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Tom Golden is the author of the Sam Halloran Thriller Series, financial crime novels inspired by investigations he conducted over a thirty-year career uncovering fraud inside corporations, public institutions, and government systems.
Golden never set out to become a forensic accounting investigator—or a novelist. Early in his career, he changed direction dramatically, leaving sales to enter public accounting later than his peers and without a traditional technical background. That unconventional path, marked by failure, pressure, and persistence, shaped both his professional instincts and the themes that now define his fiction.
Over the course of his career, Golden investigated complex financial crimes across the United States and internationally, ultimately retiring as a partner-in-charge of a major forensic accounting practice in Chicago. His work has involved corporate fraud, public corruption, and high-stakes investigations where truth carried real personal and professional consequences.
Those experiences form the backbone of the Sam Halloran novels, which blend authentic investigative detail with character-driven suspense. At the center of the series is a flawed investigator wrestling with family, conscience, and the long pursuit of redemption—themes that unfold across the trilogy.
Golden is also the lead author of A Guide to Forensic Accounting Investigation, an award-winning Wiley textbook used by professionals and universities worldwide. In retirement, he writes fiction, speaks to professional audiences, and mentors young professionals—in person and through The Fraud Guy Blog, where he shares insights on conducting investigations, leading teams, and standing out in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
He lives with his wife on a wooded property in north-central Illinois, where he writes, studies Scripture, and continues exploring stories about integrity, failure, and the cost of exposing the truth.
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