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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })In 1939—four years before The Fountainhead was published—Ayn Rand wrote her Reconstruction of the classic detective story, where her "beef" with the vast majority of murder mysteries, as noted in the quote above, would be dealt with.In the resulting play, the detective is almost a secondary character, as opposed to the actual hero, and the play's strength comes more from the relationships among the many suspects—with each other, and to the murder victim. All of the suspects have a viable—and in most cases, justifiable—motive to do in the murder victim, and most of them note that they're grateful to whomever the murderer might be. Various tropes common to Mystery Fiction are subverted, discussed, deconstructed, and reconstructed—all with an Objectivist Aesop driving everything. Rand herself was especially proud of the Twist Ending—which, as it stands, is the entire reason for the title, Think Twice.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Sometime during the Cold War, on July 3rd, engineer and humanitarian Walter Breckenridge invites his wife, son, and friends and associates to a lavish house he's recently bought. He will demonstrate his latest invention—a generator of free energy—that night, in a fireworks display. He intends to give the invention—and all its secrets—to the world.That night, his demonstration is interrupted—and he is found beside the machine, murdered. The next day, DA Greg Hastings and his detectives arrive to answer whodunit and why. His investigation will not be a typical one, because...aside from Walter's Russian friend Sergei (who may or may not be a Soviet operative), no one is shedding a tear over the man! Why would the beneficiaries of a humanitarian's generosity wish him dead? And how many secrets does this group have? Think you know the answer to the mystery? Think Twice.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })This play provides examples of:
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