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On the Toss of a Coin (Heads) by elfin
Fandoms: Dalziel and Pascoe (TV), Dalziel and Pascoe - Reginald Hill
08 Mar 2026
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What happened to 'what happens in Ashbottom stays in Ashbottom'?
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- Part 2 of On the Toss of A Coin
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On the Toss of a Coin by elfin
Fandoms: Dalziel and Pascoe (TV), Dalziel and Pascoe - Reginald Hill
02 Mar 2026
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Waiting for Peter to wake up was like being trapped in a nightmare.
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- Part 1 of On the Toss of A Coin
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Four detectives, two partnerships
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‘I want to see you.’ James hears the sigh but when he takes the phone away from his ear, Carl’s pale face appears on screen. His left arm is in a makeshift sling and there’s blood on his light blue hoodie. ‘You don’t look okay, mate.’
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This used to be easy. And maybe it will be again, eventually, but James doesn’t want to raise his best friend’s hopes just yet. His own are enough to manage at the moment.
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- Part 27 of a sense of perspective
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"At least we’ve solved the mystery of how he vanished from the crypt, so I might sleep a bit easier.’
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- Part 26 of a sense of perspective
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At lunchtime, a good nine hours before they’re due at the pub, Hardy messages Carl to ask if he wouldn’t mind him coming over earlier.
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- Part 25 of a sense of perspective
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Carl says they’ll take over from here, because it’s their bloody case and has been for the last two years.
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- Part 24 of a sense of perspective
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’Take Akham.’ All eyes are suddenly on Hardy. 'Carl's his sense of self-preservation leaves a lot to be desired, and while I’m okay at smashing a man’s head into a car door, I’m not sure I’d be much use yet in a stand up fight.’
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- Part 23 of a sense of perspective
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‘Lemon soaked paper napkins, remember? If you want something, stop waiting for permission and fucking take it.’
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- Part 22 of a sense of perspective
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‘The report states that the witness saw Michael Forbes come down here.’ Carl makes it sound like a perfectly valid reason for them to be twenty feet underground.
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- Part 21 of a sense of perspective
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Christmas Day.
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- Part 20 of a sense of perspective
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Maybe if he’d had a different day, a different evening, not argued with Martin, maybe he wouldn’t even be contemplating having this conversation.
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- Part 19 of a sense of perspective
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Carl visits every day. But today is different. (PWP, seriously, I have no explanation for why it turned out this way!)
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‘Flat or lockup?’ Carl addresses the question to everyone squeezed into the car.
It’s Akram who replies. ‘Rose and I will take the flat.’
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- Part 18 of a sense of perspective
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Carl hesitates, but there’s no point in not telling him. ‘McDowell’s turned down a lawyer, he’s saying he’ll only talk to me.’
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- Part 17 of a sense of perspective
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‘I think that could be him.’
‘Who?’ James glances up. ‘Him? You think that’s McDowell? Why?’
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- Part 16 of a sense of perspective
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‘Been ages since we’ve been on a stake out together,’ Hardy points out, dropping crumbs from his breakfast roll into his lap.
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- Part 15 of a sense of perspective
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They spend most of the day chasing their tails with the Sally Rushton murder; leads that go nowhere, notes in the file that seem to mean nothing, witnesses they can’t find. It’s starting to feel as if the entire original investigation was fabricated.
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- Part 14 of a sense of perspective
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Hardy doesn’t dream about Leith Park, the shooting, anything that came after. He must dream, logically he knows that, but he’s never remembered them, not even remnants. Until the night he does.
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- Part 13 of a sense of perspective