Dirty Laundry – Disha Bose

Summary

She was the perfect wife, with the perfect life. You would kill to have it.

Ciara Dunphy has it all—a loving husband, well-behaved children, and a beautiful home. Her circle of friends in their small Irish village go to her for tips about mothering, style, and influencer success—a picture-perfect life is easy money on Instagram. But behind the filters, reality is less polished.

Enter Mishti Guha: Ciara’s best friend. Ciara welcomed Mishti into her inner circle for being . . . unlike the other mothers in the group. Discontent in a marriage arranged for her by her parents back in Calcutta, Mishti now raises her young daughter in a country that is too cold, among children who look nothing like her. She wants what Ciara has—the ease with which she moves through the world—and, in that sense, Mishti might be exactly like the other mothers.

And there’s earth mother Lauren Doyle: born, bred, and the butt of jokes in their village. With her disheveled partner and children who run naked in the yard, they’re mostly a happy lot, though ostracized for being the singular dysfunction in Ciara’s immaculate world. When Lauren finds an unlikely ally in Mishti, she decides that her days of ridicule are over.

Then Ciara is found murdered in her own pristine 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, so if they don’t want the blame, it may be the perfect time to air their enemies’ dirty laundry.

Review

I heard one of my favourite booktubers describe this as ‘Real housewives but with a side of murder’ and honestly, that is an exact accurate description of this very slow burn.

ALERT! If you are looking for a thriller, you are not going to find it here.

Much like Sally Hepworth, this is more of a character-driven, domestic that doesn’t really focus on the mystery itself. The majority of the time we spend it with Mishti, Lauren, and Ciara, our main characters that share the spotlight (kind of) with their POVs between chapters.
Listen, I am that basic gorl that enjoys her time watching The Kardashians, still subscribes to fitness and fashion newsletters and follows the royal family in social media, so, this book was deliciously enjoyable for the most part……till the final chapter came and there was no ending. We literally came back to square one and finished in the exact start.
Where was the ending?!

All in all, if you are like me and enjoy juicy drama, this is your book, dearest!