Small-town crimes never fall under the radar of national news unless it is something as ugly as murder, and even then, they are not given the same sensational reporting as some of the most trivial news. Yet that has never stopped Ed Brubaker and his accomplice Sean Phillips from finding something shady happening in the most mundane of places. The minds behind classics like Fatale and Criminal once again look to make comic books a respectable medium for the crime thriller genre, collaborating with Image Comics as usual as their publisher of choice. Their latest story takes place in a drab little corner of a sleepy town that may look unalluring at first but hides secrets within its secrets, like a mysterious nesting doll having the potential to destroy the lives it has touched.