In The Main Corpse, caterer Goldy Schulz takes a job with a multimillion-dollar financial firm. She finds herself in a high-stakes world where someone is out to make a killing. Goldy's best friend, Marla, is hurt and charged with the murder of Tony, who is missing. Goldy needs to help Marla, find Tony, and clear her friend's name.

The book is the 6th of 17 books in the “Goldy Bear Shultz Culinary” cozy mystery series. It was written in 1996 by Diane Mott Davidson, who has been called "the Julia Child of mystery writers".