Graveminder

Town founders make a pact with Mr. D in order that their families and themselves will be protected from sickness until they are 80 years old or die from an accident and the fallout for future generations.

There has always been a graveminder and an undertaker who acts as her protector/consort in the town of Claysville. As long as the dead are tended to with words, food, and drink they stay in the ground. Unfortunately when the lust for power overtakes a potential graveminder the dead are allowed to walk again and create havoc.

Good zombie book that claims not to be a zombie book. Enjoyed the story and was deliciously creeped out.