Twelve Times Zero

"Twelve Times Zero" by Howard Browne is a science fiction mystery set in the 1950s, telling the story of Paul Cordell, who stands accused of murdering his wife and her boss but claims a blonde woman in a blue flame committed the crime. Detective Lieutenant Kirk interrogates the distraught Cordell, trying to get to the truth, as the evidence against him mounts with details of both jealousy and possible extraterrestrial factors swirling about. As a woman named Naia North enters the scene, the case grows to involve more than just murder.