Roseann Quinn Wilson was not convicted, murder charges would have been brought against Guest, though he was innocent. The case has been depicted (or adapted) several times, including: Roseann Quinn Roseann Quinn (November 17, 1944 – January 2, 1973) was an American schoolteacher in New York City who was stabbed to death in 1973. Her murder inspired Judith Rossner's best-selling 1975 novel "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", which was adapted as a 1977 film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Diane Keaton. Quinn's murder also inspired the 1977 account "" by "New York Times" journalist Lacey Fosburgh. The case was the subject of
They Knew Mr. Knight (novel) Telegraph" called the novel a "real treat." The novel was adapted into a 1946 film of the same title directed by Norman Walker and starring Mervyn Johns, Joan Greenwood and Alfred Drayton. They Knew Mr. Knight (novel) They Knew Mr. Knight is a 1934 dramatic novel by the British writer Dorothy Whipple. Tom Blake, a factory worker, becomes involved with a shady financier known as Mr. Knight. Guided by Knight, Blake becomes involved in series of bad investments and fraud. He is arrested and sent to jail. On his release, Blake has to come to terms with the difficult prospect