Murray Hill

"It was my archnemesis. Murray Hill."

- Benjamin Ripley in literally every book

Murray Hill was a former student of the CIA Academy of Espionage, before being recruited by SPYDER. Murray accepted their offer and his first mission was to act as a mole in the Academy and plant a bomb there, in order to kill several CIA agents, including Erica Hale. Murray is described by Ben as a "quadruple agent", having flipped sides so many times over the course of the series. When he first joined Spy School, he was a Fleming, someone who joins Spy School thinking they're going to be like James Bond. However, those dreams fade once he experienced the reality of the school. Murray is currently a freelance evil agent.

 

Appearance & Personality
In Spy School, Murray Hill was described as a boy about Ben Ripley's age, with a mop of dark hair draped over one eye. He is very sloppy and doesn't care much about personal hygiene, receiving Zoe's nickname "Washout". He was shown to be quite friendly, as he quickly befriended Ben in the first Spy School book, but it was all a scheme.

He did care a lot about his friends, even trusting Ben in Evil Spy School just after he came to SPYDER, but Ben is on the opposite side of the field so they do not trust him. When Joshua betrays Murray in Evil Spy School, he is genuinely hurt and stunned, later turning into a freelance evil agent for a long time. He then joins SPYDER again, only to leave after they shoot down a plane he is in during Spy School Goes South.

Murray despises anything that requires a light amount of effort and is constantly eating junk food. The only exception to this was in Spy School Goes South when Murray is imprisoned and forced to only eat healthy food. During this time, Murray also works out and gets much more fit. Unfortunately, this doesn't last long, since as soon as he leaves the prison to help Erica and Ben on a mission, he cuts the diet and exercise. In one day he was back to his former body.

Benjamin Ripley
In Spy School, he befriended Ben early in the story and used him to trap Erica and Ben in a room under the CIA Academy of Espionage with a bomb. After this, he saw talents in Ben and offered him a job to the evil side, but Ben declined and has since then considered Murray his enemy. However, Murray still considers Ben and himself to be friends, this being evident in Evil Spy School.

Jenny Lake
In Spy Ski School, he briefly dates Jenny Lake, although she breaks up with him soon after since she discovered that Murray was lying to her.

Trivia

 * His name is a pun on a neighborhood in New York City called Murray Hill.
 * He has severe arachnophobia.
 * He also fears snakes, dogs, rats, monkeys, otters, clowns, and dentists.
 * He nearly blew up the neighborhood he was named after.
 * He is very gullible.
 * He is terrible at yodeling, and sometimes uses that to his advantage. In Spy School Goes South, even Erica had cracked after a few syllables.
 * He think daisy farmers are jerks.
 * During Spy School, he refers to granola as "hamster food", but then tries it in Spy School Goes South and actually likes it.