Auntie Bpoo, the transvestite fortune-teller of Vientiane, Laos, has foretold that the seventy-three-year-old newlywed Dr. Siri and his equally mature bride will have children by the end of the year. When Siri helps Hmong villagers in peril, the prediction comes true in this thrilling fifth book in the series. Colin Cotterill lives in Chiang Mai with his wife.  (LAO18, $14.00)