Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Apple TV announced it will be home to the upcoming eight-episode series "Safe Houses," which will be run and produced Emmy Award winner Gideon Raff.

Raff, best known for Homeland and Netflix's The Spy, which starred Sacha Baron Cohen, adapted the show from Dan Fesperman's acclaimed espionage novel.

According to Apple, Safe Houses is a "fast-paced international espionage thriller set in the aftermath of the killing of a high-ranking CIA officer in Madrid."

The series will follow a fugitive agent who is accused of the crime and the CIA officer's widow, who is an ambassador, as they investigate the murder from opposite sides and uncover a conspiracy that could roil world politics, Apple said in a press release.

Safe Houses is a co-production between the global independent studio wiip and Apple Studios.