Best-selling British author Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86

<p>London: British author Jeffrey Archer, who penned a series of best-selling novels, served as a Conservative MP and was convicted of perjury, died suddenly at 86, his publisher HarperCollins said.</p> <p>Archer died &quot;suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing sessions&quot; on Monday, HarperCollins said.</p> <p>His editor, Kate Elton, called him a &quot;master storyteller and an ed