{"product_id":"book-asci","title":"The Night and the Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAward-winning author Lawrence Block presents a rich volume of novelettes, short stories, and vignettes starring private eye Matthew Scudder. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence Block's seventeen Matthew Scudder novels have won the hearts of readers throughout the world-along with a bevy of awards including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Philip Marlowe (Germany), and the Maltese Falcon (Japan). But Scudder has starred in short fiction as well, and it's all here, from a pair of late-70's novelettes (\u003cem\u003eOut the Window\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Candle for the Bag Lady\u003c\/em\u003e) through \"By the Dawn's Early Light\" (Edgar) and \"The Merciful Angel of Death\" (Shamus), all the way to \"One Last Night at Grogan's,\" a moving and elegiac story never before published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of these stories appeared in such magazines as \u003cem\u003eAlfred Hitchcock\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEllery Queen\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/em\u003e. The title vignette,\u003cem\u003e \"\u003c\/em\u003eThe Night and the Music,\" was written for a NYC jazz festival program; another, \"Mick Ballou Looks at the Blank Screen,\" has appeared only as the text of a limited-edition broadside. Several stories look back from the time of their writing, with Scudder recounting events from his former life as a cop, first as a patrolman partnered with the legendary Vince Mahaffey, then as an NYPD detective leading a double life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with these eleven stories and novelettes, \u003cem\u003eThe Night and the Music\u003c\/em\u003e includes a list of the seventeen novels in chronological order, and an author's note detailing the origin and bibliographical details of each of the stories. Brian Koppelman, the prominent screenwriter and director (\u003cem\u003eSolitary Man\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Ocean's Thirteen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRounders\u003c\/em\u003e) and a major Matt Scudder fan, has sweetened the pot with an introduction. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49302545400112,"sku":"BDasci","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49302545465648,"sku":"ZEasci","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49302545629488,"sku":"ZMasci","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/asci-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775747479","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-asci","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}