This work is The Best Crime Stories. It contains 24 stories, and was published with the following ISBNs: 
0863630073 (London: Ivy Leaf, 1990); 
0792452453 (N.Y.: Mallard Press, 1990); 
1850521425 (London: Peerage Books, 1990)
It should not be confused with the identically titled:
0600382419 (London: Hamlyn, 1979) with an introduction by Michael Stapleton.
It should not be confused with the similarly titled:
Best Crime Stories (London: Faber and Faber, 1934).