Once Upon a Crime bookstore, the little garden-level bookshop in Minneapolis, will be pleasantly crammed on April 2 when it holds its ninth annual gathering of mystery writers. The Write of Spring will bring a dozen writers every hour to the store from noon until 4 p.m., and likely many hundreds of fans.

Writers include Mary Logue, Laura Childs, Julie Kramer, David Housewright, Rick Shefchik, Steve Thayer and Michael Allan Mallory.They'll chat with customers and autograph books. A full list of authors is at the store's website, here.

Once Upon a Crime is at 604 W. 26th St., Minneapolis.