What happens next determines what happened before. That is why the small town journalist, Jonathan D., recognizes connections where others see only random events. With the narrative about an unresolved bank robbery, he writes his most successful title story, which, how could it be different, nobody understands.—Christian Rabenstein

"Smalltown" is everywhere. "Smalltown" is everyday life, boredom, life plodding on as usual. Everyone knows everyone else. Or at least they think they do. Then something unexpected happens, something that hasn't happened before: there's a bank robbery in town, and the robber turns out to be, well, not who you might have expected. But how did things get that far? Investigative Journalist Jonathan D is searching for the answer to that very question. His investigations lead him to peek behind the masks of the "honourable" citizens of Smalltown. He discovers their secrets and comes to realize that what you think you know about your neighbors can sometimes never be further from the truth.