Short story: By the Dawn's Early Light

Tonight I read the Lawrence Block short story By the Dawn's Early Light (from the Best American Mystery Stories of the Century anthology). I enjoyed it. The protagonist is a hard drinking ex-cop named Matt Scudder who places justice ahead of the law. I haven't read any other Block pieces, but the story is told as a flashback so I assume Matt is a series character.

Thinking about the story, I remembered Matthew Baldwin's post about the difference between noir and hardboiled fiction. By the Dawn's Early Light is certainly hardboiled by that definition, but I'm not certain if it would also be entirely noir.