Newly paraplegic, Wycliffs young hero Paul Sinclair considers himself a failure as a chef and as husband material. He withdraws more and more into a world of his own.

As Pauls girl-friend, Vronique Andersson, frantically tries to keep up their business, the bistro Le Quartier, and their relationship, an old friend comes to the rescue from thousands of miles away. But his own set of problems might make them all fall down.