A Carlisle author has said he ‘can’t wait’ after he received a five novel book deal with a renowned publishing company.

Former BBC Radio Cumbria journalist, presenter and producer, Paul Teague, is set to write five books in his Detective Kate Summers series after he was given the go ahead by Storm Publishing.

The first in his new Detective Kate Summers series opens with the body of an elderly woman, Sister Brennan found beneath the Humber Bridge as Kate delves into the nun’s life and discovers that the woman ran a mother and baby home.

The first three books will form a trilogy centred around the Sister Brennan murder case and is based in Hull.

Paul has always been a writer and submitted by first handwritten manuscript to Penguin Books at the age of 9 - it was called 'Mr Plum and Mr Apple'.

To date he has self-published 19 psychological thrillers and 10 sci-fi stories including a 9-part psychological thriller series which is set in and around Morecambe.

As a self-published author he has accrued well over 25 million page reads and the equivalent of over a quarter of a million sales.

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Paul said: “It’s so exciting to be working with an innovative and forward-looking publisher like Storm.

“As an author, I’m keen to get my books into the hands of as many readers as possible and with Storm I know I’ve got an experienced and dedicated team on my side.

“I’m looking forward to launching my new series and can’t wait to share it with readers.”

Paul has worked across Cumbria on the radio with spells in both Carlisle and Barrow and a stint working for BBC radio Humberside.