A Bad Season for Necromancy — David Liss

What if the dead could be summoned from their graves -- for a price? What if a quartet of distinctive storytellers took a stab at this deceptively simple idea -- on a dare? It's all in the execution. . .

In merry old England, a rascally con man stumbles upon a book for raising the dead. But instead of using it to make money by reviving relatives for the rich, he'll do just the opposite. Because some family skeletons need to stay buried.