I solved a case but did not recieve any skill points. However, my standing with La Costra Nostra improved and my standing with The Order Of Socrates decreased. Anyway, why didn't I get at least one skill point?
Be very selective with the skills you choose from now on as stated by bigdoc. To help I try to accululate a lot of skill ponts and then select what I want according to my archetype but I'm still new so I'm sure that more experienced detectives will probably have better advice to offer. My experience has been to just ask experienced Detectives, so far my findings have been that everyone I've asked has been more than happy to help and really nice to talk to :)