it became the best selling business law book on Amazon.com. He wrote his second book, Crashproof Your Life: A Comprehensive Three-Part Plan for Avoiding Financial Disasters (McGraw-Hill), in 2002. He wrote his third book, Staying Power (McGraw-Hill), in 2003. In addition, he recorded an audio series on personal finance entitled "Protect Your Wealth," which was released in 2004. Before becoming state auditor, Schweich was a member of the Washington University faculty, where he taught law and foreign policy. Death and aftermath On February 26, 2015, Schweich was taken from his home to a St. Louis hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound, later ruled to be self-inflicted. His office soon confirmed that he had died. Governor Jay Nixon decreed that flags would be flown at half-staff in his memory. In early March 2015, an aide to former U.S. Senator Danforth, Martha Fitz, told a reporter with the Kansas City Star that she had spoken with Schweich by phone only minutes before the auditor's suicide, and that he expressed to her frustration and outrage over what he described as a "whisper campaign" by some Republicans to spread false information about him and damage his gubernatorial campaign. Fitz was talking with Schweich's wife, who had initiated the call, when the fatal shot was fired. However, after a thorough investigation, police found no evidence of a whisper campaign against Schweich. Instead, after interviews with family, it was revealed that Schweich had threatened suicide several times over many years, sometimes while holding a gun. Also, officers found 23 different prescription medications at Schweich’s house he had been taking for various illnesses and diseases. Some prominent state figures openly cast blame on the Republicans, particularly their campaign manager Jeff Roe, for willfully growing a "toxic campaign culture". The ad that aired early in the campaign mocked Schweich for his physical appearance and called him a "little bug". During Schweich's eulogy at a memorial service on March 3, 2015, former U.S. Senator John Danforth said that words used by others to describe Schweich constituted "bullying" and contributed to his death. "Politics", he said, "has gone so hideously wrong." The Clayton Police Department conducted an investigation into Schweich's death by conducting interviews and searching through his electronic devices to examine his texts, emails, and voice mails. They found no evidence of the alleged whisper campaign and found no evidence that Schweich was the target of bullying, threats,