Trust No One

With a fortune estimated at over 3 billion dollars and fabulous houses in Hawaii, Newport, Beverly Hills, New Jersey, and New York City, Doris Duke was one of the richest women in America, if not the world. Heiress to the American Tobacco Company fortune made by her father, James Duke, she took to heart her father's admonition "Trust no one!" Although she was a fixture on the international social scene and had countless lovers, ranging from celebrity Errol Flynn to Hawaiian beach boys, she remained desperately lonely. After two failed marriages and a notorious scandal, Duke became a semi-recluse whose behavior became increasingly strange. But nothing in her life could compare with the headlines about her death, which included allegations of murder. Written with Tom Rybak, who was a member of Doris Duke's staff, Ted Schwarz's Trust No One is an inside look at Duke's tragic life and delves into the controversy surrounding an estate worth billions.