If you are a mother, if you have kids, have a partner or a husband. You have to read this book. It's so relatable in so many ways. What's sad is the weaponized incompetence of the men in the book. The author really perfectly described how most men don't deserve kids. Highly recommend this book it is a page turner I stayed up all night while my kid was asleep just to read this.The ending kind of needed some polishing for me it left me hanging though. I felt that the story could have expanded more.

This novel follows the stories of a group of three women who reside in a small Irish village. Ciara Dunphy is the leader of a circle of friends, who appears to have it all. She is an influencer who provides tips about mothering and style and appears to have a picture-perfect life. However, all is not as it seems. Ciara's best friend, Mishti Guha, is trapped in an arranged marriage, raising her daughter in a country foreign from her home country of Calcutta. The novel also closely follows the a third mother, Lauren Doyle who has been ostracized from the clique of mothers due to her dysfunctional partner and children. This novel follows our three mothers exposing the secrets that they keep, that ultimately results in the murder of one of them. This novel explores the dark side of deceit, parenthood and friendship and is so riveting that I could not put it down. I highly recommend this book and will be anxious to read other titles by Disha Bose.

Thank you to #NetGalley for letting me read an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. Set in an Irish suburb, DIRTY LAUNDRY follows a group of mothers, unofficially “led” by social media influencer Celia, after she is found dead by her neighbor and nemesis, fellow mom Lauren. The plot examines the complicated world of friendships, betrayals, affairs and yearning among the mothers, as well as their husbands. The writing as masterful, and I grew to really care for each of the characters as more was slowly revealed.

Mean Girls meets Desperate Housewives. A story of three women in a small Irish town with so much pettiness, jealousy and even murder. This was a little hard for me to stick with, I enjoyed the story but the delivery needs a little work. To say one of the characters got what they deserved in the end is putting it kindly. I honestly didn't like nor care for any of the female protagonists in this. Not because of their flaws but because of what they chose to do with them. Either they were a horrible person with not one redeeming quality, or they were a complete pushover. It's not a bad thing when I don't like the characters though, it makes it more interesting for me and that's what made me stay with this one in the end. Three Stars.

Thank you Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for this ARC.

Domestic thriller mainly involving three couples and their families. Ciara Dunphy is the queen of the street, with her semi-famous influencer status causing all suburban moms to look to her for advice. Of course, with fame, also comes the haters, and boy does she have several of those! Things are never as they seemed, especially on this street.

Overall this was a solid domestic thriller- I kept waiting for another twist half ways throughout the book, but it never came until the end. I enjoyed reading it though and will continue to read others by the author!

Thanks NetGalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review

Fast paced and easy to read, kept shaking my head at yhe behavior of some of the characters. Enjoyed thus one emensely

Set in a small Irish village, this debut novel centers around the mundane daily lives of several women and their families. Ciara Dunphy, social media influencer, surrounds herself with women who hang on her every posted word and photo. She seemingly has it all--a loving husband, beautiful and well-behaved children, an envious sense of style in fashion as well as interior design. So how does it happen that she meets an untimely end? And how could anyone possibly have motive to kill her--or more to the point, who doesn't have a reason to see her vanish from their midst? Well developed characters in a unique setting provide the foundation for a truly delicious story with unexpected twists.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this title.

This book explores female friendships, marital relationships, motherhood, and associated happiness, rivalry, jealousy, and tensions. Some parts of the book do drag on but overall as satisfying read

I really do try to give a book a decent chance before I stop reading it, but man this book was boring. I thought it would pick up after one of the main characters was found dead in her home. I thought every character was terrible. Two of them are so full of themselves they deserve each other, except for the fact that one of them dies, the rest are push overs that don't stand up for themselves.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.

I would recommend this to anyone who likes slow paced thrillers. It’s difficult for me to get into books that have lots of characters and a slow build.

I requested this book for review based on the description. Unfortunately this one did not resonate with me. There was a layered cast of character, each with a lot of nuance. This felt true to life. However, I did found that the characters were mainly in sticky situations of their own making, and did not find anyone I really wanted to root for.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. In a small village in Ireland a wife is found murdered. She was the envy of all the women in the village because they thought she had the perfect life. This was a quick read.

An excellent domestic thriller set in a village with a group of young mothers trying to preserve their lives as they know them while some unfortunate events unfold.

This book! These women were so horrible to each other it disgusted me. And knowing that there are people out there like this… yikes. The story centers around three couples, and how their lives intersect.

Affairs, gossip, Instagram moms, arranged marriage… there’s a lot to unpack here. I also felt really sorry for the kids. Lots of dirty laundry.

I will say the mini twist at the end made me gasp.

Overall, a decent read. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review. This review is wholly my own.

I will admit that I had a little bit higher hopes than this book delivered on. It is a debut novel by the author so I'm not going to be super critical.

It wasn't bad, it was just so-so. I am usually a fan of domestic thrillers, but it was really hard for me to really rally behind any of the characters. They were all mean women being mean to each other and it was a bit much for me. Reminded me of the mean girls in high school except fully grown women. They are self-absorbed, superficial, money hungry & mean and love to pick on the weak.

Right now, in today's world, I feel like we need more stories about women building each other up instead of tearing them down.

It just wasn't a win for me.

A superb fast paced thriller. I absolutely loved the story and couldn’t stop reading it. It’s perfect for all readers, especially thriller lovers.

Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose is a dark novel about three very unhappy couples and their messy domestic lives. None of the characters is particularly likeable, although I did feel sorry for Mishti. The story kept me interested and I kept wondering what the point of the story was going to be when I got to the end. Unfortunately, there wasn't any point.

The story is just about three messy relationships, particularly the damaged and unhappy wives, with an anticlimactic ending that still leaves me wondering, "What was the point?!" It wasn't a bad novel, but it wasn't particularly good either. I would be happy to try something else by this author after she gets a couple more books under her belt.

Disha Bose debut book is full of plot twists and keeps you in your toes and reading late into the night trying to guess who killed Ciara Dunphy. I have a feeling there are many great stories to come from Disha in the future.

This story was hard to get into. Even though the characters were fully developed, each woman has a back story. However, a lot of ideas were written in different ways. So it seems I'm reading the same thing repeatedly, just differently worded. That got boring and frustrating very quickly. I was hoping for a good ending to pull this story out of my rut. I was wrong. Overall, the story was underwhelming.

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine and NetGalley for letting me read this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Hmm, I’m not quite sure how I feel about this book. It was enjoyable as far as a quick mindless read goes, but it almost felt like reading a children’s book (or an adult version of a childhood classic such as Mean Girls). The plot felt like run on sentence only to end so abruptly that I felt like I had run into a wall with no resolution whatsoever. I found every character besides Mishti so unlikeable and found myself frustrated at everyone while reading this book about childish immature adults. Overall, I felt like this book was a little pointless and I am left feeling like I took nothing away from this book. I don’t want to be so harsh and I do want to acknowledge how much I appreciate the true and authentic narrative of an Indian immigrant feeling lost in the journey of finding a home in a place that is all but, and the cultural elements warmed my heart as a first-gen daughter of Indian immigrants. But unfortunately this book just wasn’t for me - and that’s okay! It may be the perfect book for you!

Thank you Random House, Ballantine, and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!