Death in Davisburgh captures life in a small town in Michigan in 1881. The town doctor, Nathan C. Hall, is not able to save his wife's life. When a neighbor lady is often seen at the doctor's home after his wife's demise, talk and suspicion grows. Dr. Hall and the lady, Sarah Shaw, face months of heartache and despair as the gossip continues and outlandish stories appear in the newspapers (and on neighbor's lips). The doctor's office mysteriously burns, the county prosecutor comes to town asking questions, and Nathan Hall is arrested. Did he kill his wife? And did Sarah Shaw have anything to do with the death of the doctor's wife?