Before There Were Skeletons

I started with this book in the series. It is obvious that I have missed some of the relationship parts, but the author does a good job letting me know what is going on without having a gigantic info dump. So I thought that was well balanced.
The actual investigation of the mystery involves a lot of looking at old newspapers and yearbooks and then interviewing people. I thought it had a realistic pace of what could be found out and how to get people to tell you the truth. I had hoped for a little more from the ending, but it is honestly a realistic ending. So I can't be too upset by it.
The overarching story of Callie's mom is a good way to keep you reading the series, which I will keep doing.