Friday Linkups: Murder in Retrospect

It's Friday linkup time!  I'm linking up with the Book Blogger Hop hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer, Book Beginnings of Fridays hosted by Rose City Reader, and the Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice

This Week's Book Blogger Hop Question:
Do your bookshelves have books ONLY or do you also have bookish items on the shelves?

My Answer:
It depends.  My bookshelves in my bedroom are more of TBR shelves and they're just books - there's no room for anything else.  I also have bookshelves downstairs and they're a little more decorative.  They have mostly books but they have a few pretty or interesting items my husband and I have picked up through the year.  The bottom shelf of one has my son's workbooks and craft supplies.

This week's book is on of my favorite Agatha Christie mysteries - Murder in Retrospect or as it is more commonly referred to, Five Little Pigs.  This is an interesting one as Poirot is brought in years after the murder.  Not only is the murder years in the past but someone has already been arrested, tried, and convicted for the murder and has since died.   But Poirot believes in justice and in the truth and watching this mystery unravel is incredibly entertaining.

The Beginning: 
Hercule Poirot looked with interest and appreciation at the young woman who was being ushered into the room.

My Thoughts:
Not a big punch of a beginning but I do wonder what about her interests Poirot so much.  He's a hard man to impress.

The 56:
And now here was the man himself.  Really a most impossible person - the wrong clothes, button boots, an incredible mustache!

My Thoughts:
This is someone else's impression of Poirot.  I think he'd be thrilled at the reference to the mustache and dismiss the rest as immaterial!

So what do you think?  Keep reading?