D Anthony Brown: 2 books

Necromancer Mortimer Leblanc passes through town to start over again. Old friends have other ideas and greet him with a finger-bone, a bullet, and a promise of treasure. Sometimes, dead things should remain buried and old friendships shouldn't be renewed.

In the small town of Voxmere, a banshee cries for the sins of a buried, forgotten past. Haunting the inn she once loved, Rose can only do what she knows best — serve her customers with a warm smile before before a fit of rage and desperation overtakes her. But the living want nothing to do with her. Only Mortimer Leblanc can save her, but first he must figure out who murdered her.