Bestselling Author Jeffrey Archer Dies at 86

Jeffrey Archer, the British novelist and former politician whose books sold over 300 million copies, died suddenly and peacefully at home on Monday, his publisher HarperCollins said. He was 86. Archer, a former Conservative MP and deputy chairman, was a No. 1 bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction. His final novel, Adam & Eve, is due out this month.