Mystery Solved is the work of Karin\u00e9 Bulut, a Utah book influencer behind the Instagram account @Bookish801.<\/p>\n
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Karin\u00e9 Bulut and her mobile bookshop, Mystery Solved, in Holladay on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n
For Karin\u00e9 Bulut, the story behind her bookstore on wheels, Mystery Solved<\/a>, started where many good tales do: at a bookclub. <\/p>\n \u201cThere are 10 of us and we would just gather and talk about books a little bit and talk about life a lot,\u201d Bulut said. \u201cSo my friend said, \u2018We\u2019re not a bookclub, we\u2019re a bookish club.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The mobile bookshop Mystery Solved in Holladay on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n That\u2019s how Bulut came to start her Instagram account @bookish801<\/a>, where she has spent two years sharing reviews and talking about books. The account\u2019s momentum, along with some encouragement from a bookclub friend, helped her follow through on her dream of starting a mobile bookshop. <\/p>\n Mystery Solved resides inside a classic dark-blue Volkswagen Transporter T2 that Bulut and her husband bought from West Valley City automotive restoration company VW Upfitters.<\/a> Bulut\u2019s husband, who previously built her a library in their home, helped add the shelves to the truck, which is nicknamed Otto. <\/p>\n Utah is home to several subgenre bookstores, like romance-only shops Lovebound Library<\/a> and Lagg<\/a> and science fiction\/fantasy store The Legendarium<\/a>. Mystery Solved is the state\u2019s first shop dedicated solely to the mystery\/thriller genre. <\/p>\n Bulut has always loved books \u2013 especially mysteries. Stories from Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes were big inspirations for her growing up as a reader.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s something that\u2019s always intrigued me,\u201d Bulut said, \u201cjust the page-turners, the little twists that kind of get you at the end, or things that make your brain work [to] try to solve a little puzzle or riddle.\u201d <\/p>\n (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The mobile bookshop Mystery Solved in Holladay on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n Bulut started taking the truck out in September to farmers markets and other pop-up events, but her dream is to one day own a storefront. Her favorite part of running the truck is connecting with other readers \u2014 just like she does through her Instagram account. <\/p>\n The shop\u2019s shelves are filled with titles from Darby Kane, Sandra Brown, Lisa Jewell and other mystery authors. <\/p>\n \u201cEverything on the truck is pretty much just curated to what I enjoy. A lot of the books on the truck I\u2019ve read and I can talk about, or some of the authors that I\u2019ve met personally or made a connection [with] online,\u201d Bulut said. \u201cIt\u2019s really easy for me to talk to people about books, and I love doing that \u2014 connecting with the community.\u201d <\/p>\n Bulut said the best way to find the truck is to keep up with its Instagram<\/a> account, @mysterybooktruck<\/a>. <\/p>\n (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The mobile bookshop Mystery Solved in Holladay on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n Note to readers \u2022 This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.<\/p>\n