Christopher G. Moore: His Lordship's Arsenal (Thailand 1999)

From the Publisher:
Matthew Burlock is a brilliant, eccentric judge, faces with the facts of a bizarre ritual murder. In the run-down Delrose Hotel, two men are found half-eaten by flames: one tied to a cross, the other tied up on the bed, with African lioness masks laid next to him. The police say it is a homosexual murder, but Burlock disagrees.

A strange connection between Burlock's exotic past and the murder is revealed. Somewhere in the family history of the international gun trade, his father's mysterious identity and his radical ex-girlfriend lies the answer to the bizarre puzzle.

Christopher G. Moore: His Lordship's Arsenal. A Novel. Heaven Lake Press, ISBN: 9748669475, 213 p., $11.95.