Books like Guilt by Association

I came across this one in a second hand book store. I had never heard about the author but got interested in it by reading the blurb.The book starts with the brutal rape and assault of the protagonist Karen by Bob, a handsome Harvard law student. The incident took place in 1962. Unfortunately the law, her own mother, boyfriend everybody blames Karen for this incident and Bob goes scot-free. We come across the prejudices inherent in the minds of the people which vilify the victim rather than the perpetrator.Denied of justice, Karen remains emotionally and physically scarred, but still manages to carry on with her life. She gets a job, makes friends, does really well and eventually marries.This part of the story just dragged on and on. I had to struggle to go through it. The author should not have dedicated so many pages for it. It only served to reduce the element of suspense in the story. From the sixties the story proceeds to the nineties.In the meantime, Bob has become a senator who is now running for the President's office and comes out as a powerful contender. But, inside he still remains the pervert he was.Karen accidentally sees him on TV and finds a highly successful character who is on the verge of achieving his ambitions while all her dreams had been cruelly taken away from her. Then she plots her revenge. The changed mind set of the people and changes in legal system help her in her quest to get even. This David vs Goliath scenario and how she had her revenge made up for all the time spent in going through tedious parts of the book.This is indeed a decent book which could have been great if the author had made the story a bit more compact.