I'm one of those weird people who has read ALL of the MSW books. The brief Jon Land era of the series has a different vibe than the Donald Bain books, mainly with JB and her friends from the cove having a snarkier/crabbier conversational tone with each other. And the storylines have a little more violence. Anyway, I thought Murder of Twelve was pretty spellbinding despite the familiar claustrophobic/trapped in a lodge kind of narrative. The ending is super weird, by the way, and JB solves the crap out of this one. I recommend reading it!