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ⓘ About Martha Freeman
With an extensive backlog of work, Martha Freeman is one of the most prolific authors currently within her field. Relating to readers from all over the world, her books resonate in a manner quite unlike any other, with her intriguing and engaging premises. Knowing how to craft a mystery well too, she writes in a styles that’s easy to understand, yet never talks down to her audience. Setting herself apart, her readers continually come back for more time and time again, with many of her books being part of various ongoing series. Her characters are also extremely well drawn, creating fully fledged personalities that really stand out as three-dimensional.
All Book Series by Martha Freeman
Who Is Stealing the 12 Days of Christmas?
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2003
The Case of the Missing Dinosaur Egg
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2013
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Martha Freeman?
With an extensive backlog of work, Martha Freeman is one of the most prolific authors currently within her field. Relating to readers from all over the world, her books resonate in a manner quite unlike any other, with her intriguing and engaging premises. Knowing how to craft a mystery well too, she writes in a styles that's easy to understand, yet never talks down to her audience.
Which Martha Freeman series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Trouble With... series, the earliest of Martha Freeman's multi-book series: it opens with The Trouble with Cats (2000) and runs to 3 books across 2000–2007, ending with The Trouble with Twins (2007). Martha Freeman's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Martha Freeman written?
Martha Freeman has 35 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1996 and 2025. 17 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the First Kids series with 6 books — and 18 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Martha Freeman's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Martha Freeman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Trouble With... (2000–2007, 3 books), Chickadee Court Mysteries (2003–2013, 5 books) and First Kids (2010–2013, 6 books), plus 1 more.
How are Martha Freeman's books organised into series?
This guide splits Martha Freeman's 35 books into 4 named series and 18 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: First Kids (6 books, 2010–2013); Chickadee Court Mysteries (5 books, 2003–2013); The Secret Cookie Club (3 books, 2015–2018); Trouble With... (3 books, 2000–2007).