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SUNDAY NIGHT FEARS: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY – Book 1

by · · on May 20, 2020

SUNDAY NIGHT FEARS: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY – Book 1

A fraud uncovered. A past that won’t stay buried. A man with everything to lose.

Sam Halloran is ambitious, flawed, and haunted by demons he can’t escape. Desperate to prove himself, he’s driven by a voice he’s never managed to silence—and determined to make his mark inside one of the elite international accounting firms.

But Sam is older than his peers, underprepared for the culture he’s entered, and carrying scars from a childhood he’s never fully confronted. The pressure is relentless. His Sunday night fears—a dread that grips him at the start of every week—threaten to unravel him before he even gets his chance.

When he finally lands his first public‑company audit assignment, he’s determined not to blow it. But deep in the company’s books, Sam discovers what previous auditors missed: fraud—massive, deliberate, and threatening the company’s survival.

Suddenly, the walls begin to close in. The company’s seductive accounting manager blurs the line between ally and enemy. Every new clue paints a bigger target on Sam’s back. And the closer he gets to the truth, the more his past threatens to destroy what little he has left.

Sunday Night Fears is the origin story of forensic accounting investigator Sam Halloran—a character‑driven thriller that reveals how a man is forged under pressure, and what it costs him. The novel begins with Sam’s formative struggle before exploding into his first major fraud case, inspired by a true story.

Like John Grisham’s The Firm, Sunday Night Fears places an ordinary professional inside a system that rewards silence and punishes scrutiny. Grounded in the author’s real-life investigative experience, the novel blends suspense with the quiet tension of uncovering a truth others would rather ignore. The deeper Sam looks, the higher the personal and professional cost of doing the right thing.

About the Sam Halloran Thriller Series
Sunday Night Fears is where Sam’s journey begins—revealing the man behind the investigator before the first fraud that changes everything. Later books in the series plunge directly into the heat of a new investigation, following the seasoned professional this novel creates. New readers can start here for the full arc, or anywhere in the series for a complete, stand‑alone story.
Available in paperback, Kindle, hardback, and audiobook formats.

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Author: Tom Golden
Series: The Sam Halloran Trilogy, Book 1
About the Author
Tom Golden

TOM GOLDEN is retired from leading one of the largest forensic accounting investigation practices in the US. He has a national reputation in financial crime investigation and is a frequent presenter to the Fortune 500 and many organizations including the FBI and IRS.

A CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Golden was also an adjunct professor at DePaul University, Chicago, where he developed and taught the school's first forensic accounting course in 2002. He was the financial fraud expert appearing in the 2017 film documentary ALL THE QUEEN'S HORSES detailing the largest municipal fraud in our nation's history.

Prior to turning his attention to the literary world, he was the lead author of the award-winning Wiley book A GUIDE TO FORENSIC ACCOUNTING INVESTIGATION, now in its second edition. He continues to write novels and speak about his high-profile financial crime investigations.

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