I'm not the biggest fan of this one. I kept waiting and waiting for this book to get good, got through it pretty fast because I was hoping that something interesting was going to happen, and then it was very underwhelming.

Basically the first 60% of the book was fluff that could’ve been eliminated and I found myself almost bored. Once the story did finally pick up, it was completely rushed into the last 10% of the book which, is a big pet peeve of mine when reading. And then there wasn't really a resolution either.

I love a good neighborhood/domestic drama but this was lacking. The one plus side was I liked the description - it gave me a vivid image of the characters and their surroundings without being too fluffy.

I'd also say there was barely any thrill or mystery, this was just fiction pretty much. Overall forgettable and when the ending came around I didn't really care what happened to any characters, it was anti-climactic and I just wanted it to be over.


Thanks NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review!!

This book had my attention right from the first glance at the cover, title and description. And reading a debut author's first book is always exciting. It was very easy to slip into a voyeuristic role and just watch this eclectic cast of mismatched characters exist, interact and implode. I didn't find myself rooting for any of the unlikeable characters, but I did find myself wanting to know what happened next and couldn't put the book down until I'd read their stories through to the end.

I enjoyed the way the story was told from multiple perspectives. I'm not usually a fan of having the big dramatic moment revealed at the beginning and then going backwards to show how that big moment had come to be. It worked for this book though. Bose has potential, for sure!

If there's a moral to this story it's simply that no matter what we think we know, people have plenty of hidden dirty laundry. But this book doesn't seem to be about lessons - it's simply a twisty story for guilty pleasure.

3.5 stars

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine and NetGalley for the ARC!

Dirty Laundry
by Disha Bose
Pub Date: 04 Apr 2023

Dirty Laundry is a powerful emotional story about three couples and the secrets they have in their lives.

The characters are written well and are very entertaining. Some I liked, some not so much.

If you want to read about a neighborhood and it's "Dirty Laundry" this is the book to read!

I am so glad I had the opportunity to read this book! This author is extremely talented and I can't wait to read more of her books in the future!

Sypnosis: A twisty, domestic suspense debut about a clique of mothers that shatters when one of their own is murdered, bringing chaos to their curated lives.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House for the E-ARC.

A great summer read with some 'Real Housewives' / 'Desperate Housewives' vibes, Dirty Laundry will keep you reading right up until the conclusion. Intriguingly enough, the door is left open for a continuation....

Ciara is a huge social media personality and she wants everyone to believe her life is grand. But she has some really big issues that she is not dealing with. Like getting involved with her followers husbands.

Misti is in an arranged marriage and she is not happy and often dreams of her first love. But she is a great mother and wants the best for her child. Then you have Lauren and she has three kids and she is not treated well at all by Ciara. Lauren’s husband is totally worthless except he is good with their children.

Ciara is a bully and never grew up and extremely fake. Ciara ends up dead and and it could be several different people that were involved. I just couldn’t get into this book because it was a little annoying that it was basically about a snobbish immature woman.

I received this ARC from Netgalley for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This is one of those books where 'modern life' comes into play, in not the best way possible. It's Stepford Wives meets Mean Girls, meets Instagram. The reader finds themselves yelling at characters, rolling their eyes, and in general, feeling like they are all unlikeable. But that is part of the magic of the book- you know the main character is dead, part of your doesnt care, but you're curious to see which one 'did the deed', and it keeps you tirning the pages. There is seething commentary weaved in, and it might just make you question some of your mom-relationships! Well played Disha!

this was a mediocre thriller. I find it difficult to find intriguing thrillers now since most of the themes and plots have already been done. I'm looking for more unique plots and this didn't really deliver. It's a run of the mill, standard thriller.

This debut mystery novel is set in a small town in Ireland and is centered around three married women and their families. When one is found dead, the story backtracks in time a few weeks so the reader can see just what led up to her death. I thought that structure was quite effective to build the plot. The well-written characters were either unlikable or found themselves in unfortunate situations, which made for a pretty compelling story. I couldn't put it down! I'll definitely look forward to reading more from Disha Bose!

I received an arc of this debut novel from the author and publisher via NetGalley. Many thanks for the opportunity. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.

Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose is an entertaining mystery/thriller. I liked the book because it was unique because the characters are from different cultures and the book is set in Ireland. Ciara is the neighborhood ringleader of the neighborhood and I get that role. I have seen that behavior with some of my friends with littles. Lauren Doyle is Cieara's target most of the time. Misthti is interesting because she is from India and moved to Ireland in an arranged mariage. Misthti could use a backbone and stand up for herself with the ladies in the hood and her husband. However, I was rooting for her because her heart is in the right place.

I think people that are active on social media or are interested in seeing how an influencer works, will enjoy this book. It is also a good look at community where different people are put together based on an address. Everyone could have been the murderer but who is actually guilty does not come out until the end.

Thank you Random House and NetGalley for an advanced copy of Dirty Laundry. I would recommend picking up Dirty Laundry when it is released on April 4th 2023. #NetGalley #DirtyLaundry #DishaBose

I mostly prefer crime thrillers/ more of a mystery type of suspense read to domestic drama but enjoyed this read reminiscent of Big Little Lies.

I didn’t find any of the characters particularly likable but their “dirty laundry” was pretty fascinating to read as it unfolded!

Overall a great debut!

This one let me down a bit. While it had some of the bare bones of domestic thriller, complete with the feelings of isolation and tension that come from a small town (or village, in this case) as well as personal vendettas and romantic affairs, it never really delivered on the suspense it could have created. I thought the characters were done decently well. Some, like Mishti, are very likable while others, like Ciara to a lesser degree but most of all Sean, are just plain awful. It was an interesting enough read to keep me going until the end, but I just felt like... what was the purpose?

This is a solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️for me. While there was nothing I absolutely hated, I felt indifferent the whole time I read it and the ending didn’t feel like an ending at all. I was actually left to wonder what the takeaway was from the book once I got to the end. I knew Ciara was dead and that the book was a set up to who killed her but there was very little suspense built up and quite honestly, it felt like barely a plot to hold together a bunch of mostly unlikeable characters.

Disha Bose’s debut novel is a delicious cross between Mean Girls and Desperate Housewives. Ciara is one of the most unlikeable characters I have ever encountered and it’s no surprise when she ends up murdered. The other characters were either unlikeable or such pushovers that I had a hard time rooting for any of them or caring about what happened to them. Their lack of respect for each other and their marriages was a turn off. While I liked the setting and the initial premise, the execution just didn’t work for me. Fans of May Cobb or Kristen Miller should give this one a try.

First, I love a good domestic thriller. This one, set in Ireland, does not disappoint. Secondly, with the exception of Mishti Guha, every single character is a terrible person. It's not a wonder one of them ends up getting murdered....
Ciara Dunphy is an Instagram-influencer who rules the roost of mammies in her small village. Mishti, in an arranged marriage with her husband, Parth, has moved from India and is happy to be taken under Ciara's wing. And Lauren Doyle is the outcast the tries to open Mishti's eyes to Ciara's faults. It's told from all 3 POVs of the women, and even sometimes their husbands/partners, over the course of a few months. Then Ciara is found murdered in her own home, and the house of cards she'd worked so hard to build comes crumbling down. Everyone seems to have something to gain from Ciara's death.

*Special thanks to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for this e-arc.*

A debut for Disha Bose…and what a debut it is! Three different women,Ciara, Mishti, and Lauren, living their lives in three different ways. They each have their own personalities and at times I found myself feeling sorry for each one, the lives they lead or were chosen for them. The story is told from all three women’s point of view, but it is very easy to keep track. The book starts off with one of the women finding another of them dead. Who? Why? This grabbed me. Then the story went back in time let the reader in on all the “Dirty Laundry” in the neighborhood. Disha even starts the book off by having dirty laundry (clothes) laying around. Clever!

Disha Bose is now on my AUTHOR TO READ LIST.

I want to thank NetGalley and Random House for giving me this chance to read Dirty Laundry in exchange for my unbiased opinion.

I found this book to be okay. It didn't really hold my attention. I would put it down and then have to remind myself to pick it back up. It was a little too slow to be a thriller and not enough drama for a domestic drama. It was an average read.



Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the digital arc.

Thank you to Random House, Disha Bose, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review*

Previously published at https://www.mysteryandsuspense.com/dirty-laundry/

“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.”

― G.K. Chesterton

Though described as a murder mystery, this is more of a domestic suspense as the actual murder occurs in the last chapter of the book though hinted at early on. It is really a delectable story about horrible women, who in turn are horrible to each other. Dirty Laundry is more character driven than plot driven. Bose addresses many relevant issues: social media concerns, infidelity, obsessions, parenting styles, and of course friendships (fake or otherwise). All things that are widely discussed in Mommy groups, which are huge in this era of parenting.

I should commend dirty Laundry for having the most unlikable characters I have ever read in a novel. Ciara thinks she is the perfect mother when in reality, it seems she doesn’t even like her children. On Instagram, she blogs about skin care, Mommy tips and how to keep your house perfectly clean. But she is a bitch, horrible to her children, her husband, and thinks nothing of going after her friend’s husbands without regret. She has a Mommy posse who follows her every move. The only one who challenges her is Lauren, her next-door neighbor, and the partner of Sean, whom Ciara is having an affair with. Lauren is living in her Grandmother’s house and stays at home with her three children. Because of her style of dress and how she parents her children, she is an outcast. Her partner Sean is undependable, unemployed and unfaithful. Mishti is the demure and shy wife of a therapist, an arranged marriage before she left Calcutta. Her husband treats her like a doormat and is also unfaithful. Mishti considers Ciara her closest friend, but Ciara considers her as someone she can boss around. Mishti has had a hard time adjusting to life in Ireland and is happy to have a friend. She may be from a different country, but she immediately recognizes that women in Ireland are the same as women in Calcutta and she knows she should align herself with Ciara if she wants to be accepted. One of these women will be murdered by the end of the book. But who? And who killed her?

Someone described this book as a soap opera and it is true, there is so much drama among these three women that the mystery of who is the murderer falls to the wayside, in lieu of how horrible these women are to each other, particularly Lauren and Ciara. Dirty Laundry is a very entertaining novel of domestic suspense, about three women, trying to hide their “dirty laundry”. I am surprised to learn that this is Disha Bose’s debut novel. I highly recommend reading for the delicious drama because it would be acceptable for anyone to murder these women. There are just so many possibilities that it is suspenseful to see who the murderer actually is.

Dirty Laundry” by Disha Bose

There are not many likeable characters in this novel but for some reason, I couldn’t put it down.
“Dirty Laundry” focuses on the lives of three families in a small village in Ireland. Ciara Dunphy seems to have the perfect life if you look at her Instagram account and following but there is something troubling about her. Mishti Guhu moved to Ireland from Calcutta after her arranged marriage. She feels alone in her marriage and country with only the support of her neighbor Ciara. Lauren Doyle has always been the outcast in her family and the small town. The mean girls laugh and scorn Lauren who is ready to fight back.

I gave this book 4 stars especially since it is a debut novel. I love how Bose describes all of the relationships in the beginning and then slowly we see the truth unravel. I’m still not sure how I feel about the ending but I’ll let you make your own opinion. Enjoy. Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for allowing me a chance to read an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Unique story idea but it was sort of all over the place. I ended up DNFibg this one and won’t be giving a proper review yet

This was interesting. It started off very mean girls and it really didn't get much better. The characters were horrible to each other. They were a mess. But it did keep me intrigued. And I think a lot of people will enjoy it.