pseudonym, himself walked the path leading to heights of wealth and power, participated in political battles and redistribution of property. The behind-the-scenes life of the new rulers of Russia that he depicts is striking in its precision of detail and deadly sarcasm. The events described in “The Rabbit Tamer” receive further and unexpected development in the second novel, “Red Solitaire.”