Title: Waltz Macabre - Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston - book
Summary :
William Smithback, a reporter for the New York Times, and his wife, Nora Kelly, an archaeologist at the Museum of Natural History, are brutally attacked in their Manhattan apartment. William is killed, and the murderer, quickly identified by surveillance cameras, turns out to be dead and buried. Such a mystery cannot leave Inspector Pendergast unmoved. With his sidekick, Vincent D'Agosta, he makes the most disturbing discovery of all: a secret sect, The City, lurking for two centuries in the heart of Manhattan. What connection does this voodoo-based sect have with the resurrection of killer zombies?