At the center of A. Voronin’s new novel “Bull in the Corral” is Sergei Nikitin, nicknamed in criminal circles the Clerk for his masterly use of a knife. The “authorities” entrust Sergei with the murder of a certain rich man who planned to quarrel among the criminal clans and occupy a niche that was free after the shootings. However, the matter turns out to be much more complicated than the Clerk and his customers initially expected.* * *A criminal war is being prepared in the city. This means that there is a need for a professional who has gone through the hellish school of “hot spots” and is capable of doing something that no one else can do. The one known as the Clerk. He must commit one single murder to prevent the murder of many. “Customers” are counting on him, but he can only count on himself. And everything is just beginning... “You are not a thief in law, but a bull in a pen.”