The Midwife's Confession

I quite liked The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain.  It is a story about a midwife, Noelle, who dies suddenly and when her friends, Tara and Emerson are going through her effects they discover that Noelle had many secrets. One of her secrets relates to the birth of a baby many years before when through her fault something happens to the baby and she takes action to "remedy" that and serious consequences follow.  The story is mainly told in the first person by the characters Tara, Emerson and Tara's daughter, Grace, as well as Noelle's story in the third person.  So the reader gets a good feel about the characters and their relationship to each other.  It was a good mystery as we don't learn the truth about Noelle's long ago action till late in the story, but I think it was a bit too long. 31/2/5