https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/books/ The latest Flip News stories on books. en-GB Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:34:41 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/jeffrey-archer-dies-aged-86/ https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/jeffrey-archer-dies-aged-86/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jeffrey Archer, the bestselling novelist and former Conservative politician, has died aged 86, his publisher HarperCollins announced. He died at home on 5 October, a day before the publication of what he said would be his final novel, Adam and Eve. Tom Ellery jeffrey-archer obituary books conservative-party Reuters