In The Night and the Music, Lawrence Block has compiled all of Scudder’s shorter cases into one volume, from “By the Dawn’s Early Light” (inspiration for the novel When the Sacred Ginmill Closes) and “The Merciful Angel of Death” to the two substantial novelettes — “Out the Window” and “A Candle for the Bag Lady”. Also included is the nostalgic “One Last Night at Grogan’s,” written especially for this collection.